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REMAINS 

HISTORICAL  &  LITERARY 

CONNECTED  WITH  THE  PALATINE  COUNTIES  OF 

LANCASTEE  AND   CHESTER, 


PUBLISHED  BY 


THE  CHETHAM  SOCIETY, 


VOL.    XXX. 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  CHETHAM  SOCIETY. 
M.DCCC.LIII. 


COUNCIL  FOB,  1852-53. 

JAMES  CROSSLEY,  ESQ.,  F.S.A.,  PRESIDENT. 

REV.  RICHARD  PARKINSON,  D.D.,  F.S.A.,  CANON  OF  MANCHESTER  AND 

PRINCIPAL  OF  ST.  BEES  COLLEGE,  VICE-PRESIDENT. 
WILLIAM  BEAMONT. 

THE  VERY  REV.  GEORGE  HULL  BOWERS,  D.D.,  DEAN  OF  MANCHESTER. 
REV.  THOMAS  CORSER,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 
MATTHEW  DA  WES,  F.S.A.,  F.G.S. 
EDWARD  HAWKINS,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A.,  F.L.S. 
THOMAS  HEYWOOD,  F.S.A. 
W.  A.  HULTON. 

REV.  F.  R.  RAINES,  M.A.,  F.S.A. 

THE  VEN.  JOHN  RUSHTON,  D.D.,  ARCHDEACON  OF  MANCHESTER. 
JOSEPH  B.  YATES,  F.S.A. 
WILLIAM  LANGTON,  TREASURER. 
WILLIAM  FLEMING,  M.D.,  HON.  SECRETARY. 


BE1ATINO  TO  THE 


PRIORY  OF  PENWORTHAM, 


AND 


OTHER  POSSESSIONS  IN  LANCASHIRE 


OF  THE 


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EDITED  BY 


W.  A.  HULTON,  ESQ. 


PRINTED  FOR  THE  CHETHAM  SOCIETY. 
M.PCCC.LIII. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


THE  documents  now  presented  to  the  CHETHAM  SOCIETY 
relate  to  the  possessions  which  the  Abbey  of  Evesham 
held  in  Lancashire,  and  principally,  of  course,  to  the  Priory 
of  Penworthain.  They  have  been  drawn  from  various 
sources.  The  muniment  chests  at  Penwortham  and  Werden 
have  been  with  great  liberality  placed  at  the  command  of 
the  Editor  for  the  purposes  of  the  Society.  The  Tower 
Rolls  have  been  searched,  and  have  furnished  some  docu- 
ments, while  others  have  been  extracted  from  the  great 
book  of  the  Abbey  now  in  the  British  Museum  (Harl.  MS. 
3763.) 

The  latter  work  most  probably  passed  at  the  dissolution 
of  the  Monastery  into  the  family  of  the  Fleetwoods,  the 
grantees  of  the  Priory  of  Penwortham,  and  remained 
amongst  the  muniments  of  that  family  until  the  early  part 
of  the  last  century,  when  it  became  the  property  of  Lord 
Harley.  This  appears  to  have  been  the  case  from  a  memo- 


IV  INTRODUCTION. 

randum  in  the  initial  leaf  of  the  book,  in  the   following 
terms : 

Memorandum  :  When  Henry  Fleetvvood  of  Penwortham  Esquire 
disposed  of  this  book  to  my  noble  Lord  Harley,  he  reserved  to  him- 
self and  his  family  a  right  of  borrowing  the  same  out  of  the  Library 
whensoever  upon  occasion  of  contests  with  the  bishops  of  Chester 
it  shall  be  necessary  to  produce  it  at  trials  in  public.  And  accord- 
ingly my  Lord  was  pleased  to  lend  it  to  Mr.  Fleetwood  for  that 
purpose  the  last  Somer.  In  token  of  this  covenant  which  was  made 
with  my  privity,  and  for  the  certain  information  of  posterity,  I  do 
hereby  put  my  name  the  second  day  of  March  1 7f  £. 

Humfrey  Wanley. 

But  before  discussing  the  grant  under  which  the  Priory 
of  Penwortham  was  founded,  it  may  not  be  altogether 
unprofitable  to  glance  at  the  few  remaining  records  which  in 
any  degree  affect  the  previous  history  of  the  district  in 
which  the  possessions  assigned  for  that  purpose  are  situated. 

Of  course,  a  search  for  written  records  previous  to  the 
Roman  era  would  be  fruitless.  Beyond  the  mere  fact  that 
the  district  now  so  well  known  as  Lancashire  was  then 
peopled  by  the  Setantii,  a  tribe  of  the  great  Western 
Brigantes,  written  history  is  silent.  But  the  traces  of  the 
aboriginal  inhabitants  may  be  sought  for  in  their  singularly 
expressive  local  designations.  Nor  are  these  wanting  in  this 
district.  For  instance,  three  important  rivers,  flowing  from 
east  to  west,  intersect  it  and  empty  themselves  into  the  Irish 
Sea.  At  the  precise  point  on  each  of  these  rivers  where  the 
first  available  ford  is  found,  a  local  name  is  discovered,  into 
the  composition  of  which  the  term  werid  enters.  Two  of 


INTRODUCTION.  V 

these  places  still  retain  the  word,  with  a  Saxon  suffix  deno- 
ting the  progress  of  civilization.  And  the  Britannico-Saxon 
names  of  Werid-ton  and  Pen-werid-ham  have  come  down  to 
our  days  slightly  changed  into  Warrington  and  Penwor- 
tham.  While  Caer-werid^1)  or  the  camp  of  the  ford,  on  the 
Lune,  suffered  but  a  slight  change  in  the  hands  of  its  Nor- 
man possessors  when  it  was  translated  into  the  camp  of  the 
Lune,  and  became  Lancaster. 

But  the  written  evidences  of  the  Roman  occupation  are 
clear  and  distinct,  and  the  pages  of  Tacitus  record  not 
merely  the  time  occupied,  but  the  means  used,  in  reducing 
the  Western  tribes  of  Britain  into  permanent  subjugation  to 
the  power  of  Rome.  It  is  stated  that  at  the  end  of  the  year 
78,  Agricola  having  subdued  the  tribes  in  North  Wales  as  far 
as  the  river  Dee,  penetrated  along  the  western  coast  into 
Scotland.  The  words  of  Tacitus  are  remarkable  : 

In(2)  the  early  part  of  the  summer  [A.D.  79]  Agricola  assembled 
his  army  and  was  present  with  them ;  he  praised  the  forward, 
stirred  up  the  slothful,  and  marked  out  the  stations  himself.  He 

(J)  The  name  Caer-weridd  is  found  in  Camden,  who  says,  speaking  of 
Lancaster :  Hoc  enim  oppidum  Britanni  Caer  Weridd  i.e.  urbem  viridem 
dixerunt,  a  viridante  forsitan  illo  colle,  sed  hue  viderint  alii.  The  doubt 
here  alluded  to  refers  most  probably  to  the  translation  of  the  term  werid. 
More  reasonably  it  may  be  taken  to  refer  to  the  ancient  British  and  modern 
Welsh  term  Rhyd,  a  ford ;  or  to  another  British  word,  Wera.  The  latter 
word  is  thus  defined  by  Spelman  :  Locus  in  fluviis  qui  porrectis  ab  utroque 
margine  faucibus  hiatum  adeo  angustum  exhibet  ut  distento  rete  facile 
occludatur  capiendum  piscium  gratia.  In  this  view  the  term  Wery  wall, 
which  "  cummith  almost  to  Lune  Bridge,"  has  a  peculiar  signification. 

(2)  Sed  ubi  sestas  advenit,  contracto  exercitu,  multus  in  agmine,  laudare 
modestiam,  disjectos  coercere,  loca  castris  ipse  capere,  sestuaria  ac  silvas 


VI  INTRODUCTION. 

explored  the  estuaries  and  woods,  and  kept  the  enemy  in  continual 
alarm  by  sudden  incursions ;  and  when  he  had  completely  alarmed 
them,  he  stayed  his  operations  to  show  them  again  the  blessings  of 
peace.  By  these  means  many  cities,  which  till  then  had  been  free, 
submitted  and  gave  hostages,  and  were  surrounded  by  posts  and 
fortified  places,  which  were  selected  with  so  much  skill  and  judg- 
ment that  no  newly  explored  part  of  Britain  was  ever  before  so 
peaceable. 

The  following  winter  was  spent  in  the  execution  of  the  wisest 
designs.  For,  to  pacify  men,  wild,  savage,  and  rejoicing  in  warfare, 
and  to  incline  them  by  idleness  to  pleasure,  he  exhorted  them  pri- 
vately and  assisted  them  publicly  to  erect  temples,  courts  of  jus- 
tice, and  habitations.  And  then  by  praising  the  forward  and  chas- 
tising the  slothful  he  diffused  a  spirit  of  emulation  which  operated 
like  a  sense  of  duty.  He  instructed  the  sons  of  their  chiefs  in  the 
liberal  arts ;  and  professed  to  prefer  the  genius  of  the  Britons  to  the 
attainments  of  the  Gauls.  Thus  those  who  lately  disdained  the 
Roman  language  began  to  cultivate  its  beauties.  Our  dress  be- 
came the  fashion,  and  the  toga  was  frequently  seen.  And  by  degrees 
they  yielded  to  the  charms  of  vice,  the  porch,  the  baths,  and  elegant 

ipse  praetentare :  et  nihil  interim  apucl  hostes  quietum  pati,  quo  minus 
subitis  excursibus  popularetur :  atque,  ubi  satis  terruerat,  parcendo  rursus 
inritamenta  pacis  consistere.  Quibus  rebus  multse  civitates,  quae  in  ilium 
diem  ex  sequo  egerant,  datis  obsidibus,  iram  posuere,  et  presidiis  castellisque 
circumdatae,  tanta  ratione  curaque,  ut  nulla  ante  Britanniae  nova  pars  inla- 
cessita  transient. 

Sequens  hiems  saluberrimus  consiliis  absumpta,  namque  ut  homines  dispersi 
ac  rudes,  eoque  bello  faciles,  quieti  et  otio  per  voluptates  adsuescerent ; 
hortari  privatim,  adjuvare  publice,  ut  templa,  fora,  domus  extruerent,  lau- 
dando  promptos,  et  castigando  segnes :  ita  honoris  semulatio  pro  necessitate 
erat.  Jam  vero  principum  filios  liberalibus  arttbus  erudire  et  ingenia  Bri- 
tannorum  studiis  Gallorum  anteferre,  ut,  qui  modo  linguam  Romanam  ab- 
nuebant,  eloquentiam  concupiscerent :  inde  etiam  habitus  nostri  honor,  et 
frequens  toga,  paullatimque  discessum  ad  delinimenta  vitiorum,  porticus,  et 


INTRODUCTION.  Vll 

banquets ;  and  that  was  called  humanity  by  the  simple-minded  na- 
tives which  in  truth  was  but  a  link  in  the  chain  of  slavery.  In  the 
fourth  year  he  penetrated  to  the  firth  of  Tay,  &c. 

A  glance  at  the  map  of  the  north  western  counties,  and 
of  Lancashire  in  particular,  is  sufficient  to  point  out  the 
estuaries  alluded  to  and  the  route  taken.  There  is  a  reason- 
able certainty  that  all  the  fords  already  alluded  to  were 
resorted  to  by  the  Roman  general.  The  remains  discovered 
at  Lancaster  and  Warrington  clearly  denote  the  presence  of 
the  troops  at  those  stations.  And  if  a  search  were  made  at 
Penwortbam,  it  is  more  than  probable  that  it  would  be  suc- 
cessful. For  the  military  advantages  attending  the  occupa- 
tion of  the  singular  hill  which  overhangs  and  commands  the 
ford  of  the  Ribble  are  too  apparent  to  suppose  that  the 
Saxons  were  the  first  to  appreciate  them.  And  it  is  con- 
sistent with  other  instances  to  suppose  that  the  Saxon  castle 
which  occupied  in  after  ages  that  commanding  position  was 
only  the  appropriation  of  a  Roman  idea. 

But  it  is  remarkable  how  the  known  historical  roads 
which  traversed  Lancashire  from  east  to  west  and  from  north 
to  south,  appear  to  avoid  the  south-western  division  of  the 
county.  The  reason,  however,  is  obvious.  Coccium^1)  or 

balnea,  et  conviviorum  elegantiam :  idque  apud  imperitos  humanitas  voca- 
batur,  cum  pars  servitutis  esset.  Tertius  expeditionum  annus  novas  gentes 
aperuit,  vastatis  usque  ad  Taum,  &c. — Tacitus  de  vita  Agricolce. 

(*)  We  are  indebted  to  the  labours  of  Antoninus  and  Richard  of  Ciren- 
cester  for  our  knowledge  of  the  Roman  roads  in  this  county.  The  authority 
of  the  two  must  be  differently  estimated.  The  itinera  of  Richard  are  evi- 
dently the  work  of  a  mere  compiler.  His  assertions  must  be  received  with 
caution.  But  they  are  not  to  be  disregarded.  And  sometimes  they  are 
independent,  and  he  treats  of  roads  of  which  there  are  no  other  accounts  of 


Vlll  INTRODUCTION. 

Ribchester,  was  the  important  point  to  which  those  roads 
converged  ;  and  while  the  legions  passing  northwards 
marched  direct  from  Mancunium  to  Coccium,  and  from 
thence  to  Brematonacis  (Overborough) ;  the  supplies  from 
the  sea  were  landed  at  the  haven  of  the  Setantii^1)  and  were 

equal  antiquity.  The  itinera  of  Antonine  are  not  open  to  the  same  objections. 
It  will  be  instructive  to  place  the  two  which  mention  Coccium  in  close  con- 
nection. 

Iter  Antonini  Iter  x.  Kic.  Cirenc. 

a  Clanoventa  (Cockermouth) 

Mediolano  (  WhitchurcK)    m.p.  cl.  sic. 

Galava  (Keswick)    .     .     .     m.p.  xviii.         Brocavensis  (Brougham) 

Alone  (Ambleside)        .     .     m.p.  xii.  Ad  Alaunam 

Galacum  (Kendal)  .     .     .     m.p.  xviiii. 

Brematonaci  (Overborough)  m.p.  xxvii. 

Coccio  (Ribchester)      .     .     m.p.  xx.  Coccio  m.p.  xxxvi. 

Mancunio  (Manchester)     .     m.p.  xvii.          Mancunio        m.p.  xviii. 

Condate  (Middlewich)       .     m.p.  xviii.          Condate          m.p.  xxiii. 

Mediolano m.p.  xviii.         Mediolano       m.p.  xviii. 

(!)  It  is  clear  that  this  port  must  have  been  to  the  north  of  the  Ribble, 
and  from  the  traces  of  roads  recently  discovered  in  the  Fylde,  the  great  pro- 
bability is  that  it  was  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Poulton.  The  place  is  men- 
tioned by  Ptolemy,  who  wrote  A.D.  42,  in  his  description  of  the  western 
coast  of  Britain. 

Irovva  (HTxvais  (the  Sohvay  estuary)  18     20  58     45 

(Morecambe  estuary)      17     30  58     20 

(the  haven  of  the  Setantii)     1720  57     45 

BeXto-a/ia  furxwis  (the  Ribble  estuary)          1 7     30  57     20 

Serfia  CKT^O-IS  (the  Dee  estuary)  17  57 

The  haven  of  the  Setantii  is  also  mentioned  by  Richard  of  Cirencester  in 
his  iter.     A  portu  Sistuntiorum  Eboracum  usque  : 
Rerigonio  m.p.  xxiij. 

Ad  Alpes  Penninos  viij. 

Alicuna  x. 

Isurio  xviij. 

Eboraco  xvj. 


INTRODUCTION.  IX 

conveyed  by  a  road  skirting  the  right  bank  of  the  Ribble  to 
Coccium,  where  they  fell  into  the  great  south  eastern  road 
to  Mancunium. 

Still,  in  whatever  direction  the  main  roads  may  have 
pointed,  it  must  have  been  that  a  direct  communication 
existed  between  Warrington  and  the  northern  districts. 
Traces  of  roads  apparently  Roman,  and  running  directly 
north  from  Warrington,  have  been  followed  beyond  Wigan. 
Another  road  leading  west  from  Mancunium  through  Black- 
rod  is  so  clearly  defined  that  it  has  induced  some  anti- 
quaries to  assign  Coccium  to  the  latter  place.  And  it  may 
not  be  too  bold  a  conjecture  to  suppose  that  both  those 
roads  formed  a  junction,  and  proceeded  northwards  across 
the  ford  at  Penwortham,  and  then  crossing  the  road  from 
the  haven  of  the  Setantii  to  Coccium,  went  direct  across  the 
ford  at  Lancaster  to  the  north. 

The  records  of  the  history  of  this  district  become  more 
scanty  in  the  comparatively  modern  ages  of  the  Saxon 
struggles  and  government.  The  scene  of  four  of  Arthur's 
victories  over  the  Saxons  is  assigned  to  the  Douglas ;  (l) 

Rerigonium  has,  indeed,  been  considered  by  many  to  be  Ribchester,  but 
the  difficulty  is  great  in  assigning  two  distinct  names  in  the  same  author  to 
one  place.  But  Rigodunum,  which  is  named  by  Ptolemy  as  one  of  the 
cities  of  the  Brigantes,  may  with  some  degree  of  probability  be  applied  to 
Ribchester.  The  total  distance  mentioned  in  this  iter  between  York  and 
the  port  of  the  Setantii  nearly  agrees  with  modern  measurements. 

(*)  In  illo  tempore  Saxones  invalescebant  et  crescebant  non  modice  in 
Britannia.  Artur  pugnabat  contra  illos  in  illis  diebus,  et  in  omnibus  bellis 
victor  erat.  Primuni  bellum  fuit  in  ostium  fluminis  quod  dicitur  Glem. 
Secundum,  et  tertium,  et  quartum,  et  quintum  super  aliud  flumen  quod 
vocatur  Duglas,  quod  est  in  regione  Linuis.  —  Nennius,  cap.  Ixiv. 

b 


X  INTRODUCTION. 

and  the  remains  of  a  violent  struggle  would  seera  to  verify 
the  ancient  tradition,  that  the  victories  were  gained  on  the 
Lancashire  Douglas  above  and  about  the  town  of  Wigan. 
And  there  are  three  scattered  but  interesting  notices,  which 
may  be  assigned  with  certainty  to  Lancashire,  to  be  found 
in  "  la  vereie  geste  "  the  Saxon  Chronicle. 

Thus,  under  the  date  A.D.  642,  it  is  stated :  This  year  Os- 
wald, king  of  the  Northumbrians,  was  slain  by  Penda  and 
the  Southumbrians  at  Maserfeld  (*)  on  the  Nones  of  August, 

(!)  An.  DCXLII.  ftep  Orpalb  Nopftan-hymbpa  cyning  ojrr Isegen  peer  jrpam  Penban 
Suft-hymbpum  on  COarep-jrelb.  on  p&m  baege  Non.  ftug.  anb  hir  he  pser  bebypgeb  on 
Beapftan-ese.  Deer  halmer  anb  punbop  psepon  ryj>l>an  manigfealbe  jecybbe  geonb  hir 
eglanb.  anb  hir  hanba  pnbon  on  Bebban-buph  ungcbpornobe.  —  The  Anglo-Saxon 
Chron. 

This  is  repeated  by  Florence  of  Worcester,  Henry  of  Huntingdon, 
and  the  Venerable  Bede,  and  all  agree  that  the  Northumbrian  king  fell  at 
Maserfeld.  But  the  place  has  been  strongly  contested,  and  Mirfield  in 
Yorkshire  by  Dr.  Ingram,  and,  strange  to  say,  Oswestry  in  Shropshire  by 
the  historian  of  the  Anglo-Saxons,  have  been  assigned  as  the  site  of  the  defeat. 
But  the  weight  of  evidence  is  strongly  in  favour  of  Win  wick.  Not  only 
does  "an  ancient  inscription"  on  the  church  claim  the  church  yard  as  the 
scene  of  the  martyrdom,  but  an  endowed  church  dedicated  to  St.  Oswald 
existed  there  at  Domesday;  and,  on  the  foundation  of  the  Nostell  priory, 
temp.  Rufus,  Stephen  earl  of  Morton  granted  "  ecclesiam  sancti  Oswaldi  de 
Macrefeld"  to  the  priory.  (3  Dug.  Mon.  92.)  The  connection  between 
that  priory  and  Winwick,  and  the  reason  for  the  grant,  may  possibly  be 
that  contained  in  the  curious  account  given  by  Geoffroi  Gaimar  in  his  poem 
called  Estorie  des  Anglais : 

En  icel  terns,  e  en  eels  dis 

Done  fu  li  rais  Osewald  oscis 

Icist  retint  Norhumberland ; 

Mult  fu  seainz  home  seive  et  vaillant, 

En  Mescerfeld  fu  oscis ; 

Le  lieu  serra  chers  tut  dis. 


INTRODUCTION.  XI 

and  his  body  was  buried  at  Bardney.  His  sanctity  and  his 
miracles  were  afterwards  manifested  in  various  ways  beyond 
his  island,  and  his  hands  are  at  Bamborough  incorrupted. 

Anno  798. (*)  This  year  there  was  a  great  fight  at  Hwel- 
leage  (Whalley)  in  the  land  of  the  Northumbrians,  during 
Lent,  on  the  fourth  of  the  Nones  of  April,  and  there  Alric, 
the  son  of  Heardbearht,  was  slain,  and  many  others  with 
him. 

Anno  923.     In  this  year,  after  harvest,  King  Edward 

Kar  clarte  e  grant  feu  celestre, 

Sovent  i  virent  clerc  e  prestre ; 

Meis  son  seint  cors  fu  iloc  pris, 

Si  fu  porte  loinz  el  pais. 

Par  piete  et  par  manaie, 

En  fu  porte  a  Bardeneie  : 

Iloc  le  voldrent  sepelir, 

Le  lieu  amer  le  cors  servir 

E  es  cronices  est  escriz 

K'il  fu  iloc  insepeliz  : 

A  Nostle  client  asquanz, 

La  1'importerent  ses  amanz  : 

E  a  Colesdeburch  el  Suth, 

La  est  son  braz,  pur  ki  Deu  fait  vertu. 

Nor  must  the  name  given  in  the  Welsh  Chronicles,  Cocbui,  to  the  place 
where  Oswald  fell  be  overlooked.  Goch  is  ancient  British  and  modern 
Welsh  for  red ;  and  the  term  is  significant.  The  district  near  Winwick  is 
on  the  red  sandstone,  and  a  place  not  far  from  Winwick  Church  is  still 
known  as  Red  Bank. 

(!)  An.  DCCXCVIII.  JJep  pser  micel  gejreolie  on  Nopft-hymbpa  lanbe.  on  Lseng- 
tene.  on.  iv.  Non.  2Cppilir  see  ftpaslleage  anb  p«p  man  rloh  Slpic  JJeapbbeaphter  runu 
anb  o'Spe  msemje  mib  him. 

An.  DCCCCXXI1I.  ftep  on  pyjnm  SeaJ*e  F°P  Gabpapb  cyning  mib  pepbe  on 
upan  hseppej-e  Co  Dalpaele  anb  hec  gepypcan  wa  bupg  anb  gefetcan  anb  j;emannian  anb 
hee  o^Spe  fiepb  eac  of  CDiepcna  peobe  pa  hpile  pe  he  p»p  jrsec  gerapan  CDame-ceartep 
on  No)»^5-hymbpum  anb  hie  gebecan  anb  jemannian. 


Xll  INTRODUCTION. 

went  with  his  forces  to  Thelwall,  and  commanded  the  Burh 
to  be  built  and  occupied  and  manned,  and  commanded 
another  force  also  of  Mercians,  whilst  he  sat  there,  to  take 
possession  of  Mameceaster  in  Northumbria,  and  repair  and 
man  it. 

So  scanty  indeed  are  the  accounts  relating  to  South  Lan- 
cashire in  the  Anglo-Saxon  histories,  that  even  at  the  pre- 
sent day  the  question  whether  the  Mersey  or  the  Kibble 
formed  the  northern  boundary  of  the  kingdom  of  Mercia 
may  be  considered  as  undecided.  That  the  district  to  the 
south  of  the  Ribble  was  included  in  the  Mercian  diocese  of 
Lichfield  is  beyond  dispute.  The  churches  and  parishes  of 
Whalley,  of  Blackburn,  and  of  Penwortham,  which  take  in 
the  whole  south  bank  of  that  river  from  Yorkshire  to  near 
the  sea,  owed  allegiance  to  Lichfield.  And  it  is  strongly 
affirmed  by  the  historian  of  Whalley  that  "  it  is  very  certain 
that  that  diocese,  founded  as  it  were  by  the  early  Mercian 
kings,  never  passed  the  limit  of  their  territories."  And  he 
concludes :  "  On  the  whole  I  am  persuaded  that  the  outline 
of  the  parish  of  Whalley,  as  far  as  it  extends  along  the 
Ribble  and  afterwards  as  far  as  it  coincides  with  the  limits 
of  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  is  the  ancient  line  of 
separation  between  these  two  great  kingdoms  of  the  Hep- 
tarchy." 

But  on  the  other  hand,  wherever  any  part  of  South  Lan- 
cashire is  mentioned  in  the  Saxon  Chronicle,  it  is  stated  to 
be  in  Northumbria.  And  its  subjection  to  the  See  of  Lich- 
field may  be  accounted  for  on  other  grounds  than  that  it 
formed  part  of  the  kingdom  of  Mercia.  The  conversion  of 


INTRODUCTION.  Xlll 

the  Mercians  to  Christianity  and  the  formation  of  the  See 
of  Lichfield  were  effected  soon  after  the  martyrdom  of  St. 
Oswald.  Peada,  the  eldest  son  of  the  pagan  Penda,  had 
married  the  daughter  of  Oswy,  the  brother  of  St.  Oswald, 
and  the  Christian  king  of  the  Northumbrians,  and  had  been 
converted  to  Christianity  and  baptised  during  his  father's 
life.  Penda  was  defeated  and  slain  by  Oswy  A.D.  655 ;  the 
Mercians  publicly  professed  Christianity;  and  the  See  was 
formed  the  next  year.  Fourteen  years  only  had  then 
elapsed  since  the  death  of  Oswald,  and  it  is  possible  that 
the  effects  of  the  victory  at  Winwick  had  not  ceased,  and 
that  the  whole  district  to  the  south  of  the  Ribble  was  so 
far  under  the  sway  of  the  Mercians  that  it  was  included, 
though  in  Northumbria,  in  the  early  formed  diocese.  This 
view  is  not  inconsistent  with  the  account  given  by  Florence 
of  Worcester,  who  says  that  on  the  death  of  Penda  the 
pagan  king  of  Mercia,  and  when  the  Christian  king  Oswy 
took  his  kingdom,  and  converted,  A.D.  656,  the  Mercians 
and  the  adjoining  provinces  to  Christianity,  Diuma  was 
made  the  first  bishop  of  the  Mercians,  the  Mid  Angles,  of 
Lindsey,  and  of  the  adjoining  provinces.^) 

The  silence  of  history,  strange  as  it  may  appear,  can  per- 
haps be  partly  accounted  for.  In  those  early  days  the  mo- 
nasteries were  not  merely  "the  refuge  of  want  and  weak- 
ness, the  nursery  of  art,  the  depository  of  learning,  and  the 

(*)  Interfecto  rege  pagano  Merciorum  Penda,  cum  Oswiu  rex  Christianus 
regnum  ejus  accepit,  et  gen  tern  Mercianorum  finitamarumque  provinciarum 
anno  Dominico  incarnationis  D.C.LVI.  ad  fidem  Christi  convertit,  factus  est 
Diuma  primus  episcopus  Merciorum,  Mediterraneorum  Anglorum,  Lindis- 
farnorum,  contiguarumque  provinciarum. 


XIV  INTRODUCTION. 

sanctuary  of  religion ;"  their  inmates  were  the  only  histo- 
rians. The  monks  would  naturally  chronicle  the  events 
which  happened  in  their  immediate  vicinity.  The  more 
distant  events  would  be  disregarded  or  unknown.  These 
chronicles  would  circulate  among  the  religious  houses  and 
become  histories.  Hence  that  silence  which  rested  on  the 
north-western  districts  of  England.  Not  a  monastery  ex- 
isted in  the  wide  space  now  so  well  known  as  Lancashire. 
And  indeed  the  weary  traveller  who  had  often  to  depend 
on  monastic  hospitality  for  food  and  shelter,  might  journey 
from  Chester  to  Carlisle  without  hearing  the  welcome  tinkle 
of  the  convent  bell  to  guide  him  through  the  forest  to  a 
shelter  for  the  night. 

But  even  this  will  not  account  altogether  for  so  great  a 
dearth  of  notice.  On  the  banks  of  the  Kibble,  and  directly 
in  that  track  which  all  travelling  along  the  coast  would  use, 
a  town  had  arisen,  evidently  more  populous  and  of  greater 
weight  than  any  on  the  western  coast  from  Wales  to  Scot- 
land. Under  the  guardianship  of  a  castle,  the  only  one 
recorded  in  Domesday  in  the  three  modern  north-western 
counties,  a  royal  borough  had  sprung  up.  "  King  Edward," 
says  Domesday,  "held  Peneverdant,  where  there  were  two 
carucates  of  land  which  rendered  tenpence.  There  is  now 
a  castle  here,  and  there  are  two  carucates  in  the  demesne, 
six  burgesses,  three  radmen,  eight  villeins,  and  four  neat 
herds;  between  all  they  have  four  carucates;  there  is  half 
a  fishery,  a  wood,  and  aeries  of  hawks.  As  in  the  time  of 
King  Edward,  it  is  valued  at  three  pounds.'X1) 

(])  Rex.  Edw.  tenuit  Peneverdant.      Ibi  ij.  caruc.  terre,  et  reddebant  x. 


INTRODUCTION.  XV 

But  before  the  great  survey  was  taken,  Penwortham  with 
the  rest  of  the  immense  district  between  the  Bibble  and  the 
Mersey,  which  had  been  apparently  a  royal  possession,  had 
been  seized  by  the  Conqueror  and  granted  by  him  to  Roger 
of  Poictou,  the  second  son  of  Roger,  Earl  of  Montgomery. 
The  survey  of  the  lands  "inter  Ripam  et  Mersam,"  and 
which  are  included  under  the  head  of  Cestresehire,  begins 
with  the  statement,  "terrain  infra  scriptam  tenuit  Rogerus 
Pictavensis."  The  Conqueror's  liberality  had  been  imitated, 
and  Roger,  retaining  in  his  hand  a  little  more  than  a  moiety 
of  the  district,  parcelled  the  remainder  amongst  his  own 
immediate  followers.  His  demesnes  were  subsequently  for- 
feited by  his  treason,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  that  conse- 
quence had  attached  on  his  subinfeudations.  The  same 
survey  concludes  in  these  terms :  "  In  these(1)  six  hundreds, 
Derby,  Newton,  Warrington,  Blackburn,  Salford,  and  Ley- 
land,  there  are  one  hundred  four  score  and  eight  manors, 
in  which  there  are  four  score  hides  save  one  to  be  taxed. 
In  King  Edward's  time  they  were  valued  at  £145.  2s.  2d. 

den.  Modo  est  ibi  castellu  et  ij.  caruc.  sunt  in  dominio,  et  vi.  burgenses,  et 
iij.  radmans,  et  viij.  villani,  et  iiij.  bovarij.  Inter  omnes  habent  iiij.  caruc. 
Ibi  dimid.  piscaria,  silua,  et  airae  accipitrum.  Sicut  tempore  Regis  Edwardi 
valet  iij.  libr. 

(J)  In  his  vj.  hundr.  Derbie,  Neutone,  Walintune,  Blacheburne,  Salford, 
et  Lailand  sunt  clxviij  Manerij.  In  quibus  sunt.  Ixxx.  hide  geldabiles  una 
minus.  In  tempore  Regis  Edwardi  valebant  cxlv.  lib.  et  ij.  solid,  et.  ij. 
denar.  Quando  Rogerus  Pictavensis  de  rege  recepit  valebant  cxx.  libr. 
Modo  tenet  Rex  et  habet  in  dominio  xij.  caruc.  et  ix.  milites  feodum  te- 
nentes.  Inter  eos  et  eorum  homines  sunt  cxv.  car.  et  iij.  boues.  Dominium 
quod  tenuit  Rogerius  appreciatur  xxiij.  libr.  et.  x.  solid.  Quod  dedit  mili- 
tibus  xx.  libr.  et  xi.  solid,  appreciatur. 


XVI  INTRODUCTION. 

When  Roger  Pictavensis  received  them  from  the  king,  they 
were  valued  at  £120.  The  king  now  holds  them,  and  has 
in  his  demesne  twelve  carucates  and  nine  knights'  holding 
fees.  Between  them  and  their  vassals  there  are  one  hun- 
dred and  fifteen  carucates  and  three  oxgangs.  The  de- 
mesne which  Roger  held  is  valued  at  £23.  10s.  and  that 
which  he  gave  to  his  knights  at  £20.  11s." 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  the  whole  of  the  district 
was  not  surveyed  with  the  same  minute  accuracy  as  was  the 
hundred  of  West  Derby.  There  the  vills  and  manors  are 
distinctly  enumerated,  and  the  names  of  many  of  them  are 
continued  with  slight  alterations  to  the  present  day.  Of 
most  of  them  the  ancient  Saxon  possessors  are  named,  and 
the  tenures  and  customs  alluded  to.  While  in  the  other  hun- 
dreds, with  very  few  exceptions,  the  survey  neither  mentions 
the  vills  nor  their  possessors.  This  is  particularly  the  case 
in  Ley  land  hundred.  Penwortham,  from  its  superior  dignity, 
is,  as  already  mentioned,  distinctly  alluded  to.  The  rest  of 
the  hundred  and  its  possessors  is  briefly  summed  up  in  these 
concise  words .  "  King  Edward^)  held  Lailand,  where  there 
were  one  hide  and  two  carucates  of  land,  a  wood  two  miles 
long  and  one  broad,  and  an  aery  of  hawks.  To  this  manor 

(!)  IN  LAILAND  HVND.  Rex  Edwardus  tenuit  Lailand.  Ibi  i.  hida 
et  ij.  caruc.  terre.  Sylua  ii  leu.  long,  et  una  lat.  et  aira  accipitrum.  Ad  hoc 
maner.  pertinebant  xii.  caruc.  terre  quas  tenebant  xij.  homines  liberi  pro  to- 
tidem  manerijs.  In  his  vi.  hidse  et  viii.  caruc.  terre.  Silva  ibi  vj.  leu.  long, 
et  iij.  leu.  et  una  quarent.  lat.  De  hac  terra  hujus  maner.  tenet  Girardus  hid. 
et  dimid.  Robtus  iij.  caruc.  terre.  Radulphus  ij.  caruc.  terre.  Rogerus  ij. 
caruc.  terre.  Walterus  i  caruc.  terre.  Ibi  sunt  iiij  radmans,  presbyter  et 
xiiij  villani  et  vj  bordarij,  et  ij  bovarij. 


INTRODUCTION.  XVII 

belonged  twelve  (probably  a  mistake  for  forty-two)  carucates 
of  land,  which  twelve  freemen  held  as  twelve  manors;  in 
these  are  six  hides  and  eight  carucates ;  there  are  woods  six 
miles  long  and  three  and  a  quaranten  broad.  Of  the  lands 
in  this  manor  Giraldus  holds  one  hide  and  a  half,  Robertus 
three  carucates,  Randolphus  two  carucates,  Walterus  one 
carucate. 

This  want  of  information  renders  it  impossible  to  state 
with  certainty  the  connection  between  the  Bussels  of  Pen- 
wortham  and  Roger  de  Poictou.  Most  probably  Warin 
Bussel,  the  first  of  that  name  on  record  as  owner  of  Pen- 
wortham,  was  a  near  connection,  perhaps  a  son,  of  Roger 
Bussell,  the  joint  grantee  from  Roger  de  Poictou  of  Black- 
burn hundred,  and  like  him  shared  in  his  leader's  generosity. 
It  is  clear  from  the  documents  hereafter  set  forth  that  he 
was  about  the  time  of  the  Survey  the  owner  of  Penwortham. 
From  the  Testa  de  Nemll  it  also  appears  that  he  was  in 
possession  of  the  principal  part  of  Leyland  hundred,  and  that 
he  granted  not  merely  the  greater  part  of  that  hundred,  but 
other  lands,  to  hold  of  Penwortham.  By  these  subinfeuda- 
tions  the  extensive  honor  of  Penwortham  was  created^1) 

A  ray  of  light  is,  however,  thrown  upon  the  connection 
between  this  powerful  family  and  the  remote  monastery  of 
Evesham.  As  in  many  other  cases  of  a  similar  nature,  it 
may  be  attributed  to  feminine  influence.  Warin  Bussel 
espoused  a  lady  who  had  territorial  possessions  in  Evesham 
itself.  His  son  Albert  confirmed  a  grant  (p.  6  infra)  of  two 
oxgangs  of  land  in  Evesham  which  Matilda  his  mother  had 

(*)  See  the  note  p.  37  infra. 


XV111  INTRODUCTION. 

given  to  that  monastery.  An  interest  in  Lancashire  once 
gained,  the  possessions  of  Evesham  were  extended,  and,  pro- 
bably after  his  restoration  by  Rufus,  Roger  de  Poictou 
granted  the  neighbouring  township  of  Howick  to  the  mo- 
nastery. 

It  will  be  convenient  to  pause  at  this  point  to  state  as 
much  as  has  been  discovered  of  the  family  of  the  Bussels. 
Powerful  at  its  outset,  as  well  from  the  extent  of  its  pos- 
sessions as  the  number  and  weight  of  its  alliances,  it  sank 
under  the  great  Lacy  family.  And  though  the  name  ex- 
isted, the  influence  of  the  family  hardly  survived  the  fourth 
generation.  But  its  direct  lineal  descendants  still  exist  at 
Werden,  the  owners  and  occupiers  of  the  same  lands  which 
were  once  owned  by  the  Bussels. 

I.  Warin  Bussel,  who  was  living  at  the  latter  end  of  the 
Conqueror's  reign,  or  the  beginning  of  Rufus,  confirmed  a 
previous  grant  to  the  monastery  of  Evesham  of  the  church 
of  Penwortham  with  its  tithes  and  appurtenances,  the 
churches  of  Leyland  and  North  Meols  with  their  appur- 
tenances. He  granted  also  the  township  of  Farington,  a 
carucate  and  a  half  of  land  in  Marton  and  half  the  turbary 
there,  two  bovates  of  land  in  Longton,  and  two  parts  of  the 
tithes  of  the  demesne  in  Leyland,  Frecldeton,  and  Warton. 
He  married  Matilda,  who  had  possessions  in  Evesham  (see 
p.  5),  and  had  issue : 

1.  Richard,  of  whom  hereafter. 

2.  Albert,  of  whom  hereafter. 

3.  Geoffrey,  a  consenting  party  to  the  grant  of  the  church  of 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 

Leyland  by  his  brother  Richard  (see  p.  40).  He  had 
three  sons : 

Robert,  of  whom  hereafter. 

Henry,  named  as  a  witness  to  the  deed  No.  X. 

Thomas,  also  named. 

4.  Warin  (see p.  5). 

5.  A  daughter  married  Ranulph  Fitz  Roger,  who  had  five 

camcates  from  "Warin  Bussel  in  marriage;  and  at  the 
time  of  the  Testa  de  Neville  the  heir  of  Ranulph  was 
in  ward  to  Eustace  de  Moreton. 

6.  Another  daughter  married  Gillemichel  ffitz-Edward,  and 

had  four  carucates  of  land,  of  which  his  heir  held  three, 
and  was  in  ward  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Stafford  and  Wil- 
liam de  Harewood. — Testa  de  Neville. 

7.  A  daughter  (possibly  Sibil)  married  Hamo  Pincerna  and 

had  two  carucates  of  land  in  Hocton  and  Echilston. 
The  present  possessors  of  Hoghton  Tower  descend  line- 
ally from  this  marriage. 

8.  Another  daughter  married  Alan,  the  son  of  Swein,  and  had 

four  carucates  and  a  half  of  land  in  Gunolvesmore  by 
grant  from  her  brother  Richard. 

9.  Another  daughter   married  Robert  Hikeling,  and  had  a 

carucate  of  land  from  her  brother  Richard. 

10.  Another  daughter  married  Richard  Spileman,  and  had 

Standish  and  Langtree  from  her  brother  Richard. 

II.  Richard  Bussel,  the  son  of  Warin,  succeeded.  He 
confirmed  the  grant  of  his  father,  and  granted  a  court  in 
Penwortham,  four  bovates  in  Longton,  one  in  Penwortham, 
the  church  at  Leyland,  and,  what  must  then  have  been  of 
peculiar  significance,  the  fourth  part  of  his  fishery  in  the 


XX  INTRODUCTION. 

Ribble.     He  died  without  issue  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother, 

III.  Albertus  Bussel,  who  confirmed  the  grants  of  his 
father  and  brother,  and  added  two  bovates  in  Longton.     He 
also  confirmed  the  grants  to  the  monastery  of  Evesham  by 
his  mother  Matilda  of  two  bovates  of  land  in  Evesham,  and 
by  his  wife  Leticia  of  certain  bovates  from  her  demesne 
land  at  Leyland.     He  had  issue : 

Hugo,  of  whom  hereafter. 

Henry,  who  attested  his  brother's  deed  (p.  7). 

IV.  Hugo  Bussel  confirmed  the  grants  of  his  grandfather, 
uncle,  and  father  (p.  6),  and  added  the  tithe  of  the  pannage 
in  Penwortham.     He  had  been  involved  in  litigation  with 
his  uncle  Geoffrey  Bussel,  but  received  a  confirmation  from 
King  John.Q     On  nonpayment  of  a  fine,(2)  the  barony  of 

(!)  Carta  Hug.  Bussell  de  judicio  suo  confirmando.  Rot.  Cart,  in  Turr. 
Lond.  a°  1  Job.  m.  3. 

Johannes  Dei  gratia  &c.  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  et  present!  carta  nostra 
confirmasse  Hugoni  Bussell  totam  Penwerham  cum  omnibus  pertinentijs  suis 
quam  clirationavit  in  curia  nostra  dum  Comes  Moreton  essemus  ut  jus  suum 
et  hereditatem  contra  Gaufridum  Bussell.  Tenendam  et  habendam  sibi  et 
heredibus  suis  de  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris  per  servitium  trium  militum  pro 
omni  servitio.  Quare  volumus  et  firmiter  precipimus  quod  idem  Hugo  et 
heredes  sui  post  ipsum  predictam  terram  cum  pertinentijs  habeant  et  teneant 
de  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris  per  predictum  servitium  bene  et  in  pace,  libere 
et  quiete,  integre,  plenarie  et  honorifice  in  ecclesijs  et  capellis,  in  bosco  et 
piano,  in  vijs  et  semitis,  in  pratis  et  pasturis,  in  moris  et  mariscis,  in  aquis  et 
molendinis,  in  stagnis  et  vivarijs  et  piscarijs  in  omnibus  locis  et  rebus  cum 
sok  et  sak,  tol  et  theam  et  infengenthef  et  utfengenthef  cum  omnibus  alijs 
libertatibus  et  liberis  consuetudinibus  ad  predictam  terram  pertinentibus. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXI 

Penwortham  was  soon  afterwards  seized  by  the  King  and  de- 
livered to  Roger  de  Lacy,  to  whom  Hugo  Bussel  afterwards 
released  the  barony  on  payment  of  the  same  fine.  Hugo 
Bussel  married  Antigonia,  but  apparently  died  without  issue, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  kinsman,  the  son  of  his  uncle, 
Geoffrey. 

Testibus  G.  Eboracensi  archiepiscopo,  H.  Sarum  et  R.  Sancti  Andree  epis- 
copis  &c.  Data  per  manum  S.  Wellensis  archidiaconi  et  J.  de  Grai  apud 
Cenone  x.  die  Octobris  anno  regni  nostri  primo. 

(2)  In  the  close  roll  7  John  m.  6,  29  Dec.  1  205,  there  is  the  following 
entry  which  refers  to  this  transaction  : 

Rex  Baron.  &c.  Coput.  R.  const.  Cestr.  id  qd  Hug.  Bussell  et  R.  Busse^ 
reddid'unt  ad  scacc.  de  fine  que  nobiscu.  fec'unt  pro  t'ra  sua  de  Penewrth. 
cu.  p'tin.  Quia  lib'avimus  eide  Const,  eandem  t'ram.  Ita  qd  nob.  respon- 
deat  de  fine  illo  et  de  areragio  ad  terminus  quos  pdti  H.  et  Rob.  inde  de 
nobis  h'ent.  T.  meipo  apud  M'leb.  xxix.  die  Decembr. 

This  was  followed  by  the  release  to  Roger  de  Lacy  from  Hugo  Bussel, 
which  is  copied  into  the  great  Coucher  Book  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  vol. 
i.  fol.  73,  No.  55  : 

Sciant  tani  presentes  quam  futuri  quod  ego  Hugo  Busseil  et  heredes  mei 
quietam  clamaviraus  Rogero  de  Lacy  constabulario  Cestrie  et  heredibus  suis 
Baroniara  de  Penwortham  cum  omnibus  pertinentijs  suis  tarn  in  militibus 
et  liberis  hominibus  quam  in  omnibus  ad  predictam  baroniam  pertinentibus 
in  comitatu  et  extra  comitatum  et  in  omnibus  locis.  Et  pro  hac  quretacla- 
matione  predictus  Rogerus  de  Lacy  adquietavit  me  erga  dominum  Regem  de 
ccc.  marcis  et  decem  marcis.  Et  ego  Hugo  et  heredes  mei  nullam  de  cetero 
pcterimus  movere  questionem  super  predicta  baronia  adversus  predictum 
Rogerum  de  Lascy  vel  heredes  suos.  Et  ut  hec  quietaclamacio  rata  et  in- 
concussa  perseveret  ego  et  heredes  mei  earn  tenendam  affirmavimus  et  jura- 
mento  confirmavimus  et  sigilli  nostri  appositione  roboravimus.  Hijs  testibus, 
Simone  de  Pateshull,  Gilberto  filio  Reinfredi  tune  vicecomite  Lancastrie, 
Rogero  de  Monte  Begonis,  Willmo  Butilario,  Henrico  de  Redeman,  Hugone 
Dispensatore,  Thorn,  fratre  ejus,  Colino  de  Quatremare,  Ad.  Dutton,  C-iial- 
frido  Dutton,  Willmo  de  Bello  Monte,  Willmo  de  Lungvilers,  Gerardo  de 
cleitone,  Ricardo  Phitun,  Turstano  Banastre,  Ada  de  Hocton,  et  multis 
alijs. 


XX11  INTRODUCTION. 

V.  Robert  Bussell,  who  also,  in  consideration  of  the  pay- 
ment of  the  fine  of  310  marks,  released  to  Roger  de  Lacy^1) 
and  received  from  him  two  bovates  and  two  carucates  of 
land  in  Longton  and  in  Leyland.  He  still,  however,  retained 
some  interest  in  Penwortham,  notwithstanding  his  cession  to 
Roger  de  Lascy,(2)  for  he  subsequently  conferred  on  the  mo- 
nastery of  Evesham  a  rent  of  twelve  pence  out  of  his  fishery 

(1)  Extract  from  the  great  Coucher  Book  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  vol. 
i.  p.  79,  No.  78  : 

Omnibus  ad  quos  presens  carta  pervenerit  Rohertus  Buissel  salutem.  No- 
veritis  me  in  ligia  potestate  mea  et  propria  voluntate  mea  dedisse  et  concessisse 
et  quietum  clamasse  de  me  et  heredibus  meis  imperpetuum  Rogero  de  Lascy 
constabulario  Cestrie  totam  terram  meam  de  Penwertham  cum  omnibus 
pertinentijs  suis  tarn  in  dominicis  quam  servitiis  sine  ullo  retenemento  cum 
toto  jure  meo  quod  in  ea  habeo  vel  habere  debeo  tarn  infra  Comitatum  Lan- 
castrie  quam  extra.  Tenend.  et  habend.  in  capite  de  domino  rege  Anglic 
et  heredibus  suis  illi  et  heredibus  suis.  Ita  quod  ego  Robertus  et  heredes  mei 
imposterum  aliquod  clameum  vel  jus  non  possumus  habere  vel  debemus  in 
predicta  terra  cum  pertinentijs.  Et  pro  hac  donatione  et  concessione  et 
quieta  clamantia  predictus  Rogerus  me  adquietavit  versus  dominum  meum 
Johannem  Regem  Anglic  de  trecentis  et  decem  marcis  argenti.  Quare  volo 
quod  predictus  Rogerus  et  heredes  sui  habeant  et  teneant  totam  predictam 
terram  cum  omnibus  pertinentijs  suis  sine  ullo  retenemento  de  domino 
Johanne  rege  Anglic  et  heredibus  suis  in  capite  quietam  de  me  et  heredibur 
meis  imperpetuum.  Hijs  testibus,  R.  cornite  Cestrie  Eustachio  dc  Vescy, 
Petro  de  Brus,  Gilb.  Rienfridi,  Roberto  Watu,  Henrico  de  Redens,  Willmo 
lilio  Swein,  Willmo  de  Wineguike,  Turstano  Banaslre,  Ada  Banastre, 
Jordano  de  Sancta  Maria,  Thoma  Dispensatore,  Ada  de  Dutton,  Galfrido  de 
Dutton,  Willmo  de  Bello  monte,  Baldwyno  de  ffossa,  Lawrencio  de  Wilt. 
clerico. 

(2)  Rogerus  de  Lascy  dedit  Roberto  Bussell  ij.  bovat.  et  ij.  caruc.  terre  in 
Longeton  et  in  Leyland,  et  servic.  ij.  caruc.  in  Eukeston  faciendo  servic. 
decime  partis  unius  militis.  —  Testa  de  Neville.     That  these  lands  after- 
wards descended  to  the  Faringtons  of  Werden  is  clear,  for  in  the  Tenent. 
due.  Lane,  taken  anno  1311,  the  statement  of  this  grant  is  thus  alluded  to  : 
Rogerus  Lacy  dedit  Roberto  Bushell  ij.  bovat.  terre  in  Longton  in  Leylond 


INTRODUCTION.  XXlll 

in  the  Kibble  at  Penwortham  (p.  9).  He  also  granted  to 
the  priory  of  Penwortham  a  small  plot  of  land  in  Longton 
to  build  a  grange.  He  had  issue : 

1.  Galfridus,  the  grantor  of  No.  XII.  (p.  11.) 

2.  Waring1) 

3.  William. (]) 

4.  Avicia  married  John  del  Meles  (p.  17). 

5.  Margaret^)  married  Hen.  fil.  Huctredi  de  Whalley. 

At  first  sight  there  is  something  extraordinary  in  the 
grants  above  alluded  to.  Donations  of  churches  with  tithes 
are  made  directly  after  the  survey  of  Domesday  was  taken. 
And  yet  that  survey  is  entirely  silent  as  to  their  existence. 

et  servic.  ij.  caruc.  terre  in  Ewkeston  fac'  decline  partis  unius  feodi  militis. 
Henrietta  dux  Lane.  Willus  ffarington  et  Wills  de  Holand  de  dicto  duce  decem 
partes  unius  feodi  militis  in  Leylonde  et  Ewkeston  qu.  Robertus  Bushell 
quondam  tenuit  de  feodo. 

(1)  Sciant  quod  ego  Robertus  Bussel  dominus  de  Leilond  dedi  &c.  Willmo 
filio  meo  omnimoda  asiamenta  duobus  acris  in  villa  de  Leylond  quas  idem 
Willmus  habuit  ex  dono  Warini  fratris  sui  videlicet  communam  pasture  om- 
nibus vastis  ville  de  Leylond  pertinentibus  omnimodis  animalibus  cuiuscunque 
generis  fuerint  et  boscum  sine  deliberacione  ad  edificand.  et  comburend.  pro 
voluntate  sua  &c.  Hijs  testibus,  John  de  Claiton,  Thorn  de  Chernok,  John 
de  ffarinton  et  alijs  anno  regis  Henrici  quarto  decimo. —  Werden  Deeds. 

Sciant  quod  ego  Rob.  Bussel  dedi  &c.  Henrico  de  Qualley  filio  Huctredi 
viginti  acras  terre  in  villa  de  Leylond  per  metas.  Ita  videlicet  quod  si  ego 
Rob.  viginti  acras  terre  infra  predictas  divisas  perimplere  non  potero  ego  vel 
heredes  mei  dicto  Henrico  et  heredibus  suis  de  Margaria  filia  mea  proveni- 
entibus  in  alio  ydoneo  loco  plenari  perimplebo  de  wasto  meo  de  Leylond 
tenend  sibi  et  heredibus  suis  de  prefata  filia  mea  provenientibus  &c.  Hijs 
testibus,  Joh.  de  Mara,  Symone  de  Heris  tune  temporis  senesc.  War.  de 
Waleton,  Ric.  Banastre,  Ada  de  Hocton,  Ric.  de  Preston  clerico,  et  multis 
alijs. —  Werden  Deeds. 


XXIV  INTRODUCTION. 

Similar  omissions  have  given  rise  to  doubts,  whether  the  in- 
stitution of  our  parochial  economy  had  been  carried  out  to 
its  full  extent  previous  to  the  Conquest,  and  whether  we 
are  not  indebted  to  the  Normans  for  its  full  perfection. 
Such  doubts  are  unfounded. 

That  the  Normans  were  a  nation  of  architects  is  certain ; 
and  that  they,  in  many  localities,  replaced  the  coarse  and 
miserable  structures,  in  which  the  Saxons  had  been  satisfied 
to  worship,  with  more  elegant  and  enduring  edifices,  is  be- 
yond doubt.  Of  this  our  own  county  furnishes  a  direct 
example.  Reginald  of  Durham  relates (!)  that  the  grand- 
father of  Richard  ifitz-Roger  had  pulled  down  the  ancient 
church  at  Lytham,  which  had  been  constructed  of  shingles, 
and  had  built  another  of  stone  and  dedicated  it  to  St. 
Cuthbert.  But  there  is  nothing  in  Domesday  to  justify  the 

(*)  Est  villa  quse  Litthum  dicitur  quae  in  regione  quse  Amundernesse 
dicitur  sita  dinoscitur.  Hujus  dominus  quidam  Miles  extitit  qui  Ricardus 
filius  Rogeri  cognominatus  quandam  ecclesiam  in  honorem  beati  Cuthberti 

ab  atavis  progenitoribus  in  eodem  territorio  fundatam  habuit Erat 

eidem  Militi  quidam  Armiger  satis  officialis  ct  strenuus  in  officina,  urbanse 

disciplines ;  a  primseva  oetate  eruditus,  nomine .       Hie   die    quadam 

spaciandi  gratia  ad  cymiterium  predicte  ecclesie  processit,  quod  lustrando 
perambulans,  forte  quondam  passerem  modicum  de  nido  evolare  processit. 
Erat  quidem  jam  agilis  naturae  et  ideo  volatilis,  utpote  tener  pullus  nuper 
progressus  de  sub  alis  maternis.  Qui  de  fastigio  tecti  ecclesise  evolando 
descendit,  ac  super  diruta  qusedam  altaris  veteris  vestigia  adhuc  prominentia 
resedit.  Nam  predicti  Militis  avus  ecclesiam  prefatam  quondam  asserum 
viliori  compage  constructam  a  fundamentis  diruerat,  pro  qua  et  aliam 
lapideam  in  honore  sancti  Confetsoris,  licet  non  omnino  in  eodem  loco  con- 
fecerat.  Unde  et  altare  jam  olim  diu  dirutum  aliquantulum  longius  nunc 
temporis  prominuit  extra  novi  monasterij  ambitum.  The  rest  of  tbe  chapter 
shews  St.  Cuthbert  in  an  amiable  character,  and  relates  the  miracle  he 
worked  to  save  the  sparrow. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXV 

doubts  alluded  to.  A  consideration  of  the  objects  of  that 
survey  will  dissipate  them :  the  purpose  was  principally  finan- 
cial.^) It  was  directed  so  as  to  obtain  a  correct  account  of 
the  taxable  property  within  the  kingdom.  And  it  was  im- 
material whether  the  proceeds  were  paid  altogether  to  the 
owner,  or  a  definite  portion  was  diverted  into  other  chan- 
nels. Therefore  those  churches  which  were  endowed  only 
with  tithes  of  the  surrounding  districts,  as  Eccleston  and 
Croston,  Penwortham  and  Leyland,  in  Leyland  hundred; 
and  Rochdale  and  Eccles,  in  Salford  hundred,  were  un- 
noticed ;  although  the  two  first  named  churches  were 
granted  by  Roger  de  Poictou  with  their  tithes  and  other 
appurtenances  to  the  priory  of  Lancaster;  and  the  pages  of 
the  Coucher  Book  of  Whalley  prove  the  two  latter  churches 
to  have  existed  at  a  date  perhaps  anterior  to  the  Conquest. 
But  the  case  was  different  when  a  church  was  endowed 
with  glebe  land.  Such  a  church  appeared  in  the  light  of  a 
land  owner,  and  in  that  character  is  its  existence  notified. 

(!)  Sir  H.  Ellis  says  the  inquisitors  were  directed  by  the  oaths  of  the 
sheriffs  of  counties,  the  lords  of  each  manor,  the  presbyters  of  every  church, 
the  reeves  of  every  hundred,  the  bailiffs  and  six  villeins  of  every  village,  to 
enquire  into  the  name  of  every  place,  who  held  it  in  the  time  of  King  Ed- 
ward, who  was  the  present  possessor,  how  many  hides  in  the  manor,  how 
many  carucates  in  the  demesne,  how  many  homagers,  how  many  villeins, 
how  many  cotarij,  how  many  servi,  what  freemen,  how  many  tenants  in 
socage,  what  quantity  of  wood,  how  much  meadow  and  pasture,  what  mills 
and  fish-ponds,  how  much  added  or  taken  away,  what  the  gross  value  in 
King  Edward's  time,  what  the  present  value,  and  how  much  each  freeman 
or  sochman  had  or  has.  All  this  was  to  be  triply  estimated :  first,  as  the 
estate  was  held  in  the  time  of  the  Confessor ;  then,  as  it  was  bestowed  by 
King  William;  and,  thirdly,  as  its  value  stood  at  the  formation  of  the  sur- 
vey. —  Ellis,  Domesday. 


XXVI  INTRODUCTION. 

Thus  in  modern  Lancashire,  south  of  the  Ribble,  the 
churches  of  Wigan  and  Winwick,^)  Childwall,(2)  Walton.(3) 
Warrington,  (4)  Manchester,  (5)  Blackburn,  and  Whalley(6) 
are  expressly  named  in  Domesday,  but  invariably  in  connec- 
tion with  the  ownership  of  land.  It  seems  clear,  therefore, 
that  the  silence  of  Domesday  cannot  be  urged  as  a  proof  of 
the  non-existence  of  a  church,  or  of  the  subsequent  grant  of 
those  rights  and  privileges  by  which  its  due  efficiency  is 
maintained. 

The  grants  by  Warin  Bussel  were  made  under  the  ex- 
press condition  (p.  3)  that  three  monks  and  a  chaplain,  who 
subsequently  became  the  titular  prior  of  the  establishment, 
should  be  deputed  from  the  monastery  of  Evesham  to  per- 
form divine  offices  at  Penwortham.  And  thus  was  founded 
one  of  those  offsets  from  that  monastery  which  in  monastic 
language  were  generally  termed  obedientaries.  (7)  These 

(!)  In  Neweton  Hd.  Ecclesia  ipsius  Manerij  habebat  unam  caruc.  terre. 
St.  Oswald  us  de  ipsa  villa  ii.  caruc.  terre  habebat  quietas  per  omnia.  [Wigan 
was  the  Church  of  the  Barony  of  Newton  in  Makcrfield,  and  the  Lords  of 
the  fee  were  Patrons ;  St.  Oswald  is  the  Church  of  Winwick.] 

(2)  In  Derbie  HJ .     Cildeuuele.     Ibi  presbyter  erat  habens  dimid.  caruc. 
terre  in  elemos. 

(3)  Presbyter  habebat  i.  caruc.  terre  ad  ccclesiam  Waletone. 

(4)  In  Walintvne  Hd.      Sanctus  Elfin  tenebat  unam  caruc.  terre  quietam 
ab  omni  consuetudine  preter  geldum. 

(5)  In  Salford  Hd.      Ecclesia  Sancte  Marie  et  ecclesia  Sci  Michaelis  tene- 
bant  in  Mamecester  unam  caruc.  terre  quietam  ab  omni  consuetudine  preter 
geldum. 

(6)  In  Blacheburn  Hd.     Rex  E.  tennit  Blacheburne.     Ecclesia  habebat  ij 
bovatas  de  hac  terra,  et  ecclesia  See  Marie  habebat  in  Wallei  ij  caruc.  terre 
quietas  ab  omni  consuetudine. 

(7)  Obedientise  vero  preesertim  dictae  cellse,  prsepositurse,  et  grangise  a 


INTRODUCTION.  XXV11 

cells  were  erected  for  various  purposes.  The  distant  pro- 
perty of  the  abbey  required  protection  and  cultivation ;  the 
reputation  of  the  parent  monastery  attracted  a  larger  num- 
ber of  novices  than  it  could  conveniently  contain ;  and  to 
meet  these  exigencies  a  cell  was  founded.  In  one  instance, 
where  the  monastery  was  situated  on  the  sea  shore,  and  ex- 
posed to  the  incursions  of  robbers  and  pirates,  a  desire  to 
provide  a  place  of  shelter  led  to  the  foundation  of  an  inland 
refuge^1)  But  the  general  cause  for  their  creation  was,  as 
at  Penwortham,  a  condition  insisted  upon  by  the  grantor  of 
land  or  property  that  a  certain  number  of  monks  should  re- 
side and  perform  divine  offices  at  the  site  of  the  donation. 

The  ties  which  bound  these  filiations  to  the  parent  mo- 
nastery differed  exceedingly.  Many  were  entire  societies 
within  themselves,  had  a  common  seal,  and  received  the 
revenues  of  the  cell  for  their  own  use.  The  only  acknow- 
ledgment of  subjection  was  the  payment  of  a  small  sum 
as  a  mark  of  superiority.  Thus  Wymondham  in  Norfolk, 
a  cell  to  St.  Alban,  elected  its  own  prior,  presented  him 
to  the  patron,  and  only  paid  a  silver  mark  to  St.  Albans 

monastery's  dependentes,  quod  monachi  ab  Abbate  illuc  mitterentur  vi  ejus- 
dem  obedientice,  ut  earum  curam  gererent,  aut  eas  deservirent.  —  Ducanc/e 
in  voce. 

(!)  This  was  the  cause  for  the  foundation  of  Hackness  in  Yorkshire 
as  a  cell  to  Whitby  Abbey.  The  monks  complained  —  Veniebant  namque 
latrones  et  raptores  die  nocteque  de  nemoribus  et  de  latibulis  in  quibus 
Itititabant,  et  deripiebant  omnem  substantiam  eorum,  et  depopulabant  eum 
sanctum  Locum.  Ita  similiter  piratae  veniebant  et  devastabant  eum  sanctum 
Locum,  ita  ut  nullius  miserebantur.  Qua  de  causa  Serlo  prior  et  monachi 
de  Whitby  ostenderunt  Willmo  de  Percy  calamitatem  suam,  et  petierunt 
ilium  ut  daret  eis  locum  manendi  apud  Hackness,  &c.  —  Dugdale.  * 


XXV111  INTRODUCTION. 

pro  recognitione  subjectionis.  In  some,  as  at  Romburc  in 
Suffolk,  a  cell  to  St.  Mary,  York,  the  token  of  subjection 
was  stronger.  The  abbot  and  chapter  of  the  parent  mo- 
nastery elected  the  prior  of  the  cell ;  but  he  was  presented 
to  the  bishop  for  institution,  or  to  the  patron  for  induc- 
tion. In  such  cases  the  cell  was  treated  as  a  benefice, 
and  the  prior  could  only  be  removed  for  canonical  cause. 
But  in  others,  and  these  were  most  common  among  the 
lesser  cells,  the  subjection  was  complete.  Of  some  of  these 
latter,  the  grants  expressly  made  them  completely  subordi- 
nate to  the  parent  monastery.  Thus,  in  the  charter  of  the 
foundation  of  Tynemouth,  it  was  granted  by  the  Earl  of 
Northumberland,  ut  abbates  sancti  Albani  in  consilio  con- 
ventus  liberam  habeant  dispositionem  priorum  et  monacho- 
rum,  tarn  in  illis  constituendis  quam  removendis  prout  vi- 
derint  expedire.  And  this  complete  subjection  would  most 
probably  be  general  in  those  cases  where  a  cell  was  founded, 
and  not  attached  to  any  ecclesiastical  benefice. 

Amongst  the  latter  must  be  reckoned  the  so-called  prior 
of  Penwortham.  It  was  impossible  that  any  office  could  be 
more  strictly  an  obedientiary.  The  priors  of  Lytham  in- 
deed were  at  first  equally  dependent  on  the  parent  priory  of 
Durham,  and  were  removeable  at  the  will  of  the  priors  of 
that  house.  But  so  early  as  A.D.  1443  that  mark  of  servi- 
tude was  struck  off,  and  Pope  Eugenius  decreed  the  priors 
to  be  perpetual.  Not  so  at  Penwortham.  The  proceedings 
taken  in  1343  relative  to  the  church  of  the  parish,  and  the 
title  of  the  prior,  state  his  subjection  in  the  most  express 
terms: 


INTRODUCTION.  XXIX 

It  was  alleged  (see  p.  99)  by  the  proctor  for  the  abbey  as 
being  notorious  and  public,  both  at  Evesham  and  Penwor- 
tham,  that  the  priory  of  Penwortham  had  been  immemori- 
ally  only  an  obedience  of  the  monastery  of  Evesham,  and 
had  no  appropriated  property  distinct  from  the  monastery ; 
that  as  well  the  then  prior,  who,  he  stated,  should  rather  be 
called  an  obedientiary,  as  all  other  monks,  who  had  succes- 
sively held  the  said  priory  and  obedience,  were  monks  of  the 
said  monastery ;  that  they  remained  under  the  obedience  of 
its  abbot,  and  were  only  temporal  keepers  there,  never  being 
presented  to  or  instituted  by  the  Bishop  of  Lichfield  and 
Coventry.  He  stated  that  the  abbots,  at  their  free  will  and 
pleasure,  had  recalled  the  titular  priors  within  the  walls  of 
the  monastery,  and  preferred  other  monks  to  the  same  obe- 
dience without  episcopal  permission.  And  he  averred  that 
as  well  the  successive  Archbishops  of  Canterbury,  their  me- 
tropolitans, as  the  bishops  aforesaid,  in  their  visitations  had 
known  and  had  both  tacitly  and  expressly  approved  of  that 
state  of  things.  These  allegations  were  admitted,  and  it 
was  decreed  that  the  monks  in  future  holding  the  said  priory 
should  hold  it  merely  as  obedientiaries  and  temporal  pos- 
sessors, and  might  be  changed  at  the  free  will  of  the  abbots 
of  the  said  monastery. 

Still  it  must  not  be  supposed  that  the  allegations  so  put 
forth  were  literally  correct.  Sufficiently  so  indeed  they 
were  for  the  purposes  of  the  suit ;  but  those  amongst  the 
monks  of  Evesham  who  were  in  authority  no  doubt  re- 
joiced that  the  will  of  the  abbot  was  under  the  control  of 
the  chapter.  The  customs,  of  the  monastery  had  been  col- 


XXX  INTRODUCTION. 

lected  by  Abbot  Ranulph.  In  the  second  year  of  his  abbacy 
he  went  to  Rome,  obtained  the  papal  confirmation  from 
Pope  Innocent  the  Third,  and  published  them  on  his  re- 
turn in  this  form. 

The  customs (a)  of  the  monastery  are  as  follows.  The 
abbot  when  within  the  limits  of  the  monastery  shall,  ac- 
cording to  the  ancient  usage  of  the  house,  lead  among  the 
brethren  a  regular  life  and  conversation,  and  shall  manage 
the  temporal  affairs  providently  and  faithfully  to  the  best  of 
his  power,  and  so  as  may  best  conduce  to  the  utility  of  the 
church. 

The  prior,  sub-prior,  the  third  prior,  and  other  obedien- 
tiaries of  the  order,  the  prior  of  Penwortham,  the  precentor, 
dean,  sacrist,  chamberlain,  manciple,  the  cellarer,  infirmarer, 
almoner,  the  keeper  of  the  vineyard  and  garden,  the  inspec- 
tor of  the  church  fabric,  the  pitanciary,  and  the  attender  on 

(*)  Sunt  igitur  consuetudines  monastery  hujus,  videlicet,  quod  abbas 
infra  septa  monastery'  existens  inter  fratres  secundum  antiquam  domus  illius 
consuetudinem  conversando  regulariter  vivet  et  exteriora  pro  viribus  suis  ad 
utilitatem  ecclesie  provide  et  fideliter  dispensabit. 

Prior  vero,  subprior,  tcrtius  prior  et  alij  custodes  ordinis,  prior  de  Pen- 
\vitham,  precentor,  decanus,  sacrista,  camerarius,  coquinarius,  celerarius 
interior,  infirmarius,  elemosinarius,  custos  vineae  et  gardini,  magister  fabrice 
ecclesie,  pitanciarius,  magister  hospitum,  de  consilio  et  consensu  conventus, 
vel  majoris  et  sanioris  partis  in  capitulo  ab  abbate  de  proprio  conventu 
creentnr.  Qui  si  minus,  quod  absit,  honeste  vel  minus  prudenter  in  officijs 
suis  se  babuerint,  vel  male  fratribus  administraverint,  prius  correpti  regulari- 
ter, si  non  emendaverint,  amoveantur  in  capitulo,  et  alij  sub  forma  predicta 
in  loco  eorum  in  capitulo  et  incontinent!  subrogentur,  ne  aliquo  casu  in 
manus  regis  deveniant  ipsa  officia,  abbate  forte  decedente,  vel  per  moram 
fiat  deterioracio  obedientiarum,  aut  aliquis  defectus  propter  moram  emer- 
gat.  —  Dugdale,  Mon.  vol.  ii.  p.  28. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXI 

strangers  shall  be  chosen  in  council  and  with  the  general 
consent  of  the  whole  convent,  or  of  its  better  and  wiser  part, 
and  shall  afterwards  be  by  the  abbot  ratified  and  confirmed 
in  chapter.  If  (which  God  forbid)  any  one  of  these  shall  be- 
have dishonestly  or  imprudently  in  his  office,  or  shall  mis- 
manage the  affairs  of  the  fraternity,  being  first  corrected 
according  to  rule,  he  shall,  unless  he  amend,  be  removed  in 
full  chapter,  and  another  shall  be  appointed  by  the  chapter 
in  his  stead ;  lest  by  accident,  or  by  neglect,  or  the  decease 
of  the  abbot,  these  offices  should  fall  into  the  hands  of  the 
king;  or,  through  any  delay  in  noticing  such  offences,  due 
subordination  be  lessened  or  new  delinquencies  arise. 

But  these  regulations  only  affected  the  superiors  of  the 
abbey.  The  monks,  who  did  not  form  component  parts  of 
the  chapter,  were  still  at  the  mercy  of  the  abbot.  To  them 
at  least  these  distant  establishments  were  objects  of  dread. 
They  afforded  too  convenient  facilities  for  the  transmission 
of  the  refractory  or  unpopular  among  the  brethren.  In  truth 
they  were  looked  upon  as  places  of  banishment. 

The  remonstrance  of  the  monks  of  St.  Albans  to  the  ab- 
bot of  that  convent  shows  the  light  in  which  such  cells  were 
viewed ;  and  the  very  means  used  to  obtain  a  rule  to  pre- 
vent the  practice  of  transmitting  the  monks  to  them  mark 
the  intensity  of  their  feelings  on  the  subject,  and  lead  to  a 
conjecture  that  the  will  of  the  abbot  had  no  such  restric- 
tions as  were  in  force  at  Evesham.  Three  of  the  monks 
attended  the  abbot  on  his  death  bed,  and  addressed  a  long 
oration  (l)  to  him.  They  besought  the  abbot,  for  the  love  of 

(!)  Domine  sancte  pater  qui  nos  hactenus  sub  alls  misericordiee  aluistis, 


XXX11  INTRODUCTION. 

Him  who  loved  His  own  until  the  end,  to  annul  the  ancient 
but  intolerable  rule,  that  any  one  should  be  banished  to  the 
remote  cells  of  the  convent  at  the  mere  will  of  the  abbot. 
They  pointed  out  that  grievous  scandal  arose  both  to  the 
sent  and  the  sender ;  for,  they  said,  "the  laity  say,  'This  man 
who  is  thus  sent  has  committed  some  sin,  or  the  abbot 
either  hates  or  envies  him,  because  he  is  better  than  the 
abbot,  and  contradicts  his  errors,  and  reproves  his  excesses.' " 
They  argued  that  such  a  transmission  appeared  to  be  a  wan- 
dering abroad  in  men  who  had  solemnly  vowed  to  continue 
under  the  rule  of  St.  Benedict  in  that  monastery.  And 


fac  nunc  nobis,  pro  amore  ipsius  qui  in  fine  dilexit  suos,  paternitatis  et  libe- 
ralitatis  pietatem,  ut  tollatis  antiquam  servitutem  vestrse  ecclesise  et  conven- 
tus  tui  jugum  importable.  Nostis  eiiim  bcne  quam  intolerabilis  consuetude 
conventum  illaqueat,  ut  scilicet  quilibet  absque  causa  ad  arbitrium  Abbatis 
et  impetum  voluntarium,  et  subdolas  susurrorum  accusationes,  ad  cellas 
nostras  reraotissimas,  et  quae  sunt  nobis  quasi  pro  exilio,  non  sine  magna 
cordis  amaritudine  et  scandalo  viliter  trausmittatur ;  unde  dedecus  et  scan- 
dalum  ipsi  transmisso  et  transmittenti  multociens  generatur.  Dicit  enim 
populus  secularis,  Iste  qui  transmittitur  aliquod  scelus  perpetravit,  vel  odit 
eum,  vel  invidet  ei  Abbas,  quia  eo  pnestantior  est,  contradicitque  erroribus 
Abbatis,  et  excessus  reprehendit.  Discat  igitur  de  caetero  vel  tacere  vel 
blandiri,  ne  dicamus  adulari.  Preeterea  videtur,  pater  sancte,  talis  trans- 
missio  evagatio,  ut  videlicet  habitantes  omnibus  diebus  vitse  nostrse  in  ilia 
ecclesia  constructa  in  bonorem  Sancte  Marie  vel  Sancti  alterius,  videlicet  a 
nostro  sancto  Martyre  Albano  conversamus,  senescamus,  et  moriamur,  qui 
conversionem  morum  nostrorum  et  stabilitatem  continendam  secundum 
regulam  Sancti  Benedict!  in  hoc  monasterio,  quod  sic  particulariter  discrete 
et  distincte  specificatur  (videlicet  est  constructum  in  honorem  Sancti  Albani) 
votivam  et  solennem  fecimus  professionem.  Et  quod  dicendum  quod  etiam 
invit?  quasi  condemnati  et  alicujus  rei  facinoris  convicti,  in  ignominiam  nos- 
tram  et  vestram  ad  cellas,  velut  exulantes,  transmittimur.  Et  hoc  vobis 
etiam,  ut  frequenter  ex  ore  vestro  audivimus,  absurdum  et  grave  videbitur. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXX111 

they  presented  to  the  abbot  a  rule  which  they  had  prepared 
on  the  point,  namely :  "  That  no  monk  of  this  church  should 
against  his  will  be  transmitted  to  a  cell."  The  rest  of  the 
scene,  which  took  place  whilst  the  abbot  was  in  extremis, 
must  be  told  in  the  words  of  Matthew  Paris :  "  And  then 
Alexander,  the  abbot's  seal-keeper,  shewing  him  the  deed, 
wished  it  to  be  read  before  the  abbot,  that  he  might  seal  it 
when  read.  The  abbot,  deeply  groaning,  turned  away  his 
face,  for  he  was  past  speaking,  and  then,  groaning  again, 
turned  on  his  side  to  testify  his  dissent.  But  as  Alexander 
had  the  seal  and  the  writing,  the  wax  and  the  slip  of  parch- 
ment affixed  thereto,  in  readiness,  he  was  angry  and  said : 
*  Silence  gives  consent,'  and,  the  rest  assenting,  he  sealed  the 
deed."  The  abbot  died  two  days  after.  His  successor,  how- 
ever, disregarded  a  rule  so  obtained,  although  he  was  one  of 
the  three  conspirators,  and  transmitted  a  monk  to  one  of 
the  obedientiaries,  although  the  monk  on  bended  knee  and 
with  clasped  hands  and  streaming  eyes  besought  him  that 
he  might  remain  at  home.Q 

Ecce,  domine,  plena  misericordise  et  justicise  charta  prompta  supra  hoc  con- 
fecta;  Ut,  scilicet,  nullus  monachus  hujus  ecclesise  invitus  ad  cellam  de 
csetero  transmittatur ;  ut  sit  in  raemoria  vestra  in  seternum  cum  benedictione. 
Et  ostendens  dominus  Alexander  memoratus  Abbatis  bajulus  et  custos  sigilli 
voluit  earn  legere  coram  ipso  Abbate,  ut  lectam  sigillaret.  Abbas,  exposito 
profundissimo  ac  gravissimo  gemitu,  avertit  faciem  suam,  hoc  nutu  abnegans, 
jam  enim  loqui  non  poterat,  et  sic  iterato  gemitu,  diversit  se  in  latus  alterum, 
scilicet  aversum.  Et  cum  haberet  idem  Alexander  omnia  prompta,  videlicet 
sigillum,  et  scriptum,  apposita  cauda  et  cera,  iratus  dixit :  Satis  annuit  qui 
silet.  Et  respondentibus  illis,  Verum  est,  sigillavit  illam  frater  Alexander. 
Et  ilia  fuit  illius  sigilli  ultima  impressio. 

