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THE 

RECORDS  OF  MERTON  PRIORY 


SCULPTURED    HEAD 


>       The 
Records  of  ^Merton  "Priory 

IN   THE  COUNTY  OF  SURREY 


CHIEFLY  FROM  EARLY  AND  UNPUBLISHED  DOCUMENTS 


BY 


MAJOR    ALFRED    HEALES 

F.S.A.,    F.R.S.L.,    HON.  A.R.I.B.A. 

AUTHOR  OF  "THE  CHURCHES  OF  GOTTLAND  " 
•'THE  ARCHITECTURE  OF  THE  CHURCHES  OF  DENMARK,"  AND  OTHER  WORKS 


HENRY    FROWDE 

OXFORD    UNIVERSITY    PRESS   WAREHOUSE 
AMEN    CORNER,    E.G. 

1898 


TO 

THE   RIGHT  HONOURABLE 

HAROLD  ARTHUR 

VISCOUNT     DILLON 

HON.  M.A.  OXON. 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SOCIETY  OF  ANTIQUARIES  OF  LONDON 

THIS    WORK    IS    BY    PERMISSION' 

RESPECTFULLY    DEDICATED 

BY   THE 

AUTHOR 


INTRODUCTION 


IT  was  the  original  intention  of  the  author  to  make  the  intro- 
duction a  brief  summary  of  the  history  of  the  Prior}',  with  notices 
of  the  daily  life  of  the  canons,  their  dress,  the  varying  fortunes 
of  the  house,  &c.,  but  the  many  calls  of  a  busy  professional  life, 
and  later  long  and  serious  illness,  have  rendered  this  scheme 
impossible. 

The  Priory,  dedicated  to  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary,  was  founded 
by  Gilbert  the  Knight  in  1114  for  canons  of  the  order  of 
St.  Augustine,  but  its  history  may  be  said  to  date  from  the 
charter  granted  by  King  Henry  I  in  1121.  As  a  royal  foundation 
the  Priory  enjoyed  many  signal  marks  of  favour  from  its  founder 
and  from  succeeding  monarchs  until  the  period  when  it  fell  a  prey 
to  the  greed  of  King  Henry  VIII.  Numerous  records  relating 
to  the  Priory  are  still  extant,  the  most  important  being  the  Cartulary 
now  preserved  in  the  British  Museum1.  On  this  Cartulary  the 
chronological  part  of  this  work  is  principally  based.  This  record 
was  kept  with  great  regularity  for  some  two  centuries,  but  sub- 
sequently with  much  less  regularity  and  care.  The  volume  is  of 
vellum,  and  measures  about  7!  by  5^  inches.  Though  now  bound 
up  with  various  other  records  the  margins  have  been  but  little 
cut,  and  speaking  generally  the  state  of  preservation  is  extremely 
good.  Unfortunately  the  earlier  part  is  now  wanting,  the  first  of 
the  documents  remaining  being  numbered  xxxix,  and  the  numbering 
is  continued  to  aid  in  convenience  of  reference  to  xcix.  The  folios 
are  numbered  Ixxxi  to  ccxxiiii.  Many  of  the  earlier  documents 

1  Cotton  MS.  Cleopatra,  C.  vii. 


INTRODUCTION. 

are  undated.  Five  hundred  and  twenty-five  deeds  are  entered, 
the  earliest  in  date  being  about  1150  and  the  latest  about  1352. 
After  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  century  anything  like  regularity 
or  order  ceased,  and  a  few  documents  only  are  entered. 

Amongst  the  Laud  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  Library J  is  a  large 
vellum  folio  in  which  are  entered  a  large  number  of  documents 
relating  to  the  house,  some  of  which  may  be  specified.  In  1387 
King  Richard  II  applied  for  maintenance  for  his  valet  John 
Mandelyn  '2,  and  again  in  1392  for  Mandelyn  and  his  wife  3.  In  1400 
King  Henry  IV  applied  for  the  maintenance  of  John  ffraunceys 
in  the  place  of  John  Mandelyn  deceased.  The  Prior  and  Convent 
answer  that  the  maintenance  is  not  vacant,  being  occupied  by 
Mandelyn's  wife  4.  In  1387  the  Bishop  of  Winchester  appears  to 
have  held  a  visitation  of  the  Monastery  and  found  severe  fault 
with  many  things.  On  September  27,  the  Bishop  issued  his 
Visitation  Articles  under  thirty-five  heads  and  running  to  an  immense 
length5.  In  1393  is  a  summary  of  the  expenditure  for  the  years 
1383  to  1393  inclusive,  showing  the  acquisition  of  lands  and 
tenements,  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead,  and  repairs  of  churches 
and  buildings0.  There  are  forms  of  manumission,  agreements 
with  a  washerman,  a  servant,  and  a  plumber,  and  various  other 
documents.  These  miscellaneous  documents  are  quite  independent 
of  charters  as  entered  in  the  Cartulary,  and  occupy  over  two  hundred 
closely-written  folio  pages  for  something  little  more  than  a  dozen 
years.  If  these,  the  contemporary  records  preserved  by  the  house, 
relating  to  just  a  few  years,  and  including  a  not  inconsiderable 
proportion  referring  to  public  affairs  and  having  no  special  con- 
nexion with  the  Priory  or  in  relation  to  the  Order,  were  collected, 
enrolled,  and  preserved  in  the  course  of  this  brief  period,  during 
which  nothing  tends  to  an  indication  of  any  special  revival  or 
study,  the  only  inference  is  that  these  documents  are  casual 
examples  which  have  reached  us  of  an  enormous  quantity  of  records 
made  by  the  scribes  of  the  monastery,  most  of  which,  like  the 
mass  of  material  whence  the  chroniclers  and  historians  drew  their 
information,  have  been  lost. 

1  Laud  MSS.  723.  *  See  p.  264.  3  See  p.  277. 

1  See  p.  293.  »  See  p.  265.  «  See  p.  281. 


INTRODUCTION.  ix 

In  the  same  collection  is  preserved  a  Kalendar  ',  carefully  ruled, 
with  lines  dividing  it  into  columns,  and  leaving  a  good-sized  margin 
for  notes.  This  Kalendar  covers  eighty-five  folios,  and  extends  from 
the  years  1216  to  1441  inclusive.  A  somewhat  similar  Kalendar, 
containing  notes  from  1065  to  1242,  is  preserved  in  the  library  of 
Corpus  Christi  College,  Cambridge  ".  This  Kalendar  ends  abruptly 
in  the  middle  of  a  page. 

A  manuscript  in  the  College  of  Arms  3  gives  a  full  and  circum- 
stantial account  of  the  foundation  of  the  Priory  in  the  year  1114. 
Lysons4  considered  this  to  be  a  contemporary  account,  but  the 
handwriting  is  not  earlier  than  the  end  of  the  fourteenth  century. 

Of  the  seals  of  the  Priory  impressions  from  two  different  matrices 
are  known.  The  Priory  must  doubtless  have  had  a  seal  soon 
after  its  foundation,  but  of  this  no  impressions  are  extant.  On 
December  n,  1197,  it  is  recorded0  that  the  house  took  into  use 
its  new  silver  seal,  which  shows  that  an  earlier  one  was  superseded. 
No  impression  of  this  "new"  seal  was  known  until  the  author  of 
the  present  work  had  the  singularly  good  fortune  to  find  in  a 
second-hand  bookseller's  catalogue  the  mention  of  a  deed  of  Merton 
Priory  with  the  seal  attached,  and  at  once  purchased  it.  The  deed, 
dating  between  the  years  1232  and  1237,  is  a  grant  by  Prior  Henry 
(de  Basinges)  and  the  Convent  to  Nicholas  of  St.  Albans,  goldsmith 
of  London,  of  a  messuage  in  the  parish  of  St.  Nicholas  by  the 
Shambles,  London  6.  The  seal  is  in  yellow  wax,  in  shape  a  pointed 
oval,  bearing  on  the  obverse  the  seated  figure  of  the  Virgin  holding 
the  Holy  Child  on  her  knee  :  his  right  arm  from  the  elbow  is 
upraised,  probably  in  blessing,  and  the  left  is  outstretched.  The 
upper  part  of  the  seal  is  broken  and  the  edges  are  much  chipped 
and  worn,  so  that  only  a  portion  of  the  legend  can  be  made  out 

thus: 

......  SC  ......  OOARie  :  DG  :  OD6R  .  .  . 

