A Grant of a piece of land to this Priory, from William de Calethorp and Cecilia his wife, adjoining to the Monastery, without date, was exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries by John Adey Repton, Esq. in 1806. The SEAL appendant represented a figure holding two Keys in one hand, and the model of a Church in the other, inscribed s. COMMUNE CAPITULI DE PETERSTON. On the back a Counter Seal of smaller dimensions, representing a hand grasping two Keys: Inscription, SIGILL. SECRETUM. PRIOR' DE PET'STON. and Austin Cell of Sheringham, in Norfolk. TANNER calls this "Sheringham, olim Siringham:" says, "The Church of this place being given by Walter Giffard Earl of Buckingham temp. Hen. II. to the Abbey of Nuttale in Buckinghamshire, and appropriated thereunto, here was some time a Cell to that Abbey." He adds, in a Note, "The Canonici de Schyringham are mentioned in the Norwich taxation of Sparham deanry, A.D. 1256. And the rents due to that Abbey from Middleton near Lynn were made payable at Sheringham, as appears from some leases in Registr. Prior. de Blackburgh MS." There is, however, but one entry as to it in Pope Nicholas's Valor, where Schyringham is valued at 187.; and the Church is said to be appropriated to the Abbat and Convent of Nuttele. Westacre Priory, in Norfolk. DUGDALE, in the former edition of the Monasticon, placed this House as a Cell to Lewes, in Sussex, and represented it as of the Cluniac Order: a mistake which bishop Tanner sufficiently explains. A Priory of Black Canons, it appears, who afterwards became Canons of St. Austin, was begun here by Oliver the parish priest and his son Walter, in the time of king William Rufus, under the protection of the then lord of the manor, Ralph de Tony, who confirmed the grants made to the same.a Parkins, the Continuator of Blomfield, calls Ralph de Tony himself the founder. The chief donations to Westacre by subsequent benefactors will be found enumerated in Tanner's references to Records concerning this House.b In the time of Edward the Fourth, this Priory had the manor of Godscroft, then valued at 157. per annum. Westacre had also the patronage of the following Churches, or Vicarages, their rectories being appropriated to it: Breccles, Rougham, West Barsham, Marham, Narford, Appleton, Ashwicken, Lesgate, Wigenhale, St. Mary's, and South Lynn, with two parts of the rectory of Narburgh, and the rectory appropriated of Necton. The Churches of Westacre and Runhale were wholly appropriated, and served by a curate. The Church of Bodney was also in their patronage.d The next value of this Priory, in the 26th Hen. VIIIth, amounted to 260l. 13s. 6d. Neither Blomfield nor Taylor were aware that this 6 Hen. V. Mich. rot. 7, 8, 9, pro decimis exonerandis. Fin. div. com. 26 Hen. VI. n. 63. Pat. 28 Hen. VI. p. 1, m. 18. pro annex. et unione Prioratui de Walsingham." See also the Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 78, 92, 93, 97 b, 98, 98 b, 100, 103 b, 105, 106, 106 b. • See the Deed in the App. Num. I. b" Vide Computos et Rentale Prioratus circa temp. Hen. VII. MS. in bibl. publ. Acad. Cantab. Dd. viii. 42. The Accompts of the Cellarer of this Priory for many years, containing the Receipts from the several manors, and the expenses of the House, MS. folio papyr. penes Thomam Coke de Holkham, arm. 1718. Rot. fin. Norf. 10 Ric. I. n. 183 et 262. pro advoc. eccl. de Runhall. Fin. Norf. 8 Joan. lig. 3, n. 64. Fin. Norf. 3 Hen. III. n. 79. pro advoc. de Apelton. Plac. coram