(1)  Licet  lacrymantem  et  lacrymando  reclamantem  et  misericordiam  ut 


XXXIV  INTRODUCTION. 

That  the  monks  of  Evesham  must  have  considered  a 
transmission  to  Penwortham  as  a  species  of  banishment  can 
scarcely  be  doubted.  Its  distance  from  their  home,  and  the 
consequent  severance  of  all  the  ties  of  friendship,  would 
more  than  counterbalance  any  advantage  in  the  place  itself. 
In  one  instance  we  know  that  the  priory  was  bestowed  on  a 
degraded  abbot  from  motives  of  mere  compassion.  And 
even  after  the  bitter  animosity  of  the  monks  had  pursued 
Roger  Norreis  to  this  remote  corner  of  their  possessions, 
and  he  had  been  deprived  of  the  priorship  on  account  of 
his  excesses,  he  was  after  a  lapse  of  years  restored  to  the 
priory  solely  "  out  of  pity,  and  to  prevent  him  being  a  va- 
gabond all  the  days  of  his  life."  But  the  account  of  Prior 
Norreis  must  be  read  with  some  allowance.  The  feelings 
which  influenced  his  biographer  are  too  apparent ;  and, 
while  our  sympathies  are  enlisted  on  behalf  of  men  whose 
common  property  he  wasted,  and,  more  cruel  oppression ! 
whose  clothing  he  utterly  neglected,  and  whose  little  luxu- 
ries were  exchanged  for  hard  bread  and  thin  beer,  the  state- 
ments of  such  deeply  aggrieved  witnesses  may  be  suspected 
to  be  not  quite  impartial^1) 

It  cannot  be  supposed  that  the  principles  of  taste  for 

scilicet  remanere  possit  clomi  flebiliter  genibus  flexis  et  junctis  manibus 
postulantem. — Matth.  Paris. 

(!)  It  is  curious  how  nearly  the  transmission  of  Roger  Norreis  to  Penwor- 
tham  synchronizes  with  the  appearance  in  Lancashire  of  Hugo  Norreis  the 
founder  of  the  ancient  family  at  Speke.  Roger  was  an  exile  at  Penwor- 
tham A.D.  1213,  and  on  the  16th  October,  1199,  King  John  confirmed  to 
Hugh  Norreis  a  carucate  of  land  in  Blackrod.  And  both  were  recipients  of 
royal  favour. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXV 

natural  scenery  were  exactly  defined  and  ascertained  in  those 
early  ages.  If  they  had  been,  no  fervent  lover  of  nature 
could  have  dreaded  a  transmission  from  Evesham  to  Pen- 
wortham.  And  surely  no  one,  however  unimaginative, 
could  at  any  time  have  viewed  the  scene  from  the  priory 
without  feelings  of  admiration. 

The  site  of  the  priory  was  well  selected.  It  com- 
manded an  extensive  view  of  the  valley  down  which  flowed 
the  Ribble,  a  noble  stream,  abounding  in  salmon.  The 
valley  for  some  distance  above  the  priory  varies  in  breadth 
from  half  a  mile  to  three-fourths  of  that  distance,  and  is 
bounded  by  low  rising  grounds,  which  in  no  case  attain  to 
the  dignity  of  hills;  though  on  the  right  of 'the  river  they 
are  more  abrupt  than  on  the  opposite  bank,  where  they 
descend  to  the  river  in  gentle  curves.  At  one  place,  how- 
ever, the  left  bank  changes  its  character.  The  further  west- 
ward flow  of  the  river  is  there  arrested  by  a  precipitous  and 
lofty  bank,  which  projects  boldly,  at  right  angles,  nearly 
across  the  valley,  and  is  terminated  by  the  hill  on  which  the 
castle  of  Penwortham  stood,  round  the  base  of  which  the 
river  curves  sharply,  and  again  rolls  westwards  to  the  sea. 

On  that  projecting  bank,  and  a  little  retired  from  the 
edge,  stood  the  priory  of  Penwortham,  open  to  the  east  and 
south,  but  defended  behind  by  thick  woods  from  the  keen 
western  sea  breeze.  Slightly  inclining  from  the  direct  view 
to  the  front  of  the  priory,  the  parish  church  and  castle  of 
Penwortham  stood  prominently  forward  on  the  very  verge  of 
the  bank.  Looking  eastward  up  the  valley  the  ground  was 
thickly  clothed  in  wood,  through  which  the  river  glanced 


XXXVI  INTRODUCTION. 

ft 

at  intervals.  About  a  mile  above  the  priory  the  Ribble  re- 
ceives an  addition  from  the  waters  of  the  Derwent ;  and  in 
the  fork  between  the  two  streams,  and  on  the  abrupt  termi- 
nation of  the  rising  grounds  which  divide  the  vallies  of  the 
Ribble  and  the  Derwent,  appeared  the  little  chapel  of  Lawe, 
since  known  as  Walton.  And  from  the  thick  woods  which 
nearly  encircled  the  rising  ground  on  which  the  chapel 
stood,  curled  the  blue  smoke  which  marked  the  lowly  dwell- 
ing of  the  Banastres,  the  Lords  of  Walton.  While  the  re- 
mote distance  was  closed  in  by  the  lofty  and  isolated  hill  on 
which  the  knightly  family  of  the  Hoghtons  dwelt,  and  which 
in  after  years  was  crowned  by  their  towers  and  battlements. 

The  leading -features  of  this  charming  scene  have  been 
preserved  to  the  present  day ;  and  this,  although  the  un- 
bending line  of  a  modern  railroad  has  been  substituted  for 
the  beautiful  sweep  of  the  valley.  But  the  approach  to  the 
parish  church,  whether  it  is  visited  in  the  freshness  of 
spring,  or  when  the  surrounding  woods  wear  the  varied 
tints  of  autumn,  still  remains  rarely  equalled. 

But  the  proximity  of  the  parish  church  to  the  priory, 
though  it  certainly  added  to  the  charms  of  the  scene,  led  to 
consequences  which  are  felt  even  to  the  present  day.  In 
the  annexation  of  that  church  to  the  priory,  there  was  an 
instance  of  a  complete  appropriation  of  an  ecclesiastical 
benefice.  In  other  cases  of  a  similar  description  a  definite 
portion  of  the  revenues  of  the  church  was  set  apart  for  the 
use  of  the  chaplain.  Such,  unfortunately,  was  not  the  case 
in  this  instance.  But  no  apology  is  necessary  for  quoting 
the  words  of  Dr.  Burn  on  this  subject. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXV11 

"  The  practice,"  he  remarks,  "  which  crept  in  with  William 
the  Conqueror,  in  a  few  reigns  became  the  custom  of  the 
land,  and  the  infection  spread  until  within  the  space  of  three 
hundred  years  above  a  third  part,  and  those  generally  the 
richest  benefices  in  England,  became  appropriated.  And  in 
these  cures  the  monks  themselves  did  for  some  time  reside 
and  officiate  by  turns,  by  lot,  and  even  by  penance,  with 
many  other  ways  of  shifting  off  the  duty  upon  one  another. 
Until  at  length  such  changes  and  intermissions  in  the  pasto- 
ral cure  becoming  very  scandalous,  the  bishops  did  by 
degrees  restrain  the  monks  from  a  personal  cure  of  souls, 
and  confined  them  according  to  rule  within  their  own  clois- 
ters, obliging  them  to  retain  fit  and  able  capellans,  vicars,  or 
curates,  (for  those  titles  did  mean  the  same  office,)  with  a 
competent  salary  paid  to  them.  But  then  again,  they 
oppressed  these  stipendiary  vicars  with  such  sorry  allow- 
ances, and  such  grievous  service,  that  the  bishops  at  last 
brought  them  to  the  presentation  of  perpetual  vicars,  en- 
dowed, and  instituted,  who  should  have  no  other  dependence 
on  their  convents  than  the  rectors  had  upon  their  patrons." 
"But  if  the  benefice  were  given  ad  mensam  monachorum, 
and  so  not  appropriated  in  the  common  form,  but  granted 
by  way  of  union  pleno  jure,  in  that  case  it  was  served  by  a 
monk  of  their  own  body,  who  was  removable  at  their  own 
pleasure." 

By  some  plea  of  this  sort  the  parish  church  of  Penwor- 
tham  was  completely  appropriated  to  the  monastery  of 
Evesham.  In  the  proceedings  relative  to  that  church  it  was 
alleged  on  behalf  of  the  monastery,  and  not  denied,  that  the 


XXXV111  INTRODUCTION. 

abbot  and  convent  had  from  time  immemorial  held  the 
church  of  Penwortham  with  all  its  rights  and  property  by 
canonical  title ;  that  they  had  paid  all  episcopal  dues  charged 
on  the  church,  and  the  other  burthens  which  would  have 
been  charged  on  perpetual  vicars;  and  that  the  religious, 
who  had  the  cure  of  the  church,  as  well  in  spirituals  as 
temporals,  were  the  monks  of  the  monastery  or  other  mere 
temporal  vicars,  who  were  admitted  and  changed  at  the  will 
of  the  abbot,  without  either  presentation  to  the  bishop  or  in- 
stitution. And  therefore  it  was  decreed  that  the  abbot  and 
convent  were  canonically  possessed  of  the  parish  church,  and 
entitled  to  discharge  all  its  duties  by  monks  of  Evesham, 
or  other  temporal  vicars,  who  might  be  removed  or  changed 
at  the  mere  will  of  the  abbot  of  that  monastery. 

The  church  remained  thus  appropriated ;  and,  as  the  pos- 
sessions of  the  dissolved  monastery  were  given  to  the  king 
in  such  manner  and  form  as  the  monks  had  held  them,  it 
followed  that  on  the  dissolution  of  the  monastery  of  Eve- 
sham,  the  church  of  Penwortham  became  a  donative  in  the 
free  gift  and  collation  of  the  patron.  The  subjection  to 
episcopal  authority  was  slight ;  institution  by  the  bishop  was 
unnecessary.  The  minister  was  in  truth  only  a  stipendiary 
preacher  or  curate,  subject,  it  would  appear,  to  the  complete 
control  of  the  patron.  And  the  stipend  was  miserable.  But 
in  the  early  part  of  this  century  it  was  augmented  by  a 
grant  from  the  Governors  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty.  From 
that  augmentation  the  church  derived  other  than  pecuniary 
advantages.  It  threw  off  the  burthen  of  lay  authority ;  it 
became  subject  to  the  visitation  and  jurisdiction  of  the 


INTRODUCTION.  XXXIX 

proper  ordinary,  and  it  took  its  place  amongst  the  episcopal 
churches  of  the  land.  But  the  stipend  still  is  such,  that  no 
one  will  point  to  the  widely  extended  and  populous  parish 
of  Penwortham  as  an  example  of  the  riches  of  the  establish- 
ent. 

The  twin  sister  church  of  Leyland  did  not  thus  suffer. 
The  monks  could  not  resist  the  application  for  her  endow- 
ment ;  and  though  the  want  and  poverty  of  the  convent  of 
Evesham  might  be  so  commiserated  as  that  the  parish 
church  with  all  its  rights  should  be  annexed  to  that  mo- 
nastery, yet  care  was  taken  that  a  fitting  portion  of  the 
profits  of  the  church  should  be  reserved  for  the  institution 
of  a  perpetual  vicar.  And  the  curate  of  Penwortham  may 
perhaps,  in  an  unguarded  moment,  look  with  an  eye  of  envy 
on  his  well  endowed  neighbour,  and  feel  a  slight  sensation 
of  regret  at  that  proximity  of  his  church  to  the  now  vanished 
priory,  which  still  causes  his  means  of  doing  good  to  be 
so  materially  crippled. 

The  list  of  priors  is  still  doubtless  incomplete.  Their 
position  was  unascertained.  They  remained  the  mere  monks 
of  a  distant  abbey,  liable  at  any  moment  to  be  recalled  with- 
in the  walls  of  that  monastery.  Apparently  they  were  not 
actors  in  the  scenes  of  the  day.  In  only  one  instance  has 
the  name  of  a  prior  of  Penwortham  been  found  to  take  any 
higher  place  than  that  of  a  party  or  a  mere  witness  to  a 
deed.  In  the  26th  Henry  III.,  the  king  granted  to  the  prior 
of  Penwortham  the  adjoining  manor  of  Walton,  until  the 
full  age  of  John  de  Banastre^1)  Hence  the  names  of  the 

(*)  Rex  concessit  Priori  de  Penwortham  manerium  de  Waleton  quod 


xl  INTRODUCTION. 

priors  are  found  solely  in  documents  which  they  have  wit- 
nessed, or  in  which  they  have  acted  on  behalf  of  the  monas- 
tery. The  first  on  record  is : 

1.  Henricus  Prior^1)  temp.  Ric.  Bussel. 

2.  Robertus  de  Apeltun,  temp.  Hug.  Bussel. (2) 

3.  Willmus  Prior.(3) 

4.  Roger  Norreis  A.D.  1213,  again  from  1218  to  1224, 

p.  89. 

fuit  Johannis  de  Banastre,  cujus  custodia  ad  Regem  pertinent  ratione  terra- 
rum  Johannis  quondam  Com.  Line,  in  111:11111  Regis  existentium  hahend. 
usque  ad  legitimam  retatem  heredis  ipsius  Johannis.  —  Orig.  23  Henry  III. 
Dugdale.  (Sic.)  But  the  fine  rolls  in  the  Tower  give  this  date  27th  July, 
26  Hen.  III.,  A.D.  1242,  which  agrees  with  other  evidences. 

(!)  Ric'us  Bussell  omnibus  hominibus  suis  Francis  et  Anglicis  clericis  et 
laicis  salutem.  Notu.  vobis  sit  quod  ego  dedi  &c.  Ric.  Fiton  et  hered. 
suis  octo  caruc.  terre  tenend.  de  me  et  heredibus  meis,  scil.  Hedkilsiwic, 
Olortona,  Wythul,  Wheltona,  Wythinhull,  Hoctona,  Rodelsworth  cum  p'tin. 
Habend.  p'dictas  terras  &c.  cum  cousensu  fratrum  meorum  Alberti,  et  Gal- 
fridi,  scil.  per  quartam  partem  unius  militis.  Hijs  testibus,  Alberto  fratre 
meo,  et  Galfrido,  Henr.  Priore,  Rog'o  fil.  Roucolf,  et  Ric.  filio  suo,  Orm 
fil.  Magni,  Rogero  Pincerna,  Siwardo  filio  Antigonie,  Ric.  fratre  suo  et  alijs. 
Valete. — Dodsworth  MS. 

(2)  Sciant :  —  quod  ego  Ric.  de  Hocwik  dedi  —  Edithe  filie  Galfridi  de 
Longton  et  libcris  suis  quas  habet  de  Rogero  sacerdote  quatuor  acras  terre  in 
ffarington  &c.      Hijs  testibus,  Rob.  de   Apelton  tune  priore  existente  de 
Penwortha.,  Hug.  Bussel,  Warino  Bussel,  Rob.  de  Clayton,  Warino  de 

ffarington,  Ada  de  Waleton,  et  Bussel  huius  carte  scriptore,  et  alijs. 

— Penworiham  Deeds. 

(3)  Notum  sit :  quod  ego  Alanus  filius  Willmi  donacionem  illam  quam 
Rob.  fil.  Henr.  de  Ribbleton  dederat  hac  presenti  carta  mea  Sancto  Johanni 
et  fratribus  Hospit.  Jer'lem  et  fratri  Viviano  eorum  nomine  concede  et  con- 
firmo  &c.     Hijs  testibus,  Willmo  Priore  de  Penwortham,  Rob.  clerico  de 
Preston,  Edwardo  de  Brockoles,  Rob.  de  Frees,  Philippo  Gerurt,  Ketello  de 
Gren,  et  alijs. 


INTRODUCTION.  xli 

5.  Thomas  de  Gloucestria,  ante  A.D.  1256,  p.  89. 

6.  Philippus  de  Neldesle,  circa  A.D.  1290,  p.  53. 

7.  Walterus  de  Walecote  circa  A.D.  1300,  p.  28. 

8.  Rad.  de  Wilicote,  or  Walcote,  13  Edw.  II.,  pp.  21,  97. 

9.  Thomas  de  Blockley,  A.D.  1321,  p.  22. 

10.  Radulphus  de  Wylicote,  15  Edw.  III.,  p.  55. 

11.  Radulphus  de  Whateley,  23  Edw.  IU.,  p.  56. 

12.  Willmus  de  Mershton,  6  Ric.  II,  p.  56. 

13.  Thomas  Newbold,  9  Ric.  II.,  p.  57. 

14.  Johannes  de  Gloucestria,  11  Ric.  II.  (p.  59)  to  20 

Ric.  II.,  p.  58. 

15.  Thomas  Hawforth,  9  H.  V.,p.  60. 

16.  Johannes  Power,  12  Edw.  IV.,  p.  61. 

17.  Johannes  Staunton,  17  Edw.  IV.,  p.  62. 

18.  Robertus  Yatton,  18  Hen.  VII,  p.  65. 

19.  Jacobus  Shrokinerton,  22  Hen.  VII.,  p.  66. 

20.  Robertus  Yatton,  1  Hen.  VIII.,  p.  69. 

21.  Ricardus  Hawkysbury,  7  Hen.  VIII.,  p.  71. 

The  priors  and  the  other  inmates  of  Penwortham  were  of 
course  bound,  so  far  as  practicable,  to  conform  to  the  general 
practice  and  rules  of  the  parent  monastery.  The  customs 
of  Evesham  above  alluded  to  plainly  insist  on  this.  All  the 
officers,  including  the  prior  of  Penwortham,  were  bound  to 
do  so.  They  proceed :  "  The  prior(1)  and  the  aforesaid  supe- 
riors of  the  order  shall,  assisted  by  the  abbot,  use  all  diligence 
that  the  strictest  monastic  discipline 'according  to  the  rule  of 

(*)  Prior  vero,  et  predict!  magistri  ordinis,  simul  cum  Abbate,  ut  ordo 
monasticus  cum  rigore  disciplines  secundum  regulam  beati  Benedict!  obser- 


xlii  INTRODUCTION. 

the  blessed  Benedict  be  preserved;  and  chiefly  they  shall 
take  care  lest  the  monks  possess  any  unlicensed  thing ;  that 
unless  permitted  they  only  eat  in  the  refectory ;  that  their 
alms  be  dealt  out  by  the  almoner;  that  they  do  not  leave 
the  convent  without  permission;  that  silence  be  preserved 
in  the  specified  places;  and  that  they  frequently  confess 
their  offences  to  the  proper  persons."  But  the  want  of 
a  proper  superintendence  was  keenly  felt.  The  visitations  of 
the  bishops  had  been  stoutly  withstood.  Thomas  of  Marl- 
bergh  gained  the  confidence  of  the  monastery  by  his  strenu- 
ous and  successful  opposition  to  the  visitation  of  the  bishop 
of  Worcester.  And  it  is  more  than  doubtful  whether  the 
satire  of  Walter  Mapes  in  describing  the  visitation  of  the 
abbot  to  his  granges  was  not  wholly  unmerited : 

Tota  de  temporalibus 
Est  patris  inquisitio, 
Quasi  nulla  de  moribus 
Habetur  ibi  questio. 

This  laxity  led  to  the  usual  results.  Ducange  states  that 
the  bonds  of  discipline  were  by  degrees  relaxed;  that  the 
monks  residing  in  the  obedientiaries  became  disobedient; 
that  they  disregarded  the  abbot's  recall ;  would  not  submit 
to  his  correction,  nor  listen  to  his  rebukes ;  and  only  resorted 

vetur,  summam  diligentiam  adhibeant;  maxima  autem  operam  prcstent  ne 
monachi  aliquid  sine  licentia  habeant,  et  ne  alias  quam  in  refectorio  comedant 
sine  licentia,  et  ut  elemosina  eorum  per  maims  elemosinarij  erogetur,  et  ne 
a  claustro  sine  licentia  exeant,  et  ut  silentium  locis  statutis  observetur,  et  ut 
fratres  frequenter  delicta  confitentur,  non  tamen  alijs  quam  hijs  qui  ad  hoc 
deputantur. — 2  Dugd.  p.  28. 


INTRODUCTION.  xlitt 

to  the  monastery  in  cases  of  death.  Mr.  Fosbrook  has  pre- 
served a  quotation,  stating  an  instance  of  cellular  profligacy, 
and  concluding  with  the  bitter  taunt(*) :  "  Such  are  the 
honours  and  graces  which  spring  from  monks  being  sent  to 
a  cell  of  monastic  rule."  And  if  that  collection  of  monastic 
scandals,  the  visitation  of  the  commissioners  Dr.  Leigh  and 
Dr.  Layton  in  1535,  may  be  trusted,  the  morals  of  the  then 
prior  of  Penwortham  were  not  of  the  purest  description. 

It  has  been  stated  that  the  prior  was  only  an  obedientiary 
of  the  abbey  of  Evesham.  In  addition  to  the  evidence  before 
mentioned,  one  strong  mark  of  independence  is  wanting. 
Various  deeds  are  in  existence  which  are  executed  by  him. 
But  no  seal  of  the  priory  has  been  found.  On  the  contrary, 
he  appears  to  have  used  the  abbey  seals,  evidently  only  as 
their  proctor.  And  of  these  three  have  been  discovered. 
The  first  is  the  common  seal,  Ad  causas  tantum.  Another  is 
the  abbey  arms,  three  mitres  ;  but  without  the  horselock 
forming  a  chevron  between  the  mitres,  which,  Mr.  Tindal,  in 
his  history  of  Evesham,  states,  was  the  abbey  arms.  But  the 
third,  the  great  seal  of  the  abbey,  and  which  is  engraved  on 
the  frontispiece,  requires  a  more  extended  notice. 

The  obverse  of  the  seal  is  divided  into  three  compart- 
ments, each  evidently  referring  to  different  stages  of  the 

(1)  Tales  autem  honores  ct  tales  honestates  ex  monacliis  ad  cellulam 
missis  ordine  monastico  pervenire  solent. — MS.  Cott.  Libr.  B.  13. 

Cum  porro  laberite  sensim  disciplina  ecclesiastica  et  monastica  monachi 
vel  canonici  regulares  per  ejusmodi  obedientias  inobedienter  viverent,  ut 
ait  Steplianus  Tornac.  Epist.  114,  nee  Abbati  revocanti  responderent,  nee 
oorrigenti  vellent  acquiescere,  nee  credere  corripienti,  nee  nisi  eorum  morte 
ad  monasteria  eae  redirent. — Ducanqe  sub  voce  Obedienfia. 


xliv  INTRODUCTION. 

visions  which  were  the  cause  of  the  foundation  of  Evesham, 
and  which  may,  as  Mr.  Tindal  says,  be  best  told  in  the 
words  of  the  founder  himself. 

"  I  Ecgwin,  the  humble  Bishop  of  Wiccia,  am  desirous  to 
manifest  to  all  the  faithful  in  Christ,  how,  by  the  inspiration 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  by  the  suggestions  of  many  and  great 
visions,  it  was  revealed  to  me  that  I  should  erect  a  house  to 
the  honour  and  glory  of  Almighty  God,  the  blessed  Mary, 
and  all  the  elect  in  Christ,  and  to  the  furtherance  of  my  own 
salvation.  When,  therefore,  in  the  days  of  King  Ethelred, 
I  chiefly  flourished  in  his  favour,  I  obtained  from  him  a 
place  called  Haum,  where  the  blessed  and  eternal  Virgin 
had  first  appeared  to  a  shepherd  called  Eoves.  Afterwards 
she  appeared  likewise  to  me  in  the  same  place,  with  two 
virgins  attending  her,  and  holding  a  book  in  her  hand.Q  T 
set  therefore  immediately  to  work ;  and,  clearing  the  place 
from  thorns  and  brambles,  by  the  blessing  of  the  great  God, 
praised  be  his  name,  brought  my  design  to  the  desired 
accomplishment." 

The  principal  compartment  on  the  seal  contains  the  figure 


(*)  In  a  note  to  this  passage,  Mr.  Tindal  says,  that  Dr.  Nash's  account  of 
this  vision  differs  in  a  few  circumstances.  "  Egwin,  the  third  bishop  of 
Worcester,  obtained  from  Ethelred,  king  of  Mercia,  some  lands  in  this  place. 
His  swineherd  Eoves,  looking  after  a  sow  which  had  strayed  among  the 
thickets  to  farrow,  met  the  Virgin  Mary,  accompanied  by  two  beautiful 
virgins,  holding  a  book,  and  chanting.  The  report  of  this  vision  coming  to 
the  bishop,  he  hastened  to  the  spot ;  and,  as  he  prayed  there,  was  favoured 
with  the  like  appearance." —  Hist.  Wore.,  vol.  i.  p.  390.  There  certainly 
are  some  minute  touches  in  this  account,  which  bring  the  representation  on 
the  seal  closer  to  this  narration,  than  to  the  text. 


INTRODUCTION.  xlv 

of  Eoves.  He  is  represented  with  his  staff  in  his  hand,  sur- 
rounded by  his  herd,  and  standing  in  an  attitude  evidently 
denoting  his  ecstatic  surprise  at  the  vision  with  which  he 
was  favoured.  The  compartment  is  surrounded  by  a  label 
bearing  a  Saxon  inscription,  which  has  received  various 
readings,  but  the  correct  one  appears  to  be  that  given  by 
Mr.  Hamper : 

eoves .  HER  .  WONCDG  .  ANT  .  WAS  .  SWON 

FOR  .  VI  .  MCN  .  CL6P6T  .  VIS  .  COVeSHOM. 

Eoves  here  dwelt,  and  was  a  swain 
For  why  men  call  this  Eovesham. 

The  second  scene  is  shown  in  the  upper  part  of  the  seal. 
Two  figures  are  seen  seated  under  a  tree  in  an  attitude  of 
deep  consultation.  Evidently  these  are  intended  to  repre- 
sent the  favoured  herdsman  relating  his  vision  to  the  Bishop. 
While  in  the  opposite  compartment  the  vision  of  St.  Egwin 
himself  is  pictured.  The  Blessed  Virgin  appears  to  the 
kneeling  bishop,  crowned,  and  pointing  with  a  cross  to  the 
church,  which  was  afterwards  built,  under  the  representation 
of  which  is  written :  ECCE  .  LOG  .  QUE  .  ELEGI.  She  is  fol- 
lowed by  two  figures ;  the  one,  apparently  veiled,  is  holding 
a  book ;  the  other  is  adorned  with  a  head-dress.  The  cir- 
cumscription of  the  whole  seal  is :  SIGILLVM  .  SANCTE  .  MARIE  . 

ET  .  SANTI  .  ECGWINI  .  EPI  .  EOVESHAMENSIS  .  MONASTERII. 

In  the  upper  part  of  the  reverse  of  the  seal  Bishop  Egwin 
appears  kneeling,  and  presenting  a  model  of  the  church  to 
the  Blessed  Virgin,  who,  with  the  Child  on  her  lap,  is  seated 
on,  perhaps,  a  manger,  under  a  gothic  niche.  In  the  base, 


INTRODUCTION. 

iBishop  Egwin  is  seen,  attended  by  an  officer  bareheaded  and 
carrying  a  book,  receiving,  says  Mr.  Hamper,  from  his  three 
royal  patrons,  Ethelred,  Kenred,  and  Offa,  a  charter  of  privi- 
lege inscribed,  DAMVS  .  REGIE  .  LIBERTATI  .  and  to  which  is 
appended  an  oval  seal  charged  with  three  lions  passant 
gardant.  The  circumscription  is  given  incorrectly  by  Tindal. 
It  clearly  produces  these  two  leonine  verses : 

DICTIS    ECGWINI  .  DANT.,  REGES  .  MUNERA  .  TRINI. 
OMNIBVS  .  VNDE  .  PIE  .  NITET  .  AVLA  .  SACRA    MARIE. 

Which  may  be  thus,  Mr.  Hamper  says,  rendered  in  a  homely, 
though  almost  literal  English  couplet : 

At  Ecgwin's  call,  three  kings  with  bounty  come, 
Whence  godly  prospers  Mary's  sacred  dome. 

The  impression  of  the  seal  which  is  published  on  the  fron- 
tispiece has  been  taken  from  a  cast  in  the  possession  of  Mr. 
W.  Langton,  which  has  been  compared  and  found  to  agree 
with  the  nearly  perfect  seal  which  is  still  attached  to  the 
deed  of  Abbot  Clement,  (p.  73.) 

Some  of  the  documents,  transcribed  from  the  great  book 
of  the  abbey  in  the  British  Museum,  do  not  immediately 
affect  the  priory :  they  relate  to  the  regulations  of  the  abbey. 
But  even  a  glance,  however  slight,  at  the  inner  life  of  one  of 
those  establishments,  which,  in  their  day,  exercised  so  strong 
an  influence  on  society,  cannot  but  be  interesting.  The 
minute  and  distinctive  regulations  of  etiquette  necessary  to 
be  observed  towards  the  abbot  and  prior,  and  the  exactness 
with  which  the  several  duties  of  the  other  officers  and  the 


INTRODUCTION.  xlvti 

charges  on  them  are  assigned,  show  the  state  of  discipline 
which  the  convent  enjoined.  While  the  precautions  taken  to 
preserve  the  almoner  from  feminine  influence,  when  he  left 
the  protection  of  the  walls  of  the  monastery,  the  watchful 
observation  over  the  brethren,  who  had  temporary  license 
to  depart  from  the  same  safeguard,  point  out  the  constant 
care  with  which  the  morals  of  the  brethren  were  attempted 
to  be  preserved  from  danger. 

But  the  name  of  one  of  the  priors  cannot  be  passed  over 
in  so  cursory  a  manner.  The  venerable  Nicholas  Herford 
died  in  the  year  1392,  having  been  prior  of  the  monastery 
during  the  period  of  forty  years.  His  time  had  not  been 
wasted.  He  has  left  behind  him  a  name  which  ought  to  be 
reverenced,  wherever  indefatigable  bibliopolists  are  had  in 
honour.  He  purchased  some  few  volumes,  but  his  labours 
in  the  scriptorium  were  indefatigable.  He  transcribed,  or 
caused  to  be  transcribed,  nearly  one  hundred  volumes,  with 
a  multitude  of  tracts  on  various  subjects.  The  inclination 
of  his  mind  was  of  course  towards  works  of  divinity  and  theo- 
logy. The  books  of  St.  Bernard,  Augustine,  St.  Chrysostom, 
and  Smaragdus,  employed  the  pen  of  his  transcriber.  And, 
above  all,  a  copy  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  a  Psalter,  and  a 
work  on  the  Apocalypse,  were  added  by  his  exertions  to  the 
library  of  the  monastery. 

But  perhaps  the  mind  of  Prior  Herford  required,  at  times, 
relaxation ;  or,  it  may  be,  he  had  a  thoughtful  regard  for  the 
amusement  of  the  abbey  guests.  His  collections  were  not 
confined  to  works  on  divinity  and  theology.  Amongst  them 
are  discovered  the  beautiful  tale  of  Amys  and  Amylon,  the 


INTRODUCTION. 

Damon  and  Pythias  of  medieval  chivalry,  Morte  d' Arthur 
with  Sankreal,  Bevis  of  Hampton,  two  volumes  of  the  Trojan 
War,  and  another  bound  up  with  the  Life  of  Alexander; 
thus  shewing  that  Evesham  catered  to  the  general  feeling 
spoken  of  in  the  ancient  poem  quoted  by  Mr.  Warton : 

Men  lykyn  jestys  for  to  here 

And  romans  rede  in  divers  manere, 

Of  Alexander  the  conquerowre, 

Of  Julius  Caesar  the  empereur, 

Of  Grece  and  Troye  the  strong  stryf 

Ther  many  a  man  lost  his  lyf. 

Evesham  was,  however,  fortunate  in  this  respect.  She 
had  enjoyed  the  services  of  a  previous  prior  in  the  collection 
of  books.  Prior  Thomas  de  Marlberg  (see  p.  88)  could  find 
time,  even  amidst  the  miserable  struggle  with  Abbot  Norris, 
and  his  efforts  to  procure  an  exemption  from  episcopal  visi- 
tation, to  form  a  splendid  library.  He  purchased  the  four 
Evangelists  with  glosses,  the  books  of  Isaiah  and  Ezekiel, 
the  Lamentations  of  Jeremiah,  and  some  commentaries  on 
the  Psalter.  But  he  did  not  confine  his  attention  to  works 
on  sacred  subjects.  He  extended  his  collection  to  the  clas- 
sical authors,  and  added  a  book  of  Democritus,  Tully  de 
Amicitia,  and  de  Senectute,  Lucan,  and  Juvenal,  to  the  con- 
ventual library. 

The  expense  of  these  works  must  have  been  considerable. 
The  price  actually  paid  by  Prior  Herford  for  the  books  he 
purchased  was  forty-seven  marks  and  a  half,  and  he  judi- 
ciously leaves  the  value  of  the  books  he  caused  to  be  copied 


INTRODUCTION.  xlix 

to  the  discretion  of  the  pious  reader.  The  sum  placed  at 
the  disposal  of  Prior  Thomas  de  Marlberg  must  have  been 
greater,  but  no  record  has  been  kept  of  its  amount.  The 
monastery,  however,  provided  amply  for  the  expenses  of 
transcription  and  ornament.  The  tithes  of  Beningwrthe(1) 
and  of  Stoke,  were,  with  other  small  sums,  appropriated  for 
the  purpose  of  providing  parchment  for  the  scribes,  colours 
for  illuminating,  and  necessaries  for  binding,  the  various  pro- 
ductions of  the  scriptorium. 

This  was  only  consonant  with  the  practice  in  other  monas- 
teries. So  general  was  this,  that  it  was  a  saying,  that  a 
monastery  without  a  library  (sine  armario)  was  like  a  castle 
without  an  armoury.  Nor  were  the  monks  less  diligent  in 
studying,  than  in  purchasing  and  transcribing.  The  most 
eminent  scholars  of  those  ages  in  philosophy  and  humanity 
were  educated  in  the  monastic  establishments.  They,  at 
least,  were  not  open  to  the  remark  of  the  old  poet,(2)  "  But 

(1)  Ad  prioratum  pertinent  decime  de  Beningwrthe,  tarn  majores  quam 
minores,  de  terris  monachorum  ad  pergamenam  et  exhibitionem  scriptorum 
pro  libris  scriptorum.  . 

Ad  officium  precentoris  pertinet  qusedam  terra  de  Hampton  de  qua  perci- 
pit  precentor  annuatim  quinque  solidos,  et  decime  de  Stokes  et  de  quadam 
terra  de  Alncester  decem  et  octo  denarij.       Ex  his  debet  invenire  precentor 
incaustum  omnibus  scriptoribus  monastery,  et  pergamenam  ad  brevia,  et 
colores  ad  illuminandum,  et  necessaria  ad  ligandum  libros. 
(2)  Lo  in  likewise  of  bookes  I  have  store, 
But  fewe  I  reade,  and  fewer  understande, 
I  followe  not  their  doctrine,  nor  their  lore, 
It  is  enoughe  to  heare  a  hooke  in  hande, 
It  were  too  muche  to  be  in  such  a  bande 
For  to  be  be  bounde  to  looke  within  the  booke, 
I  am  content  on  the  fayre  coverynge  to  looke. 

Barclays  Shypp  of  Folys. 

9 


1  INTRODUCTION. 

fewe  I  reade  and  fewer  understande."  Mr.  Warton  has 
collected  several  instances  of  monastic  bibliopolists,  and 
proceeds :  "  To  mention  no  more  instances,  such  great 
institutions  of  persons  dedicated  to  religious  and  literary 
leisure,  while  they  diffused  an  air  of  civility  and  softened 
the  manners  of  the  people,  in  their  respective  circles,  must 
have  afforded  powerful  invitations  to  studious  pursuits,  and 
have  consequently  added  no  small  degree  of  stability  to  the 
interests  of  learning." 

Although  the  monastic  institutions  in  many  respects 
were  perfectly  indefensible,  yet  they  are  entitled  to  higher 
praise  than  the  qualified  approbation  accorded  to  them  by 
the  historian  of  English  poetry.  Their  position  is  the  more 
striking  by  the  strong  contrast  they  exhibited  to  the  exter- 
nal world.  During  ages  of  lawless  violence  and  rapine,  they 
afforded  the  only  sanctuary  for  the  timid  and  weak.  When 
all  around  breathed  of  war,  and  studied  its  arts  alone,  in 
them  were  encouraged  the  more  durable  arts  of  peace.  And 
when  the  world  in  general  was  immersed  in  ignorance  and 
barbarity,  learning  and  science  sought  their  only  asylum 
within  the  walls  of  the  monastery. 

But  they  contained  within  themselves  the  seeds  of  disso- 
lution. The  wealth,  which  had  been  lavishly  poured  into 
their  coffers,  was  the  occasion  of  their  falling.  Unchecked 
by  external  superintendence,  they  became  indolent  and  self- 
engrossed,  and,  making  every  allowance  for  poetical  exagge- 
ration, grossly  vicious.  ,Tet,  even  in  their  worst  ages,  the 
sarcastic  Walter  Mapes  \oAndriven  to  confess: 

> 
Sed  proculdubio,  quidam  de  fratribus 

Prudentes,  simplices,  ornati  moribus. 


INTRODUCTION.  H 

But,  after  all,  what  more  can  be  said  on  this  subject  than 
is  contained  in  the  exquisite  lines  and  enlightened  judgment 
of  one  of  the  first  of  our  modern  poets  on  the  subject  of 
these  institutions : 

What  other  yearning  was  the  master  tie 

Of  the  monastic  brotherhood  —  upon  rock 

Aerial,  or  in  green  secluded  vale, 

One  after  one  collected  from  afar, 

An  undissolving  fellowship  ?  what  but  this ; 

The  universal  instinct  for  repose  ; 

The  longing  for  confirmed  tranquillity, 

Inward  and  outward,  humble,  yet  sublime  ; 

The  life  when  hope  and  memory  are  as  one, 

Earth  quiet  and  unchanged  ;  the  human  soul 

Consistent  in  self-rule,  and  heaven  revealed 

To  meditation,  in  that  quietness  ! 

Such  was  their  scheme ;  thrice  happy  he  who  gained 

The  end  proposed  !     And  though  the  same  were  missed 

By  multitudes,  perhaps  obtained  by  none, 

They  for  th"  attempt,  and  for  the  pains  employed 

Do,  in  my  present  censure,  stand  redeemed 

From  the  unqualified  disdain,  that  once 

Would  have  been  cast  upon  them. 

The  history  of  the  prjory  of  Penwortham  now  draws  to  a 
close.  It  must  be  admitted  that  its  range  of  interest  is  nar- 
rower than  that  of  the  Whalley  Coucher.  The  Editor  was 
led  to  investigate  the  early  history  of  his  parish  church. 
And  it  was  considered  that  a  contribution  of  original  docu- 
ments, which  carried  the  mind  back  to  so  remote  a  period 
as  the  Norman  conquest,  and  the  ages  immediately  subse- 
quent to  that  event,  would  not  be  unacceptable. 


lil  INTRODUCTION. 

It  remains  now  to  trace  the  history  of  the  possessions  of 
Evesham  at  Penwortham  since  the  dissolution.  They  fell 
into  the  hands  of  John  Fleetwood,  formerly  of  Little 
Plumpton,  but  probably  then  of  Heskyn,  in  this  county, 
one  of  a  numerous  family,  who  seem  at  once  to  have  sprung 
into  notoriety.  The  earliest  known  ancestor  of  the  Fleet- 
woods  was 

I.  John  de  Fletewoode,  living  6  Henr.  IV.,  had  issue, 

1 .  Edward,  named  with  his  brothers  as  a  burgess  at  the  guild 

at  Preston,  20  Ric.  II.,  A.D.  1397.  "Edwardus  fil.  Job. 
Fletewood." 

2.  William,  also  named  at  the  guild,  3  Hen.  V.,  A.D.  1415. 

3.  Richard. 

4.  Henry. 

5.  Anne,  married  a  son  of  Roger  Etheliston.     They  had  pre- 

mises in  Ribbleton  settled  on  them  by  Roger  de  Ethel- 
iston, by  deed  dated  die  Mercurij  in  vigilia  Ascensc. 
Domini,  anno  regni  R.  Henr.  quarti  sexto.  —  Ribbleton 
Deeds. 

II.  Henry,  the  son,  of  Little  Plumpton,  was  living,  accord- 
ing to  Kimber,  3  Hen.  VI.,  and  had  a  son, 

III.  Edmund  de  Fletewoode,  living  13  Edw.  IV.,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Roger  Holland  of  Downholland,  and 
had  issue, 

IV.  William  Fletewoode  of  Heskin,  who  married  Helen, 


INTRODUCTION. 


liii 


daughter  of  Robert  Standish,  and  had  four  sons  and  two 
daughters,  viz. 

1.  John  Fletewood,  of  whom  hereafter. 

2.  Thomas  Fleetwood,  who  married  twice.     By  the  first  wife, 

Barbara,  the  heiress  of  Andrew  Francis  of  the  city  of 
London,  he  had  Edmund  Fleetwood,  the  ancestor  of  the 
Fleetwoods  of  Rossal.  By  the  second  wife,  Bridget, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Spring  of  Lavenham  in  Suffolk^1) 
he  had  issue, 

] .  Sir  William  Fleetwood,  the  father  of  Miles  Fleet - 
wood,  Receiver  of  the  Court  of  Wards,  temp. 
Car.  I.,  of  George,  a  famous  General  in  Sweden, 
and  of  Sir  William  Fleetwood,  who  was  the 
father  of  George  Fleetwood,  one  of  the  Regi- 
cides, and  of  Charles  Fleetwood,  commonly 
called  Lord  Fleetwood,  who  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  Great  Rebellion.  He  married  the 
widowed  daughter  of  Oliver,  Lord  Protector, 
and  is  described  by  Clarendon  as  "  a  weak  man, 
but  very  popular  amongst  the  praying  part  of 
the  army." 

(!)  By  inquisition  after  Mr.  Fleetwood's  death,  taken  at  Lancaster  26th 
March,  13  Eliz.,  A.D.  1571,  it  was  found  that  he  had  died  seised  of  the 
manor  of  Northbreke,  and  a  messuage  called  Rossal  Grange,  &c.  That, 
by  indenture  dated  the  24th  June,  6  Eliz ,  and  made  between  the  said 
Thomas  Fleetwood  of  the  one  part,  and  Gilbert  Gerrard  Esquire,  the 
Queen's  Attorney  General,  William  Fleetwood  of  Kymbel,  Bucks,  gentle- 
man, and  William  Gerrard  of  the  other  part,  the  said  Thomas  settled 
certain  of  his  estates.  That  the  said  Thomas  Fleetwood  died  on  the  1st 
of  November  then  last  past,  and  that  Edmund  Fleetwood  was  his  son  and 
heir,  being  then  of  the  age  of  twenty-eight  years  and  upwards. 

Mr.  Thomas  Fleetwood  was  buried  in  the  church  at  Chalfont,  St.  Giles', 
in  Bucks,  where  there  is  a  brass  monument  to  his  memory,  representing 
him  bareheaded,  in  plate  armour,  and  in  an  attitude  of  devotion.  His 


v  INTRODUCTION. 

2.  Sir  George  Fleetwood,  of  the  Vache,  Bucks,  who 

married  Katharine,  the  daughter  of  Henry 
Denny  of  Waltham,  Essex,  and  died  21st  Dec. 
1620,  leaving  issue, 

1.  Arthur;    2.  Edward;    3.  Charles; 

4.  George;    5.  Thomas;    3.  Henry; 

7.  James,  in  Holy  Orders,    Chaplain  to 

Lord  Rivers'  Regiment  in  the  Civil 
Wars,  created  Bishop  of  Worcester 
July  1675,  ob.  17th  July  1683,  set  81. 
His  hatchment  is  in  Penwortham 
church : 

8.  William,  and  six  daughters. 

3.  Edward,  parson  of  Wigan. 

4.  Thomas;    5.  Francis. 

6.  Henry,  of  Gray's  Inn,  named  in  Mr.  Richard 

Fleetwood's  will.     He  had  a  son,  Thomas. 
3.  Robert  Fleetwood,  the  father  of  Sir  William  Fleetwood,  of 
the  Middle  Temple,  who  is  stated  by  some  authorities  to 
have  been  illegitimate.     Sir  William  was  made  Recor- 

family  coat  of  arms  is  over  his  head.  Behind  him  are  his  two  wives,  and 
their  children,  also  kneeling.  The  wife  nearest  to  him  has  over  her  head, 
Fleetwood  impaling  Francis,  viz.  Per  fesse  indented  (ar.  and  sa.)  three  cocks 
charged  on  the  necks  with  two  bars,  in  their  beaks  a  flower,  all  counter- 
changed.  She  is  followed  by  four  children.  The  wife  furthest  from  him 
has  over  her  head,  Fleetwood  impaling  Spring,  viz.  ar.  on  a  chevron  between 
three  mascles,  (gules),  as  many  cinque  foils  (or).  She  is  followed  by  four- 
teen children.  The  inscription  on  the  monument  reads  thus :  Here  lyeth 
Thomas  Fletewoode  Esquier,  borne  at  Heskyn  in  the  countye  of  Lancaster, 
Lorde  of  the  Vache,  Treasourer  of  the  Mynte,  Knight  of  the  Parlyament 
for  the  shire  of  Buckingham,  and  late  Sheriffe  of  the  counties  of  Bucks  and 
Bedford,  who  had  two  wives,  Barbara  the  first,  and  Brigitt  the  second,  being 
doughter  to  Syr  John  Springe  Knight.  He  had  eightene  children,  foure  by 
the  fyrst  wife,  and  fouretene  by  the  seconde,  aged  fiftye  two  yeares,  deceased 
the  first  dave  of  November  in  the  vere  of  our  Lord  God  MCCCCCLXX. 


INTRODUCTION.  Iv 

der  of  London  A.D.  1569;  and  by  letters  patent,  June, 
9  Eliz.,  he  was  appointed  under  the  seals  of  the  Duchy 
and  County  Palatine  to  the  office  of  Steward  of  the 
lordship  of  Penwortham  "  per  nomen  Willmi  Fletewood 
armigeri  servientis  nostri  ad  legem."  He  was  also 
executor  under  the  will  of  his  uncle,  John  Fleetwood. 
He  died  28th  February  1594,  and  was  buried  at  Missen- 
den  in  Bucks,  which  he  had  purchased.  He  left  two 
sons,  Sir  William,  wHo  succeeded  to  Missenden,  and  Sir 
Robert,  Attorney  General  to  Prince  Henry,  the  eldest 
son  of  James  I. 

4.  Edmund,  a  monk  of  Sion. 

5.  Agnes,  married  John  Gillibrand  of  Chorley. 

6.  Jenet,  married  John  Blackledge  of  Leyland. 

V.  John  Fleetwood,  according  to  the  visitation  of  1567 
the  eldest  son,  was  lessee  of  Penwortham  Priory  from  the 
Abbot  and  Convent  of  Evesham,  (p.  112,)  and  afterwards 
purchased  the  reversion  from  the  Crown,  with  the  estate  of 
Calwiche  in  Staffordshire  (p.  112),  and  had  a  confirmation 
of  those  grants,  6  Eliz.  (p.  120.)  He  had  two  wives,  first, 
Catharine,  the  daughter  of  John  Christmas  (see  p.  120), 
and  second,  Joan,  daughter  of  Thomas  Langton,  Baron  of 
Newton,  by  whom,  besides  Christmas  and  William,  who 
died  young  before  1567,  he  had  issue, 

1.  Thomas,  who  was  a  guild  burgess  of  Preston  A.D.  1562, 
1582,  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Sher- 
borne  of  Stonyhurst,  and  secondly,  Maria,  daughter  of 
Roger  Nowell  of  Read  in  the  county  of  Lancaster,  and 
became  the  ancestor  of  the  Fleetwoods  of  Calwich  in 
Staffordshire,  Baronets. 


v  INTRODUCTION. 

2.  Richard  Fleetwood,  of  whom  hereafter. 

3.  Ralph  Fleetwood,  guild  burgess  1562 ;  not  recorded  in  the 

Visitation  as  alive  in  1567. 

4.  Ann,  married  Thomas  Barton  of  Barton  in  the  county  of 

Lancaster. 

5.  Catharine,  married  William  Milward  of  Eaton,  Derbyshire. 

6.  Joan,  married  William  Bradbourne. 

7.  Mary. 

8.  Elen,  married  Robert  Charnock  of  Charnock. 

9.  Elizabeth,  married  Roger  Nowell  of  Read,  7th  Nov.  1602. 
One  of  his  daughters,  but  which  has  not  been  ascertained, 

married  Sir  Thomas  Tildesley,  (see  post,  note,  p.  lix, 
and  Mr.  Richard  Fleetwood' s  will,  of  which  he  made  his 
welbeloved  cosin  Sir  Richard  Fletewood  and  Sir  Thomas 
Tildesley  Knight,  and  William  Milward  Esquire,  brethren 
in  law,  overseers.) 

Mr.  Fleetwood  was  a  guild  burgess  of  Preston  at  the  guilds 
in  1562, 1582,  and  was  Sheriff  of  Lancashire  20  Eliz.  By  his 
will,  dated  1st  Sept.  1585,  he  directed  his  "  bodye  to  be  inhu- 
mated  and  buryed  without  pompe,  but  in  suche  sorte  as  shalbe 
semelie  in  the  Chauncell  of  the  parryshe  clmrche  of  Elaston 
in  the  upper  end  therof  on  the  South  syde ;"  and  after  con- 
firming indentures  of  covenants  made  between  him  and  his 
"  assured  cosynes  and  frends  Edward  Standyssh  esquire  and 
Nicholas  Rigbye  gentleman,  savinge  such  parte  as  had  been 
altered  by  one  payr  of  endentures  made  between  him  the 
said  John  ffletewood  of  the  one  part,  and  Sir  Richard  Sher- 
burne  knight  of  the  other  partye,  at  the  maryage  of  his  son 
Thomas  to  the  daughter  of  the  said  Sir  Richard  Sherburne, 
and  one  other  payr  of  endentures  made  between  him  and 


INTRODUCTION.  Ivii 

Thomas  Leighe  of  Egginton  in  the  Countie  of  Derbie  at  the 
maryage  of  his  son  Richard  to  the  daughter  of  the  said 
Tho8  Leighe;"  and  after  bequeathing  unto  his  said  son 
Richard  and  his  heires  for  ever  all  his  lands  within  the 
Countie  of  Lancaster,  he  bequeathed  to  his  daughter  Elisa- 
beth, "  so  that  she  be  ordered  in  her  maryage"  by  his  execu- 
tours,  four  hundrethe  poundes ;  to  his  daughter  Elen,  "  towe 
fetherbeddes  and  towe  wolle  beddes,  foure  payre  of  flaxen 
shetes,  towe  payre  of  blancketts,  and  three  coveringes  to 
bee  taken  of  my  beddings  at  Caldwich  and  Penwortham 
indifferentlye ;"  to  his  daughter  Ann,  "wieffe  to  Thomas 
Barton  esquire  tenne  poundes ;"  to  his  daughter  Katharine, 
"  wieffe  to  William  Mylward  esquier  fourtye  poundes ;"  and 
to  his  daughter  Johane  "wieffe  to  Willm.  Bradburne  es- 
quier tenne  poundes ;"  and  he  gave  to  his  son  Thomas 
"one  standing  cuppe  with  a  cover,  beinge  all  gylte,  which 
my  brother  Robert  ffletewode  did  give  me  to  remayne  as 
an  heyrlome."  And  he  ordained  his  "trustie  and  wel- 
beloued  cosyn  Mr.  Edward  Fletewoode  parson  of  Wigan," 
his  son  Thomas,  his  son  William  Mylward  esquier,  and  his 
son  Richard,  executors.  And  as  overseers  thereof  he  or- 
dained and  made  his  "trustie  nephew  Willm.  Fleetwood 
esquier  seriaunt  at  lawe  and  recorder  of  London,"  his  son 
William  Bradburn  esquier,  the  said  Edward  Standyshe, 
Edmund  Fletewood  esquier,  Willm.  Fletewood  of  Heskyn 
esquier,  and  his  son  Thomas  Barton  esquier,  and  gave  unto 
every  of  them  twentie  shillings. 

According  to  an  entry  in  the  Penwortham  Register,  and 
the  inquisition  on  the  death  of  his  son  Richard,  Mr.  Fleet- 

h 


INTRODUCTION. 

wood  was  not,  according  to  his  will,  inhumated  in  the 
church  at  Ellaston,  but  was  buried  at  Penwortham  on  the 
13th  October  1590.  However,  a  monument  was  erected  to 
his  memory  in  the  chancel  at  Ellaston,  where  it  still 

exists^1) 

(*)  Ellaston  has  lately  been  visited  by  Mr.  Heywood,  and  the  Editor  has 
been  allowed  to  enrich  these  pages  by  a  description  of  this  monument. 

To  the  north  of  the  communion  table  is  a  large  altar  tomb,  with  two 
recumbent  figures  greatly  defaced,  over  the  size  of  life,  upon  it.  The  tomb 
was  originally  in  a  debased  style ;  instead  of  Gothic  niches,  coats  of  arms 
were  placed  around  it.  The  two  figures,  in  Derbyshire  marble,  are  elabo- 
rately carved.  The  one  is  an  Esquire,  in  plate  armour,  his  head  resting  on 
a  helmet,  a  sword  on  one  side,  and  the  misericorde  on  the  other.  The  face 
is  hewn  away,  the  arms  and  legs  cut  off.  The  lady,  in  richly  brocaded  silk, 
open  gown,  and  kirtle,  ruff  and  stomacher,  has  also  her  face  and  hands  cut 
off.  The  inscription  was  of  brass,  and  is  taken  away ;  but  the  monument  is 
beyond  all  doubt  that  of  John  Fleetwood  and  Joan  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Sir  Thomas  Langton.  It  has  been  twice  moved  in  the  memory  of  people 
now  living,  and  the  arms  have  been  deranged  by  the  bricklayers. 

The  east  side  under  the  feet  of  the  figures  is  void,  but  on  the  church  wall 
close  by,  and  facing,  is  the  slab  fitting  to  this  vacant  space,  containing  three 
coats  of  arms,  very  large  as  compared  with  any  of  the  others.  In  the 
centre,  Fleetwood,  per  pale  nebulee  six  martlets ;  on  the  dexter  side  Fleet- 
wood  impaling  Christmas,  a  fesse  between  three  hares  or  conies ;  on  the 
sinister  side  Fleetwood  impaling  Langton,  a  quarterly  coat,  first  and  fourth 
three  chevrons,  second  and  third  a  cross  flory. 

On  the  north  side  occurs  Fleetwood  between  two  lozenge  shields,  deno- 
ting Thomas  the  eldest  son  (who  was  buried  at  Ellaston  21st  January  1603) 
and  his  two  wives.  The  first  is  quarterly,  first  and  fourth  a  lion  rampant 
regardant,  second  and  third  an  eagle  displayed,  for  Mary  Sherburne,  who 
was  buried  at  Ellaston  4th  May  1595.  The  second  lozenge  bears  three 
covered  cups,  for  Nowell.  It  appears  by  the  Ellaston  Register  that  "  Tho- 
mas Fleetwood  of  Calwich  Esquire  and  Marie  Nowell  of  the  parish  of 
Whalley  in  the  Countie  of  Lancaster  gentlewoman  were  married  together 
12th  February  1602." 

It  is  recorded  (ibidem)  that  this  lady's  brother,  Roger  Nowell  of  Whalley 


INTRODUCTION.  lix 

VI.  Richard  Fleetwood,  the  second  son,  had  the  Lanca- 
shire estates  settled  on  him  by  his  father.     And  by  letters 

gentleman,  married  Elizabeth  Fleetwood  of  Ellaston  gentlewoman,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1602. 

The  next  shield  is  for  the  second  son,  Richard  Fleetwood  and  his  wife 
Margery  Leigh,  viz:  Fleetwood  impaling  a  quarterly  coat ;  first,  two  bars 
with  a  bend  over  all ;  second,  a  chevron  between  three  leopards'  heads 
third,  a  cross  flory ;  fourth  as  the  first.  [The  arms  of  Margery,  wife  of 
Richard  Fleetwood,  as  impaled  with  his  in  a  window  of  Penwortham 
church,  are,  quarterly ;  first  and  fourth,  azure,  a  plate  argent  between  three 
ducal  crowns  or,  within  a  bordure  of  the  second;  second,  azure,  two  bars 
argent,  over  all  a  bend  or ;  third,  argent,  a  cross  flory  sable,  (see  the  woodcut, 
post,  p.  Ixii.)  In  Vincent's  MSS.,  Coll.  Arm.,  this  family  is  traced  from  a 
brother  of  Thomas  Leigh  of  Adlington  in  Cheshire,  named  Reginald,  whose 
son  Robert  married  Anna,  coheiress  of  Lathebury  of  Egginton  in  the  county 
of  Derby,  and  was  great  grandfather  of  the  lady  who  married  Richard  Fleet- 
wood.  The  arms  are  given  quarterly ;  first  and  fourth,  as  in  the  window  at 
Penwortham ;  second,  argent  a  cross  flory  sable ;  third,  argent  two  bars 
azure,  on  a  canton  of  the  second  a  martlet  or,  (Lathebury);  a  crescent  in  the 
centre  point  of  the  shield ;  the  crest,  an  unicorn's  head  argent,  crined  and 
armed  or,  also  differenced  by  a  crescent.]  There  are  then  three  shields  of 
Fleetwood,  and  one  of  Milward,  ermine  on  a  fesse  three  plates;  impaling 
Fleetwood. 

On  the  west  side  Fleetwood  occurs  in  a  lozenge  between  two  shields; 
the  first  three  boars'  heads  couped,  for  Barton ;  and  the  second  Tyldesley, 
quarterly ;  first  and  fourth,  three  mole  hills ;  second,  a  chief  charged  with  a 
crescent,  for  Worsley ;  third  three  garbes,  for  Birkenhead.  This  was  the 
coat  of  Sir  Thomas  Tyldesley,  Attorney  General  of  the  County  Palatine ; 
it  might  hence  be  inferred  that  he  had  become  the  second  husband  of  John 
Fleetwood's  daughter  Ann,  but  no  certain  conclusion  can  be  drawn  from 
the  present  arrangement  of  the  shields  upon  this  monument.  These  are 
followed  by  Bradbourne,  quarterly,  first  and  fourth,  on  a  bend  three  mul- 
letts  pierced ;  third  and  fourth  a  coat  of  four  quarters ;  impaling  Fleetwood  : 
and  Charnocke,  quarterly,  first  and  fourth,  on  a  bend  three  cross  crosslets ; 
second  and  third,  a  cross  moline  in  the  chief  point,  a  ducal  coronet  (Moly- 
neux) ;  impaling  Fleetwood. 

On  the  south  side  there  are  eight  lozenge  shields  of  Fleetwood. 


x  INTRODUCTION. 

patent  dated  the  14th  December  42  Eliz.,  in  consideration 
of  £3,088.  Is.  4d,,  the  rectories  of  Penwortham  and  Ley- 
land,  and  all  manner  of  tithes  and  hereditaments,  as  well 
spiritual  as  temporal  to  the  same  belonging,  were  conveyed 
by  Her  Majesty  unto  him  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  Mr.  Fleet- 
wood  married  Margery,  daughter  of  Thomas  Leigh  of  Eg- 
ginton  in  Derbyshire,  and  had  issue, 

1.  Edward  Fleet  wood,  a  guild  burgess  1604.      He  died  in  his 

father's  life,  viz.  on  the  31st  July  1615,  but  had  married, 
27th  August  1609,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Norreys  of  Speke,  and  by  her  left  issue, 

1.  John,  baptized  at  Penwortham  1st  July  1610; 

"sponsores,  Ricardus  Fleetwood  armig.,  Thomas 
Westbie  generosus,  et  domina  Elinora  Norres," 
of  whom  hereafter. 

2.  Richard,  a  guild  burgess  1622,  1642. 

3.  Edward,  a  guild  burgess  1622,  1642. 

4.  Elinor. 

2.  John,  buried  at  Penwortham  23rd  March  1595. 

3.  Henry,  a  guild  burgess  44  Eliz.  and  1642,  and  named  in 

his  father's  will.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Peter 
Worden,  of  Preston,  widow  of  John  Jenkinson,  by  whom 
he  had  two  daughters,  was  living  A.D.  1651,  and  was 
named  in  the  will  of  his  nephew,  John  Fleetwood. 

4.  Richard  Fleetwood,  baptized  at  Penwortham  6th  March 

1600,  a  guild  burgess  44  Eliz.,  1622,  1642,  taken  pri- 
soner at  Preston  in  February  1642,  and  named  as  "he 
that  killed  the  man  [Percival]  in  Manchester  at  that 
time  the  Earl  came  thither  a  little  before  the  late  siege." 
—  Civil  War  Tracts,  pp.  72,  73,  75.  He  married  at 
Penwortham,  9th  September  1621,  Elizabeth,  daughter 


INTRODUCTION. 


Ixi 


of  Sir  Edmond  Trafford  of  Trafford,  but  named  in  the 
parish  register  as  "Elizabetha  Trafford  de  Chorley  ge- 
nerosa,"  and  had  one  daughter,  Margery,  baptized  3rd 
October  1623,  and  died  18th  July  1629.  Mr.  Richard 
Fleetwood  was  constituted  overseer  of  the  will  of  his 
nephew,  John  Fleetwood,  which  was  dated  20th  May 
1651. 

5.  Ann,  baptized  at  Penwortham  19th  May  1591,  married, 
30th  January,  7  Jac.  l.,(1)  Thomas,  son  and  heir  of  John 
Talbot  of  Bashall,  and  secondly,  Mr.  Westby  of  Mow- 
breck.  By  Mr.  Talbot  she  had  three  children, 

1.  Elizabeth,   baptized   at   Penwortham   21st  July 

1613,  her  sponsors  being  Richard  Fleetwood 
Esquire,  Elizabeth  ffarington  and  Elinor  Til- 
disley  gentlewomen.  She  married,  5th  August 
1617,  Thomas  Lewis  Esquire. 

2.  Margery,  baptized  at  Penwortham  18th  Septem- 

ber 1614,  married  Col.  William  White  of  the 
county  of  Derby. 

3.  Thomas,  baptized  at  Penwortham  15th  February 

1627,  ob.  inf.  llth  August  1618. 

(J)  By  the  marriage  settlement  dated  the  30th  day  of  January,  7  Jac.  I., 
John  Talbott  of  Bashall,  in  consideration  of  the  marriage  and  of  £800,  the 
marriage  portion  of  Anne  Fleetwood,  covenanted  to  levy,  a  fine  of  the  manor 
of  Bashall,  the  manor-house  of  Bashall  hall  and  the  demesne  lands  thereto 
belonging,  and  to  convey  the  same  to  Richard  Fletewood  of  Penwortham 
Esquire,  Thomas  Tyldisley  of  Orford  in  the  county  of  Lancaster  Esquire, 
his  Majesty's  attorney  for  and  in  the  said  County  Palantyne,  Edward  Flete- 
wood son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  said  Richard  Fletewood,  Anthony  Parker 
of  the  Lawnd  in  the  county  of  York,  and  George  Hodgkinson  of  Preston, 
and  their  heirs,  to  certain  uses  for  the  benefit  of  the  said  John  Talbott  and 
Ursula  his  wife,  and  the  said  Thomas  Talbott  and  Edward  Talbott  his 
younger  son,  and  Milicent  Talbott  the  sole  daughter  of  the  said  John  Talbott, 
and  to  raise  a  jointure  of  £80  per  annum  for  the  said  Ann  Fleetwood. 


Ixii 


INTRODUCTION. 


From  a  window  in  Penwortham  church. 


6.  Katharine,  baptized  12th  Oct.  1603  at  Penwortham. 
7  and  8.  Juliana  and  Dorothea,  both  died  young. 

Mr.  Richard  Fleetwood,  by  deed  dated  8th  July  1  Car.  I., 
for  the  better  maintenance  of  his  two  sons  Henry  and 
Richard  and  his  daughter  Katharine,  and  for  the  better  pay- 
ment of  his  debts 
incurred  by  the  pur- 
chase of  the  premises 
and  in  certain  suits 
of  law  prosecuted  by 
Sir  William  Norres 
and  others,  and  up- 
on this  condition, 
that  neither  the 
said  Sir  William 
Norres,  nor  any  of 
his  sons  or  daugh- 
ters, nor  any  Popish 
recusants  whatever, 
should  have  the 
wardship  or  marri- 
age of  Edward  Fleet- 
wood,  did  covenant 

with  Sir  Henry  Leigh  of  Egginton,  Thomas  Charnock  of  Ast- 
ley  Esq.,  William  Mil  ward  of  Katon  in  Derbyshire  Esq.,  Henry 
Breres  of  Preston,  and  William  Foster  of  Farington,  to  pay  to 
his  sons  Henry  and  Richard  an  annuity  of  £40  each,  and  to 
raise  £1,000  for  the  fortune  of  his  then  younger  daughter 
Katharine,  and  subject  thereto  to  the  use  of  John,  Richard, 


RICHARD 


FLEETWGDD 


AND  MARGERY  HIS  WIFE 


INTRODUCTION. 

and  Edward,  the  sons  of  Edward  Fleetwood,  successively  in 
tail,  with  remainder  to  the  said  Henry  Fleetwood  and 
Richard  Fleetwood  successively  in  tail. 

Mr.  Richard  Fleetwood,  by  his  will  dated  the  26th  July 
1625,  gave  to  his  wellbeloved  wife  Margery  all  his  plate  to 
be  used  by  her  for  her  life.  And  noticing  that  he  had  a 
horse  of  his  "cosen  Sir  George  Fleetwood  knight  for  the 
which  he  was  to  have  a  gelding,  and  that  he  had  delivered 
to  his  cosen  Mr.  Henry  Fleetwood  of  Graies  Inn  his  brother 
£8  in  fayre  gold,  his  minde  was  that  his  said  cosen  Henry 
should  pay  to  the  said  Sir  George  for  the  said  horse  £6, 
and  the  residue  he  gave  to  Thomas  son  of  the  said  Henry 
as  a  legacy."  He  gave  to  his  daughter  Katharine  "  both  the 
lutes  and  the  playing  instruments  which  standeth  in  the  par- 
lour, and  the  Ryalls."  And  he  proceeds,  "  Alsoe  my  mynde 
is  that  if  it  shall  please  God  to  take  me  out  of  this  transi- 
torie  world  before  John  Fleetewood,  or  other  of  his  younger 
brethren,  the  sonnes  of  Edward  Fleetewood  my  late  eldest 
sonne  deceased  shall  accomplish  and  be  twentie  and  one 
yeares  of  age,  that  the  wardshipp  of  him  or  them  shalbe 
graunted  unto  certain  feoffees  named  in  an  indenture  dated 
the  8th  daie  of  July  1620,  so  that  by  no  waies  or  meanes 
the  said  wardshippe  shall  happen  to  come  into  the  hands  of 
Sir  Willm.  Norreis  knight,  or  any  other  who  is  not  conform- 
able to  the  lawes  ecclesiasticall  now  established."  And  he 
ordeyned  his  "welbeloved  wife  and  her  brother  Sir  Henry 
Leigh,"  Henry  Breres,  his  son  Henry,  and  his  servant  Wil- 
liam Forster,  executors ;  and  he  made  his  welbeloved  Cosin 
Sir  Richard  Fletewood  knight  and  barronet,  and  Sir  Thos. 


IxiV  INTRODUCTION. 

Tildisley  knight,  and  William  Mil  ward  Esquire  my  breth- 
ren in  lawe  overseers  of  the  same.  "  Also  my  mynde 
and  will  is,  and  I  doe  accordingly  before  the  eternall  God 
Almightie  and  his  sweete  Sonne  our  Saviour  Jesu  Christe 
charge  and  comaunde  my  daughter  Anne  Westbie  that  she 
never  give  her  consente  or  approbacon  for  the  disposinge  of 
her  two  daughters  Elisabeth  and  Margerie  Talbot  or  either 
of  them  in  marriage  to  or  with  any  popish  recusants  what- 
soever, as  she  will  answere  to  the  contrarie  before  the 
tribunall  seate  of  God  Almightie." 

Mr.  Richard  Fleetwood  died  at  Penwortham  4th  April, 
and  was  buried  6th  April  1625,  and  his  will  was  proved  at 
Canterbury  8th  July  1626.  And  by  inquisition  post  mortem 
taken  2  Car.  I.  A.D.  1626,  at  Preston,  it  was  found  that  John 
Fleetwood  was  his  cousin  and  next  heir,  that  is  to  say,  son 
and  heir  of  Edward,  eldest  son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  said 
Richard  deceased,  and  at  the  time  of  taking  that  inquisition 
was  of  the  age  of  fifteen  years  eleven  months  and  three  days. 
Mrs.  Margery  Fleetwood,  his  wife,  survived,  and  was  buried 
at  Penwortham  30th  April  1635.  Mr.  Fleetwood  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  grandson, 

VII.  John  Fleetwood,  a  guild  burgess  1622,  1642 ;  a  col- 
lector with  his  brother-in-law  Mr.  William  ffarington  of  the 
subsidy  granted  at  Preston  10th  December  1642,  to  raise 
4,000  foot  and  400  horse  for  the  King.  He  married  at 
Leyland,  25th  September  1627,  Ann,  daughter  of  William 
ffarington  Esq.  of  Worden,  and  had  issue, 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixv 

1.  Richard,  baptized  at  Leyland  13th  December  1629,  but 

died  unmarried  16th  February  1647. 

2.  William,  baptized  22nd  June  1632,  died  unmarried  ante 

1664. 

3.  Edward,  baptized  at  Penwortham  12th  October  1634,  as 

"Edwardus  films   veuerabilis  viri   Mri  Johannis  Fleet- 
woode  de  Penwortham  arm./'  of  whom  hereafter. 

4.  John,  baptized  20th  September  1635,  a  guild  burgess  1642. 

5.  Henry,  baptized  13th  November  1636,  a  guild  burgess 

1642  and  1662. 

6.  Margery,^)  married  Laur.  Rawstorne  Esq.  of  Newhall. 

7.  Elizabeth,  baptized  7th  July  1638,  married  John  Ashton 

of  Middleton. 

8.  Mary,   (in  visitation  of  1644  named  Margaret,)  married 

16th  May  1652,  Joseph  Pennington  of  Muncaster,  the 
ancestor  of  the  Lords  Muncaster. 

Mr.  Fleetwood,  by  his  will  dated  20th  March  1651,  after 
directing  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  at 
Penwortham,  and  desiring  that  his  heir  would  have  a  care 

(*)  Margeria  filia  venerabilis  viri  Mri  Johannis  ffletewode  de  Penwortham 
arm.  baptizata  fuit  undecimo  die  mensis  Augusti  1633.  —  Penwortham 
Register.  There  is  a  characteristic  notice  relating  to  Mrs.  Margery  Fleet- 
wood  in  the  Diary  of  Adam  Martindale : 

"My  daughter  was  after  bred  at  home  to  her  book  and  pen,  and  in 
Warrington  and  Manchester,  to  her  needle  and  musick,  though  the  latter 
she  loved  not,  and  after  forgot  it.  In  the  year  1665  she  served  Mrs.  Mar- 
gerie  ffleetwood  of  Penwortham,  since  married  to  Colonell  Rothstern  lately 
High  Sherife  of  Lancashire,  in  whose  service  she  had  her  life  once  much 
endangered ;  for  being  before  Mr.  Fleetwood's  coach  upon  a  poore  little 
nag,  but  not  so  swift,  it  seemes,  as  the  coach  horses,  which  were  driven 
furiously  by  the  coachman,  (perhaps  drunke)  in  a  narrow  lane,  downe  she 
came,  and  was  in  mighty  danger  of  being  crushed  in  pieces  by  the  horses 
and  coach  wheles  running  over  her,  ere  they  could  be  staid."  — p.  208. 


INTRODUCTION. 

at  all  times  that  there  should  be  a  good,  able,  and  sufficient 
preacher  of  the  parish  church  of  Penwortham,  "endowed 
with  lerninge  and  understandinge,  and  of  a  good  life  and 
conversacon  fittinge  for  his  place  and  callinge,  and  to  allow 
such  a  preacher  forty  poundes  by  the  yeare(1)  att  least  in 
ready  money,"  gave  to  his  father-in-law  William  ffarington, 
and  his  mother-in-law  Mrs.  Margaret  ffarington,  one  piece 
of  gold  of  two  and  twenty e  shilling  to  buy  them  either  a 
gold  ring  with.  And  he  bequeathed  unto  his  brothers  and 
sisters  in  lawe  Mr.  Robert  Charnocke,  Mrs.  Ales  Charnock, 
Mr.  Richard  Clayton,  Mrs.  Mabell  Clayton,  Mr.  William 

(*)  The  terms  of  this  legacy  shew  clearly  how  miserably  dependent  the 
then  curate  of  Penwortham  was  upon  the  patron  of  the  living.  Mr.  Fleet- 
wood,  indeed,  appears  to  have  had  high  notions  of  his  power  as  patron. 
He  interfered  to  prevent  a  Mr.  Richardson  from  preaching  at  Penwortham. 
In  return,  Mr.  Richardson,  who  describes  himself  as  going  about  from 
church  to  church  to  spread  the  Word  of  God,  revenged  himself  by  penning 
a  rabid  attack  against  Mr.  Fleetwood,  and  patrons  in  general.  His  verses, 
which  have  been  preserved  by  Dodsworth,  will  be  found  hereafter;  being 
much  too  long  for  a  note.  They  are  curious,  and  afford  a  strong  confirma- 
tion of  Mr.  Macaulay's  statement  of  the  manner  in  which  the  country  clergy 
were  treated. 

