REX omnibus, &c. salutem. Cum nos in hiis quæ ad cultum divinum pertinent, ministros et professores cultus illius, ad laudem et honorem omnipotentis Dei, in locis congruis ad hoc confovere teneamur, et illos præcipuè qui sub nostro speciali regimine ad hoc vacaverint. Ac dilecti nobis in Christo prior et conventus de Chirebir. qui primò apud la Snede suæ professionis et devotionis inchoaverunt originem, exinde postmodum usque Chiresbir. translati, ibi locum non invenerint adeo congruum divino ministerio celebrando, ob varia impedimenta quæ eis ibidem occurrunt, ut accepimus. Nos ipsorum prioris et conventus tranquillitati in hac parte prospicere volentes, ut commodiùs et liberiùs contemplationi divinæ valeant vacare, concedimus eisdem, quod ad prædictum locum de Snede, absque calumpnia et occasione nostri vel hæredum nostrorum, ad vota et professionis suæ debita ibidem complenda, regredi et morari valeant, et ea ibidem perpetuò consummare, priviso tamen quod animabus illorum qui in prædicto sacro loco de Chiresbir. requiescunt, non minus per prædictos priorem et conventum in prædicto loco de Snede ministeriis divinis super hoc suffragetur imposterum, quam ibidem temporibus retroactis fieri consuevit. Ita etiam quod præfatis religiosis nichil juris sui depereat seu decrescat apud Chiresbir. occasione translationis suæ prædictæ, &c. T. R. apud Westm. xxj. die Maii. NUM. II. COMPUT' MINISTRORUM DOMINI REGIS temp. HEN. VIII. [Abstract of Roll, 28 Hen. VIII. Augmentation Office.] PRIORATUS DE CHIRBURY. Snede-Firm' un' mes' Churchstoke-Redd' ten' et terr' Wolinchmere or Shulbred Priory, in Sussex. THIS Priory was also called Silebrede or Shulbred. Tanner says it was founded by Sir Ralph de Ardern." Leland, Collect. tom. i. p. 86. calls him Ralph Ardent. Dugdale in his Baronage says that William de Percy purchased the patronage of this Priory in the 24th Hen. III. of this Sir Ralph Ardern or his heirs. A short time before the Dissolution here were five Black canons.s The House was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its value in the 26th Hen. VIIIth amounted in the gross to 79% 15s. 6d. the clear value was rated at 727. 15s. 103d. Dallaway says this House was founded before the reign of Henry the Third." In the former Edition of the Monasticon this House was placed among the Benedictine Monasteries; but two charters in Madox's Formulare Anglicanum, pp. 29, 48, Leland, Itin. vol. vii. p. 18, and a Benet MS. quoted by Bishop Tanner, say they were Augustines; so also cart. 22 Edw. I. See Tanner's Note. See the Append. Num. I. e "Prioratus de Chirbury. "Oliverus Middulton Prior ibidem. "Summa totalis tam Temporalium quam Spiritualium dicti Prio- "Summa clare remanet 661. 8s. 74d." "Claus. 9 Hen. III. m. 5 et 15. Cart. 11 Hen. III. p. 2, m. 2 et 6. pro decimis in Montgomery. Plac. de banco, 34 Hen. III. Trin. rot. 26. de terris in Cheluwe. Cart. 7 Edw. II. n. 28. Pat. 9 Edw. II. p. 2, m. 24. pro capella de Husington approprianda. Cart. 6 Edw. III. m. 15. Pat. 28 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 5." See also, Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 162 b, 163. Rot. Hundred. vol. ii. pp. 60, 61. Plac. de Quo Warr. pp. 680, 823, 824, 838. 32d THOMAS HINTON occurs Prior in 1299.i JOHN occurs Prior of Shulbred in an Instrument of the THOMAS CLUNE, 1478. WILLIAM BURRELY, 1534.1 GEORGE WALDERE, or WALDEN, was the last Prior.m The Site of this House was granted in the 29th Hen. VIII. to Sir William Fitzwilliam; and 36th Hen. VIII. to Anthony Brown. There is a Paper Survey of the Demesnes of Shulbred, e From Dugd. Baron. vol. i. h Western Sussex, vol i. p. 301. f Ibid. 1 Ducar. Excerpts from the Lamb. Reg. vol. iii. p. 147. MS. Cotton. Tib. A. x. fol. 138 b. Tanner's References to MSS. and Records concerning Wolinchmere are, "Vide Inter Collect. MSS. cl. Dodsworth, vol. lxxiv. fol. 70. Cartam Roberti de Hardnes conced. servitium tertiæ partis feodi militis et advoc. Prioratus de Wlinchmere Willielmo Percy, fol. 75. Cartam Henrici de Percy, pro molendino de Curteis dato canonicis ibidem. A Survey of the Lands belonging to this Priory, 6 Jac. I. MS. penes Petrum Le Neve arm. Appropriationes eccl. de Midlavent fact. A.D. 1358. in Registro episc. Cirestr. C. fol. 67. et de pensionibus ex eadem ecclesia episcopo, &c. solvend. ibid. R. fol. 176 b. Claus. 