reg. 4 Hen. III. Mich. rot. 13. Fin. Norf. 12 Hen. III. n. 82. pro terris ibidem. Fin. Norf. 16 Hen. III. n. 35. pro terris in Grimston et Congham. Fin. Norf. 24 Hen. III. n. 30. pro terris in Wauton. Ibid. n. 44. pro terris in Tilney. Fin. Norf. 52 Hen. III. n. 76. pro terris in Westacre. Cart. 55 Hen. III. pro lib. war. in Westacre, la Wyke, Sawike, Bodescroft, et Godewyke. Plac. de banco 9 Edw. J. Trin. Norf. 8 pro advoc. eccl. S. Maria de Wiggenhall. Plac. in com. Norf. 14 Edw. I. Assis. rot. 25. de terris in Wygenhale. Ibid. rot. 34. in dorso, pro advoc. de Apelton. Fin. Norf. 14 Edw. I. n. 62, 94. Plac. apud Westm. 20 Edw. I. rot 103 et 109. de commun. pastur. in Ailwith Thorp. Escaet. Norf. 29 Edw. I n. 121. Pat. 29 Edw. I. m.. Escaet. Norf. 34 Edw. I. n. 136. pro terris in Wigehale ex concess. Alex. de Walpole. Pat. 34 Edw. I. m. ult. vel penult. Cart. 1 Edw. II. n. 13. pro lib. warr. in Westacre, Godwik, et Est Walton. Pat. 6 Edw. II. p. 2, m. 15. pro mess. et terris in Westacre, Walton, Lenn, Tilney, Tirington, &c. Pat. 7 Edw. II. p. 1, m. 18. pro terris in Custod. House, with its Church and Offices, were all consumed by fire in 1286. PRIORS of WESTACRE. HENRY DE ACRA, adm. 1300. GEFFREY DE WARHAM, 1367. JOHN DE WATLINGTON, 1414. JOHN FAKENHAM, 1450. JOHN COSYN, 1460. RICHARD PAWE, or PALLE, 1467. RICHARD or THOMAS CLERK occurs in 1503. THOMAS BRYGET, S.T.B. 1522. WILLIAM WINGFIELD 1526. He subscribed to the Pat. 9 Edw. II. p. 1, m. 32. pro eccl. de Rugham approprianda. Pat. 13 Edw. II. m. 8. de mess. et terris in Grimston, Congham, Roidon, Appleton, Marham, &c. Pat. 15 Edw. II. p. 2, m. 4. de mess. et terris in Narford. Pat. 16 Edw. II. p. 2, m. 14. de terris et reddit. in South Lynn, &c. Pat. 3 Edw. III. p. 2, m.. Pat. 12 Edw. III. p. 3, m. 3. pro eccl. de Westacre. Plac. apud Westm. 13 Edw. III. Hill. Norf. 25. pro eccl. de Bodney. Pat. 16 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 19 vel 20. Pat. 17 Edw. III. p. 1, m. 36 vel. 37. bis. Ibid. p. 2, m. 19 vel. 20. Ibid. p. 2, m. 7 vel 8. Pat. 20 Edw. III. p. 3, m. 16 vel 17. Pat. 26 Edw. III. p. 3, m. 15 pro ten. in Wigenhale, Walton, Rougham, South Linn, et Breccles. Pat. 19 Edw. IV. m. 23. de feria in die S. Thomæ Martyris apud Westacre et Custhorp. See also the Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 81 b, 82 b, 85 b, 87, 87 b, 88, 88 b, 92 b, 93 b, 94 b, 95 b, 96, 96 b, 97, 97 b, 98, 98 b, 99, 99 b, 100 b, 101, 101 b, 102, 105, 106, 106 b, 107 b, 108, 108 b. Rot. Hundred. vol. i. pp. 459, 461, 462, 487, 537, 538. d Ibid. c Blomf. vol. iv. P. 751. King's supremacy in 1534, and with eight of his monks surrendered his Priory to the King, January 14th, 29th Hen. VIII. At the dissolution he received a pension of 40l. per annum, and was living in 1555. He became rector of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk in King Edward the Sixth's reign, and was a married priest.a King Henry the Eighth, March 15th, in the 30th year of his reign, granted the Site of this Priory, with the manor and appropriated rectory, to Mary Duchess of Richmond and Somerset, for her life. The reversion was granted in the 7th Edw. VI. to Sir Thomas Gresham. The subsequent descent of this Site is detailed to his time by the Continuator of Blomfield. The present owner is Antony Hamond, Esq. The goods, ornaments, plate, bells, &c. of this Monastery were valued at the time of the Dissolution at 5087. 