Perhaps  some  contemporary  events  may  account  in  part  for  the  virulence 
of  the  poet.  The  attention  of  the  public  had  been  strongly  drawn  to  the 
subject  of  church  impropriations.  A  society  had  just  been  formed  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  them,  and  of  maintaining  a  constant  preaching  minis- 
try in  places  of  greatest  need.  And  it  was  "  incredible,"  says  Fuller,  "  what 
large  sums  were  advanced  in  a  short  time  towards  so  laudable  an  employ- 
ment." But  he  adds,  that  in  1632  Archbishop  Laud  began  to  look  with  a 
jealous  eye  on  the  feoffees,  as  who,  in  process  of  time,  would  prove  a  thorn 
in  the  sides  of  episcopacy,  and  by  these  purchases  become  the  prime  patrons 
for  number  and  greatness  of  benefices.  And  the  Courts  condemned  their 
proceedings  as  dangerous  to  the  Church  and  State,  and  pronounced  the  gifts 
and  feoffments  illegal. 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixvii 

ffarington,  Mrs.  Katharine  ffarington,  Mr.  George  ffarington, 
each  of  them  one  piece  of  gold  of  eleven  shillings  the  piece. 
Also  he  bequeathed  unto  his  uncles  and  aunts  Mr.  Henry 
ffleetwood,  Mr.  Richard  ffleetwood,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  ffleet- 
wood,  Mrs.  Ann  Westbie,  Mr.  Thomas  ffarington,  Mrs.  Anne 
ffarington,  Mrs.  Amy  Bensin,  every  one  of  them  one  piece 
of  gold  of  five  shillings  sixpens  the  piece.  Item  he  gave 
unto  his  own  brother  Edward  ffleetwood  3..  6..  8,  and  to 
his  sister  Ellinor  Fleetwood  ffive  pownds.  And  he  directed 
that  all  his  personal  estate  should  be  divided  into  three 
parts ;  and  he  reserved  the  first  part  to  himself,  the  second 
part  to  give  to  his  loving  wife,  and  the  third  part  to  his 
"younger  sorte  of  children."  And  he  appointed  his  wife 
Anne  ffleetwood  his  sole  executrix,  and  desired  his  loving 
brothers  Richard  Charnock  and  Richard  Clayton,  and  his 
kind  uncles  Mr.  Thomas  ffarington  and  Mr.  Richard  ffleet- 
wood to  be  overseers  thereof,  &c. 

Mr.  Fleetwood  was  buried  at  Penwortham  4th  February 
1657.  His  widow  survived  a  short  time,  and  was  also  bu- 
ried at  Penwortham  on  the  24th  March  1657.  On  the 
27th  May  1658,  administration  of  the  will  of  the  said  John 
Fleetwood  annexed  was  granted  by  "  Oliver,  Lord  Protector 
of  the  Commonwealth  of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland," 
to  Elizabeth  Fleetwood  and  Margery  Fleetwood,  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  said  John  Fleetwood.  Mr.  Fleetwood  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son, 

VIII.  Edward  Fleetwood,  who  married,  1st  May  1659, 
Anne,  daughter  of  George  Purefoy  of  Shalston  in  Bucking- 


Ixviii  INTRODUCTION. 

hamshire.  By  indenture  dated  the  26th  June  1676,  between 
Edward  Fleetwood  of  Penwortham  Esquire  and  Ann  his 
wife,  and  Knightly  Purefoy  of  Gray's  Inn  Gentleman,  of  the 
first  part,  John  Lloyd  and  John  Fleetwood  of  Willing,  alias 
Willeen,  in  the  county  of  Hertford,  Clerk,  of  the  second 
part,  and  Arthur  Fleetwood  of  the  city  of  Westminster 
Esquire,  of  the  third  part,  the  estates  of  Penwortham,  &c., 
were  settled  to  the  use  of  the  said  Edward  Fleetwood  for 
life ;  remainder  to  the  use  of  the  said  Ann  his  wife  for  her 
life ;  remainder  to  the  sons  of  the  said  Edward  Fleetwood 
and  Ann  his  wife  in  tail  male ;  remainder  to  the  use  of  the 
said  Arthur  Fleetwood  in  tail  male ;  remainder  to  the  said 
John  Fleetwood,  Clerk,  in  tail  male;  remainder  to  Robert 
Fleetwood,  son  of  Henry  Fleetwood  late  of  Wathe  (sic)  in 
the  county  of  Bucks  Esquire,  deceased,  in  tail  male ;  re- 
mainder to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said  Edward  Fleetwood 
for  ever.  On  the  17th  August,  23  Car.  II.,  a  fine  was  levied 
of  the  said  property,  and  by  deed  24th  August  1688,  it 
was  declared  that  the  fine  should  ensue  to  the  uses  of  the 
said  deed. 

Mr.  Edward  Fleetwood  died  without  issue,  and  was  bu- 
ried at  Penwortham  13th  April  1704,  and  thereby  the 
estate  became  vested  to  the  uses  of  the  settlement.  Mr. 
Arthur  Fleetwood,  whose  family  [connection  with  the  pre- 
vious owner  of  Penwortham  has  not  been  ascertained,  had 
previously  died,  leaving  issue, 

1.  Henry  Fleetwood,  of  whom  hereafter. 

2.  Barbara,  who  married Goring  Esq.;    and  their  only 

child,  Barbara,  married  Walter  Chetwynd  of  Grendon, 
co.  Warwick,  and  had  issue, 


INTRODUCTION.  Ixix 

1.  Walter;  2.  John,  who  died  s.p.  v.p.;  3.  William 
Henry;  4.  Barbara,  who  married  William 
Blacknell. 

3.  Honora,  married  ....  Hinton  of  Atherston,  co.  Warwick, 
and  had  issue, 

1.  Fleetwood  Hinton;  2.  William  Hinton  of  Chor- 
ley,  gentleman ;  4.  Elizabeth,  married  Charles 
Wright  of  Chorley,  apothecary ;  5.  Honora, 
married  Joseph  Reynolds  of  Atherston,  mercer; 
6.  Mary,  married  Mr.  Shakespear ;  7.  Barbara ; 
8.  Harriet;  9.  Bridget. 

Mr.  Arthur  Fleetwood  having  died  in  the  life-time  of  Mr. 
Edward  Fleetwood,  the  property  descended  to  his  eldest 
son,  Henry  Fleetwood,  who,  by  deed  5th  and  6th  August 
1705  and  a  recovery,  settled  the  estates  on  himself  in  fee. 

Mr.  Henry  Fleetwood  in  July  1714  married  Sarah,  the 
daughter  of  Roger  Sudell  of  Preston  and  Sarah  his  wife, 
but  she  died  without  issue,  and  was  buried  at  Penwortham 
on  the  27th  October  1719.  And  by  deed  of  June  1725 
the  property  was  settled  on  Henry  Fleetwood  for  life ;  re- 
mainder to  Walter  Chetwynd  and  Barbara  his  wife  for 
life ;  remainder  to  Walter  Chetwynd,  their  eldest  son  in  tail 
male;  remainder  to  John  Chetwynd  his  brother  in  like 
manner ;  remainder  to  Henry  Fleetwood  in  fee.  By  an  act 
of  Parliament,  21  Geo.  II.,  c.  14,  A.D.  1748,  it  was  enacted 
that  the  property  should  be  sold. 

In  pursuance  of  this  act,  the  estates  were  sold  in  June 
1749  to  John  Aspinall  Esquire,  who  afterwards,  in  June 
1752,  sold  the  principal  part  of  the  estates  of  Penwor- 


1XX  INTRODUCTION. 

thain  to  James  Barton  of  Ormskirk  Esquire;  and  they 
were  sold  by  that  family  to  the  late  Col.  Rawstorne,  in 
whose  family  they  are  now  vested. 

The  Editor  has  now  only  to  perform  the  grateful  task  of 
acknowledging  the  assistance  which  he  has  received  during 
the  progress  of  the  work.  His  thanks  are  due  to  Mr.  W. 
LANGTON,  for  the  unsparing  pains  and  patient  attention 
which  he  has  bestowed  on  the  work  from  its  first  com- 
mencement. And  the  Society  is  indebted  to  Mr.  WILLIAM 
HARDY,  and  to  Mr.  THOMAS  HEYWOOD,  for  valuable  contri- 
butions to  the  pedigree  of  the  Fleetwoods. 

PENWORTHAM, 
JAN.  1854. 


INTRODUCTION. 


QVERELA  ECCLESLE  DE  PENWORTHAM. 

(See  Note,  ante,  p.  Ixvi.) 


ARGUMENTUM 

qvorwndorum  versiculorwm  a  me  conscriptorum  in  Dominum  Johannem  Fleetwood 
patronum  de  Penwortham  in  Com.  Lane.  (1635.J 

QUOBAM  tempore  dum  Ecclesias  peragrarem  ad  propagandum  in  iisdem  verbum 
Dei,  etiam  ad  Penwordoniam  accessi,  ea  intentione  Tit  ibidem  quoque  Talentum 
meum,  quantum  est,  populo  exhiberem,  nee  id  tamen  omnino  ajjuffQws  et  precariis, 
sed  aliquid  in  sumptus  meos,  jure  ut  mihi  risum  est,  reportaturus ;  —  sed  incceptis 
meis  obstitit  patronus  ecclesise  prsedictus  qui  etiam,  nescio  quo  jure,  Impropriationis 
illius  Ecclesiae  proventus,  ut  etiam  aliarum,  in  usum  suum  fructum  (ut  patronus  hseres) 
convertit,  necnon  ad  officium  Ecclesiasticum  inibi  prsestandum  ministrum  quendam 
suum  (quod  etiam  suis  majoribus  semper  solenne  fuit)  quam  Tilissimo  sane  pretio 
conduxit.  Cujus  ipse  vicem  concionatoriam  cum  supplere  vellem,  a  prsedicto  Patrono 
prohibitus  ab  incepto  desistere  coactus  sum :  —  ea  autem  fuit  causa  (ut  merito  con- 
jectari  licet)  ne  ipse  aliquantillum  un&  cum  suis  parochianis  tametsi  volentibus  mihi 
ad  egestatem  meam  aliquatenus  resarciendam  erogaret,  unde  prophana  hominis  tenaci- 
tate  in  justissimam  iram  exardescens  sequentes  exaravi  versiculos,  in  quibus  non  tarn 
meas  partes  qu&,m  Ecclesise  totius  tutari  visum  est.  Neye  meam  iniquiorem  (candi- 
dissime  lector)  erga  ipsum  suspicias  fuisse  displicentiam,  scias  pro  tu&  in  hac  parte 
satisfactione  prsedictum  patronum  omnes  qualiscunque  formse  prsedicatores,  etiam 
insulsissimos  et  non  conformistas,  (hoc  solum  lere)  ut  gratis  concionentur,  sine  omni 
scrupulo  facillimd  admittere  solere. 

FINIS  AEGTTMENTI. 


QUERELA  ECCLESI^:  DE  PENWORTHAM  IN  COM.  LANCASTRI^E 

PER  JOHANNEM  RICHARDSON  OXONIENSEM  IN 

ARTIBUS  MAGISTRUM. 


NOTKS. 
Heu  pereo,  specie  LATRONEM  nacta  patroni !       L 

Ah,  quam  deplumor  !  quam  mihi  sicca  cutis  !       cie  Patroni 
Barbarus  has  segetes  decimabit  ?     Laicus  arva  ? 

Hseccine  Religio  est  expoliare  Deos  ? 


Ixxii 


INTRODUCTION. 


Struthio  fer- 
rum  concoquit. 

Aurum  Tolpsa- 
num  a  Capione 
Romano  direp- 
tum  e  templo 
Tolosae  exitiale 
sui.s  possessori- 
bus. 

Equus  Seiffuit 
tails  ut  qui  eum 
haberet  nun- 
quaru  esset  fe- 
fix. 


Suspendia  est 
cassis  nomina- 
tionis. 


Corvus  arripi- 
ens  Scorpium 
ut  comedat  ab 
eo  necatur. 
Telum  sacrile- 

SL 
Deus. 

Simon  Magus. 


Evome  frusta  miser  templi :  nee  struthio  sacrum 

Digerere  argentum  ventre  potente  potest. 
Redde  Tolosanas  merces  :  descende  caballo 

Seiano  :  Dominos  dejicit  ille  suos. 
Innocuos  cessa  Manes  temerare  piorum. 

Hsec  messis  non  est  Laica :  —  tolle  manus. 
Propria  dona  Deus  repetit :  —  repetente  negabis 

Numine  ?  num  Sacrum  debuit  esse  Macrum  ? 
Anne  Animae  prodest  Animarum  sanguine  crudo 

Ditari  ?  et  totos  dilaniare  Greges  ? 
Communes  merito  jugulant  suspendia  fures 

An  qui  prsedatur  numina  liber  erit  ? 
Sic  Aquilam  vidi  proprium  comburere  nidum, 

Ex  ara  prunam  dum  levat  ilia  levem. 
Lethali  corvum  sic  Scorpius  enecat  ictu, 

Dum  laetus  letum  devorat  ipse  suum. 
Ergo  age,  crudivorum  tollas  ex  vulnere  telum, 

Coalestis  clamat  Caesar  habeto  tuum. 
Redde  meum  Simon,  animas  mihi  redde  ruentes, 

Jam  (Mage)  redde  mihi  praedia,  templa,  Lares. 


Aliter  per  eundem. 


Micah.    Judges 
xvii.  10. 

IIujus  sacer 
stomachus. 


Ne  minister 
luxuriet. 


Illius  opinio- 
nes. 


Ecce  redivivum  genuit  Lancastria  MICHAM 

Hunc  pietas  (mirum)  sacra  vorare  jubet. 
Hujus  templa  sacer  Stomachus  benb  degerit,  Aras, 

Atque  Erebum,  atque  Animas,  Luciferumque  forum. 
Obtigit  huic  monstro  (si  fas)  Ecclesia,  pestem 

Agnoscit :  Decimis  nil  minus  ilia  timet. 
Gonducit  Macrum  frugalior  ille  Levitam 

^Ere  levi,  ut  melius  posset  obesse  gregi. 
Atque  duos  tribuit,  MICA  prudentior  ipso, 

Siclos,  ne  luxu  diffluat  inde,  cavet. 
Pascitur  ille  fame  plebis,  miserique  ministri 

Alterutro  pascit  carius  ille  sues. 
Concio  nulla  placet  pretium  quse  postulat,  Omnes 

Ni  gratis  veniant,  ablegat  ille  preces. 
Non  tanti  constat  pietas  ut  munera  poscat 

Ille  Deum  et  coslum  non  nisi  gratis  amat. 


INTRODUCTION. 


Ixxiii 


Quam  Jurus  sermo  mercede  rependere  coelutn 

Non  tanti  Christus  nee  Paradisus  erit. 
Ergo  Capellanus,  qui  vili  prsedicat,  Illi 

Quseritur  ex  Haza,  si  petat  ille  nihil. 
Servus,  Adulator,  Coridon  huic  sufficit  hero 

Dummodo  nil  poscat  Barbarus  ille  placet : 
Fungitur  officio  jam  Carpentarius  ipse 

Pastoris,  satis  est  si  numerare  potest  — 
Et  numerat  certe  stipendia  tanta  per  annum 

Non  aliter  Templi  proditor  esse  potest. 
Clericus  in  numero  est  nullo,  sed  prsedia  cleri 

In  summo.     Anne  hoc  religione  frui  ? 
Quin  potius  viduo  reddas  patrimonia  templo  ; 

Vel  modick  Clerum  nutriat  Ara  suum. 
Fundator  Christus  contractus  damnat  iniquos, 

Quam  male  prsescribunt  Laica  pacta  Deo  ! 
Si  sacras  Templi  vendas,  sine  jure,  columbas 

Expecta  a  Christo  verbera,  lora,  plagas. 
Anne  in  vendentes  sanctas  clamare  columnas 

Nescis  ?  quae  Mysta  balbutiente  stupent. 
Sed  dices,  "  partem  cautus  mihi  jure  reservo" 

Perfide  Ananias  proderis  ore  tuo. 
Pars  tamen  ilia  quota  est !     Totum  superare 

Quod  retines  —  sol  vis  siccine  vota  Deo  ? 
Cortice  sic  pastus  quondam  Cyllenius  Hermes 

Spernitur,  et  nucleos  turba  prophana  vorat. 
Cortice  Presbyteri  viles  saturantur  inani 

Pastorem  pascens  cortice,  perdis  oves. 
Saxea  corda  geris  Fluidse  sub  nomine  Sylvae, 

Conveniet  prseco  ligneus  ergo  tibi. 
At  patriis  hseres1  (fateor)  virtutibus  hseres,2 

"  Si  pecco,  patres  semulor  ipse  meos. 
"  Illi  vendiderant  orbati  prsedia  Templi 

"  Nonne  licet  parili  vendere  jure  mihi  ? 
"  Sed  me  quid  moveant  aliena  gravamina""  quseris. 

Non  agerem  causas  ordinis  ipse  mei  ? 
Ipse  quoque  expertus  damnum,  me  vindico  laesum, 

Sensit  Avaritiam  concio  nostra  tuam. 
Intercrepta  silet ;  sermones  quaerit  inemptos 

Clausa  manus,  sordent  auribus  empta  Midse. 
Perge  fame  verbi  miserum  damnare  popellum, 

Perge  sacerdotes  extenuare  tuos. 

k 


Date  aliquid 
pro  ccelo. 


Matt.  xxi.  12. 
Mark  xi.  15. 


Sacerdos  minis- 
ter hodiernus 
balbutit. 


Impii  in  Fa- 
bella  oft'erebant 
cortices  nucuui, 
ipsi  edebant 
nucleos. 


Nomen  ejus  — 
Fleet-Wood. 

1  Hseres  from 
hsereo,  to  stick. 

2  Nomen 


Displicent  auri- 
bus asininis. 


Ixxiv 


INTRODUCTION. 


Quia  minister  n 
sedet  in  mensa 
cum  servis  non 
cum  patrono. 


Cocytus  est  flu- 
viusinfernalis, 
sumitur  hie  pro 
Inferno. 
Church  robbers. 


Perge  Capellanos  famulorum  addicere  raensis, 

Perge  etiam  spoliis  luxuriare  Dei. 
Exuviis  Christ!  luxum  satiare  memento 

Afflictis  Cristi  claudere  perge  sinum  ! 
Perge  suo  magnum  depellere  jure  Tonantem. 

Cocyti  solum  pascua  jure  tene. 
Aut  Deus  aeterno  firmat  mendacia  verbo 

Aut  sacrifures  TARTAR  A  nigra  petunt. 


FINIS. 


CONTENTS. 


NO.  PAGE 

1  Concerning  the  benefactors  to  the  Abbey  of  E vesham I 

2  Concerning  the  rents  assigned  to  the  officers  of  Evesham 2 

3  The  grant  of  Warin  Bussel  of  the  Churches  of  Penwortham,  Ley- 

land,  Meles,  and  other  lands  to  the  Abbey 2 

4  Confirmation  by  Richard  Bussel  his  son     .  3 

5  Grant  by  Richard  Bussel  of  a  fourth  of  his  fishery  at  Penwortham...  4 

6  Confirmation  by  Albert  Bussel 5 

7  Confirmation  by  Hugh  Bussel  6 

8  Confirmation  by  Pope  Alexander  III 7 

9  Agreement  of  the  Abbot  of  Evesham  relating  to  Ho  wick   8 

10  Grant  by  Robert  Bussel  of  twelvepence  from  his  fishery  in  the 

Ribble,  and  of  a  close  in  Longton   9 

11  Grant  from  the  Abbey  of  lands  in  Button    10 

1 2  Agreement  by  Geoffrey  Bussel  relating  to  his  lands    11 

13  Release  by  Richard  de  Farinton  of  his  right  in  Farington    12 

14  Pope  Nicholas' taxation  of  Penwortham  13 

15  Writ  of  Ad  quod  damnum  relating  to  the  waste  in  Penwortham 14 

16  Inquisition  thereon     15 

17  Licence  from  King  Edward  II 15 

18  Agreement  with  William  de  Farington  concerning  common  of  pasture 

in  Leyland   17 

19  Release  by  William  de  Farington  of  three  acres  in  Leyland 20 

20  Agreement  with  Thomas  de  Noteschagh  relating  to  roads  in  Howick  20 

21  Concerning  a  rent  from  Farington 22 

22  Lease  to  Adam  de  Farington  of  premises  in  Farington    22 


CONTENTS. 

NO.  PAGE 

23  Writ  of  Ad  quod  damnum  relating  to  lands  in  Hovvick  and  Pen- 

wortham  23 

24  Inquisition  thereon     25 

25  Licence  from  King  Edward  II 27 

26  Grant  to  the  almoner  of  Evesham  of  the  rents  in  Penwortham  28 

27  Confirmation  by  Queen  Isabella  of  lands  in  Penwortham,  Faryngton, 

Howick,  Hutton,  and  Longton    29 

28  Writ  of  Ad  quod  damnum  of  lands  in  Faryngton  and  Leyland  29 

29  Inquisition 31 

30  Licence  from  Edward  III 33 

31  Licence  from  the  King  relating  to  lands  in  Leyland  and  Longton —  34 

32  Grant  to  the  Abbey  of  lands  in  Leyland  ..., 35 

33  Proceedings  relating  to  puture  in  Penwortham     35 

34  Release  of  puture  by  Henry  Earl  of  Lancaster    .  39 

35  Leyland  Church,  grant  by  Richard  Bussel  of  40 

36  Licence  thereon  from  King  Edward  III 41 

37  Licence  of  Appropriation  thereof  by  Pope  John  XXII 42 

38  Grant  of  a  pension  to  the  Bishop  of  Lichfield 45 

39  Endowment  of  the  vicarage  of  Leyland    47 

40  Grant  of  a  pension 49 

41  Assignment  of  the  Church  at  Leyland 49 

42  Grant  of  the  same 51 

43  Lease  by  the  Abbot  to  Robert  de  Faryngton   52 

44  Confirmation  of  certain  demises  made  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham..  53 

45  Lease  of  land  in  Furyngton  to  Robert  Straytburel 54 

46  Lease  of  land  in  Penwortham  by  the  Prior 55 

47  Lease  to  Henry  de  Hoghwyk  of  rights  of  common  in  Faryngton 56 

48  Lease  to  the  same  of  land  in  Faryngton  57 

49  Release  by  John  de  Farington  of  land  in  Leyland   58 

50  Agreement  relating  to  a  road  in  Penwortham 59 

51  Lease  to  Thomas  de  Faryngton  of  laud  in  Faryngton.. 60 

52  Lease  by  Thurstan  Forshagh  to  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  61 

53  Attornment  to  the  Abbot  of  Evesham 61 

54  Lease  to  William  de  Faryngton  of  the  tithes  in  Leyland 62 

55  Lease  to  Henry  de  Faryngton  of  land  in  Faryngton     65 

56  Lease  to  Roger  Faryngton 66 

57  Lease  to  William  Tavlor  of  the  tithes  in  Howick    69 


CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

58  Lease  to  Henry  Farington  of  the  tithes  in  Leylaml  71 

59  Lease  to  William  Taylor  of  the  tithes  in  Howick 77 

60  Lease  to  Robert  Farington  of  the  tithes  in  Longeton 78 

61  Lease  to  John  Fleetwood  of  the  rectory  of  Penwortham .  79 

62  List  of  the  Abbots  of  Evesham  , 84 

63  Of  the  customs  of  Evesham  Abbey 90 

Of  the  office  of  Abbot  90 

Of  the  office  of  Prior 92 

Of  certain  rents  in  Penwortham    93 

Of  Prior  Herford's  Library    93 

Of  the  proceedings  relating  to  the  priory  of  Pen- 

worthara     97 

Of  the  office  of  Precentor 105 

Of  the  office  of  Sacrist  106 

Of  the  office  of  Chamberlain 109 

Of  the  office  of  Hostiler    109 

Of  the  office  of  Almoner  Ill 

64  Grant  by  Henry  VIII.  to  John  Fletewood    112 

65  Confirmation  by  Queen  Elizabeth  124 


Be  |)vioratu  tie 


tie 


No.  I.  De  donatoribus  monasterio  de  Evesham. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  58.] 

Inter  alia 

Willmus  bastardus^1) 

Warinus  Bussel  dedit  ecclesie  de  Evesham  ecclesiam 
de  Penewrtham,  et  ecclesiam  de  Leilond,  et  capellam  de  Moles  cum 
ptinencijs.  Idem  Warinus  Bussel  dedit  Farinton  cum  ptinencijs 
suis. 

Ricardus  Bussel  dedit  ecclesie  de  Evesham  sex  bovatas(2)  terre  in 
Longeton.  Item  dedit  totam  ecclesiam  de  Leilond  que  reddit  duas 
marcas,  et  capellam  de  Moles  que  reddit  tres  solidos.  Albertus 
frater  ejus  dedit  duas  bovatas  terre  in  Leilond. (3)  Idem  Albertus 
dedit  assartum  de  Blakesawe.  Item  predictus  Ricardus  Bussel 
dedit  quartam  partem  piscacionis  sue.  (4)  Rogerus  Pictavensis 
dedit  Hocwike. 

(l)  Apparently  the  earliest  gifts  in  this  enumeration  of  donations  must  be  assigned 
to  the  reign  of  William  Rufus,  the  deed,  No.  iii.,  infra,  having  been  perfected  before 
Abbot  Robert,  who  succeeded  to  the  Abbacy  of  Evesham  A.D.  1086,  and  died  A.D. 
1096. 

(s)  See  No.  iv.  (3)  See  No.  vi.  («)  See  No.  v. 

B 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


No.  II.  Redditus  officijs  monachorum  Eveshamie  ccenobijs  assignati. 

[EvEsu.  CH.  fo.  67.] 

Inter  alia, 

Ad  coquinam  vero  ptinent:  I)e  Penewrtham  una  summa  salmonis. 

Ad  elemosynariam  ptinent :  redditus  de  Penewrtham,  scilicet  qua- 
tuor  marce. 


No.  TIT.  Concessio  Warini  (J)  Bussel  de  ecclesia  de  Penwortham  et 
alijs  terris  monasterio  de  Evesham. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  87.] 

Hec  est  convencio  quam  Warinus  Bussel  cura  assensu  uxoris  sue 
et  liberorum  coram  dno  Roberto  Abbate  et  omni  conventu  de  Eve- 


(!)  The  four  following  deeds  are  alluded  to  in  the  list  of  benefactions  to  the  mo- 
nastery of  Evesham  already  given.  By  the  first  of  them  Warin  Bussel,  who  pro- 
bably was  the  son  of  Roger  Bussel,  the  co-grantee  of  Blackburn  Hundred  with 
Albert  Grelet  from  Roger  de  Poictou,  confirms  a  previous  grant  of  the  churches 
of  Penwortham,  of  Laylond,  and  of  Meles,  and  of  the  township  of  Farinton.  He 
also  grants  a  carucate  and  a  half  of  land  in  Mereton  with  turbary,  to  enable  three 
monks  and  a  chaplain  to  perform  divine  service  at  Penwortham.  It  is  evident,  not 
merely  from  internal  evidence,  that  this  is  a  confirmation  of  a  previous  grant  by 
him,  which  has  not  been  discovered  ;  for  it  will  be  seen  that  his  sons  refer  in  their 
confirmations  to  other  matters  than  those  enumerated  in  the  deed  in  the  text. 

By  the  second,  which,  it  may  be  remarked,  differs  slightly  from  the  transcript  in 
the  Evesham  Chartulary,  Richard  Bussel  the  son  of  Warin  confirms  the  previous 
grants  by  his  father,  and  enumerates  them  as  the  church  of  Penwortham  and  its 
tithes  ;  two  bovates  in  Longton,  three  shillings  from  the  church  of  Leyland,  and 
two  parts  of  the  tithe  of  the  demesne  ;  two  shillings  from  the  chapel  of  Meles  ;  two 
parts  of  the  tithe  of  the  demesne  of  Freckleton  and  Warton  ;  and  the  fishery  of  one 
net.  And  he  grants  a  court  at  Penwortham,  the  church  of  Leyland,  a  fourth  of 
his  fishery,  four  bovates  in  Longton,  one  in  Penwortham,  and  the  chapel  of  Meles. 

By  the  third  he  grants  the  fourth  of  his  fishery  in  Penwortham,  and  offers  the 
gift  with  a  striking  ceremony.  According  to  ancient  custom,  he  placed  the  grant 
on  the  altar  before  the  brethren,  all  present  repeating,  "  Whosoever  shall  defend 
this,  may  God  defend  him  ;  but  if  any  one  disturb  it,  may  his  name  perish  from 
the  earth." 

The  fourth  of  these  deeds  is  a  confirmation  of  the  preceding  charters,  with  a 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  O 

sham  in  pleno  capitulo  fecit :  Hoc  scilicet,  quod  convenciones  primas 
concedit  et  firmat,  scilicet,  dationem  legitime  concessam  de  ecclesia  de 
Pennertham,  et  de  Leilande,  et  de  Moles,  cum  rebus  et  beneficijs  ad 
eas  ptinentib}  et  concessis,  et  de  tota  villa  de  Farinton ;  et  insuper, 
p  salute  anirne  sue  et  p  animabus  uxoris  filiorumque  ejus  et  pro 
amore  dhi  Roberti  Abbatis  totiusque  conventus,  concedit  ad  incre- 
mentum  carucatam  et  dimidiam  in  villa  que  Meretun  dicitur,  cum 
medietate  omnis  turbarie  quam  Warinus  ibi  possidet,  scilicet,  quatuor 
vaccas  et  quatuor  boves  et  sexaginta  oves  et  alterum  manipulum  et 
corpus  suum  post  mortem  cum  parte  sua ;  ea  convencione,  ut  tres 
fratres  cum  uno  capellano  inibi  Deo  serviant,  et  primo  anno  decem 
solidos,  et  sequentib3  annis  semper  duas  marcas  argenti,  in  caritate, 
Dno  Abbati  fratrib}  suis  tribuant,  qui  p  amore  Warinum  filium  par- 
vulum,  si  velit  ad  monachaturn,  recipient.  Hanc  convencionem 
drius  Warinus  ita  confirmavit,  et  earn  sup  altare  posuit,  solam  et 
quietam  ab  omni  exactione  et  inquietudine,  quantum  ad  se  et  ad 
liberos  suos  ptinet.  Ex  parte  Abbatis,  Ranulfus  clericus,  Constan- 
tinus  camerarius  Abbatis,  et  Bernardus  cocus.  Ex  parte  Warini, 
Walterus  miles  suus,  et  nepos  suus,  films  Acardi,  Willmus. 

No.  IV.  Confirmatio  Ricardi  Bussel  de  eisdem. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Noverint  presentes  et  posteri  quod  ego  Ricardus  Busel  concede  et 
scripto  atque  sigillo  meo  confirm  o  ecclesie  de  Evesham  omnem  do- 
nationem  et  totam  elemosinam  quam  fecit  pater  meus  Warinus  pre- 
dicte  ecclesie,  videlicet,  ecclesiam  de  Penewerham  cum  decimis  et 
omnib}  ptinentijs  suis,  et  ffarintunam  cum  omnibus  ptinentijs  suis, 

further  grant  of  two  bovates  in  Longton  and  two  from  the  demesne  of  Leyland,  by 
Albert  Bussel. 

These  grants  are  thus  referred  to  in  the  Testa  de  Nevill :  —  "Warinus  Bussell 
dedit  tres  bovatas  terre  in  Penwertham,  et  duas  bovatas  in  Longeton  ecclesie  de 
Penwertham  in  pura  elemosina.  Ricardus  Bussel  dedit  quatuor  bovatas  terre  in 
Longeton,  et  unam  carucatam  terre  in  Farinton  eidem  ecclesie  in  elemosinam. 
Albertus  Bussel  dedit  duas  bovatas  terre  in  Lailand  in  elemosinam  eidem  ecclesie. 
Abbas  de  Evesham  tenet  ecclesiam  illam  cum  omnibus  terris. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

et  in  Longetunam  duas  bovatas  terre,  et  de  ecclesia  de  Leilandia  tres 
solidos,  et  duas  partes  decime  de  dnio.  Item  de  capella  de  Moeles 
duos  solidos.  Item  duas  partes  decime  de  dnio  de  Frecheltuna  (1) 
et  Wartuna.  Piscationem  unius  retis  liberam  et  quietam,  et  totam 
decimam  conredij  domus  sue.  Item  quod  Abbas  habeat  curiam 
suam  in  Penewerham  in  omnib)  tarn  liberam  sicut  pater  meus  Wari- 
nus  habuit  suam,  vel  ego  meam.  Hee  sunt  donationes  quas  ego  postea 
donaui,  videlicet,  ecclesiam  de  Leilanda  cum  omnib}  ptinentijs  suis, 
de  tota  piscatione  mea,  imppetuum,  piscaturam  duorum  retium  et 
quartum  piscem.  In  Longetuna  quatuor  bovatas  terre.  In  Peneuer- 
ham  unam  bovatam.  Capellam  de  Moles  cum  omnib}  ptinentijs  suis. 
Has  predictas  donationes  quas  pater  meus  Warinus  predicte  ecclesie 
de  Evesham  contulit,  et  quas  ego  postea  contuli,  ego  Ricardus  Busel 
concede  et  present!  scripto  atque  sigillo  confirmo  ut  ecclesia  de  Eve- 
sham  possideat  et  pacifice  teneat  liberas  et  quietas  et  ab  omni  secu- 
lari  exactione  solutas,  in  pratis,  in  pascuis,  in  aquis,  in  stagnis,  in 
sablonib},  in  piscarijs,  in  bosco,  in  piano,  in  pannagio,  et  omnibj 
libertatib}  et  liberis  consuetudinib}  in  puram  et  ppetuam  elemosinam 
p  salute  mea  et  heredum  meorum  et  p  anima  patris  mei  et  anteces- 
sorum  meorum.  Hijs  testib},  Waltero  presbitero  de  Prestuna, 
Lidulfo  de  Crostuna,  Easwardo  presbytero  de  Langetuna,  Gaufrido, 
Osberno,  Radulfo  capellanis,  Rodberto  Diacono,  Osberno  filio  Ed- 
mundi,  Ormo  filio  Magni,  Warino  filio  eius,  Swein  Child,  Willmo 
filio  Alani,  Uhtredo  filio  Swein,  Arturo  de  Astuna,  Swein  de  Penur- 
ham  et  Ada  fratre  eius,  et  Sibilla  et  Matilde  sororib}  meis,  (2)  et 
multis  alijs. 


No.  V.  Concessio  Bicardi  Bwsel  de  piscatione  apud  Penwortham. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Ego  Ricardus  Bussel  volo  notum  fieri  universis  fidelib),  quod  ego 

(!)  In  the  taxatio  ecclesiastica  of  Pope  Nicholas  there  is  an  entry  which  evidently 
refers  to  these  grants  :  —  "Porcio  Prioris  de  Penewytham  pro  garbis  quas  percipit 
in  parochia  de  Kyrkeham,  2  0  0." 

(s)  In  the  Evesham  chartulary,  "  sororibus  eius." 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  O 

ooncessi  et  dedi  Deo  et  sancte  Marie  et  sancto  Egwino  in  ecclesia  de 
Evesham  ad  victum  fratrum  ibidem  Deo  servientium  quartam  partem 
totius  piscationis  mee  de  Penewertham  pro  anima  mea  et  patris  mei 
ei  matris  atque  aliorum  parentum  et  amicorura  meorum.  Hanc 
donationem  scripto  confirraavi  et  coram  fratrib}  super  altare  obtuli, 
omnib}  simul  dicentib)  —  Si  quis  hoc  conservaverit,  conservet  ilium 
Deus,  et  si  quis  delere  voluerit,  deleatur  nomen  eius  de  terra.  Isti 
sunt  testes  huius  donationis,  Orm  filius  Magni,  Ulf.  de  Waltuna, 
Willmus  presbiter  de  Prestunia,  Albertus  frater  dm.  Rodbertus  filius 
Reinwardi  nepos  dm,  Symon  de  Assetuna,  Warinus  filius  eius, 
Walterus  piscator,  Warinus  parmentarius,  Leisin  et  filij  ejus,  Gamul 
et  multi  alij. 

No.  VI.  Confirmatio  Alberti  Bussel. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  88.] 

Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Albertus  Bussel  concede  et 
scripto  meo  atq.  sigillo  confirmo  ecclesie  de  Evesham  et  fratrib}  illic 
Deo  servientib}  omnes  donationes  quas  fecit  pater  meus  Warinus  et 
Ric.  frater  meus  eidem  ecclesie,  et  illas  et  quas  ego  postea  ex  parte  mea 
feci  et  mater  mea  Matildis,  me  consentiente,  et  postea  Leticia  uxore 
mea  consentiente  et  astante  in  pleno  capitulo  eiusd.  Evesham  ecclesie, 
ut  predicta  ecclesia  et  fratres  in  ea  Deo  servientes  omnes  illas  donatio- 
nes in  ppetua  elemosyna  possideant  et  teneant  bene  et  libere  et  prorsus 
quietas  ab  omni  exactione.  Ita  ut  nullus  omnino  aliquid  earum 
auferre  vel  minuere  presumat.  Quod  siquis  facere  temptauerit  Dei 
maledictionem  et  vindictam  incurrit.  Hee  vero  sunt  donationes  quas 
prius  eidem  ecclesie  contulit,  ecclesiam  de  Pennortham  cum  omnib} 
ptinentijs  suis  et  in  eadem  villa  duas  bovatas  terre,  ffarrintona,  et  in 
Longetona  duas  bovatas  terre,  et  in  ecclesia  de  Leilonde  iij.  sol.  et 
duas  partes  decime  de  Dnio,  et  duos  sol.  de  ecclesia  de  Moeles,  et 
duas  partes  decime  de  dnio  de  Frechleton  et  Warinton,  et  piscationem 
unius  retis  liberam  et  quietam  in  fluvio  Rible,  et  totam  decimam 
corredij  domus  sue.  Has  omnes  donationes  confirmauit  frater  meus 
Ric.  Bussel  scripto  suo  et  sigillo,  et  super  hoc  donavit  ex  parte  sua 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

totam  ecclesiam  de  Leilond  cum  omnib)  suis  ptinentijs,  et  unam  bova- 
tam  terre  in  Penewrtham,  et  iiij.  bovatas  in  Longeton,  et  totam  eccle- 
siam de  Moeles  cum  omnib}  ptinentijs  suis,  et  quavtam  partem  totius 
piscacionis  sue.  Has  donationes  patris  mei  Warini,  et  fratris  mei  Ric., 
et  matris  mee  Matildis,  et  uxoris  mee  Leticie,  ego  Albertus  Bussel  in 
omnib)  concedo  et  sigillo  ineo  confirmo.  Corpus  et  meum  et  uxoris 
mee  in  morte  concedo  eidem  ecclesie,  et  in  exitu  meo  duas  bovatas 
terre  in  Longeton ;  preterea  duas  bovatas  terre  que  mater  mea  Matil- 
dis ecclesie  prefate  dedit  in  Evesham;  etiam  bovatas  quas  Letitia  uxor 
mea  me  presente  dedit  de  dnico  suo  in  Lailanda  ecclesie  de  Evesham 
in  ppetuam  elemosynam,  confirmo.  Hij  sunt  testes  qui  asserunt 
quod  carta  relecta  fuit  in  curia  dni  videlicet  in  tertia  feria  Pasclie. 
Philippus  sac'dos  fil.  Baldwini,  Thorn,  clericus  fil.  Gaufridi,  Gau- 
fridus  Bussel,  Rogerus  films  Rannechilli,  Ormus  et  Rogerus  fratres 
ejus,  Hulf.  de  Waleton,  Willmo  filio  Alani,  Ricardo  filio  Hawardi, 
Huctredus  filius  Huctredi,  Siwardus  filius  Antonij,  Ricardus  filius 
Reiwardi  et  Rogerus  frater  eius,  Siwardus  de  Stanedis,  Ricardus 
frater  dni,  Jordanus  filius  Ricardi. 


No.  VII.  Confirmatio  Hugonis  Bussel. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  88.] 

Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Hugo  Buissel  concedo  et  scripto 
atque  sigillo  meo  confirmo  ecclesie  de  Evesham  omnes  donaciones  et, 
elemosynas  quas  dedit  et  confirmavit  avus  meus  Warinus  Bussel,  et 
postea  Ricardus  avunculus  meus,  et  postea  pater  meus  Albertus  pre- 
dicte  ecclesie,  videlicet,  ecclesiam  de  Penewrtham  cum  omnib} 
ptinentijs  suis,  totam  ecclesiam  de  Leilond  cum  omnib3  ptinencijs 
suis,  et  Farintonam  cum  omnib3  ptinentijs  suis,  et  in  Leilonde  duas 
bovatas  terre  quas  tenet  Robertus  filius  Gaufridi,  et  capellam  de 
Moeles  cum  omnib}  ptinentijs  suis;  et  in  Lougetona  sex  bovatas 
terre  quas  tenet  Robertus  filius  Gaufridi  de  ecclesia  de  Evesham : 
duas  etiam  alias  bovatas  terre  in  eadem  villa  quas  tenet  Reinerus 
filius  Steinulfi ;  et  duas  bovatas  terre  de  Euchestona,  et  Raleiam 
cum  ptinencijs  suis,  et  piscationem  unius  retis  in  Ribbel  liberam  et 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  7 

quietain,  et  quartam  partem  piscature  sue,  et  totam  decimam  conre- 
dij  domus  sue  :  duas  partes  decime  de  dnio  de  Frecheltona  et  Warin- 
tona.  Has  predictas  donaciones  quas  avus  meus  Warinus,  et  Ricardus 
avunculus  meus,  et  pater  meus  Albertus  ecclesie  de  Evesham  confir- 
maverunt,  ego  Hugo  Buissel,  filius  Albert!  Buissel,  concede  atque 
sigillo  meo  confirmo,  ut  jam  dicta  ecclesia  de  Evesham  possideat  et 
pacifice  teneat  liberas  et  quietas  et  ab  omni  secular!  exactione  solutas 
in  pratis,  in  pascuis,  in  aquis,  in  stagnis,  in  sabulonibus,  in  piscarijs,  in 
bosco,  in  piano,  in  pannagio,  in  geldo,  et  in  omnib3  libertatib}  et  liberis 
consuetudinib).  Preter  has  donaciones  ego  do  et  concede  et  sigillo 
meo  confirmo  Deo  et  sancte  Marie  et  monachis  in  Penwortham  Deo 
servientib3  totam  decimam  totius  pannagij  me!  in  puram  et  ppetuam 
elemosinam  p  salute  mea  et  uxoris  mee  et  heredum  meorum  et  anima 
patris  me!  et  antecessorum  meorum.  Hijs  testib3  Warino  Bussel 
herede  meo,  Henrico  Bussel  fratre  meo,  Antigonia  uxore  mea,  Ada  de 
Salopessire,  Roberto  filio  Gaufridi,  Willmo  dapifero,  Willmo  fratre 
Abbatis,  Elmudo  de  Burchulle,  magistro  Stephano,  Rogero  de 
Tanevvrth,  Willmo  de  Capes,  Albino  fratre  suo,  Willmo  fratre  Hen- 
rici,  et  multis  alijs. 

No.  VIII.  Confirmacio  Alexandri  pape  tercij. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  114.] 

Alexander  (!)  episcopus,  servus  servorum  Dei,  dilectis  filijs  Abbati 
et  conventu!  de  Evesham  salutem  et  apostolicam  benediction  em. 
Justis  filiorum  ecclesie  petitionib)  benigno  favore  annuimus,  et  eas, 

(')  By  this  bull  Pope  Alexander  the  Third,  who  succeeded  to  the  papacy  A.D. 
1159,  and  died  A.D.  1181,  confirmed  to  the  monastery  of  Evesham  the  Priory  of 
Penwortham,  granted  to  that  monastery  with  the  assent  of  the  diocesan  Bishop,  by 
that  noble  person  Richard  Bussel  and  Albert  his  brother  ;  "  ordaining  that  it  may 
not  be  lawful  for  any  person,  ecclesiastical  or  secular,  to  molest  the  same  Priory  by 
unlawful  or  undue  exactions,  or  to  invade,  impair,  or  presumptuously  to  detain  their 
possessions.  Therefore  we  have  decreed,  that  it  shall  be  altogether  unlawful  for 
any  one  to  impair  this  our  confirmation,  or  rashly  to  contravene  it.  If  any  one  shall 
presume  to  attempt  this,  he  shall  find  himself  under  the  indignation  of  Almighty 
God,  and  the  blessed  Apostles  Peter  and  Paul." 


8  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

effectu  psequente,  complemus.  Ea  ppter,  dilecti  in  Dno  filij  rationa- 
bili  postulacioni  vestre  benignius  annuentes,  prioratum  de  Penewor- 
tham,  pia  devocione  nobilis  viri  Ricardi  Bussel  et  Albert!  fratris  ejus, 
cum  diocesani  episcopi  assensu,  monasterio  vestro  concessum,  vobis, 
et  p  vos  eidem  monasterio,  auctoritate  apostolica  confirmamus,  et 
presentis  scripti  patrocinio  communimus.  Statuentes  ut  nulli  eccle- 
siastice  secularive  psone  liceat  eundem  Prioratum  illicitis  et  indebitis 
exactionib}  gravare,  aut  ejus  possessiones  invadere,  minuere,  seu  pre- 
sumptione  qualibet  detinere.  Decrevimus  igitur  ut  nulli  omnino 
hominum  liceat  bane  paginam  nostre  confirmationis  infringere,  vel  ei 
ausu  temerario  contraire.  Si  quis  autem  hoc  attemptare  presumpse- 
rit,  indignationem  omnipotentis  Dei  et  beatorum  Petri  et  Pauli 
apostolorum  ejus  se  noverit  incursurum.  Dat.  Lateran  iij°  non. 
Martis. 


No.  IX.  Carta  Eveshamensis  Abbatia  de  Hokewike(*)  ad  cellam 
Penworthamensis  spectante. 

[EvESH.  CH.  fo.  89.] 

Dnus  Abbas  M.  omnisque  congregatio  Eveshamij  talem  conven- 
cionem  cum  hijs  quatuor  fratrib}  Wolfgeato,  Sweino,  Radulfo,  Liulfo, 

(!)  It  has  already  been  stated  that  Howick  was  granted  to  the  Abbey  of  Evesham 
by  Roger  de  Poictou.  The  deed  in  the  text  must  have  followed  immediately  on 
that  donation.  By  it  Abbot  Mauricius,  who  ruled  over  the  Convent  from  A.D.  1096 
to  A.D.  1122,  agreed  with  the  four  brothers  Wolfgeate,  Swein,  Ralph  and  Liulf,  that 
for  the  sura  of  twenty-eight  shillings  they  should  release  all  their  claims  on  the 
land.  But  Liulf  became  the  tenant  to  the  Abbot  of  one  part  of  the  land  under  a 
rent  of  a  hundred  good  salmons  to  be  delivered  on  the  nativity  of  the  Holy  Virgin. 

The  names  of  the  four  brethren  afford  a  strong  presumption  that  they  were  the 
Saxon  occupiers  of  the  soil,  and  it  is  more  than  probable  that  from  Liulfus  sprang 
the  local  family  of  de  Howick,  who  may  be  traced  for  some  generations  in  the  town- 
ship. 

After  the  forfeiture  of  Roger  and  the  grant  of  all  the  lands  between  Ribble  and 
Mersey  to  the  Earls  of  Chester,  the  monks  obtained  a  confirmation  of  this  grant 
from  Handle  de  Meschines  (le  Gernons)  who  succeeded  on  the  death  of  his  father 
Handle  de  Meschines  (de  Bricasard)  A.D.  1128,  and  was  supposed  to  be  poisoned  by 
"William  Peverel  A.D.  1153.  And  it  may  be  observed  that  the  terms  of  the  deed 
afford  a  strong  confirmation  that  the  grant  of  Roger's  lands  was  to  Ranulph  de 
Bricasard. 


DE    PRJORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  9 

de  terra  que  Hokewike  dicitur  fecerunt,  scilicet,  quod  dnus  Abbas 
dedit  supradictis  quatuor  fratribus  xxviij.  solidos,  ea  convencione  ut 
clariient  quietam  omnem  calumpniam  quam  habuerunt  super  illam 
terram  semper  et  irnppetuura.  Liulfus  vero  unus  ex  illis  devenit 
proprius  dfii  Abbatis,  ea  convencione,  ut  teneat  de  illo  unam  partem 
ipsius  terre,  et  per  singulos  annos  in  nativitate  sancte  Marie  centum 
salmones  bonos  pro  ipsa  terra  redclat.  Hij  vero  sunt  testes  huius  con- 
vencionis,  dnus  Abbas,  Prior,  Petrus,  Benedictus,  Aluredus. 


No.  X.  Grant  by  Robert  Bussel  of  twelmpence  from  his  fishery  in  the 
Eibble  at  Penwortham,(l)  and  of  a  close  of  land  in  Longton. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Noverint  presentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Robertus  Buissel  dedi,  con- 
cessi,  et  hac  mea  carta  confirmavi,  Deo  et  beate  Marie  et  ecclesie  de 
Evesham  redditum  duodecim  denariorum  de  piscaria  mea  in  Ribbell 
apud  Penwrtham  pcipiendorum  annuatim  a  me  et  ab  heredib}  meis 
in  ppetuum  ad  festurn  beati  Michaelis  ad  opus  infirmorum  fratrum  de 
Evesham  in  puram  et  ppetuam  et  liberam  elemosinam.  Et  preterea 

Ranulphus  Comes  Cestrie  constabulario  dapifero  baronibus  justiciarijs  vicecomi- 
tibus  ministris  et  ballivis  quicunque  fuerint  inter  Ribbarn  et  Mersem  et  omnibus 
hominibus  suis  Francie  et  Anglie  salutem.  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  Deo  et  sancte 
Marie  et  monachis  de  Evesham  elemosinam  suam  de  Hocwice,  ita  bene  et  libere  et 
quiete  et  honorifice  sicut  melius  tenuerunt  tempore  comitis  Rogeri  Pictavensis,  et 
tempore  Ranulfi  patris  mei,  et  sicut  decet  elemosynam  habere  sancta  ecclesia.  Ita 
quod  nullus  super  monachos  predictos  se  intromittat  de  predicta  elemosyna,  nee  de 
operationibus,  nee  de  alijs  exactionibus,  nee  de  occasione  aliqua,  aliquis  eos  vel  eorum 
elemosinam  super  timorem  Dei  et  super  forisfactum  meum  inquietet,  sed  honorifice 
teneant  in  terris  in  decimis  et  pasturis,  et  in  bosco  et  in  piano  et  in  aquis  et  molen- 
dinis  et  piscarijs,  et  in  omnibus  alijs  locis.  Testibus,  Eustachio  constabulario  Cestrie, 
et  Hugone  Ostvero,  et  Serlone  venatore,  et  Ricardo  Bussel,  Ricardo  Pine'  apud 
Molas  Warini.  —  Baines's  Lane.  vol.  i.  p.  122. 

(!)  No.  x.  and  No.  xi.  are  referred  to  in  an  entry  cited  in  Dugdale,  vol.  ii. : — "  Ad 
infirmariam  pertinent  ;  Apud  Penewrtham,  de  terra  Stephani  de  More,  duo  solidi : 
de  terra  Robert!  Antigonie  apud  Hoton,  decem  et  octo  denarij  :  de  terra  Roberti 
Sureis,  duodecim  denarij  ;  de  quadam  terra  in  Farinton,  sex  denarij  :  de  Roberto 
Bussel  de  piscaria,  duodecim  denarij.  Ad  coquinam  pertinent ;  de  Penewortham, 
quatuor  marce,  et  una  summa  salmonis  et  duo  millia  allecium." 

c 


10  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

dedi,  concessi,  et  hac  eadem  carta  confirmavi  Prioratui  de  Penwr- 
tham  quandam  perticulam  terre  mee  in  Longeton  habentem  in 
longum  sex  pticas  et  in  latum  sex  pticas  pximo  loco  a  parte  orientali 
juxta  terram  Hospitalium  Jerosolimorum  quam  Willmus  Brun 
tenuit  in  puram,  liberam,  et  ppetuam  elemosinam,  p  salute  anime  mee 
et  antecessorum  meorum  ad  grangias  sive  alia  edificia  facienda  que 
fratres  de  Penwrtham  ibidem  construere  voluerunt.  Et  ego  Robertus 
Buissel  et  heredes  mei  warantizabimus  tarn  predictum  redditum 
duodecim  denariorum  ecclesie  de  Evesham  quam  prefatum  locum 
prioratui  de  Penwrtham  contra  omnes  homines.  Hijs  testib3,  Gile- 
berto  de  Nottun  tune  senescallo  de  Penwrtham,  Thurstano  Banastre, 
Ada  Banastre,  Willmo  Banastre,  Matheo  de  Holand,  Radulfo  de 
Stanedis,  Siwardo  de  Langeton,  Henrico  Buissel  et  Thoma  Buissel 
fratrib}  meis,  Roberto  de  Claiton,  Roberto  filio  Galfridi  et  alijs. 

No.  XT.  Grant  by  the  Abbot  of  Evesham  to  Robert  le  Sureis  of  lands 
in  Hutton  at  a  rent  of  twelve  pence. 

EWERDEN  MS.] 

Omnibus  Cristi  fidelib}  ad  quos  presens  scriptum  pvenerit,  R.(r) 
Dei  gratia  Abbas  Eveshamie,  et  totius  ejusdem  Loci  conventus, 
salutem  in  Dno.  Noverit  universitas  vestra  nos  dedisse  et  concessisse 
Roberto  le  Sureis  illam  partem  terre  de  Hotuna,  quam  Helyas  de 
Hotuna  dedit  nobis,  scilicet,  particulam  illam  cuius  longitudo  exten- 
ditur  a  terra  Hunardi  de  Dochesburi  ex  parte  aquilonari  usque  ad 
terram  Jordani  filij  Gille  in  parte  australi,  et  latitude  extenditur  a 
terra  Sapie  usque  ad  terram  jam  dicti  Hunardi  de  Dochesburi ;  et 
alia  particula  extenditur  a  via  de  Longetun  in  parte  orientali  usque 
in  Heuedland  predicti  Jordani  filij  Gille  scilicet  in  longitudine,  et 
latitude  extenditur  ex  utraque  parte  usque  ad  terram  sepedicti  Jor- 

(')  Richard  le  Gras,  or  le  Grai,  the  thirty-ninth  Abbot  of  Evesham  from  the 
foundation.  He  succeeded  to  the  Abbacy  in  September,  1236,  and  died  at  Riole  in 
Gascony  on  the  8th  December,  1242.  In  1242  he  was  made  chancellor  by  Henry 
III.,  but,  being  elected  Bishop  of  Lichfield,  he  resigned  the  seala.  He  died,  how- 
ever, before  he  was  consecrated  Bishop. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

dani ;  item  terrain  quam  idem  Helyas  dedit  nobis  in  eadem  villa 
scilicet  in  Ramkellecroft,  infra  has  divisas,  de  Kokerdene  sequendo 
terram  Rogeri  Bretun  versus  orientem  usque  ad  divisam  terre  de 
Kokersond,  et  sic  ex  oriental i  parte  sequendo  extremitatem  de  Ram- 
kelcroft  versus  austrum  usque  ad  stratam  ferratam,  et  sic  sequendo 
stratam  ferratam  usque  in  Kokerdene,  et  sic  descendendo  Kokerdene 
usque  ad  terram  predict!  Rogeri  de  Bretun.  Salva  nobis  area  horrei 
nostri  de  Penwerham.  Tenendas  de  nobis  illi  et  heredib}  suis  libere 
et  quiete  p  homagio  et  servicio  suo  cum  omnib)  libertatib}  et  liberis 
consuetudinib}  suis  in  omnib}  locis  tarn  in  aquis  quam  in  terris. 
Solvendo  inde  nobis  annuatim  duodecim  denarios  in  assumptione 
Beate  virginis  p  omni  servicio  ad  nos  pertinente,  et  idem  Robertus 
eandem  terram  contra  omnes  homines  et  omnes  feminas  defendet. 
Et  ut  nostra  concessio  rata  sit  et  firma  earn  scripti  huius  testimonio 
et  sigilli  nostri  appositione  roboravimus. 

No.  XII.  Agreement  by  Geoffrey  the  son  of  Robert  Bussel  not  to  sell  his 
lands  to  any  one  except  the  monks  of  Etesham,  and  to  sell  them 
his  lands  at  the  market  price. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Universis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filijs  ad  quos  presens  scriptum 
pvenerit  Galfridus  Bussel  filius  Roberti  Bussel  salutem  in  dno.  Quia 
veritas  in  communi  deducta  pulcrius  elucebat,  et  canonice  equitatis 
regula  latebras  non  querit :  universitati  vestre  notum  esse  volo  me  p 
cartam  meam  p  me  et  heredib}  meis  penes  Abbatem  et  conventum 
Eveshamie  fore  obligatum,  tarn  religione  sacrameuti  prestiti  quam 
sub  pene  adiectione  quindecim  marcarum  vallata,  videlicet  decem 
marcarum  Priori  de  Penewrtham,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  applicanda- 
rum,  et  quinque  marcarum  ad  fabricam  ecclesie  Sancti  Johannis 
Cestrie  solvendarum.  Tali  scilicet  obligatione  quod  non  licebit  mihi 
vel  heredib}  meis  terras  et  possessiones  si  quas  habeo  vel  habere 
potero  alicui  seculari  ecclesiasticove  psone  vendere,  elemosinare,  im- 
pignorare,  accommodare,  aut  aliquo  alio  modo  alienare,  nisi  predictis 
Abbati  et  conventui  Eveshamie,  vel  eorum  Priori  de  Penewrtham, 


12  DE    PR10RATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

qui  p  tempore  fuerit.  Ita  tamen  quod  predictus  Abbas  et  conventus, 
vel  eorum  Prior  de  Penewrtham,  mihi  dabunt  quantum  ab  alio  in 
communi  foro  habere  potero  sine  fraude  et  dolo.  Et  ad  maiorem 
securitatem  fide  a  me  corporaliter  prestita,  et  tactis  sacrosanctis  evan- 
gelijs,  obligavi  me  p  me  et  heredib}  meis  istam  convencionem  et 
obligacionem  sub  pena  predicta  inviolabiliter  observare.  Subjacendo 
me  et  heredes  meos  jurisdiction!  Archidiaconi  Cestrie,  ut  sine  strepitu 
judiciali,  tantum  habita  summaria  cognicione,  compellat  me  et  heredes 
meos  tarn  ad  pene  solucionem  quam  ad  predicte  convencionis  et  obliga- 
cionis  observationem,  si  contingat  me  vel  heredes  meos  dictam  conven- 
cionem in  aliquo  violare.  llenunciavi  etiam  p  me  et  heredib}  meis 
super  premissis  impetratis  et  impetrandis  omni  exception!,  regie  phi- 
bitioni,  et  alijs  exceptionib},  cavillacionib},  tarn  in  foro  civili  quam 
canonico,  mihi  et  heredibj  meis  competentib}.  In  cuius  rei  testimo- 
nium  presentes  literas  sigilli  mei  munimine  roboravi.  Hijs  testib}, 
dfio  Johanne  de  Lee,  drio  Willmo  de  Clifton,  Ada  de  Blakeborn, 
Willmo  rectore  ecclesie  de  Waleton  in  Derbisyr,  Willmo  de  Mel 
clerico,  Willmo  de  Singleton,  Rob.  de  Longeton,  Galfr.  filio  suo, 
Rob.  de  Hwithul,  Henr.  de  Hocwic,  Ada  filio  suo,  magistro  Willmo 
de  Preston,  Rob.  de  ffar.,  Rob.  de  Seal,  Waltero  de  Penwrtham,  et 
multis  alijs. 


No.  XIII.  Deed  of  release  by  Richard  de  Farinton  of  all  his  right  in 
the  township  of  Farinton. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Ricardus  de  fFarintona(1)  filius 
Warini  concessi  et  resignavi  et  quietum  clamavi  Deo  et  beate  Marie 
et  dfiis  meis  Abbati  et  conventui  Eveshamie  p  me  et  heredib}  meis 
omnes  terras  et  omnes  redditus  que  habui  in  ffarintona,  et  omne  jus 

(')  This  grantor  is  not  mentioned  in  the  pedigrees  of  the  ancient  family  of  Wer- 
den  ;  and  it  is  more  than  probable  that  the  descents  here  stated  do  not  refer  to  that 
family.  The  early  descents  of  the  Werden  Faringtons  will  be  hereafter  stated. 
Vide  No.  xviii.  The  date  of  this  deed  ranges  between  October  A.D.  1211,  when 
John  de  Lascy  succeeded  to  the  constablewick  of  Chester,  and  November  A.D.  1232, 
when  he  was  created  Karl  of  Lincoln. 


BE    PRJORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  13 

quod  habuimus  vel  habere  potuimus  in  eadem  villa  de  fFarintona, 
cum  homagijs  et  servicijs  liberorum  hominum  qui  de  me  tenuerunt, 
et  cum  wardis  et  relevijs,  et  omnib3  alijs  commodis  que  de  terris 
illorum  pveniunt,  et  omnib}  libertatib}  ad  eandem  villam  ptinentib3. 
Habenda  ettenenda  ut  pprium  jus  ecclesie  Eveshamensis  absque  omni 
impediments  et  clameo  mei  et  heredum  meorum  imppetuum.  Ita 
quod  ego  et  heredes  mei  non  teneamur  reddere  aliquem  redditum  de 
eadem  villa  sicut  reddere  consuevimus  quando  homines  de  ffarintona 
tenuerunt  de  nobis  qui  amodo  tenebunt  de  predictis  dnis  meis  et  de 
redditib}  terrarum  suarum  in  eadem  villa,  et  de  omnib3  alijs  servicijs 
racionabilib}  de  eisdem  terris  dnis  meis  respondebunt  sicut  mihi 
respondere  consueverunt.  Et  quominus  p  defectum  servicij  quod  eis 
et  eadem  terra  de  ffarintona  facere  debui  et  consuevi,  eadem  terra 
juste  in  manus  eorum  devBnerit.  Tamen  ppter  hanc  meam  conces- 
sionem,  resignationem,  et  quietam  clamanciam  dederunt  mihi  predict! 
dni  in  urgentissima  necessitate  mea  duas  marcas  argenti.  Quare  ego 
et  heredes  mei  warantizabimus  predictis  dnis  nostris  omnia  predicta 
contra  omnes  homines  et  omnes  feminas.  In  huius  rei  testimonium 
hanc  cartam  sigillo  meo  signatam  eis  feci  et  dedi.  Hijs  testib},  Gal- 
frido  senescallo  dni  J.  de  Lacy  constabulary  Cestrie,  Alano  clerico, 
Alano  de  Moeles,  Roberto  filio  eius,  Roberto  Antigonie,  Ada  filio 
Marie,  Rogero  de  Nothessawe,  Henrico  filio  Alani.  Alexandro  capel- 
lano,  Willrno  diacono,  Waltero  de  Penwrham,  Warino  filio  meo,  et 
multis  alijs. 

No.  XIV.   Taxatio  ecclesie  de  Penwortham. 

[EVESFI.  Cn.  fo.  162.] 

Taxatio  (*)   ecclesiarum   pventuum,    reddituum   et   obvencionum 
temporalium  spiritualium  Abbacie  Eveshamie  secundum  verum  valo- 

(*)  Id  est,  the  well-known  taxation  of  Pope  Nicholas,  A.D.  1291,  alluded  to  in  the 
Coucher  Book  of  Whalley,  published  by  the  CHETHAM  SOCIETY,  p.  336.  It  is 
strange  that  the  Church  of  Leyland,  which  then  formed  part  of  the  possessions  of 
Evesham,  should  not  be  named  in  the  partial  copy  of  the  roll  transcribed  into  the 
chartulary  of  that  Abbey.  The  entry  for  this  church  in  the  roll  itself  is  —  "Lay- 
lond  valet  per  annum  x.  lib.  unde  decime  i.  lib." 


14  DE    PllIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

rem  facta  ad  mandatum  reverendorum  patrum  dnorura  Wynton  et 
Lincoln  episcoporum  executorum  deputatorum  negocij  decime  dno 
ilegi  Edwardo  illustri  filio  Henrici  Regis  concessa  in  subsidium 
sancte  terre  p  magistros  Ricardum  Vxenna  et  Walterum  filium 
Warr.  clericos  cum  porcionib}  pceptis  et  detentis  decimis  tarn  in 
parochijs  pprijs  quam  alienis. 

Penwortham  valet  p  annum  xxiv.  libr.  unde  decime  xliiij8. 

No.  XV.   Writ  of  ad  quod  damnum(l)  relating  to  eight  acres 
of  Waste  in  Penwortham. 

[TOWER  ROLLS.] 

Edwardus,  Dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dnus  Hibernie  et  dux  Aquitanie, 
dilecto  et  tideli  suo  Johanni  de  Eure  escaetori  suo  ultra  Trentam 
salutem.  Mandamus  vobis  quod  p  sacramentuni  pborum  et  legalium 
hominum  de  balliva  vestra  p  quos  rei  veritas  melius  sciri  potuit  dili- 
genter  inquiratis  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  prejudicium  nostrum  aut 
aliorum  si  concedamus  dilecto  et  fideli  nostro  Thome  Comiti  Lan- 
castrie  quod  ipse  octo  acras  vasti  cum  ptinencijs  in  Penworthham 
dare  possit  et  assignare  dilectis  nobis  in  Cristo  Abbati  et  conventui 
de  Evesham.  Habendas  et  tenendas  eisdem  Abbati  et  conventui  et 
successorib}  suis  imppetuum,  nee  ne.  Et  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel 
prejudicium  nostrum  aut  aliorum,  tune  ad  quod  dampnum  et  quod 
prejudicium  nostrum,  et  ad  quod  dampnum  et  quod  prejudicium 
aliorum,  et  quorum  et  qualiter  et  quomodo.  Et  de  quo  vel  de  quib} 
predictum  vastum  teneatur,  et  p  quod  servicium,  et  qualiter,  et  quo- 


(!)  The  writ  of  ad  quod  daranum  lieth,  says  Fitzherbert,  where  a  man  will  give 
lands  or  tenements  in  mortmain,  as  to  a  religious  house  ;  then  he  ought  for  to  have 
the  king's  licence,  and  the  licence  of  the  chief  lords,  to  make  such  gift  or  grant  ; 
and,  before  such  licence  be  granted,  the  course  is  to  sue  unto  the  king  to  have  a 
licence  to  sue  that  writ  out  of  chancery,  directed  unto  the  escheator,  to  inquire 
what  damage  it  would  be  to  the  king,  or  unto  other  persons,  if  the  k'ng  do  grant 
such  licence.  And  upon  the  return  of  that  writ,  (and  the  inquisition  taken  there- 
on,) certified  in  the  chancery,  the  king  ought  to  give  leave  that  he  may  aliene  or 
give  in  mortmain,  and  that  inquisition  ought  to  be  certified  into  chancery  under  the 
seals  of  the  escheator,  and  of  the  jurors  by  whom  the  inquisition  was  found. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  15 

modo,  et  quantum  valeat  p  annum  in  omnib3  exitib}  juxta  verum 
valorem  ejusdem.  Et  qui  et  quot  sunt  medij  inter  nos  et  prefatum 
Comitem  de  vasto  predicto.  Et  inquisitionem  inde  distincte  et  apte 
factam  nobis  sub  sigillo  vestro  et  sigillis  eorum  p  quos  facta  fuerit, 
sine  dilacione  mittatis  et  hoc  breve.  Teste  rneipso  apud  Sturreye 
xviij.  die  Julij  anno  regni  nostri  septimo. 

No.  XVI.  Inquisition  thereon. 

[TOWER  ROLLS.! 

Inquisitio  capta  coram  Johanne  de  Eure  escaetore  dni  Regis  ultra 
Trentam  apud  Penewortham  die  Lune  prox.  ante  festum  sancti  Gre- 
gorij  pape  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filij  regis  Edwardi  septimo 
p  Willmum  de  Thorph,  Robertum  de  Heskyn,  Thorn,  de  Clayton, 
War.  de  Goldbourn,  Warin.  de  Heskyn,  Thorn,  de  Northeschawe, 
Willmum  de  Hoghwyk,  Joh.  de  ffarinton,  Ricardum  de  Thounleye, 
Robertum  ffab.,  Walterum  Deurest,  et  Robertum  Bussel,  juratores 
ad  inquirend.  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  prejudicium  dni  Regis  (^c.prout 
in  Breve  ad  quod  dampnum,  supra.)  Qui  dicunt  p  sacramenta  sua 
quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  vel  prejudicium  dni  Regis  nee  aliorum. 
Et  etiam  dicunt  quod  predictus  Comes  dictum  vastum  quod  est  de 
manerio  de  Penewortham  tenet  de  dno  Rege  sicut  Comes  Lincolnie 
tenuit  predictum  manerium  p  servicium  unius  militis.  Et  etiam 
dicunt  quod  qualibet  acra  p  se  valet  p  annum  iiij.  denar.  Et  etiam 
dicunt  quod  non  est  aliquis  medius  inter  dnum  Regem  et  prefatum 
Comitem  de  vasto  predicto.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  dicti  juratores 
presentib}  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt. 


No.  XVII.  Licence  from  the  king  to  make  the  aforesaid  grant.  (l) 

[EvusH.  CH.  fo.  131.] 

Edwardus,  Dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dfius  Hibernie  et  dux  Aquitanie, 
omnib}  ad  quos  presentes  litere  pvenerint  salutem.  Licet  de  com- 
muni  concilio  regni  nostri  statutum  sit  quod  non  liceat  viris  religiosis 

(')  The  editor  has  not  been  able  to  discover  any  grant  of  this  waste  made  by 


16  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

sen  alijs  ingredi  feodum  alicuius  ita  quod  ad  manuiu  mortuam  deve- 
niat  sine  licencia  nostra  et  capitalis  dni  de  quo  res  ilia  immediate 
tenetur.  Per  finem  tamen  quern  dilectus  nobis  in  Cristo  Abbas  de 
Evesham  fecit  nobiscum  concessimus  et  licenciam  dedimus  p  nobis 
et  heredib}  nostris,  quantum  in  nobis  est,  dilecto  consanguineo  et 
fideli  nostro  Thome  Corniti  Lancastrie  quod  ipse  octo  acras  vasti 
cum  ptineucijs  in  Penworthham  dare  possit  et  assignare  prefato 
Abbati  et  conventui  eiusdem  Loci.  Habendas  et  tenendas  eisdem 
Abbati  et  conventui  et  successorib}  suis  imppetuum :  et  eisdem 
Abbati  et  conventui  quod  ipsi  predictas  octo  acras  vasti  cum  ptinen- 
cijs  a  prefato  Comite  recipere  possiut  et  tenere  sibi  et  successorib} 
suis  imppetuum,  sicut  predictum  est,  tenore  presentium  similiter 

Thomas  Earl  of  Lancaster,  unless  the  following  grant  by  Henry  Duke  of  Lancaster, 
the  nephew  of  Earl  Thomas,  refers  to  it. 

Henricus,  dux  Lancastrie,  comes  Derbie,  Lincolnie,  Leycestrie,  ac  senescallus 
Anglic,  omnihus  dilectis  ac  fidelibus  suis  tarn  ministris  quam  ballivis  salutem. 
Noverint  universi  per  presentes  nos  dedisse,  concessisse,  et  omnino  de  nobis  et  here- 
dibus  nostris  quietum  clamasse  Abbati  et  conventui  Eveshamie  et  successoribus 
eorum  imperpetuum  omnes  terraset  tenementa,mesuagia,  servicia,domus,reversiones, 
cum  advocacionibus  ecclesiarum,  capellarum,  dignitatum,  cum  elemosynis,  piscarijs, 
pannagijs,  libertatibus,  liberis  curijs,  communijs,  estoverijs  suis  capiendis  tarn  in  bosco 
et  piano  quam  in  mora,  marisco,  et  turbarijs,  tarn  de  claudendo,  edificando,  et  ad 
edificia  et  ad  constructa  reparando  quam  ad  comburendum,  et  ad  alia  necessaria  sua 
facienda  sine  perturbatione  nostra,  heredum  nostrorum,  seu  ministrorum  nostrorum, 
seu  aliorum  quorumcunque,  que  quidem  terras,  tenementa,  messuagia,  servicia, 
communia,  reversiones,  advocationes,  dignitates,  elemosinas,  piscaria,  pannagia, 
liberas  curia?,  estoveria,  Abbas  et  conventus  habuerunt  ante  diem  confectionis  pre- 
sentium in  villis  de  Penwortham,  ffaryngton,  Howyke,  Iloton,  Longton,  et  Laylond, 
et  per  easdem  metas  et  bundas.  Preter  has  donationes  ego  do  et  concede  et  sigillo 
meo  confirmo  Deo  et  Sancte  Marie  et  monachis  de  Penwortham  Deo  servientibus 
quandam  partem  vasti  nostri  inter  Martynns  Bothommy  et  Brendelegh,  quod  voca- 
tur  Whadyethegrenes  in  eadem  villa  cum  pertinency's,  et  quod  liceat  eis  dictum 
vastum  claudere,  ct  ad  utilitatem  et  usus  suos  proprios  clausum  tenere.  Habend. 
et  tenend.  de  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris  in  liberam  et  perpetuam  elemosinam  sine 
aliquo  servicio  seculari  exactione  seu  demanda :  nichil  nobis  vel  heredibus  nostris 
reservando  nisi  tantum  preces  et  orationes.  Et  nos  et  heredes  nostri  omnes  terras 
et  tenementa  per  easdem  metas  et  bundas  et  cetera  supradictis  Abbati  et  conventui 
et  eorum  successoribus  imperpetuum  contra  omnes  gentes  warantizabimus  et  acquie- 
tabimus  et  defenderaus  imperpetuum.  In  cuius  rei,  &c. — Tindal,  Evesham,  p.  163 ; 
Cotton,  Nero,  D.  iii.  fol.  246. 


DE    PRIQRATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  17 

licentiam  dedimus  specialem.  Nolentes  quod  predictus  Comes  vel 
heredes  sui  seu  predictus  Abbas  et  conventus  aut  successores  sui 
racione  statuti  predict!  p  nos  vel  heredes  nostros  occasionentur  in 
aliquo  seu  graventur  :  salvis  tamen  capitalib}  dnis  feodi  illius  servicijs 
inde  debitis  et  consuetis.  In  cujus  rei  testimoniura  has  literas  nostras 
fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Teste  meipso  apud  Ebor.  vicesimo  die  Sep- 
tembris  anno  regni  nostri  octavo. 

No.  XVIII.  Agreement  between  the  Abbey  of  Evesham  and  William 
de  ffarinton,  relating  to  common  of  pasture  in  the  Wood  of  Ley- 
land,  in  respect  of  their  manor  of  Farinton,  and  to  other  lands  in 
Farinton. 

[WERDEN  MS.] 

Pateat  universis  p  presentes  quod  cum  contenciones  mote  essent 
inter  Abbatem  et  conventum  Evesham  ex  parte  una  et  Willmum  de 
ffarington  ex  parte  altera  super  articulis  subscriptis,  videlicet,  super 
communa  pasture  et  libero  introitu  et  exitu  quas  dicti  Abbas  et  con- 
ventus clamaverunt  p  manerio  suo  et  tenentibj  suis  in  ffarington. 
Habend.  usque  in  boscum  de  Leylond  p  totum  annum  ad  omnimoda 
averia  sua  erga  dictum  Willmum  p  quandam  cartam(l)  quam  habent 

(')  This  deed  has  not  been  discovered  ;  but  the  connection  between  Robert  Bussel 
and  the  grantor  of  this  deed  is  proved  by  the  following  writ  of  formedon  of  the  date 
of  7  Edward  III.,  transcribed  from  the  Werden  MS. 