4 Edw. III. m. 37. Pat. 14 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 27. de eccl. de Upmerden. Pat. 28 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 1. pro advoc. eccl. de Midlovente, ex dono Edvardi de Sancto Joanne, et appropriatione ejusdem. Pat. 8 Ric. II. p. 2, m. 3. de eccl. de Midlovent approprianda." 1 Dallaway, Western Sussex, vol. i. pp. 302, 303. m Speed, probably from the Compendium Compertorum, asperses the character of this last Prior. Hist. of Gr. Brit. p. 1027. Hermitage or Priory of Byrkley, in Somersetshire. TANNER calls this House Byrkley, alias Sprawlesmede, now Burtle-house, in the parish of Merlynch; and says it was a Hermitage or small Priory, founded by William, son of Jeffrey of Edyndon, in the year 1199.* It was of the Order of St. Austin," and dedicated to St. Stephen. The entry relating to it in the Valor of the 26th Hen. VIIIth will be found in the Note below.d C There is, in the Augmentation Office, a small Roll, 8th Edw. II., respecting this Priory and its Founder William Fitz Jeffery of Edingdon, and especially as to the right of digging turves in Edingdon. In the 7th Edw. VIth, this House was granted as parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of Bath to John and James Bisse. The Particular for the Grant is extant in the Augmentation Office. No SEAL of this Priory has yet occurred. Goring Nunnery, in Oxfordshire. GORING, or GARINGES. Tanner says, "Here was a small Priory of Nuns of the Order of St. Austin, in the time of King Henry the Second. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and valued, 26th Hen. VIIIth, at 601. 5s. 6d. per annum. Dugd. Speed. The Site was granted, 30th Hen. VIIIth, to Charles, Duke of Suffolk; and, six years after, to Sir Thomas Pope." It must, however, have been granted sooner to Sir Thomas Pope, as he, on the 4th July, 32 Hen. VIIIth, demised the site and demesnes of this Priory to Thomas Taylor of Goring for the term of eighty-one years, to commence at Michaelmas 1557. The following is the Valor of this Monastery in the 26th Hen. VIII. "Oblac. ibidem per annum 31. 28. Od. 31. Os. Od. "Ultra 28. pro resoluc. redd. Johanni Nucton, et Johanni Sydenham armigeris et 38. 4d. pro feod. Johannis White ball. ibidem per annum. Sic remanet clare, 61. 6s. 2d.” • Tanner says, "Vide in Auctuario ad calcem Adami de Domerham, edit. Hearne, p. 654. Cartam Bonifacii, archiepiscopi Cantuar. recitantem Cartam Willelmi filii Gaufridi de fundatione, necnon cartam Roberti fil. Willelmi confirmatoriam: p. 656. recognitionem Ant. de Bradneye quod patronatus de Barclay pertinet ad ABBATIAM DE GLASTON: p. 657. recognitionem STEPHANI Prioris de Spraulismead de "Summa totalis in spiritualibus et tem- Summa totalis deductionum Be me DAM MARGARETE WODALL, Prioresse." There is a Valuation of Goring in the Chapter-House Westminster, and a Paper Survey in the Augmentation Office, both temp. Hen. VIII. The Editors have not met with any SEAL of this Priory. solutione decimarum ecclesiæ de Merlinch." The Abbat and Convent of Glastonbury were visitors of Byrkley, and presented the Prior upon vacancies, as appears from the Glastonbury and Wells Registers. f "So Cart. 22 Edw. I. n.. ; but Mr. Speed makes them Black Nuns." Tann. MS. Registr. de Missenden, fol. 15. Who was original founder I have not yet found, but the patronage was in Edmund Earl of Cornwall, temp. Edw. I., as Prynne, vol. iii. p. 912. and Paroch. Antiq. p. 329.' Tann. " The following are Tanner's References to Records concerning Goring: "Vide Munimenta quædam ad hoc Coenobium spectantia, penes dom. Joan. Aubrey de Borstall bar, 1695. Plurima munimenta de rebus spectantibus ad hunc Prioratum, olim inter MSS. Gulielmi Glyn baronetti, n. 33. Fin. Buckingh. 