8s. 9d. MUNDUS. AGIT. MUNDUM. CONTERE. MUNDUS. ERIS. Of this Priory the Gatehouse is now the chief remain, ornamented with the Arms of four principal benefactors; viz. Tony, Guy Earl of Warwick, and Beauchamp and Tarquin Earls of Warwick. Blomfield, vol. iii. p. 526, says that Westacre Priory had a CELL at NARFORD in Norfolk, consisting of a custos and two or three monks, who officiated in an adjacent chapel dedicated to St. Thomas a Becket. Tanner found no other mention of this place. MASSINGHAM MAGNA and WOBURN were The COMMON SEAL of this House is engraved in also CELLS to this House. Westacrensis Prioratus, in agro Norfolciensi. NUM. I. Carta Radulphi de Toneio. [Ab exemplari quodam penes cl. virum H. Spelman equitem auratum an. 1636.] OLIVERUS sacerdos de Acra, Galterusque suus filius, cum magna sanctitate apud Westacram, huic canonica normæ, cum omnibus suis rebus, se tradiderunt in territorio Radulphi de Toneio. Igitur ego Radulphus de Toneio, cum uxore mea Aelic, omnibusque meis pueris, Rogerio, Radulpho, pro nobis et animabus antecessorum nostrorum, concedimus et confirmamus ecclesiæ Omnium Sanctorum de Acra, et Olivero sacerdoti, et Galtero suo filio, omnibusque canonicis ibi manentibus suisque posteris, Deo ibidem servientibus, feodum quod Oliverus sacerdos sub me tenuit. Hujus confirmationis sunt testes Gislebertus Blondus, Gulielmus de Portis, Rogerus Gros, Galterus capellanus, Willielmus filius... Radulphus de..... Willielmus de Lira, Gulielmus presbiter, Petrus de Crau... Turaldus, Gefredus de Merlai, Siric de Holm, Britmarus et filius suus, cum omni soca Nocentuniæ. ...... ., NUM. II. Non respond' quia concess' Mariæ Ducissæ Richmond' et Somerset'. Fraunsham Parva-Maner' Redd' reman' in manibus tenentium. Non respond' quia concess' Mariæ Ducissæ Richmond' et Somerset'. Rothwell Nunnery, in Northamptonshire. THE founder of this House is no where mentioned, but probably was one of the Clare family, whose successors in the manor were patrons of it. In the 9th Richard the IId., the rectory of Desborough in Northamptonshire was appropriated to it. Dugdale says this Monastery was valued, at the time of its Dissolution, at 54. 19s. 8d. per annum. Speed valued Blomf. Hist. Norf. vol. iv. p. 751. In the Compendium Compertorum, Prior Wingfield and twelve of his monks are accused of most flagrant acts of incontinency; but the large pensions granted to the Prior it at 107. 10s. 4d. Its income, according to the Ministers' PRIORESSES of ROTHWELL. AGNES She died in 1305. and several of these very persons seem to indicate that the statement was untrue. There could have been no necessity under such circumstances to have given rewards when the convent was suppressed. ALICE DE CRAVENHO was the next Prioress. She resigned in 1312. AMICIA DE NAVESBY, 1312. CATHERINE DEL GREEN died in 1381; when ALICE LANGTON succeeded. MARGARET Occurs in 1476. She died in 1479. JOAN CHACE succeeded. MARY LAFFENHAM, 1498.* MARGARET LOFTUS was Prioress in 1534. The Site of the House was granted in the 37th Hen. VIIIth to Henry Lee: a private Residence has since risen upon it. No SEAL of this Monastery has been yet met with by the present Editors. There is a Paper Survey of the lands of this House temp. Hen. VIII. in the Augmentation Office. Tanner has only two References to Records relating to it: "Pat. 9 Ric. II. p. 2, m. 19. pro eccl. de Desburgh approprianda. Pat. 1 Hen. IV. p. 1, m. 1 vel 2." Prioratus de Rothwell, in agro Norhantoniensi. COMPUT' MINISTRORUM DOMINI REGIS temp. HEN. VIII. [Abstract of Roll, 30 Hen. VIII. Augmentation