Edwardus  Dei  gratia  rex  Anglic,  dominus  Hibernie,  et  dux  Aquitanie,  Vicecomiti 
Lancastrie  salutem.  Precipe  Willmo  de  Walton  quod  juste  et  sine  dilacione  reddat 
"Willmo  de  ffaryngton  octo  acras  terre  et  decera  acras  bosci  cum  pertiriencijs  in 
Laylond  :  Precipe  Johanni  le  Croft  et  Emme  uxori  sue  et  Willmo  filio  Ade  de 
Walton  quod  juste  et  sine  dilacione  reddant  eidem  Willmo  de  ffaryngton  viginti 
acras  bosci  cum  pertinencijs  in  eadem  villa :  Precipe  Roberto  de  Wetenhale  et 
Matildi  uxori  eius  quod  juste  et  sine  dilacione  reddant  eidem  Willmo  de  ffaryngton 
decem  acras  terre  cum  pertinencijs  in  eadem  villa  :  Precipe  Johanni  de  ffaldwor- 
thyng  quod  juste  et  sine  dilacione  reddat  eidem  Willmo  de  ffaryngton  septem  acras 
terre  cum  pertinencijs  in  eadem  villa  :  Quas  Robertus  Busshel  dedit  Johanni  filio 
Willmi  del  Meles  in  liberum  maritagium  cum  Avicia  filia  ejusdem  Roberti  Busshel, 
et  quas  post  mortem  predictorum  Johannis  filij  Willmi  et  Avicie,  et  Willmi  filij 
eorundem  Johannis  filij  Willmi  et  Avicie,  prefato  Willmo  de  ffaryngton  filio  ejus- 
dem Willmi  filij  Johannis  et  consanguineo  et  heredi  predictorum  Johannis  filij 

D 


18  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

de  Roberto  Bussel,  et  etiani  super  tribus  acris  terre  in  bosco  de  Ley- 
land  p  suas  certas  divisas  sicut  continentur  in  quadam  alia  carta 
quara  dicti  Abbas  et  conventus  habent  de  predicto  Roberto,  et  etiani 
super  decem  acris  terre  de  vasto  approviato  p  Johannem  de  ffarington 
patrem  predict!  Willmi  de  ffarington  in  ffarington,  et  etiam  super 
quinque  acras  terre  que  fueruut  de  dnicis  dictorum  Abbatis  et  con- 
ventus in  eadem  villa,  et  etiam  super  constructione  molendini  aquatici 
in  eadem  villa  p  predicturn  Willmum  confecti,  et  etiam  super  qua- 
dam secta  ad  molendinum  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  in  eadem 
villa.  Habend.  de  predicto  Willmo  et  tenentib}  suis,  de  qua 
Symon  Gardianus  de  manerio  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  de 
Penwortham  predictos  Willmum  et  tenentes  suos  implacitavit. 
Tandem  ad  instanciam  communium  amicorum  in  hunc  modum  con- 
quieverunt,  videlicet,  quod  dictus  Willmus  dedit  et  concessit  p  se  et 

Willmi  et  Avicie  descendere  debent  per  forraam  donacionis  predicte  ut  dicit  :  Et 
nisi  fecerint  —  et  predictus  Willmus  de  ffaryngton  fecerit  te  securum  de  clameo  suo 
pros,  tune  summ.  per  bonos  summonitores  predictos  Willmum  de  Walton,  Johan- 
nem, Emmam,  Willmum  filium  Ade,  Robertum,  Matildem,  et  Johannem,  quod 
sunt  coram  Justiciarijs  nostris  apud  Ebor.  a  die  sancti  Martini  in  xv.  dies  ostens. 
quare  non  fecerint,  &c.  Et  habeas,  &c.  Teste  meipso  apud  Marlebergh  secundo 
die  Novembris  anno  regni  nostri  septimo. 

The  early  descents  of  that  family,  so  proved,  and  as  drawn  from  other  deeds, 
stand  thus : 

Robert  Bussel  = =?  William  de  Meles, 

living  45  H.  III. 


Avicia  =  John  de  ffaryngton,  (termed  in  other 
deeds  dominus  de  Leylond.) 


I  I 

William  de  ffaryngton,  dominus=  Agnes,  living  4  Ed.  III.  Robert, 

de  Leyland  9  Ed.  II.,  and  the 
grantor  in  the  text. 


1 

William  de  ffarynsfton,= 
living  7  E.  III.  and 
33  E.  III. 

1 
=  John  de  ffaryngton, 
4  E.  III.,  19  E.  II. 

1 
Roger. 

1 
Robert. 

Sir  John  de  ffaryngton. 


DE    PKIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  19 

heredib}  suis  quod  dicti  Abbas  et  conventus  et  eorum  successores 
habeant  illas  tres  acras  terre  quas  petierunt  ab  eo,  habeudas  in  bosco 
de  Laylond  ad  totum  pficuum  suum  faciendum,  put  sibi  melius  vide- 
rint  expedire,  sine  impedimento  dicti  Willmi  vel  heredum  suorum, 
et  ad  claudend.  p  eorum  voluntate,  sicut  plenius  continetur  in  carta 
quam  habent  de  predicto  Roberto  Bussel.  Et  dicti  Abbas  et  con- 
ventus relaxaverunt  et  quieteclamaverunt  p  se  et  successorib}  suis 
imppetuum  dicto  Willmo  et  heredib}  suis  omnimodas  actiones  quas 
habuerunt  tarn  in  terris  et  tenementis  quam  in  omnib}  alijs  rebus 
predictis  erga  dictum  Willmum  et  heredes  et  tenentes  suos  in  pre- 
dictis  villis,  videlicet,  de  ffarington  et  Laylond.  Salvis  tamen  dictis 
Abbati  et  conventui  omiiib}  dominijs  suis,  et  antiquis  firmis  ad 
terminos  debitos  et  consuetos  cum  incremento  xij.  denariorum  p 
annum  ad  Assumptionem  beate  Marie  virginis,  capiend.  annuatim  de 
omnib}  tenementis  dicti  Willmi  in  ffarington,  cum  homagijs,  rele- 
vijs,  fidelitatib},  eschaetis,  quando  acciderint,  et  omnib}  servicijs  que 
dictus  Willmus  et  antecessores  sui  dictis  Abbati  et  conventui  de  jure 
facere  debent  et  consueverunt ;  et  salvis  etiam  dictis  Abbati  et  con- 
ventui et  eorum  successor^  illis  decem  porcis  quietis  de  pannagio  in 
tempore  pessone  in  bosco  de  Laylond  quos  Robertus  Bussel  eis  con- 
cessit  p  cartam  suam  absque  impedimento  dicti  Willmi  vel  heredum 
suorum.  Dictus  etiam  Willmus  concedit  p  se  et  heredib}  quod  amo- 
do  non  clamabunt  habere  aliquam  partem  vasti  approviandi  in  villa 
de  ffarington  racione  pcenarie  sed  ab  huiusmodi  accione  sint  imppe- 
tuum exclusi.  Dat.  apud  Laylond  dnica  pxima  ante  festum  sancto- 
rum apostolorum  Philippi  et  Jacobi  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filij 
regis  Edwardi  septimo^1)  Hijs  testib},  dno  Ad.  de  Walton  milite, 
Roberto  de  Scyrburn  senescallo,  Willmo  de  Hogwyk,  Willmo  de 
Coudrey,  Ricardo  de  Hougton,  Ad.  de  Cbernok,  Thoma  de  Laylond, 
et  alijs. 

(J)  It  is  curious  that  the  counterpart  of  this  agreement  is  now  at  Penwortham. 
But  the  Prior's  counterpart,  as  might  have  been  expected,  is  more  perfect  than 
that  at  Werden.  The  date  and  the  witnesses  are  wanting  in  the  Werden  MS.,  and 
have  been  supplied  from  the  Penwortham  deed. 


20  I>E    PRIORATU    DE    PENWARTHAM. 


JV0.  XIX.  Release  by  William  deffarinton  of  his  right  in  three  acres 
of  land  and  waste  in  Leyland. 

[WERDEN  MS.] 

Pateat  universis  p  presentes  me  Willmum  de  ffarington  relaxasse 
et  omnino  p  me  et  heredib}  meis  quietuclamasse  Deo  et  beate  Marie 
et  Abbati  et  conventui  de  Evesham  et  eorum  successor^  ornne  jus 
et  clameum  quod  habui  vel  aliquo  modo  habere  potui  in  tribus  acris 
bosci  et  vasti  in  Laylond  quas  ijdem  Abbas  et  conventus  habent  de 
dono  quondam  Roberti  Busshel.  Ita  quod  nee  ego  dictus  Willmua 
nee  heredes  mei  in  predictis  trib}  acris  bosci  et  vasti  aliquid  juris  vel 
clamei  de  cetero  exigere  vel  vendicare  poterimus.  In  cuius  rei  testi- 
monium  huic  present!  scripto  sigillum  meum  apposui.  Hijs  testib3, 
dno  Adam  de  Walton,  Roberto  de  Shyreburn,  Ricardo  de  Hoghton, 
Willmo  de  Coudre,  Willmo  de  Howyk,  et  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Pen- 
wortham  in  vigilijs  ramis  Palmarum  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filij 
regis  Edwardi  octavo. 

No.  XX.  Agreement  between  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  and  Thomas 
de  Noteschaghe^)  relating  to  roads  in  HowyJc. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  cum  Thomas  de  Noteschawe  impar- 
casset  et  interfossasset  quamdam  plateam  terre  que  vocatur  Note- 


(J)  The  family  of  Noteschaghe  continued  the  principal  landowners  in  Howyk 
under  the  Abbey  until  the  reign  of  Henry  VII. ;  when  Richard,  the  son  and  heir 
of  Ralph  Noteschaghe,  after  having  by  various  deeds  disposed  of  portions  of  his 
estate  to  Richard  Hesketh,  "gentilman  lerned  in  the  lawe,"  afterwards  attorney 
general  to  Henry  VIII.,  consummated  the  entire  transfer  of  his  possessions  in 
Howyk  to  Mr.  Hesketh  by  deed  bearing  date  the  21st  Hen.  VII,  The  family 
appear  to  have  disappeared  altogether  from  that  date,  and  the  very  name  is 
now  lost  in  the  township.  The  Heskeths  are  still  considerable  landowners  there  ; 
but  Howick  Hall  was  lately  disposed  of  to  Mr.  Rothwell  of  Iloole,  who  afterwards 
transferred  it  to  the  late  John  Gorst  Esquire,  of  Preston,  in  whose  family  it  still 
remains. 


BE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  21 

schaweheued  ad  exheredacionem  Abbatis  et  conventus  de  Evesham 
et  ecclesie  sue  de  Penwortham  obstruendo  vias  suas,  p  quas  decimas 
suas  cariare  solebant,  et  denegando  eis  p  se  et  tenentib)  suis  de 
Hoghwyk  coramunam  pasturam  suam  in  predicta  placea  in  tempore 
apto.  Quib3  quidem  vijs  et  pasturis  uti  et  habere  solebant  a  tempore 
quo  non  extat  memoria.  Et  sup  hoc  frater  Raduphus  de  Wilecote 
tune  temporis  custos  ecclesie  de  Penwortham,  et  locum  tenens  dicti 
Abbatis  et  conventus  de  Evesham,  pcipiens  exheredacionem  predie- 
tam  in  prejudicium  ecclesie  de  Penwortham,  omnia  predicta  fossata 
totaliter  psternebat,  sicut  ei  de  jure  bene  licuit.  Et  postea  concor- 
datum  est,  quod  dictus  Thorn,  ex  licentia  et  rnera  voluntate  dicti 
fratris  Badulphi,  tune  custodis  de  Penwortham,  dictam  pla- 
ceam  imparcare  et  fossare  ad  commodum  suum  in  tempore  clauso 
possit.  Salvis  tamen  dictis  Abbati  et  conventui  et  custodi  de  Pen- 
wortham et  successorib}  eorum  vijs  suis  p  medium  dicte  clausture, 
sicut  hactenus  uti  solebant  p  decimis  suis  cariandis  in  tempore  clauso. 
Et  salva  tamen  communi  pastura  in  predicta  placea  p  se  et  tenentib} 
suis  de  Hoghwyk  sicut  de  antique  habere  consueverunt  in  tempore 
apto.  Et  si  contingat  dictum  Thorn,  heredes  vel  assignatos  suos 
dictas  vias  obstruere  et  cariagia  predicta  impedire,  seu  predictam 
xjommunam  pasture  in  predicta  placea  pturbare  vel  denegare :  Tune 
liceat  dicto  Abbati  et  conventui  et  custodi  de  Penwortham,  qui  p 
tempe  fuerit,  dicta  fossata  et  clausturam  ad  voluntatem  suam  pster- 
nere  absq.  contradiccone  predicti  Thome  heredum  vel  assignatorum 
suorum.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  tarn  dictus  frater  Radulphus 
p  se  Abbate  et  conventu  quam  dictus  Thomas  p  se  et  heredib}  et 
assignatis  suis  alternatim  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt.  Hijs  testibj, 
Willmo  de  Hoghwyk,  Adam  de  eadem,  Ric.  de  Maghersone,  Willmo 
le  Spenser,  Henr.  Plunket,  et  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Penwortham  die 
dfiica  pximo  post  festum  sancti  Ambrosij  episcopi  et  confessoris 
anno  regni  Regis  Edwardi  filij  regis  Edwardi  tercio  decimo. 


22  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


No.  XXI.  De  terra  inffarinton. 

[EvESH.  CH.  fo.  117.] 

Item  in  eodem  die  (s.c.  in  translacione  Sancti  Andree  apostoli 
anno  dfii  M°ccc0xxj°)  frater  Thomas  de  Blockley,  tune  prior  de 
Penwortham,  p  consensum  Abbatis  et  conventus  de  Evesham  assig- 
navit  coquinario(1)  dimidiam  marcam  de  quadam  terra  juxta  molen- 
dinum  de  Farynton  ad  idem  festum  solempnius  parandum. 

No.  XXII.  Lease  from  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Evesham  to  Adam, 
son  of  Roger  de  Farington,  of  a  cottage  and  land  in  Faring/ton, 
at  a  rent  of  three  shillings  and  threepence. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Omnibus  hoc  scriptum  visuris  vel  audituris  Willmus(2)  Dei  gratia 
Abbas  Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus  salutem  in  Drio.  No- 
veritis  nos  cum  communi  assensu  conventus  nostri  concessisse  et 
tradidisse  Ade  filio  Rogeri  de  ffarinton  et  heredib)  de  corpore  suo  le- 
gitime  pcreatis  unuin  cotagium  in  villa  de  ffarinton  situm  apud  le 
Moshems  et  duas  acras  terre  jacentes  super  le  Crofthendis  cum  tur- 
baria  sufficient!  pro  dicto  cotagio  ad  capiendum  in  musso  de  fFarinton 
et  pastura  sufficient!  pro  quantitate  dicti  tenement!.  Habendum  et 
tenendum  dictum  cotagium  et  totam  predictam  terram  cum  omnib} 
suis  ptinencijs  de  nobis  et  successorib}  nostris  sibi  et  heredib}  de  cor- 

(')  The  kitchener  was  an  officer  of  great  consequence  in  monastic  establishments. 
According  to  Mr.  Fosbroke,  the  Abbot  could  not  without  his  leave  contract  any  of 
the  manors  assigned  to  the  kitchen.  He  sat  on  the  left  of  the  Prior  at  meals,  and 
gave  the  licence  to  the  reader  as  well  as  that  of  dining  and  drinking.  At  Evesham 
the  kitchener  had  the  following  perquisites.  Item  singulis  diebus  habere  debet 
coquinarius  forragmm  ad  unum  equum  et  praebendem,  vel  duo  prsebendaria  de  fur- 
fure  de  granario,  et  duos  porcos  habere  debet  ad  plancher.  But,  as  might  be 
expected,  the  kitchener  had  a  claim  on  the  Ribble  salmonry,  (see  ante,  p.  9,)  which 
evidently  was  thought  highly  of  even  at  that  early  period,  and  under  all  the  disadvan- 
tages of  a  protracted  journey  from  Penwortham  to  Evesham. 

(2)  Viz.  William  de  Cheriton,  confirmed  Abbot  1316,  and  died  13th  December, 
1344. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  23 

pore  suo  legitime  pcreatis  imppetuum.  Reddendo  inde  anuuatim 
dictus  Adam  et  heredes  sui  de  corpore  suo  legitime  pcreati  nobis  et 
successorib}  nostris  tres  solidos  et  tres  denarios  argenti,  videlicet 
ad  festum  Natalis  Dni,  et  ad  festum  nativitatis  sancti  Johannis  Bap- 
tiste  p  equales  porciones.  Et  faciendo  sectam  ad  inolendinum 
nostrum  de  ffarinton  cum  omnimodis  bladis  suis,  et  faciendo  sectam 
ad  curiam  nostram  de  Hoghwyk  quociescunque  dictus  Adam  et 
heredes  sui  de  corpore  suo  legitime  pcreati  summoniti  fuerint.  Et  si 
contingat  dictum  Adam  sine  heredib}  de  corpore  suo  legitime  pcrea- 
tis in  fata  decedere,  tota  predicta  terra  cum  ptinencijs  nobis  et  suc- 
cessorib}  nostris  integre  revertatur.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  tarn 
dictus  Abbas  et  conventus  p  se  et  successorib3  suis  quam  dictus 
Adam  p  se  et  heredib}  suis  de  corpore  suo  legitime  pcreatis  huic 
indenture  alternatim  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt.  Hijs  testib},  Roberto 
de  Shireburne,  Roberto  de  Andirton,  "Willmo  filio  Willmi  de  ffar- 
inton, Willmo  de  Hoghwyk,  Rob.  Buschel  de  Longeton,  et  alijs. 
Dat.  apud  ffarinton  die  Sabbati  pximo  post  festum  sancti  Jacobi  apos- 
toli  anno  regni  Regis  Edwardi  filij  Regis  Edwardi  quarto  decimo. 

No.  XXIII.   Writ  of  ad  quod  damnum,  relating  to  land$  in  Howick 
and  Penwortham,  and  rents  in  Farington. 

[TOWER  ROLLS.] 

Edwardus  Dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dnus  Hibernie  et  dux  Aquitanie, 
dilecto  clerico  suo  Thome  de  Burgh  escaetori  suo  citra  Trentam 
salutem.  Mandamus  vobis  quod  per  sacramentum  pborum  et  lega- 
lium  hominum  de  balliva  vestra  p  quos  rei  veritas  melius  sciri  poterit 
diligenter  inquiratis  si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  prejudicium  nostrum  aut 
aliorum  si  concedamus  dilectis  nobis  in  Cristo  Abbati  et  conventui  de 
Evesham  quod  ipsi  undecim  acras  terre  et  duas  acras  prati  cum  ptinen- 
cijs in  Hogwyk  quas  de  Simone  de  Hogwyk,(J)  et  unum  mesuagium 

(')  It  is  probable  that  the  lands  first  named  in  the  writ  are  those  mentioned  in 
the  following  entry  quoted  by  Dugdale  from  Bibl.  Cotton,  Vespasian,  E.  xvij.,  fo. 
216.  —  Simo  de  Hocwyk  quietum  clamavit  eidem  conventui  totam  partem  terre  sue 
quam  habuit  in  quibuscunque  placijs  ville  de  Hocwyk  que  vocatur  le  Commerse  per 


24  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

et  quatuordecim  acras  terre  et  tres  acras  prati  cum  ptinencijs  in 
eadem  villa  que  de  Alano  de  Meles,  unum  mesuagium  et  decem  acras 
terre  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  que  de  Roberto  de  Knapesheued, 
unam  acram  terre  et  dimidiam  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  quas  de 
Alicia  la  Countasse,  unam  acram  terre  et  dimidiam  cum  ptinencijs  in 
Penewortham  quas  de  Simone  filio  Hugonis,  decem  solidatas  redditus 
cum  ptinencijs  in  Faryngton  quas  de  Johanne  de  Gayrestang,  et 
decem  et  octo  denaratas  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  quas 
de  Adain  de  Hogwyk  sibi  et  domui  sue  in  feodo  post  publicacionem 
statuti  de  terris  et  tenementis  ad  manum  mortuam  non  ponendis 
editi,  licencia  nostra  sup  hoc  non  obtenta,  adquisiverunt,  retinere 
possint  sibi  et  successorib}  suis  imppetuum  nee  ne.  Et  si  sit  ad 
dampnum  vel  prejudicium  nostrum  aut  aliorum,  tune  ad  quod  damp- 
num  et  quod  prejudicium  nostrum,  et  ad  quod  dampnum  et  quod 
prejudicium  aliorum,  et  quorum,  et  qualiter,  et  quo  modo,  et  de  quo, 
vel  de  quib}  predicta  mesuagia,  terra,  pratum,  et  redditus  teneantur, 
et  p  quod  servicium,  et  qualiter,  et  quo  modo,  et  quantum  predicta 
mesuagia  terra,  et  pratum  valeant  p  annum  in  omnib}  exitib}  juxta 
verum  valorem  eorundem,  et  qui  et  quot  sunt  medij  inter  nos  et 
prefatos  Simon  em,  Alanum,  Robertum,  Aliciam,  Simonem,  Johan- 
nem,  et  Adam,  de  mesuagijs,  terra,  prato,  et  redditu  predictis.  Et 
inquisitionem  inde  distincte  et  apte  factam  nobis  sub  sigillo  vestro  et 
sigillis  eorum  p  quos  facta  fuerit  sine  dilacione  mittatis,  et  hoc  breve. 
Teste  meipso  apud  Ebor.  xxij.  die  Novembris  anno  regni  nostri  sexto 
decimo. 

Kellesene. 
Indors.  p  Cane,  ad  instanciam  Thome  de  Evesham. 

divisas  in  carta  sua  assignatas.  Sirao  filius  predicti  Simonis  de  Hocwyk  confirmavit 
illam  donationem  patris  sui.  Dedit  etiam  et  quietum  clamavit  totum  jus  et 
clamcum  quod  habuit  in  una  sagitta  barbata  annul  redditus  quam  Warinus  de 
Hocwyk  solebat  dicto  Simoni  patri  suo  annuatim  reddere  pro  crofto  quod  predictua 
Warinus  dedit  eisdem  monacliis.  Concessit  etiam  totum  jus  quod  habuit  in  terra 
de  Hocwyk  quam  Adam  filius  Roger!  de  Hocwyk  eisdem  dedit,  una  cum  toto  jure 
suo  in  piscaria  aque  de  Ribbel. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  25 


No.  XXIV.  Inquisition  thereon. 

[TOWEK  ROLLS.] 

Inquisitio  capta  coram  Thoma  de  Burgh  escaetore  dfii  regis  citra 
Trentam  apud  Preston  in  Amondernesse  die  Sabbati  prox.  post  fes- 
tum  sancte  Katarine  virginis  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  filij  regis 
Edwardi  sexto  decimo  p  sacramentum  Willrni  de  Hogwyk,  Ade  de 
Hogwyk,  Willmi  de  Scales,  Ade  01 —  de  Longeton,  Roberti  Per- 

shull,  Henr.  de  Blakeburne,  Willmi  le de  Noteshagh,  Johannis 

de  fFaldvvorthinges,  Roberti  de  ffaryngton,  Willmi  filij  Ric.  de  Hole, 
et  Rogeri  fiiij  Hugonis  de  Moudsley  juratores  ad  inquirendum  sup 
content,  in  brevi  huic  inquisition!  consuto.  Qui  dicunt  per  sacra- 
mentum suum  quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  nee  prejudicium  dfii  Regis 
nee  aliquorum  aliorum  si  drius  Rex  concedat  Abbati  et  conventui  de 
Evesham,  quod  ipsi  undecim  acras  terre  et  duas  acras  prati  cum  pti- 
nencijs  in  Hogwyk  quas  de  Simone  de  Hogwyk,  unum  mesuagium 
quatuordecim  acras  terre  et  tres  acras  prati  cum  pertinencijs  in  eadem 
villa  que  de  Alano  de  Meles,  unum  mesuagium  et  decem  acras  terre 
cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  que  de  Roberto  de  Knapesheued,  et 
unam  acram  terre  et  dimidiam  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  quas 
-de  Alicia  la  Countasse,  unam  acram  terre  et  dimidiam  cum  ptinen- 
cijs in  Penwortham  quas  de  Simone  filio  Hugonis,  decem  solidatas 
redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  ffarington  quas  de  Johanne  de  Gayrestang, 
et  decem  et  octo  denaratas  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadern  villa 
quas  de  Adam  de  Hogwyk,  sibi  et  domui  sue  in  feodo  post  publica- 
tionem  statuti,  de  terris  et  tenementis  ad  manum  mortuam  non 
ponendis,  editi,  licencia  dfii  Regis  super  hoc  non  obtenta,  adquisive- 
runt,  retinere  possint  sibi  et  successorib}  suis  imppetuum,  eo  quod 
omnia  predicta  terre  et  tenernenta  et  redditus  de  predicto  Abbate 
tenentur  immediate.  Quoad  hoc  p  quod  servicium,  et  qualiter,  et  quo 
modo,  dicunt  quod  predictus  Simon  de  Hoghwyk  tenuit  de  predicto 
Abbate  predictas  undecim  acras  terre  et  duas  acras  prati  cum  ptinen- 
cijs in  Hoghwyk  p  homagium  et  fidelitatem  et  servicium  duodecim 
denariorum  p  annum,  et  Alanus  de  Meles  tenuit  de  predicto  Abbate 


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predicta  mesuagia,  quatuordecim  acras  terre  et  tres  acras  prati  cum  pti- 
nencijs  in  eadem  villa  p  homagium  et  fidelitatem  et  servicium  duorum 
solidorum  et  sex  denariorum  p  annum,  et  Robertus  de  Knapesheued 
tenuit  de  predicto  Abbate  predicta  mesuagia  et  decem  acras  terre 
cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  p  homagium  et  fidelitatem  et  servicium 
sex  denariorum  p  annum,  et  Alicia  la  Countasse  tenuit  de  predicto 
Abbate  unam  acram  terre  et  dimidiam  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa 
p  fidelitatem  et  servicium  duorum  denariorum  p  annum,  et  Simon 
filius  Hugonis  tenuit  de  predicto  Abbate  predictam  acram  terre  et 
dimidiam  cum  ptinencijs  in  Penwortham  p  fidelitatem  et  servicium 
unius  denarij  p  annum,  et  Johannes  de  Gayrestang  tenuit  de  predicto 
Abbate  predictas  decem  solidatas  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem 
villa  p  homagium  et  fidelitatem  et  servicium  octo  denariorum  p  an- 
num, et  Adam  de  Hogwyk  tenuit  de  predicto  Abbate  predictas  decem 
et  octo  denaratas  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  p  fidelitatem 
et  servicium  unius  denarij  p  annum.  Et  quoad  hoc,  quantum  valent 
p  annum  in  omnib)  exitib},  dicunt,  quod  predicte  undecim  acre  terre 
et  decem  acre  prati  cum  ptinencijs  in  Hoghwyk  valent  p  annum  in 
omnib}  exitib3,  salvis  servicijs  inde  prius  debitis,  iiij.  solid,  vi.  denar. ; 
et  predicta  mesuagia,  quatuordecim  acre  terre  et  tres  acre  prati  cum 
ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  valent  p  annum  in  omnib}  exitib},  salvis 
servicijs  prius  indo  debitis,  vij.  solid. ;  et  predicta  mesuagia  et  decem 
acre  terre  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  valent  p  annum  in  omnib} 
exitib},  salvis  servicijs  prius  inde  debitis,  iii.  solid,  et  vj.  denar. ;  et 
predicta  acra  terre  et  dimidia  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  valent  p 
annum  in  omnib)  exitib3,  salvis  servicijs  prius  inde  debitis,  vj.  denar.; 
et  predicta  acra  terre  et  dimidia  cum  ptinencijs  in  Penwortham 
valent  p  annum  in  omnib}  exitib},  salvis  servicijs  prius  inde  debitis, 
v.  denar. ;  et  predicte  decem  solidate  redditus  et  decem  et  octo  dena- 
rate  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  Farington  valent  p  annum  in  omnibj 
exitib},  minus  p  servicium  suprascriptum  prius  inde  debitum.  Et 
quoad  hoc  quot  et  qui  sunt  medij,  dicunt,  quod  nulli  sunt  medij  inter 
drium  Regem  et  prefatos  Simonem,  Alanum,  Robertum,  Aliciam, 
Simonem,  Johannem  et  Adam  de  predictis  mesuagijs,  terra,  prato  et 


DE    PIIIORATU    DE    PENWOHTHAM.  27 

redditu  prcter  predictum  Abbateni.       In  cuius  rei  testimonium  Imic 
inquisition!  predict!  Juratores  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt. 

Indors.]  fiat  p  finem  x.  marc,  factum  coram  Cane. 
Thes.  et  alijs  de  consilio. 

No.  XXV.  Licence  from  the  King  to  make  the  said  grants. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  124.] 

Edwardus  Dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  dnus  Hibernie,  et  dux  Aquitanie, 
omnib}  ad  quos  presentes  litere  pvenerint  salutem.  Sciatis  quod,  p 
finem  quern  dilectus  nobis  in  Cristo  Abbas  de  Evesham  fecit  nobis, 
pdonavimus  ei  et  conventui  eiusdem  Loci  transgressionem  quam 
fecerunt  adquirendo  sibi  et  domui  sue  in  feodo  undecim  acras  terre 
et  duas  acras  prati  cum  ptinencijs  in  Hogwyk  de  Simone  de 
Hogwyk,  et  unum  mesuagium  et  quatuordecim  acras  terre  et  tres 
acras  prati  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  de  Alano  de  Meles,  et 
unum  mesuagium  et  decem  acras  terre  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem 
villa  de  Roberto  Knapesheued,  et  unam  acram  terre  et  dimidiam 
cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  de  Alicia  la  Countasse,  et  unam 
acram  terre  et  dimidiam  cum  ptinencijs  in  Penwortham  de  Simone 
filio  Hugonis,  et  decem  solidatas  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  Faryng- 
ton  de  Johanne  de  (iayrestang,  et  decem  et  octo  denaratas  redditus 
cum  ptinencijs  in  Hogwyk  de  Ada  de  Hogwyk,  et  ea  ingrediendo 
post  publicationem  statuti  de  terris  et  tenementis  ad  manum  mortuam 
non  ponendis  editi,  licentia  nostra  sup  hoc  non  obtenta.  Et  conces- 
simus  p  nobis  et  heredib}  nostris,  quantum  in  nobis  est,  eisdem 
Abbati  et  conventui  quod  ipsi  predicta  mesuagia,  terras,  pratum,  et 
redditus  cum  ptinencijs  habeant  et  teneant  sibi  et  successorib}  suis 
imppetuum  sine  occasione  vel  impedimento  nostri  vel  heredum  nos- 
trorum,  justiciariorum,  escaetorum,  vicecomitum,  ant  aliorum  balli- 
vorum  seu  ministrorum  nostrorum  quorumcunque,  statute  predicto 
non  obstante.  Salvis  tamen  capitalib}  dhis  feodi  illius  servicijs  inde 
debitis  et  de  jure  consuetis.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  literas 
nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Tcste  mcipso  apud  Towyk  xij.  die 
Maij  anno  regni  nostri  sexto  decimo. 


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No.  XXVI.  Carta  de  annirersario(l)  Walteri  do  Waif  cote 
Prioris  de  Penwortkam. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  157.] 

Omnibus  Cristi  fidelib}  presens  scriptum  visuris  vel  audituris 
Johannes  permissione  divina  Abbas  de  Evesham  salutera  in  Dno 
sempiternam.  Noverit  universitas  vestra  nos  assensu  et  consensu 
totius  conventus  nostri  p  nobis  et  successoribj  nostris  imppetuum 
concessisse  et  assignasse  elemosinarie  nostre  de  Evesham  omnes  red- 
ditus  terras  et  possessiones  cum  ptinencijs  suis  tarn  in  Evesham 
quam  apud  Penwortham  quas  Walterus  de  Walecote  functus  officio 
Prior  de  licencia  nostra  comparavit  et  ecclesie  nostre  adquisivit,  sicut 
patet  p  instrumenta  inde  confecta  et  in  martilogio  nostro  particulari- 
ter  reducta,  quos  tamen  redditus  memorato  Waltero  quoad  vixerit  ad 
usus  sibi  necessarios  ex  pmissione  et  ordinacione  nostra  concessimus. 
Et  post  decessum  predicti  Walteri,  elemosinarius  noster  qui  p  tern- 
pore  fuerit  omnia  predicta  cum  ptinencijs  suis  et  escaetis  integre 
recipiet  ut  in  die  anniversario  dicti  Walteri  inveniat  conventui  ad 
anniversarium  ipsius  annuatim  faciendum  optimam  pitanciam  sal- 
monis  vel  alterius  piscis  melioris  qui  tune  poterit  invenire  una  cum 
caritate  vini  optimi,  et  totum  residuum  pmaneat  in  ppetuum  secun- 
dum  discretionem  elemosinarij  pauperib}  fideliter  erogandum,  omnes 
illas  excomrnunicantes  qui  supradicte  ordinacionis  scienter  contra- 
venire  presumpserint.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  tarn  nos  quam  dictus 
conventus  huic  scripto  signa  nostra  apposui  fecimus. 

(l)  On  the  anniversary  of  the  death  of  an  officer  of  the  monastery,  prayers  for 
his  soul  were  usually  offered  up  ;  and  on  such  days  a  pittance  was  allowed  to  the 
monks.  This  was  a  custom  in  most  Abbeys.  Ducange  has  preserved  one.  Quod 
in  singulis  predictis  anniversary's  abbas  dicti  monastery  teneatur  providere  toti  con- 
Tentui  de  pitantia  sufficient!  et  super  bonis  sibi  largitis  per  dictum  D.  Delphinum. 
In  this  case  the  pittance  consisted  of  an  allowance  of  salmon  or  the  best  fish  that 
could  be  procured,  and  an  allowance  of  the  best  wine.  The  grantor  was  John  de 
Brokehampton,  Abbot  from  August  A.D.  1282  to  his  death  18th  August  A.D.  1316. 


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No.  XXVII.  Confirmation  by  Queen  Isabella  of  lands  in 
the  parish  of  Penwortham. (*) 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Isabella  Dei  gracia  regina  Anglie,  dfia  Hibernie,  Comitissa  Pontieu, 
omnib}  dilectis  et  fidelib}  tarn  ministris  quam  alijs  salutera  in  Drio 
sempiternam.  Sciatis  nos  dedisse  concessisse  relaxasse  et  oranino 
quietum  clamasse  Abbati  de  Evesham  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventui  et 
successorib}  suis  imppetuum,  quantum  in  nobis  est,  omnia  terras  et 
tenementa,  mesuagia,  servicia,  dnia,  reversiones,  redditus,  cum  advo- 
cationib}  ecclesiarum  capellarum,  dignitatib},  elemosinis,  piscarijs, 
pannagijs,  Iibertatib3,  liberis  curijs,  communijs,  estoverijs  tarn  in 
bosco  et  in  piano  quam  in  moris,  mariscis,  et  turbaria  tarn  ad  clau- 
dendum,  edificandum,  reparandum,  quam  ad  comburendum,  et  ad 
alia  nccessaria  commode  faciendum  sine  pturbatione  ministrorum 
nostrorum  seu  aliorum  quorumcunque,  que  quidem  mesuagia,  servi- 
cia, et  omnia  alia  supradicta  idem  Abbas  et  conventus  habuerunt  die 
confectionis  presentium  in  villis  de  Penwortham,  ftaryngton,  Hogh- 
wyk,  Hoton,  et  Longeton.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  literas  fieri 
fecimus  patentes.  Dat.  apud  Coventr.  x.  die  Aprilis  anno  regni 
Regis  Edwardi  filij  nostri  carissimi  octavo. 

No.  XXVIII.    Writ  of  ad  quod  damnum  concerning  lands  in 
Faryngton  and  Leyland. 

[TOWER  ROLLS.] 

Edwardus  Dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  Drius  Hibernie,  et  dux  Aquitanie 
dilecto  et  fideli  suo  Johanni  Moryn  escaetori  suo  citra  Trentam  salu- 
tem.  Mandamus  vobis  quod  p  sacramentum  pborum  et  legalium 
hominum  de  Balliva  vestra  p  quos  rei  veritas  melius  sciri  potent 

(')  These  lands  were  assigned  to  Queen  Isabella  for  her  life.  This  deed  precedes 
only  by  a  few  days  the  confirmation  transcribed  in  the  Coucher  Book  of  Whalley, 
p.  229.  The  grant,  though  very  large  in  its  terras,  evidently  was  considered  not  to 
extend  to  a  claim  of  puture  by  the  senesehal  of  the  Liberty  of  Penwortham,  or  it 
would  have  been  pleaded  in  the  action  for  extorting  puture  hereafter  noticed. 


30  DE    PRIOHATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

diligenter  inquiratis  si  sit  ad  clampnum  vel  prejudicium  nostrum  ant 
aliorum  si  concedamus  Willmo  de  Faryngton  quod  ipse  unum 
mesuagium  et  octo  acras  terre  cum  ptinencijs  in  Faryngton  et  Ley- 
lond,  et  Johanni  le  White  capellano  quod  ipse  quatuordecim  solidataa 
redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  de  Laylond,  dare  possint  et 
assignare  dilectis  nobis  in  Cristo  Abbati  et  conventui  de  Evesham. 
Habend.  et  tenend.  sibi  et  successorib)  suis  imppetuum,  nee  ne.  Et 
si  sit  ad  dampnum  vel  prejudicium  nostrum  aut  aliorum,  tune  ad 
quod  dampnum  et  quod  prejudicium  nostrum,  et  ad  quod  dampnum 
et  quod  prejudicium  aliorum,  et  quorum,  et  qualiter,  et  quomodo,  et 
de  quo  vel  de  quib)  predicta  mesuagia,  terra,  et  redditus  teneantur, 
et  p  quod  servicium,  et  qualiter,  et  quomodo,  et  quantum  eadem 
mesuagium  et  terra  valeant  p  annum  in  omnib}  exitib}  juxta  verum 
valorem  eorundem,  et  qui  et  quot  sunt  medij  inter  nos  et  prefatos 
Willmum  et  Johannem  de  mesuagio,  terra,  et  redditu  predictis,  et 
que  terre  et  que  tenementa  eisdem  Willmo  et  Johanni  remaneant 
ultra  donaciones  et  assignaciones  predictas,  et  ubi  et  de  quo,  vel  de 
quib)  teneantur,  et  p  quod  servicium,  et  qualiter,  et  quo  modo,  et 
quantum  valeant  p  annum  in  omnib}  exitib},  et  si  terre  et  tenementa 
eisdem  Willmo  et  Johanni  remanencia  ultra  donaciones  et  assigna- 
ciones predictas  sufficiant  ad  consuetudines  et  servicia  tarn  de  predictis 
mesuagio,  terra,  et  redditu  sic  datis  quam  de  alijs  terris  et  tenementis 
sibi  retentis  debita  faciend.,  et  ad  omnia  alia  onera  que  sustinuerunt 
et  sustinere  consueverunt,  ut  in  sectis  visib}  franci  plegij,  auxilijs, 
tallagijs,  vigilijs,  finib},  redempcionib},  amerciamentis,  contribucio- 
nib},  et  alijs  quib3cunque  onerib}  emergentib}  sustinendis,  et  quod 
idem  Willmus  et  heredes  ipsius  Johannis  in  assisis  juratis  et  alijs 
recognicionibj  quib3cunque  poni  possint,  put  idem  Willmus  et  ante- 
cessores  predicti  Johannis  ante  donaciones  et  assignaciones  predictas 
poni  consueverunt.  Ita  quod  patria  p  donaciones  et  assignaciones 
predictas  in  ipsius  Willmi  et  heredum  predicti  Johannis  defectu 
magis  solito  non  oneretur  seu  gravetur.  Et  inquisitionem  inde  dis- 
tincte  et  apte  factam  nobis  sub  sigillo  vestro  et  sigillis  eorum  p  quos 
facta  fuerit  sine  dilacione  mittatis  et  hoc  breve.  Teste  meipso  apud 
Stryvelyn  viij°  die  Novembris  anno  regni  nostri  decimo. 


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No.  XXIX.  Inquisition  thereon. 

[TOWER  ROLLS.] 

Inquisitio  capta  apud  Leyland  coram  Johanne  Moryn  escaetore 
dni  Regis  citra  Trentam  die  Mercurij  in  festo  Sancti  Edmundi  regis 
et  martyris  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tercij  a  conquestu  decimo  p 
sacramentum  Roberti  de  Holand  de  Eukeston,  Ade  de  Clayton, 
Johannis  de  Clayton,  Henr.  de  Kirden,  Johannis  de  ffaldworthing, 
Petri  de  Ryselegh,  Ricardi  Banastre,  Willmi  de  Hogwyk,  Thome 
de  Noteshagh,  Willmi  de  Withalgh,  Johannis  de  Armetruy,  Rogeri 
et  Roberti  le  Spicer  de  Leyland,  qui  dicunt  sup  sacramentum  suum 
quod  non  est  ad  dampnum  nee  prejudicium  dni  Regis  nee  aliorum  si 
idem  dims  Rex  concedat  Willmo  de  Faryngton  quod  ipse  unum 
mesuagium  et  octo  acras  terre  cum  ptinencijs  in  Faryngton  et  Ley- 
lond,  et  Johanni  le  White  capellano  quod  ipse  quatuordecim  solidatas 
redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem  villa  de  Leylond  dare  possint  et 
assignare  Abbati  et  conventui  de  Evesham.  Habend.  et  tenend.  sibi 
et  successorib}  suis  imppetuum.  Et  dicunt  quod  unum  mesuagium 
et  septem  acras  terre  cum  ptinencijs  in  Faryngton  et  una  acra  terre 
cum  ptinencijs  in  Leylond  tenentur  de  predictis  Abbate  et  conventu 
et  successorib}  suis  p  servicium  redden  di  p  annum  decem  denarios  ad 
terminos  sancti  Martini  et  Pentecoste  p  omni  servicio.  Et  ijdem 
Abbas  et  conventus  ea  tenent  in  puram  elemosynam  de  dno  Rege  in 
capite.  Et  dicunt  quod  dicta  mesuagium  et  terra  valent  p  annum  in 
omnib)  exitib}  juxta  verum  valorem  corundum  cum  servicio  predicto 
sex  solidos.  Item  dicunt  quod  tenementa  unde  redditus  predictus 
quatuordecim  solidorum  in  predicta  villa  de  Leylond  pvenit  tenentur 
de  Priore  Hospitalis  sancti  Johannis (J)  Jerosolym  in  Anglia  p  fide- 

(')  These  lands  were  evidently  those  given  by  Roger  de  Lascy  to  the  Knights  of 
St.  John  of  Jerusalem.  In  Testa  de  Neville,  fo.  403,  there  is  the  following  entry  : 
"  D'nus  Rogerus  Constab.  dedit  ix.  bovatas  in  Leiland  Hospit'  Jer'lm  quas  Hugo 
Bussel  ten." 

This  order  was  founded  21  Hen.  I.,  A.D.  1120,  three  years  after  the  foundation  of 
the  Templars.  The  Knights  of  St.  John  were  also  called  Hospitallers ;  a  name  given 


32  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTH  AM. 

litatem  et  p  servicium  reddendi  eidem  Priori  et  successorib}  suis 
unam  rosam  p  annum  ad  festum  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  p  omni 
servicio,  et  idem  Prior  ea  tenet  in  pura  elemosina  de  dno  rege  in  ca- 
pite.  Item  dicunt  quod  non  sunt  alij  medij  inter  dnum  Regem  et 
prefatos  Will  mum  et  Johannem  de  mesuagio,  terra,  et  redditu  pre- 
dictis,  nisi  predicti  Abbas  et  Prior  ut  predictum  est.  Item  dicunt 
quod  rernanent  eidem  Willmo  ultra  donacionem  et  assignacionem 
predictas  diversa  terre  et  tenementa  in  Farington  que  tenentur  de 
predictis  Abbate  et  conventu  p  fidelitatem,  et  valent  p  annum  in 
omnib}  exitib}  decem  libras.  Item  dicunt  quod  remanent  predicto 
Johanni  ultra  donacionem  et  assignacionem  predictas  diversa  tene- 
menta in  Leylond  que  tenentur  de  predicto  Priore  p  fidelitatem,  et 
valent  p  annum  in  omnib}  exitib)  quadraginta  solidos.  Item  dicunt 
quod  terre  et  tenementa  eisdem  Willmo  et  Johanni  remanencia  ultra 
donacionem  et  assignacionem  predictas  sufficiunt  ad  consuetudines  et 
servicia  tarn  de  predictis  mesuagio,  terra,  et  redditu  sic  datis  quam  de 
alijs  terris  et  tenementis  sibi  retentis  debita  faciend.,  et  ad  omnia  alia 

to  them  from  an  hospital  at  Jerusalem  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  built 
for  the  accommodation  of  pilgrims.  Tho  primary  obligation  on  these  knights  was 
to  provide  for  the  pilgrims  at  that  hospital,  and  to  protect  them  from  injury  when 
travelling  to  and  from  Jerusalem. 

The  tenants  of  these  orders  enjoyed  great  privileges  in  England,  as  well  against 
the  king  as  against  other  lords  ;  as,  to  be  free  from  tenths  and  fifteenths  due  to  the 
king,  to  be  discharged  of  purveyance,  not  to  be  sued  for  ecclesiastical  causes  before 
the  ordinary,  sed  coram  conservatoribus  privilegiorum  suorum.  And  evidently  for 
the  purpose  of  claiming  these  privileges,  the  practice  not  uncommonly  obtained  of 
conveying  lands  to  these  orders  at  nominal  rents.  But  both  orders  were  highly 
favoured  in  England,  and  the  possessions  of  the  Knights  of  St.  John  were  materially 
increased  on  the  dissolution  of  the  Templars,  17  E.  II.  Both  these  military  reli- 
gious orders  were  cruce  signati,  and  therefore  it  was  the  practice  to  erect  a  cross, 
as  the  ensign  of  their  profession,  on  the  lands,  to  notify  that  they  could  claim  the 
privileges  of  the  orders.  The  statute  13  Edw.  I.,  st.  1,  c.  33,  "Lands  where  crosses 
be  set  shall  be  forfeited  as  lands  aliened  in  mortmain,"  was  aimed  at  these  claims 
of  exemption  ;  and  after  reciting  "  Forasmuch  as  many  tenants  set  up  crosses,  or 
cause  to  be  set  up,  in  their  lands  in  prejudice  of  their  lords,  that  tenants  should 
defend  themselves  against  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee  by  the  privileges  of  the  Tem- 
plars and  Hospitallers,"  it  is  ordained  "  that  such  lands  shall  be  forfeit  to  the  chief 
lord,  or  to  the  king,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  provided  for  lands  aliened  in  mort- 
main." 


DE    PRIORATU    DB    PENWORTHAM.  33 

on  era  que  sustinuerunt  et  sustinere  consueverunt,  ut  in  sectis,  visib} 
franci  plegii,  auxilijs,  tallagijs,  vigilijs,  finib},  redempcionib3,  amercia- 
raentis,  contribucionib},  et  alijs  quib3cunque  onerib}  emergentib}  sus- 
tinendis.  Et  quod  idem  Willmus  et  heredes  ipsius  Johannis  in 
assisis  juratis  et  alijs  recognicionib}  quib3cunque  poni  possint  put 
idem  Willmus  et  antecessores  predicti  Johannis  ante  donacionem  et 
assignacionem  predictas  poni  consueverunt.  Ita  quod  patria  p  dona- 
cionem et  assignacionem  predictas  in  ipsius  Willmi  et  heredum  pre- 
dicti Johannis  defectu  magis  solito  non  oneretur  seu  gravetur.  In 
cuius  rei  testimonium  predicti  Juratores  huic  inquisitioni  sigilla  sua 
apposuerunt.  Dat.  apud  Leylond  die  et  anno  supradictis. 

No.  XXX.  Licence  from  the  King  to  make  the  aforesaid  grants 

to  the  Abbey. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  131.] 

Edwardus,  Dei  gracia,  rex  Anglie,  dnus  Hibernie  et  dux  Aquitanie, 
omnib}  ad  quos  presentes  litere  pvenerint  salutem.  Licet  de  com- 
muni  consilio  regni  nostri  statutum  sit  quod  non  liceat  viris  religiosis 
seu  alijs  ingredi  feodum  alicuius,  ita  quod  ad  manum  mortuam  deve- 
niat,  sine  licencia  nostra  et  capitalis  dni  de  quo  res  ilia  immediate 
tenetur,  Volentes  tamen  dilectis  nobis  in  Oristo  Abbati  et  conventui 
de  Evesham  graciam  facere  specialem,  concessimus  et  licenciam 
dedimus  p  nobis  et  heredib}  nostris,  quantum  in  nobis  est,  Willmo 
de  ffaryngton  quod  ipse  unum  mesuagium  et  octo  acras  terre  cum 
ptinencijs  in  Faryngton  et  Laylond,  et  Johanni  le  White  capellano 
quod  ipse  quatuordecim  solidatas  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem 
villa  de  Leylond  dare  possint  et  assignare  prefatis  Abbati  et  conven- 
tui eiusdem  Loci.  Habenda  et  tenenda  sibi  et  successorib}  suis  im- 
ppetuum  ;  et  eisdem  Abbati  et  conventui  quod  ipsi  predicta  mesuagia 
et  terras  et  redditus  cum  ptinencijs  a  prefatis  Willmo  et  Johanne 
recipere  possint  et  tenere  sibi  et  successorib}  suis  imppetuum,  sicut 
predictum  est,  tenore  presentium  similiter  licenciam  dedimus  specia- 
lem. Nolentes  quod  predicti  Willmus  et  Johannes  vel  heredes  sui 
aut  prefati  Abbas  et  conventus  sui  seu  successores  sui  racione  statuti 

p 


34  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

predict!  p  nos  vel  heredes  nostros  inde  occasionentur  in  aliquo  seu 
graventur.  Salvis  tamen  capitalib}  dnis  feodi  illius  servicijs  inde 
debitis  et  consuetis.  In  cuius  rei  testiraonium  has  literas  nostras 
fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Teste  meipso  apud  Hothembe  sexto  die 
Decembris  anno  regni  nostri  decimo. 

No.  XXXI.  Licencia  Regis  de  terris  in  Leyland  et  Longton. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  131.] 

Edwardus  Dei  gracia  rex  Anglie,  drius  Hibernie,  et  dux  Aquitanie, 
omnib}  ad  quos  presentes  litere  pvenerint  salutem.  Licet  de  com- 
muni  consilio  regni  nostri  statutum  sit  quod  non  liceat  viris  religiosis 
seu  alijs  ingredi  feodum  alicuius  ita  quod  ad  manum  mortuam  deve- 
niat  sine  licentia  nostra  et  capitalis  dni  de  quo  res  ilia  immediate 
tenetur,  p  finem  tamen  quern  dilectus  nobis  in  Cristo  Abbas  de 
Evesham  fecit  nobis  concessimus  et  licentiam  dedimus  p  nobis  et 
successorib}  et  heredib}  nostris  quantum  in  nobis  est  Johanni  le 
White  capellano  quod  ipse  xxivor  acras  terre  et  dimidiani  cum  pti- 
nencijs  in  Leylond,  Johanni  filio  Bicardi  de  Hogwyk  quod  ipse 
tres  acras  terre  cum  ptinencijs  in  Longeton,  et  Thome  filio  Matildis 
de  Longeton  quod  ipse  unum  mesuagium  cum  ptinencijs  in  eadem 
villa,  dare  possint  et  assignare  prefatis  Abbati  et  conventui  eiusdem 
Loci.  Habenda  et  tenenda  sibi  et  successorib}  suis  imppetuum.  Et 
eisdem  Abbati  et  conventui  quod  ipsi  predicta  mesuagia  et  terram 
cum  ptinencijs  a  prefatis  Johanne,  Johanne,  et  Thoma  recipere  pos- 
sint et  tenere  sibi  et  successorib}  suis  imppetuum,  sicut  predictum 
est,  tenore  presentium,  similiter  licenciam  dedimus  specialem.  No- 
lentes  quod  predicti  Johannes,  Johannes,  et  Thomas  vel  heredes 
sui,  aut  prefatus  Abbas  et  conventus  seu  successores  sui  racione 
statuti  predicti  p  nos  vel  heredes  nostros  inde  occasionentur  in  aliquo 
seu  graventur.  Salvis  tamen  capitalib}  dais  feodi  illius  servicijs 
inde  debitis  et  consuetis.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  literas 
nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Teste  meipso  apud  Westm.  sexto 
decimo  die  Martis  anno  regni  nostri  decimo. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  35 

No.  XXXII.  Grant  by  John  le  White,  Vicar  of  Leyland,  of  a 
messuage  and  fourteen  acres  of  land  in  Leyland. 

[WEKDEN  MS.] 

Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Johannes  le  White  vicarius 
ecclesie  de  Lailand  dedi  concessi  et  hac  present!  carta  mea  confirmavi 
drio  Willmo,  Dei  gracia  Abbati  de  Evesham,  et  eiusdem  Loci  con- 
ventui  et  eorum  successorib}  unum  niesuagiuin  et  quatuordecim  acras 
terre  cum  suis  ptinencijs  in  villa  de  Lailond,  que  habui  ex  dono  et 
dimissione  Ade  de  Claghton  et  Matildis  uxoris  eius  et  Johannis  filij 
eorundem  p  recognicionem  factam  in  curia  dni  Regis.  Habenda  et 
tenenda  predictis  Abbati  et  conventui  et  successorib}  suis  in  puram 
et  ppetuam  elemosinam  imppetuum  cum  libero  ingressu  et  egressu 
et  oimjibj  aisiamentis  que  ad  predicta  tenementa  accidere  poterunt 
imppetuum. 

No.  XXXIII.  De  piitura(l)  in  Penwortham. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  133.] 

Edwardus,  Dei  gracia,  rex  Anglie  et  ffrancie,  et  dhus  Hibernie, 
omnib}  ad  quos  presentes  litere  pvenerint  salutem.  Inspeximus 

(J)  Future  is  thus  derived  by  Sir  E.  Coke.  "  Scotales,  scotale,  derived  of  two 
English  words,  scot  and  ale,  as  much  to  say  as  a  tribute  or  compensation  of  drinking 
for  the  ministers  of  the  forest  when  they  came  to  the  house  of  any,  whereunto  others 
are  contributary  within  the  perambulation  of  the  forest,  which  then  was  called 
potura,  a  drinking.  And  after  they  claimed  the  same  for  all  victuals  for  them- 
selves, their  servants,  horses,  and  dogs,  which  was  called  putura ;  and  this  doth 
notably  appear  by  a  record  5  E.  3  in  these  words  — 

"  Putura  in  chacea  de  Bowland  i.e.,  consuetude  clamata  per  forestarios  et  aliquando 
per  ballivos  hundredorum,  recipere  victualia,  tarn  pro  seipsis,  hominibus,  equis  efc 
canibus,  de  tenentibus  et  inhabitantibus  infra  perambulacionem  foreste  seu  hundredi 
quando  eo  pervenerint,  nihil  inde  solvend.  Where  the  Carta  de  Foresta  speaketh 
Nullus  forestarius  seu  balivus  de  cetero  faciat  scotalas  &c.  by  the  statute  of  25  E.  3 
it  is  enacted,  that  no  forester  or  keeper  of  forest  or  chace,  nor  any  other  minister 
shall  make  or  gather  sustenance,  nor  other  gathering  of  victuals,  nor  other  thing  by 
colour  of  their  office  against  any  man's  will  within  their  bailiwick  or  without,  but 
that  which  is  due  of  old  right,  that  is,  those  fees  which  time  out  of  mind  they  ought 


36  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

tenorem  record!  et  pcessus  loquele  que  fuit  coram  dilectis  et  fidelib} 
nostris  Willmo  de  Shareshull  et  socijs  suis  Justiciaries  nostris  ad 
diversas  felonias,  transgressiones,  extortiones,  dampna,  gravamina,  et 
excessus  in  comitatu  Lancastrie  facta  audiend.  et  terminand.  assigna- 
tis  inter  Abbatem  de  Evesham  et  Johannem  de  Radeclyf  senescallum 
libertatis  de  Penwortham  quern  coram  nobis  in  cancellaria  nostra 
eertis  de  causis  venire  fecimus  in  hec  verba. 

Placita  apud  Preston  coram  Willmo  de  Shareshull,  Roberto  de 
Hungerford,  Henr.  de  Hambury,  Symone  Pakeman,  jus- 
ticiarijs  drii  Regis  ad  diversas  transgressiones,  oppressiones, 
dampna,  gravamina,  et  excessus  in  comitatu  Lancastrie 
illata  una  cum  Rogero  de  Hillary  audiend.  et  terminand. 
assignatis  die  Lune  in  crastino  sancte  Trinitatis  anno  regni 
Anglie  regis  Edwardi  tertij  a  conquestu  septimo  decimo  et 
regni  sui  Francie  quarto. 

Lane.  §.  Johannes  de  Radeclyf  senescallus  libertatis  de  Penwor- 
tham attachiatus  fuit  ad  respondendum  Abbati  de  Evesham  de 
placito  quare  cum  idem  Abbas  teneat  certa  terras  et  tenementa  in 
Penwortham  in  liberam  puram  et  ppetuam  elemosinam  tanquam 
ptinencia  ad  ecclesiam  ipsius  Abbatis  de  Penwortham  absqtie  aliquibj 
servicijs  seu  alijs  onerib)  inde  reddendis  seu  alicui  faciendis  nisi  solum- 

to  have  within  that  forest,  and  as  shall  appear  to  be  due  by  the  oath  of  twelve 
regarders." 

In  the  present  case  the  Abbot  complained  that  John  de  RadecliiF,  the  steward  of 
the  liberty  of  Penwortham,  by  colour  of  his  office  claimed  a  puture  for  himself,  his 
clerks,  horses,  and  servants,  for  one  day  and  two  nights,  from  three  weeks  to  three 
weeks,  to  wit  in  victuals,  as  well  in  drinkables  as  eatables,  at  the  costs  of  the  Priory 
of  Penwortham.  To  this  the  defendant  pleaded  that  he,  as  steward,  was  seised  of 
the  said  puture  in  the  Priory,  that  is  to  say,  of  having  an  easement  for  himself  and 
two  clerks  and  their  horses,  and  for  one  horse  carrying  their  harness,  and  their  four 
servants,  in  eatables  and  drinkables  and  other  necessaries  at  the  costs  of  the  Priory, 
each  night  before  the  day  of  the  manor  court  day,  for  the  whole  of  that  day,  and  the 
next  night,  as  belonging  to  his  office,  of  which  puture  all  the  stewards  had  immemo- 
rially  been  seised.  But  the  jury  negatived  this,  and  found  that  the  stewards  were  not 
seised  of  the  puture  as  of  right,  but  received  it  from  the  courtesy  of  the  Abbot  and 
his  predecessors.  The  Abbot  also  obtained  from  Henry,  earl  of  Lancaster,  a  release 
of  puture  for  the  sheriffs,  &c.,  for  which  see  No.  xxxiv. 


DE    PRtORATt    DE    fENWORTHAM.  37 

modo  preces  et  oraciones  p  animab)  feoffatorum  suorurn,  predictus 
Johannes  colore  officij  sui  predict!  injuste  oneravit  prioratum  de 
Penwortham,  qui  est  quedam  cella  abbacie  de  Evesham,  clamando 
ibidem  quandam  puturam  p  se  et  ministris  equis  et  garcionib}  suis 
p  unum  diem  et  duas  noctes  de  trib}  septimanis  in  tres  septimanas, 
videlicet,  de  victualib)  ut  in  esculentis  et  poculentis  ad  custus  priora- 
tus  predict!  crudeliter  et  per  oppressionem  contra  voluntatem  ipsius 
Abbatis  et  contra  legem  et  statutum  in  huiusmodi  casu  pvisum  ad 
exheredacionem  ecclesie  ipsius  Abbatis  sancti  Egwyni  de  Evesham, 
et  eo  modo  predictus  Johannes  continuavit  oppressionem  predictam, 
et  puturam  predictam  injuste  videlicet  de  trib)  septimanis  in  tres 
septimanas  ut  predictum  est  a  festo  sancti  Michaelis  anno  regni  dicti 
regis  nunc  Anglie  quarto  decimo  usque  ad  diem  liberationis  ipsius 
bille,  videlicet  usque  ad  diem  Lune  in  crastino  sancte  Trinitatis  anno 
regni  eiusdem  drii  Regis  nunc  decimo  septimo,  ad  grave  dampnum 
ipsius  Abbatis  centum  librarum,  et  inde  pducit  sectam  &c. 

Et  Johannes  venit  et  defendit  vim  et  injuriam  quando  &c.  Et 
dicit  quod  ipse  est  senescallus  Isabelle  regine  Anglie,  matris  dfii  regis 
nunc,  manerij^)  sui  de  Penwortham  ad  voluntatem  ipsius  Regine, 

(!)  The  manor,  or  rather  the  liberty,  of  Penwortham  was  of  very  large  extent ; 
and  even  at  the  present  day  no  less  than  thirty-five  townships  ought  to  do  service  at 
the  court  of  Penwortham,  viz.  Penwortham,  Longton,  Leyland,  Hoghton,  Eccleston, 
Withnell,  Wheelton,  Hepay,  Brindle,  Anderton,  Standish  and  Langtree,  Whittle 
in  le  Woods,  Shevington,  Charnock  Richard,  Charnock  Gogard  or  Heath  Charnock, 
Duxbury,  Adlington,  Cuerden,  Ulnes  Walton,  Bretherton,  Claughton,  Croston, 
Coppull,  Worthington,  and  Clayton  in  le  Woods,  in  the  Hundred  of  Leyland ; 
Kirkdale  and  North  Meoles  in  the  Hundred  of  West  Derby  ;  and  Warton,  Newton 
with  Scales,  Elswick,  Bryning  with  Kellesmergh,  Whittingham,  Carleton,  Frekel- 
ton,  and  Hambleton,  in  the  Hundred  of  Amounderness. 

These  townships  formed  part  of  the  Barony  of  Penwortham,  and  were  evidently 
granted  by  the  Bussells  and  their  successors,  reserving  suit  and  service.  Direct 
evidence  of  this  as  to  some  of  the  townships  may  be  found  in  the  Testa  de  Nevill. 

Warinus  Bussel  dedit  Hamoni  Pincerne  in  libero  maritagio  cum  filia  sua  duas 
carucatas  terre  in  Hocton  et  Echeliston.  Dedit  Normanno  tres  carucatas  terre  in 
Kyrkedale  per  servicium  militis.  Ricardus  Bussel  dedit  filio  Suani  in  maritagio 
cum  sorore  sua  quatuor  caruc.  terre  et  dimid.  in  Gunolvesmore,  [i.e.  in  Heapy, 
Withnell,  et  Wheelton].  Hie.  Fiton  tenet  eandem  terram  per  servic.  militare  de 
eadem  baronia.  Item  dedit  duas  caruc.  Ric.  Spileman  in  maritagio  cum  sorore 
sua  scil.  Stanedis  et  Langtre.  Willmus  de  Harewett  tenet  iij.  caruc.  in  Burnul  et 


38  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM, 

que  quidem  Regina  est  dfia  manerij  de  Penwortham,  et  idem  Johan- 
nes virtute  officij  illius  seisitus  fuit  de  putura  predicta  in  prioratu 
predicto,  videlicet  habendi  aisiamenta  p  se  et  duob}  clericis  suis  et 
eorura  equis,  et  p  uno  equo  portante  harnesium  suum,  et  quatuor 
garcionib}  suis,  ut  in  esculentis  et  poculentis  et  alijs  necessarijs  ad 
custus  Prioratus  predicti  qualibet  nocte  precedente  diem  curie  ipsius 
Regine  manerij  predicti  tenende,  p  totum  diem  quo  curia  tenta  fuerit, 
et  p  totam  noctem  illius  diei,  tanquam  ptinente  ad  officium  illud,  de 
qua  quidem  putura  omnes  senescalli  ipsius  Regine  et  aliorum  dfiorum 
manerij  predicti  a  tempore  quo  non  extat  memoria  ante  tempus  ipsius 
Johannis  seisiti  fuerint,  tanquam  ptinente  ad  officium  senescallice 
predicte.  Et  sic  dicit  quod  ipse  cepit  puturam  predictam  racione 
officij  sui  put  ei  bene  licuit,  unde  petit  judicium  si  predictus  Abbas 
injuriam  seu  extorsionem  in  psona  ipsius  Johannis  in  hoc  casu  affir- 
mare  possit. 

Et  Abbas  dicit  quod  predictus  Johannes  cepit  puturam  predictam 
p  extorsionem  colore  officij  sui  ppria,  put  ipse  p  billam  suam  quesitus, 
absque  hoc  quod  idem  predictus  Johannes  seu  aliquis  alius  senescal- 
lus  predicte  Regine  vel  alterius  dfii  manerij  predicti  unquam  aliqua- 
liter  huiusmodi  puturam  in  predicto  prioratu  de  jure  habuerunt,  nisi 
ex  curialitate  et  libera  voluntate  ipsius  Abbatis  et  predecessorum 
suorum  et  Priorum  de  Penwortham  qui  ante  hoc  tempora  extiterunt. 
Et  hoc  petit  quod  inquiratur  p  patriam.  Et  Johannes  similiter. 

Ideo  preceptum  est  vicecomiti  quod  venire  faciat  hie  die  Mercurio 
pximo  futuro  in  vigilia  feste  corporis  Cristi  duodecim  &c.  p  quos  &c. 
Et  qui  nee  &c.  ad  recogn.  &c.  qui  tarn  &c.  Ad  quern  diem  veniunt 
tarn  predictus  Abbas  p  Rogerum  de  Faryngton  attornatum  suum 

in  Anderton  de  eadem  baronia.  Albertus  Basse!  dedit  Geraldo  de  Clayton  iiijor 
bovatas  pro  homagio  suo  ut  sit  senescallus  suus.  Rogerus  de  Lascy  dedit  Roberto 
Bussel  duas  bovatas  et  duas  carucatas  terre  in  Longeton  et  in  Leyland,  et  servic. 
duarum  carucatarum  in  Eukeston  faciendo  servic.  decime  partis  militis,  &c. —  Testa 
de  Neville,  fo.  403. 

Robertas  de  More  tenet  manerium  de  Kirkedale  cum  pertin.  pro  tribus  caruc. 
terre  de  Alicia  filia  comitis  Lincolnie  de  dominio  de  Penwortham.  Heredes  Ade  de 
Frekelton  tenet  de  Alicia  filia  et  herede  Henrici  Lacy  quando  Com.  Lincoln  in 
dominio  et  servicio  maneria  de  Frekelton,  Whityngham,  Newton,  Elleswike  ut  de 
feodo  de  Penwortham.  —  Tenent .  due.  Lane. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  39 

quam  predictus  Johannes  in  ppria  psona  sua.  Et  similiter  Jurat! 
veniunt  qui  de  assensu  partium  elect!  et  jurat!  dicunt  super  sacra- 
mentum  suum  quod  predictus  Johannes  de  Radeclyf  nee  aliquis 
senescallus  manerij  predicti  ante  hec  tempora  unquam  seisiti  fuerint 
de  huiusmodi  putura  ibidem  pcipienda  ut  de  jure  nisi  aliqualiter  p 
vices  ad  voluntatem  ipsius  Abbatis  et  predecessorum  suorum  et  hoc 
solummodo  ex  curialitate  eorundem.  Et  sic  dicunt  quod  idem 
Johannes  talem  puturam  pcepit  de  Abbate  predicto  ipsum  ouerando 
p  oppressionem  et  extorsionem  colore  officij  sui  adquisito  p  totum 
tempus  quo  idem  Johannes  fuit  senescallus  ibidem  secundum  quod 
in  billa  ipsius  Abbatis  continetur  injuste  ad  dampnum  ipsius  Abbatis 
sexaginta  solidorum.  Ideo  consideratum  est  quod  idem  Abbas  recu- 
pet  versus  eum  dampna  sua  predicta,  et  idem  Johannes  committitur 
gaole. 

Nos  autem  tenorem  ilium  ad  requisicionem  prefati  Abbatis  p  pre- 
sentes  duximus  exemplificandum.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has 
literas  nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Teste  meipso  apud  Westm. 
quinto  decimo  die  February  anno  regni  nostri  Anglie  decimo  octavo, 
regni  vero  nostri  Francie  quinto. 

No.  XXXIV.  Release  by  Henry  Earl  of  Lancaster  of  puture  in  the 
Priory  of  Penwortham. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Henricus,  Comes  Lancastrie,  Derbye,  Laycester,  Lincoln,  ac  sene- 
scallus Anglie  omnib} :  Noveritis  quod  omnis  contencio  inter  nos  et 
Abbatem  de  Evesham  de  quadam  putura  in  prioratu  de  Penwortham 
pro  vicecomite  et  eius  ministris  mota  fuisset.  Conquevimus  in  hunc 
modum,  videlicet,  quod  nos  puturam  pro  vicecomite  et  omnib}  alijs 
ministris  nostris  vel  heredum  nostrorum  dictis  Abbati  et  successorib} 
suis  remisimus  relaxavimus  et  quietum  clamavimus.  Ita  quod  nos 
nee  heredes  nostri  puturam  predictam  versus  dictum  Abbatem  in 
dicto  prioratu  vel  aliquib}  terris  et  tenementis  dicti  Abbatis  in  dicto 
Comitatu  de  cetero  exigere  vel  vendicare  poterimus  in  futurum;  set  p 
presens  fiunt  preclusi  imppetuum.  Confirmamus  eciam  dicto  Abbati 


40  DE    PRIOUATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

et  successorib}  suis  ut  habeant  estoveria  in  omnib}  boscis  nostris  de 
Penwortham  videlicet  housebote  et  haybote  p  se  et  omnib}  tenentib3 
suis  in  dicto  coraitatu  ad  claudend.  edificand.  comburend.  hayas  et 
omnia  alia  necessaria  facienda  absque  ulla  pturbacione  heredum 
nostrorum  et  ministrorum  eorum.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  sigillum 
nostrum  apposuimus.  Dat.  apud  London  in  manerio  nostro  de  Sauey 
in  festo  Sancti  Katerine  virgiuis  anno  regni  Regis  Edwardi  tercij  post 
conquestum  vicesimo  quarto,  regni  vero  Francie  duodecimo. 

No.  XXXV.  Grant  by  Richard  Bussel^  with  the  consent  of  his 
brothers  Albert  and  Geoffrey,  of  the  Church  of  Leyland  to  the 
Abbey  of  Evesham. (^ 

[WERDEN  MS.] 

Ricardus  Bussel  universis  fidelib3  salutem.  Noverit  universitas 
vestra  quod  ego  consilio  et  assensu  atque  bona  voluntate  fratrum 
meorum  Alberti  et  Gralfridi  concessi  et  donavi  ecclesiam  de  Lailanda 
cum  omnib}  appenditijs  suis  in  ppetuam  elemosinam  p  salute  anima- 
rum  nostrarum  ecclesie  de  Evesham  et  monachis  in  eadem  Deo  ser- 
vientib3,  ut  ipsi  eandem  ecclesiam  teneant  et  liberam  et  quietam 
absque  omni  calumpnia  et  reclamatione  possideant.  Huius  donacionis 

(>)  The  seven  following  deeds  relate  to  the  proceedings  consequent  on  the  appro- 
priation of  the  church  of  Leyland  to  the  monastery  of  Evesham,  the  endowment  of 
a  vicarage,  and  the  rewards  for  that  procedure.  By  the  deed  in  the  text  the  Abbey 
was  constituted  the  patron  of  the  living ;  the  royal  permission  to  appropriate  was 
given  by  Edward  III.,  the  papal  licence  by  Pope  John  XXII.,  and  the  ordinary 
consenting  was  Roger  de  Northburgh. 

It  will  be  interesting  to  contrast  the  value  of  the  church  at  various  times.  In 
1292,  it  has  been  seen  that  according  to  Pope  Nicholas's  taxation  the  entire  living 
was  valued  at  .£10. 

In  the  valuation  of  the  ninth  sheaf,  fleece,  and  lamb,  taken  in  pursuance  of  14 
and  15  Edward  III.,  the  parish  of  Leyland  was  valued  at  the  same  sum.  "  Inqui- 
sitio  Wapn.  de  Leyland  capta  apud  Lane,  die  Sabbati  post  festum  sancti  Petri  in 
Cathedra  anno  regni  regie  Edwardi  tertij  a  conquestu  xvmo  coram  Abbate  de 
ffournays  et  socijs  suis  ad  inquirend.  et  se  informand.  de  vero  valore  nonarum  et 
xvme  domino  Regi  per  duos  annos  concessarum  in  Com.  Lane,  assignatis,  per  Adam 
Banastre,  Ric.  Banastre,  Job.  de  Croft,  Rob.  le  Thorp,  Will.  Banastre,  Ric.  de 
Heskyn,  Adam  de  Clayton,  Adam  de  Andreton,  Thorn.  Bussel,  Rob.  de  Whalley, 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  41 

isti  sunt  testes,  Willmus  presbiter  de  Prestona,  Lidulfus  presbiter  de 
Crostona,  Anewardus  presbiter  de  Langetona,  Gaufridus,  Radulfus, 
Osbernus,  capellani,  Rodbertus  diaconus,  Osbernus  filius  Eadmundi, 
Orm.  filius  Magni,  Warinus  filius  eius,  Swein  Child,  Will,  filius 
Alani,  Uchtredus  filius  Swein,  Orm.  filius  Swein,  Arturus  de  Astuna, 
Swein  de  Penwerdham,  et  Ada  frater  eius,  Sibilla  et  Matildis 
sorores  Ricardi  Bussel,  et  multis  alijs. 

No.  XXXVI.  Licencia  Edwardi  tertij  regis  de  ecclesia 
de  Leylond. 

[EvESH.  CH.  fo.  128.] 

Edwardus,  Dei  gratia,  rex  Anglie,  dnus  Hibernie  et  dux  Aquitanie, 
omnib}  ad  quos  presentes  litere  pvenerint  salutem.  Sciatis  quod  de 
gracia  nostra  speciali  concessimus  et  licenciam  dedimus  p  nobis  et 
heredib}  nostris  quantum  in  nobis  est  dilectis  nobis  in  Cristo  Abbati 
et  conventui  de  Evesham  quod  ipsi  ecclesiam  de  Leylonda,  Couen- 
trensis  et  Lichfeldensis  diocecis,  que  est  de  advocatione  sua  ppria,  ut 
dicitur,  apppriare  et  earn  apppriatam  in  pprios  usus  tenere  possint 
sibi  et  successorib3  suis  imppetuum  sine  occasione  vel  impedimento 
nostri  vel  heredum  nostrorum,  justiciariorum,  escaetorum,  vicecomi- 
tum,  aut  aliorum  ballivorum  seu  ministrorum  nostrorum  quorum- 


Will  de  Worthington,  Ric.  de  Standisse,  Job.  Nyghtyngal,  Will.  fil.  Rob.  de  Wor- 
thington,  Thorn. de  Noteschagh,  Ric.  fil.  Will.  deHoghwyk,  Job.  Hanson  de  Longton, 
Will,  de  Skoles,  et  Job.  de  Brenworth.  Qui  jurati  et  requisiti  de  vero  valore  none 
garbarum,  vellerum,  et  agnorum  provenientum  de  singulis  parochijs  dicte  Wapn. 
de  primo  anno  dictorum  duorum  annorurn,  et  certis  quibusdam  articulis  tangentibus 
dictum  valorem,  dicunt  et  presentant,  ut  sequitur  —  Ecclesia  de  Leylanda  taxatur 
ad  decem  libras :  Nona  garbarum,  vellerum,  et  agnorum  parocbie  ejusdem  valet 
juxta  verum  valorem  xa,  unde  villa  de  Leylond  respondet  de  L8.  ;  Eukeston  de  L8. ; 
Kerden  de  xvjg.  viijd. ;  Clayton  de  xvj».  viijd. ;  Wythal  de  bosco  de  xvj".  viijd. ; 
Wythenal  cum  Rothelesworth  de  xvj8.  viijd. ;  Whelton  cum  Hepay  de  xvj8.  viijd. ; 
Hoghton  de  xvj8.  viijd." 

In  the  Valor  Ecclesiasticus  temp.  H.  VIII.,  "  Rectoria  de  Laylonde  valet  in 
redditibus  terrarum  vocat.  Glebe  Londe  per  annum  I1.  1s.  6d.  In  granis  decima- 
libus,  ibidem  annuatim  £47  .  0  .  6."  And  in  addition,  as  hereafter  stated,  the  tithes 
belonging  to  the  vicarage  were  then  valued  at  xiij1'  vi".  viijd. 

G 


42  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

cunque.  statute  de  terris  et  tenementis  ad  manum  mortuam  non 
ponendis  edito  non  obstante.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  has  literas 
nostras  fieri  fecimus  patentes.  Teste  meipso  apud  Glouc.  vicesimo 
sexto  die  Junij  anno  regni  nostri  quarto. 

No.  XXXVII.  Bulla  Johannis  Pape  22  de  appropriatione  ecclesie 
de  Leilond  mon aster io  de  Evesham.(l) 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  109.] 

Johannes,  episcopus,  servus  servorum  Dei,  venerabili  fratri  Lich- 
feldensi  et  Coventrensi  episcopo  salutem  et  apostolicam  benedictionem. 