2 Joan. n. 32. Ibid. 4 Joan. n. 85. pro terris in Netteley. Fin. Oxon. 45 Hen. III. n. . pro reddit. in Braddecote. Pat. 2 Edw. I. m. 16. d. Rec. in Scacc. 14 Hen. VIII. Trin. rot. 7. pro terris in Galehampton et Ippesden." See also the Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 30, 30 b. Rot. Hundr. vol. ii. pp. 714, 725, 739, 749, 750, 764, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 795, 798. Abbrev. Plac. p. 53. a Flitcham Priory, in Norfolk. TANNER calls this House Flitcham, St. Mary at the Welle, or Domus S. Mariæ ad Fontes de Flitcham; and says it was a Priory or Hospital of the Order of St. Augustine, subordinate to Walsingham, to which it was given by Dametta de Flitcham niece to Emma de Bellofago, temp. Ric. I. It was dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary. The Continuator of Blomfield considers Sir Robert Aguillon or Aguylon, who married Agatha de Beaufoe, as the founder and patron of this Priory in the beginning of the reign of Henry the Third. According to other authorities, says Taylor in the Index Monasticus, p. 23, Damietta de Flitcham, niece to Emma and Agatha de Beaufoe, and widow of Thomas Avenel, was the foundress, about A.D. 1251. But this Lady appears only to have given the manor of Snoring in Flitcham to Walsingham Priory, to which this House was a Cell. Registr. Norvic. vol. viii. p. 130., but in other places upon the Books they are called sometimes "Prior et Confratres," sometimes Prior et Canonici Ord. S. Augusti," but no mention of Nuns, as in Speed. 66 Collect. Petri Le Neve ex Registro Walsingham; but Rob. de Aguylyon, temp. Hen. III. is said to be founder, Plac. de banco, 27 Edw. I. Mich. rot. 27. And in a return made into the Exchequer 4 Hen. V. (Registr. Norvic. vol. viii. p. 130.) this Priory is said to have been founded A.D. 1251. And Andrew de Sauke will recovered the Advowson of this Priory against William de Anemere, as heir to Aguillon, Plac. 28 Edw. I. Trin. rot. 77. as cited in Hist. of Norfolk, vol. iv. p. 530. The following is the account which Stevens gives of Flitcham, in his Continuation of Dugdale. "We here give it a place without knowing to whom it belonged, having met with it no where, but in Sir H. Spelman's Hist. of Sacrilege, p. 263, who only tells us the fate of those who had it after the Dissolution; thus, Sir Thomas Hollis had it, and was (by report) at dinner taken out of it in excution for debt by the sheriff, and his goods sold. Much suit there was about it, between one Payne and him, or his heir, but the matter being at length referred to the duke of Norfolk, he bought both their titles. "The duke had it and was attainted and beheaded, and it then came to the crown. "King James gave it in fee to the Lord of Suffolk, who was fined in the Star-Chamber, and put out of treasurership, and suffered much affliction by the attainder of the Lady Frances, countess of Somerset, his daughter, and of her husband the Earl. "The Lord Cook bought it of the earl of Suffolk, and bought out the fee-farm from king James. He was put out of the place of chief justice of the King's Bench, fell into great displeasure of the king, and was loaded with afflictions, proceeding chiefly from his own wife, who lived in separation from him. "His eldest son Sir Robert, having been married many years, had no issue. His daughter the lady viscountess of Purbeck, the fable of her time, and her husband a lunatic. Flitcham Priory, says Taylor, had rents and interests in about thirteen parishes. There are no separate Ministers' Accompts of the answered for under Walsingham. Priory of Flitcham in the Augmentation Office, it being No SEAL of this Priory has been discovered. The Site was granted in the 30th Hen. VIIIth to Edward Lord Clinton. It went back to the Crown upon the attainder of Philip Earl of Arundel; and was again granted by King James the First to Lord Chief Justice Coke. The