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A History of the County of Warwick
… Alien houses Priory of Wolston 42. THE PRIORY OF WOLSTON The small alien priory of Wolfricheston … or Wolston, pertaining to the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dive, in the diocese of Ses, was founded soon … with the consent of his wife Aeliz, he gave to God and St. Mary of St. Pierre-sur-Dive the church of Wolston in free …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Alien houses Priory of Wootton Wawen 43. THE PRIORY OF WOOTTON WAWEN Not long after the Conquest, … of Wootton, deposed that on Friday after the feast of St. Matthew, at the hour of evensong, he was fetched by … to be in the priory grange, Walter, the prior's miller, Thomas, the carter, John, the wheelwright, Walter, the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Alien houses Takeley 48. THE PRIORY OF TAKELEY The foundation of Takeley is of special … favourable wind. 1 Prayers were offered up at the abbey of St. Valery, and at last the monks brought out in solemn … been seized on account of the death of John, late abbot of St. Valery. The prior had complained of this and an …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Alien houses The Cluniac priory of Newton Longville ALIEN HOUSES 32. THE … Longville was founded by Walter Giffard as a cell to St. Faith's at Longueville near Rouen. The lands in … the history of this house; it was immediately subject to St. Faith's, and exempt from episcopal jurisdiction. In 1277 …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Alien houses The priories of Weedon Beck and Weedon Pinkney (Weedon Lois) … 48. THE PRIORY OF WEEDON BECK The celebrated abbey of St. Mary of BecHellouin, in the diocese of Rouen, was founded … 1460, and Weedon was soon afterwards granted for life to Thomas Seyntleger for his services. 11 In February, 1462, the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Alien houses The priory of Beckford ALIEN HOUSES 15. THE PRIORY OF … gave the manor of Beckford-with-Ashton to the monastery of St. Barbe-en-Auge in Normandy, 1 which had been founded as a … of Aston at a rent of 60 marks to the prior and convent of St. Barbe-en-Auge. 4 The arrangement was recognized by Walter …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of Bonby 117. THE PRIORY OF BONBY The churches … during the reign of John to the Benedictine priory of St. Fromund, Normandy; they had previously belonged to the … wars with France it became so unprofitable to the prior of St. Fromund that he granted it to the London Charterhouse. As …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Alien houses The priory of Brimpsfield 16. THE PRIORY OF BRIMPSFIELD The … of Brimpsfield was a cell of the Benedictine monastery of St. Wandrille in Normandy. 1 Although no exact information … Brimpsfield 10 Gilbert, 1289 11 Robert le Masiner, 1290 12 Thomas le Brykebek, 1311 13 Roger de Argenciis, 1327 14 …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of Burwell 112. THE PRIORY OF BURWELL The alien priory of Burwell, for … Adeliza herself placed the deed of gift on the altar of St. Saviour in the conventual church, on behalf of herself …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Alien houses The priory of Cogges ALIEN HOUSES 49. THE PRIORY OF COGGES … Oxford some thirty years earlier: the same patron saint, St. George, was chosen, 4 and the method of endowment was the … Hamon, the king's surgeon, occurs 1347, 34 and in 1367 35 Thomas Tynny, appointed 1377 36 Nicholas Goyn, appointed 1380 …