(')  This  bull  of  Pope  John  XXII.  A.D.  1331,  after  its  formal  commencement  pro- 
ceeds :  The  petition  of  the  said  Abbot  and  convent  exhibited  to  us  stated  that, 
at  the  foundation  of  the  same  monastery,  certain  Catholic  princes,  kings  of  Eng- 
land, and  others  of  that  kingdom,  for  the  salvation  of  their  souls,  gave  to  the  same 
monastery  many  manors  and  divers  possessions,  for  the  increase  of  divine  worship, 
the  liberality  of  alms  and  hospitality,  and  for  the  performance  of  other  works  of  piety, 
and  also  to  answer  some  other  pious  burthens  upon  the  said  monastery.  From 
which,  in  process  of  time,  twenty-eight  manors  with  three  churches,  which  had 
been  appropriated  to  them  by  other  kings  of  England,  and  magnates  of  the  said 
kingdom,  were  afterwards,  without  the  fault  of  the  said  Abbot  and  convent,  irre- 
vocably abstracted  from  the  said  monastery.  Yet  the  said  Abbot  and  convent  still 
devotedly  support  and  diligently  dispense  alms,  hospitality,  and  perform  works  of 
piety,  and  discharge  the  burthens  imposed  on  them  by  the  increasing  malice  of  the 
world,  although  as  before  mentioned  their  powers  have  been  very  much  diminished. 
They  also  stated,  that  the  said  monastery  is  situated  in  a  champaign  country,  where 
there  is  a  great  and  excessive  want  of  wood,  for  supplying  which  defect,  and  for  the 
necessary  support  of  the  said  monastery,  they  have  necessarily  expended  yearly 
a  great  part  of  the  remainder  of  their  rents.  By  reason  whereof  the  residue  of  their 
goods  and  rents  are  not  sufficient,  without  the  aid  of  foreign  assistance,  for  their  proper 
support,  to  provide  liberally  for  their  alms,  and  hospitality,  to  exercise  the  works  of 
piety  incumbent  on  them,  and  to  pay  off  the  exactions,  collections,  the  various  im- 
mense taxes,  and  the  burthens  already  imposed  and  hereafter  probably  to  be  imposed 
on  them.  Wherefore  the  said  Abbot  and  convent  have  humbly  besought  us  that  we 
would,  with  apostolical  kindness,  grant  and  unite  for  ever  to  them  and  their  monas- 
tery, and  give  to  their  own  proper  use,  the  parish  church  of  Leyland  in  your  diocese, 
in  which,  as  they  assert,  they  have  the  right  of  patronage,  and  have  been  accustomed 
to  receive  yearly  from  the  rector  of  the  same  church  for  the  time  being  thirty  shil- 
lings and  fourpence  in  the  name  of  a  pension ;  the  profits,  rents,  and  income  of 
which  parish  church  do  not  exceed  the  annual  value  of  ten  pounds  sterling  accord- 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  43 

Sacre  merita  religionis  in  qua  dilecti  filij  Abbas  et  conventus  monas- 
tery" de  Eveshara  ad  Romanam  ecclesiam  nullo  medio  ptinent,  ordinis 
sancti  Benedicti,  Wygornensis  diocesis,  student  Dfio  inclitari,  necnon 
pietatis  et  caritatis  opera,  quib}  insistere  dicuntur,  exposuit  ut  aposto- 
lica  sedes  eos  benigno  favore  consoneat,  illaque  gracia  favorabiliter 
psequatur,  quam  eorum  necessitatib3  fore  conspicit  oportunam.  Sane 
exhibita  nobis  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  petitio  continebat,  quod 
olim  in  fundatione  ejusdem  monastery  quidem  Catholici  principes, 
reges  Anglie,  et  alij  ejusdem  regni  pceres,  p  suarum  animarum  salute, 
multa  maneria  et  possessiones  diversas,  ad  augmentum  cultus  divini, 
et  elemosynarum  largitionem  ac  hospitalitatis  et  alia  pietatis  opera  in 
dicto  monasterio  facienda,  necnon  ad  quedam  alia  pia  onera  subeunda 
eidem  monasterio  devotis  mentib}  contulerunt.  De  quib3  pcessu 
temporis  viginti  et  octo  maneria  cum  tribus  ecclesijs  que  eis  appro- 
priata  fuerunt  p  alios  reges  Anglie  et  magnates  regni  prefati  subse- 
quenter  eidem  monasterio  absque  culpa  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus 
violenter  et  irreeupabiliter  sunt  sublata.  Elemosinarum  tamen 
largitionem,  hospitalitatem,  et  pietatis  opera  et  onera  supradicta  et 
nonnulla  alia  gravia,  crescente  mundi  malicia,  eis  imposita,  dicti 
Abbas  et  conventus  devote  supportant  et  diligenter  exercent,  licet,  ut 
premittitur,  ipsorum  plurimum  diminute  fuerint  facilitates.  Premissis 
etiam  adjecerunt  quod  in  loco  campestri  dictum  monasterium  situatum 


ing  to  the  taxation  of  the  present  tithe  now  in  force.  We,  therefore,  commiserating 
with  fatherly  affection  the  want  and  poverty  of  the  said  Abbot  and  convent,  desiring 
to  remedy  their  poverty,  and  being  inclined  thereto  by  their  supplications,  do  commit 
to  your  brotherhood,  in  which  we  place  full  trust  in  the  Lord,  and  command  you  by 
these  apostolical  writings  so  far  as  may  be  to  grant  the  said  parish  church  with  all  its 
rights  and  appurtenances  to  the  said  Abbot  and  convent,  and  through  them  for  ever 
to  be  united  and  annexed  by  our  authority  to  the  said  monastery  to  their  own 
proper  uses  :  So  that  the  present  rector  resigning  or  dying,  or  the  said  church  by 
other  means  becoming  vacant,  the  said  Abbot  and  convent  by  themselves  or  their 
proctor  may  freely  take  and  hold  corporal  possession  of  the  said  church  and  its 
rights  and  appurtenances  aforesaid  ;  your  or  any  other  licence  in  that  behalf  not 
being  necessary  :  a  fitting  portion  being  nevertheless  reserved  from  the  profits  of 
the  said  church  for  the  institution  of  a  perpetual  vicar  there,  to  serve  the  said  church, 
from  which  he  may  be  properly  supported,  may  pay  the  episcopal  dues,  and  support 
the  other  incumbent  burthens,  &c. 


44  I>E    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

existit,  ubi  est  magna  lignorum  caristia  excessiva,  p  quorum  defectu 
supplendo  ad  necessitatem  dicti  monasterij  supportandam  ipsos  mag- 
nam  partem  residuorum  suorum  reddituura  oportet  expendere 
necessario  annuatim,  et  nonnullos  alios  defectus  in  rebus  alijs  occasione 
huiusmodi  sustinere.  Propter  que  residua  ipsorum  bona  et  redditus 
qui  eis  supersunt,  absque  extrinsece  pvisionis  remedio,  non  sufficiunt 
ad  congruam  sustentacionem  ipsorum  elemosinarum  largicioneni  hos- 
pitalitatem  servandam,  ac  pietatis  opera,  eis  incumbentia,  exercenda, 
et  ad  cognosceiida  imposita  jam  eis  onera  et  imposterum  verisimiliter 
imponenda  ad  exactiones  et  collectas  et  tallias  varias  immenses. 
Quare  dicti  Abbas  et  conventus  nobis  humiliter  supplicaverunt,  ut 
parochialem  ecclesiam  de  Leyland  tue  diocesis,  in  qua,  sicut  asserunt, 
jus  obtinent  patronatus,  et  a  rectore  ejusdem  ecclesie  qui  est  p  tern- 
pore  triginta  solidos  et  quatuor  denarios  sterlingorum,  nomine  pen- 
sionis,  consueverunt  pcipere  annuatim,  cuiusque  parochialis  ecclesie 
fructus  redditus  et  pventus  decem  librarum  sterlingorum,  secundum 
taxacionem  decime  nunc  currentis,  valorem  annuum  non  excedunt, 
eis  et  dicto  monasterio  imppetuum  annectere  et  unire  et  in  usus  pprios 
concedere  eorundem,  de  benignitate  apostolica  curaremus.  Nos  igitur 
dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  inopie  et  pauptatis  paterno  compacien- 
tes  affectu,  eorumque  ppterea  cupientes  indigentiam  subvertere,  eorum 
supplicationib}  inclinati,  fraternitati  tue,  de  qua  plenam  in  dfio  fidu- 
ciam  gerimus,  p  apostolica  scripta  committimus  et  mandamus  quatinus, 
si  est  ita,  predictam  parochialem  ecclesiam  cum  omnib}  jurib}  et  pti- 
nencijs  suis  prefatis  Abbati  et  conventui  et  p  eos  dicto  monasterio 
auctoritate  nostra  imppetuum  unitas  et  connectas  jam  in  usus  eorum 
pprios  concedendo.  Ita  quod,  cedente  vel  decedente  rectore  eiusdem 
ecclesie,  qui  nunc  est,  vel  dicta  ecclesia  alio  modo  vacante,  dicti  Ab- 
bas et  conventus  p  se  vel  pcuratorem  suum  corporalem  possessionem 
ejusdem  ecclesie  et  jurium  et  ptinencium  predictorum  possint  libere 
apprehendere  et  tenere,  tua  vel  alterius  cuiuscunque  licentia  sup  hoc 
minime  requisita.  Reservata  tamen  de  pventib)  ipsius  ecclesie 
ppetuo  vicario  p  te  instituendo  in  ea  inibi  servituro,  congrua  portione, 
ex  qua  possit  commode  sustentari,  jura  episcopalia  solvere,  et  alia 
incumbentia  onera  supportarc,  contradictores,  auctoritate  vestra,  ap- 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  45 

pellacione  postposita,  compescendo;  Non  obstante  si  aliquis  sup 
pvisionib}  sibi  faciendis  de  hujusmodi  vel  alijs  ecclesijs  aut  beneficijs 
ecclesiasticis  in  illis  partibj,  speciales  vel  generales  dicte  sedis  vel 
legatorum  eius  literas  impetravit,  eciam  si  p  eas  ad  inhibitionem 
reservationem  et  decretum  vel  alias  quomodolibet  sit  pcessum,  quas 
literas  et  pcessus  habitos  p  easdem,  si  est  ita,  et  p  te  dictam  unionem 
fieri  contigerit  ad  predictam  ecclesiam  volumus  non  extendi.  Set 
nullum  p  hoc  eis  quoad  executionem  ecclesiarum  et  beneficiorum  alio- 
rum  prejudicium  generari  si  Lichfeldensi  et  Coventrensi  episcopo  qui 
erit  p  tempore,  vel  quib3vis  comrauniter  vel  divisim  ab  eadem  sit 
sede  indultum  quod  interdici,  suspendi,  vel  excommunicari  non 
possint,  quodque  de  huiusmodi  ecclesijs  vel  alijs  beneficijs  ecclesi- 
asticis ad  eorum  collacionem,  pvisionem,  presentacionem,  seu  quam- 
vis  aliam  dispositionem,  conjunctim  vel  separatim,  spectantib}  nulli 
valeat  provideri,  vel  de  ipsis  quoquo  modo  disponi,  p  literas  apos- 
tolicas  non  facientes  plenam  vel  expressam  ac  de  verbo  ad  verbum 
de  indulto  huiusmodi  mentionem,  et  quelibet  alia  dicte  sedis  indul- 
gentia  generali  vel  speciali  cuiuscunque  tenoris  existat  perque  presen- 
tib}  non  expressam  vel  totaliter  non  insertam  effectus  presentium 
impedire  valeat  quomodolibet  vel  differri,  et  de  qua  cuiusque  tenore 
habenda  sit  in  ipsis  literis  mentio  specialis.  Nos  insuper,  si  est  ita, 
et  huiusmodi  contingat  fieri  unionem  irritum  decrevimus  et  inane,  si 
secus  sup  hijs  quoquodictam  quamvis  auctoritate  scienter  vel  ignoranter 
contigerit  attemptare.  Datum  Kinior.  idus  January  pontificatus 
nostri  anno  quinto  decimo. 

No.  XXXVIII.  Grant  by  the  Abbot  and  Content  of  Evesham  of  a 
pension  of  forty  shillings  to  the  Bishop  of  Coventry  and  Lichfield. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  191.] 

Omnibus  Cristi  fidelib}  ad  quorum  notitiam  presentes  litere  pvene- 
rint,  Abbas  Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus  salutem  in  Dno 
sempiternam.  Salvatori  nostro  eos  devocius  estimamus  placere,  qui, 
ad  honorem  Dei  et  divini  cultus  augmentum,  nobis  in  nostris  oppres- 
sionib}  succurrunt.  Verumque  illis  ab  eisdem  oppressionib}  carita- 


46  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

tive  beneficiorum  largicione  satagunt  relevari  grati  fuerimus  ut  tene- 
mur.  Sane  cum  nuper  venerabilis  in  Cristo  pater  dnus  Rogerus  Dei 
gracia  Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  episcopus,  debito  servato  pcessu 
qui  requirebatur  in  hac  parte,  ecclesiam  de  Leyland,  nostri  patrona- 
tus  et  sue  diocesis,  cum  suis  jurib3  et  ptinencijs  universis  nobis  et 
monasterio  nostro  de  Evesham  auctoritate  apostolica  apppriaverit,  uni- 
verit,  connexerit,  ac  in  pprios  usus  concesserit  imppetuum  possiden- 
dam.  Nos  volentes  eidem  patri  et  successorib}  suis  ipsum  possimus 
debiturum  reddere  repensum  ipsi  Patri  et  successorib}  suis  Coventren. 
et  Lichfeld.  episcopis  quadraginta  solidos  argenti  annue  pensionis  p 
indempnitate  sua  et  ecclesia  sua  in  festo  Annuncionis  beate  Marie  de 
Priore  nostro  de  Penvvortham,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  pcipiendos  imp- 
petuum concedimus  p  presentes.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  sigillum 
nostrum  presentib}  est  appensum.  Dat.  in  capitulo  nostro  Eveshamie 
in  festo  sancti  Bartholomei  apostoli  anno  dni  M.CCC°. 


(')  There  is  another,  but  an  imperfect,  transcript  of  this  grant  in  the  Evesham 
Chartulary,  fo.  162,  in  these  words  :  Omnibus  Cristi  fidelibus  hoc  presens  scriptum 
visuris  vel  audituris  Willmus  permissione  divina  Abbas  de  Evesham  et  eiusdem  Loci 
conventus  salutem  in  domino  sempiternam.  Sane  cum  nuper  venerabilis  in  Cristo 
pater  dominus  Rogerus  Dei  gracia  Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  episcopus,  debito  ser- 
vato processu,  qui  requirebatur  in  hac  parte,  ecclesiam  de  Leyland  nostri  patronatus  et 
sue  diocesis,  cum  suis  juribus  et  pertinencijs  universis  nobis  et  monastorio  nostro  de 
Evesham  auctoritate  apostolica  appropriaverit,  univerit,  connexerit,  ac  in  proprios 
usus  concesserit  iraperpetuum  possidendam.  Nos  volentes  eidem  Patri  et  succes- 
soribus  suis  quod  possimus  debiturum  reddere  repensum  nostro  patri  et  successoribus 
suis  Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  episcopis  quadraginta  solidos  argenti  annue  pen- 
sionis pro  indempnitate  sua  et  ecclesia  sua  in  festo  Annunciacionis  beate  Marie  de 
Priore  nostro  de  Penwortham  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  percipiendos  imperpetuum 
concedimus  per  presentes. 

Dr.  Burn  remarks  :  "  Before  the  making  appropriation,  an  annual  pension  was 
reserved  to  the  Bishop  and  his  successors,  commonly  called  an  indemnity,  and  pay- 
able by  the  body  to  whom  the  appropriation  was  made.  The  ground  of  which 
reservation,  in  an  ancient  appropriation  in  the  registry  of  the  archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, is  expressed  to  be  for  a  recompence  of  the  profits  which  the  bishop  would 
otherwise  have  received  during  the  vacation  of  such  churches." 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  47 


No.  XXXIX.  Ordinatio  domini  Rogeri  Lichfeldensis  et  Coventrensis 
Episcopi  de  vicaria  de  Leyland.^1) 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.191.] 

Universis  sancte  matris  ecclesie  filijs  presentes  literas  inspecturis, 
Rogerus  pmissione  divina  Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  episcopus 
salutem  in  amplexib}  salvatoris.  Nuper  ecclesiam  parochialem  de 
Leyland  nostri  diocesis  religiosis  viris  Abbati  et  conventui  de  Eve- 
sham,  Wygornensis  diocesis,  et  eorum  monasterio  juxta  formam 
literarum  apostolicarum  nobis  in  hac  parte  directarum,  habito  processu 
qui  requiritur,  univimus  et  coanneximus,  et  in  eorum  usus  proprios  eis 

(!)  This  is  the  present  endowment  of  the  vicarage  of  Leyland,  which  may  be 
favourably  contrasted  with  the  endowment  by  the  same  bishop  of  the  vicarage  of 
Whalley,  in  the  Coucher  Book  of  Whalley. 

After  the  usual  commencement,  it  recites  that  the  Bishop  had  lately,  according 
to  the  form  of  letters  apostolical  to  him  in  that  behalf  directed  and  the  process  which 
is  required  in  that  respect,  united  and  annexed  the  parish  church  of  Leyland  in  his 
diocese  to  the  religious  men  the  Abbot  and  convent  of  Evesham  in  the  diocese  of 
Worcester  and  to  their  monastery,  and  had  granted  it  to  be  possessed  by  them  to 
their  own  use ;  there  being  reserved  from  the  proceeds  of  that  church  for  a  per- 
petual vicar  to  serve  in  the  same  church  a  fitting  portion,  from  which  he  might 
be  maintained,  pay  the  episcopal  duties,  and  support  the  other  incumbent  bur- 
thens, as  contained  in  the  said  letters  apostolical.  But  that  the  said  vicarage 
was  not  allotted  in  certain  proportions.  And  it  proceeds  :  "  We  therefore  have 
with  the  consent  of  the  said  religious  allotted  the  said  vicarage  in  the  undermen- 
tioned portions,  that  is  to  say,  that  the  Vicar  of  the  said  church  may  have  for  his 
manse  (vicarage)  a  moiety  of  the  manse  of  the  rectory  of  the  same  with  the  houses 
now  built  on  the  southern  side,  and  one  bovate  of  land  in  the  township  of  Leyland 
with  all  its  easements  and  appurtenances  whatsoever  ;  of  which  land  the  vicars  for 
the  time  being  shall  not  be  bound  to  pay  tithe.  He  also  shall  take  the  tithe  of  wool, 
lambs,  hay,  flax,  and  hemp  of  the  whole  parish,  together  with  all  and  singular  the 
small  tithes  in  any  wise  belonging  to  the  altar  offerings,  also  Peter's  pence,  and  the 
oblations  in  the  church  itself  and  in  the  said  parish  in  any  wise  to  be  made.  More- 
over we  ordain  that  the  vicar  for  the  time  being  shall  at  his  own  proper  costs 
minister  in  divine  services  and  offices  to  the  said  church  and  the  parishioners  of  the 
same.  He  shall  also  pay  the  synodals  and  archidiaconal  procurations,  and  St. 
Peter's  pence,  and  forty  shillings  annually  in  the  name  of  a  pension  to  the  said 
Abbot  and  convent,  the  reators  of  the  said  church,  to  be  paid  in  equal  portions  at 
Leyland  at  the  feasts  of  All  Saints  and  the  nativity  of  John  the  Baptist.  But  the 


48  DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

concessimus  possidendam,  reservata  in  ipsius  ecclesie  pventib}  ppetuo 
vicario  in  eadem  servituro  congrua  porcione,  ex  qua  possit  commode 
sustentari,  jura  episcopalia  solvere,  et  alia  incumbentia  onera  suppor- 
tare,  put  in  prefatis  literis  apostolicis  continetur.  Veroque  ipsa 
vicaria  nondum  est  in  certis  porcionib}  ordinata.  Nos  ipsam  vicariam 
de  consensu  dictorum  religiosorum  in  porcionib)  subscriptis  sic  duxi- 
mus  ordinandam,  videlicet  quod  Vicarius  dicte  ecclesie  habeat  p 
manso  suo  medietatem  mansi  rectorie  ejusdem  cum  domibj  nunc 
edificatis  in  parte  australi,  ac  unam  bovatam  terre  in  villa  de  Leylond 
cum  suis  aisiamentis  et  ptinencijs  quib3cunque,  de  qua  quidem  terra 
vicarij  qui  p  tempore  fuerint  decimam  solvere  minime  teneantur. 
Percipiet  et  decimam  lane,  agnorum,  feni,  lini,  et  canabis,  totius 
parochie,  una  cum  minutis  decimis  omnib}  et  singulis  ad  altaragium 
qualitercunque  spectantib},  et  denarios  sancti  Petri,  ac  oblaciones  in 
ipsa  ecclesia  et  parochia  predicta  quomodolibet  faciendas.  Ordinamus 
insuper  quod  Vicarius,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  prefate  ecclesie  et  paro- 
cliianis  eiusdem  in  divinis  obsequijs  et  officijs  suis  sumptib3  congruis 
faciat  ministrari.  Solvet  et  sinodalia  et  pcurationes  archidiaconi 

rectors  of  the  said  Church  must  undertake  and  take  upon  themselves  the  other 
burthens  whether  ordinary  or  extraordinary  in  any  wise  belonging  to  the  said 
church.  Given  at  Ichinton  the  day  before  the  nones  of  February  A.D.  1331,  and  the 
eleventh  of  our  consecration. 

In  the  Valor  Eccles.  temp.  Hen.  VIII.  the  vicarage  is  thus  stated  : 

Laylond  vicaria  —  In  manibus  Edwardi  Molineux  capellani,  valet  in   redditu 

domus  mansorum  per  annum vi"  viijd 

in  decimis  feni,  lane,  agnorum,  vitulorum,  lini,  cum  rotulo  pasche 

cum  oblationibus xiij   vi   viij 


Summa  valoris xiij  xiij  iiij 

Inde  in  pensione  annuatim  solut.  Priori  de  Penwortham ij 

Et  in  denarijs,  solutis  Arch.  Cestrie  pro  sinodal.  et  procurac....  xiij  iiij 


et  remanet  clare xj 


In  Bishop  Gastrell's  Not.  Cestr.  it  is  there  noticed  :  "Lealand  about  1001  per 
annum,  viz.  small  tyths,  Easter  dues  and  Surplice  fees  near  601  per  annum,  besides 
which  there  is  an  estate  of  about  40l  per  annum  called  Leyland  Hall  given  to  it  by 
ye  Crown  Dec.  11.  1690." 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  49 

consueta,  et  denarios  sancti  Petri,  ac  quadraginta  solidos  aunuatiin 
nomine  pensionis  dictis  Abbati  et  conventui  rectorib}  ecclesie  memo- 
rate  solvendos  apud  Leylond  in  festis  omnium  Sanctorum  et  nativi- 
tatis  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  p  equales  porciones.  Cetera  vero 
onera  sive  ordinaria  sive  extraordinaria  superius  non  expressata  eidem 
ecclesie  qualitercunque  incumbentia  dicte  ecclesie  rectores  subeant  et 
agnoscant.  Dat.  apud  Tchinton  pridie  nonas  ffebruarij  anno  dni 
MCCCXXXJ.  et  consecracionis  nostre  decimo. 

No.  XL.  Grant  by  John  le  White>  perpetual  vicar  of  Leyland^  of  a 
pension  of  forty  shillings  to  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Evesham. 

[COTTON.  VESPASIAN  B.  xxxvi.  fo.  22.] 

Ego  Johannes  le  White  vicarius  ppetuus  ecclesie  de  Leyland 
Couentrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  diocesis  in  presentia  dni  Willmi  Dei 
gracia  Abbatis  de  Evesham,  fratrum  Petri  de  Wyke,  Johannis  de 
Alcester  et  Willmi  de  Clifton,  comonachorum  dicti  Abbatis,  et 
Johannis  le  Rous,  senescalli  dicti  Abbatis,  in  aula  ipsius  Abbatis 
apud  Evesham  psonaliter  constitutus,  pvisus,  quod  quadraginta  solidos 
argenti,  nomine  pensionis  annue,  singulis  annis  ad  terminos  subscrip- 
tos  apud  Leyland  eidem  Abbati  et  successorib}  suis  fideliter  psolvam 
quamdiu  vicarius  fuero  ecclesie  antedicte,  videlicet,  ad  festum  omnium 
Sanctorum  viginti  solidos,  et  ad  nativitatem  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste 
viginti  solidos.  Ad  quod  fideliter  et  sine  difficultate  faciendum  post 
meam  canonicam  institutionem  sponte  sacramentum  prestiti  cor- 
porale.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  sigillum  meum  presentib}  est  ap- 
pensum.  Dat.  apud  Evesham  secundo  die  Octobris  anno  dm  mil- 
lesimo  trecentesimo  tricesimo  secundo. 

No.  XLI.  Assignatio  ecclesie  de  Leyland. 

[EvESH.  CH.  fo.  158.] 

Omnib}  Cristi  fidelib3  presens  scriptum  visuris  vel  audituris  Will- 
mus  de  Chyryton,  pmissione  divina,  Abbas  monasterij  Eveshamie 
salutem  in  Dfio  sempiternam.  Cum  nos  dudum  dilectorum  filiorum 


50  DE    PKIORATU    UE    PENWOKTHAM. 

et  fratrum  uostrorum  Prioris  et  conventus  nostri  iridigentiain  ad- 
vertentes  ad  ipsorum  indigentie  relevamen,  de  consensu  unanimi 
eorundem  concesserimus,  et  p  nobis  et  successoribj  nostris  imppetuum 
assignaverimus,  Priori  et  conventui  nostro  supradictis  ecclesiam  de 
Leylond  cum  suis  jurib}  et  ptinencijs,  Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis 
diocesis,  secundum  eorundem  ordinacionem,  put  melius  viderint  ex- 
pedire,  inter  ipsos  disponendam  et  expendendam,  quam  ecclesiam  inter 
alia  p  nos  adquisita  monasterio  nostro  supradicto  in  pprios  usus 
ppetuo  possidendam,  adiuvante  Dno,  canonice  adquisiverimus.  Con- 
siderantesque  postea  ecclesiam  de  Ombresleye,  Wygornensis  diocesis, 
similiter  modo  monasterio  nostro  p  nos  apppriatam  fuisse  Priori  et 
conventui  nostri  supradictis  in  novem  decim  marcis  et  dimidiam 
pensionariam  ab  antiquo ;  volentesque  Priori  et  conventui  de  ipsa 
sua  porcione  competentiori  modo  quo  possemus  imppetuum  pvideri, 
concessionem  et  assignacionem  predicte  ecclesie  de  Leyland  cum  suis 
jurib}  et  ptinencijs  de  consensu  unanimi  dictorum  Prioris  et  conventus 
nostri  revocantes,  ac  ipsam  ecclesiam  nobis  et  successorib}  nostris 
imppetuum  reservantes,  ecclesiam  de  Ombresleye  supradictam  cum 
suis  jurib}  et  ptinencijs  universis  et  onerib}  sibi  attinentib}  Priori  et 
conventui  nostro  predictis,  ad  eorundem  indigentie  relevamen  et  suam 
pensionem  predictam  sine  difficultate  optinendam,  concedimus  et  p 
nobis  et  successorib}  nostris  imppetuum  assignamus.  Volunt  si- 
quidem  et  concedunt  Prior  et  conventus  antedicti  quod  singulis 
ebdomedis  imppetuum  unus  monachus  de  conventu  intabuletur  ad 
celebrandum  p  anima  nostra  et  fratrum  nostrorum  defunctorum  in 
ecclesia  nostra  Eveshamie  eo  ordine  quo  intabulatur  ebdomedarij 
majoris  misse,  et  quod  unusquisque  sic  intabulatus  pcipiat  p  ebdome- 
dam  duos  solidos  argenti  de  bursaria  conventus.  Concedimus 
similiter  dicti  Prior  et  conventus  quod  ipsi  inveniant  imppetuum  p 
anima  dni  Nicholai  de  Baddesleye  defuncti  conventui  pitanciam  et 
sacerdotem  celebraturum  secundum  quod  Abbas  et  successores  sui 
tenebantur  invenire.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  sigillum  nostrum  una 
cum  sigillo  capituli  nostri  presentib}  est  appensum.  Dat.  in  capitulo 
nostro  supradicto  duodecimo  die  mensis  Novembris  anno  dni  mille- 
simo  cccmo  quadragesimo  quarto. 


HE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM,  51 


No.  XLII.  Concessio  ecclesie  de  Leyland. 

[EvusH.  CH.  fo.  158.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod,  primo  die  Junij  anno  drii  millesimo 
cccmo  quadragesimo  septimo,  Nos  Willmus  de  Boys  pmissione  divina 
Abbas  Eveshamie  de  consensu  unanimi  Prioris  et  conventus  nostri 
in  presentia  venerabilis  nostri  Magistri  Thome  de  Osteleye  canonici 
Sarisburie  concessimus  ordinavimus  et  assignavimus  p  nobis  et  suc- 
cessorib}  nostris  imppetuum  Priori  et  conventui  predictis  p  omnib}  bo- 
ms adquisitis  et  ecclesijs  apppriatis  nobis  et  conventui  nostro  p  bone 
memorie  dfios  Johannem  de  Brokhampton  et  Willmum  de  Chyryton 
quondam  Abbates  de  Eveshamie,  predecessores  nostros,  ecclesiam  de 
Leylond,  Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  diocesis,  cum  omnib}  jurib} 
et  ptinencijs  suis,  ad  dicti  Prioris  et  conventus  indigentiam  sulle- 
vandam,  secundum  dicti  Prioris  et  conventus  ordinacionem.  Con- 
cessimus insuper  et  assignavimus  p  nobis  et  successoribj  nostris 
imppetuum  predictis  Priori  et  conventui  p  recreacione  et  solatio 
eorundem,  de  Prioris  licencia  habenda,  quandam  parti  culam  gardini 
inferioris,  qui  dicitur  Stordy,  put  p  certas  metas  limitattir.  Con- 
firmantes  ac  ratas  et  gratas  habentes  concessionem  et  assignacionem 
predicti  dni  Abbatis  predecessoris  nostri  de  terris  et  tenementis  in 
Baddeseye  dictis  Priori  et  conventui  factas,  et  eciam  omnes  conces- 
siones  et  assignaciones  p  nobis  et  successorib}  nostris  imppetuum 
singulis  monachis  nostris  de  misericordia  singulos  panes  albos  notatos 
Treytates,  et  eciam  singulis  monachis  nostris  de  cursu  sanguine(]) 

(!)  Phlebotomy,  says  Mr.  Fosbrooke,  was  much  in  fashion  in  the  middle  ages  ; 
for,  in  the  fifteenth  century,  it  was  the  subject  of  a  poem.  Robert  Boutevylleyn, 
who,  in  the  language  of  the  records  of  Pipewell  Abbey,  "  monachos  de  Pipewella  in 
multis  infestavit  atque  vexavit,"  claimed  in  right  of  founder's  kin,  amongst  other 
vexatious  demands,  quatuor  minuciones  per  annum  infra  Abbatiam.  Notwithstand- 
ing this,  he  seems  to  have  behaved  in  such  a  manner  that  "  omnes  et  singuli  quasi 
alterum  Herodem  eum  timuerunt."  It  might  be  supposed  that  in  such  a  case  the 
claim  of  bloodletting  would  have  been  acceded  to  without  difficulty.  Ducange  has 
preserved  the  formula  of  bleeding  in  the  order  of  St.  Victor.  Iste  est  ordo  minti- 
endi,  Quinquies  in  anno  fient  generates  minuciones,  extra  qnas  sin^  perioulo  gravis 


52  I)E    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

minutorum  dum  tarn  en  non  fuerint  de  misericordia  singulos  panes 
huiusraodi  Treytatis  imppetuum.  In  quorum  omnium  testimonium 
sigillum  nostrum  una  cum  sigillo  nostro  communi  uni  parti  huius 
indenture  penes  Priorem  et  conventum  remanenti  et  sigillum  Prioris 
nostri  una  cum  dicto  sigillo  nostro  communi  alteri  parti  penes  nos 
remanenti  alternatim  sunt  appensa.  Datum  in  capitulo  nostro 
Eveshamie  die  et  anno  supradictis. 

No.  XLIII.  Lease  by  William,  Abbot  of  Evesham,  of  lands  in 
Farington,  to  Robert  son  of  John  deffarington. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Omnib)  Cristi  fidelib}  hoc  scriptum  visuris  vel  audituris,  Willmus 
Dei  gracia  Abbas  Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus  salutem  in 
dno.  Noverit  universitas  vestra  nos  concessisse  et  tradidisse  Eoberto 
fil.  Johannis  de  ffarington  sex  acras  et  unam  rodam  terre  in  ffarington, 
infra  has  di  visas,  incipiendo  ad  divisam  de  Lay  land,  sic  sequendo  per 
unam  fossam  usq.  ad  communem  exitum  ville  de  ffarington,  et  sic 
descendendo  per  exitum  ville  usque  ad  divisam  de  Erneshalgh,  et 

infirmitatis  licentia  minuendi  null!  oinnino  conceditur.  Fropterea  enim  tarn  stupe 
conceditur,  ne  ab  aliquo,  exceptis  his  tcmporibus,  superfluo  regulariter  requiretur. 
Prima  est  in  Septembri,  secunda  est  ante  Advcntum,  tertia  est  ante  Quadragesimam, 
quarta  est  post  Pascham,  quinta  post  Pentecosten  ....  tribus  diebus  Minucio  durabit. 
Post  tertiam  diem  ad  Matutinas  venient,  et  de  cetero  in  conventu  erunt ;  sic  quo  die 
quarta  in  capitulo  absolucionem  accipient.  In  the  order  of  St.  Gilbert  of  Sem- 
pringham  there  were  minute  and  stringent  rules  laid  down  for  the  proper  observance 
of  the  process.  See  6  Dugd.  Mon.  945,  xxxv.,  reg.  xxxiv.  The  time  of  bloodletting 
was  looked  upon  in  some  monasteries  as  a  festival.  In  one,  because  fire  was  allowed 
in  the  infirmary  ;  in  another,  because  the  monks  were  permitted  to  have  meat ;  and 
Ducange  says,  "  In  minucionibus  vero  habcant  minuti  in  infirmarijs  a  Priore  pitan- 
ciain  singulis  diebus  per  tres  dies."  ( Ducange,  in  voce  Minuere.)  And  here,  the 
monks,  while  under  the  operation,  had  loaves  evidently  of  a  superior  quality,  and 
most  probably  of  the  description  called  by  Ducange,  in  voce,  panis  de  Treit,  or 
wastcl  bread.  In  this  particular  instance  £6.  18s.  were  assigned  from  the  churches 
of  Baddesy  and  Ombresleye,  quod  inter  sanguine  minutos  singulis  annis  imperpc- 
tuum  pro  eorum  expensis  in  suis  sanguine  minucionibus  faciendis  portiouabiliter 
dividantur.  And  it  will  be  seen  hereafter  that  a  sum  of  sixty  shillings  was  assigned 
by  Ralph  dc  "Wylicote,  Prior  of  Penwortham,  towards  the  expenses  of  bloodletting. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  53 

sic  descendendo  p  divisam  de  Erneshalgh  usq.  ad  predictam  divisam 
de  Laylond ;  et  unam  acram  infra  unam  fossam  inter  exitum  ville  et 
ripam  de  Lostok  et  divisas  de  Erneshalgh.  Habendas  et  tenendas 
predictas  septem  acras  et  unam  rodam  terre  de  nobis  et  successoribj 
nostris  predicto  Roberto  et  heredib3  suis  de  corpore  stio  legitime 
pcreatis  imppetuum.  Reddendo  inde  annuatim  nobis  et  successorib) 
nostris  sex  solidos  argenti  ad  duos  anni  terminos,  videlicet  ad 
festum  natalis  Dni  et  ad  festum  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  p  equales 
porciones.  Et  si  contingat  dictum  Robertum  absque  herede  de 
corpore  suo  legitime  pcreato  in  fata  decedere,  terre  et  tenementa 
predicta  absque  alicuius  contradictione  ad  nos  et  successorib5  nostris 
plenarie  revertantur.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  huic  scripto  inden- 
tato  sigilla  nostra  alternatim  apposuimus.  Hijs  testib},  Roberto  de 
Schyrborn,  Willmo  de  fFarington,  Rogero  de  ffarington,  Willmo  de 
Hougwyk,  Ada  de  Hougwyk,  et  alijs. 

No.  XLIV.  Confirmation  by  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Evesham,  of 
certain  demises  made  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  of  lands  in 
Farington. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Universis  Cristi  fidelib}  hoc  scriptum  visuris  vel  audituris,  Johan- 
nes^) pmissione  divina  Abbas  Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus 
salutem  in  Dno  sempiternam.  Noveritis  nos  concessisse  et  presenti 
scripto  confirmavisse  Johanni  filio  Thome  de  Cleytona  duas  acras 
terre  de  vasto  nostro  de  ffarintone  que  jacent  in  mussas  sibi  et 
heredib}  suis  de  corpore  suo  exeuntib).  Tenendas  pro  duob}  solidis 
quos  predictus  Johannes  et  heredes  sui  nobis  et  successorib)  nostris 
ad  duos  terminos  annuatim  psolvent,  videlicet  ad  Natale  Dni  duode- 
cim  denarios,  et  ad  festum  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  duodecim  dena- 
rios.  Concessimus  etiam  et  confirmavimus  hominib)  subscriptis 
terras  subscriptas  in  eadem  villa,  que  p  fratrem  Philippum  de  Nel- 
desle  quondam  custodem  de  Penwortham,  tradite  fuerant  et  dimisse, 

(l)  Id  est,  Johannes  de  Brokehampton,  who  succeeded  to  the  Abbacy  in  August 
1282,  and  retained  it  until  his  death  in  September  1316, 


54  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

videlicet  predicto  Johanni  de  Cleytone  v.  acras,  et  Kicardo  de  Eccles- 
tone  xij.  acras,  et  Rogero  fiiio  Ricardi  filij  capellani  decem  acras  et 
octavam  partem  unius  acre,  et  Symoni  Balle  duas  acras  et  diraidiam, 
et  Albino  filio  vidue  v.  acras  et  dimidiam  et  xv.  pticas  terre,  et  Jo- 
hanni filio  seniori  Ricardi  de  Gayrestang  sex  acras  et  tres  rodas,  et 
Johanni  filio  juniori  eiusdera  Ricardi  de  Gayrestang  unam  rodam  ; 
et  Ricardo  de  Halshawe  tres  acras ;  et  Roberto  de  Ledberewe  duas 
acras  etunam  rodam  et  xiiij.  pticas  terre ;  et  Willmo  filio  Willmi  filij 
Ecke  quatuor  acras ;  et  Ade  de  Rudigge  undecim  acras  et  dimidiam. 
Habendas  et  tenendas  omnes  predictas  terras  prenominatas  et  pre- 
scriptis  Johanni,  et  Ricardo,  et  Rogero,  et  Symoni,  et  Albino,  et 
Johanni,  et  Johanni,  et  Ricardo,  et  Roberto,  et  Willmo,  et  Ade,  et 
heredib}  de  corporibj  eorum  exeuntib}  bene  et  in  pace  imppetuum ; 
omni  semper  alienacione  exclusa.  Reddendo  inde  annuatim  nobis  et 
successorib}  nostris  pro  qualibet  acra  viij.  denarios  ad  duos  anni  ter- 
minos,  videlicet  ad  natale  Dni  iiij.  denarios,  et  ad  festum  sancti 
Johannis  Baptiste  iiij.  denarios,  et  qui  minores  porciones  prescriptas 
tenuerint,  juxta  quantitatis  exigentiam  ad  dictos  duos  terminos 
annuum  redditum  nobis  et  successorib}  nostris  psolvent.  Omnes 
etiam  predicti  tenentes  facient  sectam  ad  molendinum  nostrum  de 
ffaringtone,  et  ad  curiam  nostram  de  Penewortham  quociens  premo- 
niti  fuerint,  et  alia  servicia  debita  et  consueta.  Et  ut  hec  nostra  con- 
cessio  et  presentis  scripti  indentati  confirmacio  rata  pmaneat  et 
stabilis,  sigillum  capituli  nostri  eidem  apposuimus.  Hijs  testib}, 
Rob.  de  Scyrburn  senescallo,  Willmo  de  Eukestone,  Ada  de  Chernok, 
Willmo  de  Standiss,  Thoma  de  Longetre,  Johanni  Banastre,  et 
alijs. 

No.  XLV.  Lease  by  Ralph  de  Wylicote,  Prior  of  Penwortham,  to 
Eobert  Straytburel  and  Ealph  his  brother,  of  nine  acres  and  a  half 
of  land  in  Faryngtonfor  life,  at  a  rent  of  nine  shillings  and  six- 
pence. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Hec  indcntura  testatur  quod  ego  ffrater  Radulphus  de  Wylecote 


DE    PBIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  55 

Prior  de  Penewortham  concessi  tradidi  et  ad  firmam  dimisi  nomine 
Abbatis  et  conventus  de  Evesham  Roberto  filio  Henrici  Straytburel 
et  Radulpho  fratri  eius  ad  totam  vitam  eorum  novem  acras  et  dimi- 
diam  et  octodecim  pticatas  terre  jacentes  in  ffaryngton  juxta  terrain 
quam  Ric.  de  Clyf  tenet  de  Abbate  et  conventu  de  Evesham  in 
eadem  villa.  Habend.  et  tenend.  predictas  novem  acras  et  dimidiam 
et  octodecim  pticatas  terre  cum  suis  ptinencijs  dictis  Roberto  et 
Radulpho  ad  totam  vitam  eorum  et  diu  vixerint  de  Abbate  et  con- 
ventu de  Evesham  cum  turbaria  tante  terre  et  omnib)  alijs  aisia- 
mentis  in  villa  de  ffaryngton  ptinentibj.  Reddendo  inde  p  annum 
novem  solidos  et  sex  denarios  argenti  Priori  de  Penwortham  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit  at  duos  auni  terminos,  videlicet  ad  festum  nativitatis 
sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  et  natalis  Dili  p  equales  porciones.  In 
cuius  rei  testimonium  sigilla  nostra  hijs  indenturis  alternatim  appo- 
suimus.  Dat.  apud  Penewortham  die  Lune  pximo  post  festum 
apostolorum  Petri  et  Pauli  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tertij  a  con- 
questu  quinto  decimo. 

No.  XLVI.  Lease  by  Ralph  de  Whateley,  Prior  of  Penwortham,  of 
certain  lands  in  Faryngton. 

[WEUDEN  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  ego  frater  Radulphus  de  Whateley 
Prior  de  Penwortham  concessi  et  ad  firmam  dimisi  Roberto  filio 
Roberti  filij  Ricardi  de  Preston  de  ffarington  ad  totam  vitam  suam 
unum  mesuagium  et  undecim  acras  terre  que  et  quas  Robertus  tilius 
Ricardi  pater  predict!  Roberti  quondam  tenuit  in  villa  de  ffarington. 
Concessi  etiam  predicto  Roberto  ad  totam  vitam  suam  unum  mesua- 
gium et  tlecem  acras  terre  jacentes  in  Stadisth,  et  unum  pratum  quod 
vocatur  Gatecrofte  medo.  Habend.  et  tenend.  omnia  predicta  mesua- 
gium terras  et  tenementa  cum  suis  ptinencijs  predicto  Roberto  ad 
totam  vitam  suam  libere  quiete  bene  et  in  pace  cum  communi  pas- 
tura  et  cum  turbaria  et  cum  omnib}  libertatib}  tante  terre  in  villa  de 
ffarington  ptinentib}.  Reddendo  inde  annuatim  predicto  Roberto 
ad  totam  vitam  suam  Priori  de  Penwortham,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit, 


56  BE    PRIOHATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

p  qualibet  acra  undecim  acrarum  vj.  denarios,  et  p  qualibet  acra 
decem  acrarum  vij.  denarios,  etp  prato  prenominato  xij.  denarios,  ad 
duos  anni  terminos,  videlicet  unam  medietatem  ad  festum  Natalis 
Dni,  et  aliam  medietatem  ad  festum  Natalis  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste 
p  equales  porciones.  ffaciendo  alia  servicia  sicut  ceteri  tenentes  ville 
de  ffarington  faciunt.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  hijs  indenturis 
partes  alternatim  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt.  Hijs  testib},  Willmo  de 
ffarington,  Johanne  de  Langton,  Johanne  de  Clayton,  Rob.  de 
ffarington,  et  alijs  multis.  Dat.  apud  ffarington  die  driica  post  epi- 
phaniam  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  tertij  post  conquestum  vicesimo 
tertio. 

No.  XLVII.  Lease  by  William  de  Mershton,  Prior  of  Penwortham, 
to  Henry  Hoghwyk,  Alice  his  wife,  and  William  their  son,  of  a 
right  of  common  in  the  Waste  of  ffarington,  and  of  a  messuage 
at  Kylnefeld. 

[PENWOBTHAM  MS.] 

Sciant  presentes  et  futuri  quod  ego  Willmus  de  Mersehton  prior 
prioratus  de  Penwortham  et  pcurator  religiosorum  virorum  Abbatis 
et  conventus  de  Evesham,  Wygornensis  diocesis,  ab  ipsis  Abbate  et 
conventu  sufficienter  suffultus,  concessi  et  hoc  presenti  scripto  con- 
firmavi  Henrico  de  Hoghwyk  de  ffaryngton,  Alicie  uxori  eius,  et 
Willmo  filio  eorundem  Henrici  et  Alicie,  liberatn  communam  in 
omnib}  vastis  de  ffaryngton  sibi  et  tenentib}  cuidam  mesuagio  in 
quodam  campo  predicti  Henrici  vocato  Kylnefeld  p  ipsum  de  novo 
edificato  cum  sufficient!  turbaria  mosse  de  ffaryngton  fodend.  cariand. 
et  comburend.  una  cum  libero  introitu  et  exitu  in  communi  pastura 
de  ffaryngton.  Habend.  et  tenend.  eisdem  Henrico  Alicie  et  Willmo 
et  assignatis  suis  durante  vita  eorum  et  cuilibet  eorum  diutius  viventi 
quiete  bene  et  in  pace.  Eeddendo  inde  annuatim  Priori  de  Pen- 
wortham pcuratori  predictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  et  successorib} 
suis  apud  Penwortham  p  tempore  existenti  unam  granam  pipis  ad 
festum  nativitatis  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste.  In  cuius  rei  testimo- 
nium huic  presenti  scripto  sigillum  meum  apposui.  Hijs  testib}, 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  57 

Johanne  de  iFaryngton  junior!,  Johanne  de  ffaryngton  seniori,  Job. 
Clayton  juniori,  Rob.  Pynynton,  et  alijs.  Dat.  apud  ffaryngton  in 
festo  sancti  Augustini  Anglorum  episcopi  anno  regni  Regis  Ricardi 
secundi  post  conquestum  sexto. 

No.  XL VIII.  Lease  by  Thomas  Newbold,  Prior  of  Penwortham, 
of  lands  in  ffaryngton,  at  a  rent  of  seven  shillings  and  three- 
pence. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  facta  die  Martis  pximo  ante  festum  Apostolorum 
Simonis  et  Jude  anno  regni  Regis  Ricardi  secundi  post  conquestum 
nono  inter  Thomam  Newbold  Priorem  de  Penwortham  ex  parte  una 
et  Henricum  Howyk  de  ffaryngton  ex  parte  altera :  Testatur  quod  pre- 
dictus  Thomas  tradidit  concessit  et  dimisit  prefato  Henrico  Howyk 
et  Alicie  uxori  sue  sexdecim  acras  et  dimidiam  acram  terre  arabilis 
cum  dimidia  acra  prati  in  Faryngton  predicta,  que  quidem  sexdecim 
acre  terre  arabilis  cum  dimidia  et  cum  dicta  dimidia  acra  prati 
quondam  fuerunt  recupate  ab  eodem  Henrico  p  assisam  nove  dis- 
seisine.  Habend.  et  tenend.  predictas  sexdecim  acras  terre  arabilis 
cum  dimidia  acra  terre  arabilis  et  cum  dimidia  acra  prati  ad  to- 
tum  terminum  vite  predictorum  Henrici  et  Alicie  de  predicto 
Thoma  et  successorib}  suis  p  servicium  septem  solidorum  et  trium 
denariorum  sol  vend,  annuatim  durante  vita  Avicie  quondam  uxoris 
Thome  Dykinnessone  prefato  Thome  et  successorib}  suis  ad  Natale 
Dni  et  ad  festum  nativitatis  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  equis  por- 
cionib},  et  faciendo  sectam  curie  Prioris  antedicti  de  trib3  septimanis 
ad  tres,  et  sectam  molendini  eiusdem  Prioris.  Ita  tamen  quod 
post  decessum  predicte  Avicie  dictus  Henricua  et  Alicia  uxor  eius 
solvent  annuatim  Priori  de  Penwortham,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit, 
durante  vita  eorundem,  quatuordecim  solidos  et  sex  denarios  bone 
monete  Anglie  ad  predictos  anni  terminos  et  sectas  curie  et  molendini 
eiusdem  Prioris  modo  et  forma  supradictis.  Et  post  decessum  pre- 
dictorum Henrici  et  Alicie  dicte  sexdecim  acre  et  dimidia  acra  terre 
arabilis  curn  dimidia  acra  prati  et  ornnibj  suis  ptinencijs  ad  Priorem 

i 


58 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


de  Penwortham,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  et  successores  suos  integre 
revertantur  imppetuum  absque 
contradictione  et  calumpnia  cu- 
iuscunque.  In  cuius  rei  testi- 
monium  partes  predicte  presenti 
indenture  sigilla  sua  alternatim 
apposuerunt.  Hijs  testib},  Jo- 
hanne  de  ffaryngton,  juniore,  Jo- 
hanne  Adamesson  de  Clayton, 
Rogero  Penketh,  Johanne  Note- 
schagh,  et  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Pen- 
wortham die  et  anno  supradictis. 


No.  XLIX.  Release  by  John  son  of  William  de  ffaryngton^  to  the 
Abbot  of  Evesham  and  Prior  of  Penwortham^  of  a  grange  and 
land  near  the  cemetery  in  Leyland. 

[WERDEN  MS.] 

Noverint  universi  per  presentes  me  Johannem  filium  Willmi  de 
ffaryngton  sursum  reddidisse  Abbati  de  Evesham  et  Johanni  de 
Gloucester  Priori  de  Penwortham  et  successoribj  suis  imppetuum, 
unam  grangiam,  unam  rodam,  et  octo  pticatas  terre  cum  suis  ptinen- 
cijs  in  villa  de  Leylond  jacentes  juxta  cimiterium  ecclesie  de  Leylond, 
inter  terrain  eiusdem  Abbatis  ex  una  parte,  et  terrain  vicarij  de  Ley- 
lond ex  altera  parte.  Habcndas  et  tenendas  predictas  grangiam  et 
terrain  cum  suis  ptinencijs  in  villa  predicta  predictis  Abbati  et  Priori 
et  successorib3  suis  imppetuum,  de  capitalib}  dnis  feodi  illius  p  ser- 
vicia  inde  debita  et  de  jure  consueta.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
presentib}  sigillum  meum  apposui.  Dat.  apud  Leylond  die  Lune  in 
septimana  Pentecosten  anno  regni  Regis  Eicardi  secundi  vicesimo. 

Indorsed:  Johes  ffarington  relaxauit  Abbati  de  Evesham  et 
Johanni  Gloucester  priori  de  Penwortham  pro  orreo  de 
Leyland. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  59 


No.  L.  Agreement  between  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  and  William  de 
Jforshagh  concerning  a  road  to  the  Common  of  Penwortham. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Cest  endenture  tesmoigne  qe  come  certeyn  debates  furount  mouez 
pentre  Johan  de  Glaucester  Priour  de  Penwortham  dun  part  et  Wil- 
liam de  fforshagh  dautre  part  touchant  un  chemyn  quil  le  dit  Johan 
clayme  davoir  dun  champe  qest  appelle  le  Ro  p  my  un  champe 
quest  appelle  le  Gargape  del  heritage  le  dit  William  desquez  al 
comune  de  Penwortham.  Et  SUP  ce  lez  ditz  Johan  et  William  sount 
acordez  en  cest  fourme  qe  le  dit  William  ad  graunte  a  dit  Johan  et 
ses  successours  a  loure  conge  pur  auoir  la  dit  chemyne  pur  carier  touz 
ces  bleez  et  feyne  cressantz  en  le  dit  Bo  al  volounte  le  dit  Johan  et 
ses  successours  sanz  distourbance  de  dit  William  quant  qe  lez  dit 
Johan  ou  cez  successours  ou  ascunz  en  lour  nome  demaundont  conge 
de  dit  William  et  nemy  altrerent  tout  ditz  puruew  qe  le  dit  Johan  et 
ces  successours  et  lour  tenantz  ferront  tiel  claustre  de  dit  Gargape  la 
ou  ils  passont  pmys  ou  lours  cariages  issint  qe  le  dit  William  ne  soit 
damage  de  sez  bleez  et  herbes  cressantz  en  le  dit  champe  appelle  le 
Gargape  p  voie  del  cariage  del  dit  Johan  ou  cez  successours  ou  lour 
tenantz.  Et  si  issint  soit  qe  le  dit  William  soit  damage  en  ces  bleez 
ou  herbes  cressantz  en  le  dit  champe  appelle  le  Gargape  p  le  cariage 
del  dit  Johan  ou  ces  successours  adonques  ils  serrount  greez  a  dit 
William  et  sufficiant  emendacion  al  ordinanz  dez  bonez  gentz  del  vile 
de  Penwortham.  Et  a  toutz  y  ceux  couenantz  bien  et  lealment  pformer 
en  toutz  poyntz  les  parties  auauntditz  entrechangeablement  ount  mys 
lours  sealez.  Done  a  Penwortham  le  Lundy  pchein  aprez  le  fest  de 
Seynt  Michell  larkangell  Ian  de  nostre  Seygnour  le  roy  Henry  apres 
le  conquest  ynsyme. 


60  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


No.  LI.  Lease  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  to  Thomas  de  ffaryngton 
of  four  messuages  in  Faryngton. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Hec  indenture  testatur  quod  ego  Thomas  Hawford  Prior  de  Pen- 
wortham,  nomine  Abbatis  et  conventus  de  Evesham,  concessi  dimisi 
et  ad  firmam  tradidi  Thome  de  ffaryngton  heredib}  et  assignatis  suis 
quatuor  mesuagia  quorum  unum  vocatur  le  Mulneplace  et  alium  10 
Mustarplace  et  duo  quondam  fuerunt  in  tenura  Thome  Deconson  et 
postmodum  in  tenura  Henrici  de  Hoghwyke  et  Alicie  uxoris  ejus  ad 
terminum  vite  et  annorum,  cum  octodecim  acris  terre  et  dimidia  acra 
prati  et  quatuordecim  pticatas  jacentes  in  villa  et  campis  de  ffaryngton 
put  p  metas  plenius  patet  que  quidem  mesuagia  terre  et  pratum  predicta 
Alicia  uxor  predicti  Henrici  post  mortem  predicti  Henrici  statum  suum 
sursum  reddidit  cum  sua  pte  in  manus  predicti  Thome  de  Hawford. 
Habend.et  tenend.  omnia  predicta  mesuagia  terras  et  prata  cum  omnib} 
suis  ptinencijs  predicto  Thome  de  ffaryngton  heredib)  et  assignatis  suis 
ad  terminum  sexaginta  et  decem  annorum  pxime  sequentium  et  plena- 
rie  completorum  libere  quiete  bene  integre  et  in  pace  cum  sufficient! 
turbaria  in  competenti  loco  et  omnib}  alijs  libertatib},  commoditatibj, 
et  aisiamentis  tantis  mesuagio,  terris,  et  prato  in  villa  predicta  ubique 
ptinentib}.  Reddendo  inde  annuatim  Priori  de  Penwortham  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit  duodecim  solidos  et  unum  denarium  argenti  bone  et 
legalis  monete  ad  duos  anni  terminos  videlicet  ad  festum  nativitatis 
sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  et  Natalis  Dni  per  equales  porciones.  Et 
faciend.  duas  apparencias  in  anno  ad  curiam  nostram  de  Hoghwyke 
p  omni  servicio  exactione  et  demanda.  Et  ego  vero  predictus 
Thomas  de  Hawford  Prior  de  Penwortham  et  successores  mei 
nomine  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  de  Evesham  omnia  predicta 
mesuagia,  terras,  et  pratum  cum  omnib}  suis  ptinencijs  prefato 
Thome  de  ffaryngton  heredib}  et  assignatis  suis  durante  termino  pre- 
dicto modo  et  forma  predictis  contra  omnes  gentes  warantizabimus 
et  defendemus.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  presentib}  indenturis  par- 
tes  predicte  sigilla  sua  alternatim  apposuerunt.  Hijs  testib},  Willmo 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  61 

de  ffaryngton,  Kad.  de  Noteschagh,  Thoma  de  Loxsum,  et  alijs. 
Dat.  apud  Penwortham  die  Jovis  px.  post  festum  purif.  beate  Marie 
anno  regni  regis  Henrici  quinti  post  conquestum  Anglie  nono. 

No.  LIT.  Lease  by  Thurstan  Forshagh  to  the  Prior  of  Penwortham 

of  certain  lands. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Thys  endentur  beres  recorde  y*  Thurstan  fforshagh  has  set  and 
letyn  to  ferme  to  Johan  Power,  priour  of  Penwortham  and  to  hys 
assygns  to  ye  terme  of  xij.  yeres  after  ye  date  of  yis  p'sent  vij.  londis 

lying  northe  and  southe  before  ye  bregh  of place  and  ij.  londis 

lying  at  ye  hede  of  ye  Brendereg  cald  ye  Brendlegh  between  ye  londs 
of  ye  forsaid  Priour  on  ye  southe  part  and  ye  londs  of  ye  said  Prioure 
on  ye  northe  partie  southworth  on  ye  kyng  heghwaie  on  the  est  partie 
and  on  a  butt  of  londs  of  ye  forsaid  prioure  on  ye  west  partie.  Gyuyng 
yerely  to  ye  forsaid  Thurstan  for  ye  said  londs  x.  den.,  yf  ye  said 
ferme  be  [not  paid]  hit  shall  bee  lefull  to  ye  said  Thurstan  to  stresse 
on  ye  said  londs  and  yf  no  distresse  bee  for  ye  space  of  i.  yere  hit 
shall  bee  leful  to  ye  said  Thurstan  to  enter  in  to  ye  said  londs  and  ye 
said  Thurstan  and  his  heirs  shall  warand  and  maynteyne  ye  forsaid 
euidens,  before  writen,  during  ye  yeres  before  said.  Gyven  at  Pen- 
wortham  ye  first  daye  of  May  in  [the  reign  of]  Kyng  Edward  ye 
fourth  after  ye  conquest  of  Ynglond  ye  xij. 

No.  LIU.  Attornment  by  W.  de  ffaryngton  to  the  Abbot  of  Eves- 
kam,(l)  concerning  lands  in  ffaryngton. 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

This  Byll  endented  made  at  Evesham  the  xvijth  day  of  the  moneth 
of  Junij  the  xiiijth  yere  of  the  regne  of  our  Soueraigne  Lord  Kyng 
Edward  the  iiijth  Witnesseth  that  Wyllyam  ifaryngton  of  ffaryngton 

(')  Viz.  Richard  Hawkesbury,  who  held  the  office  of  Prior,  and  was  elected  Abbot 
of  Evesham,  and,  after  consecration  by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  was  installed  at 
Evesham  6th  August  1467.  He  died  6th  April  17  Ed.  IV.  A.D.  1477. 


62  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

in  the  counte  of  Lancastr  squyer  of  full  and  pfite  age  knowlegyth 
hymselfe  to  holde  diuerse  landys  and  tenements  wth  their  appurte- 
nance in  ffaryngton  beforeseid  of  Richard  Abbot  of  Evesham  and  his 
successores  by  the  rent  of  xiiij8  yerely  to  be  paied  at  ij.  termes  of  the 
yere  that  is  to  sey  at  the  fests  of  the  Natiuite  of  our  Lorde,  and  the 
Natiuite  of  Seynt  John  Baptist  by  even  portions,  and  by  all  other 
seruices  thereof  as  hath  ben  due  and  custumable  by  olde  tyme.  And 
for  the  more  euidence  in  this  matiere  to  be  hadde  the  foreseid  Wyl- 
lyam  ffaryngton  putteth  the  seid  Abbot  in  possession  by  the  some  of 
iiij8  viijd  of  lawfull  money  of  Ingland  by  the  name  of  the  rent  of 
Mydsomer  terme,  as  of  the  foreseid  xiiij8  in  the  presens  of  John 
Norton  prioure  of  the  monasterie  of  EuesTiam,  Maistr  Henr.  Pantrye 
officiall  of  the  Jurisdiction  there,  Thurstane  Sharrok  preest,  Wyllyam 
Portar,  Wyllyam  Harbert,  Richard  Newport,  Squyers,  Rauff.  Not- 
shawe  of  the  counte  of  Lancastr  gentilman  and  others.  And  so  the 
foreseid  Wyllyam  ffaryngton  afore  the  psones  aboue  rehersed  graunteth 
hymselfe  to  paye  yerely  hereafter  the  seid  xiiij3  at  such  termes  as  ben 
aboue  rehersed,  wth  all  other  seruice  to  the  foreseid  lands  and  tene- 
ments belongyng.  In  witnesse  whereof  to  the  oon  pte  of  this  wrytyng 
endented  remaynyng  w*  the  foreseid  Wyllyam  ffaryngton  the  seid 
Richard  Abbot  hath  put  his  seall :  And  to  the  other  pte  w*  the  fore- 
seid Richard  Abbot  remaynyng  the  foreseid  Wyllyam  ffaryngton  hath 
put  his  seall.  Yeven  at  Evesham  aboue  seid  the  day  and  yere  aboue 
rehersed. 

No.  LIV.  Lease  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  to  William  de 
ffaryngton,  his  wife,  and  son,  of  Leyland  barn,  and  the  tithes  of 
Leyland.^1) 

[WERDEN  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  dompnus  Johannes  Staunton  Prior 
prioratus  de  Penwortham  de  consensu  et  assensu  dfii  Abbatis  Monas- 

(')  This  is  endorsed  in  a  coeval  hand,  "A  copie  of  a  lease  of  the  tythe  barne  and 
comes  of  Leylonde  made  by  the  Prioure  of  Penwortham  unto  Sr  William  ffarington 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  63 

teriij  Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus  tradidit  et  ad  firmam 
diinisit  Willmo  ffaryngton  armigero  et  Alicie  uxori  eius  necnon 
Henrico  filio  et  heredi  eorundem  unam  grangiam  vocat.  Leylond 
berne  cum  gardino  inter  vicariam  et  dictam  grangiam  una  cum  omni- 
modis  bladis  decimalib)  nascentib}  de  villata  et  campis  de  Leylond 
cuiuscunque  generis  fuerint  siue  speciei.  Habend.  et  tenend.  omnia 
predicta  blada  decimalia  ut  prefertur  prefatis  Willmo,  Alicie,  et  Hen- 
rico et  diucius  eoruui  viventi  ad  totum  terminum  quadraginta  anno- 
rum  pxime  sequentium  post  dat.  presencium,  si  p  tantum  tempus 
vixerint.  Beddendo  inde  annuatim  eidem  Priori,  qui  pro  tempore 
fuerit,  tresdecim  libras  legalis  monete  Anglie  solvend.  ad  festum 
sancti  Petri  ad  vincula.  Et  si  contingat  quod  dictus  redditus  sive 
firma  fuerit  aretro  nee  solut.  in  parte  vel  in  toto  post  unum  mensem 
post  terminum  sancti  Michaelis  archangeli,  quod  tune  bene  licebit 
Priori  dicti  prioratus,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  supra  predictam  gran- 
giam cum  ptinencijs  distringere,  et  districtiones  sic  ibidem  captas 
abducere,  asportare,  effugare,  et  penes  se  retinere,  quousque  dictus 
redditus  sive  firma  taliter  aretro  existens  cum  dampnis  et  expensis 
plenarie  fuerit  satisfactus.  Et  si  contingat  quod  dictus  redditus  sive 
firma  fuerit  aretro,  ut  supra  dictum  est,  post  festum  sancti  Martini  in 
yeme,  quod  bene  licebit  eidem  Priori  p  tempore  existenti  in  predic- 
tam grangiam  decimalem  cum  omnimodis  bladis  decimalib3  reingredi, 
reintrare,  et  penes  se  retinere,  eosdemque  Willmum,  Aliciam,  et 
Henri  cum  abinde  expellere  et  amovere  p  ppetuo,  presentib}  indentu- 
ris  non  obstantib}  in  aliquo.  Et  predicti  Willmus,  Alicia,  et  Hen- 
ricus  invenient  omni  anno  ad  festum  sancti  Laurencij  sufficientem 
securitatem  dicto  Priori  p  tempore  existenti  de  solucione  predictarum 
tresdecim  librarum  annuatim  psolvend.  durante  termino  predicto. 
Et  dicti  Willmus,  Alicia,  et  Henricus  reparabunt,  sustentabunt,  et 
manutenebunt  predictam  grangiam  cum  gardino  et  suis  ptinencijs 
sumptib}  suis  pprijs  et  expensis  durante  termino  predicto.  Et  in 
fine  termini  sui  dimittent  dictam  grangiam  cum  gardino  et  ptinencijs 


knyght  and  Ales  his  -vdff  and  unto  Henr.  ffarington  for  the  terme  of  forty  ycrs  if 
any  of  them  so  longe  sholde  lyve  and  bering  date  the  xxith  of  Aprill  a"  xvij  E.  iiijlh." 


64  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

bene  et  sufficienter  sustentatam  et  reparatam  sub  pen  a  decem  librarum 
j>  se  vel  executorib3  eorundem  Willmi,  Alicie,  et  Henrici  psolvend. 
eidem  Priori,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  Nee  licebit  dictis  Willmo,  Alicie, 
et  Henrico  predictam  grangiam  decimalera  cum  predictis  bladis 
decimalibus  in  manus  dicti  Prioris,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  resignare 
sine  eius  licentia  et  voluntate  petita  et  obtenta  sub  pena  viginti  libra- 
rum eidem  Priori  p  se  vel  p  executores  suos  psolvend.  Et  non  licebit 
dictis  Willmo,  Alicie,  et  Henrico  dimittere  nee  tradere  dictam  gran- 
giam decimalem  blada  decimalia-uec  aliquam  parcellam  eorundem 
alicui  psone  sine  licencia  dicti  Prioris- qui  pro  tempore  fuerit  petita  et 
obtenta  sub  pena  decem  librarum'  Priori  p  tempore  existenti  psolvend. 
p  se  vel  p  executores  suos  dufaute  termino  suo  antcdicto.  Et  si  con- 
tingat  predictos  Willmum,  AliCT^m,  et  Henricum  contraire  seu  pre- 
varicare  dictas  convenciones  seu  aliquam  partem  eorundem,  quod 
bene  licebit  eidem  Priori,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  predictos  Willmum, 
Aliciam,  et  Henricum  abinde  expellere  et  amovere,  presentib}  inden- 
turis  non  obstantib}  in  aliquo.  Et  si  contingat  predictos  Willmum, 
Aliciam,  et  Henricum  infra  terminum  dictorum  quadraginta  annorum 
obire,  quod  tune  predicta  grangia  cum  gardino,  bladis  decimalib},  et 
omnib}  suis  ptinencijs  eidem  Priori  pro  tempore  existenti  integre 
revertatur  sine  impedimento  heredum  vel  executorum  predictorum 
Willmi,  Alicie,  et  Henrici  qualicunque.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
parti  vero  nos  remanenti  prefati  Willmus,  Alicia,  et  Henricus  sigilla 
sua  alternatim  apposuerunt,  parti  vero  penes  prefatos  Willmum, 
Aliciam,  et  Henricum,  sigillum  nostrum  commune  ad  causas  est 
appensum.  Hijs  testib},  Thoma  et  Rogero  de  Chetton  tune  ballivis 
ville  Eveshamie,  Johanne  Singilton,  Laurencio  Yonge,  et  Thoma 
Small woode  cum  multis  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Evesham  xxj.  die  mensis 
Aprilis  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  quart!  post  conquestem  Anglie 
xvij. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  65 


No.  LV.  Lease  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  to  Henry  ffaryngton, 
his  wife,  and  son,  of  lands  in  ffaryngton.^) 

[WERDEN  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  ffrater  Robertus  Yatton  Prior  priora- 
tus  de  Penwortham  de  consensu  et  assensu  dfii  Abbatis  Monastery 
Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus  tradidit  concessit  et  ad  firmam 
dimisit  Henrico  ffaryngton  filio  Willmi  ffaryngton  militis,  Anne 
uxori  sue,  et  Willmo  filio  suo  primogenito,  unum  cotagium  et  unam 
acram  et  dimidiam  terre  que  nuper  fuerunt  inclusa  p  dictum  Willmum 
ffaryngton  militem  sup  communam  pasture  de  fFaryngton  predicta. 
Habend.  et  tenend.  predicta  cotagium  et  unam  acram  et  dimidiam 
terre  prefatis  Henrico  ffaryngton,  Anne  uxori  sue,  et  Willmo  filio 
suo  primogenito  a  dat.  presencium  usque  ad  finem  termini  sexaginta 
annorum  pximorum  extunc  sequentium  et  plenarie  complend.  si  p 
tantum  tempus  vixerint  vel  unus  eorum  vixerit.  Reddendo  inde 
annuatim  prefato  Priori  de  Penwortham,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  sex 
denarios  bone  et  legalis  monete  Anglie  ad  festa  Nativitatis  sancti 
Johannis  Baptiste  et  Natalis  Dfii  equis  porcionib3.  Et  faciendo 
duas  apparencias  ad  duas  capitales  curias  nostras  ibidem  tenendas. 
Et  si  contingat  predictum  redditum  aretro  fore  in  parte  vel  in  toto 
post  aliquod  festum  festorum  predictorum  quo  solvi  debeat  p  quinde- 
nam,  quod  tune  bene  licebit  dicto  Priori,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  seu 
ballivo  suo  super  predictum  cotagium  unam  acram  et  dimidiam  terre 
distringere  et  districtiones  ibidem  captas  effugare,  imparcare,  et  penes 
se  retinere  quousque  dictus  redditus  cum  arreragijs  dicto  Priori  p  tem- 
pore existenti  plenarie  fuerit  psolutus.  Et  si  contingat  predictum  red- 
ditum aretro  fore  in  parte  vel  in  toto  p  quarterium  anni  post  aliquod 
festum  festorum  predictorum  quo  solvi  debeat  dicto  Priori,  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit,  aut  suo  ballivo,  et  sufficiens  districtio  ibidem  capi  vel 
haberi  non  poterit,  quod  tune  bene  licebit  dicto  Priori,  qui  pro  tem- 
pore fuerit,  in  predicta  cotagium  et  unam  acram  et  dimidiam  terre 

(')  Indorsed,  "  An  olde  lease  of  Mr  Penketh  house  in  ffaryngton  made  by  the 
Priour  of  Penworthara." 


66  DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

reintrare,  rehibere,  et  in  pristine  statu  suo  possidere,  presentib}  inden- 
turis  in  aliquo  non  obstantib3.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  uni  parti 
huius  indenture  penes  prefatos  Abbatem,  Priorem,  et  conventum 
remanenti  predicti  Henricus,  Anna,  et  Willmus  sigilla  sua  appo- 
suerunt ;  alteri  vero  parti  huius  indenture  penes  prefatos  Henricum, 
Annam,  et  Willmum  remanenti  predicti  Abbas,  Prior,  et  conventus 
sigillum  suum  ad  causas  apposuerunt.  Dat.  apud  Evesbam  septimo 
die  mensis  Decembris  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  septimi  post  conques- 
tura  Anglie  decimo  octavo. 

No.  LVI.  Lease  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  to  Roger  ffaryngton, 
his  tci/e,  and  daughter,  of  certain  closes  of  land  in  Farington.(}) 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  frater  Jacobus  Shrokinerton,  Prior 
prioratus  de  Penwortham,  de  consensu  et  assensu  dni  Abbatis 
monastery  Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus,  tradidit  et  dimisit 
Rogero  ffaryngton,  Margarete  uxori  sue,  et  Agneti  filie  eorundem, 
unum  mesuagium  cum  crofto  et  gardino  adjacent,  in  ffaryngton,  et 
tres  acras  terre  cum  ptinentijs  in  eadem  villa  que  vocantur  Lyttel- 

(')  Part  of  these  lands  had  been  the  subject  of  a  characteristic  petition  for  a 
renewal  of  a  former  lease  by  Ellen  de  ffaryngton.  The  document  is  among  the 
Werden  MSS. 

"  Fait  a  remembre  qe  Elene  qe  fuist  la  feme  Robert  de  ffaryngton  tient  certaines 
terres  et  tenementz  en  ffaryngton  au  lesse  del  Priour  de  Penwortham,  qi  ore  est, 
rendant  la  verre  value,  cestassauoir,  xij.  acres  gisantzen  un  close  appelle  le  Ryding- 
feld  rendant  cut  viij.  sol.,  et  un  mees  ove  les  gardins  contenant  une  demy  acre  rendant 
cut  vj.  den.  et  trois  acres  gisantz  en  deux  petitj  closes  appelles  Littelmores  rendant 
eut  iij.  sol.  et  vij.  acres  gisantz  en  diuers  lieux  en  la  champe  de  ffaryngton  apellej 
Claghton  smaleys,  rendant  eut  iiij.  sol.  vj.  d. ;  et  un  autre  mees  et  certaines  terros 
contenantz  ix.  acres  guantz  en  diverses  lieux  appelles  la  teneure  de  Robyn  Dikson 
rendant  eut  iiij.  sol.  et  iiij.  d.  Pleise  a  Monsire  PAbbe  de  Evesham  et  al  Convent 
faire  estate  a  dite  Elene  et  a  Robert  de  ffaryngton  son  filz  des  dites  terres  et  tene- 
mentz a  auoir  a  eux  et  a  leur  assignes  a  terme  de  sessante  an}  per  lettre  de  comune 
seal  quils  les  purrount  meuz  edifier.  Rendant  meisme  la  ferme  ou  meindre 
ferme,  si  leur  pleist,  car  il  est  trop  cher,  mes  soulent  pur  ce  qe  le  dit  Robert  feust 
nez  illoequez  et  ad  affection  a  meisme  la  place."  The  Prior's  heart  must  have  been 
hard  indeed,  if  he  could  have  resisted  such  an  appeal ! 


ftE    PttJORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  67 

mores,  et  uuuin  rnesuagium  et  septern  acras  terre  et  dimidiam,  unde 
quinque  acre  terre  jacent  in  quodam  campo  vocato  Claghtonfelde, 
et  unam  acram  in  Brockforlong  que  vocatur  Blakeacre,  et  tres  rodas 
jacentes  in  Stainfeldmore,  et  tres  rodas  ex  parte  boreali  le  Heghgate 
inter  terram  que  quondam  fuit  Roberti  Dykyson  et  terrain  Thome 
Dykyson,  et  undecim  acras  terre  in  eadem  villa  que  jacent  in  diversis 
locis  in  campo  de  ffaryngton,  videlicet  in  Longestainfeld,  Brokeforlong, 
Shortstainfeld,  et  le  Orchards,  et  Catcroft  medowe,  et  etiam  unum 
mesuagium  et  duodecim  acras  terre  que  vocantur  le  Rydyngfelde, 
et  Outlone  que  Elena  de  ffaryngton,  Kobertus,  Rogerus,  et  Willmus 
de  ffaryngton  tenuerunt  de  Abbate  et  conventu  Eveshamie  ad  termi- 
num  annorum,  et  eciam  tres  acras  terre  in  Pingmunfosgate  cum  tur- 
baria  mosse  de  ffaryngton  sufficienti  ad  predictas  terras  ab  antique 
spectante.  Habend.  et  tenend.  omnia  predicta  terras  et  tenementa 
predictis  Rogero,  Margarete  uxori  eius,  et  Agneti  filie  eorundem  ad 
terminum  sexaginta  annorum  prox.  sequentium,  si  per  tantum  tempus 
vixerint  vel  unus  eorum  vixerit.  Reddendo  inde  annuatim  prefato 
Priori  de  Penwortham,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  vel  ad  assignatos  ipsorum 
Abbatis  et  conventus  Eveshamie  triginta  tres  solidos  et  sex  denarios 
bone  et  legalis  monete  ad  duos  anni  terminos,  videlicet  ad  festum 
nativitatis  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  et  nativitatis  Dili  p  equales  por- 
tiones,  et  faciendo  duas  appensias  p  annum  quolibet  anno,  durante 
termino  predicto,  ad  curiam  Prioris  de  Penwortham,  qui  pro  tempore 
fuerit,  tenendam  apud  Houghwyke.  Et  si  predicti  Rogerus,  Marga- 
reta,  et  Agnes  obierint  infra  dictum  terminum  sexaginta  annorum 
quod  extunc  predicta  mesuagium,  terre,  et  tenementa  cum  turbaria  et 
suis  ptinencijs  integre  remaneant  dictis  Abbati  et  conventui  Eve- 
shamie et  eorum  successorib3  sine  impedimento  vel  contradictione 
qualicunque.  Et  si  contingat  quod  dictus  redditus  sive  firma  triginta 
trium  solidorum  sex  denariorum  fuerit  aretro  non  soluto  in  parte  vel 
in  toto  p  unum  mensem  post  aliquem  terminum  terminorum  supra- 
dictorum  quo  solvi  debeat,  quod  ex  tune  bene  licebit  Priori  de  Pen- 
wortham, qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  seu  alijs  assignatis  predicti  Abbatis 
et  conventus  de  Evesham  et  successorum  suorum  in  predictis  terra  et 
tenemento  cum  turbaria  mosse  de  ffaryngton  fodend.  et  comburend. 