present owner of the Site is Thomas William Coke, Esq. M.P. A few REMAINS of this Priory are still visible in the form of barns, stables, and inferior offices. "This Flitcham. I am apt to believe, is the name that Mr. Willis, in his History of Abbies, vol. ii. p. 146, calls Hitcham, and only tells us of it, that JOHN MARTIN Occurs prior, anno 1514; and that anno 1553 there remained in charge on it 18s. 4d. in annuities. The reason that induces me to be of this opinion is the likeness of the names, and that I can find neither abbey, nor town, nor so much as a village called Hitcham in this county, where this learned author places it, but only one place called Hyncham. If I err, such as know better are desired to rectify my mistake." Com' Norf' "Abstract of Valor Ecclesiasticus, 26 Hen. VIII. PRIORATUS CANONICORUM DE FLITCHAM. Ricardus Vowell, Prior. Flitcham-Rector'. Flitcham-Maner' Flitcham-Molend' aquat' Flitcham-Valor bosc' Flitcham-Perquis' cur'. Anmer-Terr' cum curs' faldag' Tanner says, "Vide Plac. de banco 27 Edw. I. Hill. rot. 77 d. et 28 Edw. I. Pasch. rot. 178. de advoc. hujus Prioratus. Pat. 29 Edw. I. m.. de excambio cum Priore de Westacre. Pat. 6. Edw. II. p. 2, m. 14. pro terris in Apelton. Pat. 11 Edw. II. p. 1, m. 6. vel 7. Ibid. p. 2, m. 3 vel 4. Pat. 13 Edw. II. m. 18 vel. 24. Pat. 25 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 22. pro ten. in Hillington, Apelton, &c. Pat. 39 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 11. pro quarta parte maner. de Flitcham. Pat. 45 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 10. pro ten. in Anmere pro cantaria facienda. Pat. 6. Ric. II. p. 3, m. 15. pro mess. et terris in Appleton, Hillington, Depham, Morle, Attleburgh, Wiclewood, &c. Pat. 17 Ric. II. p. 3, m. 29. pro unione vicariæ eccl. paroch. Prioratui. Rec. in Scacc. 6 Hen. V. Mich. rot. 7, 8, 9. pro decimis exonerandis. Pat. 9 Hen. VI. p. 1, m. 8. pro unione Vicaria." See also Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 96, 96 b, 97, 100 b, 108, 112 b. Rot. Hundred. vol. i. p. 462. In the Lord Treasurer's kememb. Office, "Flicham.-De Priore de Flicham in Com. Norf. exonerand. de diversis Decimis." Mich. Rec. 6 Hen. V. rot. 9. Longleat, or Langelete Priory, in Wiltshire. TANNER calls this "a small Priory of Black Canons, dedicated to St. Radegund," said to have been founded by Sir John Vernon, Knt.a which, having run much to ruin, was by the bishop of Salisbury, with the consent of Peter Stantour patron and founder, 21 Hen. VIII., annexed to the Carthusian Priory of Henton in Somersetshire; and, as parcel of that Monastery, was granted 31 Hen. VIII. to Sir John Horsey, who sold it in 32 Hen. VIII. to Sir John Thynne. Rymer in his Foedera, old edit. vol. xiv. p. 297. has printed the Patent of the 21st Hen. VIII. p. 1, m. 27. for the appropriation of this House to Henton. Sir Richard Colt Hoare, in his History of Wiltshire, Heytesbury Hundred, p. 55. has given some further particulars of Longleat Priory. He says, Sir John Vernon, who is supposed to have been the founder, was sheriff of Wilts in the 48th Hen. III. and was living at the end of that reign. In 1291 the temporal possessions of Longleat amounted to the sum of 5l. 6s. 7d. In the 17th Edw. II. Robert le Bor became a second founder to this Priory; he gave to it in Codford three messuages, fifty acres of land, and pasture for two hundred and sixty-three sheep, eight oxen, two horses, and twelve hogs; in Warminster two messuages, fifty-six acres and a half of land, two acres of meadow, and ten shillings rent; in Hull JOHN FROME died Oct. 1404. JOHN SAMPSON, elected Oct. 26, 1404. gerford, Knt. gave to this Priory his Church of Rustall. The SEAL of Longleat Priory had this Inscription round a figure of its patroness saint: SIGIL. SANTE. RADE .. DIS DE LONGALETA. The sale of the Site to Sir John Thynne has been already mentioned. He founded upon it the mansion, which, standing upon the same spot, still perpetuates the name of