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A History of the County of Warwick
… grants were confirmed by Nicholas de Stafford, the founder's son, temp. Henry I, and by Robert de Stafford his grandson, … of Wootton, deposed that on Friday after the feast of St. Matthew, at the hour of evensong, he was fetched by … afterwards, namely on Wednesday next before the feast of St. Mark, an inquisition was taken in the church of Wootton …
A History of the County of Essex
… favourable wind. 1 Prayers were offered up at the abbey of St. Valery, and at last the monks brought out in solemn … amounted at the time of the Taxation in 1291 to 49 7 s. 5 d. yearly, the greater part being fairly evenly … 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
… Longville was founded by Walter Giffard as a cell to St. Faith's at Longueville near Rouen. The lands in Buckinghamshire … 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
… 48. THE PRIORY OF WEEDON BECK The celebrated abbey of St. Mary of BecHellouin, in the diocese of Rouen, was founded … Weedon-le-Street from its situation on the Watling Street road. It was certified in the hydarium temp. Henry II. that … justiciar found, however, that the heavy fine of 66 13 s. 4 d. had been already paid by the monks to Hugh de Nevill, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 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 … however, the custody was granted first to one of the king's clerks in 1379 for a rent of 100 marks a year, 11 and in …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… 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 this was done without the king's consent, the grant was disregarded, and the priory was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Brimpsfield was a cell of the Benedictine monastery of St. Wandrille in Normandy. 1 Although no exact information … and a small grant of land to the abbot and convent of St. Wandrille. 2 The abbot and convent of St. Wandrille sent … of a ferm to the exchequer, but remained in the king's hands. 4 The manor was very small, and in an extent of 1293 …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Adeliza herself placed the deed of gift on the altar of St. Saviour in the conventual church, on behalf of herself … again when the prior pleaded that he was born of the king's allegiance, and no alien. 9 There was at that time … In 1347 he pleaded for the remission of a charge of 60 s. on the ground that he belonged to the duchy of Aquitaine, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxford some thirty years earlier: the same patron saint, St. George, was chosen, 4 and the method of endowment was the … away for small annual sums, and produced but little. Thus St. Frideswide's, Oxford, paid 2 s. for the tithe at Fritwell; 5 Oseney 10 …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… 1082 by William the Conqueror to the abbot and convent of St. Carileph, Le Mans, at the request of the bishop of … the cell had become so far unprofitable to the abbey of St. Carileph that licence was sought from the king to sell it …