The   reverse  is  of  somewhat   similar  form,  but  smaller,  and  does 
not  bear  any  design  but  simply  a  legend,  so  far  as  existing,  thus  : 
.  .  .  T6R  :  rriSGRIC  ......  D6 


1  See  p.  71.     An  illustration  of  the  first  page  of  the  Kalendar  faces  this  page. 

'  MS.  59.  3  Anindcl  MS.  28.     See  also  p.  i.  '  Environs  of  London,  vol.  i.  p.  339. 

*  See  p.  50.     An  illustration  of  the  seal  faces  this  page.  "  See  p.  96. 


X  INTRODUCTION. 

Within  this  outline  are  enclosed  the  words : 

C6L  .  .  . 

R6GINA 
MARIA. 

A  careful  inspection  of  this  seal  leads  to  two  conclusions.  In  the 
first  place,  the  obverse  identifies  itself  as  being  of  the  early  date 
ascribed  to  it,  the  long-limbed  figures  and  the  drapery  point  to 
an  early  date  conclusively,  and  the  form  of  the  lettering  corroborates. 
Secondly,  the  reverse  had  been  lost  in  the  long  period  of  years 
which  had  expired  since  the  origin  of  the  seal  and  the  date  of  the 
execution  of  the  deed  with  which  it  has  come  down  to  us,  and 
a  substitute,  devoid  of  art  and  good  workmanship,  was  prepared 
later,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  more  advanced  form  of  the  lettering. 
With  regard  to  the  date  of  the  execution  of  the  deed  to  which 
this  seal  is  attached,  reference  may  be  made  to  the  fact  that  the 
deed  refers  to  a  grant  made  by  Henry1,  Prior  of  Merton  (the  only 
Prior  of  that  name),  and  that  one  of  the  witnesses  was  Andrew 
Buckerel,  then  Mayor  of  London,  and  who  held  that  post  from 
1232  to  1237  inclusive. 

On  December  12,  1241,  being  the  vigil  of  St.  Lucy  the  Virgin, 
the  Priory  solemnly  received  and  took  into  use  another  new  silver 
seal2.  This  seal  continued  in  use  until  the  suppression,  and  is 
one  of  the  finest  monastic  seals  extant.  In  shape  a  pointed  oval, 
the  obverse  bears  a  figure  of  the  Virgin  seated  on  a  throne,  the 
Holy  Child  on  her  left  knee;  the  throne  is  elegantly  carved  with 
foliage,  and  the  corbel  below  the  platform  on  which  her  feet  rest 
is  composed  of  a  large  fleur-de-lys.  The  Virgin  is  crowned,  her 
dress  richly  ornamented  at  the  neck,  and  in  her  right  hand  is  a  short 
staffer  sceptre.  The  Child  has  a  cruciform  nimbus,  his  right  hand 
is  raised  in  benediction,  and  in  his  left  he  holds  a  book.  Above 
the  figures  is  an  elaborate  canopy  in  the  form  of  a  church  with 
a  square  central  tower.  The  field  is  richly  diapered  in  lozenges, 
each  containing  a  rose  or  quatre-foiled  flower,  and  on  each  side 
of  the  principal  figures  is  a  small  countersunk  panel  containing 

1  Henry  de  Basinges,  elected  Prior  Nov.  10,  1231,  died  Dec.  22,  1238. 
''  See  p.  106.     An  illustration  of  the  seal  faces  this  page. 


INTRODUCTION.  xi 

the  bust  of  a  saint  or  monk  facing  towards  the  Virgin.     The  legend 
reads : 

*  SIGILL'  :  eCCLGSie  :  SANCT6  :  MARIG  :  D6  :  M6RITONA. 

The  reverse  bears  the  full-length  figure  of  St.  Augustine  standing 
on  a  small  corbel  under  a  rich  canopy  with  slender  side  shafts. 
The  saint  is  represented  in  full  episcopal  vestments,  with  mitre 
and  crosier,  his  right  hand  raised  in  benediction.  The  field  is 
diapered  as  on  the  obverse,  and  the  legend  reads : 

+  MUNUI  :  LUC6RNA  :  NOS  :  AVGVSTING  :  GUB6RNA. 

The  rim  of  this  fine  seal  also  bears  the  following  legend : 

AVGVSTIN6  :  PAT6R  :  QVOS  :  INSTRVIS  :  IN  :  M6RITONA  : 
HIS  :  CRISTI  :  MAT6R  :  TVTRIX  :  GST  :  ATQVG  :  PATRONA. 

The  finest  impression  is  that  attached  to  the  original  grant  by 
the  Priory  of  the  manor  and  advowson  of  Maldon  to  Sir  Walter 
de  Merton  in  1265,  now  preserved  amongst  the  records  of  Merton 
College,  Oxford  '.  Good  impressions  also  exist  amongst  the  charters 
in  the  British  Museum  2.  The  use  of  the  reverse  of  this  seal  seems 
to  have  been  discontinued  or  the  matrix  may  have  been  lost. 
A  charter  dated  1407 3  is  sealed  with  the  obverse,  but  the  reverse 
is  simply  stamped  with  the  letters  S  and  CT.  Another  deed,  dated 
1516 4,  has  the  seal  similarly  stamped  on  the  reverse  with  the 
letter  00  thrice  repeated,  and  the  Deed  of  Surrender  is  also  sealed 
with  this  stamp  as  a  reverse  to  the  seal. 

Of  the  seals  of  the  Priors  three  examples  are  known.  The 
earliest  is  that  of  Prior  Eustace  attached  to  a  deed  dated  1252 5. 
The  seal  is  imperfect,  the  upper  half  alone  remaining ;  it  is  a  pointed 
oval,  the  centre  design  being  a  hand  holding  a  cross,  the  arms  of 
which  terminate  in  fleurs-de-lys  with  a  crescent  and  an  estoile  below. 
Only  a  few  letters  of  the  legend  remain  : 

e RITONie. 

Another  affixed  to  a  deed  dated  1349 6  has  a  somewhat  similar 
design  with  a  few  illegible  letters  placed  bendwise  over  the  hand. 

1  See  p.  143.  2  See  p.  lai. 

*  British  Museum  Add.  Charters,  5614.  '  Augmentation  Office,  Y.  55. 

5  See  p.  124.  "  See  pp.  249-50. 


Xli  INTRODUCTION. 

The  third  example  is  a  cast  in  the  British  Museum  said  to  have 
been  taken  from  an  impression  in  the  Record  Office,  but  no  reference 
can  now  be  obtained  to  the  original.  The  seal  is  imperfect :  the 
central  device  is  a  hand  supporting  a  branch  whereon  are  two 
birds,  and  the  legend  reads : 

.  .  .  citiusf  beate  mon'e  \  mat  ... 

Beyond  traces  of  the  old  boundary  walls  nothing  now  remains 
of  the  Priory.  The  only  representation  of  any  part  of  the  building 
is  a  copper-plate  engraving  by  J.  P.  Malcolm1,  dated  April,  1800, 
of  a  window  in  a  gable  apparently  facing  northwards,  of  early 
Decorated  style  of  architecture,  and  presumably  constructed  about 
the  beginning  of  the  fourteenth  century.  This  building  stood  on 
the  spot  marked  E  on  the  map.  Another  fragment,  consisting  of 
two  small  arches  or  panels,  was  recently  in  existence.  A  sculptured 
head  2  was  discovered  in  1797  and  was  presented  to  the  Society 
of  Antiquaries  of  London  :t.  Numerous  encaustic  tiles  have  also 
been  found  on  the  site,  mostly  of  fourteenth-century  date. 

The  dates  throughout  the  Chronology  have  been  carefully  collated 
with  Sir  N.  H.  Nicolas'  Chronology  of  History,  and  in  all  cases  the 
year  commences  with  January  i. 

MILL  STEPHENSON. 

1   Published  in  Manning  and  Bray's  History  of  Surrey ,  vol.  i.  p.  267,  and  here  reproduced. 
J  See  Frontispiece.  3  Engraved  in  A rc/iaeo/ogia,  vol.  xvi.  p.  282. 


