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A History of the County of Stafford
… Colleges Tamworth, St Edith 36. THE COLLEGE OF ST. EDITH, TAMWORTH It is not known when or by whom the … to Sihtric, the Norse King of York, at Tamworth in 926 and widowed the following year. 2 She is said to have retired … Services and pastoral duties were left to vicars. 57 This state of affairs was that usually accepted in royal free …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Colleges Tettenhall, St Michael 37. THE COLLEGE OF ST. MICHAEL, TETTENHALL The earliest mention of priests at … jury of local residents in 1401 attributed the foundation and endowment of the collegiate church to King Edgar, 2 but … in absentia. It is strange that Tettenhall's spiritual state was not improved earlier in Henry IV's reign, for in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Colleges The cathedral of Wells 39. THE CATHEDRAL OF WELLS When in 909 … first bishop found at Wells a church already in existence and a house in which to live. That the bishop had some clergy …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Colleges The Chapel-in-the-Fields, Norwich 111. THE COLLEGE OF THE … 1 At some date prior to 1248 2 an important hospital and chapel, dedicated to the honour of the Blessed Virgin, …
A History of the County of Nottingham
… Colleges The collegiate church of Southwell 22. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SOUTHWELL The … York contained, in the churches of York, Ripon, Beverley, and Southwell, four ancient foundations of secular canons. … made by archbishops, as the statutes of both 1293 and 1303 state that they were drawn up in consequence of visitations. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Colleges Towcester 46. THE COLLEGE OF TOWCESTER William Sponne, rector of Towcester and archdeacon of Norfolk, founded a small college or chantry …
A History of the County of London
… Whittington's College 41. WHITTINGTON'S COLLEGE The church of St. Michael Paternoster Royal was the parish church of the wealthy Richard Whittington, and therefore had a special claim on him. At the beginning of … century it needed enlarging, and was also in a ruinous state, so that he determined to rebuild it entirely, and in …
A History of the County of Dorset
… Colleges Wimborne Minster COLLEGE 32. WIMBORNE MINSTER One of the earliest religious foundations in this county was the … into a house of secular canons presided over by a dean, and subsequently known as the royal free chapel and college …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… Colleges Wingfield 70. THE COLLEGE OF WINGFIELD In 1362, Lady Eleanor, relict of Sir John Wingfield, and Thomas Wingfield, brother of Sir John, being his …
A History of the County of Kent
… Colleges Wingham 68. THE COLLEGE OF WINGHAM The foundation of the college of St. … obtained a bull from Pope Gregory X on 23 December, 1273; and he himself took it up and finally came to an agreement …