68  DE    PR1ORATU    DE    PEN  WORTH  AM, 

cum  alijs  estoverijs,  pratis,  pasturis,  libertatib),  et  aisiamentis  ad  pre- 
dictis  mesuagio,  terris,  et  tenementis  ab  antique  ptinentib}  ingredi, 
intrare  et  distringere,  et  diatrictiones  inde  captas  abducere,  asportare, 
et  penes  so  retinere  quousque  dictus  redditus  sive  firma  taliter  aretro 
existens,  cum  omnib)  inde  arreragijs  dampnis  et  expensis  plenarie  fuerit 
satisfact.  Et  si  contingat  predictum  redditum  sive  firmam  triginta 
trium  solidorum  et  sex  denariorum  in  parte  vel  in  toto  aretro  fore 
post  aliquod  festum  termini  predict!  quo  solvi  debeat  p  unum  plenum 
quartum  anni,  quod  tune  bene  licebit  Priori  de  Penwortham  pro 
tempore  existenti,  seu  alijs  assignatis  predict!  Abbatis  et  conventus 
Eveshamie  in  omnia  predicta  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  cum  tur- 
baria  et  omnibj  alijs  premissis  una  cum  omnib}  et  singulis  eorum 
ptinencijs  reintrare  et  eadem  ut  in  suo  pristino  statu  rehabere, 
possidere,  et  gaudere  p  ppetuo,  dictosque  Rogerum,  Margaretam,  et 
Agnetem  abinde  totaliter  expellere,  presentib)  indenturis  in  aliquo 
non  obstantib).  Et  non  licebit  dictis  Rogero,  Margarete,  et  Agneti 
vastum  facere,  nee  succidere  aliquem  arborem  ad  valorem  unius 
denarij  sine  licencia  petita  et  obtenta  Prioris,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit, 
sub  pena  Ixvj.  solidorum  viij.  denariorum.  Et  si  contingat  dictos 
Rogerum,  Margaretam,  et  Agnetam  contraire  vel  prevaricare  predic- 
tas  convenciones  seu  aliquem  partem  eiusdem  quod  extunc  tota 
indentura  erit  forisfacta  in  aliquo  non  obstante.  In  cuius  rei  testi- 
monium  uni  parti  huius  indenture  penes  prefatos  Rogerum,  Marga- 
retam, et  Agnetem  remanenti  prefatus  Abbas  et  conventus  sigillum 
suum  ad  causas  apposuerunt,  alteri  vero  parti  huius  indenture  penes 
prefatos  Abbatem  et  conventum  remanenti  prefati  Rogerus,  Marga- 
reta,  et  Agnes  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt.  Hijs  testib),  Johanne  Crokys- 
sey  et  Ricardo  Carver  tune  ballivis  ville  Eveshamie,  Thoma  Harries, 
Ric.  Aldynton,  et  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Evesham  predictam  in  domo 
nostra  capitulari  secundo  die  mensis  Januarij  anno  regni  regis  Hen- 
rici  septimi  post  conquestum  Anglie  vicesimo  secundo. 


DE    PllIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  69 


No.  LVII.  Grant  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  to  William  Taillour 
and  his  eons,  of  the  tithes  of  corn  and  hay  in  Hoghwyk  for  sixty 
years. 

[PKNWOKTHAM  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  ft'rater  Robertas  Yatton  prior  priora- 
tus  de  Penwortham  de  consensu  et  assensu  dni  Abbatis  monastery 
Eveshamie  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus  tradidit  concessit  et  dimisit 
Willmo  Taillour  de  Houghwyk,  Cristofero  et  Johanni  filijs  dicti 
Willmi,  omnia  blada  decimalia  et  totum  fenum  decimale  pvenientia 
in  villa  et  in  campis  de  Houghwyk  predicta,  cuiuscunque  generis 
fuerint  seu  speciei.  Habend.  et  tenend.  omnia  predicta  blada  deci- 
malia et  fenum  decimale  ut  prefertur  prefatis  Willmo,  Cristofero,  et 
Johanni  a  festo  sancti  Michaelis  archiepiscopi  pximo  future  post 
dat.  presencium  usque  ad  finem  termini  sexaginta  annorum  px. 
extuuc  sequentium  et  plenarie  complend.  si  p  tantum  temporis 
vixerint  vel  unus  eorum  vixerit.  Reddendo  inde  annuatim  Priori  de 
Penwortham  qui  pro  tempore  merit  quadraginta  sex  solidos  et  octo 
denarios  bone  et  legalis  monete  Anglie  solvend.  ad  festum  sancte 
Marie  Magdalene.  Et  si  contingat  predictos  Willmum,  Cristoferum 
et  Johannem  obire  infra  terrninum  predictum  quod  tune  omnia  pre- 
dicta blada  decimalia  et  fenum  decimale  cum  omnib}  eorum  ptinen- 
cijs  integre  revertant  eidem  Priori  de  Penwortham  qui  pro  tempore 
fuerit  sine  impedimento  vel  contradictione  qualicunque  ipsorum 
Willmi,  Cristoferi,  et  Johannis.  Et  si  contingat  quod  dictus  reddi- 
tus  quadraginta  sex  solidorum  et  octo  denariorum  fuerit  aretro  in  pte 
vel  in  toto  p  unum  mensem  post  terminum  sancti  Michaelis  archi- 
episcopi quod  tune  beue  licebit  eidem  Priori,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit, 
distringere  super  totum  tenementum  dicti  Willmi  quod  tenet  in 
Houghwyk  predicta  cum  suis  ptinencijs  et  districtiones  sic  ibidem 
captas  abducere,  asportare,  effugare,  et  penes  se  retinere  quousque 
dictus  redditus,  taliter  aretro  existens,  cum  dampnis  et  expensis  ple- 
narie fuerit  satisfact.  Et  si  contingat  quod  dictus  redditus  fuerit 
aretro  in  festo  sancti  Martini  in  yeme  (mod  tune  bene  licebit  eidem 


70  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

Priori,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  in  omnia  predicta  blada  decimalia  et 
fenum  decimale  cum  suis  ptinencijs  reingredi,  reintrare,  reassumere, 
et  penes  se  retinere  eosdemque  Willmum,  Cristoferum,  et  Johannem 
abinde  totaliter  expellere  et  amouere  pro  ppetuo,  presentib)  indenturis 
in  aliquo  non  obstantibj.  Et  predict!  Willraus,  Cristoferus,  et  Jo- 
hannes invenient  seu  unus  eorum  inveniet  omni  anno  ante  festum 
sancti  Laurencij  sufficientem  securitatem  dicto  Priori  pro  tempore 
existenti  de  solucione  predictorum  quadraginta  sex  solidorum  et  octo 
denariorum  annuatim  ad  dictum  terminum  superius  limitatum  psol- 
vend.  durante  dicto  termino  sub  pena  forisfactur.  istarum  indentarum. 
Et  predictus  Willmus,  Cristoferus,  et  Johannes  ingrangiabunt  et 
inorrabunt  omnia  predicta  blada  decimalia  et  fenum  decimale  infra 
eorum  tenementum  quod  tenent  in  Houghwyk  omni  anno  durante 
termino  antedicto,  sub  pena  centum  solidorum  eidem  Priori,  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit,  p  se  vel  p  executores  suos  psolvend.  Et  non  licebit 
eisdem  Willmo,  Cristofero,  et  Johanni  dimittere  dicta  blada  decimalia 
et  fenum  decimale  nee  aliquam  illam  parcellam  alicui  viro  vel  mulieri 
sine  licencia  dicti  Prioris,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  petita  et  obtenta, 
sub  pena  quadraginta  sex  solidorum  et  octo  denariorum  Priori  exis- 
tenti solvend.  durante  termino  antedicto.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium 
uni  parti  istarum  indentarum  penes  prefatos  Willmum,  Cristoferum, 
et  Johannem  sigillum  nostrum  ad  causas  est  appensum,  alteri  vero 
parti  penes  nos  remanenti  prefati  Willmus,  Cristoferus,  et  Johannes 
sigilla  sua  apposuerunt.  Hijs  testib},  Thoma  Jorden,  Thoma  Pantry, 
tune  ballivis  ville  Eveshamie,  Thoma  Harrys,  Johanne  Kynge, 
Ricardo  Aldynton,  et  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Evesham  in  domo  nostra 
capitulari  primo  die  mensis  Junij  anno  regni  Regis  Henrici  octavi 
post  conquestum  Anglic  primo. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  71 


No.  LVIII.  Lease  by  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  to  Henry  ffarington, 
his  wife,  and  two  sons,  of  Leyland  barn  and  the  tithes  in  Leyland 
for  sixty  years,  at  the  rent  of  thirteen  pounds. 

[WERDEN  MS.] 

Hec  indentura  testatur  quod  dompnus  Ricardus  Hawkysbury  Prior 
prioratus  de  Penwortham  de  consensu  et  assensu  dni  Abbatis  de 
Evesham  et  eiusdem  Loci  conventus  tradidit  et  ad  firmam  dimisit 
Henrico  ffaryngton^)  armigero,  Anne  uxori  sue,  Thome  ffaryngton 

(')  The  direct  connection  of  these  lessees  with  the  earlier  branches  of  the  family 
noticed  at  p.  19  ante  has  been  made  out  from  the  records  now  at  Werden.  These 
descents  vary  considerably  from  the  published  accounts  of  this  ancient  family,  and 
therefore  it  has  been  thought  advisable  to  give  the  authorities  more  at  large  than 
usual. 

John  de  ffaryngton,  the  son  of  William  del  Meles,  living  7  Edw.  II.,  (ante  p.  15,) 
married  Avicia,  daughter  of  Robert  Bussel,  (ante  p.  17,)  and  had  issue  : 

1.  William,  (ante  p.  17.) 

2.  Robert,  living  16  Edw.  II.,  (ante,  p.  25.)    William  Abbot  of  Evesham 

granted  lands  in  Faryngton  "Roberto  filio  Johannis  de  ffaryngton" 
(ante  p.  52.)  He  married  Elen,  (ante  p.  66,)  and  had  three  sons  : 

Robert,  (ante  p.  66.) 

Roger,  (ante  p.  22,)  who  had  two  sons  living  14  Edw.  II., 
(ante  p.  22)  : 

1.  Adam,  living  14  Edw.  II.,  (ante  p.  22.) 

2.  Henry. 

William  de  ffaryngton,  eldest  son,  living  8  Ed.  II.,  (ante  pp.  17,  20.)     He  married 

Agnes ,  who  survived,  and  by  deed  dated  the  Wednesday  after  the  feast 

of  St.  Michael,  4  Edw.  III.,  settled  lands  in  Leyland  on  her  sons,  John, 
Roger,  and  Robert,  with  remainder  to  Henry  the  son  of  the  said  John.  They 
had  issue  : 

1.  William. 

2.  John,  named  in  his  mother's  settlement.    He  purchased  the  wardship 

of  his  nephew,  infra,  and  joined  in  an  obligation  as  "  Johan  de 
ffaryngton  leisne"  with  Thomas  Banastre  del  Bonk,  on  Tuesday 
after  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  46  Edw.  III.,  to  Thomas  de  Rad- 
clyff  and  Rauf  de  Langetone,  that  John  de  ffarington  the  younger 
should,  the  year  after  he  came  of  age,  grant  a  rent  of  £5  to  Joan, 
wife  of  Thomas  de  Radeclyf,  "des  totj  les  terrcs  que  furount 
jadys  a  Willm  de  ffaryngton  pere  le  dit  Johan  le  puisne."  By 
settlement  dated  the  feast  of  8.  Jeronyme  the  Doctor,  11  Ric.  II., 


72  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM, 

et  Roberto  ffaryngton  filijs  eorundem  unam  grangiam  vocat.  Laylonde 
barne  cum  gardino  inter  vicariam  et  dictam  grangiam  una  cum 
omnimodis  bladis  decimalib3  pvenientib}  de  villata  et  campis  de 

thirty  acres  of  Land  in  Leyland  super  Northbrok  were  settled 
"  Johanni  de  ffaryngton  seniori  et  Eve  uxori  eius"  in  tail:  remain- 
der "Nicholao  de  ffaryngton  fratri  eiusdem  Johanni s"  in  tail: 
the  reversion  "Johanni  filio  Willmi  de  ffaryngton  juniori."  He 
had  issue  : 

Henry,  (see  above.) 

William,  rector  of  Bekaunfeld  7  Hen.  IV. 

3.  Roger,  (see  above,)  parson  of  Heysham,  49  Edw.  III.,  of  Bebyngton, 

11  Ric.  II. 

4.  Robert,  (see  above,)  parson  of  St.  Dunstan  in  the  East  "jouste  le 

toure  de  Londres,"  49  Edw.  III.,  canon  of  York,  11  Ric.  II. 

5.  Nicholas,  (see  above,)  living  11  Ric.  II. 

William  de  ffaryngton,  eldest  son,  grantor  of  eight  acres  of  land  to  Evesham  10 
Edw.  III.,  (ante  p  31.)  By  deed  dated  Tuesday  on  the  morrow  of  St.  Elfrid 
the  Bishop,  6  Edw.  III.,  he  settled  four  acres  of  waste  in  Leyland  on  his 
brother  John.  He  was  living  1st  August  33  Edw.  III.,  when  by  two  deeds 
he  settled  lands  in  Leyland  on  his  sons  John,  Thomas,  Nicholas,  Ralph,  and 

Roger,  successively.     He  married  Joan  ,  who  ante  46  Edw.  III.  had 

married  Thomas  de  Radeclyf,  (see  ante,  and  the  following  bill :)  "  A  son  tres 
excelent  seignour  le  Roy  :  Montre  le  seon  lege  home  Johan  de  ffaryngton  del 
counte  del  Lancastr.  qe  le  dit  Johan  conust  le  droit  mon  Seignour  le  Due  de 
Lancastr.  de  la  garde  et  mariage  del  heir  Willm  de  ffaryngton,  quel  garde  et 
manage  le  dit  Johan  ad  achete  del  counseil  le  dit  Due,  pur  quele  achete  un 
Thorns  de  Radeclyf,  que  ad  espose  la  mere  le  dit  heir,  Johan  fil.  Willm  de 
Radeclyf,  Robyn  de  Riston,  Robt.  de  Hyndelegh,  Henr.  Banastr,  Ric.  et 
Willm  de  ffreys  et  moults  autres  ount  convenus  de  octrer  le  dit  Johan  et  le 
dit  heir  ensement  pur  la  graunde  mayntenaunce  de  Sire  Roger  de  Pylkyng- 
ton,  Hug.  de  Ley,  Justices  de  la  pees,  Ric.  de  Radeclyf  lesne,  Ric.  de  Rade- 
clyf viscount  Rauf  de  Langeton  Willm  de  Radeclyf  et  Willm  de  Chorlaye  et 
moults  autres  de  ses  affynites  et  comuns  maintenours  de  chescuns  querelles 
en  le  dit  counte.  Purquoy  priount  les  dites  Johan  et  le  dit  heir  a  son  tres 
excelent  Sire  le  roy  issint  de  trouver  pur  son  bone  conseil  especiale  remedy 
en  le  case,  car  per  comune  leye  ne  les  pust  chaster.  Et  qe  le  dit  Johan  et  le 
dit  heir  ne  soient  octres  ne  destrus  par  la  graunde  mayntenaunce  de  les 
sounomes  par  Dieu,  et  un  oeuvre  de  charite."  William  de  ffaryngton  had  six 
sons : 

1.  William,  who  apparently  had  died  s.p.  46  Edw.  III. 

2.  John,  who  succeeded  his  father. 

3.  Thomas,  (ante,)  living  10  Hen.  V. 


DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  73 

Laylonde  cuiuscunque  generis  fuerint  si  ve  specie! .    Habend .  et  tenend . 
omnia  predicta  blada  decimalia,  ut  prefatur,  prefatis  Henrico,  Anne, 

4.  Nicholas  had  a  release  the  Friday  after  Christmas  5  Hen.  IV.  from 
"  Eva  que  fuit  uxor  Johannis  de  ffaryngton  senioris"  of  land  in 
Leyland. 
6.  Ralph. 
6.  Roger. 
John  de  ffaryngton,  a  minor  46  Edw.  III.,  surrendered  to  the  Abbot  of  Evesham, 

20  Ric.  II.,  (ante  p.  58  ;)  he  was  living  7  Hen.  IV.,  and  married  to  Joan , 

by  whom  he  had  j 

1.  William,  eldest  son,  who  married  vita  patris  20th  June  7  Hen.  IV. 

Alice,  daughter  of  John  Lascy  of  Gaytford  in  the  county  of  York, 
and  Agnes  his  wife,  when  lands  "  en  Leure  et  Bolton  en  counte  de 
Lane,  queux  furount  jadys  a  Johan  de  Leure  aiel  de  dite  Agneys" 
were  settled. 

2.  Thomas,  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Henr.  de  Hoghwyk,  marriage 

covenant  dated  the  morrow  of  St.  Martyn  in  winter  7  Hen.  IV,, 
when  her  father  covenanted  that  lands  in  Leyland  and  Faryngton 
"per  fait  endente  taille  a  Willm  de  ffaryngton  son  filj  et  a  les 
heirs  de  son  corps  loialment  engendres  a  tant  de  terre  ou  de  rent 
qe  amount  al  quantite  de  la  dower  Johanne  la  femme  le  dit  Johan 
de  ffaryngton  ;  et  par  defaut  de  issue  mesme  cesty  Willm  al  dit 
Thorns  frere  le  dit  Willm  et  a  les  heirs  de  son  corps,"  &c.  In  the 
guild  roll  of  Preston,  3  Hen.  IV.,  there  is  the  following  entry  of 
admission :  "  Thomas  fil.  Joh.  de  ffaryngton  de  ffaryngton  p. 
Henr.  Hoghwyk."  Thomas  de  ffaryngton  was  living  9  Hen.  V., 
(ante  p.  61.) 

3.  Joane,  married  Gilbert  de  Sutton  de  Penwortham,  marriage  covenant 

the  Monday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Symon  and  St.  Jude  2  Hen.  V. 
William  de  ffaryngton,  the  eldest  son,  living  9  Hen.  V.,  (ante  p.  60,)  married 
Alice  de  Lascy,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  William,  who  succeeded. 

2.  Nicholas,  living  24  Jan.  16  Hen.  VI. 

William  de  ffaryngton,  eldest  son.  By  deed  24  Jan.  16  Hen.  VI.  "  Willmus  de 
ffaryngton  filius  et  heres  Willmi  de  ffarynsfton"  gave  "  Nicolao  de  ffaryngton 
fratri  meo"  lands  in  Ulnes  Walton.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert 
de  Halsall,  and  died  14th  Jan.  1456,  34  Hen.  VI. ;  and  by  inquisition  "  capta 
apud  Lane.  24  die  Feb.  anno  34  Henr.  6.  coram  Thorn.  Lathom  esc.  per 
sacr.  Thome  Pilkington  armig.  et  aliorum  qui  dicunt  quod  Willmus  ffaryng- 
ton non  tenuit  aliquas  terras  in  com.  Lane,  die  quo  obijt;  quod  diu  ante 
obitum  suum  per  qnandam  cartam,  cujus  dat.  est  apud  Leyland  1°  die  Jan: 
anno  Henr.  6.  36  [sic,  doubtless  an  error  in  the  transcript,]  dedit  Henrico 
Halsall  et  Edmundo  Faryngton  rectori  ecclesie  de  Halsall  et  heredes  omnia 

I, 


74  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

Thome  et  Roberto  filijs  eorundem  Henrici  et  Anne,  et  cuilibet  eorum 
diucius  viventi  ad  totum  terminum  sexaginta  annorum  prox.  sequen- 

sua  mesuagia  et  terras  que  habuit  in  villis  de  Leyland,  Faryngton,  et  Pres- 
ton: et  dicunt  quod  pred.  Willmus  Faryngton  obijt  4°  decimo  die  Januar. 
nit.  preterit,  et  quod  quidam  Willmus  ffaryngton  est  filius  et  heres  ejus  pro- 
pinquior,  et  in  festo  apostolorum  Petri  et  Pauli  ult.  pret:  fuit  R'tatis  15  anno- 
rum et  amplius;  et  maritat.  Alicie  filie  Willmi  Asliton  militis  in  vita  dicti 
Willmi  patris." — Towneley  MS.  He  left  issue: 

1.  William,  set.  15,  29th  Jan.  1455. 

2.  Richard,  who  by  settlement  6th  Dec.  31  Hen.  VI.  had  landa  to  the 

yearly  value  of  £1.  6s.  8d.  settled  in  tail. 

3.  Alison, 


4.  Elyn, 

5.  Anne, 


who  by  the  same  settlement  had  £10  each  given  for  beliofe 
of  their  marriage. 


Sir  William  de  ffaryngton,  eldest  son,  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Ashton  Knt.,  surrendered  to  Evesham  14  Edw.  IV.  (ante  p.  61,)  had  a  lease 
of  the  tithes  of  Leyland  17  Edw.  IV.  (ante  p.  62.)  By  deed  20th  March 
16  Hen.  VII.  "  Willyam  ffaryngton  knyght  and  Henre  ffaryngton  son  and 
heire  apparaunte  of  ye  said  Willyam"  settled  a  jointure  of  £8.  16s.  4d.  on 
Alice  wyfe  of  the  said  Willm,  and  also  settled  lands  in  Leyland,  ffaryngton, 
Preston,  and  Ulnes  Walton,  on  Sir  William  for  life  ;  remainder  to  Henry 
in  tail  "  accordyng  to  ye  old  entailes,"  and  after  reciting  that  Sir  William 
had  "of  his  propur  godes  to  his  gret  costs  and  chargis  maried  iiij  of  his 
doghters,  and  ij  ben  yet  to  marye  y'  is  to  saye  Mary  and  Alice,"  he  gave  c. 
marks  to  each  of  them.  He  had  issue  : 

1 .  William,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert  Hesketh  of  Rufforth; 

marriage  covenant  30th  May  9  Edw.  IV.,  but  ob.  s.p.  ante  17 
Edw.  IV. 

2.  Henry,  see  above,  and  named  aa  "  fil.  et  her.  Willmi  de  ffaryngton  et 

Alicie  uxoris  eius"  17  Edw.  IV.,  (ante  p.  63.) 
Four  daughters,  and  Mary  and  Alice. 

Sir  Henry  de  ffaryngton,  second  son,  succeeded,  grantee  with  Anne  his  wife  and 
William  his  eldest  son  and  heir  from  the  Prior  of  Penwortham  7th  Deer.  18 
Hen.  VII.,  (ante  p.  65,)  and  the  lessee  in  the  text.  (p.  71.)  By  deed  12th 
March  15  Hen.  VIII.  A.D.  1524,  he  conveyed  lands  "Thome  ffaryngton 
filio  meo  et  heredi  apparenti,  Roberto  ffaryngton  fratri  dicti  Thome,"  and 
others  to  the  use  of  his  will ;  and  by  will  8th  April  15  Hen.  VIII.  declared 
the  use  to  be  "for  an  able  and  well  disposed  priest  daile  to  say  and  do 
massez  at  the  auter  in  Saynt  Nicholas  chappel  witin  Leylond  church,  and 
other  dyuyne  service  daile  to  say  and  do  for  ever.  And  to  pray  specially  for 
the  soules  of  Sir  Peres  Wodecok,  Sir  Willm  ffaryngton  knyght,  Robt  Spiser, 
James  Anderton,  Margaret  Molyneux,  Sir  Robert  Sumsons  priest,  and  for 
the  prosperite  and  welfare  of  Dame  Alice  my  moder  and  of  me  the  said 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  75 

tium  post  dat.  presencium,  si  per  tantum  tempus  vixerint.  Eeddendo 
inde  annuatim  eidem  Priori,  qui  p  tempore  fuerit,  tresdecim  libraa 
legalis  monete  Anglie  solvend.  ad  festum  sancti  Petri  ad  vincula. 
Et  si  contingat  quod  predictus  redditus  sive  firma  fuerit  aretro  non 
solut.  in  parte  vel  in  toto  p  unum  mensem  post  terminum  sancti 
Michaelis  archangeli,  quod  tune  bene  licebit  Priori  dicti  prioratus, 
qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  supra  dictam  grangiam  cum  ptinencijs  distrin- 
gere,  et  districtiones  sic  ibidem  captas  abducere,  asportare,  effugare, 
et  penes  se  retinere,  quousque  dictus  redditus  sive  firma  totaliter 
aretro  existens  cum  dampnis  et  expensis  plenarie  fuerit  satisfactus. 
Et  si  contingat  quod  dictus  redditus  sive  firma  fuerit  aretro,  ut  supra- 
dictum  est,  post  festum  sancti  Martini  in  yeme,  vel  si  aliquis  gravis 
defectus  reparationis  dicte  grangie  euenerit,  et  suificienter  emendatus 
non  fuerit  post  racionabilem  visum  et  premunicionem  dicti  Prioris, 
qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  quod  tune  bene  licebit  eidem  Priori,  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit,  in  predicta  grangia  decimali  cum  omnib}  bladis  deci- 
malib}  reingredi,  reintrare,  et  penes  se  retinere,  eosdemque  Henri- 
cum,  Annam,  Thomam,  et  Robertum  abinde  expellere  et  amouere  p 
ppetue,  presentib3  indenturis  non  obstantib}  in  aliquo.  Et  predict! 

Henr.  ffaryngton,  and  my  said  heires  duryng  our  lyves,  and  all  other  bene- 
factours  and  maynteners  of  the  said  service  and  chauntre."  Sir  Henry  and 
his  son  William  were  enrolled  burgesses  of  Preston  at  the  Guild  held  34 
Hen.  VIII.  He  married  Anne and  had  issue  : 

1.  William,  see  above,  ob.  s.p.  vita  patris  ante  15  Hen.  VIII. 

2.  Thomas,  named  in  the  deed  supra  7  Hen.  VIII.     He  married  Cecile, 

daughter  of  Thomas  Radclyf  of  Wynmarlegh,  and  by  deed  25th 
Jan.  16  Hen.  VIII.,  it  was  awarded  that  the  said  Thomas  should, 
for  the  sum  of  £10,  her  portion,  have  all  the  lands  of  the  said 
Henry  his  father  "immedyately  after  the  decesse  of  the  said 
Henry  in  fe  symple  or  fe  tayle  Prouydyt  that  this  estat  be  not 
prejudiciall  to  the  dowre  or  joynture  of  Dame  Alice  ffaryngton 
modre  of  the  said  Henro  nor  to  the  dowre  or  joynture  of  Anne 
now  wyff  of  the  seid  Henre  for  terme  of  theyr  lyff  onely." 

3.  Robert,  see  above,  living  15  Hen.  VIII. 

Sir  Henry  is  stated  to  have  married,  secondly,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Hum- 
phrey Okeover  of  Okeover,  co.  Stafford,  and  to  have  had  issue  : 

William,  lessee  of  Longton  barne  and  tythe,  14th  Jan.  29  Hen- 
VIII.,  (infra  p.  78.) 


76  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

Henricus,  Anna,  Thomas,  et  Kobertus  invenient  omni  anno  ante 
festum  sancti  Laurencij  sufficientem  securitatem  dicto  Priori  p  tern- 
pore  existenti  de  solucione  predictarum  tresdecim  librarum  annuatim 
psolvendarum  duraute  termino  predicto.  Et  dicti  Henricus,  Anna, 
Thomas,  et  Robertus  reparabunt,  sustentabunt,  et  manutenebunt 
predictam  grangiam  cum  gardino  et  suis  ptinencijs  sumptib}  suis 
pprijs  et  expensis  durante  termino  predicto.  Et  in  fine  termini  sui 
di mitten t  dictam  grangiam  cum  gardino  et  suis  ptinencijs  bene  et 
sufficjenter  sustentatam  et  reparatam  sub  pena  decem  librarum  p  se  vel 
p  executores  eorundem  Henrici,  Anne,  Thome,  Roberti  psolvend. 
eidem  Priori  qui  p  tempore  fuerit.  Nee  licebit  dictis  Henrico  ffaryng- 
ton,  Anne  uxori  sue,  Thome  et  Koberto  filijs  eorundem,  predictam 
grangiam  decimalem  cum  predictis  bladis  decimalib}  in  manus  dicti 
Prioris  qui  p  tempore  fuerit  resignare  sine  eius  licentia  et  voluntate 
petitis  et  obtentis,  sub  pena  viginti  librarum  eidem  Priori  p  se  vel  p 
executores  suos  psolvend.  Et  non  licebit  dictis  Henrico  ffaryngton, 
Anne  uxori  sue,  necnon  Thome  et  Roberto  filijs  eorundem  dimittere 
nee  tradere  dictam  grangiam  decimalem  blada  decimalia  nee  aliquam 
parcellam  eorundem  alicui  psone  sine  licencia  dicti  Prioris,  qui  pro 
tempore  fuerit,  petita  et  obtenta  sub  pena  decem  librarum  Priori,  qui  p 
tempore  fuerit,  psolvend.  p  se  vel  p  executores  suos  durante  termino  suo 
antedicto.  Et  si  contingat  predictos  Henricum  ffaryngton,  Annam, 
Thomam,  et  Robertum  contraire  seu  prevaricare  predictas  convencio- 
nes  seu  aliquam  partem  earundem,  quod  tune  bene  licebit  eidem 
Priori,  qui  pro  tempore  fuerit,  predictos  Henricum,  Annam,  Tho- 
mam, et  Robertum  abinde  expellere  et  amovere  pro  ppetuo,  presentib} 
indenturis  in  aliquo  non  obstantib}.  Et  si  contingat  predictos  Hen- 
ricum, Annam,  Thomam,  et  Robertum  infra  predictum  terminum 
sexaginta  annorum  obire,  quod  extunc  predicta  grangia  cum  gardino, 
bladis  decimalib3  et  omnib3  suis  ptinencijs  eidem  Priori,  pro  tempore 
existenti,  integre  revertatur  sine  irnpedimento  vel  contradictione 
heredum  vel  executorum  predictorum  Henrici,  Anne,  Thome,  et 
Roberti  qualitercunque.  In  cuius  rei  testimonium  uni  parti  harum 
indenturarum  penes  prefatos  Abbatem  et  conventum  remanenti  pre- 
clicti  Henricus,  Anna,  Thomas,  et  Robertus  sigilla  sua  apposuerunt. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  77 

Alter!  vero  parti  earundem  penes  prefatos  Henricura,  Annam,  Tho- 
mam,  et  Eobertum  remanenti  predict!  Abbas  et  conventus  sigillum 
suum  ad  causas  apposuerunt.  Hijs  testib3,  Henrico  Page,  Willmo 
Carpynter,  tune  ballivis  ville  Eveshamie,  Ricardo  Aldyngton,  Thoma 
Jorden,  Thoma  Pantry,  et  multis  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Evesham  predic- 
tam  in  domo  nostra  capitular!  vicesimo  die  mensis  Aprilis  auno  regni 
Regis  Henrici  octavi  septimo. 

No.  LIX. 

[PENWORTUAM  MS.] 

Be  it  knowyn  to  all  men  that  we  Clement  Abbott  of  the  monastery 
of  our  blessed  Lady  and  Saynt  Eg  wine  of  Evesham  and  the  convent 
of  the  same  make  knowlege  by  thes  presents  that  Willm  Taylour  of 
Howghwyke  w^n  the  countie  of  Lane,  standith  and  is  owre  lawful! 
tenaunt  of  the  hoole  tenthe  corne  and  hey  in  Houghwyke  foresaide 
and  none  other  man  at  the  day  of  makynge  of  thes  presents.  And 
also  of  a  Tenement  of  owres  in  the  saide  Houghwyke  wherin  the  saide 
Willm  now  dwellith:  And  of  another  Tenement  of  owres  lyinge  in 
ffaryngton  whiche  John  Tardy(*)  now  holdyth  and  occupieth.  And 
further  that  the  saide  Willm  hathe  paied  his  rents,  upholde  his  howses, 
and  made  repacions  of  the  same :  And  also  pfourraed  all  and  euery 
other  articles  condicions  and  covenants  named  specified  and  rehersed 
accordynge  to  the  teno.fc  effect  of  certayne  Indenturs  made  betwyxt  the 
before  named  Abbot  and  Convent  and  the  saide  Willm  of  the  hoole 
premisses.  We  suerly  w*  favour  considerynge  the  same  havynge  also 
great  fidelite  and  truste  in  the  saide  Willm  and  his  goode  doynge  in 
tyme  comynge,  and  specially  thorowe  the  besy  and  diligente  labour 
informacion  and  credence  of  our  brother  Prior  there  do  graunte  con- 
firme  ratifie  and  allowe  all  and  euery  the  foresaide  leasses  dimises 
and  tacks  of  the  said  Willm.  Shewynge  trewe  servicable  aydynge 
and  mayntenynge  the  rights  of  our  monastery  in  Lanc^shyre  accord- 
ynge to  his  power  and  the  tenour  of  his  said  leassis.  In  wytnesse 

(')  Most  probably  this  is  the  tenement  in  Farington  now  known  by  the  name  of 
Tardy  Gate. 


78 


DE    PRIOBATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


wherof  we  haue  sette  hereunto  owre  comyn  Seale  the  xjth  day 
of  the  raonthe  of  Decembr  in  the  xvth  yere  of  the  reigne  of  our 
Soueraygne  Lorde  Kynge  Henry  the  viij. 


No.  LX. 


[WERDEN  MS.] 


Hec  indentura  testatur quod  Clemens  pmissione  divina  Abbas  monas- 
tery beate  Marie  sanctique  Egwini  episcopi  de  Evesham  et  eiusdem 
Loci  conventus  tradiderunt  concesserunt  et  ad  firmam  dimiserunt  Ro- 
berto ffaryngton  generoso uxori  eius  et  Willmo  fFaryngton  generoso 

filioHenrici  ffaryngton  militis  duas  grangias  vocatas  Longeton  barnes  in 
comitatu  Lancastrie  cum  gardino  ibidem  una  cum  omnimodis  bladis 
decimalib3  pvenientib}  de  villata  et  campis  de  Longton  cuiuscunque 
generis  fuerint  sive  speciei.  Habend.  et  tenend.  omnes  predictas  gran- 
gias cum  gardino  necnon  omnia  predicta  blada  decimalia,  ut  prefatur, 

prefatis  Roberto  ffaryngton uxori   eius  et  Willmo  ffaryngton 

successiue  statim  et  immediate 
post  forisfacturam  cessionem  sive 
suredditionem  Willmi  fforshawe 
nunc  firmarijs  et  tenentibj  inde  ad 
totum  terminum  sexaginta  anno- 
rum  tune  pxime  sequentium  si  per 
tantum  ternpus  vixerint  vel  unus 
eorum  vixerit.  Reddendo  inde 
annuatim  eidem  Abbati  successo- 
rib}  et  assignatis  suis  viginti  marcas 
legalis  monete  Anglie  sol  vend,  ad 
festum  sancti  Petri  ad  vincula  &c. 
{as  in  the  lease  of  Leyland  grange 
and  tithes,  ante,  p.  75.)  In  cuius 
rei  testimonium  uni  parti  vero  pe- 
nes prefatis  Roberto,  uxore 

eius  et  Willmo  remanenti  sigillum 
nostrum  commune  ad  causas  est 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  79 

appensum,  alter!  parti  vero  penes  nos  remanenti  predictus  Robertus, 

uxor  eius,  et  Willmus  sigilla  sua  alternatim  apposuerunt,    Dat. 

apud  Evesham  in  domo  nostra  capitulari  quarto  decimo  die  mensis 
January  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  octavi  post  conquestum  Anglie 
vicesimo  nono. 

No.  LXI.  Lease  by  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Evesham  of  the  manor 
and  rectory  of  Penwortham  and  the  advowson  of  Leyland  to  John 
Fletewoode.(l) 

[PENWORTHAM  MS.] 

This  Indenture  made  the  xxth  daie  of  ffebruarie  in  the  xxxth  yere 
of  the  reigne  of  our  Soueraigne  Lord  Kyng  Henry  the  eight  by  the 
grace  of  God  Kyng  of  England,  of  ffraunce,  Defensor  of  the  ffaithe, 
Lord  of  Yrlond  and  in  yerth  supreme  hedd  of  the  Churche  of  Englond 
Bet  wen  the  Reverent  ffather  in  God  Philippe  Abbatt  of  the  monastere 
of  our  blessed  Lady  and  Seint  Egwyn  of  Evesham  in  the  countie  of 
Worcester  and  the  conuente  of  the  same  place  on  thone  partie,  and 
John  ffletewoode  of  London  Gentleman  on  thother  partie  Witnesseth 
that  the  said  Abbatt  and  convente  for  certen  greate  somes  of  mony 
to  them  paied  at  the  sealyng  of  thes  presents  by  the  said  John  fflete- 
woode, and  for  dyuers  other  good  causes  and  consideracons  with  ther 
one  full  assent  and  consente  haue  dymysed  graunted  and  to  ferme 
leten  and  by  these  presents  do  dymyse  graunte  and  to  ferme  let  unto 
the  said  John  ffletewoode  his  executours  and  assignes  All  that  ther 
manor  and  Lordshipp  of  Penwortham  within  the  Countye  of  Lan- 
castre  with  ther  appurtenaunce  and  all  lands,  tenements,  howses, 
barnes,  stables,  buyldyngs,  meadowes,  mores,  courtletes  and  the  pro- 
fitts  of  the  same,  waiffs,  fyshynges,  comon  of  turbarie,  with  all  the 
appurtenaunce,  in  the  countie  of  Lancastre  And  all  other  lands  and 
heredytaments  possessions  of  the  said  convente  as  well  spirituall  as 
temporall  whatsoeuer  they  bee  to  the  said  monastere  in  any  wyse 
belongyng  wiche  the  said  Abbatt  and  Convente  have  occupied  or 
enioyed  within  the  said  Manor  or  Lordshipp,  or  the  parsonage  graunge 
(')  From  an  Inspeximus  of  Henry  VIII. 


80  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

or  fernie  of  Penwortham  aforesaid  And  the  said  Abbatt  and  Convente 
have  with  ther  full  assent  and  consent  by  these  presents,  for  the 
causes  and  consideracons  above  stated,  also  dymysed,  graunted,  and 
to  ferme  leten  and  by  these  presents  do  dymyse,  graunte,  and 
to  ferme  let  unto  the  said  John  ffletewoode  his  executours  and 
assignes,  All  that  there  parsonage  of  Penwortham  aforesaid,  and  also 
the  Parsonage  of  Lailonde  in  the  Countie  of  Lancastr  aforesaid,  and 
all  maner  of  tithes,  porcons,  and  pensions,  and  all  Glebelonds,  houses 
and  barnes,  with  all  ther  appurtenaunces  whatsoeuer  they  be  to  the 
said  parsonages  or  ether  of  them  in  any  wyse  belongyng  lyinge  and 
beinge  in  the  said  pisshes  of  Penwortham  and  Lailonde  or  in  either  of 
them,  or  in  any  other  towne,  hamelett,  or  place  within  the  county  of 
Lancastre  aforesaid :  Except  and  alwaies  reserved  unto  the  said 
Abbott  and  Convente  and  ther  successours  the  advowson  of  the 
vicarage  of  the  said  church  of  Laylond :  and  also  the  advowson  of  the 
parsonage  of  Meles  in  the  said  county  of  Lancastr.  To  Have  and  to 
Hold  occupie  and  enioye  all  and  singular  the  said  Manner  and  Lord- 
shipp  of  Penwortham  aforesaid,  and  also  the  parsonages  of  Penwor- 
tham and  Laylond  aforesaid  and  all  and  singular  other  the  premisses 
with  the  appurtenaunces,  excepte  before  excepted,  unto  the  said  John 
ffletewoode  his  executours  and  assignes  from  the  feaste  of  Saynte 
Michael  tharchaungell  last  before  the  date  of  these  presents  for  the 
terme  of  fourescore  and  nyneteene  yeres  then  nexte  ensuying  and 
fullye  to  be  complete  ended  Yeldyng  and  paying  therfor  yerly  and 
euery  yer  unto  the  said  Abbot  and  convente  and  to  ther  successours 
fourescore  nynetene  pounds  fyue  shillings  and  thre  pence  on  the  daye 
of  the  feast  of  Saynte  Marten  the  Busshop  in  wyntre  at  one  hoole 
payment  to  be  made  and  paied  yerly  at  Evesham  aforesaid,  and  the 
furste  payment  therof  to  be  made  and  begynne  at  the  said  day  of  the 
feast  of  Saynte  Marten  next  suyng  the  date  hereof.  And  the  said 
John  Fletewood  for  hym  his  heires  and  executours  doth  couenaunte 
and  graunte  to  and  with  the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  and  ther  Suc- 
cessours that  iff  it  fortune  that  the  said  rente  of  fourescore  nynetene 
pounds  fyue  shillings  and  thre  pence  to  be  behinde  and  not  paied  in 
parte  or  in  hoole  after  any  day  of  the  feast  aforesaid  on  whiche  it  ought 


DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  81 

to  be  paied  at  Evesham  aforesaid  by  the  space  of  xxvj.  dayes  that  then 
the  said  John  ffletewoode  his  executours  and  assignes  shall  lose  and 
forfeite  unto  the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  and  ther  successours 
tenne  poundes  (nomine  pene  tocies  quocies.)     And  in  like  wise  tenne 
poundes  (nomine  pene  tocies  quocies)  for  euery  monyth  after  the  said 
xxvj.  dayes  in  the  wiche  the  said  yerely  rente  or  any  parte  or  parcell 
therof  shall  so  fortune  not  to  be  paied.     And  that  it  shalbe  lawful 
unto  the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  and  ther  successours  into  the  pre- 
misses and  into  euery  parte  and  parcell  therof  to  entre  and  distreyne 
as  well  for  the  said  tenne  pounds  (nomine  pene)  as  for  the  arraregis 
of  the  said  rente  (tocies  quocies)  the  said  rente  or  any  parte  or  par- 
cell  shall  so  fortune  to  be  behynde  and  not  paied  as  is  aforesaid. 
And  the  said  John  ffletewoode  for  hym  his  heires  and  executours 
doth  also  couenaunte  and  graunte  to  and  with  the  said  Abbott  and 
conuente  and  ther  successours  that  he  the  said  John  ffletewoode  and 
his  executours  and  assignes  and  euery  of  them  shall  pmytt  and  suffer 
the  tenaunts  fermours  and  occupiers  of  the  meases  cotages  and  arable 
lands,  parcel]  of  the  premisses  and  of  euery  of  them  to  haue  occupye 
and  enjoie  for  terme  of  ther  lyues  all  such  meases  cotages  and  arable 
lands  as  they  or  any  of  them  haue  now  occupacon  by  vertue  of  any 
leace  or  grauute  to  them  or  any  of  them  heretofore  made  or  graunted. 
Prouided  that  this  libertie  do  not  risque  any  title  leace  or  interest  in 
or  to  any  barne  comohly  called  or  knowen  as  tythe  barne  nor  yet 
unto  or  for  any  manner  of  tythe  paied  of  the  premisses,  other  than 
for  such  tythe  and  barnes  as  before  the  date  of  these  presents  dymysed 
graunted  or  to  ferme  letten  under  the  convente  scale  of  the  said 
monastery,  nor  yet  to  make  or  assigne  unto  any  of  the  said  tenaunts 
or  fermours  any  longer  terme  or  interest  then  he  and  thei  now  hold 
the  same  meases  cotages  and  arable  lands  and  others  of  the  said  pre- 
misses.    And  wher  the  tenaunts  fermours  occupiers  of  the  tythe  or 
tythes  barnes  of  the  premisses  haue  for  the  space  of  one  hundreth 
yeres  last  past  contynually  used  to  haue  one  hoole  yeres  rent  alwaies 
remaynyng  in   ther  awne  hands,  by  reason  wherof  the  fermours 
tenaunts  and  occupiers  of  all  and  singular  the  tuythes  and  barnes 
aforesaid  at  the  feast  of  Lammas,  (called  advincula  sancti  Petri)  next 

M 


82  DE    PKIOHATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

ensuying  the  date  hereof  shall  owe  and  be  indebted  unto  the  said 
Abbott  and  Convente  of  and  for  one  hoole  and  entire  yeres  payment 
for  suche  parte  and  parcell  of  the  same  tythes  and  barnes  as  thei 
haue  holde  or  occupie ;  the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  with  theyr 
assent  and  consente  by  this  presente  pmyse  couenaunte  and  graunte 
to  and  with  the  said  John  ffletewoode  that  he  the  said  John  fflete- 
woode  his  executours  and  assignes  shall  and  lawfully  may  receyve 
and  gether  all  and  all  maner  of  rentes  and  yssues  of  all  and  singular 
the  said  tythes  and  barnes  remayning  or  now  being  in  the  hand  or 
custody  of  the  tenaunts  fermours  or  occupiers  of  the  same  tythes 
and  barnes  or  in  any  of  ther  hands  during  the  said  terme  of  fourescore 
and  nynetene  yeres.  And  also  that  the  said  John  ffletewoode  his 
executours  and  assignes  in  the  payment  of  the  said  rente  to  be  made 
at  the  said  feaste  of  Saynte  Marten  next  suying  the  date  hereof  shalbe 
allowed  of  and  for  that  wiche  is  or  bene  paied  to  one  Richard  Haw- 

kysbure  late  fermour,  custos,  or at  Penwortham  aforesaid  or  to 

any  other  person  or  persons  by  his  assignement  or  comaundment. 
And  furthermore  the  said  John  ffletewoode  for  hym  his  executours 
and  assignes  doth  covenaunte  and  graunte  to  and  with  the  said  Abbott 
and  Convente  and  ther  successours  at  all  tymes  hereafter  and  from 
tyme  to  tyme  duryng  the  said  terme  of  fourescore  and  nynetene  yeres 
at  and  with  the  pper  coste  and  charges  of  the  said  John  ffletewoode 
his  executours  and  assignes  sufficiently  to  repaire  and  upholde  and 
maynteyne  the  chauncells  of  the  churches  of  Penwortham  and  Lay- 
land  aforesaid.  And  in  thend  of  the  same  terme  to  leve  the  same 
with  all  other  the  premisses  suffioientlye  repaired  and  to  fynd  an 
honest  and  sufficient  preste  to  serve  the  churche  at  Penwortham 
aforesaid.  And  also  that  the  said  John  ffletewoode  his  heires  execu- 
tours or  assignes  shall  from  tyme  to  tyme  duryng  the  said  terme  of 
fourescore  and  nynetene  yeres  acquite  discharge  and  saue  harmless 
the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  and  their  successours  and  euery  of 
them  agenst  all  and  euery  pson  and  psons  as  well  of  and  for  all  and 
all  maner  of  payments  wiche  the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  and  their 
successours  haue  bene  charged  with  or  of  ryghte  ought  to  paye  or  be 
charged  with  for  or  by  reason  of  any  apppriacon  of  the  premisses  or 


DE    PRIOEATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  83 

of  any  part  or  parsel  therof  and  also  of  and  for  all  and  all  maner  of 
cheiffrents  hereafter  to  be  due,  and  also  all  and  all  maner  of  subsidies 
taxes  and  charges  ordinare  and  extraordinare  whatsoeuer  thei  be 
wiche  at  the  day  of  the  date  of  these  presents  at  any  tyme  hereafter 
duryng  the  said  terme  be  or  shall  fortune  to  be  due  of  the  premisses 
or  or  any  part  thereof.  And  ouer  this  the  said  John  ffletewoode  for 
hym  his  executours  and  assignes  doth  pmyse  couenaunt  and  graunte 
to  and  with  the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  and  their  successours  that 
when  and  as  often  duryng  the  said  terme  as  the  said  Abbot  or  his 
successours  or  any  of  them  or  any  of  his  or  their  successours  shall 
fortune  to  come  unto  Penwortham  aforesaid  that  he  the  said  John 
ffletewoode  his  executours  or  assignes  or  one  of  them  at  his  and  their 
pper  coste  &  charges  shall  from  tyme  to  tyme  fynd  unto  the  said 
Abbott  and  his  successours  and  to  his  and  their  officers  and  all  their 
servaunts,  and  euery  of  them  conuenient  meat  and  drynk  and  beddyng 
hay  and  prouender  and  sufficient  stallage  for  their  horses  for  and  du- 
ryng the  space  of  one  hoole  weeke,  so  that  itt  be  not  aboue  one  tyme 
iu  the  yere.  Prouided  and  itt  is  covenaunted,  graunted,  condecended 
and  agreid  betwene  the  said  parties  by  thes  presents  that  if  any  am- 
biguyte  or  doute  fortune  to  be  or  arise  in  or  uppon  thes  presents  or 
any  matter  or  clause  therin  conteyned,  that  the  same  ambiguyte  or 
doute  shalbe  ordered  or  made  certeyn  accordyng  to  the  trewe  intente 
and  meanyng  of  the  said  parties  by  oon  lernyd  man  to  be  named  by 
the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  and  their  successours,  and  oon  lernyd 
man  to  be  named  by  the  said  John  ffletewoode  his  executoures  or 
assignes ;  and  that  the  said  partyes  shall  keepe  obserue  and  pfourme 
all  and  euery  order  direccon  or  determinacon  to  be  made  by  the  said 
two  psons  in  fourme  aforesaid  as  if  the  same  order  direccon  and  de- 
terminacon had  been  expresse  and  fulle  set  fourth  in  thes  presents. 
In  Witnes  wherof  to  the  oon  ptie  of  this  indenture  remaynynge  with 
the  said  Abbott  and  convente  the  said  John  ffletewoode  hath  sett  his 
seall  and  to  the  other  ptie  of  the  same  Indenture  remaynynge  with 
the  said  John  ffletewoode  the  said  Abbott  and  Convente  have  sett  their 
convente  seall.  Greven  in  the  Chapter  House  on  the  daie  and  yere 
aboue  written. 


84  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


No.  LXII.  Extracta  particula  de  gestis  Abbatum. 

[EVESH.  CH.  fo.  167.] 

Hee  sunt  possessiones,  quas  primi  et  principales  benefactores  con- 
tulerunt  ecclesie  beate  Marie  et  sancti  Egwini  de  Evesham  ante 
decessum  eiusdem.  Imprimis  data  est,  &c.  Post  decessum  vero 
sancti  Egwini  alij  benefactores  contulerunt  eidem  ecclesie  viz.  (inter 
alia)  Terciam  partem  decimarum  de  dnico  de  Leyland,  et  de  Meoles, 
et  de  ffaryngton,  cum  ptinencijs  suis.  Item  sex  bovatas  terre  in 
Longeton,  et  quartam  partem  piscarie  de  Penwortham,  et  unum 
rete  liberum ;  Et  duas  bovatas  terre  in  Leylond,  et  assartum  de 
Blakeshage,  et  Hocwyke,  et  medietatem  de  Thelewele  :  Item  eccle- 
siam  de  Penwortham,  capellam  de  Meoles.  *.  *.  *. 

De  Abbatibus  Eveshamie  post  conquestum. 

Egelwinus,  ob.  xiiij.  kal.  Marc,  anno  dni  1077. 

Walterus,  ob.  xiij.  kal.  Febr.  anno  dfii  1086. 

Robertas  monachus  de  Jumieges,  migravit  ad  drium  anno  dni  1096. 
(ante,  No.  iii.  p.  2.) 

Mauricius,  ob.  anno  dni  1122.  (ante,  No.  ix.  p.  8.) 

Reginaldus  Gloucestrie,  ob.  viij.  kal.  Sept.  1136. 

Willmus  de  Andeville,  transijt  ij.  non.  Jan.  A.D.  1159. 

Rogerus,  monachus  sancti  Augustini  Cantuarie,  ob.  ij.  non.  Jan. 
A.D.  1160. 

Adam,  monachus  Cluniacensis,  vitam  finivit  ij.  Id.  Nov.  A.D.  1211. 

Huic(1)  successit  Rogerus,  dictus  Norreis,  quondam  ecclesie  Cristi 
Cantuarie  monachus,  sed  ppter  sua  facinora  ibi  in  carcerem  est 
detrusus,  a  quo  tandem  liberatus  p  cloacas  aufugit,  unde  homo 
ille  privatus  nullius  monastery  monachus  remansit.  Postea  vero, 
a  nullo  collegio  requisitus  vel  assumptus,  per  regiam  potestatem 

(!)  Roger,  surnamed  Norreis,  succeeded,  who  was  formerly  a  monk  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  at  Canterbury,  but  had  been  imprisoned  there  for  his  crimes,  but, 
escaping  through  a  sewer,  had  lived  as  a  private  individual,  not  entering  into  any 
monastery.  Afterwards,  though  not  required  nor  elected  by  any  college,  he  was 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  85 

in  Eveshamensem  pmovetur  Abbatem,  illius  ecclesie,  quantum 
licuit,  conventu  reclamante.  Iste  Abbas  magnanimus  se  exhi- 
bebat,  et  multis  literis  habundare  videbatur.  Facundus  enim 
erat  et  eloquentia  pollebat.  Curialis  etiam  nimium  extitit,  et 
dapsilis,  et  gloriosus,  in  mensa,  cibis,  et  potib}  habundantius 
affluens ;  et  quib}  et  quando  volebat  copiose  et  honorifice  hie 
largiebatur,  non  ut  Cristi  militem,  ut  beatus  Sebastianus,  set  ut 
exordinationes  suas  sub  absconso  chlamyde  tegeret.  Erat  enim 
vinolentus,  et  luxuriosus,  multisque  alijs  criminib}  irretitus.  Et, 
cum  talis  esset,  post  paucos  annos  postquarn  hue  venerat,  in 
tantam  superbiam  est  elatus,  ut  quasi  pro  multis  literis  suis,  et 
dapsilitate  sua  videretur  insanire,  et  observantiam  ordinis  cum 
cura  animarum  fere  penitus  abjecit.  Monachos  etiam  crudeliter 
oppressit,  victum  et  vestitum  ab  eis  pro  magna  parte  subtraxit, 
ita  quod  per  multos  dies  in  solo  pane  et  aqua,  multos  in  pane 
duro  et  cervisia,  parum  differente  ab  aqua,  sine  pitantia  fuerunt. 
Multi  etiam  ob  defectum  froccorum,  cucullarum,  et  femoralium, 
nee  chorum  nee  capitulum  intrare  poterunt,  nee  divina  cele- 
brare.  Tandem,  inedia  urgente,  conquesti  sunt  monachi  super 
hijs  drio  Huberto  Cantuariensi  archiepiscopo,  tune  temporis 
tocius  Anglie  legato.  Ipse  vero  inter  eos  pacem  reformans 

promoted  by  the  royal  authority  to  be  Abbot  of  Evesham,  the  convent  of  that 
church  protesting  as  far  as  possible.  This  Abbot  was  pompous,  apparently  of  great 
literary  attainments,  eloquent,  and  had  great  powers  of  speech.  He  was  too  courtly 
in  manners,  was  sumptuous,  vain-glorious,  and  too  fond  of  the  pleasures  of  the  table, 
in  which  he  was  liberal  whensoever  and  to  whom  he  chose  ;  so  that  it  was  not  Christ's 
soldier,  like  the  blessed  Sebastian,  but  his  own  irregularities  that  he  concealed  under 
his  cloak.  For  he  was  drunken,  gluttonous,  and  entangled  in  many  other  crimes. 
And,  such  as  he  was,  a  few  years  after  his  arrival  here  he  became  so  puffed  up  with 
pride  that  he  seemed  to  be  maddened  by  his  literary  knowledge  and  sumptuous 
living,  and  almost  altogether  neglected  the  observance  of  his  order,  and  the  cure  of 
souls.  He  also  cruelly  oppressed  the  monks,  and  so  diminished  their  food  and 
clothing,  that  for  some  days  they  lived  on  bread  and  water,  and  on  others,  on  hard 
bread  and  on  beer  differing  little  from  water,  without  any  pittance.  Many  of  the 
monks,  too,  for  want  of  frocks,  hoods,  and  breeches,  could  neither  attend  the  choir 
nor  chapter,  nor  perform  divine  service.  At  length,  being  pressed  by  hunger,  the 
monks  complained  about  these  things  to  Hubert,  Lord  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
then  legate  of  all  England.  He  made  peace  between  them,  and  assigned  certain 


86  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

assignavit  p  bono  pacis  certos  redditus  ad  pitanciariam,  quia 
prius  vina  et  medones  de  celario,  et  carnes  de  lardario  Abbatis, 
statutis  temporib3  ad  hoc  accipere  consueverunt,  unde  magnum 
murmur  et  magnus  defectus  sepius  contingebat.  Legacione 
autem  finita  post  annum  Abbas  iterum  monachos  subpeditavit, 
et  tarn  redditus  pitanciarie  quam  redditus  operis  et  omnes  reddi- 
tus eorum  fere  sibi  iterum  apppriavit.  Quappter,  miseria  et 
inedia  compulsi,  hec  ferre  non  volentes,  dno  Cantuarensi  ut  suo 
speciali  legato  scripserunt  monachi  suas  afflictiones,  et  Abbatis 
tyrannidem  et  exordinaciones,  qui  valde  commotus  venit  Eves- 
hamie,  et  ibi  de  hijs,  que  audierat,  diligenter  fecit  inquisitionem. 
Set  Abbas,  ad  callida  argumenta  confugiens,  munerib}  pmissis 
et  datis,  et  quib}dam  fratrib}  corruptis,  obediencijs  conventus  ad 
tempus  restitutis,  pacem  sibi  comparavit.  Recepit  tamen  ea 
vice  p  bono  pacis  Cumborem,  qui  prius  in  consulto  conventu 
commutaverat  p  Bortona,  que  fuit  de  Camera,  et  dedit  illi 
Tatlesthrope  ad  cameram  loco  Bortone,  et  sic  semper  tribulate 
pfuit. 

Sed  ad  hue  pax  parvo  tempore  duravit.  Nam  paulo  post 
pejus  quam  unquam  prius  monachos  flagellavit,  nam  sacrista- 
riam,  et  omnes  obediencias  illorum  amplius  et  durius  quam 
prius  sibi  apppriavit,  et  illos  fame,  frigore,  et  inedia  durius  quam 

rents  for  their  pittances,  because  formerly  they  were  wont  at  stated  times  to  receive 
wines  and  mead  from  the  Abbot's  cellar,  and  flesh  from  the  larder,  the  want  of 
which  often  caused  great  complaints.  But  a  year  after,  Hubert  ceasing  to  be  legate, 
the  Abbot  again  trampled  on  the  monks,  and  appropriated  as  well  the  rents  for  the 
pittances  as  the  rents  for  the  works,  and  indeed  almost  all  the  rents.  Wherefore, 
forced  by  misery  and  want,  and  not  able  to  bear  such  treatment,  the  monks 
wrote  an  account  of  their  misery,  and  the  tyranny  and  exactions  of  the  Abbot, 
to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  as  to  their  own  special  legate,  who  greatly  vexed 
came  to  Evesham,  and  there  carefully  enquired  about  the  things  he  had  heard.  But 
the  Abbot,  speaking  artfully,  and  having  corrupted  some  of  the  brethren  by 
promises  and  gifts,  and  restoring  the  offices  to  the  convent,  got  matters  hushed 
up.  ****** 

But  peace  lasted  a  short  time.  For  shortly  after  he  oppressed  the  monks  worse 
than  ever,  and  appropriated  the  sacristary  and  all  the  offices  more  entirely  and 
rigidly  than  before,  and  more  than  formerly  afflicted  the  monks  by  hunger,  cold,  and 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  87 

prius  predictum  est  affecit.  Nee  hoc  ei  ad  cumulum  dampna- 
cionis  sue  suffecit,  sed,  quasi  sciens  que  super  eum  ventura  erant 
antequam  deponeretur,  ut  ipse  sepe  dicebat,  quod  talem  redderet 
abbaciam,  ut  nunquam  aliquis  post  eurn  ea  gauderet,  ccepit 
possessiones  ecclesie  dilapidare,  consanguineos  suos  ditare,  ut 
qui  tali  villicacione  deposita  in  suas  domos  eum  reciperent. 

Interim  missus  est  in  Anglia  dnus  Johannes,  Cardinalis  lega- 
tus,  totius  Anglie  primas.  Qui  cum  venisset  Eveshamie  fecit 
facere  singulari  scrutatum  de  statu  domus  tarn  interior!  quam 
exteriori.  Et  scrutinio  inspecto  concessit  ut  pax  inter  eos,  si 
fieri  posset,  reformaretur.  Et  tune  facta  est  hec  composicio  inter 
eos,  viz.  quod  omnes  redditus,  suis  officijs  assignati,  et  omnes 
consuetudines  de  cellario  in  scriptum  ratum  sunt  redacta,  et 
contra  omnia  in  quib}  solebat  ipsos  gravare,  est  in  ea  illis  cautum, 
et  miserunt  earn  ad  drium  legatum  et  confirmavit  earn.  Et  sic 
semper  adversitatib3  et  tribulacionib}  meliorati  creverunt. 

In  diebus  illis  erat  dnus  Maugerius,  episcopus  Wygornensis, 
vir  Justus,  et  timens  Deum.  Iste  Abbatis  exordinacionib}  con- 
dolens,  et  miseria  conventus  compaciens,  auctoritate  cuiusdam 
indulgentie  a  dfio  Papa,  impetrare  voluit  Eveshamie  causa  visi- 


starvation.  Nor  was  this  the  crowning  point  of  his  damnation  ;  but,  as  if  he  knew 
what  would  happen  before  his  deposition,  as  he  often  said  that  he  would  render  the 
abbacy  such  that  no  one  could  enjoy  it  after  him,  he  began  to  dispose  of  the  property 
of  the  church,  and  enrich  his  own  relations,  that  when  he  was  put  out  of  the  stew- 
ardship they  might  receive  him  into  their  houses. 

In  the  meantime  the  Lord  Cardinal  John  was  sent  into  England  as  legate  or 
primate  of  all  England.  And,  when  he  came  to  Evesham,  he  strictly  examined  the 
internal  and  external  state  of  the  convent.  And  then  he  ordered  that  peace  should, 
if  possible,  be  made  amongst  them.  And  this  composition  was  made  between 
them,  viz.  that  all  rents  should  be  assigned  to  their  proper  objects,  and  the  customs 
relating  to  the  cellar  were  reduced  into  writing,  wherein  provision  was  made  against 
all  the  modes  by  which  he  oppressed  them.  They  sent  this  to  the  Lord  Legate, 
and  he  confirmed  it.  And  thus  they  always  grew  better  in  adversities  and  tribu- 
lations. 

In  those  days  Maugerius,  a  just  man,  and  one  who  feared  God,  was  bishop  of 
Worcester,  and  he,  pitying  the  extravagancies  of  the  Abbot,  and  compassionating 
the  wretchedness  of  the  convent,  wished,  by  virtue  of  some  authority  from  the 


88  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

tacionis  venire.  Set  Abbas  et  conventus  eum  viriliter  repule- 
runt.  Et  anno  sequente  p  industriam  et  laborem  magistri 
Thome  de  Marleberg,  monachi  dicte  domus,  pcuratoris  in 
Romana  curia  existentis,  cum  Dei  auxilio,  lata  est  sentencia  a 
Romano  pontifice  p  exemptione  et  libertate  ecclesie  Eveshamie 
contra  episcopum.  Quappter  Abbas,  p  exemptionem  factus 
securus,  quia  nullo,  nisi  a  dno  Papa  vel  ejus  legato,  posset 
deponi,  item  quasi  canis  ad  vomitum  reverteus,  non  omittebat 
psequi  universum  conventum,  tarn  suos  fautores  quam  adversa- 
ries ;  et  veluti  neminem  timens  faciebat  quodcunque  volebat ; 
et  facta  sunt  novissima  illorum  pejora  omnib}  priorib}. 

Tandem  cum  p  septennium  multa  immobilia  dilapidasset, 
et  ecclesiam  sere  alieno  ad  mille  marcas  onerasset,  et  in  tantum 
conventum  depressisset,  quod  multi  unde  se  cooperirent  honeste, 
vel  inundanti  pluvia  ubi  caput  suum  reclinarent,  non  haberent ; 
et  multi  fame  et  inedia  affecirentur ;  missus  est  a  dfio  Papa 
dnus  Nicholaus  Tusculanensis  episcopus,  legatus  Romane  sedis, 
p  quib3dam  negocijs  ecclesie  Anglicane,  qui  cum  Eveshamie 
causa  visitacionis  venisset,  ex  precepto  ejusdetn  Legati,  surrexit 
Thomas  de  Marleberg  monachus,  et  statum  domus  eius  retulit, 
et  Abbatem  coram  eo  accusavit,  et  super  septem  vel  octo  crimi- 

Pope,  to  visit  Evesham.  But  the  Abbot  and  convent  manfully  repelled  him.  And 
the  next  year,  by  the  industry  and  pains  of  Thomas  de  Marleberg,  a  monk  of  the 
house  and  its  proctor  at  the  court  of  Rome,  by  the  help  of  God,  a  decree  was 
obtained  from  the  Roman  pontiff,  that  the  church  of  Evesham  should  be  free  and 
exempt  from  the  Bishop's  visitation.  Then  the  Abbot,  being  secured  by  this 
exemption,  as  he  could  not  be  deposed  except  by  the  Pope  or  his  legate,  and  like  a 
dog  returning  to  his  vomit,  persecuted  the  whole  convent,  as  well  friends  as 
enemies,  and,  as  if  fearing  no  one,  he  did  what  he  would,  and  his  last  deeds  were 
worse  than  his  first. 

At  length,  after  he  had  for  seven  years  pulled  down  the  fixtures,  had  burthened 
the  church  with  debt  to  the  amount  of  a  thousand  marks,  and  had  so  ruined  the 
convent  that  many  were  not  properly  sheltered,  and  had  not  where  to  lay  their 
heads  from  the  showers  of  rain,  and  when  many  were  worn  out  by  hunger  and  want, 
Nicholas,  Bishop  of  Tusculum,  a  legate  of  the  Roman  See,  was  sent  by  the  Pope  on 
business  relating  to  the  Anglican  Church  ;  and  when  he  visited  Evesham,  Thomas 
de  Marleberg,  by  his  command,  rose  and  stated  the  condition  of  the  monastery,  and 
accused  the  Abbot  before  him,  and  he  convicted  him  of  seven  or  eight  crimes  by  his 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  89 

p  Abbatis  confessionem  et  p  rei  evidenciam  et  p  fratrum 
testimonium  eum  convicit ;  et  ita  depositus  est  Abbas  Rogerus 
et  exhabbas  factus,  anno  dni  M°cc°xiij,  omnib}  in  conventu 
gaudentib3,  quern  Deus  pdiderit  imppetuum.  Quinta  post  hanc 
diem  ad  petitionem  conventus  dedit  ei  dnus  Legatus  Prioratum 
de  Penwortham  ad  vite  sustentacionem.  Quern  post  quinque 
menses  ppter  suos  excessus  ei  abstulit.  Qui  tuno  Romam  adijt. 
Sed  nee  Abbaciam  nee  Prioratum  nee  eciam  Monachatum 
liuius  ecclesie  potuit  optinere.  Postmodum  vero  elapsis  fere 
quinque  annis  a  tempore  sue  depositionis  miseratus  illius  dnus 
legatus  Pandulphus,  qui  tune  legacionis  officio  fungeretur  in 
Anglia,  ne  esset  quovagus  omnib}  dieb}  vite  sue,  restituit  ei 
Prioratum  de  Penwortham.  Vero  quoscunque  redditus  con- 
ventui  assignatos  subtraxit.  Vixit  ibi  postea  annis  ferme  sex, 
nee  unquam,  hoc  tempore  pendente,  voluit  Abbati  et  conventui 
reconciliari,  sicque  multis  laborib}  et  misery's  fatigatus,  ibidem 
vitam  finivit,  et  in  eodem  Loco  est  sepultus. 

Huic  successit  Randulphus,  prior  Wygornie,  ob.  xvj.  kal.  Jan.  1229. 

Thomas  de  Marleberg,  ob.  ij.  Id.  Sept.  1236. 

Ricardus  Gras,  prior  de  Hurleye,  cancellarius  totius  Anglie,  ob.  v.  Id. 
Dec.  1242. 

Thomas  de  Clloucestria,  stated  by  Dr.  Nash  to  have  been  Prior  of 
Penwortham,  ob  28  kal.  Jan.  1255. 

Henricus,  ob.  id.  Nov.  1263. 

own  confession  and  by  the  evidence  of  the  fact  and  the  testimony  of  the  brethren. 
And  so,  to  the  joy  of  all  the  convent,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  M°cc°xiij.,  Abbot 
Boger  was  deposed  and  made  exabbot,  whom  may  God  for  ever  destroy !  Five 
days  after,  at  the  petition  of  the  convent,  the  legate  gave  him  the  priory  of  Pen- 
worthara  for  his  sustenance.  But  he  took  it  again  from  him  five  months  after,  on 
account  of  his  excesses.  He  then  went  to  Rome.  But  he  could  obtain  neither 
abbacy  nor  priory  nor  even  monkhood  in  that  Church.  But  five  years  after  his 
deposition,  Pandulphus,  who  then  exercised  the  office  of  legate  in  England,  out  of 
pity,  and  to  prevent  his  being  a  wanderer  all  the  days  of  his  life,  restored  him  to 
the  priory  of  Penwortham.  But  even  then  he  took  away  certain  rents  which  had 
been  assigned  to  the  convent.  He  lived  there  nearly  six  years,  and  never  during 
that  time  expressed  a  wish  to  be  reconciled  to  the  Abbot  and  convent.  And, 
oppressed  with  wretchedness,  he  died,  and  was  buried  in  that  place. 


90  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

Willmus  de  Whitechurch  ob.  3  non.  Aug.  1282. 
Johannes  de  Brokehampton,  ob.  15  kal.  Sept.  1316  (ante  p.  28). 
Willmus  de  Chyryton,  ob.  id.  Dec.  1344  (ante  pp.  22,  49). 
Willmus  de  Boys,  ob.  8  id.  Junij  1367  (ante  p.  51). 
Robertus  de  Ombresley,  ob.  30  Oct.  1379. 
Rogerus  Zatton,  ob.  6  kal.  Dec.  1418. 
Ricardus  Bromesgrave,  ob.  10  Maij  1435. 
Johannes  Wykewan,  ob,  1460. 
Ricardus  Penbrok,  ob.  7  March  1467. 
Ricardus  Haukysbury,  ob.  6  kal.  Aprilis  1477  (ante  p.  61). 
Willmus  Upton,  ob.  21  July  1483. 
Johannes  Norton,  ob.  2  July  1491. 
Thomas  Newbold,  ob.  6  Dec.  1513. 
Clemens  Tichefeld,  resigned  (ante  p.  77). 

Philip  Hawford,  created  1539,  and  resigned  the  Abbey  17  November 
1539  (ante  p.  79). 

No.  LXIII.  Qucedam  spectantia  ad  consuetudines  monasterij 
Eveskameij. 

[EvEsn.  CH.  fo.  178.] 

Abbas  de  novo  creatus,  si  extra  monasterium  confectus,^)  cum 
redierit,  cum  festiva  pcessione  suscipiatur.  Ipso  vero  a  Priore  instal- 
lato,  in  omni  loco  est  singulari  reverencia  honorandus.  Cui  omnes 
oinnib}  licitis  reverentur  obediantur.  Transeunte  eo  p  claustrum 
vel  ubicunque  p  officinas  regulares,  preterquam  in  dormitorio,  sin- 
guli  stando  inclinent  ad  eum  quousque  ptranseat.  Et  quandocunque 
necesse  fuerit,  quocunque  Abbas  ambulat,  preterquam  in  dormitorio, 
capellanus  deferat  lanternam  accensam  coram  eo.  Nullus  tamen  eo 

(!)  If  the  newly  elected  Abbot  is  consecrated  out  of  the  monastery,  he  shall,  when 
he  returns,  be  received  with  a  festive  procession.  When  he  is  installed  by  the 
Prior,  he  is  everywhere  to  be  honoured  with  particular  reverence,  and  all  must 
obey  him  in  all  lawful  things.  As  he  passes  through  the  cloister,  or  through  any  of 
the  regular  offices,  except  the  dormitory,  all  shall  stand  up,  and  bow  to  him,  while 
he  passes.  When  it  is  necessary,  a  chaplain  shall  carry  a  lighted  lanthorn  before 
him  wherever  he  walks,  except  in  the  dormitory.  No  one  may  walk  abreast  of  him, 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  91 

collecraliter  incedat,  nisi  ad  missam.  Ubicunque  sederit,  nullus 
juxta  eum  sedere  presumat,  nisi  ipse  jusserit.  Jussus  vero  sedere, 
devote  se  reclinat,  et  sic  humiliter  juxta  eum  sedeat.  Et  notandum 
est,  quod  stallum  Abbatis,  seu  sedile,  ubi  fuerit  sessurus,  semper 
ornatur  quarello,  sive  sit  revestatus,  sive  non.  Quicunque  etiam 
ei  manu  ullum  dederit,  vel  de  manu  eius  aeceperit,  osculetur 
manum  eius.  Quocunque  vero  sit,  ibi  debet  ordo  et  disciplina. 
Quapropter  in  quocunque  loco  fuerit  sive  in  claustro,  sive  extra 
claustrum,  et  reprehendet  aliquem  fratrem  inordinate  agentem,  sive 
loquentem,  mox  ille  coram  eo  veniam  petierit  humiliter,  sicut  in 
capitulo,  et  tandem  stet  ante  ilium,  donee  ilium  jubeat  sedere.  Ab- 
bas tamen  pvidere  debet,  ne  hoc  faciat  coram  secularib}  homing. 
In  primo  quidem  capitulo  Abbas  sedet,  omnes,  qui  intra  monaste- 
rium  obediencias  habent,  et  res  monastery  servant,  suarum  obedien- 
ciarum  claves  ante  pedes  eius  ponant.  Ipse  vero  recommandet  in 
ipsas  obediencias,  si  non  aliter  ordinandas  esse  decreverit.  Omnis 
itaque  totius  monastery  ordinatio  ex  eius  arbitrio  pendeat.  Si  quod 
notum,  necessitate  cogente  vel  racione  suadente,  eo  absente,  in 
monasterio  fuerit  ordinatum,  cum  redierit,  judicetur  ei,  et  postea  fiat 
sicut  ipse  preceperit.  Abbas  vero  debet  esse  cautus  in  regimine, 
habitalis,  castus,  et  misericors,  solennis,  et  dfii  precepta  verbis  et 

except  to  mass.  Wherever  he  may  sit,  no  one  shall  presume  to  sit  near  him, 
unless  by  his  order.  If  he  bid  any  one  sit,  that  person  shall  bow  lowly,  and  then 
humbly  take  his  seat,  and  it  is  to  be  observed  that  the  Abbot's  stall  or  seat  shall  be 
adorned  with  a  quarellum,  whether  he  be  in  pontificals  or  not.  Whoever  shall 
hand  him  anything,  or  receive  anything  from  him,  shall  kiss  his  hand.  Wherever 
he  is,  the  strictest  order  and  discipline  must  be  observed.  When  he  blames  any 
monk  who  has  behaved  or  spoken  amiss,  whether  it  be  within  or  without  the  cloister, 
that  monk  shall  himself  sue  for  pardon,  as  he  would  in  the  chapter,  and  he  shall 
stand  before  the  Abbot  until  ordered  to  sit.  But  the  Abbot  must  take  care  that 
this  be  not  done  before  laymen.  In  the  first  chapter  over  which  the  Abbot  pre- 
sides, all  who  hold  offices  in  the  monastery  shall  lay  the  keys  of  their  offices  at  his 
feet :  but  he  shall  restore  their  charge  to  them  if  it  be  not  otherwise  decreed.  Thus 
the  whole  regulation  of  the  monastery  depends  on  his  will.  If  in  his  absence,  either 
through  necessity  or  expediency,  any  new  regulation  be  made,  when  he  returns  it 
shall  be  submitted  to  him,  and  then  it  shall  be  done  as  he  may  command.  The 
Abbot  ought  therefore  to  be  circumspect  in  his  government,  humble,  chaste,  and 
merciful,  sober,  and  one  who  shows  forth  the  divine  precept  both  by  words  and 


92  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

exemplis  ostendens.  Et  quam  frequentius  poterit  sit  cum  fratrib3  in 
conventu  reliquis,  curam  et  diligentem  solicitudinem  gerens,  de 
omnib}  ut  de  officio  sibi  commisso  dignam  Deo  possit  reddere 
ration  era. 