GAULE    END 
RKI'ROUUCEI)    FROM    MALCOLM'S    KNGKAVING 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

INTRODUCTION vii-xii 

LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS xv 

LIST  OF  AUTHORITIES xvii-xix 

THE  CHRONOLOGICAL  RECORDS 1-351 

INDEX •     .  353-369 

APPENDIX.     LIST  OF  DOCUMENTS        .  i-cxxxvi 


LIST  OF   ILLUSTRATIONS 


Sculptured  Head Frontispiece 

Gable  End  from  Malcolm's  Engraving To  face  p.   xii 

Map „      p.      i 

Seal  received  into  Priory,  1197 ,,       p.    50 

Reduction  of  page  of  Kalendar,  from  Laud  MS.  723  in  Bodleian 

Library .        .  „      p.    71 

Seal  received  into  Priory,  1241 „      p.  106 

Signatures  to  Surrender .,      p.  348 


LIST  OF  AUTHORITIES 


Additional  MSS.,  British  Museum. 

Archaeologia. 

Arundel  MSS.,  College  of  Arms. 

Assize  Rolls. 

Augmentation  Office  Accounts  and  Charters. 

AYLOFFE,  Sir  J.     Calendars  of  Ancient  Charters. 

BAIGENT,  F.  J.  and  MILLARD,  J.  E.     History  of  Basingstoke. 

Bath  and  Wells  Diocesan  Registers. 

BOUTELL,  C.     Monumental  Brasses  of  England. 

British  Museum,  Add.  MSS.  and  Charters;    Cole  MSS.;  Cotton  MSS.; 

Harl.  MSS.  and  Charters;  Lansdovvne  MSS. 
Calendar  of  Papal  Registers. 
Calendar  of  Royal  Letters. 

Calendarium  Rotulorum,  Chartarum,  et  Inquisitionum  ad  quod  damnum. 
Cambridge,  Corpus  Christi  College  MSS. 
Canterbury,  Archiepiscopal  Registers  of. 
Cartae  Antiquae,  Record  Office. 

Cartulary  of  Merton  Priory,  British  Museum,  Cotton  MS.,  Cleopatra  C.  vii. 
Cassan's  Lives  of  the  Bishops  of  Winchester. 
Catalogue  of  Ancient  Deeds  in  the  Record  Office. 
Chronicles  and  Memorials  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 
Close  Rolls,  Record  Office. 
Cole  MSS.,  British  Museum. 
College  of  Arms,  Arundel  MSS. ;    Vincent  MSS. 
Confirmation  Rolls,  Record  Office. 
DUCANGE,  C.     Glossarium. 
DUGDALK,  Sir  W.     Monasticon  Anglicanum. 

Summons  to  Parliaments. 

b 


rrii'i  UST  OF  AUTHORITIES. 

Escheat  Rolls,  Record  Office. 

Exchequer  and  Issue  Rolls,  Record  Office. 

Exchequer  Leiger  of  Chertsey,  Record  Office. 

Exeter  Diocesan  Registers. 

EYTON,  R.  W.     Itinerary  of  King  Henry  II. 

Feet  of  Fines,  Record  Office. 

Foss,  E.     Judges  of  England. 

FRESHFIELD,  E.     Vestry  Minute  Books  of  St.  Margaret,  Lothbury. 

Gervase  of  Canterbury.     Record  Office  Edition. 

Godwin's  Catalogue  of  Bishops. 

HARDY,  Sir  T.  D.     Itinerary  of  King  John. 

Harleian  MSS.  and  Charters,  British  Museum. 

1  lawkins'  Statutes  at  Large. 

HEARNE,  T.     Collections. 

HOOK,  W.  F.     Lives  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury, 

Hundred  Rolls.  Record  Office. 

Inquisitiones  ad  quod  damnum,  Record  Office. 

Inquisitiones  post  mortem,  Record  Office. 

Johnson's  Canons. 

Kingston  Churchwardens'  Accounts. 

Kingston  Court  Rolls. 

LAMBARDE,  W.     Topographical  Dictionary. 

Lambeth  Palace  MSS. 

Land  Revenue  Survey. 

Lansdowne  MSS.,  British  Museum. 

Laud  MSS.,  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford. 

Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII. 

Liber  Niger  Scaccarii. 

LIPSCOMB,  G.     History  of  Buckinghamshire. 

London,  Archives  of  the  City  of. 

LYNDEWODE,  W.     Provinciale. 

LYSONS,  D.     Environs  of  London. 

MANNING.  O.,  and  BRAY,  W.     History  of  Surrey. 

Matthew  of  Paris.     Bonn's  Edition. 

Ministers'  Accounts,  Record  Office. 

NICOLAS,  Sir  N.  H.     Chronology  of  History. 

Norwich  Diocesan  Registers. 

Oxford,  Bodleian  Library  MSS.  and  Charters. 

Oxford,  Merton  College  MSS. 


LIST    OF    AUTHORITIES.  xjx 

Parliamentary  Rolls  and  Petitions. 

Parliamentary  Writs. 

Patent  Rolls,  Record  Office. 

Pipe  Rolls,  Record  Office. 

Placita  coram  Rege,  Record  Office. 

Placita  Coronae,  Record  Office. 

Placita  de  Banco  Regis,  Record  Office. 

Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  Record  Office. 

Placitorum  Abbreviatio,  Record  Office. 

Pontigny,  Archives  of  the  Peres  de  St.  Edinc. 

Proceedings  and  Ordinations  of  the  Privy  Council. 

Queen's  Remembrancer  and  Exchequer  Documents,  Record  Office. 

Registrarium  Causarum  Consistorii  Eliensis. 

Rotuli  Curiae  Regis,  Record  Office. 

RYMKR,  T.     Foedera. 

Sarum  Processional. 

Sarum  Registers. 

SHARPE,    R.    R.     Calendar  of  Wills  proved    in   the  Court  of    Hustings, 

London. 

Spelman's  Concilia. 
Stow's  Annales. 

Surrey  Archaeological  Collections. 
Symm's  MSS.,  British  Museum. 
TANNER,  T.     Notitia  Monastica  (ed.  Nasmith). 
Taxation  of  Pope  Nicholas. 
Tysden's  Decem  Scriptores. 
Vincent  MSS.,  College  of  Anns. 
WHITE,  G.     History  of  Selborne. 
Wilkins'  Concilia. 

WILLIS,  B.     History  of  the  Mitred  Abbeys. 
Wills  in  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury. 
Winchester  Diocesan  Registers. 
WOOD,  Anthony  a.     Athenae  Oxonienses  (ed.  Bliss). 
York  Manual  (Surtccs  Soc.). 


COPIED   BY   PERMISSION   FROM   THE 

ORDNANCE    MAP. 


Reduced  to  the  scale  <?/"  325  feel  to  one  inch. 


A.  Presumed  site  of  Great  Gate. 

B.  Tile  door-jambs  of  postern  doorway  which  opened  to  High  Road. 

C.  Copper  Mill. 

D.  Site  where  moulded  stones,  being  remains  of  Priory  Church,  were  dug  up 

E.  Gable  and  window  shown  in  Malcolm's  engraving. 

F.  Fish-pond  now  silted  up. 

G.  Where  boundary-wall  ends  on  South  East. 

H.  Doorway  in  17th  cent,  wall,  but  in  Ordnance  Map  marked  as  mediaeval. 

J.  Recesses  in  wall  in  continuation  from  D — H. 
— -^«^  represents  the  boundary-wall. 


To  face  map. 


THE    CHRONOLOGICAL    RECORDS 

CONCERNING    THE 

PRIORY    OF    MERTON, 

IN    THE 

COUNTY  OF  SURREY  AND  DIOCESE  OF  WINCHESTER. 


ACCORDING  to  the  authority  of  Stow ',  the  Priory  was  founded  in  the 
year  1092  ;  and  Nasmith2,  in  his  edition  of  Tanner's  Nolitia  Monastica, 
has  upon  his  authority  adopted  the  same  date,  although  in  Tanner's  own 
edition3  the  year  1117  was  named.  But  all  other  authorities  concur  in 
fixing  the  date  of  foundation  as  1117,  except  one  Manuscript4,  which 
gives  so  full  and  circumstantial  an  account  of  the  proceedings  that  we 
may  properly  commence  the  History  a  little  earlier,  at  the  year  1114. 