Office.] PRIORATUS ALBARUM MONIALIUM DE ROTHEWELL. Com' Northton' Rothewell-Firma scitus nuper prioratus cum ortis et croftis adjacentibus. Com' Northton' £ s. d. Rothewell-Firma un' virgat' terr' 0 10 4 £ s. d. Desburgh-Firma rector' 10 0 0 Nihil. Priory of Shelford, in Nottinghamshire. THIS Monastery, as we learn from the verdict of a Jury given in the 42d Hen. III., was founded by Ralph Haunselyn in the time of Henry the Second. Tanner says, not long before the Suppression, here were twelve canons; the statement of the value of this House, in the 26th Hen. VIIIth., will be seen below." PRIORS OF SHELFORD. JOHN DE NOTTINGHAM. ROB. DE TYTHEBY, 11 kal. May 1289. ROB. DE MAMESFELD, 29 May 1315; subsequently called HENRY DE MAMESfeld. WILL. DE BRETON. WILL. DE LEYCESTER, confirmed 5 kal. May, 1340. STEPHEN DE BASSYNGBORN, 19th Oct. 1349. ALEXANDER DE INSULA was presented to the Bishop of the diocese by the Convent, but was rejected as ineligible. ROGER DE GRASTOK, 20th Dec. 1358. RICHARD STOKES. ROBERT HELMESLEY, 1491. ROBERT DICKSON was the last Prior. The SITE of this House was granted in the 29th 31st Hen. VIIIth, to Michael Stanhope. Hen. VIIIth, and the greatest part of its possessions in the There is a Paper SURVEY of Shelford in the time of Henry the Eighth in the Augmentation Office.d A fragment of the COMMON SEAL, merely sufficient to show that it represented the Blessed Virgin and divine Infant, is extant in the Augmentation Office. Legend so imperfect that two words only remain, viz. Prioratus de Shelford, in agro Notinghamensi. NUM. I. Veredictum Juratorum de Fundatione ejusdem. [Placita coram domino Rege, apud Westm. term. Mich. 14 Edw. II. n. 153.] DOMINUS rex mandavit thesaurario et camerariis suis breve suum in hæc verba: Edwardus, &c. Quia quibusdam a See Cole's MSS. Brit. Mus. vol. xxvi. fol. 227 b. "Summa totalis valoris tam spiritualium quam temporalium pri- "Summa totalis reprisarum "Et remanet clare per annum. See the Harleian MSS. 6969, pp. 88, 136. 6970, pp. 106, 243. 6972, foll. 13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 37. d Tanner's references to Records are, "Fin. 5 Hen. III. m. 10. pro xii. bovatis terræ in Shelford. Pat. 13 Hen. III. m. 6. dorso, de eccl. de Blokesham. Fin. div. com. 47 Hen. III. p. 13. pro advoc. medietat. eccl. de Gedling, Stubeton, Rouceby, Dirington, &c. Escaet. Nottingh. 9 Edw. I. n. 1. de ten. in Shelford et Laxton. Plac. in com. Lincoln. 9 Edw. I. assis. rot. 59. pro. terris in N. Reinteby. Cart. 13 Edw. I. n. 39 vel 40. Escaet. Nottingh. 32 Edw. I. n. 118. pro mess. in Saxendale. Pat. 33 Edw. I. m. . Pat. 4. Edw. II. p. 1, m. 20. pro medietat. eccl. de Gedding approprianda. l'at. 9 Edw. II. p. 2, VOL. VI. certis de causis certiorari volumus super recordo et processu loquelæ quæ fuit coram Hugone Bigod dudum justiciario domini H. quondam regis Angliæ avi nostri, sine breve ipsius avi nostri, inter Willielmum Bardolf quærentem, et Adam de Everingham deforciantem, de advocatione prioratus de Shelford in comitatu Notinghamiæ; vobis mandamus, m. 23. pro medietat. eccl. de Westburgh approprianda. Plac. in com. Nottingh. 3 Edw. III. assis. rot. 4. dorso, pro mess. in Nottingham. Plac. forestæ apud Nottingh. 8 Edw. III. rot. 26. dorso, 31 et 33. pro bosco in Gedding, vocat. Prior's Park, infra forestam de Shirwode. Pat. 22 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 7, pro eccl. de Burton-goice. Pat. 24 Edw. III. p. 1, m. 6. de reddit. vj'. xiijs. ivd. solvendo Dec. et Capit. Lincoln. Escaet. Nottingh. 