Longleat. Alensborne, Anesborne, or Alborne Priory, IN SUFFOLK. HERE, says Tanner, was a small Priory of Austin Canons, dedicated to the blessed Virgin, which seems to have been about 1466, or however some time before the general Suppression, joined and appropriated to the Monastery of Woodbridge, and, as parcel of the same, was granted, 33d Hen. VIII. to Sir John Wingfield. In a Note, Tanner says, "This place being now de"This place being now depopulated and unknown, I think it needful to observe, that it was near the river between St. Clement's in Ipswich and Nacton; for in the extent of the Priory Manor of Woodbridge, and this manor of Alvesborn thereunto belonging, in the hands of Thomas Carthew, esquire, the present lord, A. D. 1739, a large piece of land there, called Risings Pastures, is said to lie in hamletta de Alvesburne in paroch. de Hallowtree inter terram manerii de Alvesburn ex partibus occid. boreal. et austral. et viam processionalem dividentem Nacton et Alvesborne ex parte orient.' And in the Inquisition, 29 Edw. I. ad quod damnum, it might be to give the advowson of the church of Halghtre, Halwetre, or Hallowtre, and two acres of land to this Priory, the Jury return that the said advowson was appurtenant to the Manor of Nacton." Taylor, in the Index Monasticus, p. 92, from Blomf. vol. v. p. 107, ii. p. 761, says, Hugh Bigot infeoffed Albert de Nevilla or Nevil in Nevil's manor in Hethel Thorp, who seems to have been concerned in the foundation of Alvesborne Priory, to which he gave that manor and the advowson of Carlton St. Mary. The revenues of this House were confirmed to the Prior and Canons about A. D. 1280. In 1315 the Prior of Alvesbourne was returned lord of it. In 1391 ROBERT BRETHENHAM Prior of Alvesborne held it; and this manor remained in this Priory till 1424, and then John Duke of Norfolk and others purchased it and the advowson of Carlton, and two hundred and ninety-eight acres of land, of JOHN TURNOUR Prior of St. Mary at Alvesbourne and the Convent there for St. Giles's Hospital in Norwich."< In 1530 the Prior and Convent of Woodbridge leased their Priory of Alnesborne, with all the lands thereunto belonging to Thomas Alverde gent. at the rent of 137. 6s. 8d. for ninety-nine years. The grant to Wingfield already mentioned was made in 1541. Bart. The present possessor is Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Taylor says the site of this Priory is now occupied by a farm; and that a barn is built upon the Site of the Conventual Church. It is said that there is an Impression from a Seal of Alnesbourne Priory among Bishop Tanner's Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Campes, Campess, or Campsey Priory, in Suffolk. DUGDALE placed Campess Nunnery, in the former Edition of this Work, among the Houses of the Benedictine Compare Leland, Itin. vol. iv. p. 177. b Tanner says, "Vide Fin. Somerset. 9 Edw. I. n. 53. pro advoc. eccl. de Lullington. Pat. 17 Edw. II. p. 1, m. 5. Pat. 18 Edw. II. p. 1, m. 22. pro pastur. ccLx. ovium, &c. in Estodeford. Pat. 17 Ric. II. p. 1, m. 8 vel 9. Pat. 9 Hen. IV. p. 1, m. 20. pro eccl. de Rushteshall approprianda, ex dono Walteri Hungerford." See also the Cart. et Inquis. ad quod damnum, p. 275. There are, of course, no Ministers' Accompts of this Priory in the Augmentation Office, on account of its early annexation to Henton. Tanner gives the following References to Records concerning Alensborne: Vide In lib. instit., &c. Joannis Wakeryng Episc. Norvic. viii. p. 130. Certificatorium de diminutione fructuum eccl. de Alnesburn et Carlton S. Mariæ istis Religiosis appropriatorum ab anno 1247. Confirmationem cujusdam redditus a Priore et Canonicis hujus Order. Weever, Fun. Mon. p. 755. made it of the Order of St. Clare. The Register of the See of Norwich, which domus circa A.D. 1280, in Registro Prioris Norwic. ii. fol. 50. Inter cartas meas originales, Cartam qua Robertus Prior et Canonici de Alnesborn remisere redd. ann. xx. provenientem e molendino aquatico in Kesewyk, Priori et Capitulo S. S. Trinitatis Norwic. 