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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… THE COLLEGE OF DE VAUX, SALISBURY This was an interesting and unusual foundation, round which legends have gathered. … 1262, 1 stated that 'to the honour of the Lord Jesus and the Glorious Virgin Mary and Blessed Nicholas, for the … of arts and theology naturally aroused interest among historians of Oxford University from the 17th century …
A History of the County of Surrey
… de Merton, Chancellor of England, Bishop of Rochester, and founder of Merton College, the celebrated foundation at … to incorporate a body of persons for purposes of study, and to attempt to raise the condition of the secular clergy … brief-lived experimental foundation initiated at Malden, and continued for ten years further on administrative lines. …
A History of the County of Derby
… six clerks who held 9 bovates of land in Cornun (Quarndon) and 'Delton,' the latter place-name being an error of the … of All Saints was one of these two collegiate churches, and in all probability the one to which seven clerks were … given by Henry I together with that of Wirksworth to God and the church of St. Mary of Lincoln, to be held in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… OF THE CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE, OXFORD In 1074 Robert d'Oilly and Roger d'Ivri built the church of St. George in the castle of Oxford, and established a college of secular canons. As it was … Oseney as early as 1149, not much is known of its history and constitution; but a confirmation by Henry I 1 gives a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… church of St. Mary, Warwick, a collegiate establishment, and uniting with it the priests of the church of All Saints … for the maintenance of one canon, for his own good estate and that of Margaret his wife. 1 His son Roger, in 1123, … for the health of the souls of William the Conqueror and Maud his wife, of William Rufus, of Henry I and Maud his …
A History of the County of Stafford
… jury of local residents in 1401 attributed the foundation and endowment of the collegiate church to King Edgar, 2 but … events centuries before their time than those who in 1546 and 1548 ascribed the foundation to Edward III. 3 Domesday … of Tettenhall' when witnessing a charter between 1161 and 1165, 5 but half a century later the term 'canon' was in …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… 1 At some date prior to 1248 2 an important hospital and chapel, dedicated to the honour of the Blessed Virgin, … in the open fields on the south-west of the city, and hence became known at an early date as the … consisting of a dean, chancellor, precentor, treasurer, and seven other prebendaries. To these there were afterwards …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Kinvaston, 'the other Hilton' (near Featherstone), and Featherstone. The lands in Upper Arley were probably … chapels. 14 William I gave the church of Wolverhampton and its possessions to his chaplain, Samson. 15 As Samson's … in Pelsall, then waste; 3 virgates in Hilton (near Ogley); and a hide of waste in 'Hocintune' (probably Ogley). They …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor, lies on the river Colne between Earls Colne and Halstead, 10 miles north-west of Colchester. 62 The … on the south- west where it extends south of the river, and on all other sides by field boundaries; by the 16th … century there were two detached areas, one in White Colne and one between White and Wakes Colne. 63 The part of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Colne Engaine Manors MANORS An estate of 1 hide and 1 virgate in Little Colne, part of Stansted in Halstead, was held by Godwin in 1066 and by Walter of Caen of Robert Malet in 1086. The Malet over- lordship and the connexion with Halstead ceased on Robert's forfeiture …