40 Edw. III. n. 18. pro maner. de Saxendale. Pat. 6 Ric. II. p. 1, m.. Pat. 16 Ric. II. p. 1, n. 37. pro terris in Stoke Bardolf, Nottingh. et in Alwaston, Derb. Pat. 17 Ric. II. p. 1, m. 10. pro mess. et terris in Loudham, Gunthorp, et Cathorp. Pat. 22 Ric. II. p. 3, m. 16. pro medietat. eccl. de Westburgh, Lincoln. approprianda." See also, the Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 310, 310 b, 312, 338. Rot. Hundred. vol, i. p. 316. vol. ii. p. 27, 28. Among the original Charters given to the British Museum by the late Lord Frederick Campbell are two which relate to the Priory of Shelford, L. F. C. Cart xi. 1 and 3; the latter of these only is of consequence; viz. "Carta Rob. de Eyncurt canonicis de Schelford, de portione ecclesiæ de Radeclive." quod scrutatis rotulis ipsius Hugonis de tempore prædicto, qui sunt in thesaurario nostro, sub custodià vestrâ, ut dicit, recordum et processum ejusdem loquelæ cum omnibus ea tangentibus, nobis sub sigillo vestro distinctè sine dilatione mittatis; et hoc breve T. meipso apud Westmonasterium vii°. die Octobris anno regni nostri xiiii. Prætextu cujus brevis iidem thesaurarius et camerarii miserunt recordum et processum hic in hæc verba: Placita de assisis et juratis capta coram Hugone Bigod justiciario Angliæ in diversis comitatibus, et de coronâ, à navitate S. Johannis Baptistæ, anno regni regis Henrici filii regis Johannis xlii. usque ad Octab. S. Mich. proximum sequens. Præceptum fuit vicecomiti quod venire faceret, &c. xvi. &c. per quos, &c. qui nec, &c. ad recogn. &c. utrum prioratus de Shelford fundatus fuit à prædecessoribus Willielmi Bardolf vel à prædecessoribus Adæ de Everingham, et quis eorum sit verus patronus ejusdem prioratus; quia tam prædictus Willielmus quàm prædictus Adam coram domino rege apud Cestriam posuerunt se inde in jur. illam; et unde prædictus Willielmus dicit, quod quidam Radulphus Haunselyn antecessor ipsius, cujus hæres ipse est, tempore H. regis avi domini regis nunc fundavit prædictum prioratum, et feoffavit prædictum prioratum cum omnibus terris et tenementis quæ habuit in villâ de Shelford, et de quibusdam aliis terris et tenementis, et advocationibus ecclesiarum. Et dicit, quod post mortem cujusdam Laurentii quondam prioris ejusdem prioratus, elegerunt canonici dicti prioratus quendam Thomam de Lexinton, et ipsum præsentaverunt ipsi Willielmo tanquam advocato ejusdem prioratus, tempore domini regis nunc, qui electionem illam acceptavit, et eundem Thomam præsentavit W. tunc Eborum archiepiscopo, qui ad præsentationem ipsius eundem Thomam admisit, et ipsum in eodem prioratu canonicè installavit: et quod ita sit petit quod inquiratur. Et Adam dicit, quod quidam Robertus de Cauz antecessor ipsius fundavit prædictum prioratum: et dicit, quod post mortem prædicti Laurentii quondam prioris prædicti prioratus, canonici prædicti prioratus factà electione in prædicto Thomâ de Lexinton, præsentaverunt eundem Thomam cuidam Johanni Berkin antecessori prædicti Adæ, cujus hæres ipse est, priusquam ipsum prædicto Willielmo præsentâssent. Et dicit, quod idem Johannes acceptatâ prædictâ electione præsentavit prædictum Thomam prædicto archiepiscopo, qui ad præsentationem suam ipsum Thomam ad prædictum prioratum admisit, et ipsum canonicè installavit; et quod ita sit petit quod inquiratur. Et super hoc venit prior prædicti prioratus, et quæsitus quem clamat patronum suum prædicti prioratus, dicit quod planè non potest scire, eo