The  Manuscript  referred  to  consists  of  a  narrative  of  the  foundation 
and  all  the  circumstances  attendant,  but  unfortunately  runs  to  so  great 
a  length  that  we  can  only  give  an  epitome,  and  avoid  all  detail  not 
essential  to  the  present  purpose.  The  work  is  undated,  but  from  the 
character  of  the  handwriting  appears  to  have  been  written  towards  the 
latter  part  of  the  fourteenth  century:  and  from  its  contents  and  tone  we 
must  reasonably  assume  that  it  is  a  transcript  from  some  earlier  narrative, 
and  there  are  indications  that  the  original  was  written,  as  it  purports 
to  be,  by  a  spectator  of  the  events  he  narrates. 

1114.          Henry  (I),  King  of  the  English,  gave  the  Ville  pertaining  to  the  Crown, 

Dec.  et        called    Meriton,  or    Merton,  to   Gilbert   the    Knight,  formerly  Sheriff,  to 

possess    freely   in    hereditary   right :     in   which   ville   the   same    Gilbert 

1  Stow's  Annales  (Ed.  Howes,  1631,  p.  138). 

3  Nasmith's  edition  of  Tanner's  Notitia  Monastica. 

"  Tanner,  Nolitia  Monastica,  1777.  •  College  of  Arms  ;  Antndel  MS.  28. 

I 


2          RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1114.  most  liberally  built  a  church  at  his  own  cost,  and  handsomely  decorated 
it  with  paintings  and  other  images,  as  was  customary,  and,  magnificently, 
caused  it  to  be  dedicated  to  the  honour  of  the  Most  Blessed  Mother  of 
God  and  Ever  Virgin  Mary ;  and,  also,  as  though  to  extend  the  glory 
of  God,  he  had  been  promoted  to  the  honour  of  Sheriff  of  the  County, 
and  he  ordered  the  said  place  with  tokens  of  religion  and  erected 
buildings  suitable  to  the  requirements  of  Religion.  He  then  went  to 
the  King '  and  prayed  his  royal  licence  for  the  establishment  of  the 
Monastery,  which  the  King  granted  as  freely  as  it  was  asked.  Gilbert 
had  previously  been  Sheriff  of  the  Counties  of  Surrey,  Cambridge,  and 
Huntingdon2,  in  which  latter  County  the  Order  of  Canons  regular  had 
flourished  for  some  years  in  the  Church  of  St.  Mary3,  and  to  his  know- 
ledge had  diffused  around  the  odour  of  good  works ;  and  at  length  it 
had  occurred  to  him  to  seek  there  advice  and  aid ;  and  to  the  Venerable 
man  Rodbert,  at  that  time  Sub-Prior,  to  whom  he  stated  the  circum- 
stances, and  that  many  things  would  be  given  him  by  that  congregation, 
and  promising  his  own  protection.  Rodbert,  (or  Robert,)  accepted  the 
offer,  and  accompanied  by  a  few  brethren 4  was  introduced  to  Merton, 
and  the  church  which  had  been  built  as  above  related,  and  which  the 
founder  endowed  with  adjacent  land  sufficient  for  two  ploughs,  and 
with  a  mill  bringing  in  6os.  per  annum,  and  promising,  further,  the 
domain  there.  Some  countrymen  of  the  Ville  having  joined  themselves 
to  Rodbert,  he  became  Prior,  and  in  all  things  the  work  prospered  of 
the  Lord.  About  this  time  many  persons  in  divers  parts  of  England 
relinquished  the  world  and  took  the  habit  of  religion. 

Some  persons  testified  that  before  the  church  was  built,  in  the  evening 
hours  after  sunset,  a  light  was  frequently  seen  to  vanish  there,  and  to 
descend  there  from  Heaven  with  a  gentle  motion.  What  this  foretold 
may  be  easily  conjectured. 

Gilbert,  the  founder  and  patron,  continued  actively  occupied  for  the 
benefit  of  the  place,  applying,  now  to  the  bishops,  now  to  the  nobles, 
to  aid  in  its  advancement.  And  through  him  it  was  visited  by  Queen 
Matilda,  who  was  much  pleased  and  thenceforth  took  a  fervent  interest 
in  its  welfare,  and  contributed  by  her  pious  deeds.  Wherefore  the 
Sheriff,  freehandedly,  built  the  said  Church,  with  assistance  of  his  house- 

1  King  Henry  I  succeeded  to  the  throne,  August  5,  noo. 

*  This  statement  is  not  altogether  uncontradicted. 

3  Huntingdon  Priory  was  founded  before  973  (Dugdale,  Monaslicon,  vi.  p.  76). 

•  Matthew  of  Westminster,  Bonn's  Ed.  ii.  p.  36. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1114  1117.  3 

1114.  hold,  and  diligently  engaged  in  ihe  new  building ;  at  one  moment,  with 
the  prior,  perambulating  the  place,  now  tracing  out  the  site  of  the 
church,  now  measuring  the  bounds  for  the  cemetery,  and  now  to  what 
point  the  mill  should  be  removed,  and  where  walls  should  be  built : 
thus,  with  the  assistance  of  neighbours  on  all  sides,  the  appearance 
of  the  place  day  by  day  became  ameliorated,  and  many  wooden  chapels 
were  there  at  the  same  time  constructed. 

William  Giffard,  the  Bishop  of  Winchester ',  was  led  thither  and 
received  with  great  hospitality,  and  on  his  arrival  occurred  an  event 
which  was  a  presage  of  the  future ;  for  while  on  his  way  there  he  met 
a  certain  boy,  condemned,  for  theft,  to  be  deprived  of  his  eyesight ; 
whereupon  the  Bishop,  with  the  intervention  of  his  pastoral  staff2, 
rescued  him  from  the  imminent  peril ;  by  which  deed  therefore  he  fore- 
shadowed that  in  the  place  which  he  came  to  consecrate  many  should 
be  rescued  from  the  darkness  of  vice,  and  be  brought  by  the  power  of 
discipline  to  the  light  of  justice.  The  Bishop  having  completed  the  work 
by  the  consecration  of  the  cemetery,  returned  to  his  other  duties. 

The  Convent  was  now  ti  ansferred  to  the  new  building  in  the  year  of 
the  Incarnation  of  the  Eternal-from-the-Beginning,  1117;  and  many 
hastened  thither. 

This  was  two  years  and  almost  five  months  after  the  time  when 
1117.  the  Prior  had  entered  the  limits  of  the  place,  and  on  the  fifth  of  the 
3-  nones  of  May  (May  3),  being  the  day  on  which  the  Lord's  Ascension 
was  celebrated,  the  Brethren,  who  were  now  fifteen  in  number,  entered 
the  place  of  their  new  habitation,  singing 

Salve,  festa  dies,  toto  venerabilis  aevo, 
Qua  Deus  infernum  vicit,  et  astra  tenet, 
Chorus :     Salve,  festa  dies 3, 

when  our  Lord  as  on  this  day  entered  the  etherial  mansions  of  the  Father. 
And  in  this  procession,  almost  blocked  up  by  the  thronging  multitude, 
was  the  Founder  himself,  right  joyful. 

When  this  solemnity  was  over,  he  sought  and  gradually  effected  what 
was  wanting  to  complete  the  work.  In  the  course  of  the  following 
fifteen  years  the  Convent  and  edifices  were  peacefully  constructed,  with 

1  Consecrated  1107,  died  Jan.  25,  1128  (Cassan,  Lives  of  the  Bishops  of  Winchester). 

1  Perhaps  meaning  by  his  pastoral  authority. 

3  The  beginning  of  the  sequence  on  Easter  Day,  on  bringing  back  the  Host  from  the  Sepulchre 
where  It  had  been  deposited  on  Good  Friday.  Sat  urn  processional ;  York  Manual  (Surtees 
Society  Ed.  p.  I75\ 

B  2 


4          RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1117.  the  aid  of  various  of  the  faithful,  at  different  times  according  to  their 
will  and  means.  But  the  founder  was  indefatigable  in  influencing  the 
great  for  the  benefit  of  the  House ;  in  which  he  was  largely  aided  by 
the  life  and  conversation  of  the  Brethren ;  and  the  place  came  to  be 
frequented  by  many,  and  its  possessions  were  somewhat  enlarged,  while 
Gilbert  himself  was  accustomed  to  supply  their  temporary  needs  with 
live  stock,  baked  things,  cheeses,  and  sometimes  bread,  and  to  his  own 
detriment  provided  for  their  future  wants. 

