The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1. Originally published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1921.
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E A Webb, 'Valuations: Taxation (1291) and Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535)', in The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1( Oxford, 1921), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/st-barts-records/vol1/pp378-384 [accessed 7 November 2024].
E A Webb, 'Valuations: Taxation (1291) and Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535)', in The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1( Oxford, 1921), British History Online, accessed November 7, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/st-barts-records/vol1/pp378-384.
E A Webb. "Valuations: Taxation (1291) and Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535)". The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1. (Oxford, 1921), , British History Online. Web. 7 November 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/st-barts-records/vol1/pp378-384.
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TAXATIO ECCLESIASTICA
Property (bona) of the Priory of St. Bartholomew.
(Translated from the Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291.)
VALOR ECCLESIASTICUS
Property of the Priory of St. Bartholomew.
(Translated from the Valor Ecclesiasticus, (fn. 1) 1535.)
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
The value of the monastery, courtyards, gardens, orchards, and houses in the Close—no profit rental shown | ||||||
Rents in the City of London and suburbs | 451 | 3 | 7 | |||
The manor of Canonbury (Middlesex) | 26 | 8 | 7 | |||
Portepole " | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
Acton " | 15 | 13 | 4 | |||
Hendon " | 6 | 13 | 4 | |||
Great Stanmore " | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
Little Stanmore " | 80 | 18 | 8½ | |||
Charlton or Chardington " | 10 | 0 | ||||
Fulpashe (fn. 2) | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Carried forward: (fn. 3) | £615 | 7 | 6½ | |||
Brought forward: | 615 | 7 | 6½ | |||
Average value in wood in Hendon | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
" " Little Stanmore | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||
Perquisites in Great Stanmore | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||
" Little Stanmore | 8 | 2½ | ||||
St. Sepulchre's Church with the tithe | 42 | 0 | 0 | |||
Essex Rents: | ||||||
Theydon Bois | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Langley | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
Shortgrove | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
Danbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Walthamstow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Woods, average value of, in Langley | 6 | 0 | ||||
" " " Shortgrove | 4 | 0 | ||||
Rectory and tithes in Bradfield | 5 | 6 | 8 | |||
27 | 16 | 8 | ||||
Suffolk: | ||||||
Manor of Gorleston | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rectory of Lowestoft | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
The church of Wenhaston | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||
Oblations from Yarmouth (fn. 4) | 13 | 4 | ||||
14 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Hertfordshire: | ||||||
Rents in Tewin | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
" Walhall | 4 | 13 | 4 | |||
" Canon Holmes | 4 | 13 | 4 | |||
Woods in Tewin, 20s.; in Walhall, 9s. | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||
Perquisites in Tewin. | 11 | 4 | ||||
31 | 7 | 0 | ||||
Buckinghamshire: | ||||||
Rectory and tithes, Mentmore | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||
755 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Add difference to make the total (fn. 5) given in the Valor (as above) | 17 | 19 | 6½ | |||
Total of the Monastery | £773 | 0 | 1½ | |||
Deductions. | ||||||
London and Middlesex: | ||||||
Rent paid St. Paul's from St. Sepulchre's | 5 | 6 | 8 | |||
" Churchwardens St. Sepulchre's for the seven steers | 1 | 0 | ||||
Carried forward: | £5 | 7 | 8 | |||
Brought forward: | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||
Rent paid Prioress Clerkenwell from St. Sepulchre's | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
" Chamberlain of London from St. Sepulchre's | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
" Churchwardens St. Sepulchre's for the chantry of William Andrewe, issuing from St. Sepulchre's | 5 | 6 | 8 | |||
" Dean and Chapter St. Peter's York, from St. Sepulchre's | 13 | 6 | 8 | |||
" Master of Hospital St. Thomas, Southwark, from St. Sepulchre's | 2 | 0 | ||||
" Abbess of Barking, from St. Botolph's, Aldersgate | 17 | 0 | ||||
" Dean of St. Martin's, from St. Botolph's, Aldersgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
" Abbot of Kirkestede, from St. Botolph's, Aldersgate | 8 | 0 | ||||