Servata  Abbati  in  omnib5  reverencia,  Prior,  qui  et  prepositus  in 
regula  nominatur,  honorabiliter  est  reliquis  ministris  domus  Dei. 
Ipse  pre  ceteris  post  Abbatem  potens  sit  in  opere  et  sermone,  ut 
extra  vite  verbo  et  doctrine  suos  fratres  instruere  possit  in  bono,  et  a 
malo  revocare.  Ipsi  soli  servit  sacerdos  in  officio  divino.  Ea  quoque 
que  extra  claustrum  sunt,  si  Abbas  deest,  juxta  ipsius  arbitrium  dis- 
ponuntur.  Quocies  res  expostulat,  tenet  aut  teneri  jubet  capitulum 
de  omnib}  servientib}  qui  intra  officinas  monastery  conversantur. 
Et  secundum  crimina  delinquentium,  eo  jubente,  vindicte  inferuntur. 
Transeunte  eo  g  claustrum  vel  p  chorum,  non  assurgitur  illi ;  volente 
eo  sedere  in  claustro,  tamen  alij  fratres  assurgunt  illi,  juxta  quos 
sedere  vult.  Ubicunque  extra  claustrum  fratres  sedentes  invenit, 
assurgunt  ei  omnes.  Prior  claustri  sive  custos  ordinis  quocunque 
major  Prior  eat,  si  fieri  possit  in  claustro  vel  extra  claustrum  semp 
esse  debet,  et  ordinem  claustri  omni  sollicitudine  servare.  Quocun- 
que major  Prior,  dum  in  monasterio  est,  concedere  potest  vel  phibere 
culpas  vel  indulgere.  Hec  quoque  Prior  claustri  absente  eo  facere 

actions.  He  should  mix  with  the  brethren  as  much  as  possible,  using  the  utmost 
care  and  solicitude  in  all  things,  that  he  may  render  to  God  a  proper  account  of  the 
office  entrusted  to  him. 

Respect  being  always  paid  to  the  Abbot,  the  Prior,  who  is  called  Prepositus  by 
the  rule,  must  be  held  in  honour  by  the  other  servants  of  the  house  of  God.  Next 
to  the  Abbot  he  should  be  mighty  in  deeds  and  words,  that  by  the  example  of  his 
life  and  doctrine  he  may  lead  the  brethren  in  the  good,  and  warn  them  from  the 
evil  path.  To  him  alone  is  the  officiating  priest  answerable.  Everything  without 
the  convent  is  under  his  control  in  the  Abbot's  absence.  When  necessary,  he  calls 
the  chapter  of  all  the  officials  dwelling  within  the  monastery.  And  at  his  command 
due  punishment  is  inflicted  upon  delinquents.  As  he  passes  through  the  cloister  or 
choir,  it  is  not  usual  for  the  brethren  to  rise  to  him  ;  but  when  he  wishes  to  sit  in 
the  choir,  those  near  whom  he  wishes  to  sit  must  rise.  But  whenever  he  finds  any 
of  the  brethren  sitting  out  of  the  cloister,  they  must  all  rise  to  him.  The  prior  of 
the  cloister,  or  the  guardian  of  the  order,  ought  always  to  attend  the  first  Prior 
wherever  he  may  be  either  in  or  out  of  the  cloister,  to  preserve  there  good  order. 
It  is  the  duty  of  the  first  Prior,  while  in  the  monastery,  to  punish  er  pardon 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  98 

potest,  exceptis  majorib}  causis  quas  vel  ipsius  majoris  Prioris  vel 
Abbatis  judicio  reservare  debet.  Isti  oustodes,  sicut  decani,  eligun- 
tur  de  notis  monastery  meliorib}  et  prudentiorib3  qui  nee  maliciose 
p  private  odio  unquam  clamorem  de  quolibet  faciant,  neo  p  privata 
amicitia  negligentia  taceant.  Alicubi  hi  religiose  et  ordinate  se 
debent  vigilare  et  exempla  religionis  videntib}  ostendere.  Sit 
attente  et  reverenter  audiendi  sunt  in  capitulo.  Auditis  eis  qui 
sponte  venias  petunt,  istorum  est  precipue  clamores  facere. 

Memorandum,  quod  ad  anniversarium  dompni  Walteri  de  Wale- 
cote  Prioris  assignantur  omnes  redditus  quos  comparavit  in  villa  de 
Evesham,  et  in  Penwortham,  quod  elemosinarius  noster,  qui  p  tern- 
pore  fuerit,  inveniat  conventui  ad  anniversarium  ipsius  annuatim 
faciendum  optimam  pitanciam  salmonis,  vel  alterius  piscis  melioris, 
qui  tune  poterit  in  venire,  una  cum  caritate  vini  optimi ;  et  totum 
residuum  pmaneat  imppetuum  secundum  discretionem  elemosinarij 
paupib}  fideliter  erogandum. 

Memorandum,  quod  anno  Drii  millesimo  trecentesimo  nonage- 
simo  secundo,  anno  regis  Ricardi  secundi  xv°,  x.  kaln.  Maij,  obijt  pie 
memorie  venerabilis  Prior  Nicholaus  Herford,  qui  prioratum  ecclesie 
Eveshamie  devote  et  religiose  vivendo  p  xl.  annos  et  quatuor  ebdo- 
medas  sub  ejus  Abbatib3  rexit  et  obtinuit,  et  post  ejus  obitum  multa 
beneficia  et  ecclesie  ornamenta  dicto  monasterio,  ad  ejus  anime  salu- 
tem  et  in  posterum  exemplum  reliquit  *  *  *  *  *. 

offences.  In  his  absence  this  devolves  on  the  prior  of  the  cloister,  except  in  those 
cases  of  moment  which  must  be  reserved  for  the  judgment  of  the  first  Prior  or  the 
Abbot.  These  officials,  like  deans,  must  be  chosen  from  the  best  and  most  prudent 
members  of  the  convent ;  for  they  may  neither  accuse  any  one  for  private  hatred, 
nor  pass  over  any  negligence  through  private  friendship.  Above  all  things  they 
must  conduct  themselves  righteously  and  orderly,  that  they  may  be  examples  to  all 
who  see  them.  They  must  be  listened  to  attentively  and  reverently  in  the  chapter. 
They  must  hear  those  who  ask  pardon.  It  is  their  especial  duty  to  make  com- 
plaints. 

Memorandum  —  To  the  celebration  of  the  anniversary  of  Walter  de  Walecote, 
Prior,  are  assigned  all  the  rents  which  he  acquired  at  Evesham  and  Penwortham, 
that  the  almoner  for  the  time  being  may  find  for  the  convent,  at  that  anniversary, 
the  best  pittance  of  salmon  or  some  other  fish  of  the  best  kind  that  can  be  pro- 
cured, together  with  an  allowance  of  the  best  wine ;  and  the  residue  shall  at  the 
almoner's  discretion  be  faithfully  distributed  amongst  the  poor.  (See  ante,  p.  28.) 


94  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

Nunc  de  libris  tractandum  est.  Quosdam  emit,  et  quosdam, 
mediantib}  scriptorib},  componi  fecit.  De  libris  emptis  primo  inci- 
piendum  est 

Summa  predicantium,  qui  valet  ix.  marcas. 

Burley  super  politicis,  pretij  vij.  marcarum. 

Burley  super  physices,  pretij  quatuor  marcarum  et  dimidie. 

Cowton,  pretij  septem  marcarum. 

Missale  dimidij  anni,  pretij  viginti  marcarum. 
Et  sequentes  libros  componi  fecit  in  parte  : 

Prescianus  in  constructionib}. 

Memoriale  junioris,  cum  prato  florum,  in  eodem  volumine  ligati. 

Petagogicum  grammatice  super  quatuor  partes  grammatice. 

Nominale,  cum  diffinitione  artium. 

Quaterni  grammaticales,  quorum  primus  vocatur,  Que  meliora 
cum  exoticon.  Secundus,  Notabilia  Chatholicon.  Tertius, 
Nominale,  qui  sic  incipit,  Heley,  Heloy,  cum  quatuor  partib) 
grammatice.  Quartus,  qui  sic  incipit,  Sicut  et  tertius. 
Quintus,  Biblisworthe  cum  alijs  tractatib}  grammatice.  Sex- 
tus,  Merarius  cum  ymnario  glossato.  Septimus,  Guydo  de 
vero  dictamine. 

Biblia. 

Sinistra  pars  oculi. 

Speculum  curatorum. 

Tabula  super  Augustinum  de  civitate  Dei. 

Manipulus  florum. 

Distinctiones. 

Boetius  de  consolatione  philosophic. 

Dockyn. 

Flores  Bernardi. 

Wallensis. 

Summa  conscientie. 

Costeley  super  Apocalypsin. 

Stimulus  amoris,  cum  alijs  tractatib3  in  eodem  volumine. 

Vita  sancte  Eufrasie,  cum  alijs  tractatib3. 

Egidius,  de  regimine  principum. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  95 

Quaternus,  de  prima  injungenda. 

Quaternus,  Sumraa  Crisostomi  cum  alijs  tractatib}  in  eodem  volu- 

mine. 
Quaternus,  Hugonis  de  Sancto  Victore,  cum  alijs  tractatib}  in 

eodem  volumine. 

Quaternus,  de  doctrina  dicendi  et  tacendi. 
Quaternus,  de  articulis  fidei,  cum  alijs  tractatib}. 
Quaternus,  de  diabolicis  fantasmaticis. 
Quaternus  legum,  cum  diversis  tractatib}. 

De  origine  religionis,  secundum  Ricardum  Heremitam  de  Hanipole. 
Quaternus  de  musica  et  arte  metrice. 
Quaternus  de  statutis  Anglie,  cum  multis  alijs  tractatib}. 
Holkote  super  sapientiam. 
Purgatorium  Patricij  sancti. 
Descriptio  orbis,  cum  cronicis  abbreviatis. 
Primum  Psalterium. 

Primus  liber  de  matutinis  de  Dria,  cum  septem  psalmis  primalib}. 
Liber  Job  junioris. 

Bernardus  Cassinensis  super  regulam. 
Smaragdus  super  regulam. 
Quaternus  de  constitution^  Bernardi. 
Quaternus,  qui  dicitur,  Philosophia  monachorum,  cum  diversis 

tractatib}  de  ordine. 

Quaternus  super  regulam,  in  papire  non  ligatur. 
Quaternus  niger  qui  dicitur,  Formula  novicorum. 
Speculum  stultorum. 
Psalterium  Geronimi. 
Parvus  liber,  de  septem  artib3  liberalibj. 
Quaternus  major,  de  septem  artib}  Iiberalib3. 
Quaternus,  de  arte  notatoria,  cum  alijs  tractatib3- 
Dissuasio  Valerij  ad  Rufinum,  de  uxore  non  ducenda. 
Quaternus,  de  peregrinatione  terre  sancte. 
Bellum  Trojanum,  cum  vita  Alexandri  in  quaterno. 
Quaternus,  de  fisica. 
Quaternus  Odorici  cum  alijs  tractatib3. 


J  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

Policronica,  cum  alijs  tractatib}. 

Bellum  Troianum  ligatum. 

Alius  quaternus  de  bello  Troiano. 

Cronice  fratris  Maunij  primacy  dni  Pape. 

Cronice  abbreviate  in  papiro. 

Quaternus,  de  confessione. 

Quaternus  primarie  institutionis  monachorum. 

Quaternus  in  inquisitionib}  faciendia  in  visitacionib}. 

Liber  agriculture. 

Formula  vite  honeste. 

Secretum  secretorum. 

Mort  de  Arthur,  cum  Sankreal,  in  eodem  volumine. 

Quaternus  Gallicus  de  diversis  materijs. 

Imago  de  Mounde. 

Beufis  de  Hampton. 

Amys  et  Amylon. 

Liber  parvus  narracionum. 

Albumasar. 

Johanne  de  Sacrobosco. 

Quaternus,  de  compositione  astrolabij,  et  ejus  specieb}. 

Quaternus,  de  divisione  temporum. 

Quaternus,  de  compotis. 

Quaternus,  de  mirabilib}  mundi  et  astronomic. 

Tabula  Martiniani. 

Johannes  Androw. 

Constituciones  Pape  dementis. 

Concordia  discordantium. 

Decretales  ij. 

Summa  super  titulis  dccrctalium. 

Johannes  Andrew  super  sex  et  septem  libros  decretalium. 

Instituta. 

Notabilia  decretalium  et  decretorum. 

Bromezart. 

Parvus  liber  de  oracionib3. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  97 

Precium  istorum  librorum  cum  quaternis  discernet  pij  discretio 
legentis. 

Precium  librorum  cum  precibus  scripture  xlvij.  marc,  et  dimid. 

Precium  pro  factura  unius  mappe  mundi,  sex  marc. 

Cuius  anime  ppitietur  Deus,  anima  ejus  et  anime  omnium  de- 
functorum  p  Dei  misericordiam  in  pace  requiescant.  Amen,  Amen, 
Amen. 


Rogerus  pmissione  divina  Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  episcopus,  DC  Penwortham. 
dilecto  filio  decano  de  Laylond  salutem,  graciam,  et  benedictionem. 
Cum  religiosi  viri  Abbas  et  conventus  monastery  de  Evesham, 
Wygornensis  diocesis,  parochialem  ecclesiam  de  Penewortham,  nostre 
diocesis,  se  pretendant  titulo  canonico  possidere  et  gerere  duntaxat  p 
aliquos  monachos  eiusdem  monastery'  seu  alios  vicarios  temporales  p 
voluntate  Abbatum  dicti  monastery,  qui  p  tempore  fuerant,  remo- 
vendos  seu  mutandos.  Hactenus  consueverunt  omnia  jura  episcopa- 
lia  solvere,  et  alia  onera  dicte  ecclesie  incumbentia  supportare,  ac 
prioratum  quern  apud  Penewortham  religiosus  vir  frater  Radulphus 
de  Wylicote  monachus  monastery'  antedicti,  prior  de  Penewortham  ab 
aliquib3  appellatus,  et  frater  Johannes  de  Merston  eiusdem  monas- 
tery monachus  occupare  dicuntur  obedientiam  ejusdem  monastery,  et 
eundem  fratrem  Radulphum  ibidem  duntaxat  temporalem  custodem, 
et  ipsorum  utrumque  removendum  sive  mutandum  ad  arbitrium 
supradicti  sui  Abbatis,  a  nobis  loci  diocesano  irrequisito  fuisse  et  esse 
pretendant.  Nos,  put  ad  nostrum  spectat  omcium,  sup  hijs  plenius 
informari,  et  tarn  dictis  religiosis  quam  ceteris  in  hac  parte  exhibere, 
volentes,  justicii  complemeutum  vobis  injungimus  et  mandamus  qua- 
tenus  Abbatem  et  conventum,  Radulphum  et  Johannem  predictos 
citetis  pemptorie,  quod  compareant  coram  nobis  vel  nostro  commis- 
eario  loco  tali  die  tali  pemptorie  pposituri  ostensuri  et  pbaturi  jus,  si 
quod  eis  competat,  in  premissis  facturi  et  recepturi  quod  justicia 
suadebit.  Parochianos  insup  dicte  ecclesie  de  Penwortham  ac  ex 
habundanti  pposito  publice  et  solempniter  in  eadem  parte  citationis 
edito  omnes  et  singulos  si  que  fuit  quorum  interest  vel  interesse 

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98  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

poterit  in  hac  parte  peremptorie  citetis,  quod  dictis  die  et  loco  coram 
nobis  vel  nostro  commissario  compareant,  p  jure  suo,  et  informacione 
officij  nostri,  in  dicto  negocio  pposituri  ostensuri  et  pbaturi  quicunque 
pponere,  ostendere,  et  pbare,  voluerint  in  hac  parte  ac  in  omnibus 
pituri  denunciantes  eisdem  quod  sive  venerunt,  sive  non,  pcedetur 
put  in  hac  parte  de  jure  fuerit  pcedendum.  Et  quod  feceritis  in 
premissis  &c. 

In  Dei  nomine,  Amen.  In  negocio  quod  occasione  ecclesie  de 
Penwortham  ac  prioratus,  custodie,  seu  obediencie  de  Penwortham, 
Coventrensis  et  Lichfeldensis  diocesis,  ac  alijs  dictum  negocium  tan- 
gentib},  coram  vobis  venerabili  patre  dno  Rogero,  Dei  gracia  Coven- 
trensi  et  Lichfeldensi  episcopo,  seu  vestro  Commissario,  in  hac  parte, 
ex  officio  vel  alia  qualitercunque  vertitur  seu  verti  speratur.  Ego 
pcurator  religiosorum  virorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  monastery  de 
Evesham,  Wygornensis  diocesis,  vobis  nullo  jure  set  sacro  sedi 
apostolice  immediate  subrectorum  nomine  pcuratorio  p  eisdem  qua- 
cunque  via  juris  dictis  dnis  meis  et  mihi  eorum  nomine  melius  com- 
petenti  dico  et  ppono  coram  vobis  venerabili  patre  predicto  seu  vestro 
commissario  in  hac  parte,  quod  ijdem  religiosi,  nomine  suo  et  monas- 
tery antedicti,  dictam  ecclesiam  de  Penwortham  cum  omnib}  juribus 
et  ptinencijs  suis  p  titulo  canonico  interveuientibus  omnibus  et  sin- 
gulis  quo  de  jure  requirebantur  in  hac  parte  ad  effectum  plene  juris 
adquisiti  eisdem  in  ecclesia  antedicta  tanto  tempore  possederunt  et 
possident,  quod  ex  premissis  super  retencione  et  appropriatione  dicte 
ecclesie  iurium  et  ptinentium  eiusdem  fuerint  et  fiunt  titulo  canonico 
sufficienter  muniti.  Prefatique  religiosi  penes  quos  qui  p  tempore 
fuerant  tota  ipsius  ecclesie  cura  tarn  in  spiritualibus  quam  in  tempo- 
ralibus  ab  olim  notorie  existebat  et  existit  duntaxat  p  monachos 
eiusdem  monastery  seu  alios  vicarios  temporales  p  voluntate  Abbatum 
dicti  monastery,  qui  p  tempore  fuerant,  ad  pficiendos  ac  removendos 
seu  mutandos  absque  presentacione  qualibet  vobis  seu  predecessoribus 
vestris  aut  institutione  p  vos  vel  eos  in  hac  parte  faciendis  a  tempore 
et  p  tempus,  cuius  memoria  contra  non  existit,  consueverunt  omnia 
jura  episcopalia  solvere,  et  omnia  alia  onera  dicte  ecclesie  incum- 
bentia  supportare,  et  effectualiter  congruis  loco  et  tempore  iuxta  juris 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  99 

exigentia  solverunt,  ac  etiam  supportaverunt,  que  ppetuis  vicarijs  seu 
presbiteris  alias  incumberent  si  eisdem  pventib}  dicte  ecclesie  fuisset 
portio  assignata  undo  possent  congruam  sustentacionem  habere,  et 
predicta  onera  supportare,  adeo  quod  illi  omnino  juris  quidam  in  hac 
parte  ppetuum  admittendi  instituendi  seu  pfitendi  vobis  dicto  patri 
competere  seu  competijt  seu  competit  quouis  modo.  Ad  hec  dictus 
Prioratus  de  Penewortham  a  tempore  et  p  tempus  cuius  contraria 
memoria  non  existit  et  est  duntaxat  obedientia  seu  custodia  monas- 
tery antedicti  nulla  bona  distincta  a  bonis  dicti  monastery  sicut 
apppriata  habens  ;  ac  tarn  frater  Rad.  de  Wylicote  prior  qui  potius 
custos  de  Penewortham,  quam  omnes  et  singuli  monachi  qui  succes- 
siue  a  tempore  citra  dictum  prioratum  seu  obedientiam  possederunt 
seu  tenuerunt  omni  tempore  dum  possederuut  vel  tenuerunt  eundem 
seu  eandem,  fuerunt  dicti  monastery  monachi,  sub  obedientia  Abba- 
turn  eiusdem  monastery,  qui  p  tempore  fuerunt  existentes,  et  duntaxat 
ibidem  temporales  custodes  vobis  seu  predecessoribus  vestris  nulla- 
tenus  presentati,  nee  p  vos  vel  eos  aliqualiter  instituti.  Quos  omnes 
et  singulos  ijdem  Abbates  p  ipsorum  libito  voluntate  omni  tempore 
supradicto  effectualiter  renotaverunt,  ac  alios  eiusdem  monastery 
monachos  duntaxat  ibidem  temporales  custodes  pro  voluntate  dicto- 
rum  Abbatum  removendos  et  mutandos,  ac  ad  claustrum  dicti 
monastery  revocandos,  ad  dictam  obedientiam  prefecerunt,  quociens 
aliquis  ibidem  prior  seu  obedienciarius  prefectus  mutatus  seu  revo- 
catus  existit  aliquo  tempore  temporis  supradicti  venerabilibj  patrib} 
dnis  Dei  gracia  Couentrensib}  et  Lichfeldensib}  episcopis  irrequisitis, 
et  extra  omnem  possessionern  premissorum  existentibus  in  hac  parte 
omni  tempore  supradicto,  ijdemque  monachi  sic  prefecti  revocati  et 
mutati  premissis  a  tempore  effectualiter  pvenire.  Ac  tarn  venerabiles 
patres  Archiepiscopi  Cantuarenses  loci  metropolitani  quam  episcopi 
supradicti,  qui  p  tempore  fuerant,  successive  in  suis  visitacionibus 
premissa  omnia  et  singula  ex  certa  sciencia  toleraverunt  et  appbave- 
runt  tarn  tacite  quam  expresse  toto  tempore  supradicto.  Quse  omnia 
et  singula  in  partib}  de  Penwortham  et  Evesham  sunt  adeo  publica 
et  notoria  quod  nulla  poterunt.tergiversacione  celari.  Quare  peto  ego 
pcurator  predictus,  nomine  quo  supra,  pbatis  hijs  vel  eorum  vel 


100  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

earum  aliquo  quas  vel  quod  sufficiant  vel  sufficere  debeant  in  hac  parte 
p  jure  dictorum  dnorum  meorum  in  premissis  ipsosque  dictam  eccle- 
siam  de  Penwortham  cum  onerib}  suis  jurib)  et  ptinencijs  fuisse  et 
esse  Abbatis  dicti  monasterij  qui  nunc  est  et  successorum  suorum 
monastery  eiusdem  Abbatum  removendos  seu  mutandos,  onera  supra- 
dicta  plene  subire,  posse,  et  debere,  ac  non  temere  invitos  ad  haben- 
dum  ppetuum  vicarium  seu  presbiterum  in  hac  parte,  dictumque 
Prioratum  duntaxat  obedienciam  seu  custodiam  monasterij  antedicti 
fuisse  et  esse,  ac  in  futurum  esse  debere ;  et  tarn  dictum  fratrem 
Radulphum  quam  alios  monachos  antedictos,  qui  dictum  Prioratum 
obedienciam  seu  custodiam  hactenus  possederunt  seu  ten  uerunt,  dic- 
torum Abbatum  fuisse,  ac  eundem  fratrem  Radulphum  esse,  ac  tarn 
ipsum  quam  omnes  et  singulos  monachos  dictum  Prioratum  custo- 
diam seu  obedienciam  imposterum  possidentes  seu  tenentes  in  futurum 
esse  debere,  duntaxat  ibidem  obedienciarios  et  temporales  custodes  in 
hac  parte  p  libito  voluntate  dicti  Abbatis  et  successorum  suorum, 
Abbatum  monasterij,  revocandos,  ac  dictos  dfios  meos  sup  premissis 
fuisse  et  esse  sufficienter  munitos,  p  vos,  dne  Judex,  definitive  et 
sententialiter  pnunciari  et  declarari,  ipsosque  tamquam  super  pre- 
missis sufficienter  munitos  ab  officio  vestro  in  hac  parte  dimitti,  ac 
dictis  dfiis  meis  et  mihi,  eorum  nomine,  in  premissis  et  ea  tangentib} 
exhiberi  in  omnib}  justicie  complementum  premissa  ppono  et  peto 
ego  pcurator  predictus,  nomine  quo  supra,  offerens  me  ea  quse  sufficere 
debeant  in  hac  parte  legitime  pbatura,  juris  beneficio  in  omnib} 
semper  salvo. 

In  Dei  nomine  Amen.  Cum  religiosi  viri  Abbas  et  conventus 
monasterij  de  Evesham,  Wygornensis  diocesis,  parochialem  ecclesiam 
de  Penwortham,  Lichfeldensis  diocesis,  pretendissent  se  titulo  cano- 
nico  possidere,  et  quod  duntaxat  p  aliquos  monachos  eiusdem  monas- 
terij seu  alios  vicarios  temporales  p  voluntate  Abbatis  dicti  monasterij, 
qui  p  tempore  fuerat,  removendos  seu  mutandos  hactenus  consueve- 
runt,  omnia  jura  episcopalia  solvere,  et  alia  onera  dicte  ecclesie 
incumbentia  supportare,  quse  ppetuis  vicarijs  seu  presbiteris  alias 
incumberent,  si  eisdem  de  pventib}  dicte  ecclesie  fuisset  porcio 
assignata,  unde  possent  congruam  sustentacionem  habere,  et  predicta 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  101 

onera  supportare,  ac  Prioratum  quern  apud  Penwortham  religiosus 
vir  frater  Radulphus  de  Wylicote,  monachus  monastery  antedicti, 
Prior  de  Penwortham  ab  aliquib}  appellatus,  et  frater  Johannes  de 
Merston  eiusdem  monasterij  monachus,  occupare  dicebantur  obedien- 
ciam  eiusdem  monasterij,  et  eundem  fratrem  Radulphum  ibidem 
duntaxat  temporalem  custodiam,  et  ipsorum  utrum  removendum  seu 
mutandum  ad  arbitrium  supradicti  sui  Abbatis,  nobis  Rogero,  pmis- 
sione  divina,  Coventrensi  et  Lichfeldensi  episeopo,  loci  Diocesani 
irrequisito,  fuisse  et  esse  pretendissent.  Vos  super  hijs  p  servacione 
consciencie  nostre  et  cuilibet  ambiguitatis  scrupulo  in  futurum  penitus 
tollendo  informari  volentes  predictos  Abbatem  et  conventum  Radul- 
phum  et  Johannem  ad  ppouendum  ostendendum  et  pbandum  jus,  si 
quod  competijt  in  premissis,  ac  parochianos  dicte  ecclesie  de  Penwor- 
tham ex  habundanti  pposito  publice  et  solempniter  in  eadem  publica 
citatione  edicto  omnes  et  singulos  si  que  essent  quorum  interfuit  vel 
interesse  potuit  in  hac  parte,  quod  pcessui  nostro  in  hac  parte 
faciendo  interessent  p  jure  suo  et  informacione  officij  nostri  in  dicto 
negocio  pemptorie  pposituri  ostensuri  et  pbaturi,  quan toque  pponere 
ostendere  aut  pbare  vellent  in  hac  parte  ad  certos  diem  et  locum 
competentes  coram  nobis  seu  nostro  commissario  in  hac  parte  pemp- 
torie fecimus  evocari.  Quib3  die  et  loco  prefatis  Abbate  et  conventu 
p  pcuratorem  sufficientem,  ac  dictis  fratrib}  Radulpho  et  Johanne 
psonaliter  comparentibs,  coram  nobis,  parochianis  dicte  ecclesie  sepius 
preconizatis  et  sufficienter  expectatis  nullatenus  comparentib},  eciam 
aliquo  alio  a  predictis  qui  fuerant  interesse  in  hac  parte  aliqualiter  com- 
parentes,  ipsis,  ut  premittitur,  contumaciter  absentib}  ;  omnes  extunc 
quicunque  in  hac  parte  pponendi  ostendendi  seu  probandi  preclusi- 
mus  p  decretum,  ac  ex  parte  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  coram 
nobis  fuit  ppositum  et  allegatum,  quod  ijdem  Abbas  et  conventus 
nullo  jure  nobis  vel  sacro  sancte  Sedi  Apostolice  immediate  subjecti 
dictam  ecclesiam  de  Penwortham  cum  omnib3  juribj  et  ptinencijs 
suis  ex  titulo  canonico  intervenientib}  omnib3  et  singulis  que  de  jure 
requirebantur  in  hac  parte  ad  effectum  pleni  juris  adquisite  eisdem  in 
ecclesia  antedicta  tanto  tempore  possederunt  et  tune  eciam  posside- 
bant,  quod  ex  premissis  super  retencione  et  apppriacione  dicte  ecclesie 


102  DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

jurium  et  ptinenciura  eiusdem  fuerant  et  erant  titulo  canonico  suffi- 
cienter  muniti,  ac  quod  prefati  religiosi  penes  quos  qui  p  tempore  fue- 
runt  tola  dicte  ecclesie  cura  tarn  in  spiritualib)  quam  in  temporalib} 
ab  olim  notarie  existebat  et  tune  fuerat  duntaxat  p  monachos  eiusdem 
monastery  seu  alios  vicarios  temporales  p  voluntate  Abbatum  dicti 
monastery,  qui  p  tempore  fuerant,  admittendos  pficiendos  ac  remo- 
vendos  seu  mutandos,  absque  presentacione  qualibet  nobis  seu  prede- 
cessorib}  nostris  seu  institucione  p  nos  seu  eosdem  predecessores  in 
hac  parte  factis  a  tempore  et  p  tempus  cuius  contra  non  memoria 
existit,  consueverunt  omnia  jura  episcopalia  solvere,  et  omnia  alia 
onera  dicte  ecclesie  incumbentia  supportare,  et  eftectualiter  congruis 
loco  et  tempore  juxta  juris  exigentiam  solverunt  ac  eciam  supporta- 
verunt,  quse  ppetuis  vicarijs  seu  presbiteris  incumberent,  si  eisdem  de 
pventib3  dicte  ecclesie  fuisset  portio  assignata,  unde  possent  congruam 
sustentacionem  habere  et  predicta  onera  supportare,  adeo  quod  vel 
omnino  juris  queque  in  hac  parte  ppetuum  admittendi  instituendi  seu 
pficiendi  nobis  competunt  vel  competit  quovis  modo.  Necnon  quod 
dictus  Prioratus  de  Penwortham  a  tempore  et  p  tempus  cuius  con- 
traria  memoria  non  existit  fuerat  et  extunc  erat  duntaxat  obediencia 
seu  custodia  monastery  antedicti,  nulla  bona  distincta  a  bonis  dicti 
monastery  habens  et  apppriata,  et  quod  tarn  dictus  frater  Radulphus 
quam  omnes  et  singuli  monachi  qui  successive  a  tempore  supradicto 
citra  dictum  Prioratum  custodiam  seu  obedienciam  possederunt  seu 
tenuerunt  omni  tempore  dum  possederunt  seu  tenuerunt  fuerunt  dicti 
monastery  monachi  sub  obediencia  Abbatum  eiusdem  monastery  qui 
p  tempore  fuerant  existentes,  et  duntaxat  ibidem  temporales  custodes, 
nobis  seu  predecessorib3  nostris  nullatenus  presentati,  seu  p  nos  seu 
eos  aliqualiter  instituti,  et  quod  ipsos  omnes  et  singulos  ijdem  Abbas 
et  ipsorum  libito  voluntates  omni  tempore  effectualiter  revocaverunt 
et  mutaverunt,  ac  alios  eiusdem  monastery  monachos  duntaxat  revo- 
candos  ad  dictam  obedienciam  prefererunt  quociens  et  quando  aliquis 
ibidem  Prior  sue  obediencie  prefectus  mutatus  seu  revocatus  extitit 
aliquo  tempore  temporis  supradicti,  nobis  et  predecessorib}  nostris 
Coventrensib}  et  Lichfeldensib}  episcopis  irrequisitus,  et  extra  omnem 
possess! onem  in  hac  parte  omni  tempore  supradicto  existentib},  ac 


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quod  ijdem  monachi  sic  prefect!  revocati  et  mutati  premissis  a  tempore 
supradicto  effectualiter  paruerunt ;  ac  quod  tarn  venerabiles  patres 
Archiepiscopi  Cantuarenses,  Loci  Metropolitan!,  quam  predecessores 
nostri  predicti  qui  p  tempore  fuerant,  successive  in  suis  visitacionib} 
premissa  omnia  et  singula  ex  certa  scientia  toleraverunt  at  appbave- 
runt  tarn  tacite  quam  expresse  toto  tempore  supradicto :  et  quod 
omnia  et  singula  supradicta  in  partib}  de  Evesham  et  Penwortham 
fuerant  et  tune  erant  adeo  publica  et  notoria,  quod  nulla  poterunt 
tergiversatione  celari.  Quare  dictus  petit  pcurator,  pbatis  hijs  vel 
esse  aliquo  quo  vel  quod  sufficient  vel  deberent  sufficere  in  hac  parte 
f>  jure  dictorum  driorum  suorum  in  premissis,  ipsosque  dictam  eccle- 
siam  de  Penwortham  cum  omnib}  suis  jurib3  et  ptinencijs  fuisse  et 
esse  canonice  assecutos  et  eiusdem  canonicas  possessiones,  ac  ipsos 
drios  suos  duntaxat  p  monachos  dicti  monastery  seu  alios  vicarios 
temporales  p  voluntate  Abbatis  dicti  monastery'  et  successorum  suo- 
rum, monastery  eiusdem  Abbatum,  removendos  seu  mutandos,  onera 
supradicta  plene  subire  posse  et  debere,  ac  non  temere  invitos  ad 
habendum  ppetuum  vicarium  seu  presbiterum  in  hac  parte ;  dictum- 
que  Prioratum  duntaxat  obedienciam  monastery  antedicti  fuisse  et  esse 
ac  in  futurum  esse  debere ;  ac  tarn  dictum  fratrem  Radulphum  quam 
alios  monachos  antedictos,  qui  dictum  Prioratum  seu  obedienciam  hac- 
tenus  possederunt  seu  tenuerunt  dictorum  Abbatum  fuisse,  ac  eundem 
fratrem  Radulphum  tune  esse,  ac  tarn  ipsum  quam  omnes  et  singulos 
monachos  dictum  Prioratum  seu  obedienciam  prius  eum  possidentes 
seu  tenentes  in  futurum  esse  debere  duntaxat  ibidem  obedienciarios 
et  temporales  custodes  in  hac  parte  p  libito  voluntate  dicti  Abbatis 
et  successorum  suorum  Abbatum  monastery  antedicti,  revocandos  et 
mutandos,  ac  dictos  Abbatem  et  conventum  sup  premissis  fuisse  et 
esse  sufficienter  munitos  ab  officio  nostro  in  hac  parte  dimitti,  ac 
dictis  dnis  suis  et  sibi,  eorum  nomine,  in  premissis  et  ea  tangentib} 
exhiberi  in  omnib}  justicie  complementum.  Dictusque  pcurator, 
nomine  dnorum  suorum  predictorum,  premissa  conjunctim  seu  divisim 
pponens  optulit  se  ea  pbare  que  deberent  sufficere  in  hac  parte,  juris 
beneficio  semper  salvo.  Cumque  ex  parte  dictorum  dnorum  paro- 
chianorum  fratrum  Radulphi  et  Johannis  seu  aliquorum  aliorum 


104  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

quorum  interesse  poterit  in  hac  parte  nichil  fuisset  ppositum  coram 
nobis  quod  pcessum  hoc  in  hac  parte  impedire  deberet. 

Nos  post  distinctionem  ppositorum  et  allegacionum  ut  premittitur 
ex  parte  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus  premissa  supra  pposita  et 
allegata  admisimus,  justicia  suadente,  dictisque  pcurator  fratrib} 
Radulpho  et  Johanni  super  premissis  de  calumpnia  et  veritate  di- 
cenda  juratis  ijdem  pcurati  fratres  Eadulphus  et  Johannes  p  nos 
interrogati  in  jure  dicebant  judicialiter  coram  nobis  predicta  ut  pre- 
mittitur pposita  et  allegata  ex  parte  dictorum  Abbatis  et  conventus 
vera  esse  admissis  vero  p  nos  in  forma  juris  ex  officio  nostro  pbacio- 
nib}  in  hac  parte  rimatis  et  diligenter  registris  predecessorum  nostro- 
rum  super  deductis  et  ppositis  in  hac  parte : 

Nos  premissis  et  ceteris  in  hac  parte  ppositis  et  pbatis,  exigente 
justicia,  ponderatisque,  invenimus  dictos  Abbatem  et  conventum 
intencionem  suam  in  hac  parte  sufficienter  pbasse,  juris  ordine  qui 
requirebatur  in  hac  parte  in  omnib)  observato,  Cristi  nomine  invocato, 
dictos  Abbatem  et  conventum  prefatam  ecclesiam  de  Penwortham 
cum  omnib}  suis  jurib}  et  ptinencijs  fuisse  et  esse  canonice  assecutos, 
et  eiusdem  canonicos  possessores,  ac  ipsos  duntaxat  p  monachos  dicti 
monastery  seu  alios  vicarios  temporales  p  voluntate  Abbatis  dicti 
monastery,  qui  nunc  est,  et  successorum  suorum,  monastery  eiusdem 
Abbatum,  removendos  seu  mutandos,  onera  supradicta  plene  subire 
posse  et  debere  ;  ac  non  temere  invitos  ad  habendum  ppetuum  vica- 
rium  seu  presbiterum  in  hac  parte,  dictumque  Prioratum  duntaxat 
obedienciam  seu  custodiam  monastery  antedicti  fuisse  et  esse,  et  in 
futurum  esse  debere,  ac  tarn  dictum  fratrem  Radulphum  quam  alios 
monachos  antedictos,  qui  dictum  Prioratum,  custodians,  seu  obedien- 
tiam  hactenus  possederunt  seu  tenuerunt  dictorum  Abbatum  fuisse, 
ac  eundem  fratrem  Kadulphum  esse,  ac  tarn  ipsum  quam  omnes  et 
singulos  monachos  dictum  Prioratum  custodiam  seu  obedienciam 
imposterum  possidentes  seu  tenentes  in  futurum  esse  debere  duntaxat 
ibidem  obedienciarios  et  temporales  custodes  in  hac  parte  p  libito 
voluntate  dicti  Abbatis  et  successorum  suorum  Abbatum  dicti  monas- 
tery revocandos  et  mutandos,  dictosque  Abbatem  et  conventum  sup 
premissis  fuisse  et  esse  sufficienter  munitos :  intervenientib}  omnibj 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  105 

et  singulis  que  in  hac  parte  requirebantur  de  jure,  in  hijs  scriptis 
sentencialiter  et  diffinitive  pnunciamus  et  eciam  declaramus,  ac 
eosdem  Abbatem  et  conventum  tanquam  in  hac  parte  sufficienter 
munitos  et  juris  nostro  examine  dimittimus  p  decretum,  justicia 
suadente. 

Memorandum,^)  quod  drius  Radulphus  de  Wylicote,  quondam 
Prior  de  Penwortham,  assignavit  conventui  pro  minucione  sexaginta 
solidos  p  annum  de  novo  incremento  suo.  Et  dompnus  Willmus  de 
Cheriton  Abbas  ipsam  assignationem  confirmauit  anno  dni  M.ccc.xx0. 

Memorandum,  quod  conventus  Eveshamie  habebit  de  prioratu  de 
Penwortham  quolibet  anno  contra  festum  sancti  Egwini  sexaginta 
salmones,  scilicet  solanos,  vel  viginti  quatuor  majores  qui  faciunt 
summam :  et  preter  hijs  visitabit  dictus  Prior  Abbatem  de  duobus 
majoribus  salmonibus  et  Priorem  de  uno.  Prior  tamen  nichilominus 
habebit  unum  de  summa.  Radulphus  vero  de  Wylicote,  tune  Prior 
de  Penwortham,  tempore  suo  mandavit  singulis  monachis  salmonem 
integrum.  Set  modo  ilia  consuetudo  mutata  est  in  certa  summa 
pecunie,  quam  conventus  recepit  in  recreatione  minutorum. 

Ad  officinum(2)  precentoris  ptinet  committere  juvenib3  custodiam 
armariorum  et  eadem  reparare.  Et  quandocunque  conventus  sedet 
in  claustro  circumeat,  audito  signo,  claustrum ;  libros  reponat,  si  forte 
p  alicuius  incuriam  obliti  fuerint.  De  universis  monasterij  libris 

(!)  See  the  note  ante,  p.  52.  Memorandum,  that  Ralph  de  Wylicote,  formerly 
the  Lord  Prior  of  Penwortham,  assigned  to  the  convent  for  the  bloodletting  sixty 
shillings  per  annum  from  his  improved  rents  :  and  "William  de  Cheriton,  the  Lord 
Abbot,  confirmed  that  assignment  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1320. 

Memorandum  that  the  convent  of  Evesham  shall  have  from  the  Priorship  of 
Penwortham  yearly  at  the  feast  of  St.  Egwin  sixty  salmon,  namely  samlets,  or 
twenty-four  larger  fish  which  make  up  that  weight.  Besides  these,  the  said  Prior 
shall  present  two  larger  salmon  to  the  Abbot,  and  one  to  the  Prior  (of  Evesham). 
The  Prior  shall  nevertheless  be  allotted  one  out  of  that  quantity.  But  Ralph  de 
Wylicote,  then  Prior  of  Penwortham,  in  his  time  assigned  a  whole  salmon  to  each 
of  the  monks.  But  lately  that  custom  was  commuted  into  a  certain  sum  of  money, 
which  the  convent  received  towards  the  expenses  of  bloodletting. 

(2)  It  is  the  duty  of  the  precentor  to  commit  the  almries  to  the  young  men,  and 
to  see  that  the  same  be  repaired.  And  when  the  convent  sits  in  the  cloister,  he 
must  go  round  at  a  signal  and  replace  the  books,  if  by  chance  any  one  through  care- 
lessness shall  have  forgotten  to  do  so.  He  must  take  charge  of  all  the  books  in  the 

P 


106  DE    PRIORATU    DB    PENWORTHAM. 

curam  gerat,  et  eos  in  custodia  sua  habeat ;  si  eius  studij  et  scientiae 
sit,  ut  eorum  custodia  ei  debeat  commendari.  Nullo  librum  accipiat 
nisi  scribatur  in  rotulo :  nee  alicui  liber  aliquis  mutuo  tradatur 
absque  competeuti  et  sufficienti  memoriali ;  et  hoc  ponatur  in  rotulo. 
Ipsius  est,  et  omni  hora  solerter  pvidere,  ne  eveniat  negligentia  in 
quocunque  obsequio  quod  fit  in  monasterio.  Si  quis  obliviosus  non 
incipit,  cum  incipere  debet,  sive  in  eodem  jam  bene  incepto  aliquo 
modo  deviaverit  ipse  debet  esse  pvisus  atque  paratus  ut  sine  mora 
incipiat  quod  incipiendum  erat,  vel  eum  qui  fallendo  deviaverat  in 
viam  reducat.  Ad  ipsius  arbitrium  cantus  incipitur,  elevatus  remit- 
titur.  Nulli  liceat  cantum  levare  nisi  ipse  prius  incipiat.  Ipsius  est 
notificare  Abbati  omnes  cantus  quos  ipse  cantat  aut  incipit.  Qui- 
cunque  lecturus  aut  cantaturus  est  adeo  in  monasterio  si  necesse  habet 
ab  eo  priusquam  incipiat  debet  auscultare.  Cura  brevium,  que  foras 
initti  solent,  ad  eum  ptinet,  et  cetera  quam  plurima  in  consuetutinib} 
expressa. 

Memorandum(1)  est  quod  subsacriste  est  omnia  ornamenta  monas- 
tery et  omnia  instrumenta  et  suppellectile  que  ad  ipsum  monasterium 
ptinent  custodire,  horas  pvidere,  cereos  p  tempore  accendere  in  xij. 
locis.  Evangelisterium  in  revestiarium  portare  quern  Sacerdos  ferat, 

convent,  and  have  them  in  his  keeping,  if,  from  his  attainments  and  knowledge,  he 
is  worthy  of  the  office.  He  may  not  receive  a  book  from  any  one,  unless  it  is  entered 
in  the  roll ;  nor  may  a  book  be  delivered  to  any  one,  without  a  proper  note  being 
taken,  which  also  shall  be  transcribed  on  the  roll.  It  is  also  his  place  to  take  care 
that  there  shall  be  no  negligence  in  any  duties  of  the  convent.  If  any  one  through 
forgetfulness  shall  neglect  to  begin  [to  chant]  when  he  ought  to  begin,  or  having 
begun  well,  shall  deviate  from  the  proper  tune,  he  must  be  prepared  that  without 
delay  he  should  begin  properly,  or  if  he  is  wrong,  that  the  mistake  should  be  cor- 
rected. At  his  will  the  chant  is  begun  or  ended.  No  one  except  the  precentor  may 
begin  to  chant.  It  is  his  place  to  notify  to  the  Abbot  all  the  chants  which  he  is 
to  sing  or  lead  off.  Whoever  is  to  read  or  chant  in  the  monastery  should,  if  he 
receive  no  notice  to  the  contrary,  listen  to  and  follow  his  lead.  The  care  of  the 
briefs  which  are  generally  sent  from  the  monastery  devolves  on  him,  and  many 
other  things  which  are  expressed  in  the  Institutes. 

(')  Memorandum,  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  subsacrist  to  keep  all  the  ornaments 
of  the  monastery  and  all  instruments  and  furniture  which  belong  to  the  monastery, 
to  provide  the  hours,  and  waxlights  to  burn  in  twelve  places.  It  is  his  place  to 
carry  the  Gospels  into  the  Vestiary,  which  the  priest  may  carry  with  the  text  each 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  107 

cum  incepto  p  singulos  dies  pcesserit  ad  altare,  Sacerdote  ab  altari  ad 
anologium  reverse,  absconsam  cum  candela  ministrare ;  finitaque 
collecta,  eandem  absconsam  recipere,  et  librum  Evangelistarum 
reponere.  Candelas  eciam  p  officinas  distribuet,  secundum  quod  opus 
fuerit,  et  Abbas  vel  Prior  preceperit.  Ejus  sollicitudinis  est  ampullas 
vinarias  et  aquarias  qualibet  septimana,  et  calices,  cum  opus  fuerit, 
lavare,  corporalia  quorum  ante  Pascha  semper  et  quociens  reliquis 
anni  partib}.  Expedit  utrumque  lavare,  si  Diaconus  aut  Presbiter 
sit,  si  vero  non  sit  Abbati  vel  Priori  judicare,  et  ipsius  licencia  alicui 
qui  hujus  ordinis  sit  bane  curam  commendare.  Lavandis  corporalib} 
quanta  possit  diligentia  adhibeatur.  Vasa  senea,  ad  nullos  alios  usus 
destinata,  ad  hoc  opus  habeantur.  Aqua  qua  lavantur  sicut  et  calicum 
in  sacrarium  pjiciatur  locis  dum  sictantur,  ne  alique  sordes  adhereant, 
omnib}  modis  pvideatur.  Cura  faciendi  hostias  super  eum  est,  quia 
ut  mundissime  et  honestissime  fiant  suo  in  opere  studere  debet. 
Imprimis,  si  fieri  potest,  frumentum  cum  magno  studio  granatim 
eligatur.  Electum  in  sacculo  mundo  et  de  bono  panno  facto,  et  ad 
opus  tantum  parato,  ponatur,  et  a  famulo  boni  studij  ad  molendinum 
deferatur.  Quo  delate,  famulus  aliud  frumentum  in  ipso  molendino 
moli  prius  faciat,  ut  illud  unde  hostie  fieri  debent  sine  aliqua  sorde 

day  he  shall  go  to  the  altar.  The  priest  having  returned  from  the  altar  to  the 
lectern,  he  must  carry  a  dark  lanthorn  with  a  candle,  and  when  the  collect  is  finished 
he  must  receive  the  lanthorn  and  replace  the  book  of  the  Evangelists.  He  must 
also  distribute  candles  in  the  offices  according  to  need,  and  as  the  Abbot  and  Prior 
shall  order.  He  must  take  care  to  wash  the  ampullae  for  the  wine  and  water  every 
week,  and  the  chalices  when  necessary,  the  corporals  always  before  Easter  and  as 
often  as  necessary  during  the  rest  of  the  year.  It  is  right  that  he  should  wash  both 
if  he  be  a  Deacon  or  Priest,  but  if  not,  the  Abbot  or  Prior  must  judge.  In  washing 
the  corporals  the  greatest  care  must  be  used.  Brazen  vessels,  used  for  no  other 
purpose,  must  be  provided.  The  water  in  which  they  and  the  chalices  are  washed 
must  be  thrown  into  the  sacrarium,  and  when  they  are  wiped  the  greatest  care  must 
be  taken  that  no  dust  should  remain.  The  care  of  preparing  the  host  is  on  him, 
and  he  must  take  care  that  all  on  his  part  is  done  very  cleanly  and  properly.  First, 
if  it  can  be  done,  the  corn  must  be  picked  out  grain  by  grain  with  great  care. 
When  chosen,  it  must  be  placed  in  a  clean  sack,  made  of  good  cloth  for  the  purpose, 
and  taken  to  the  mill  by  a  servant  of  good  character.  When  there  the  servant 
should  cause  the  other  corn  in  the  mill  to  be  ground,  in  order  that  the  corn  from 
whence  the  host  is  to  be  made  should  be  ground  without  any  mixture.  When  the  flour 


108  DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

moli  postea  valet.  Reportata  farina,  sacrista  vas  et  locum  quo  farina 
buletari  debet  in  circuitu  cortinam  paret,  et  ut  honesta  persona  hoc 
opus  agat  ipsemet  pvideat.  Unus  ministrorum  super  tabulam 
mundissimam  ipsam  farinam  aqua  conspergat,  et  manib3  fortiter 
compingat  et  maceret.  Serviens  qui  ferra  in  quib}  coquuntur  tenet 
rochetas  habeat  inviolatas.  Interim  dum  ipse  hostie  fiunt  et  coquun- 
tur silencium  loquendi  omnino  teneant.  Illi  tamen  qui  ferra  tenet, 
si  necesse  sit,  breviter  quod  vult  indicare  potest  famulo,  qui  focum 
facit  et  ligna  portat,  que  debent  esse  valde  sicca  et  ante  multos  dies 
de  industria  preparata. 

Memorandum   quod   frater   Johannes    de   Brumesgrave  sacrista 
dimisit  et  habuit  ecclesie  libros  quamplures,  videlicet, 
Summa  Summarum. 
Summa  confessorum. 
Speculum  curatorum. 
Decretale  Bybliani. 
Catholicon. 
Legenda  sanctorum. 
Ysidorus  de  summo  bono. 
Expositio  Evangelistarurn. 
Oculus  sacerdotum. 
Lumen  laicorum. 
Liber  narracionum. 
Breviarium  duorum  voluminum. 
Diurnale  liber  oracionum. 

is  returned,  the  sacrist  must  place  a  curtain  round  the  vessel  and  place  where  the 
flour  may  be  boulted,  and  he  should  provide  a  proper  person  to  perform  this  work. 
One  of  the  servants  then  must  sprinkle  the  flour  with  water  on  a  very  clean  table, 
»nd  should  strongly  knead  it  with  his  hands.  That  servant  who  holds  the  irons  in 
which  it  is  baked  must  have  his  hands  covered  with  clean  rochets.  The  greatest 
silence  must  be  kept  whilst  the  host  is  made  and  baked  ;  only  the  servant  who  holds 
the  irons,  when  necessary,  may  briefly  tell  what  he  wants  to  the  servant  who  makes 
the  fire  and  carries  the  wood,  which  latter  ought  to  be  very  dry  and  carefully  pre- 
pared many  days  before. 


DB    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  109 

CamerarijX1)  est  ex  antiqua  consuetudine  pcurare  omnia  vesti- 
menta  et  calciamenta  et  lectos  et  stramenta  lectorum  que  fratribus 
sunt  necessaria,  et  juxta  regulam  habere  concessa.  Inveniat  eciam 
sissorem  ydoneum  qui  quidem  faciet  omnia  vestimenta  monachorum 
ad  artem  suam  ptinentia. 

Hostilarius,  qui  ad  suscipiendos  hospites  deputatus  est,  in  ipsa 
hospitum  domo  hec  preparata  debet  habere,  videlicet  lectos,  sedilia, 
mensas,  manutergia,  mappas,  sciphos,  scutellas,  coclearia,  batillia,  et 
sique  sunt  huiusmodi.  In  hospitum  autem  susceptionem,  ut  regula 
monet,  omnis  exhibeatur  humanitas.  Si  vero  Episcopus,  vel  Abbas, 
vel  Prior  conventualis,  hospitati  fuerint,  inveniet  sacrista  p  tempore 
duos  cereos  ardentes  coram  eisdem  cum  cubent.  Celerarius  autem 
ignem  et  huiusmodi.  Hostilarius  vero  inveniet  carbonem  et  candelam 
alijs  viris  religiosis,  et  probendham  equis  eorundem  juxta  numerum 
taxatum  in  consuetudine,  equis,  videlicet,  virorum  non  excedentium 
numerum  senarium  ex  una  domo,  videlicet,  p  duob3  equis  unum 
habeat  rasum.  Quando  vero  plurimi  de  domib}  diversis  fuerint,  et 
nullus  eorum  p  se  predictum  excedat  numerum  omnib}  inveniet  hos- 
tilarius  quot  quot  fuerint  necessaria. 

Memorandum (2)  quod  hostilarius  qui  p  tempore  fuerit  tenetur  inve- 

(!)  It  is  the  duty  of  the  chamberlain,  according  to  ancient  custom,  to  find  all 
vestments,  shoes,  and  beds,  and  straw  for  the  beds,  which  are  necessary  for  the 
monks  and  according  to  the  rule.  He  must  also  find  a  proper  tailor  who  shall 
make  all  monks'  vestments  pertaining  to  his  art. 

The  hostiler,  who  is  deputed  to  receive  strangers,  must  have  these  things 
ready  in  the  guests'  chamber,  namely,  beds,  seats,  tables,  napkins,  towels,  saucers, 
dishes,  spoons,  fire  shovels,  and  other  things  of  that  kind.  In  the  reception  of 
guests,  as  the  rule  prescribes,  all  courtesy  must  be  shewn.  If  indeed  a  Bishop  or 
Abbot  or  conventual  Prior  shall  be  guests,  the  sacrist  for  the  time  being  shall  find 
two  waxlights  to  burn  before  them  when  they  go  to  bed.  But  the  cellarer  must 
find  fire  and  things  of  that  kind.  For  other  religious  men,  the  hostiler  shall  find 
coal  and  candle,  and  provender  for  their  horses  according  to  the  number  allowed  in 
the  custom  ;  viz.  for  the  horses  of  men  not  exceeding  six  from  one  house,  one  strike 
of  corn  for  every  two  horses.  But  when  there  shall  be  more  from  different  houses, 
and  none  of  them  shall  exceed  that  number,  then  the  hostiler  shall  find  whatever  is 
necessary. 

(2)  Memorandum,  that  the  hostiler  for  the  time  being  is  bound  to  find  for  the  Prior 


110  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

nire  Priori  de  Penwortham  in  egressu  de  Abbacia  ad  Penwortham, 
et  in  regressu  de  Penwortham  ad  Abbaciam  fenura  et  probendham  p 
suo  equo,  et  p  equo  qui  portat  lectum  suura,  si  cum  lecto  vadat  vel 
veniat,  et  p  equo  socij  sui  si  socium  habeat  et  p  equo  quo  armiger  si 
armigerum  habeat.  Et  licet  cum  pluribus  equis  vel  armigeris  vadat 
vel  veniat,  tamen  hostilarius  invenire  non  debet  probendham,  nisi 
tamen  p  equo  unius  armigeri  et  p  equis  predictis,  et  tune  invenire 
debet  p  supradictis  equis  probendham  et  fenum  duabus  noctib}  in 
egressu  ad  Penwortham,  et  in  regressu  vero  eiusdem  Loci  invenire 
debet  hostilarius  predictis  equis  si  cum  tot  equis  veniat  trib}  noctib}, 
si  p  tot  noctes  moratur.  Et  similiter  si  socius  eius  veniat  solus,  vel 
cum  solo  armigero,  invenire  debet  hostilarius  probendham  predictis 
equis  tres  noctes  in  regressu,  et  duas  noctes  in  egressu,  nee  amplius 
invenire  debet  fenum  nee  probendham  uec  lectos  nisi  voluerit  de  sua 
magna  gracia.  Nee  invenire  debet  hostilarius  nullo  modo  probend- 
ham equis  Prioris  portantib}  salmones  nee  fenum  nee  lectos  p  gar- 
cionib}  nisi  voluerit  de  sua  magna  gracia. 

Ad  hostilarium  ptinet  extraneum  monachum  et  ceteros  religiosos, 
qui  ignari  loci  sunt,  p  claustrum  in  monasterium  ad  orationem  ducere, 
volentib}  officinas  videre  ipsas  officinas  ostendere,  observato  ut  con- 
ventus  tune  in  claustro  non  sedeat,  nee  ali  quern  ocreatum  vel  calca- 

of  Penwortham  on  his  departure  from  the  Abbey  to  Penwortham,  and  on  his  return 
from  Penwortham  to  the  Abbey,  hay  and  provender  for  his  horse,  and  for  the  horso 
which  carries  his  bed,  if  he  travel  with  a  bed,  and  for  the  horse  of  his  companion 
and  his  squire  if  he  travel  with  a  companion  or  squire.  And  if  he  travel  with  more 
horses  or  squires,  yet  the  hostiler  ought  not  to  find  provender  except  for  the  horse 
of  one  squire  and  for  the  horses  above  mentioned.  And  then  he  must  furnish 
hay  and  provender  for  two  nights  on  their  journey  to  Penwortham.  On  their 
return  he  must  supply  provender  for  three  nights  if  required.  So  if  his  companion 
should  come  alone  or  with  a  single  attendant,  the  hostiler  must  furnish  provender 
for  three  nights  on  his  arrival  and  for  two  at  his  departure.  Nor  ought  he  to  find 
more  hay,  provender,  or  beds  except  by  special  favour.  Neither  ought  he  to  find  in 
any  wise  provender  for  the  Prior's  horses  which  bring  the  salmon,  nor  hay  nor  beds 
for  the  servants,  except  by  especial  favour. 

It  is  also  his  office  to  conduct  foreign  monks  and  other  religious  who  are 
ignorant  of  the  place  to  prayer  through  the  cloisters  into  the  monastery.  If  they 
wish  to  see  the  offices,  he  is  to  conduct  them  thither,  if  the  convent  is  not  then  sit- 
ting in  the  cloister.  He  must  not  on  any  account  introduce  any  one  booted  or 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  Ill 

riam  habentem,  nee  aliquem  qui  nudis  pedib}  sit,  vel  soils  femoralib) 
calciatus,  in  claustrum  p  qualibet  causa  introducat.  Ad  eum  et 
ptinet  occulare  homines  qui  societatem  fratrum  suscepturi  sunt  in 
capitulum  adducere.  Suum  preterea  est  novicios  qui  de  seculo 
veniunt,  in  capitulo  conducere,  et  eos  docere  suam  petitionem  facere. 
Ipsius  est  pre  omnib}  solicite  observare  de  fratrib}  qui  licenciati  ex- 
eunt, vel  ad  monasterium  redeunt,  utrum  famulos  ydoneos  et  sellam 
regularem  habeant,  et  quomodo  se  in  curia  commeant,  ut  si  extra 
ordinem  ullum  fecerint,  clamorem  inde  sup  eos  in  capitulo  faciat. 

Elemosinarius(1)  autem  p  se,  si  oportunum  sibi  est,  pquirat  p 
veraces  homines  et  fideles  cum  multa  sollicitudine  pquiri  faciat  ubi 
egri  et  debiles  jaceant,  qui  non  habent  unde  se  sustentare  valeant. 
Si  ipsemet  ad  pquirendum  et  visitandum  perrexerit  duos  famulos 
secum  habeat ;  et  priusquam  intrat  domum  ad  quern  iturus  est, 
mulieres,  si  alique  in  ea  sint,  exire  faciat.  Ingressus  domum  blande 
consoletur  egrum,  et  offerat  ei  quod  melius  habeat,  et  sibi  intelligitur 
esse  necessarium.  Quod  si  eger  aliud  requirat  et  ipsum  pquirat  si 
aliquo  modo  habere  potuerit.  In  eas  autem  domos,  in  quib}  mulieres 
egre  et  debiles  jacent,  nunquam  intret,  set  p  unum  de  famulis  suis 
quod  necessarium  est  transmittat.  Prius  tamen  quam  aliquid  de 
supradictis  agat  Abbati  vel  Priori  indicet,  ut  secundum  eorum  dis- 
posicionem  elemosinam  monastery  eis  dispensat. 

spurred  or  barefooted  into  the  cloister.  So  he  must  conduct  the  seculars  who  wish 
to  fraternize  with  the  brethren  into  the  chapter  house.  He  must  also  take  the 
charge  of  conducting  novices  into  the  chapter  and  teach  them  to  make  their  petition. 
Above  all  things  he  must  anxiously  observe  the  brethren  who  are  licensed  to  go 
out  or  return  to  the  monastery,  whether  they  have  proper  attendants  or  a  saddle 
according  to  rule  ;  how  they  behave  in  the  court,  that  if  they  do  anything  contrary 
to  rule,  he  may  complain  against  them  in  the  chapter. 

(!)  The  almoner  must  anxiously  enquire  either  personally,  if  convenient,  or  by 
truthful  and  faithful  persons,  where  the  sick  and  infirm  are  who  cannot  maintain 
themselves.  If  he  makes  personal  inquiries,  he  must  take  two  servants  with  him ; 
and  before  he  enters  any  house,  he  must  cause  the  women,  if  there  are  any  within, 
to  depart.  When  he  enters  the  house,  he  must  console  the  sick,  and  offer  the  best 
he  has  and  what  in  his  judgment  is  necessary.  If  the  sick  person  requires  anything 
more,  he  must  send  for  it.  He  must  not  enter  a  house  where  sick  and  infirm 
women  are,  but  must  send  everything  necessary  by  a  servant.  But  before  he  does 
so,  he  must  inform  the  Abbot  or  Prior  ;  and  according  to  their  direction  must  dis- 
pense the  alms  of  the  monastery. 


112  DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


No.  LXIV.  Grant  by  Henry  the  Eighth  of  the  priory  of  Penwortham 
and  of  the  manor  of  Caldewyk  and  rectory  of  Elaston  to  John 
Fletewode.(l) 

[WERDEN  PAPERS.] 

Rex  omnib}  ad  quos  &c.  salutera.  Cum  Philippus  dudum  Abbas 
nuper  monastery  de  Evesham  in  com.  Wygorn.  et  eiusdem  Loci  con- 
ventus  per  eorum  indenturam  sub  sigillo  suo  conventual!  confectam 
gerentem  dat.  in  domo  sua  conventuali  vicesimo  die  ffebruarij  anno 
regni  nostri  tricesimo  tradiderunt,  concesserunt,  et  ad  firmam  dimise- 
runt  Johanni  ffletewod  de  London  generoso  totum  illud  dnium  et 
manerium  de  Penwortham  cum  omnib3  et  singulis  suis  ptinencijs  in 
com.  nostro  Lancastrie :  ac  omnia  terras,  tenementa,  domos,  orrea, 
stabula,  edificia,  molendina,  campos,  pasturas,  prata,  pascua,  moras, 
mariscos,  boscos,  subboscos,  et  communas,  redditus,  reversiones,  ser- 
vicia,  curias  lete,  ac  pficua  eorundem,  libertates,  extrahuras.  exitus, 
fines,  et  amerciamenta,  stagna,  aquas,  piscarias,  warrenas,  turbarias, 
ac  vasta,  cum  omnib)  et  singulis  eorum  ptinencijs  in  com.  Lancastrie 
predicto :  ac  eciam  omnia  et  singula  alia  terras,  tenementa,  et  here- 
ditamenta,  possessiones,  pficua,  et  commoditates  tarn  spiritualia  quam 
temporalia  quecunque  dicto  manerio  quoquo  modo  spectantia  vel  pti- 
nentia  vel  parcellam  eiusdem  Manerij  sive  dnij  reputata  cognita  seu 
accepta  existentia,  aut  cum  dicto  manerio  sive  dnio  locat.  seu  dimiss. 
existentia,  seu  aliquo  tempore  ante  dat.  dicte  indenture  reputat.  cog- 
nit,  vel  accept,  existentia  vel  parcellam  vel  membra  aliquarum  terra- 

(!)  Amongst  the  Werden  papers  there  is  the  following  abstract  of  this  grant. 
The  column  of  the  annual  value  is  extracted  from  "  the  transcript  of  the  particulars 
for  grant  to  John  Fletwode,  34  H.  8,"  given  in  Dugdale's  Monasticon.  The  closes 
marked  with  an  asterisk  are  still  known  by  the  names  here  given. 

The  names  of  the  severall  closes,  lands,  and  tenements  menconed  to  bee 
granted  by  King  Hen.  the  eighte  by  his  Irs  pattente  bearinge  daite  the 
xxiiij  daye  of  Januarii  in  the  xxxiiij  yeare  of  his  reigne  unto  John  ffleet- 
wood  Esquire  and  his  heires  as  laite  belonginge  to  the  scite  of  the  priorye 
of  Penwortham  in  the  Countie  of  Lancaster,  viz. : 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  113 

rum,  tenementorum  seu  hereditamentorum  que  dictus  nuper  Abbas 
et  nuper  conventus  habuerunt,   occupaverunt,   aut   gavisi   fuerunt 

valet  communibus 
acris  per  annum, 
ffirste,  the  scite  of  the  priorye,  cell,  manor,  or  grange  of 

Penwortham  100 

One  closse  of  land  (terra  arabilis)  called  the  Orchard 

feld,  cont.  by  estimacon  xiij  acrees  088 

All  that  closse  of  land  (terra  arabilis)  called  the  Butts,* 

cont.  by  est iij  „  026 

The  To wnfeild,*  (terra  arabilis)  cont.  by  est xiiij  „  094 

Hereford  Rydinge,*  att  Hangmansbancke*  and  ffery- 

manheye,*  (que  quidem  pastura  supercrescitur  cum 

vepribus)  cont.  by  est xij  „  0  12  0 

Two  closses  of  land  (terra  arabilis  unde  4  acre  super- 

crescuntur  cum  les  shrubbys)  called  the  Blasshes,* 

cont.  by  est xxviij  „  134 

The  New  closse  (terra  arabilis)  and  shrubbs,  called 

Aspleye,  cont.  by  est xvij  „  0  13  2 

One  closse,  (pasturse  modo  in  culture)  called  the  Over 

Eye,*  cont.  by  est viij  „  094 

One  other  closse,  (pasturse)  called  the  Neither  eye,* 

cont.  by  est vj  „  070 

A  meadowe  called  Blasshawe*  meadowe,  cont.  by  est....  vij  „  0  14  0 
There  is  alsoe  granted  to  the  said  John  ffleetwood  by 

the  same  Ires  pattente  the  eighte  pte  of  the  water 

and  fishinge  in  Bible  from  Evyn  poole  unto  the 

head  of  the  Marshe  of  Penwortham  and  Houghwick.  100 

And  also  all  that  turbarie  and  comon  of  Turbarie  laitlye 

belonginge  to  the  said  Priorie  of  Penwortham  034 


728 

And  the  reversion  of  all  that  grove  of  wood  adioyninge  to  the  scite  of  the  said 
priorye  or  cell  of  Penwortham,  and  to  the  same  belonginge,  conteyninge  by  estima- 
con iij  rood  lands.  [In  "  the  transcript  of  the  particulars"  this  is  given  more  fully. 
"  Mem.  that  ther  ys  adioyninge  to  the  house  of  Penwortham  a  little  grove  of  wodd  of 
oke  and  asshe  conteyninge  by  estymacon  three  rodde  and  more,  which  ys  compassed 
with  aleys,  and  lykewyse  with  crosse  aleys  in  the  midle,  which  wodde  ys  a  greate 
pleasur  and  comoditye  to  the  said  house."] 

And  also  seaven  poundes  three  shillinge  eighte  pence  yearlie,  beinge  pcell  of  the 
rent  of  Ixxxxix"  vs  iijd  reserved  upon  the  said  John  ffleetwood's  leasse. 

And  also  the  patronage  of  the  rectorie  and  pish  church  of  North  Meyles. 

And  also  the  advowson,  gifte,  free  disposition,  and  patronage  of  the  Vicaridge  of 
Ley  land. 

Q 


114  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

ratione  aut  p  nomen  manerij  sive  Dnij  aut  rectorie,  grangie,  seu  firme 
sue  de  Penwortham  predicta  aut  eorum  alicuius,  aut  p  aliqua  eorun- 
dem  noniina  cognita  existentia  in  dicto  comitatu  Lancastrie  vel  alibi 
in  comit.  Cestrie :  Et  predicti  Abbas  et  conventus  p  Indenturam 
predictam  tradiderunt,  concesserunt,  et  ad  firmam  dimiserunt  prefato 
Johanni  ffletewoode  executorib3  et  assignatis  suis  totam  illam  recto- 
riam  suam  de  Penwortham  predictam,  ac  rectoriam  de  Laylonde  in 
dicto  comitatu  Lancastrie,  ac  omnes  et  omnimodas  decimas,  pensiones, 
porciones,  et  omnes  terras,  glebas,  tenementa,  domos,  orrea,  stabula, 
edificia,  pastura,  pascua,  prata,  boscos,  ac  servicia  ac  omnia  alia 
hereditaments  tarn  spiritualia  quam  temporalia  cum  omnib}  et  sin- 
gulis  suis  ptinencijs  quib3cunque  dictis  rectory's  seu  earum  alteri 
quoquo  modo  spectantib}  vel  ptinentib)  situat.  jacentia  et  existentia 


And  also  there  is  granted  to  the  said  John  ffleetwood  all  suche  and  like  courts, 
viewe  of  franck  pledge,  and  all  which  to  viewe  of  franck  pledge  apperteyneth,  as 
also  assize  of  wyne,  bread,  and  aile  ;  and  also  wayffes,  strayes,  goods  of  ffelons  and 
fugitives,  free  warren,  within  the  said  scite  lands  thereunto  before  granted  in  as 
ample  and  large  manner  as  the  Abbot  of  the  said  monasterie  of  Evesham  or  anye 
his  predecessors  in  the  right  of  the  said  monasterie  att  anie  tyme  hadd. 

And  also  the  reversion  of  the  manor  of  Calwigge,  and  the  rectorie  of  Elliston  in 
the  Countie  of  Stafford,  and  the  reversion  of  all  messuages,  lands,  &c.  in  Calwigge 
and  Elliston  in  the  said  countie  of  Stafford,  which  Rauffe  Longforde  knight  did 
holde  by  Indenture,  and  the  rent  of  xliij1'  reserved  upon  the  said  Indenture  laite 
pcell  of  the  monasterie  of  Marton  (Merton)  in  the  Countie  of  Surreye. 

And  also  that  grove  of  woode  called  Calwigge  grove,  conteyninge  by  estimacion 
iij  acrees. 

And  all  those  lands  and  woodes  knowne  by  the  name  of  Calwigge  comon,  Prest- 
wood  grove,  North  Woodclyffe,  Ellaston,  Stayaton,  and  Pamyston,  in  Calwigge  and 
Ellaston  aforesaid,  to  the  said  monasterie  of  Marton  laitlye  belonginge. 

And  also  within  the  said  manor  of  Calwigge  and  rectorie  of  Ellaston  and  the  said 
messuage  and  lande  in  the  Countie  of  Stafford,  all  suche  leete  courts,  viewe  of 
franck  pledge,  assyse  of  bread,  wyne,  and  aile,  felon's  goods,  wayffe  and  straye,  free 
warren,  and  other  liberties  whatsoever,  or  anye  the  Prior  of  the  said  monasterie  of 
Marton  at  anye  tyme  hadd,  belonginge  to  the  said  lands. 

Rendringe  to  the  said  Kinge  the  yearlie  rent  of  ixs  and  ixd  for  the  said  priorie 
and  lands  of  Penwortham  ;  and  the  same  land  of  that  Priorie  is  holden  of  the  Kinge 
by  knights'  service  and  the  xxth  pte  of  a  knight's  fee. 

And  the  lands  in  Staffordshire  are  holden  of  the  Kinge  by  knights'  service  and 
the  xxth  pt  of  a  knight's  fee.  And  for  the  yearlie  rent  of  iiij"  vj». 