It  was  his  custom,  also,  oftentimes  to  come  there  to  visit  the  Prior, 
or  in  his  absence  any  Brother,  whom  he  would  softly  kiss,  and  sit 
down  and  converse  with,  if  it  happened  to  be  a  time  when  talking  was 
permissible. 

Now  William  (Giftard),  the  Bishop  of  Winchester,  perceiving  the  great 
extension  of  the  Convent,  at  the  request  of  the  Brothers,  introduced 
certain  constitutions  to  which  he  himself  had  been  accustomed  at  Taunton, 
and  which  were  then  adopted  here1.  Among  the  Brothers  at  this  time 
was  the  very  famous  Master  Gwido.  Moreover  Queen  Matilda,  not 
forgetting  the  devout  Prior  (Robert\  came  to  visit  the  dwellers  in  their  new 
habitation,  and,  with  her,  her  son  William  in  full  accord  :  but  both  shortly 
ended  their  life,  to  the  great  loss  of  the  Congregation.  She  in  the  same 
year  migrated  from  the  present  light ;  and  he,  before  the  completion  of 
three  years  after  the  death  of  his  mother  was,  with  a  great  multitude  of 
nobles,  drowned  in  the  waters  of  the  sea  2. 

The  community  continued,  not  unduly  oppressed  by  poverty,  and  Lord 
Gilbert  built  another  wooden  church  for  them,  much  larger  and  more 
beautiful,  and  where  the  Divine  Services  might  be  more  suitably  and 
devoutly  performed.  And  there,  during  many  years,  many  persons  both 
noble  and  gentle,  casting  aside  the  world  and  the  Old  Man,  very  devoutly 
put  on  the  New  Man  created  in  justice  and  sanctity  of  life.  Also  several 
Bishops  at  divers  times  there  celebrated  the  Divine  Mysteries,  and  often 
rejoiced  the  attendants  with  their  solemn  benedictions;  and  the  due 
observance  of  the  Rule  was  testified  in  the  Common  Chapter,  by  Robert, 
Bishop  of  Hereford3. 

After  the  brethren  had  dwelt  four  years  and  seven  months  in  the  same 

1  The  Monastery  of  Taunton,  for  the  same  Order,  was  founded  by  the  piety  and  munificence 
of  William  Gyffarde  (or  Giffard),  Bishop  of  Winchester  and  Chancellor  of  England,  about  the 
year  1115;  the  manor  of  Taunton  belonged  to  the  Bishops  of  Winchester  (History  of 
Taunton  Priory,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Hugo,  p.  4). 

"  This  occurred  in  1120  :  the  sad  circumstances  are  too  well  known. 

3  Robert  de  Bethune,  Bishop  from  1131  to  1148. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1117-1125.  5 

1117.  place,  the  fame  of  the  monastery  extended,  and  with  it  everywhere  was 
coupled  the  name  of  Sheriff  Gilbert  the  Founder.  They  suffered,  however, 
severely  from  Royal  Taxes,  for  which  at  one  time  the  collectors  demanded 
One  hundred  pounds  of  silver  and  six  marcs  of  gold — a  most  grievous 
burthen  amounting  to  almost  One  hundred  marcs  of  silver. 

The  Historian  further  states  (lest  the  rapid  prosperity  of  the  Convent 
should  be  thought  fabulous),  that  this  account  of  its  foundation  and  history 
had  been  read  by  the  Lord  Prior  who*  succeeded  the  first ',  who  had 
corrected  at  his  pleasure  what  seemed  to  require  correction. 

After  an  exordium  of  the  Founder  (which,  as  well  as  the  like  occurring 
elsewhere  in  the  narrative,  we  omit  for  the  sake  of  brevity),  there  follows 
an  account  of  his  life,  from  which  it  appears  that  he  was  born  in  Normandy 
of  a  generous  line  of  nobility.  His  mother  was  a  Widow,  chaste,  pious, 
and  sober,  such  as  God  loves ;  and  given  to  alms  and  mercies  to  the  poor, 
to  whose  necessities  and  clothing  she  freely  contributed  ;  the  shameful  and 
lascivious  only  she  did  not  benefit,  but  rebuked. 

He  much  frequented  the  Church  of  the  Convent,  where  a  suitable  seat 
was  prepared  for  him.  Not  only  did  he  give  these  alms  to  God,  but  he 
gave  benevolent  relief  to  the  poor  and  wayfarers,  with  a  large  hand. 

At  length  a  time  arrived  when  the  Convent  had  become  free  from  all 
debts  and  liabilities,  when  the  Lord  sent  for  him.  He  passed  on  the 
seventh  Kalend  of  August  (the  agth  July),  about  the  middle  of  the 
night,  on  the  Lord's  Day.  (This  was  in  the  year  1125,  as  stated  in  the 
Cambridge  Chronicle2.)  The  Brothers,  numbering  thirty-six,  then  present, 
were  assembled,  together  with  Stephen,  of  a  certain  church  of  Winchester 
and  late  Archdeacon  of  Surrey3,  and  Lord  Serlo,  formerly  Dean  of  the 
Church  of  Salisbury ;  and  many  others  distinguished  by  religion  and 
learning,  or  by  rank.  Any  one  desiring  to  know  more  fully  about  the 
end  and  work  of  the  founder,  may  turn  to  the  Epistle  of  Master  Gervase, 
a  man  of  rare  virtue. 

The  founder  had  in  the  month  of  March  previous  to  his  decease 
caused  his  place  of  sepulture  to  be  prepared.  The  first  stone  he  had 
himself  laid,  attended  by  the  Convent,  and  with  holy  water,  the  cross 
and  tapers  standing  around ;  then  the  Prior  placed  the  second  stone, 
and  the  Brothers  each  placed  another ;  and  thus  in  the  end  an  excellent 
structure  was  erected. 

1  The  second  Prior  was  also  named  Robert :  he  ruled  from  1150  to  1157. 
'  Corpus  Christi  College,  Cambridge,  MS.  No.  lix. 
3  David  I,  reigned  1124  to  1153. 


6  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1117-  And  now  referring  to  the  propagation  of  the  Order :  in  the  first  place 
stands  the  Church  of  Taunton  founded  by  William,  Bishop  of  Winchester ; 
afterwards  the  Church  of  Bochmsue  instituted  by  William,  Bishop  of 
Exeter1;  in  the  second  place  the  Church  of  Ednesbrwch  (Edinburgh) 
built  by  David,  King  of  Scotland2;  third  let  us  place  the  Church  of 
Cirencester  of  distinguished  workmanship,  founded  by  King  Henry; 
in  the  fourth  place  let  us  refer  to  the  Church  of  St.  Gregory  of  Canterbury 
made  and  decorated  by  the  Archbishop  William  ' ;  after  this,  in  the  fifth 
place,  let  us  rank  the  church  of  St.  Laud,  adorned  by  Algar,  Bishop  of 
Constance,  beyond  the  sea,  a  Canon  of  the  Order ;  in  the  sixth  place 
let  us  add  the  church  of  Thurnham,  assigned  to  the  institution  of  Regulars 
by  Aldewin  the  Count ;  in  the  seventh  place  let  us  conclude  (adds  the 
chronicler)  with  an  acknowledgement  of  the  sevenfold  gifts  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  granted  to  this  church.  During  thirty-three  years  the  monastery, 
through  the  instrumentality  of  its  generous  benefactor,  brought  forth  fruits 
like  a  well-cultivated  and  fruitful  vine,  extending,  as  the  Psalmist  says,  her 
boughs  even  into  the  sea  and  her  shoots  unto  the  river.  Of  these  things 
which  we  have  brought  to  light  respecting  Gilbert  every  one  may  judge 
for  himself,  and  the  purpose  of  the  Brethren  was  to  make  hidden  things 
manifest,  to  elucidate  obscurities,  to  unlock  things  closed,  and  to  certify 
to  all  dubious  matters.  But  there  is  nothing  in  this  history,  says  the 
writer,  but  what  he  had  himself  seen,  or  had  heard  from  some 
authority. 

Robert,  the  first  Prior,  was  a  man  of  knowledge,  of  excellent  prudence, 
and  great  eloquence,  of  discretion  and  liberality,  marked  by  surpassing 
mercy  and  compassion.  He  was  forty-three  years  of  age  when  he 
received  the  Canonical  habit;  and  had  spent  thirty-five  years  here,  when 
on  the  nones  of  January  (5th  January)  (1150),  leaving  human  things, 
he  found  a  happy  end. 