quod feoffatus est tam ab antecessoribus prædicti Adæ quàm prædicti Willielmi, et profert quandam cartam sub nomine Radulphi Haunselyn antecessoris prædicti Willielmi Bardolf, quæ testatur quod idem Radulfus in honore Dei et beatæ Mariæ fundavit prioratum de Shelford, et dedit eidem prioratui totam terram et tenementum suum de Shelford cum pertinentiis, et quasdam alias terras, tenementa, et advocationes ecclesiarum, &c. Profert etiam quandam aliam cartam sub nomine cujusdam Roberti de Cauz antecessoris prædicti Adæ, quæ testatur quod idem Robertus dedit et concessit monachis suis de Shelford totam terram et tenementum suum in Shelford, cum pertinentiis, et quasdam alias terras, tenementa, et advocationes ecclesiarum. Profert etiam tertiam cartam, quæ testatur quod prædicti Radulphus Haunselyn et Robertus de Cauz conjunctim feoffaverunt prædictos monachos suos de prædictis terris et tenementis, et advocationibus ecclesiarum, &c. Et juratores de consensu partium electi, scilicet Benedictus de Rolleston, Galfridus de Barry, Galfridus de Stanton, Johannes de Villers, Philippus de Colewyke, Rogerus de Alneto, Reginaldus de Annesleye, Radulfus de Coleston, Walterus de Staunton, Johannes Barry, Ricardus de Burton, Johannes filius Cecilia de Hokesworth, Henricus de Bircheworth, Rogerus de Somervill, Ricardus de Weston, et Willielmus filius Hervæi de Muschamp, qui dicunt super sacramentum suum, quod prædictus prioratus fundatus erat à prædicto Radulpho Haunselyn antecessore prædicti Willielmi Bardolf; et quod idem Willielmus est inde verus patronus: et ideo consideratum est quod prædictus Willielmus recuperet prædictam advocationem, tenendam sibi et hære dibus suis quietam de prædicto Adâ et hæredibus suis imperpetuum; et Adam in misericordiâ. Et mandatum est archiepiscopo Eborum, quod ad præsentationem ipsius Willielmi idoneam personam admittat in priorem; et quod suum est in hac parte exæquat, &c. Prætextu cujus brevis, ac etiam recordi, ad sectam Thomæ Bardolf consanguinei et hæredis prædicti Willielmi, præceptum fuit vicecomiti, quod scire faceret Adæ de Everingham, consanguineo et hæredi prædicti Adæ de Everingham, qui prædictam advocationem ipsi Thomæ contra considerationem prædictam injustè deforceat, ut dicit, per duos liberos et legales homines, &c. quod esset coram rege hic ad hunc diem; scil. à die sancti Martini in xv. dies ubicunque, &c. ostensurus si quid pro se haberet vel dicere sciret quare prædictus Thomas advocationem prædictam, juxta recuperationem prædictam habere non deberet. Et ulterius, &c. quod curiæ, &c. Et vicecom. retornavit, quod scire fecit præfato Adæ consanguineo, &c. per Willielmum Forset de Laxton et Willielmum Lewys, qui per præmunitionem ei factam in propriâ personâ suâ venit, &c. Et prædictus Thomas Bardolf per Ricardum de Oxwyke attornatum suum similiter venit, et petit executionem juxta recuperationem prædictam, &c. Et prædictus Adam venit, et nihil dicit quare executio inde retardari debeat: ideo prædictus Thomas habeat inde executionem secundùm tenorem considerationis prædictæ, &c. Et præceptum est vicecomiti, quod eidem Thomæ advocationem prædictam juxta recuperationem, &c. sine dilatione habere faciat; et quid inde, &c. Scire faciat regi à die S. Hillarii in xv. dies ubicunque, &c. Et mandatum est archiepiscopo Ebor. quod ad præsentationem ipsius Thomæ idoneam personam admittat in priorem, &c. NUM. II. 18 7 4 7 5 0 1 6 8 0 8 0 3 3 5 COMPUT' MINISTRORUM DOMINI REGIS temp. HEN. VIII. 2 0 14 O 0 0 1 5 U453 