14 Edw. I. sub sigillo commun. Conventus in cera viridi. Pat. 3 Edw. I. m. 24 d. pro ten. in Ashe. Plac. in com. Suff. 14 Edw. I. assis. rot. 23 d. de ten, in Ash juxta Helmingham. Escaet. Suff. 29 Edw. I. n. 114. pro eccl. de Halghtre ex concess. Roberti de Belsted et Rob. de Twait. Pat. 7 Edw. II. p. 2, m. 8. pro mess. et ten. in Gippewic et Alnesburn. Pat. 9 Edw. III. p. 1, m. 27. pro eccl. de Halghtree. Rec. in Scacc. 6 Hen. V. Mich. rot. 20." See also the Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 128 b, 130 b. Cart. Inquis. post mortem, &c. vol. i. p. 171. In the Treasurer's Rememb. Office is, "De Priore de Alnesborne in Com. Suff. exonerand. de diversis decimis." Mich. Record. 6 Hen. V. rot. 20. is more to be relied upon, makes it Austin; Taylor, Index Monasticus, p. 99. says it was for Austin Nuns of the Order of Fontevrault. Tanner says, "Before 7 Ric. I. Theobald de Valoines gave all his estate in this place to his two sisters, Joan and Agnes, with design that they should build a Monastery to the honour of the blessed Virgin Mary, wherein they and other religious women might live to the service of God. Accordingly they founded here a Nunnery of the Order of St. Austin, of which the foresaid Joan was the first Prioress." King John's confirmation of the founder's design is con "To all the faithfull of Christ who shall see or hear this writing, Symon de Bruna of Totingetun, greeting. Be it known to you all, that I have granted, given, and by this my present deed confirmed to God and the church of St. Mary of Campesse, and to the nuns there serving, for ever, for the health of my soul, and for the souls of my father and mother, in pure and perpetual alms, the homage of my daughter Katherine, and the service of sixpence of yearly revenue, which the said Katherine used to pay to me, for a certain messuage and four acres of arable land, which she held of me, viz. Threepence at the Nativity of our Lord, and threepence at Easter, in lieu of all services, customs, and secular demands; and to the end that neither I, nor my heirs, may at any time contradict this grant, donation, and confirmation of my deed, I have as well for myself as for my heirs, affixed my seal to this writing. These being witnesses, Henry Turnetur, John Germin of Martim, Roger Joseph, Gilbert and William Fitzstephens, Robert Tailor, Richard More, John More, Alexander Stanburg, the King's Remembrancer, and others. "The Seal to this was in white wax, but all broken. The Deed without date. 2. "Another Grant of the same Simon de Bruna. "Be it known to those present and to come, that I Simon de Bruna have granted and given, and by this my present deed have confirmed to God, and the church of St. Mary of Campesse, and to the nuns there serving God, for the health of my soul, and those of my ancestors, all the piece of my land in the town of Totingtune, lying between the land of Henry Turneturt and the land of Robert the tailor, one end of which abuts on the pasture of Westmere, to be had and held by the aforesaid nuns of me and my heirs, in free, pure, and perpetual alms. And I Simon, and my heirs, will warrant the aforesaid piece of land to the aforesaid nuns and their successors against all men. These being witnesses, William Clerk, Robert Tomeston, William Vernum, John his brother, Roger Joseph, Alexander Stanburg, Richard his brother, Richard Fitzstephen, Thomas Plessit, William Perham, Hugh Berking, and others. "The Seal appending in white wax, not broken, but so defaced as not to be known. The Deed without date. 3. "The Grant of John L'Estrange. "Be it known to all present and to come, that I John L'Estrange have given, granted, and by this my present deed confirmed to the Prioress of Compesse, and to the nuns there serving God, for the health of my soul, and of the souls of my predecessors, in pure and perpetual alms, a certaine messuage in the Town of Totington, which is called Herrephord, as it is