The  Historian  thus  concludes  his  narrative :  Praise  and  exaltation 
of  the  Blessed  to  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  the  hope  and  consoler  of  the 
unhappy,  to  whom  be  power  and  empire  for  eternal  ages.  Amen. 

This  is  followed  by  twenty-six  verses  beginning : — 

Que  tumulo  claudi  spectas ;  quisnam  fuit  audi. 
Offkium  nomen,  titulus  testatur  et  omen. 

1  William  Warlwast,  Bishop  1107  to  1127. 

'  Stephen  was  Archdeacon  of  Surrey  in  1120,  when  he  was  one  of  the  subscribing 
witnesses  to  the  foundation  charter  of  Waverley  Abbey  ;  ten  years  later  Robert  appears  as 
Archdeacon  (Manning  &  Bray,  I.  Ixxvj  . 

3  Apparently  William  Corboil,  Archbishop  naa  to  1136. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1125-1164.  7 

1117.  In  continuation  of  the  Manuscript  is  the  Epistle  of  Master  Gervase, 
alluded  to  by  the  chronicler.  It  is  headed — The  Epistle  of  the  Venerable 
Wervasius  upon  the  death  of  Sheriff  Gilbert,  and  commences  with  the 
address,  "Brother  Wervasius  to  his  most  reverend  brother  Theodoric," 
and  runs  to  great  length  without  containing  any  information  as  to  the 
foundation  or  history  of  the  Priory,  or  of  Gilbert  himself,  until  at  length 
it  arrives  at  the  vision  of  one  of  the  Brothers  named  Walthelm.  The 
narrative  is  curious.  About  fourteen  years  after  the  time  of  the  departure 
of  the  Sheriff  Gilbert  from  this  present  life  a  vision  concerning  him  appeared 
to  a  certain  brother,  as  venerable  by  age  as  from  matured  virtues.  It 
seemed  to  him  that  he  was  with  assistants  engaged  in  removing  the 
sarcophagus,  but  apparently  on  account  of  the  difficulty  caused  by  its 
weight  had  the  lid  removed,  since  considering  the  lapse  of  time  they 
expected  to  find  merely  dry  bones.  On  this  being  done  the  body  was 
found  entire,  but  with  unwonted  leanness,  and  wasted  and  overspread 
with  pallor.  The  dead  man  lifted  himself  up  and  made  as  though  he 
would  issue  forth  from  his  tomb  ;  but  the  Brother  taking  him  in  his  arms, 
exclaimed  : — 

"  What  is  it,  my  Lord  ?  Whither  wouldst  thou  go  ?  And  dost  thou 
know  me?" 

"  I  know  thee,"  said  he,  "  and  know  thee  well,  for  thou  art  my  very 
dear  brother  Walthelm,  held  in  special  favour  amongst  my  most  familiar 
friends." 

The  Brother  beseeches  him  to  tell,  if  permitted,  of  his  present  state: 
to  which  he  replies, 

"  In  this  it  is  well  with  me,  that  I  have  not  been  carried  off  to  the 
flames  of  Hell,  in  which  many  of  my  fellows  are  burning.  And  every 
day  I  enter  the  bath,  which  your  Lord  Prior  used  to  tell  me  of,  and 
which  reaches  up,  so  far — (putting  his  hand  under  his  chin) ;  but  some- 
times it  covers  the  top  of  my  head.  How  grievous  is  this  suffering,  no 
mortal  can  express  ! " 

Then  the  Brother  asked,  "Is  there  yet  no  other  trouble  with  which  you 
are  afflicted,  my  Lord  ?  " 

He  replied,  "There  is  one  truly,  very  grievous;  for  a  kind  of  machine 
of  wood  after  the  manner  of  a  compound  chain  placed  about  my  neck, 
and  resting  upon  my  shoulders,  as  pressing  and  crushing  them  with 
a  great  torture.  But  what  matter  these  things !  All  of  them  seem 
tolerable,  since  I  know  most  certainly  that  mercy  will  follow." 

"  Knowest  thou  this,  for  certain,  my  Lord  ?  " 


8  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1117.          "  I  know  it,"  he  replied,   "  I  know  it ;    I   have  no  doubt  of  it  on  any 
account." 

Upon  this  the  Brother,  bursting  into  tears  from  extremity  of  joy,  and, 
with  uplifted  hands,  blessing  the  Lord,  awoke,  and  arose.  And  the 
same  venerable  man  recounted  with  wonderful  sweetness  what  he  had 
seen  while  overcome  with  sleep,  and  which  for  some  time  possessed 
him  after  he  awoke.  Wherefore  the  Canons  held  his  vision  not  as  an 
empty  and  shadowy  phantasm,  but  rather,  the  most  certainly,  as  the 
simple  truth. 

1121,  About  this  year  commences  an  important  series  of  deeds  entered  in 
the  Cartulary ;  being  undated  it  would  be  useless  to  divide  them  with 
any  hope  of  insertion  in  a  strictly  chronological  order ;  and  were  it 
otherwise,  the  most  convenient  plan  would  no  doubt  be  to  accept  them 
as  a  continuous  series.  The  object  of  entering  them  in  the  Cartulary 
was,  evidently,  to  perpetuate  these  title-deeds  in  the  archives  of  the 
house :  corroboration  appears  in  the  fact  of  the  constant  subsequent 
ownership  exercised  by  the  Priory.  They  constitute  the  record  of 
extensive  possessions  granted  by  Bernard,  the  Scriptor,  and,  putting  them 
very  briefly,  run  to  the  following  effect : — 

Ruald  son  of  Wigan'  gave  and  granted  to  Bernard  the  Scriptor  all 
the  ecclesiastical  lands  which  he  had  of  Brictricius  Walensis,  with  lands 
and  tithes  and  all  ecclesiastical  things  pertaining :  these  men  were 
present,  viz.  C,  Chancellor,  Robert  de  Sigillo,  William  Cumin',  William, 
Archdeacon  of  York,  Nichol'  brother  of  Bernard  the  Scriptor,  Amfrid  son 
of  the  said  Ruald,  and  Roger  and  Ralf  the  Scutigers  of  Bernard1. 

King  Henry  gave  to  Bernard  the  Scriptor  the  vacant  land  in  the 
Castle  of  Lanstanaton  which  is  between  the  well  and  the  chapel,  for 
his  own  dwelling.  There  were  present  William  de  Tancarvill,  William 
de  Albin',  Britto,  Paganus  son  of  John,  and  Drogo  de  Manore 2. 
1107-1121.  King  Henry  granted  to  Bernard  the  Scriptor  and  his  heirs,  and  by 
Charter  confirmed  to  him,  all  the  lands  which  he  had  in  Cornwall  from  the 
King  and  his  lords,  viz.  all  the  land  which  was  of  Gisulf,  and  of 
Theodulf  the  friend  of  Bernard,  and  Britticius  his  uncle,  on  the  father's 
side  ;  and  all  land  formerly  of  Dodocus,  and  of  Ranulf,  chancellor,  in 
the  Castle  and  the  Church  of  Lanwyttonia;  and  the  land  of  Trecharl 
and  of  Menwinnoc  and  Cheulent  of  the  fee  of  the  bishop ;  and  land  of 
Charnbrixi  of  the  fee  of  Richard  de  luci ;  and  land  of  Trethu  of  the  fee 
of  William  son  of  Richard ;  and  land  of  Treghostoc  of  the  fee  of  Roger 

1  Cart.  No.  132,  fo.  xcix.  2  Cart.  No.  133,  fo.  xcix. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1117-1121.  9 

1107-1121.  de  Curcell' ;  and  land  of  Botwei  de  Wigan  of  the  fee  of  Richard  de  luci ; 
and  the  Church  of  Lischaret  of  the  fee  of  the  King ;  and  the  thicket  of 
the  Castle  of  the  fee  of  Ruald  son  of  Wigan' ;  and  the  land  of  Trenalrig 
of  Andrew  de  Vicreio.  There  were  present,  Roger,  Bishop  of  Salisbury  \ 
Ranulf  the  Chancellor2,  Geoffrey  his  Chaplain,  Robert  de  Sigillo,  Nigel 
de  Albin',  Geoffrey  de  Clinton,  Edward  Sarum,  William  de  St.  Clare, 
and  Grimba'd  medicus  3. 