0002400 1 5 0 15 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 1 4 1 3 4 2 10 4 5 11 4 252016 1 8 0 4 8 1 10 0 00000 13 4 10 0 8 Austin Cell of Caversham, in Oxfordshire. AFTER long search, the Editors of these Volumes can make no addition to Bishop Tanner's account of Caversham. He says, "The Church here was part of the first endowment of the Abbey of Notteley in Buckinghamshire, A.D. 1162, and afterward, the manor and a good estate coming to them, here seems to have been a Cell to that Monastery, which was enriched by the offerings made in the Chapel of Our Lady here. Wherein (saith Dr. London, one of the Visitors temp. Hen. VIII.) was a famous relic shewn by one of the Canons, viz. the Angel with one wing, which brought to Caversham the spear-head that pierced our Saviour on the Cross." "a Austin Cell of Carham upon Tweed, Northumberland. CARHAM was a Cell of Black Canons, subordinate to Kirkham Abbey, at the west end of Carham Town, almost on the brink of the Tweed, and at the east end of the Church. This religious House was burnt by the Scots in 1296. To it belonged the Vill, Lordship, Advowson, and Impropriation of the Living, the Vill and Manor of Titlington, &c. Carham was formerly the property of the family of Forster: it is now the property and residence of Anthony Crompton, Esq. No SEAL of Carham has been discovered. The House is mentioned in the Taxation of Pope Nicholas the Fourth, A.D. 1291, p. 318. Brioptune, or Briontune, in Wiltshire. SPEED and Gervase of Canterbury are probably both mistaken in assigning this place to the county of Wilts, where no such name is to be found. Briontune is perhaps Bruton, in Somersetshire, a Monastery already disposed of. Priory of Ovingham, in Northumberland. The Cell of Ovingham, a village about eleven miles west from Newcastle, stood opposite to the Church, which is built in the cathedral form. It was founded by one of the Umfravilles of Prudhoe, and was subordinate to the Priory of Hexham. This estate, with the tithes and advowson, was long in the possession of the Addisons, from whence it went to Charles Clarke, Esq. It now belongs to C. W. Bigge, Esq. of Lindon. In the 26th Hen. VIIIth, the clear yearly value of the Cell of Ovingham amounted to 11. 2s. 8d. No SEAL of this Priory has been discovered. Tanner gives a Reference to one Record only concerning this House, " Pat. 1 Ric. II. p. 6, m. 28. pro eccl. de Ovingham approprianda Priori de Hexham.” COMPUT' MINISTRORUM DOMINI REGIS TEMP. HEN. VIII. Cell of Lees, in Staffordshire. LEES, or LEYES. "At a place of this name, either in this County or Derbyshire," says Tanner, "seems to seems to have been a House of Austin Canons dedicated to St. Michael, and Cell to the Abbey of Roucester, to which Fulcher fil. Fulcheri, temp. Hen. II. gave the Church of a Tanner, Notit. Monast. Oxf. v. His References to Books and Records relating to it, are, "Vide Parochial Antiquities, &c. p. 188. of William Mareschall earl of Pembroke's Donation to the Chapel of Our Lady here. Dugdale's Baronage, tom. i. p. 247. of the gift of Isabel, (countess of Warwick, to our Lady of Caversham. Pat. 50. St. Peter at Edneshoure or Edynsar in the County of Edw. III. p. 1, m. 2. de mess. vocat. Capella S. Annæ in Caversham concess. canonicis de Notele." The Chapel of St. Anne was upon the bridge, and a free Chapel, to which a secular priest was presented by Matilda de Lacy, countess of Lincoln and Pembroke, A.D. 1258, as Collect. cl. m. Hutton. ex Reg. Lincoln. |