DE    PRIORATU    DK    PEN  WORTH  AM.  115 

in  Parochiis  de  Penwortham  et  Laylonde  predictis,  seu  in  earum 
altera,  vel  in  aliqua  alia  villa,  hamletta,  seu  loco  in  predicto  comitatu 
Lancastrie,  vel  alibi  in  dicto  comitatu  Cestrie,  que  fuerunt  cognita, 
reputata,  seu  accepta,  p  aliqua  parte,  parcella.  vel  membris  predicta- 
rum  rectoriarum  seu  earum  alterius  aliquo  tempore  ante  confectionem 
indenture  predicte.  Exceptis  et  omnino  reservatis  predictis  Abbati 
et  conventui  ac  earum  successorib}  advocacione  vicarie  ecclesie  de 
Laylonde  predicte,  ac  eciam  advocacione  rectorie  de  Meles  in  pre- 
dicto comitatu  Lancastrie.  Habenda,  tenenda,  occupanda,  et  gau- 
denda  omnia  et  singula  predicta  manerium  et  dniuni  de  Penwortham 
predicta,  ac  rectorias  de  Penwortham  et  Laylonde  predictas  ac  omnia 
et  singula  premissa  cum  suis  ptinencijs  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode 
executorib}  et  assignatis  suis  a  festo  sancti  Michaelis  Archangeli 
ultimo  preterite  ante  dat.  dicte  Indenture  usque  ad  finem  et  terminum 
nonaginta  et  novem  annorum  extunc  proxime  sequeritium  et  plenarie 
complend.  Reddendo  et  solvendo  inde  annuatim,  durante  termino 
predicto,  prefatis  Abbati  et  conventui  et  eorum  successorib}  nonaginta 
novem  libras  quinque  solidos  et  tres  denarios  sterlingorum  in  die  festi 
sancti  Martini  episcopi  in  hieme  ad  unam  solam  et  integram  solucio- 
nem  annuatim  apud  Evesham  predictam  solvend.  primo  termino 
solucionis  inde  inceptur.  et  fiend,  ad  dictum  diem  festi  sancti  Martini 
ad  tune  proxime  sequentis  post  dat.  dicte  Indenture,  put  p  Inden- 
turam  predictam,  inter  alia,  plene  liquet.  Cumque  eciam  nos  per 
quandam  Indenturam  sub  magno  sigillo  nostro  curie  nostre  augmen- 
tacionum  revenscionum  corone  nostre  fact,  inter  nos  ex  una  parte,  et 
Radulphum  Longforde  militem  ex  altera  parte,  gerent.  dat.  apud 
Westm.  septimo  die  Augusti  anno  regni  nostri  tricesimo  quarto  tra- 
diderimus  prefato  Rad.  Longford  totum  manerium  de  Caldewyche,  et 
totam  rectoriam  de  Elaston  cum  omnibj  et  singulis  eorum  ptinencijs 
in  com.  Stafford,  nuper  monastery  de  Merton  in  com.  Surrey  adtunc 
dissoluti  dudum  spectantia  et  ptinentia.  Habend.  et  tenend.  mane- 
rium et  rectoriam  predicta  et  cetera  omnia  et  singula  premissa  prefato 
Radulpho  Longford  et  assignatis  suis  a  festo  sancti  Michaelis  archan- 
gel! adtunc  proxime  future  usque  ad  finem  viginti  et  unius  annorum 
extunc  prox.  sequentium  et  plenarie  complend.  Reddendo  inde  an- 


116  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

nuatim  nobis  heredib}  et  successorib}  nostris  quadraginta  et  tres  libras 
legalis  monete  Anglie  ad  festa  Annuntiationis  beate  Marie  Virginia 
et  sancti  Michaelis  archangeli  p  equales  porciones  durante  termino 
predicto,  put  p  Indenturam  illam  inter  alia  plenius  apparet.  Sciatis 
quod  Nos  p  summa  octingentarum(1)  nonaginta  trium  librarum,  octo- 
decim  solidorum,  et  octo  denariorum  legalis  monete  Anglie  ad  manus 
Thesaurarij  nostri  Curie  nostre  augmentacionum  Revencionum  corone 
nostre  ad  usum  nostrum  p  dictum  Johaimem  ffletewoode  solut.  de  qua 
quidem  summa  octingentarum  nonaginta  trium  librarum,  octodecim 
Bolidorum  et  octo  denariorum  fatemur  nos  plenius  fore  satisfact.  dictum- 
que  Johannem  ffletewoode  heredes  executores  et  administratores  suos 
inde  acquietamus  et  exoneramus  et  p  presentes  de  gracia  nostra  spe- 
ciali  ex  certa  sciencia  et  mero  motu  nostris  dedimus  et  concessimus 
ac  p  presentes  damus  et  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode 
reversionem  et  reversiones  capitalis  domus  et  scitus  nuper  Prioratus 
sive  celle  vel  manerij  aut  grangie  de  Penwortham  in  dicto  comitatu 
nostro  Lancastrie,  dicto  nuper  monasterio  de  Evesham  in  dicto 
comitatu  nostro  Wygorn.  modo  dissolute  dudum  spectantia  et  pti- 
nentia :  Ac  omnium  domorum  columbarum,  orreorum,  stabulorum, 
curtilagiorum,  gardinornm,  stagnorum,  vinariorum,  terre  et  soli  tarn 
infra  quam  extra  scitum  et  precinctum  eiusdem  nuper  prioratus  sive 
celle  vel  manerij  aut  grangie  de  Penwortham  existentie,  aut  eidem 
nuper  Prioratui  seu  celle  adiacentie :  Necnon  reversionem  et  rever- 
siones totius  clausure  terre  vocate  le  Orcharde  feilde  continentis  p 
estimacionem  tresdecim  acras  in  Penwortham  in  dicto  com.  nostro 
Lancastrie,  ac  totius  clausure  terre  vocate  le  Buttes  continentis  p 
estimacionem  tres  acras  in  Penwortham  predict. ;  et  totius  clausure 
terre  vocat.  le  Towne  felde  contin.  p  estim.  quatuordecim  acras  in 

(*)  26  die  Decembris  anno     "i 

34  Henr.  regis  8.  )    The  yerely  valewe  of  the  premisses  is  £47.  17.  0., 

whereof  deducte  for  the  tenth  £4.  15.  9.  and 

then  remayneth  clere  £43.  0.  15d  whiche  ratid  at  twente  yeres  purchase  dothe 
amounte  to  the  sum  of  £861.  5.  0 :  adde  therto  for  the  woode  growing  upon  the 
premisses  £13.  10.  0 :  adde  therto  alsoe  the  patronage  of  the  church  of  North 
melys  and  for  the  vicarage  of  Leylonde  £19.  3.  8  which  in  the  hole  dothe  amounte 
to  the  summ  of  £893.  18.  8.  —  Transcript  of  Particulars. 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  117 

Penwortham  predict. ;  ac  totius  illius  clausure  pasture  vocat.  Here- 
forde  Eiddyinge  contin.  p  estim.  duodecim  acras  apud  Hangmans- 
bank  et  fferrymanhey  in  Penwortham  predict. :  Necnon  duarum 
clausurarum  terre  vocat.  le  Blasshes  contin.  p  estim.  viginti  octo 
acras  in  Penwortham  predict :  ac  unius  clausure  terre  vocat.  le  Newe- 
close,  et  unius  parcelle  subbosci  de  le  Shrubbes  vocat.  Aspeleys  con- 
tin,  inter  se  p  estim.  septemdecim  acras  in  Penwortham  predict. :  ac 
unius  clausure  pasture  vocat.  Over  Eye  contin.  p  estim.  octo  acras : 
ac  unius  clausure  pasture  vocate  le  Nether  Eye  contin.  p  estim.  sex 
acras  in  Penwortham  predict:  Ac  totius  prati  vocati  Blasshawe 
medowe  contin.  p  estim.  septem  acras  in  Penwortham  predict.  Que- 
quidem  capitalis  domus  et  scitus,  dicti  nup  Prioratus,  sive  Celle,  vel 
manerij  aut  Grangie  de  Penwortham  ac  predicte  terre,  prata,  pasture 
et  cetera  premissa  in  Penwortham  predicta  sunt  parcelle  dictarum 
terrarum,  tenementorum,  hereditamentorum,  et  possessionutn  dicto 
Johanni  ffletewoode  p  Indenturam  predictam  in  forma  predicta 
dimiss. :  Damus  eciam  et  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni 
ffletewoode  reuersionem  et  reversiones  octave  partis  piscationis  et 
piscium  in  aqua  de  Rybbell,  videlicet  a  quodam  loco  vocato  Evyn 
pole,  alias  dicto  Ivye  poole,  usque  ad  caput  de  le  Marshe  in  Penwor- 
tham et  Houghwyke  seu  in  earum  altera  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro 
Lancastreusi :  Quequidem  octava  pars  piscationis  et  piscium  in  aqua 
de  Ilybbell  predicta  dicto  nuper  Prioratui  sive  celle  de  Penwortham 
dudum  spectabat  et  ptinebat  et  fuit  parcella  premissorum  eidem 
Johanni  ffletewoode  ut  prefertur  dimissorum  :  Ac  etiam  damus  et  p 
presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode  reversionem  et 
reversiones  totius  turbarie  dicto  nuper  Prioratui  sive  celle  de  Pen- 
wortham dudum  spectantis  in  Penwortham  predicta:  ac  reversionem 
et  reversiones  totius  grove  bosci  nostre  contin entis  p  estimacionem  tres 
rodas  in  Penwortham  predicta,  videlicet,  adiacentis  dicto  scito  dicte 
nuper  Prioratus  sive  celle  de  Penwortham,  ac  eidem  nuper  Prio- 
ratui sive  celle  de  Penwortham  dudum  spectantis  et  ptinentis:  ac 
etiam  damus  et  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode 
septem  libras,  tres  solidos,  et  octo  denarios  annuatim  parcell.  dicti 
redditus  nonaginta  novern  librarum  quinque  solidorum  et  trium 


118  DE    P1UO11ATU    I)E    PENWOHTHAM. 

denariorum  p  predictam  Indenturam  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode, 
ut  prefertur,  confect.  reservat.  Necnon  totum  domum  et  scitum  dicti 
nuper  prioratus,  sive  celle,  vel  manerij,  aut  grangie  de  Penwortham 
in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrensi,  dicto  nuper  monasterio  de 
Evesham  nuper  spectantem  et  ptinentem,  ac  parcellam  possessionum 
eiusdem  nup  monastery  existentem :  ac  omnia  mesuagia,  domos, 
edificia,  orrea,  stabula,  columbaria,  curtilagia,  stagna,  vinaria,  poma- 
ria,  terras,  et  solum  nostra  tarn  infra  quam  extra  scitum,  septum, 
ambitum,  circuitum,  et  precinctum  eiusdem  nup  prioratus  sive  celle, 
vel  manerij,  sive  grangie  de  Penwortham  existentia,  aut  eidem  nup 
Prioratui,  sive  celle,  aut  manerio,  vel  grangie  de  Penwortham  adia- 
centia.  Necnon  totum  illud  clausum  terre  nostrum  vocatum  le 
Orcharde  ffelde  contin.  p  estim.  tresdecim  acras :  Ac  totum  illud 
clausum  terre  nostrum  vocat.  le  Buttes  contin.  p  estim.  tres  acras : 
necnon  totum  illud  clausum  terre  nostrum  vocat.  le  Townefeld  con- 
tin,  p  estim.  quatuordecim  acras :  Ac  totum  illud  clausum  pasture 
nostrum  vocat.  Hereford  Ryddynges  contin.  p  estim.  duodecim  acras 
apud  Hangmansbank  et  fferrymanhey ;  Ac  omnia  ilia  duo  clausa 
terre  vocat.  le  Blasshes  contin.  p  estim.  viginti  et  octo  acras :  Ac 
eciam  totum  illud  clausum  terre  nostrum  vocat.  le  Neweclose  et 
unam  parcellam  subbosci  de  le  Shrubbes  vocat.  Aspeleys  contin.  inter 
se  p  estim.  septemdecim  acras :  Et  totum  illud  clausum  pasture  nos- 
trum vocat.  Over  Eye  contin.  p  estim.  octo  acras:  ac  totum  illud 
clausum  pasture  nostrum  vocat.  le  Nether  Eye  contin.  p  estim.  sex 
acras :  et  totum  illud  pratum  nostrum  vocat.  Blasshawe  medowe 
contin.  p  estim.  septem  acras,  cum  omnib}  et  singulis  eorum  ptinen- 
tijs  universis  iacentib)  et  existentib}  in  Penwortham  in  dicto  comitatu 
nostro  Lancastrensi  dieto  nuper  Prioratui,  sive  Celle  de  Penwortham 
dudum  spectantib}  et  ptinentib3,  ac  parcellam  possessionum  inde  ex- 
istentium  :  Quequidem  nuper  Prioratus  sive  Cella  de  Penwortham 
dicto  uuper  monasterio  de  Evesham  spectabat  et  ptinebat :  Damus  et 
p  consideration  predicta  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni 
ffletewoode  octavam  partem  piscationis  et  piscium  in  aqua  de  Rybell, 
extendentis  a  quodarn  loco  vocato  Evyn  poole  alias  diet.  Ivye  poole 
usque  ad  caput  de  le  marshe  in  Penwortham  et  Houghwyke,  seu  in 


DE    PKIOKATU    I)E    PENWORTHAM.  119 

earura  altera  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrie,  dicto  nup  Prioratui 
sive  celle  de  Penwortham  dudum  spectantem  et  ptinentetn  ac  parcel- 
lam  possessionum  inde  existentium :  Necnon  totam  turbariam  nostram 
et  communam  turbarie  in  Penwortham  predicta  dicto  nup  Prioratui 
sive  celle  de  Penwortham  dudum  spectantem  et  ptinentem  :  Ac  etiam 
totam  illam  grovam  bosci  nostram  contin.  p  estim.  tres  rodas  cum 
ptinencijs  in  Penwortham  predict,  adiacentem  dicto  Scitui  dicti 
nuper  Prioratus  sive  Celle  de  Penwortham,  ac  eidem  nuper  Prioratui 
sive  Celle  dudum  spectantem  et  ptinentem,  ac  totam  terram  et  solum 
eiusdem  grove  bosci :  Necnon  omnes  et  omnimodos  boscos  et  sub- 
boscos  de  et  in  premissis  supius  p  nos  p  presentes  datis  et  concessis, 
aut  de  et  in  aliqua  eorundem  crescentes  et  existentes.  Necnon 
damus  et  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode  advo- 
cationem,  donationem,  liberam  dispositionem,  et  jus  patronatus 
rectorie  et  ecclesie  parochialis  de  Northe  Meles  in  dicto  comitatu 
nostro  Lancastrensi  ac  advocationem,  donacionem,  liberam  disposi- 
tionem et  jus  patronatus  Vicarie  Ecclesie  parochialis  de  Leylond  in 
eodem  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrensi.  Damus  eciam  et  p  presentes 
concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode  omnia  et  singula  premissa 
supius  p  presentes,  ut  prefertur,  data  et  concessa,  adeo  plene  et 
integre  ac  in  tarn  amplis  modo  et  forma  put  ultimus  Abbas  et  nup 
conventus  dicti  nup  monastery  de  Evesham  aut  aliquis  vel  aliqui 
predecessorum  suorum  in  jure  nup  monastery  illius  aliquo  tempore 
ante  dissolutionem  eiusdem  nuper  monastery  vel  antequam  nup 
monasterium  illud  ad  manus  nostras  devenit  predictos  domum  et 
scitum  dicti  nup  Prioratus,  sive  Celle,  aut  manerij,  vel  grangie  de 
Penwortham,  ac  predicta  terras,  tenementa,  prata,  pascua,  pastura, 
et  cetera  omnia  et  singula  premissa  superius  p  presentes  p  nos  data 
et  concessa,  aut  aliquam  inde  parcellam  habuerunt,  tenuerunt,  vel 
gavisi  fuerunt,  habuit,  tenuit,  vel  gavisus  fuit,  seu  habere,  tenere,  vel 
gaudere  debuerunt  aut  debuit :  Et  adeo  plene  et  integre  ac  in  tarn 
amplis  modo  et  forma  put  ea  omuia  et  singula  ad  manus  nostras 
ratione  vel  pretextu  dissolucionis  dicti  nup  monastery  de  Evesham, 
aut  ratione  vel  pretextu  alicuius  carte,  doni,  concessionis,  vel  confir- 
macionis  p  dictum  ultimum  Abbatem  et  nup  conventum  nup  monas- 


120  DE    PKIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

terij  de  Evesham  sub  sigillo  suo  conventual!  nobis  confecta,  aut 
ratione  vel  pretextu  alicuius  actus  Parliament!  vel  aliter  quocunque 
modo  devenerunt  seu  devenere  debuerunt  ac  in  manib3  nostris  jam 
existunt,  seu  existere  debent  vel  deberunt.  Damus  eciam  et  p  con- 
sideracione  predicta  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  fflete- 
woode  infra  predicta  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  prata,  pastura,  et 
cetera  omnia  et  singula  premissa  superius  expressa  et  specificata,  ac 
p  presentes  data  et  concessa,  et  infra  quamlibet  eorundem  parcellam, 
tot,  tanta,  eadem  huiusmodi,  et  curias  lete  visus  franci  plegij,  ac 
asisam  panis,  vini  et  cervicie ;  necnon  catalla  wauiata,  extrahuras, 
catalla  felonium  et  fugitivorum,  liberas  warenas,  ac  omnia  alia  pficua, 
commoditates,  et  emolumenta  quecunque,  quot,  quanta,  qualia,  et  que, 
ac  adeo  plene  et  integre,  ac  in  tarn  amplis  et  consimilib}  modo  et 
forma,  put  dictus  ultimus  Abbas  et  nup  conventus  dicti  nuper 
monastery  de  Evesham  aut  aliquis  vel  aliqui  predecessorum  suorum 
in  jure  nup  monastery  illius  aliquo  tempore  ante  dissolucionem  ejus- 
dem  nup  monastery  vel  antequam  nup  monasterium  illud  ad  manus 
nostras  devenit,  habuerunt,  tenuerunt,  vel  gavisi  fuerunt,  habuit, 
tenuit,  vel  gavisus  fuit,  seu  habere,  tenere,  vel  gaudere  debuerunt, 
aut  debuit,  in  predictis  mesuagijs,  terris,  tenementis,  pratis,  pasturis, 
et  ceteris  premissis  supius  p  presentes  p  nos  datis  et  concessis,  vel 
in  aliqua  eorundem  parcella,  ratione  vel  pretextu  alicuius  carte,  doni, 
concessionis,  vel  confirmacionis,  aut  aliquarum  literarum  patentium 
p  nos  seu  p  aliquem  pgenitorum  nostrorum,  Regum  Anglie,  prefato 
ultimo  Abbati  et  nuper  conventui  dicti  nup  monastery  de  Evesham, 
seu  alicui  vel  aliquib3  predecessorum  suorum  quoquo  modo  factorum 
vel  concessorum,  seu  confirmatorum,  aut  ratione  vel  pretextu  alicuius 
prescriptionis  vel  consuetudinis  antehac  habite  vel  usitate,  vel  aliter 
quocunque  modo.  Damus  alterius  et  p  consideratione  predicta  p 
presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode  et  Katarine  uxori 
eius,  reuersionem  et  reversiones  predicti  manerij  de  Caldewyche,  et 
dicte  rectorie  de  Elaston  cum  omnib)  et  singulis  eorum  jurib},  &c. 
in  dicto  comitatu  Stafford,  dicto  nuper  monasterio  de  Merton  in  dicto 
com.  nostro  Surrey  dudum  spectantib}  &c.  Habend.  tenend.  et 
gaudend.  predictam  reversionem  et  reversiones  predictorum  domus  et 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  121 

scitus  dicti  nup  prioratus,  sive  celle,  vel  manerij,  aut  grangie  de 
Penwortham,  ut  prefertur,  et  cetera  omnia  et  singula  premissa  in 
dicto  comitatu  Lancastrensi,  necnon  predictas  domum  et  scitum 
dicti  nup  Prioratus  sive  celle  vel  manerij,  sive  grangie  de  Penwor- 
tham, ac  predicta  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  prata,  communas, 
boscos,  redditus,  servicia,  curias  lete,  visus  franci  plegij,  catalla 
wauiata,  extrahuras,  liberas  warrenas  et  cetera  omnia  et  singula  pre- 
missa in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrie  supius  p  nos  ut  prefertur 
data  et  concessa  cum  suis  ptinentijs  universis  prefato  Johanni  fflete- 
woode  heredib}  et  assignatis  suis  imppetuum.  Tenenda  de  nobis  et 
heredib}  et  successorib)  nostris  in  capite  p  servicium  vicesime  partis 
unius  feodi  militis.  Ac  reddendo  inde  annuatim  nobis  heredib}  et 
successorib3  nostris  novem  solidos  et  novem  denarios  sterlingorum 
ad  curiam  nostram  augmeutacionum  reuencionum  corone  nostre  ad 
festum  sancti  Michaelis  archangeli  singulis  annis  solvend.  p  omnib} 
redditib3  et  demandis  quib3cunque  nobis  heredib}  vel  successorib} 
nostris  quoquo  modo  reddend.,  solvend.  vel.  faciend.,  habend.  tenend. 
et  gaudend.  reversionem  et  reversiones  predicti  manerij  de  Calde- 
wiche,  ac  predicte  rectorie  et  ecclesie  de  Elaston,  ac  predictorum 
mesuagiorum,  terrarum,  tenementorum,  et  ceterorum  premissorum 
in  dicto  comitatu  de  Stafford,  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode  et  Katerine 
uxori  eius  ac  heredib}  et  assignatis  ipsius  Johannis  ffletewoode  imp- 
petuum. Tenend.  de  nobis  heredib}  et  successorib}  nostris  in  capite 
p  servicium  vicesime  partis  unius  feodi  militis.  Ac  reddendo  inde 
annuatim  nobis  heredib}  et  successorib}  nostris  quatuor  libras  et  sex 
solidos  sterlingorum  ad  dictam  curiam  nostram  augmentacionum 
reuencionum  corone  nostre  ad  dictum  festum  sancti  Michaelis  arch- 
angeli singulis  annis  solvend.  Et  ulterius  de  uberiori  gracia  nostra 
damus  et  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode  omnia 
exitus,  redditus,  reuenciones,  et  proficua  predictorum  maneriorum, 
mesuagiorum,  rectoriarum,  terrarum,  tenementorum,  et  ceterorum 
omnium  et  singulorum  premissorum  supius  specificatorum,  ut  prefer- 
tur, p  presentes  datorum  et  concessorum  cum  ptinencijs.  Habend. 
eidem  Johanni  ffletewoode  ex  dono  nostro  absque  compost,  seu  aliquo 
alio  pinde  nobis  heredib}  vel  successorib}  nostris  quoquo  modo 


122  DE    PRTORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

reddend.,  solvend.,  vel  faciend.  Et  insuper  de  ampliori  gratia  nostra 
volumus  p  presentes  p  nobis  heredib)  vel  successorib}  nostris  conce- 
iliinus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewoode  et  Katerine  uxori  eius  ac  heredibj 
et  assignatis  ipsius  Johannis  ffletewoode,  quod  nos  heredes  et  suc- 
cessores  nostri  imppetuum  annuatim  et  de  tempore  in  tempus  acquie- 
tabimus,  exonerabimus,  et  indempnes  conservabimus  eosdem  Johan- 
nem  ffletewoode  et  Katerinam  uxorem  eius  ac  heredes  et  assignatos 
ipsius  Johannis  ffletewoode  versus  nos  heredes  et  successores  nostros, 
et  versus  quoscunque  alios  psonas  de  decem  libris  annuatim  solvendis 
Radulpho  Longford  militi,  durante  vita  ipsius  Radulphi,  de  et  ex 
predicto  manerio  de  Caldewyche  et  predicta  rectoria  de  Elaston  ac 
preterquam  de  quadraginta  sex  solidis  et  octo  denarijs  annuatim 
solvendis  Gilberto  Sutton  (l)  ac  heredib}  suis  p  certis  terris  et  tenementis 
in  Penwortham  predicta.  Nolentes  enim  et  p  presentes  injungentes 
tarn  cancellario  et  consilio  dicte  curie  Augmentationum  revencionum 
Corone  nostre  p  tempore  existente,  quam  omnib3  receptorib3  audito- 
rib},  et  alijs  officiarijs  et  ministris  nostris  quib}cunque  quod  ipsi  et 
eomm  quilibet  super  solam  demonstrationem  harum  literarum  nos- 
trarutn  patentium  vel  irrotulamenti  inde  absque  aliquo  alio  brevi  seu 

(')  Reprisis  Annua  firina  soluta  —  Gourside  pro  terra  quondam  Gilberti  Sutton, 
qui  quidcm  Gilbertus  per  indenturam  suam  sub  sigillo  suo  datara  12°  die  Januarij 
anno  d'ni  millesimo  cccciiij"j,  et  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  quarti  21°  concessit 
"Willielmo  Abbati  raonasterij  beate  Marie  Virginia  et  sancti  Egwini  de  Evesham 
ac  ejtisdem  Loci  conventui  omnia  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  turbarias,  moras, 
boscos,  sepes,  et  fossata,  redditus,  et  reversiones,  et  servicia  sua  cum  omnibus  et 
singulis  suis  pertinentijs  qua;  habet  in  villa  et  campis  de  Penwortham  in  comitatu 
Lancastrie,  una  domo  cum  quatuor  selionibus  terre  jacente  in  le  "YVhadysh  in 
tenura  Thome  Smalwod  tantummodo  exceptis  et  reservatis.  Habend.  &c.  pro  ter- 
mino  cc.  annorum  extunc  proximo  sequent!  et  plenarie  complend.  Keddendo  inde 
per  annum  prefato  Gilberto  Sutton  heredibus  et  assignatis  suis  a  festo  Natalis  D'ni 
et  nativitatis  sancti  Johannis  Baptiste  ultra  alia  servicia  domini  Regis,  et  quibus- 
cuhque  alijs  servicijs  servicia  inde  debita  et  de  jure  consueta  &c.  ut  in  eadem  inden- 
tura  inde  ostensa  plenius  continetur.  £2.  6.  8. 
********* 

Memor.  the  King  must  discharge  the  said  Fletewodd  of  all  incumbrances,  except 
leases  and  except  46s  8d  dewe  yerely  to  Gilbert  Sutton  and  his  heires  for  certayn 
lands  and  tenements  in  Penwortham  in  the  county  of  Lancaster. —  Transcript  of 
Particulars. 


DE    PRIOBATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  123 

warranta  a  nobis  heredib3  vel  successorib}  nostris  quoquo  modo  impe- 
trandis  seu  psequendis  sup  solucionem  dictorum  sepalium  annorum 
redditus  supius  p  presentes  nobis  heredib}  et  successorib}  nostris  ut 
prefertur  reservati  plenam  integram  debitamque  allocacionem  defal- 
cacionem  deductionem  et  exoneracionem  manifestam  de  oranib}  et 
omnimodi  huiusmodi  corrodijs,  redditib}  feodis,  pensionib3,  porcionib3 
et  summis  quib5cunque  de  predictis  manerijs,  mesuagijs,  rectoria, 
terris,  tenementis,  et  ceteris  premissis  ut  prefertur  solvend.  vel  sup 
eisdem  onerat.  seu  onerand.,  facient,  et  de  tempore  in  tempus  fieri 
causabunt.  Et  hee  litere  nostre  patentes  erunt  annuatim,  et  de  tem- 
pore in  tempus  tarn  dicto  cancellario  et  consilio  nostro  dicte  curie 
nostre  augmentationum  reuencionum  corone  nostre  p  tempore  exis- 
tent^ quam  quib3cunque  receptorib3,  auditorib3  et  alijs  officiarijs  et 
ministris  nostris  sufficiens  warrantio  et  exoneracio  in  hac  parte.  Et 
ulterius  de  uberiori  gracia  nostra  volumus  ac  auctoritate  nostra  regia 
qua  fungimur  p  presentes  p  nobis  heredib3  et  successorib3  nostris 
concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  et  Katerine  uxori  eius  ac 
heredib3  et  assignatis  ipsius  Johannis  ffletewood  quod  idem  Johannes 
ffletewood  de  cetero  imppetuum  habebunt  dictam  rectoriam  et  eccle- 
siam  de  Elaston,  ac  omnes  et  singulas,  glebas,  terras,  decimas,  et 
oblaciones  quascunque  eidem  rectorie  ut  prefertur  spectantes  adeo 
plene  prout  dictus  ultimus  Prior  dicti  nuper  monastery  de  Merton  et 
eiusdem  Loci  nup  conventus  aliquo  tempore  ante  dissolucionem  nup 
monastery,  aut  antequam  nup  monasterium  illud  ad  manus  nostras 
devenerit  habuerunt  aut  debuerunt  habere.  Volumus  eciam  et  p 
presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  quod  habeat  has 
literas  nostras  patentes  sub  magno  sigillo  nostro  Anglie  debito  modo 
factas  et  sigillatas  absque  fine  seu  feodo  magno  vel  parvo  nobis  in 
hanapio  nostro  seu  alibi  ad  usum  nostrum  pinde  quouismodo  red- 
dendo,  solvendo,  vel  faciendo.  Ea  quod  expressa  mencio  &c.  In 
cuius  rei  &c.  Teste  Rege  apud  Westm.  xxiiij.  die  January  anno 
regni  Regis  Henrici  octavi  xxxiiij. 

Per  breve  de  primato  sigillo. 


124  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 


No.  LXV.  Confirmation  by  Queen  Elizabeth  of  the  preceding  grant  of 
King  Henry  the  Eighth  of  certain  lands  in  Penwortham.^) 

[WERDEN  PAPEKS.] 

Elizabeth  Regina :  Omnib3  ad  quos  &c.  salutem.  Cum  Philippus 
dudum  Abbas  nup  monastery  de  Evesham  in  com.  Wygornensi,  et 
eiusdem  Loci  conventus  p  eorum  indenturam  sub  sigillo  conventual! 

0)  In  the  Werden  MS.  there  is  the  following  account  of  the  deed  in  the  text : 

"An  abstracte  of  all  suche  mannors,  messuages,  lands,  tenements,  and  other  here- 
ditaments heretofore  parcel!  of  the  priorie  of  Penwortham  in  the  countie  of  Lane, 
beinge  a  celle  and  p'cell  of  the  possessions  of  the  laite  Abbeye  and  Monasterie  of 
Evesham  in  the  countie  of  "Worcester,  and  which  bee  graunted  unto  John  ffleet- 
woode  esquier  and  his  heires  by  the  late  queen  Eliz.  as  appearethe  by  her  Graces 
Ires  pattente  to  him  thereof  maide  and  bearinge  daite  the  vjth  daye  of  Julye  in  the 
vjth  yeare  of  her  reigne. 

ffirste,  the  reversion  and  reversions  of  the  mannor  or  graunge  of  Penwortham, 
with  all  and  singular  the  rights,  members,  and  appurtenances  in  the  countie  of 
Lancaster. 

And  also  all  and  singular  the  messuages,  bowses,  cottages,  lands,  tenements, 
meadowes,  pastures,  comons,  waste,  fishinge,  turbaries,  mimes,  rents,  seruices,  here- 
ditaments, proffits  of  courte  leetes,  view  of  franck  pledge,  and  all  other  proffitts,  co- 
modities,  and  hereditaments  whatsoever,  laite  p'cell  of  the  temporall  possessions  and 
hereditaments  whatsoever,  to  the  said  laite  priorie,  celle,  mannor,  and  graunge  ap- 
perteyninge,  scituate,  lyinge,  or  beinge  in  the  townes,  feilds,  hambletts,  and  parishes 
of  Penwortham,  Middleforthe,  Houghwicke,  Longton,  ffarington,  Hutton,  Le  Haye, 
and  Leylande,  in  the  said  countie  of  Lane,  or  elsewhere,  to  the  said  Monasterie  of 
Evesham  in  the  countie  of  Worcester,  laitelye  dissolved,  belonginge,  or  apperteyn- 
inge,  and  to  the  said  John  ffleetwood  by  Indenture  before  demysed. 

And  also  that  yearlie  rent  of  xx1'  xj"  iijd  beinge  pcell  of  the  rent  of  Ixxxxix1'  vs  iijd 
reserved  uppon  the  said  Indenture  of  leasse  heretofore  maide  to  the  said  ffleetwood. 

And  also  all  that  mannor  or  graunge  of  Penwortham  in  the  said  countie  of  Lan- 
caster, laite  p'cell  of  the  possessions  of  the  said  Monasterie  of  Evesham. 

And  all  and  singular  messuages,  lands,  tenements,  milnes,  &c.  in  the  ffeilds  and 
p'ishes  of  Penwortham,  Middleforthe,  Houghwicke,  Longton,  ffarington,  Hutton, 
Le  Haye,  and  Leyland,  in  the  said  countie  or  elsewhere,  to  the  said  Priorye,  man- 
nor, or  graunge  of  Penwortham,  in  anye  wyse  apperteyninge  as  member  or  p'cell  of 
the  said  Priorie. 

And  also  all  [court  leetes]  or  view  of  franck  pledge,  and  all  which  to  viewe  of 
franck  pledge  apperteynethe,  an  assize  of  bread,  wyne,  and  aile,  and  also  wayffes, 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  125 

confectam  gerentem  dat.  in  domo  sua  capitular!  vicesimo  die  ffebruarij 
anno  regni  charissimi  patris  nostri  Henrici  octavi  nup  regis  Anglie 
tricesimo  tradiderunt,  concesserunt,  et  ad  firmam  dimiserunt  Johanni 
ffletewood  de  Penwortham  in  comit.  Lancastrie  p  noraen  Johannis 
ffleetewood  de  London  generosi  totum  illud  dm'um  et  manerium  de 
Penwortham  cum  omnib}  et  singulis  suis  ptinencijs  in  comitatu 
Lancastrie,  ac  omnia  terras,  tenementa,  domos,  horrea,  stabula,  edi- 
ficia,  molendina,  campos,  pasturas,  prata,  pascua,  moras,  mariscos, 
boscos,  subboscos,  servicia,  curias  lete,  ac  pficua,  libertates,  catalla 
waviata,  exitus,  fines,  et  amerciamenta,  stagna,  aquas,  piscarias,  war- 
renas,  turbarias  ac  vasta  cum  omnib)  et  singulis  eorum  ptinentijs  in 
comitatu  Lancastrie  predicto  dicto  manerio  quoquo  modo  spectantia 
vel  ptinentia  aut  membra  vel  parcella  eiusdem  manerij  sive  dnij 
cognita  reputata  seu  accepta  existentia  que  dicti  nup  Abbas  et  nup 
conventus  habuerunt,  occupaverunt,  aut  gavisi  fuerunt,  ratione  aut 
p  nomen  manerij  sive  dnij  aut  rectorie,  grangie,  sive  firme  de  Pen- 
wortham predicte,  aut  eorum  alicuius.  Et  predicti  Abbas  et  con- 
ventus p  Indenturam  predictam  tradiderunt,  concesserunt,  et  ad 
firmam  dimiserunt  prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  heredib}  et  assignatis 
suis  totam  illam  rectoriam  suam  de  Penwortham  predicta,  ac  recto- 
riam  de  Leilande  in  dicto  comitatu  Lancastrie,  ac  omnes  et  omni- 

straye,  felons'  goods  and  of  fugitives',  warrens,  and  all  other  ryghtes,  jurisdictions,  and 
liberties  within  the  said  mannor  of  Penwortham,  and  the  said  messuages,  lands,  and 
tenements  other  whatsoever,  as  fullye,  amplye,  and  largelye  as  anie  Abbott  of  the 
said  monasterie,  or  prior  of  the  said  priorie,  before  the  tyme  of  their  dissolucion 
hadd,  all  whiche  doe  extend  to  the  yearlie  value  of  xxu  xjs  iiijd  above  all  seruices  and 
reprises. 

Exceptinge  to  the  Queene,  her  heires  and  successours,  all  belles  and  all  leade  in 
and  uppon  the  premisses  over  and  besydes  the  leades  in  the  gutters  and  windowes 
of  the  premisses. 

And  also  excepted  all  tythes,  oblacons,  and  other  hereditaments  and  emoluments 
spirituall,  to  the  aforesaid  rectories  of  Penwortham  and  Leyland  belonginge  and 
apperteyninge .  And  excepte  also  the  foresaid  seruices  before  recyted  in  the  lettres 
pattente  maid  by  Kinge  H .  the  viij,  and  bearinge  date  the  iiij  daye  of  Januarie  in 
the  xxxiiij  yeare  of  his  reigne3  to  the  said  John  Fleetwood. 

All  which  the  temporalities  of  the  said  Priorie  granted  to  the  said  John  Fleet- 
wood  as  aforesaid  are  holden  of  the  Queen  in  capite  by  the  seruice  of  a  xlth  p'te  of  a 
knight's  fee." 


126  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

modas  decimas,  porciones,  pensiones,  ac  omnes  terras,  glebas,  domos, 
horrea,  stabula,  edificia,  pascua,  prata,  boscos,  subboscos,  redditus, 
reversiones,  et  servicia,  et  alia  hereditamenta  tarn  spiritualia  quam 
temporalia,  cum  omnib}  et  singulis  suis  ptinencijs  quib3cunque  dictis 
rectoriis  seu  eorum  alter!  quoquo  modo  spectantib}  vel  ptinentib} 
jacentia  seu  existentia  in  parochia  de  Penwortham  et  Leiland  seu  in 
eorum  altera,  vel  in  aliqua  alia  villa  hamelettis  seu  loco  in  predicto 
comitatu  Lancastrie  vel  alibi  in  dicto  comitatu  Cestrie,  que  fuerunt 
cognita,  reputata,  seu  accepta  p  aliqua  parte  parcella  vel  membro 
predictarum  rectoriarum  seu  earum  alterius  aliquo  tempore  ante 
confectionem  indenturarum  predictarum.  Excepta  et  omnino  reser- 
vata  predictis  Abbati  et  conventui  ac  eorum  successoribj  advo- 
catione  vicarie  ecclesie  de  Leilande  predicta,  ac  etiam  advocatione 
rectorie  de  Meles  in  predicto  comitatu  Lane.  Habend.  ten  end.  et 
gaudend.  omnia  et  singula  predicta  manerium  et  dfiium  de  Penwor- 
tham ac  rectorias  de  Penwortham  et  Leilande  ac  omnia  et  singula 
redditus  et  premissa  cum  suis  ptinentijs  prefato  Johanni  ffletewood 
executorib)  et  assignatis  suis  a  festo  sancti  Michaelis  archangeli 
ultimo  preterite  ante  datum  dictarum  indenturarum  usque  ad  finem 
et  terminum  nonaginta  et  novem  annorum  extunc  proximo  sequen- 
tium  et  plenarie  complendorum.  Reddendo  et  solvendo  annuatiir. 
durante  termino  predicto  prefatis  Abbati  et  conventui  ac  eorum  suc- 
cessorib}  nonaginta  novem  libras  quinque  solidos  et  tres  denarios 
sterlingorum  ad  et  in  die  festi  sancti  Martini  episcopi  in  hieme  ad 
unam  solam  et  integram  solucionem  annuatim  apud  Evesham  pre- 
dictam  put  p  eandem  indenturam  inter  alia  plene  liquet.  Quoque 
etiam  prefatus  pater  noster  p  literas  suas  patentes  sub  magno  sigillo 
suo  Anglie  gerentes  dat.  apud  Westm.  vicesimo  quarto  die  January 
anno  regni  sui  tricesimo  quarto  inter  alia  dederit  et  concesserit  prefato 
Johanni  ffletewood  reversionem  et  reversiones  capitalis  domus  et 
scitus  nup  prioratus  sive  celle,  vel  manerij  aut  grangie  de  Penwor- 
tham in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrensi  dicto  nuper  monasterio 
de  Evesham  modo  dissolute  spectantium  ac  omnium  domorum  co- 
lumbarum,  horreorum,  stabulorum,  curtilagiorum,  gardinorum,  stag- 
norum,  vinariorum,  et  terrarurn,  tarn  infra  quam  extra  scitum  vel 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  127 

precinctum  eiusdem  nuper  Prioratus,  sive  celle,  vel  manerij,  aut 
grangie  de  Penwortham  existentium,  necnon  reversionem  et  rever- 
siones  totius  clausi  terre  vocati  le  Orchardfeild  continentis  (&c.  as  in 
the  deed  ante  p.  116).  Habend.,  tenend.,  et  gaudend.  predictas 
reversionem  et  reversiones  predict!  domus  &c.  necnon  predictas 
domum  et  scitum  &c.  inter  alia  prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  heredib} 
et  assignatis  suis  imppetuum.  Tenend.  de  dicto  patre  nostro  heredib} 
et  successorib}  suis  in  capite  p  servicium  vicesime  partis  unius  feodi 
militis.  Ac  reddendo  inde  annuatim  dicto  patri  nostri  heredib}  et 
successorib}  suis  novem  solidos  ac  novem  denarios  sterlingorum  ad 
festura  saucti  Michaelis  archangeli  annuatim  sol  vend,  put  p  easdem 
literas  patentes  inter  alia  plene  liquet  et  apparet.  Sciatis  quod  Nos 
p  summa  sexcentarum  sexdecim  librarum  septemdecim  solidorum 
et  sex  denariorum  legalis  monete  Anglie  ad  manus  Thome  Gardiner 
armigeri  unius  ministrorum  nostrorum  scaccarij  nostri  ad  usum 
nostrum  p  prefatum  Johannem  ffletewood  armigerum  premanib} 
bene  et  fideliter  solut.  unde  fatemur  nos  plenarie  fore  satisfact.  et  p 
solut.  eundem  Johannerfi  ffletewood  heredes  executores  et  adminis- 
tratores  suos  inde  acquietatos  et  exonerates  esse  p  presentes  de  gratia 
nostra  speciali  ac  ex  certa  scientia  et  mero  motu  nostris  dedimus  et 
concessimus  ac  per  presentes  damus  et  concedimus  prefato  Johanni 
ffletewood  reversionem  et  reversiones  predicti  manerij,  sive  grangie, 
de  Penwortham  cum  omnib}  et  singulis  suis  jurib}  membris  et  pti- 
nentijs  universis  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrensi,  ac  omnium 
et  singulorum  mesuagiorum,  domorurn,  cotagiorum,  terrarum,  prato- 
rum,  pascuorum,  etiam  vastorum,  piscationum,  turbariorum,  molen- 
dinorum,  reddituum,  serviciorum,  hereditamentorum,  pficuorum, 
curiarum  Lete,  visuum  franci  plegij,  ac  omnium  aliorum  pficuorum, 
commoditatum,  et  emolumentorum  quorumcunque  nup  parcell.  tem- 
poralium  possessionum  et  hereditamentorum  dicti  nup  prioratus,  sive 
celle,  vel  manerij,  aut  grangie  de  Penwortham  existentium,  scituato- 
rum  et  jacentium  in  villis,  campis,  hamelettis  et  parochijs  de  Pen- 
wortham, Middleforth,  Houghwicke,  Longton,  ffaryngton,  Hotton, 
Le  Hawe,  et  Leyland  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrensi,  et  alibi 
ubicunque  dicto  nuper  monasterio  de  Evesham  in  dicto  comitatu 


128  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

nostro  Wygornensi  modo  dissolute  dudum  spectantib}  et  ptinentib3 
ac  prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  p  indenturain  predictam  inter  alia  ut 
prefertur  dimissis.  Ac  etiam  dam  us  et  p  presentes  concedimus  pre- 
fato Johanni  ffletewood  viginti  libras  undecim  solidos  et  tres  denarios 
annuatim  pcellam  dicti  redditus  nonaginta  novem  librarum  quinque 
solidorum  et  trium  denariorum  p  predictam  indenturam  prefato 
Johanni  ffletewood  ut  prefertur  confect.  reservat.  Ac  totum  illud 
manerium  sive  grangiam  de  Penwortham  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro 
Lancastrensi,  dudum  parcellam  possessionum  dicti  nup  monastery 
de  Evesham  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Wygornensi  existen.  Ac 
omnia  et  singula  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  molendina,  domos, 
edificia,  tofta,  cotagia,  prata,  pascua,  pasturas,  communias,  vias, 
funda,  turbarias,  vasta,  jampna,  brueras,  mariscos,  aquas,  rivos,  pis- 
carias,  piscationes,  flumina,  stagna,  gurgites,  ripas,  boscos,  subboscos, 
redditus,  reversiones,  et  servicia,  redditus  siccos,  redditus  tarn  libero- 
rum  quam  custumariorum  tenentium,  ac  cetera  alia  pficua,  annuitates, 
annuales  redditue,  firmas  feodi  militum,  warda,  maritagia,  escaeta, 
releuia,  et  herietas,  necnon  curias  letas,  visus  franci  plegij,  bona  et 
catalla  felonum  tarn  de  se  quam  aliorum  utlagatorum,  ac  bona  et 
catalla  fugitivorum,  catalla  waviata,  ac  omnia  alia  jura,  jurisdictions, 
privilegia,  pficua,  commoditates,  emolumeuta,  possessiones,  et  here- 
ditamenta  nostra  temporalia  quecunque,  cuiuscunque  sunt  generis, 
nature,  seu  speciei,  aut  quecunque  nominib}  cognoscuntur,  situat. 
jacent.  et  existent,  in  villis,  campis,  hamelettis  et  parochijs  de  Pen- 
wortham, Mydleforth,  Houghwicke,  Longton,  fFarington,  Hotton, 
Le  Ha  we,  et  Leilonde,  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrensi,  ac 
alibi  ubicunque  in  eodem  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrensi,  ac  alibi  ubi- 
cunque  dicto  prioratui,  manerio,  seu  grangie  de  Penwortham  quoquo 
modo  spectantib}  et  ptinentib}  aut  vol  membra  vel  parcellam  eiusdem 
Prioratus,  celle,  manerij  sive  grangie  usitat.,  occupat.  seu  reputat. 
existent,  dicto  nup  monasterio  de  Evesham  iii  comitatu  nostro 
Wygornensi  dudum  spectant.  et  ptinen.  ac  adeo  plene  et  integre,  ac 
in  tarn  amplis  modo  et  forma  put  ultimus  Abbas  et  nup  conventus 
dicti  nup  monasterij  de  Evesham,  aut  ultimus  Prior  nup  dicti 
Prioratus  sive  celle  de  Penwortham  predictum  manerium  de  Pen- 


DE    PRIOttATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  129 

wortham  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  molendina,  domos,  edificia,  et 
cetera  omnia  et  singula  premissa  supius  expressa  habuerunt,  tenue- 
runt,  vel  gavisi  fuerunt,  habuit,  tenuit,  vel  gavisus  fuit,  seu  habere, 
tenere,  vel  gaudere  debuerunt  aut  debuit :  Et  adeo  plene,  libere,  et 
integre,  ac  in  tarn  amplis  modo  et  forma,  put  ea  omnia  et  singula  ad 
manus  nostras,  seu  ad  manus  predict!  patris  nostri,  sive  ad  manus 
precharissimi  fratris  nostri  Edwardi  sexti  nuper  regis  Anglie,  vel  ad 
manus  precharissime  sororis  nostre  Marie  nup  regine  Anglie,  racione 
vel  pretextu  dissolucionis  dicti  nuper  monastery  de  Evesham,  aut 
ratione  vel  pretextu  alicuius  carte,  doni,  concessionis,  vel  confirma- 
tionis  p  dictum  ultimum  Abbatem  et  nup  conventum  dicti  nup 
monastery  de  Evesham  sub  sigillo  conventuali  confect.  aut  racione 
vel  pretextu  alicuius  actus  Parliamenti,  vel  aliter  quocunque  modo 
devenerunt  seu  devenire  debuerunt,  ac  in  manib}  nostris  jam  existunt 
seu  existere  debent  vel  debuerunt.  Damus  ulterius  et  p  consideracione 
predicta  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  infra 
predictum  manerium  de  Penwortham,  ac  predicta  mesuagia,  terras, 
tenementa,  ac  cetera  omnia  et  singula  premissa  in  dicto  comitatu 
Lancastrie  et  infra  tot,  tanta,  talia,  eadem,  huiusmodi,  et  consimilia 
curias  lete  visus  franci  plegij,  ac  omnia  ad  visus  franci  plegij  ptinen- 
tia,  et  assisam,  et  assaiam  panis,  vini  et  cervisie,  necnon  catalla 
wauiata,  extrahuras,  catalla  felonum  et  fugitivorum,  liberas  warrenas, 
ac  omnia  alia  jura,  jurisdictiones,  et  libertates  quecunque,  quod, 
quanta,  qualia,  et  quas  et  adeo  plene  et  integre,  ac  in  tarn  amplis 
modo  et  forma  put  dictus  ultimus  Abbas  et  nup  conventus  dicti  nup 
monastery  de  Evesham  vel  dictus  ultimus  Prior  de  Penwortham,  aut 
aliquis  vel  aliqui  predecessorum  suorum  aliquo  tempore  ante  dissolu- 
ciouem  dicti  nup  monastery  de  Evesham  habuerunt,  tenuerunt,  vel 
gavisi  fuerunt,  habuit,  tenuit,  vel  gavisus  fuit,  aut  habere,  tenere,  vel 
gaudere  debuerunt  vel  debuit  in  predicto  manerio  de  Penwortham, 
ac  predictis  mesuagijs,  terris,  tenementis,  ac  ceteris  premissis,  in 
Penwortham,  Midleforthe,  Hough wiche,  Longton,  ffarington,  Hot- 
ton,  Le  Hawe,  et  Leilande,  seu  alibi  in  dicto  comitatu  Lancastrie 
vel  in  aliqua  eorundem  parcella,  ratione  vel  pretextu  alicuius  carte, 
doni,  concessionis  vel  confirmationis,  aut  aliquarum  literarum  paten- 


130  DE    PRTORATU    DE    FENWORTHAM. 

tium  p  nos  seu  p  aliquem  pgenitorum  nostrorum,  Regum  Anglie, 
prefatis  ultimo  Abbati  et  nup  conventui  dicti  nup  monastery  de 
Evesham,  aut  alicui  vel  aliquib}  predecessorum  suorum  quoquo  modo 
facta  vel  concessa  seu  confirmata,  aut  ratione  vel  pretextu  alicuius 
prescriptionis  usus  seu  consuetudinis  antehac  habite  seu  usitate  vel 
aliter  quoquo  modo.  Que  quidem  premissa  modo  p  presentes  data 
et  concessa  in  toto  extendunt  ad  claruni  annuum  valorem  viginti 
librarum,  undecim  solidorum,  et  trium  denariorum,  ultra  omnia 
servicia  et  reprisas.  Et  exceptis  tamen  semp  et  nobis  heredibj  et 
successorib}  nostris  omnino  reservatis  omnib3  campanis,  et  toto 
plumbo  de  et  in  et  sup  premissis  existentib}  preter  plumbum  in 
gutturis  et  fenestris  eorundem  premissorum.  Ac  etiam  exceptis 
omnib3  et  omnimodis  decimis  et  oblationib}  ac  ceteris  hereditamentis 
et  emolumentis  spiritualib3  predictis  rectory's  de  Penwortham  et 
Leilande  ptinentib}  sive  spectantib} ;  ac  exceptis  predictis  servicijs 
superius  in  dictis  literis  patentib}  dicti  patris  nostri  reservatis. 
Habend.  tenend.  et  gaudend.  predictas  reversionem  et  reversiones 
dicti  Prioratus,  celle,  manerij,  sive  grangie  de  Penwortham,  ac 
omnium  et  singulorum  predictorum  mesuagiorum,  terrarum,  tene- 
mentorum,  pratorum,  pascuorum,  pasturarum,  communiarum,  tur- 
bariarum,  boscorum,  et  ceterorum  premissorum  in  dicto  comitatu 
nostro  Lancastrensi ;  ac  totum  predictum  manerium  de  Penwortham, 
ac  omnia  et  singula  predicta  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  molendina, 
domos,  edificia,  tofta,  cotagia,  prata,  pascua,  pasturas,  communias, 
vias,  turbarias,  vasta,  jampna,  brueras,  mariscos,  aquas,  riuos,  riuulos, 
piscarias,  flumina,  stagna,  gurgites,  ripas,  boscos,  subboscos,  red- 
ditus,  reversiones,  et  servicia,  redditus,  redditus  siccos  tarn  liberorum 
quam  custumariorum  tenentium  redditus,  et  servicia  sup  quib3cunque 
dimissionib}  et  concessionib}  reservatis  reversionib3,  ac  cetera  alia 
pficua,  annuitates,  annuales  redditus,  redditus  firmarum  feodorum, 
firmarum  feodorum  militum,  warda,  maritagia,  escaeta,  et  releuia, 
necnon  curias  letas  visus  franci  plegij,  et  omnia  alia  que  ad  visus 
franci  plegij  ptinent,  bona  et  catalla  felonum,  tarn  de  se  quam 
aliorum  utlegatorum,  bona  et  catalla  fugitivorum  felonum,  catalla 
waviata,  extrahuras,  liberas  warrenas,  ac  cetera  omnia  et  singula 


DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM.  131 

premissa  in  dicto  comitatu  nostro  Lancastrie  (exceptis  preexceptis) 
prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  beredib}  et  assignatis  suis  ad  imppetuum, 
ad  pprium  opus  et  usum  ipsius  Johannis  ffletewood  heredum  et 
assignatorum  suorum  imppetuum.  Tenend.  de  nobis,  heredib}  et 
successorib}  nostris  in  capite  p  servicium  quadragesime  partis  unius 
feodi  militis  p  omnib3  redditib},  servicijs,  et  demandis  quib3cunque 
pinde  nobis  heredib3  et  successorib}  nostris  quoquo  modo  reddendis, 
soluendis,  seu  faciendis.  Et  ulterius  et  ampliori  gracia  nostra 
dedimus  et  concessimus  ac  p  presentes  damus  et  concedimus  prefato 
Johanni  ffletewoode  omnia  exitus,  redditus,  reversiones,  et  pficua 
predictorum  manerij,  messuagiorum,  terrarum,  tenementorum  et 
ceterorum  omnium  et  singulorum  premissorum  supius  specifica- 
torum,  ut  prefertur,  p  presentes  data  et  concessa  cum  ptinencijs 
ac  cuiuslibet  inde  parcelle  a  festo  Annunciationis  beate  Marie 
virginis  ultimo  preterito  hucusque  crescentia.  Habend.  eidem  Jo- 
hanni ffletewoode  ex  dono  nostro  absque  composto  seu  aliquo  alio 
pinde  nobis  heredib}  vel  successorib}  nostris  quoquo  modo  reddend. 
solvend.  vel  faciend.  Et  ulterius  et  ampliori  gratia  uostra  volumus 
ac  p  presentes  p  nobis  heredib}  et  successorib}  nostris  concedimus 
prefato  Johanni  ffletewood  heredib}  et  assignatis  suis  quod  nos 
heredes  et  successores  nostri  imppetuum  annuatim  et  de  tempore  in 
tempus  exonerabimus  acquietabimus  et  indempnes  conservabimus 
tarn  prefatum  Johannem  ffletewoode  heredes  et  assignatos  suos  quam 
predictum  manerium,  mesuagia,  terras,  tenementa,  ac  cetera  omnia 
et  singula  premissa  supius  specificata,  ac  p  presentes  preconcessa, 
cum  ptinencijs  et  quamlibet  inde  parcellam  (exceptis  preexceptis) 
de  omnib}  et  omnimodis  corrodijs,  redditib},  feodis,  annuitatib}, 
porcionib},  ac  denariorum  firmis  de  omnib}  quib}cunque  premissis, 
seu  de  aliqua  inde  parcella  solvend.  vel  super  inde  onerat.  seu 
onerand.  preterquam  de  servicijs  'supius  per  presentes  reservatis, 
ac  preterquam  de  dimissionib}  et  concessionib}  p  termino  vite  vel 
annorum,  ac  convencionib}  et  condicionib}  in  eisdem  existentib} 
et  convencionib}  ac  onerib}  que  aliquis  firmarius  seu  aliquifirmarij 
premissorum  ratione  aliquarum  indenturarum  et  dimissionum  suarum 
factarum  tenet  seu  tenentur,  et  preterquam  de  predictis  servicijs 


132  DE    PRIORATU    DE    PENWORTHAM. 

p  predictas  literas  patentes  supius  recitatas  reservatis.  Volentes 
enim  p  presentes  firmiter  iniungentes  tarn  Thesaurio  cancellario 
et  Baronib3  scacarij  nostri  heredum  et  successorum  nostrorum  quam 
omnib3  Receptorib},  Auditorib}  et  alijs  officiarijs  et  ministris  nostris 
heredum  et  successorum  nostrorum  quib3cunque  p  tempore  existentib} 
quod  ipsi  et  eorum  quilibet  sup  solam  demonstracionem  harum  lite- 
rarum  nostrarum  patentium  vel  irrotulamenti  earundem  absque  aliquo 
alio  brevi  seu  warranta  a  nobis  heredib}  vel  successorib}  nostris  quo- 
quo  modo  impetrandis  seu  psequendis  plenam  integram  debitamque 
allocacionem  et  exoneracionem  de  omnib}  et  omnimodis  corrodijs,  red- 
ditib3,  feodis,  annuitatib}  et  denariorum  summis  et  omnib}  quib3cunque 
(exceptis  preexceptis)  de  premissis  seu  aliquo  premissorum  exeuntib} 
seu  solvendis  vel  supinde  oneratis  seu  onerandis  prefato  Johanni 
ffletewode  heredib}  et  assignatis  suis  faciend.  et  de  tempore  in  tempus 
fieri  causabunt.  Et  quod  litere  nostre  patentes  vel  irrotulamentum 
eorundem  erunt  annuatim,  et  de  tempore  in  tempus,  tarn  predictis 
Thesaurio  Cancellario,  et  Baronib3  Scacarij  nostri  predicti  heredum 
et  successorum  nostrorum  quam  omnib}  et  singulis  receptorib},  audi- 
torib},  et  alijs  officiarijs  et  ministris  nostris  heredum  et  successorum 
nostrorum  quib3cunque  p  tempore  existentium  sufficiens  warrantum 
in  hac  parte.  Volumus  etiam  ac  p  presentes  concedimus  prefato 
Johanni  metewoode  quod  habeat  has  literas  nostras  patentes  debito 
jure  sigillatas  absque  fine  in  Hanaperio  nostro  seu  alibi  ad  usum 
nostrum  pinde  reddend.  lu  cuius  rei  &c.  Teste  Regine  apud 
Westm.  vj.  die  Julij  (anno  regni  regine)  Elizabethe  sexto. 


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Lieticm,  o. 
Matild.,  4,5,  41. 


NORTHOLT, 

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17. 
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4,  41. 
Ide,  10. 


Eucheston,  6. 


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INDEX  NOMINUM  ET  LOCORUM. 


Eueshalgh,  in  Farington,  52. 
Eukeston,  Willus  de,  54. 
Eure,  Job.  de,  14. 
Evesham  Abbates,  list,  85. 

Clemens,  77,  78. 

Job.,  28. 

Philippus,  79. 

Robertus,  2. 

Willus,  22. 

Willmus  Boys,  51. 

de  Cheriton,  49. 
Evesham,  ballivi : 

Ric.  Carver,  68. 

Job.  Crokyng,  68. 

Thorn.  Jordan,  70. 

Thorn.  Pantry,  70. 

Henry  Page,  77. 

Will.  Carpynter,  77. 
Evyn-poole,  in  Penwortham,  113. 

Faldwortbinges,  Job.  de,  25,  31. 
Farington,  villa,  1,  5,  6,  12,  23,  127. 

Blakeacre,  67. 

Brock  furlong,  67. 

Catcroft,  67. 

Claghtonfelde,  67. 

Crofthendis,  22. 

Eueshalgh,  52. 

Gatecroft,  55. 

Kylnefeld,  56. 

Longstanfeld,  67. 

Lyttelmore,  67. 

Mosslanes,  22. 

Mulnplace,  60. 

Outlone,  67. 

Pingmunfosgate,  67. 

Rydyngfeld,  67. 

Shortstanfeld,  67. 

Tardy's  tenement,  77. 

Waste,  53. 
Farington  pedigree,  p.  71. 

Adam  de,  52. 

Agnes,  66. 

Alicia,  63. 

Henricus,  63,  65,  71. 


Farington  Job.  de,  15,  18,  57,  58. 

Margaret,  66. 

Ric.  de,  12. 

Robertus  de,  12.  25,  56. 

Roger  us,  66. 

Thorn,  de,  60. 

Willmus  de,  17,  20,  23,  56,  65. 
Fermanheye,  in  Penwortham,  113. 
Fleetwood  pedigree,  see  Introduction. 
Fletewood,  Job.,  79,  112. 
Forshaw,  Thurstan.  61. 

Willmus,  59.  ' 
Freckletun,  4,  5,  6. 

Galfridus  presbyter,  4. 
Gamul,  5. 

Gargape,  in  Penwortham,  59. 
Gatecroft,  in  Farington,  55. 
Gayrestang,  Job.  de,  26. 
Goldburn,  Warinus  de,  15. 

Hangmansbank,  in  Penwortham, 

113. 
Hereford  Ridding,  in  Penwortham, 

113. 

Herford,  Nicholaus,  93. 
Heskyn,  Rob.  de,  15,  31. 

Warinus  de,  15. 
Hocwyk,  villa,  1,  9,  23,  127. 

Commerse,  23. 
Hocwyk,  Adam  de,  12,  21,  25. 

Alicia,  ux.  Henr.,  56. 

Henr.  de,  12,  56,  57. 

Simo  de,  23. 

Willmus  de,  15,  21,  25,  56. 
Holand,  Math,  de,  10. 
Hole,  Wilmus  de,  25. 
Hotuna,  villa,  10,  127. 

Kokerdene,  11. 

Ramkellecroft,  11. 
Houghton,  Ric.  de,  19,  20. 
Hwithul,  Rob.  de,  12. 

Kerden,  Henr.  de,  31. 
Knapesheued,  Rob.  de,  24. 


INDEX  NOMINUM  ET  LOCORUM. 


135 


Kokerdene,  in  Hoton,  11. 
Kylnefeld,  in  Farington,  56. 

Lancastrie,  Comes,  Thorn.,  14. 
Henr.,  39. 

Langton,  Siwardus  de,  10. 
Lee,  Joh.  de,  12. 
Leilond,  ecclesia,  1,  3,  17,  40. 

Thorn,  de,  19. 
Leisin,  5. 

Lichfeld,  episc.,  Kogerus,  47- 
Liulphus,  9. 
Longton,  villa,  1,  4,  9,  10. 

Easwardus  presbyter,  4,  41. 

Galfrid.,  12. 

Joh.  de,  56. 

Rob.  de,  12. 

Longstanfeld,  in  Farington,  67. 
Longtre,  Thorn,  de,  55. 
Lyttelmore,  in  Farington,  47. 

Maghersone,  Ric.  de,  21. 
Mel,  Alanus  de,  13,  24. 

Rob.  fil.  Alani,  13. 

Willmus  de,  12. 
Meretun,  3. 
Midleforth,  127. 
Moeles,  1,  3,  4,  5. 
Moudsley,  Rog.  fil.  Hug.  de,  25. 
Mosslanes,  in  Farington,  22. 
Mulnplace,  in  Farington,  60. 

Nether  eye,  in  Penwortham,  113. 
New  close,  in  Penwortham,  113. 
Northscawe,  Thorn,  de,  15. 
Noteschawe,  Rauf.,  62. 

Rogerus  de,  13. 

Thorn,  de,  20. 
Nottun,  Gilb.  de,  10. 
Noteschawheued,  21. 

Orchard  feld,  in  Penwortham,  113. 
Orm.  fil.  Magni,  4,  5. 

frater  Rogeri,  6. 
Osbernus,  capellanus,  4. 

fil.  Edwardi,  4. 


Outlone,  in  Farington,  67. 
Over  eye,  in  Penwortham,  113. 

Papa,  Alexander,  7. 
Penketh,  Rogerus  de,  58. 
Penwortham,  ecclesia,  1,  3,  4,  5,  6. 
Penwortham,  villa : 

Aspleye,  113. 

Blasshes,  113. 

Brendlegh,  59. 

Butts,  113. 

Evyn  pole,  113. 

Ferymanheye,  113. 

Gargape,  59. 

Hangmansbank,  113. 

Hereford  Rydding,  113. 

Nether  eye,  113. 

New  closse,  113. 

Orchard  feld,  113. 

Over  eye,  113. 

Townfeld,  113. 

Ro,  59. 
Penwerdham,  Adam  de,  4,  41. 

Swein  de,  4,  41. 

Walterus  de,  12,  13. 
Pershull,  Rob.  de,  25. 
Philippus  sacerdos,  6. 
Pictavensis,  Rogerus,  1. 
Pingmunfosgate,  in  Farington,  67- 
Plunket,  Henr.,  61. 
Preston,  Rob.  fil.  Ric.,  55. 

Walterus,  presbyter  de,  4. 

Willmus,  presbiter,  5,  12. 
Pynynton,  Rob.  de,  57. 

Radeclyf,  Joh.  de,  36. 
Raleia,  6. 

Radulphus  capellanus,  4. 
Ramkellecroft,  11. 
Ranulphus  clericus,  3. 
Ricardus  fil.  Hawardi,  6. 

fil.  Reinwardi,  6. 
Ro,  in  Penwortham,  59. 
Rodbertus  diaconus,  4. 

fil.  Reinwardi,  5, 


136 


INDEX  NOMINUM  ET  LOCORUM. 


Rogerus,  fil.  Ranechilli,  6. 

frater  Ric.,  6. 
Rous,  Job.  le,  49. 
Rydyngfeld,  in  Farington,  67. 
Ryselegh,  Petrus  de,  31. 

Salopsesire,  Adam  de,  7. 
Scales,  Rob.  de,  12. 

Wilmus,  de,  25. 
Shyreburn,  Rob.  de,  20,  54,  79. 
Shortstanfeld,  in  Farington,  67. 
Singleton,  Willmus  de,  12. 
Sivvardus  fil.  Antonij,  6. 
Spenser,  Will  le,  21. 
Stanedis,  Radulphus  de,  10. 

Siwardus  de,  6. 

Willmus  de,  6. 

Straytburel,  Rob.  fil.  Henr.,  55. 
Sureis,  Rob.  le, 
Swein,  8. 
Swein  Child,  4. 

Taillour,  Cristoferus,  69. 

Johannes,  69. 

Willmus,  69. 
Tanewrth,  Rogerus  de,  7. 


Tannfeld,  in  Penwortham,  113. 
Tardy,  Job.,  77. 
Tardy's  tenement,  77. 
Thorn,  fil.  Galfridi,  6. 
Thorp,  Willmus  de,  15. 
Thounley,  Ric.  de,  15. 

Uctredus  fil.  Swein,  4. 

Waleton,  Willus  rector  de,  1 2. 
Walterus  miles,  3. 
Walterus,  presbiter  de  Prestona,  4. 
Walton,  Ad.  de,  19,  20. 
Warinus  fil.  Ormi,  4. 

parmentarius,  5. 
Wartuna,  5,  6. 
Willmus,  fil.  Acardi,  3. 

fil.  Alani,  4,  6. 

frater  Abbatis,  7. 

presbiter,  4. 

dapifer,  7. 
Withalgh,  31. 
White,  Joh.  le,  31,  35,  49. 
Wolfgeatus,  8. 
Wygornensis,  Maugerius  episc.,  87. 


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Hume,  Rev.  A.,  LL.D.,  Liverpool 

Hunter,  Rev.  Joseph,  F.S.A.,  London 

Jacson,  Charles  R ,  Barton  Lodge,  Preston 
James,  Paul  Moon,  Summerville,  near  Manchester 
Jemmett,  William  Thomas,  Manchester 
Jervis,  Thomas  B.,  Swinton  Park,  Manchester 
Johnson,  W.  R.,  Manchester 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 


Jones,  Jos.,  Jun.,  Hathershaw  Hall,  Oldhara 
Jones,  Wm.  Roscoe,  Athenaeum,  Liverpool 
Jordan,  Joseph,  Manchester 

Kay,  Samuel,  Manchester 

Kennedy,  John,  Ardwick  House,  near  Manchester 

Kershaw,  James,  M.P.,  Manchester 

Langton,  William,  Manchester 

Lees,  William,  Blendworth  House,  Horndean,  Hants 
Legh,  G  Cornwall,  M.P  ,  F.G.S.,  High  Legh,  Cheshire 
Legh,  Rev.  Peter,  M  A.,  Lodge,  Lyme  Park,  Disley 
Leigh,  Egerton,  Jun.,   The  West  Hall,  High  Leigh, 

Knutsford 

Leigh,  Henry,  Patricroft 
Leigh,  John,  Manchester 
Leresche,  J.  H.  P.,  Manchester 
Lingard,  John  R.,  Stockport 
Lingard,  Rev.  R.  R.,  Liverpool 
Love,  Benjamin,  Manchester 
Lowndes,  Edward  C.,  Preston 
Loyd,  Edward,  Green  Hill,  Manchester 
Lycett,  W.  E.,  Manchester 
Lyon,  Edmund,  M.D.,  Manchester 
Lyon,  Thomas,  Appleton  Hall,  Warrington 
Lyon,  George,  Manchester 

McClure,  William,  Peel  Cottage,  Eccles 

MacKeiizie,  John  Whitefoord,  Edinburgh 

Macvicar,  John,  Arddaroch,  Gairlochhead 

Manchester,  The  Bishop  of 

Mann,  Robert,  Manchester 

Mare,  E.  R.  Le,  Manchester 

Markland,  J  H.,  F.R  S.,  F.S.A.,  Bath 

Markland,  Thomas,  Clifton  Park,  near  Bristol 

Marriott,  John,  Liverpool 

Marsden,  G.  E.,  Manchester 

Marsh,  John  Fitchett,  Warrington 

Marshall,  Miss,  Ardwick,  near  Manchester 

Marshall,  William,  Penwortham  Hall,  Preston 

Marshall,  Frederick  Earnshaw,  Ditto 

Marshall,  John,  Ditto 

Mason,  Thomas,  Copt  Hewick,  near  Ripon 

Massie,  Rev.  E.,  M.A.,  Gawsworth  Rectory,  near  Con- 

gleton 

Massie,  Rev.  W.  H.,  St.  Mary's,  Chester 
Master,  Rev.  Robert  M.,  M.A.,  Burnley 
Maude,  Daniel,  M.A.,  Seedley  Terrace,  Pendleton 
Mayer,  Joseph,  F.S.A.,  Lord-street,  Liverpool 
Mellor,  Thomas,  Manchester 
Mewburn,  Francis,  Darlington 
Monk,  John,  The  Temple,  London 
Moore,  John,  F.L.S.,  Cornbrook,  near  Manchester 
Mosley,  Sir  Oswald,  Bart.,  Rolleiton  Hall,  Staffordshire 
Moss,  Rev.  John  James,  Otterspool,  Liverpool 
Murray,  James,  Manchester 

Naylor,  Benjamin  Dennison,  Altrincham 
Neild,  Jonathan,  Jun.,  Rochdale 
Neild,  William,  Mayfield,  Manchester 
Nelson,  George,  Manchester 


Newall,  Mrs.  Robert,  Littleborough,  near  Rochdale 
Newall,  W.  N.,  Wellington  Lodge,  Littleborough 
Newbery,  Henry,  Manchester 
Nicholson,  James,  Thelwall  Hall,  Warrington 
North.  Alfred,  Liverpool 

Ormerod,  George,  D.C.L.,  F.R.S.,  F.S.A.,  F.G.S.,  Sed- 

bury  Park,  Gloucestershire 

Ormerod,  George  Wareing,  M.A.,  F.G.S.,  Manchester 
Ormerod,  Henry  Mere,  Manchester 
Owen,  John,  Manchester 

Parker,  Robert  Townley,  M.P.,  Cuerden  Hall 

Parkinson,  Rev.  Richard,  D.D.,  F.S.A.,  Canon  of  Man- 
chester and  Principal  of  St.  Bees 

Parkinson  Major,  Eppleton  Hall,  Fence  Houses,  Dur- 
ham 

Patten,  J.  Wilson,  M.P.,  Bank  Hall,  Warrington 

Peel,  George,  Brookfield,  Cheadle 

Peel,  Joseph,  Singleton  Brook,  near  Manchester 

Peet,  Thomas,  Manchester 

Pegge,  John,  Newton  Heath,  near  Manchester 

Perris,  John,  Lyceum,  Liverpool 

Philippi,  Frederick  Theod.,  Belfield  Hall,  near  Rochdale 

Philips,  Mark,  The  Park,  Manchester 

Phillipps,  Sir  Thomas,  Bart.,  Middle  Hill,  Worcester- 
shire 

Piccope,  Rev  John,  M.A.,  Farndon,  Cheshire 

Pickford,  Thomas  E.,  Manchester 

Picton,  J.  A.,  Clayton  Square,  Liverpool 

Pierpoint,  Benjamin,  Warrington 

Pilkington,  George,  Manchester 

Porrett,  Robert,  Tower,  London 

Prescott,  J.  C.,  Summerville,  near  Manchester 

Radford,  Thomas,  M.D.,  Higher  Broughton,  near  Man- 
chester 

Raffles,  Rev.  Thomas,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Liverpool 

Raikes,  Rev.  Henry,  M.A.,  Hon.  Can.,  and  Chancellor 
of  Chester 

Raines,  Rev.  F.  R.,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  Milnrow  Parsonage, 
Rochdale 

Reiss,  Leopold,  Broom  House,  near  Manchester 

Renshaw,  James,  Adelphi,  Salford 

Rickards,  Charles  H.,  Manchester 

Ridgway,  Mrs.,  Ridgmont,  near  Bolton 

Roberts,  W.  J.,  Liverpool 

Robson,  John,  Warrington 

Royds,  Albert  Hudson,  Rochdale 

Rushton,  The  Ven.  Archdeacon,  D.D.,  Manchester 

Samuels,  John,  Manchester 

Satterfield,  Joshua,  Manchester 

Scholes,  Thomas  Seddon,  Prestwich,  Manchester 

Sharp,  John,  Lancaster 

Sharp,  Thomas  B.,  Manchester 

Sharp,  William,  Linden  Hall,  Lancaster 

Sharp,  William,  Verulam  Buildings,  Gray's  Inn,  London 

Shaw,  George,  St.  Chad's  Upper  Mills,  Saddlewortb. 

Simms,  Charles  S.,  Manchester 

Simms,  George,  Manchester 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 


Simpson,  Rev.  Samuel,  M.A.,  Douglas,  Isle  of  Man 

Skaife,  John,  Blackburn 

Skelmersdale,  The  Lord,  Lathom  House 

Smith,  Rev.  Jeremiah,  D.D.,  Leamington 

Smith,  Junius,  Strangeways  Hall,  Manchester 

Smith,  J.  R.,  Soho  Square,  London 

Smith,  J.  S.  Feredey,  Manchester 

Sowler,  R.  S.,  Manchester 

Sowler,  Thomas,  Manchester 

Spafford,  George,  Alderley 

Spring,  Herbert,  Manchester 

Standish,  W.  S.,  Duxbury  Hall,  Chorley 

Stanley,  The  Lord,  Knowsley 

Stanley,  of  Alderley,  The  Lord 

Starkie,  Legendre  Nicholas,  Huntroyde,  Padiham 

Sudlow,  John,  Manchester 

Swanwick,  Josh.  W.,  Hollins  Vale,  Bury,  Lancashire 

Tabley,  The  Lord  De  Tabley,  Cheshire 

Tate,  Wm.  James,  Manchester 

Tatton,  Thos.,  Withenshaw,  Cheshire 

Tayler,  Rev.  John  James,  B.A.,  London 

Taylor,  James,  Todmorden  Hall 

Taylor,  John,  Moreton  Hall,  Whalley 

Taylor,  Thomas  Frederick,  Wigan 

Teale,  Josh.,  Salford 

Thomson,  James,  Manchester 

Thorley,  George,  Manchester 

Tinker,  Wm.,  Hyde,  near  Manchester 

Tootal,  Edward,  The  Weaste,  Pendleton 

Townend,  John,  Manchester 

Townend,  Thomas,  Ditto 

Townley,  R.  Greaves.  Fulbourn.  near  Cambridge 

Turnbull,  W.  B.,  D.  D.,  Edinburgh 


Turner,  Thomas,  Manchester 
Vaughan,  John,  Stockport 

Vaughan,  Rev.  Robert,  D.D.,  President  of  the  Lanca- 
shire Independent  College,  Manchester 
Vitre,  Edward  Denis  De,  M.D.,  Lancaster 

Walker,  John,  Weaste,  near  Manchester 

Walker,  Samuel,  Prospect  Hill,  Pendleton 

Wanklyn,  J.  B.,  Halecat,  near  Milnthorpe 

Wanklyn,  James  H.,  Manchester 

Warburton,  R.  E.  E.,  Arley  Hall,  near  Northwich 

Ward,  Edmund,  Holly  House.  Prescot 

Ware,  Titus  Hibbert,  Hale  Barns,  Altrincham 

Westhead,  Joshua  P.  B.,  Manchester 

Westminster,  The  Marquis  of 

Wheeler,  Benjamin,  Exchange  Arcade,  Manchester 

Whitaker,  Rev.  Robert  Nowell,  M.A.,  Vicar  of  Whalley 

Whitehead,  James,  M.D.,  Manchester 

Whitelegg,  Rev.William,  M.A.,  Hulme,  near  Manchester 

Whitmore,  Edward,  Jun.,  Manchester 

WTilkinson,  Eason  Matthew,  M.D.,  Manchester 

Wilson,  Rev.  John,  Grammar  School,  Manchester 

Wilson,  William  James,  Manchester 

Wilton,  The  Earl  of,  Heaton  House 

Wood,  William  R.,  Singleton  Brook,  Manchester 

Worthington,  Edward,  Manchester 

Worthington,  Robert,  Manchester 

Wray,  Rev.  Cecil  Daniel,  M.A.,  Canon  of  Manchester 

Wright,  Rev.  Henry,  M.A.,  Mottram  St.  Andrew's,  near 

Macclesfield 
Wroe,  Frederick,  Cheetham  Hill,  near  Manchester 

Yates,  Joseph  B.,  West  Dingle,  Liverpool 
Young,  Sir  Chas.  G.,  Garter,  &c  ,  &c.,  London 


The  Honorary  Secretary  requests  that  any  change  of  address  may  be  communicated  to  him 

or  to  the  Treasurer. 


EVESHAM  ABBEY, 

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