Brich'drus  renounced  the  claim  which  he  had  for  himself  and  his 
heirs  against  Bernard  and  his  heirs  concerning  one  acre  of  land  and 
his  houses  at  Canbrixi,  for  95.  which  Bernard  then  gave  him.  There 
were  present  Fluricius,  priest  of  Lansant',  and  others4. 

Hugo  de  Laval  gave  and  granted  to  Bernard  the  Scriptor  in  alms, 
the  Church  of  Cuddinton  with  the  land  and  tithes  and  all  things  pertaining. 
There  were  present  Robert  de  Sigillo,  and  others5. 

William  de  Ponte,  archarius,  rendered  and  granted  to  Bernard  the 
Scriptor  the  house  which  formerly  belonged  to  Gisulf  the  Scriptor  in 
Winchester  above  the  water  which  belonged  to  Anselm  the  clerk.  There 
were  present  T.  chancellor6,  Nigell,  nephew  of  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury, 
Robert  de  Sigillo,  &c. 7 

Count  Stephen,  meritonius,  acquitted  Bernard  during  his  life  of  isd. 
which  he  was  bound  to  pay  every  year  for  his  land  in  Winchester  in 
Flesmangarestret  (Fleshmonger  Street).  There  were  present  Robert  de 
Haia,  Richard  his  Son,  William  de  Glaston',  Eudo  Baron  Carm',  Anselm 
sheriff  of  Rouen,  Robert  de  Sacavill',  dapifer 8. 

Thezo  and  Rohasia  his  wife,  daughter  of  Ailric  de  Cleindona,  sold  to 
Bernard  the  Scribe  their  land  and  houses  in  Bukerestret  clear  and  free 
from  the  inheritance  of  themselves  and  family,  to  hold  of  the  King  in 
capite  for  two  silver  marcs  the  receipt  of  which  they  acknowledged.  In 
the  presence  of  Henry,  King  of  England,  with  whose  consent  it  was 
done ;  Geoffrey  son  of  Paganus,  Robert  de  Turci,  Robert  de  Oille,  and 
John  Marescallus.  There  were  present  at  the  time  when  Thezo  and 
Rohasia  his  wife  received  the  two  silver  marcs  from  Bernard  for  that 

1  Roger  was   elected    Bishop  of  Salisbury  1102,    consecrated    1107,  died    Dec.    4,   1137 
(Godwin,  p.  343). 

2  Roger  was  Bishop  of  Salisbury  from  1107  to  1 129  ;   Ranulf  or  Arnulf  was  Chancellor  in 
1107  or  8  and  was  living  in  1121  (/bss.). 

•  *  Cart.  No.  134,  fo.  xcix.  *  Cart.  No.  135,  to.  xcix.  *  Cart.  No.  136,  fo.  xcix.  v. 

'  St.  Thomas  a  Becket  was  Chancellor  from  1154  to  1162;  but  it  is  possible  that  the 
witness  was  only  the  Chancellor  of  the  Diocese. 

'  Cart.  No.  137,  fo.  xcix.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  138,  fo.  xcix.  v. 


10         RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1107-1121.  land,  Godwin,  Alderman ;  Othbert,  fellere ;  and  many  more  (named), 
including  various  uxores '. 

Bernard  complained  against  Serlo  Surdus  respecting  the  Osier  beds 
(or  thicket ;  virguleum},  and  the  land  next  those  (or  that)  at  Maton  of  his 
own  domain ;  at  which  were  present  Robert  de  Turci,  dapifer,  William 
son  of  Odo,  Hur'  de  Somerai,  William  Glaston',  Wiganus  Marescall', 
Robert,  chaplain  to  the  bishop  of  luxon'2,  Robert  York,  and  Martin, 
scribe  of  the  chapel.  And  Serlo  was  placed  in  default  to  the  King,  and 
thereon  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  on  account  of  his  having  tilled  the 
land  in  seisin  of  Bernard  ;  when  a  placitum  was  negotiated  by  the 
Bishop  of  Luxon',  and  others  of  the  Exchequer ;  and  this  was  witnessed 
by  their  Brief.  And  with  Serlo  was  his  brother  Richard  who  saw  and 
heard  it. 

At  the  petition  of  Bernard,  Serlo  was  admonished  and  fined  IDS.  to 
the  King3. 

The  next  three  entries  in  the  Cartulary  are  illegible,  except  that  the 
first  relates  to  Fleshmongerstret,  and  William  son  of  — ,  and  the  third 
mentions  Roger,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  as  one  of  the  Witnesses4;  but 
they  relate  to  the  same  person,  since  the  next  entry  is  headed  "Item  de 
Bernardo,"  and  runs  to  the  following  effect:  — 

John  Baionem  rendered  to  Bernard  the  Scriptor  the  land  and  houses 
which  were  of  Gisulf  in  London,  and  the  soke  which  he  had  of  the 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  ;  with  condition  that  Bernard  should  hold  them 
free  from  all  service,  but  if  required  by  the  King's  Court  he  should  give 
each  year  to  the  said  John  a  silver  marc,  and  as.  recognition  for  the 
soke,  and  thus  hold  it  by  hereditary  law,  for  nine  silver  marcs,  which 
he  gave  him.  There  were  present  John  the  Archdeacon,  nephew  of  the 
Bishop  of  Lisieux;  Robert,  keeper  of  the  King's  Seal;  Marchus, 
medicus ;  Robert,  Scribe  (scriba)  of  the  Court ;  Elias,  son  of  the  Bishop 
of  Durham,  and  Ralph  de  Witechirchia5. 

Nigell  de  Alb'  sold  to  Bernard  the  Scriptor  the  domain  of  land  of  Earl 
Stephen ;  there  were  present  Samson,  Chaplain  of  Nigell ;  and  Thirold, 
clerk  of  Winchester  6. 

William,  Bishop  of  Winchester7,  granted  to  Bernard  in  alms,  the 
church  of  Cluia ;  present  Roger  de  Melefort  and  others 8. 

1  Cart.  No.  139,  fo.  xcix.  v.  2   Query,  Lexovium,  Lisieux. 

:    Cart.  No.  140,  fo.  xcix.  v.  «  He  was  Bishop  from  1107  to  1139. 

5  Cart.  No.  144,  fo.  c.  •  Cart.  No.  145,  fo.  c.  v. 

7  William  Giffard,  Bishop  of  Winchester  from  1107  to  1128.  "  Cart.  No.  146,  fo.  c.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1 107-!  121.  II 

1107-1121.  Robert  Ferrariis  gave  and  granted  to  Bernard  in  alms  the  church  of 
Pyr,  with  all  things  belonging  to  the  church.  Present  Robert  de  Sigillo, 
William  Elimosinarius  and  Hur'  de  Albin1. 

Nichol  the  Scribe  bought  land  in  London  of  Roger,  and  Guda  his 
sister,  and  John  her  husband,  who  received  the  money  for  it  and  quit 
claimed  to  Robert  and  his  heirs.  There  were  present  at  the  time  Robert, 
son  of  Ugler' ;  Gilbert,  priest;  B.2  scribe;  William,  deacon;  Odo,  priest; 
Adelicia  of  Flanders ;  Ebrard'  Sellar',  Alderman  of  that  ward ;  Stephen, 
dapifer;  Stephen,  mercer;  Geoffrey,  son  ofWulgaf;  Wulward,  prepositus  ; 
Asculf,  Suerman  ;  Lambesheued ;  Gilbert,  fishmonger ;  Alwric,  seller  of 
wood  ;  Edward,  celare' ;  Ysembard  3. 

Bernard  'the  scribe'  complained  in  the  Court  of  William,  Bishop  of 
Exeter 4,  concerning  the  land  of  Trecharl,  against  the  son  of  Elwius  golde 
to  whom  the  Bishop  gave  that  land,  and  by  Judgement  of  the  Court  he 
restored  the  land  to  the  Bishop.  And  the  Bishop  gave  it  to  Bernard 
as  his  heredity,  for  four  silver  marcs  relief.  There  were  present  Robert 
Arundel  and  others  I 

Archembald  of  Flanders  gave  up  to  Bernard  by  judgement  of  the  Devon 
Comitatus  the  land  which  was  his  grandfather's  "ad  castalum  las'tonoton  " 
(Lanstanoton)  of  his  heredity,  which  Bos  the  clerk  held  ;  and  the  Bishop 
of  Boulogne  gave  Archembald  400?.,  and  Bernard  the  Scriptor  gave  him 
40^.,  as  Bos  and  his  brothers  claimed.  Bernard  and  his  heirs  to  hold 
that  land  from  the  King  free  from  damage.  There  were  present  Robert 
Arundel,  Stephen  son  of  Archembald,  and  others 6. 

