Appendix 1: The valuation of 1226/27

Appendices

APPENDIX 1

The valuation of October 1226 × February 1227

The 'Register of St Osmund' contains a series of documents relating to the clerical subsidy of one-sixteenth which was granted at the council of London on 14 October 1226. (fn. 1) Among these records is a valuation of the dignities and prebends, with the names of their incumbents, a key document for the early history of the chapter of Salisbury. It must have been drawn up within the space of a few months at the end of 1226 and the beginning of 1227: that is, after October 1226, when the subsidy was granted and letters to the bishop of Salisbury were issued by both archbishop and king, (fn. 2) and before 2 February 1227, when the dean and chapter were required to collect the first half of the payment, the remainder falling due on 6 June. (fn. 3) Even if the values assigned to the dignities and prebends were based on an earlier valuation, the names attached are all fully consistent with a date of Oct. 1226 × Feb. 1227. (fn. 4) Because of its importance for the Fasti, the titles and personal names are given below, in modern forms and re-arranged to correspond with the order in which the dignities and prebends are listed in this volume. The numbers of the lists above are given in round brackets. Square brackets indicate material supplied by the editor. The values of the prebends given in the document will be found beside '1226' under the heading Valuations in the introductory notes to each prebend in the lists above.

Dignitaries