inclosed with ditches, with the messuage that belonged to Simon de Bruna, with free ingress and egress, and one acre of land and an half by the croft of Roger Fuller, and two acres and an half of land by Sotteland, and Katherine, the daughter of Simon de Bruna, with all her followers, to be had and held of me and my heirs for ever. And I, the aforesaid John, and my heirs, will warrant the aforesaid messuage, and the aforesaid land, and the aforesaid Katherine, with all her followers, against all people for ever; and in testimony hereof I have affixed my seal to this writing. These being witnesses, Mr. Roger Mushell, William the son of Richard Hunstanston, Roger Hony of the same, Geoffry Hamard of the same, Henry Turneturnt of Totington, Adam Suldham, Andrew Sutcham, German Meinton, Roger Joseph of Totington, Gilbert and William Fitzstephen, Robert Tailor, John More, Richard More, Alexander Stanburc, and others. "The Seal appending in yellow wax entire, and but little defaced, yet not so plain but that I doubt whether the bearing be two Greyhounds passant, or other creatures, palewise, on a triangle. The Inscription about them, SIGILLUM JOHANNIS ESTRANGE. The deed has no date. 4. "Another Grant of John L'Estrange of Hunstanton. "Be it known to those present and to come, that I John L'Estrange, Esq. of Hunstanton, in the county of Norfolk, son and heir of John L'Estrange, knight, of the aforesaid county, have granted, given, and by this my present deed confirmed, remitted, released, and altogether for and from me, and my heirs for ever, quitted claim to Alice Corbet, prioress of the conventual church of St. Mary of Compesse, and to the Convent of the same place, in the county of Suffolk, and to their successors for ever, all my right, and claim which I had, have, or may any way have hereafter, to that manor called Stranges, with its appurte tained in the first Charter of the Appendix to the present account. The next charter contains a confirmation of the manor and advowson of the Church of Karleton given to the Nuns by John de Framlingham clerk. The third relates to the foundation of a chantry here in 1348 by Maud de Lancaster Countess of Ulster, which in 1354 was removed to Rokehall in Brusyard. Two Charters of Stephen, and one of William de Ludham, follow these, with a Deed of Composition between Robert de Valoynes, the patron of this Priory, and the Nuns, dated in 1244.b nances, in the town of Totyngton, in the county of Norfolk, and with its homage, revenues, and services, as well of the free tenants, as of the natives, which John L'Estrange, knight, my father, of the county of Norfolk, lately gave and confirmed to the use of Mary Felton, late prioress of the conventual church of St. Mary of Compesse aforesaid, and to the convent of the same place, and their successors, as appears by his deed; the said manor, with its appurtenances aforesaid, to be had and held by the said prioress and convent, and their successors aforesaid, of the chief lords of that fee, by the services due from the same, and by right used. And I the aforesaid John L'Estrange, Esq. and my heirs, will for ever warrant, against all people, to the aforesaid prioress and convent, and to their successors, the aforesaid manor, with its appurtenances, as is aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have affixed my seal to this present writing. These being witnesses, Edmund Oldehall, Henry Nottingham, John Shouldham, William Salion, John Hed, Thomas Trypolot, and others. Given at Totyngton on the Monday next after the feast of the ascension of our Lord, in the fifth year of the reign of King Hen. V. after the conquest. "The seal appending on red wax partly broken, the bearing on the escutcheon not to be distinguished, and of the Inscription thus much to be seen, viz. SIGILLUM JOHANNIS. "The grant of Elianor L'Estrange, dated the same year as her husband's above, confirms his deed, and by it he appears to have been then dead, forasmuch as she calls John L'Estrange