" Abbot of Malmesbury, from St. Bride's, Fleet Street | 13 | 4 | ||||
" St. Paul's, from St. James's Garlickhithe. | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
" Prior St. Mary Overy, from St. James's, Garlickhithe | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
" Churchwardens St. Mary Overy, from Alhallows Bread Street | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
" William Polkyn, from the 'Seven Steers', Bread Street | 10 | 0 | ||||
" Master St. James's (fn. 6) in the suburbs of London, from St. Nicholas Tower | 6 | 0 | ||||
" Abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, from St. Dunstan's in the East | 12 | 0 | ||||
D'no Saunders, from Canonbury | 5 | 0 | ||||
Prebendary of Cantelands, (fn. 7) from Canonbury | 1 | 6 | 8 | |||
Paid Master and Benchers of Gray's Inn, for the salary of a chaplain to celebrate in the chapel there, with 20s. paid yearly to the Master and Benchers | 7 | 13 | 4 | |||
" Abbot and Convent St. Peter's, Westminster, from lands in Hendon | 6 | 8 | ||||
" Archbishop of Canterbury, for lands in Great Stanmore | 6 | 2 | ||||
" Abbot and Convent St. Albans, from lands in Great Stanmore | 6 | 13 | 4 | |||
54 | 2 | 10 | ||||
Deduct error in addition in the Valor | 4 | |||||
Carried forward: | £54 | 2 | 6 | |||
Brought forward:: | 54 | 2 | 6 | |||
Annual fees paid Geoffrey Chambers, late chief steward, Great Stanmore | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
" " Thomas Roberts, late steward, Little Stanmore | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
" " John Burgoyne, Auditor | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
" " John Deane, Rector of Little Stanmore | 6 | 13 | 4 | |||
" " Henry Downer, bailiff of Little Stanmore | 1 | 13 | 4 | |||
" " Vicar of Little Stanmore, for enlarging and upkeep of vicarage | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
Archdeacon of Middlesex, visitation and procuration fees for the Rector of Little Stanmore | 6 | 8 | ||||
" " Archdeacon of London, for the Bishop's synodical council, for the Rector of St. Sepulchre's | 4 | 0 | ||||
19 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Hertfordshire: | ||||||
Rent paid John Cutte, for land in Canon Holmes | 18 | 4 | ||||
" College of St. Lawrence Pountney. | 3 | 0 | ||||
" Abbot and convent St. Albans, from Walhall | 1 | 6 | 5½ | |||
" Abbot and convent St. Peter's, Westminster, from Walhall. | 7 | 8 | ||||
2 | 15 | 5½ | ||||
Annual fees to John Kyngton, senior steward, Tewin | 13 | 4 | ||||
Buckinghamshire: | ||||||
Rent paid Lord Bray, from the rectory, Mentmore | 2 | 0 | ||||
Annual payment to the Vicar of Mentmore, for the upkeep of the vicarage | 2 | 13 | 0 | |||
2 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Total deductions | 79 | 10 | 3½ | |||
Remaining clear | 693 | 0 | 10 | |||
Add error in calculation in Valor | 9 | 0 | ||||
£773 | 0 | 1½ | ||||
The tenth (for which the valuation was made), instead of £69 7s., is shown as | 69 | 0 | 7 |
COMPUTI MINISTRORUM
(Abstract translated from Ministers' Accounts, 32 Henry VIII (1540-1), 2396 m. 121–126.)
Late the Priory of St. Bartholomew in West Smithfield, next the City of London.
£ | s. | d. | ||
Co. Middlesex: | ||||
Canonbury. | Farm of the Manor | 24 | 16 | 11 |
Portepole. | " various fields in the parish of St. Pancras | 9 | 6 | 8 |
Acton. | Farm of the Manor | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Hendon. | " the Manor called Renters | 6 | 13 | 4 |
Great Stanmore. | " the Manor | 13 | 13 | 4 |
Little Stanmore. | " the Manor of Canons | 13 | 6 | 8 |
" | " a house and building | 20 | 0 | 0 |
" | " the green marsh and others lands | 13 | 8 | 9 |
" | " that called Quarter lands | 4 | 0 | 0 |
" | " other lands, &c. | 47 | 3 | 11 |
Shardington. | " lands | 10 | 0 | |
Co. Essex: | ||||
Theydon Bois. | Farm of Rectory | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Langley. | " Manor called Langley Hall | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Shortgrove. | " Manor | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Danbury. | Pension of the Abbot of Beeleigh (fn. 8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walthamstow. | Farm of meadows | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bradfield. | " Rectory | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Co. Suffolk: | ||||
Gorleston. | Farm of Rectory | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Lowestoft (or Leystoke). | Farm of Rectory | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Wenhaston. | Pension from the Monastery of Blythburgh (fn. 9) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Co. Norfolk: | ||||
Yarmouth. | Farm | 13 | 4 | |
Co. Hertford: | ||||
Tewin. | Farm of Manor | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Shenley. | " Manor of Holmes | 4 | 13 | 4 |
St. Stephen's (St. Albans) Parish. | Farm of the Manor of Walhall | 4 | 13 | 4 |
Co. Buckingham: | ||||
Mentmore. | Farm of Rectory | 18 | 0 | 0 |
£256 | 6 | 3 |