her late husband." b Tanner's references to Records concerning Campes are numerous. He says, "Vide In Aspilogia cl. Anstis, n. 319. cartam Ricardi de Amundevile, pro terris in Thorney. Indenturam inter Joannem de Framlingham et Priorissam et Moniales de ordinatione Cantariæ supradictæ, orig. in registro principali dom. episc. Norwic. In libro institutionum, &c. tempore Joannis Wakeryng episc. Norwic. scil. viii. fol. 126. Certificatorium de diminutionibus fructuum ecclesiarum de Totington et Tunstede, Norf. et de Wickham Market, Lulham, Petrestre, et Bradfield appropriatarum huic prioratui. Ibid. fol. 150. Assignationem habitationis vicario de Tunsted, ex manso rectoriæ ibidem, ad priorissam et moniales de Campess spectantis. Fin. Norf. 7 Ric. I. n. 35. Fin. div. com. 7 Ric. I. n. . pro eccl. de Totington Norf. ex dono Joannis Le Strange. Fin. Suff. 11 Joan. n. 62. pro eccl. de Totington. Fin. Suff. 4 Hen. III. n. 120. de bosco in Parham. Fin. Norf. 5 Hen. III. n. 105. pro XL. reddit. in Gernemuta. Fin. Norf. 12 Hen. III. m. 24. de ten. in Tweit. Fin. Suff. 13 Hen. III. n. 145. de maner. de Helmingham. Fin. Suff. 14 Hen. III. n. 24. de reddit. in Erwarton. Fin. Suff. 19 Hen. III. n. 63. de terris in Marlesford. Fin. Suff. 24 Hen. III. n. 4. de terris in Charsfield. Ibid. n. 38. de terris in Glemham et Cransford. Cart. 33 Hen. III. m. 4. pro lib. war. in Eysse. Fin. Suff. 42 Hen. III. de terris in Wortham et Burgate. Pat. 2 Edw. I m. 16 et 17. Plac. apud Hertford 6 Edw. I. assis. rot. 13 et 32. pro annuo reddit. c. sol. versus Humfr. Bobun com. Essex. Pat. 9 Edw. II. p. 1, m. 16. de excambio inter priorissam et rectorem de Ashe, de terris in Rendlesham. Pat. 13 Edw. II. m. 31. de mess. et terris in Brusyard, Swefling, Baddingham, Cranesford, &c. Fin. Suff, 8 Edw. III. n. 257. de maner. et advoc. eccl. de Carleton. Pat. 16 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 13 et 18. pro eccl. de Wickham. Pat. 20 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 26. pro eccl. de Harugham; p. 3, m. 2 vel 3. et m. 24. pro advoc. eccl. de Burgh, et appropriatione, ex dono Joannis de Ufford ad sustentationem quorundam capellanorum celebratur. pro anima Radulphi de Ufford. Pat. 21 Edw. III. p. 3, m. 5 et m. ult. de Matilda com. Ulton. hic intrante domum religiosam. Pat. 22 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 6 vel 7. Pat. 24 Edw. III. p. 2, m. 12 vel 13. Escaet. Suff. 26 Edw. III. n. 47. Pat. 27 Edw. III. p. 1, m. 27. Escaet. Suff. 32 Edw. III. p. 1, m. 18. pro ten. in Totington, Stirston, Stamford, &c. p. 3, m. 16. pro advoc. capellæ S. Jacobi infra maner. de Tonstall. Pat. 38 Edw. III. p. 1, m. ult. vel penult. Escaet. Suff. 42 Edw. III. n. 21. de terris in Blaxhall, &c. Pat. 42 Edw. III. p. 1, m. 25. pro ten. in Blaxhale, Doningworth, &c. Pat. 44 Edw. III. p. 3. m. 15. pro ten. in Cranesford et Sweftling. Pat. 1 Ric. II. p. 5, m. ult. vel penult. Escaet. Suff. 7 Ric. II. n. 144. de maner. de Benge. Pat. 7 Ric. II. p. 1, m. 38. de maner. de Wickham Market. Pat. 10 Ric. II. p. 2, m. 25. pro maner. de Benges in excamb. pro manerio de Brusyard. Escaet. Suff. 13 Ric. II. n. 106. de maner. de Harpele. Pat. 13 Ric. II. p. 3, m. 27. pro maner. de Hillington, Harple, et quarta parte de Dalingho, ex concessione Roberti Boys, &c. Escaet. Suff. 15 Ric. II. p. 2, n. 153. Pat. 16 Ric. II. p. 1, m. 35. de maner. de Totington, Norf. Escaet. Suff. 22 Ric. II. n. 94. de maner. de Blomviles juxta Parham. Pat. 1 Hen. IV. p. 5. m. 4. pro maner. de Blomviles et advoc. eccl. de Petrestre. Pat. 11 Hen. IV. p. 2, m. 23. pro medietat. molendini fullatici in Dedham, Essex." See also the Taxat. P. Nich. IV. pp. 27, 29, 67 b, 83, 95, 97 b, 102, 102 b, 103, 112 b, 116 b, 119 b, 124 b, 125, 125 b, 126, 126 b, 128, 128 b, 129, 129 b, 130 b, 131 b. In the Lord Treasurer's Rememb. Office is, "De Johanne Barker et uxore, occasionat. ad ostendendum quo titulo tenent situm nuper monasterii de Campsey et al. in Com. Suff-Mich. Rec. 7 Eliz. rot. 106." |