1121.          The  charter  of  Royal  Foundation  was  granted  by  King  Henry  I  ;  the 
Between     following  is  its  tenor: — 

&  Aug.  4.  In  the  name  of  the  Holy  and  undivided  Trinity,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy 
Ghost.  In  the  year  from  the  Incarnation  of  the  Lord  One  thousand  one 
hundred  and  twenty  one  (1121-2)  and  of  my  reign  the  twenty-second; 
I  Henry,  by  the  Grace  of  God  Almighty,  and  the  glorious  ever-virgin 
Mary;  and  impelled  by  the  prompting  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  have  given 
in  perpetuity  and  have  granted  my  Crown  Ville,  viz.  Mereton,  in  the 
County  of  Surrey,  to  the  Canons  Regular  now  and  hereafter  living 
(viventibus  et  victuris)  in  that  place,  for  the  building  of  a  church  in  honour 

1  Cart.  No.  147,  fo.  c.  v. 

2  Probably  Bernard,  the  scribe,  mentioned  in  Charter  No.  132,  and  many  others  about  the 
same  date. 

3  Cart.  No.  148,  fo.  c.  v. 

4  William  Warlewast,  Bishop  of  Exeter  from  1 107  to  1 127  or  8. 

b  Cart.  No.  149,  fo.  c.  v.  6  Cart.  No.  150,  fo.  c.  v. 


12         RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1121.  of  the  before-named  Virgin  Mary,  and  for  the  health  of  my  soul  and  that  of 
Adeliza  my  wife;  and  for  the  souls  of  my  father  and  mother,  Matilda  the 
Queen,  and  William  my  son.  I  constitute  also,  and  confirm  this  ville  to  be 
absolutely  free  from  all  earthly  power,  exaction,  vexation,  and  inquietude, 
as  when  it  belonged  to  the  Crown  ;  to  be  held  "jure  fisci",  with  soc  and 
sac,  toll  and  theam,  and  infangenetheof,  and  forestal,  Hamsoc  and  mund- 
briche ',  and  with  all  customs  which  pertain  to  the  right  of  my  crown. 

And  also  the  church  and  the  things  which  are  placed  there,  or  may 
hereafter  be  conferred,  I  retain  under  the  royal  hand  and  protection,  and 
as  though  my  own  property ;  and  I  undertake  for  its  like  defence  by  my 
royal  successors,  so  that  no  secular  power  shall  be  lawful  to  release  it  from 
that  hold,  nor  to  inflict  any  injury  or  disturbance;  saving  the  episcopal 
rights  of  the  Bishop  of  the  church  of  Winchester,  in  whose  diocese  it  is 
known  to  be  situated. 

I  Henry,  the  King,  have  confirmed  this  my  aforesaid  gift  by  the  print  of 
this  >i«  made  with  my  own  proper  hand  ;  and  to  the  Queen  and  my  Barons 
I  have  confided  the  Confirmation. 

>jf  I  Adeliza,  consenting  to  this  act  have  subscribed  it. 

<%?  1  Ralph,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  have  subscribed  it. 

<^>  I  Thurstan,  Archbishop  of  York,  have  assented. 

>%?  I  Ralph,  Chancellor. 

<Jf  1  William,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  have  sanctioned  the  same. 

•!•   I  Richard,  Bishop  of  London,  have  consented. 

•t   I  Roger,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  have  corroborated. 

<%•  I  Robert,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  have  also  commended  it. 

<%?  I  Ranulph,  Bishop  of  Durham,  have  not  disapproved. 

•fa  I  William,  Bishop  of  Exeter,  have  acquiesced. 

•t   I  Everard,  Bishop  of  Norwich,  have  consented. 

<%?  I  Theobald,  Bishop  of  Worcester,  have  likewise  signed. 

»I«   I  Arnulph,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  have  joined  in  signing. 

•Jf  I  Ralph,  Bishop  of  Chichester,  have  commended  it. 

>i<  I  Robert,  Bishop  of  Chester,  have  subnoted  it. 

•t  I  Richard,  Bishop  of  Hereford,  have  also  assented. 

<%>  I  Bernard,  Bishop  of  St.  David's,  have  granted  it. 

1  Soc  :  right  to  administer  justice.  Sac  :  freedom  from  customary  impositions.  Toll :  duty 
on  imports.  Theam  :  right  of  calling  persons  in  whose  hands  lost  or  stolen  property  is 
found  to  account  for  its  possession.  Infangenetheof:  right  to  try  thieves  taken  within 
one's  manor.  Forestal:  and  of  assaults  there.  Hamsoc:  and  of  forceable  entry.  Mund- 
briche :  breaking  of  fences  or  mounds  (Lowel  Tenniswood,  on  early  charters) ;  trespass 
(Tomlinj. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1121-1135.  13 

1121.  >|«   I  Hervey,  of  Ely,  have  not  objected. 

$f  I  John,  Bishop  of  Bath,  have  desired  it. 

»J«  I  Herbert,  Abbot  of  Westminster. 

<^f  I  Hugo,  Abbot  of  St.  Augustine's,  have  also  commended  it. 

tfc  I   William  de  Warren,  Earl  of  Surrey,  was   present  and 

have  assented. 

<%>  I  David,  Earl,  have  commended  it. 
£ff  I  Waleram,  Earl  M  client. 
*   I  Ralph,  Earl. 
>%>  I  Robert,  Earl  of  Gloucester. 
>i«   I  Stephen,  Archdeacon. 
•J«  I  Simon,  Dean  of  Lincoln. 
tf?  I  Alexander,  Archdeacon1. 


1125.  Sheriff  Gilbert,  the  Founder,  died  on  the  7th  kal.  of  August,  about  the 

July  a9.     middle  of  the  night,  on  the  Lord's  day  -. 

1129-35'.  Engelram  de  Albernun  (or  D'Abernon)  gave  to  the  Priory  his  real 
estate  at  Molesey,  Surrey;  his  nephew  Ingelram  (presumably  his  heir),  for 
a  substantial  consideration,  confirmed  the  gift,  and  Gilbert,  Earl  of  Clare, 
the  Lord  of  the  soil,  confirmed  the  grant.  These  charters  are  contained  in 
three  several  Deeds  running  to  some  length,  but  their  general  effect  is  as 
follows. 

The  first  is  addressed  to  Henry,  glorious  King  of  England  ;  William, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  Roman  legate;  Henry,  Bishop  of  Win- 
chester, and  Richard,  son  of  Gilbert  de  Clare.  The  donor  recites  that 

'  Caiiae  Antiquae,  U.  No.  5  tit  will  also  be  found  printed  in  Dugdale's  Monasticou,  vi. 
p.  247). 

Ralph,  or  Rodolph,  was  Archb.  of  Canterbury  from  1114  to  1122.  Thurstan,  Archb.  of 
York,  1108  to  1140.  William  Giffard,  Bp.  of  Winchester,  1107  to  1128.  Richard  Beauvais, 
or  de  Beaumes,  Bp.  of  London,  1108  to  1127.  Roger,  Bp.  of  Salisbury,  1109  to  1139. 
Robert  Bloett,  Bp.  of  Lincoln,  1093  to  1123.  Ranulph  Flambard,  Bp.  of  Durham,  1099 
to  1128.  William  \Varlwast,  Bp.  of  Exeter,  1107  to  1136.  Everard,  or  Eborard,  Bp.  of 
Norwich,  1121  to  1145.  Theobald  or  Theulf,  Bp.  of  Worcester,  1113  to  1123.  Ernulph, 
Rodolph,  or  Ralf,  Bp.  of  Rochester,  1115  to  1124.  Ralph,  Bp.  of  Chichester,  1091  to  1125, 
Richard  de  Capella,  Bp.  of  Hereford,  1120  to  1127.  Bernard,  Bp.  of  St.  David's,  111510  1147. 
Hervey,  Bp.  of  Ely,  1109  to  1131.  John  de  Villula,  Bp.  of  Bath  and  Wells,  1088  to  1122. 
Stephen,  Archd.  of  Surrey  from  abt.  1120. — APPENDIX  I. 

'  Corpus  Chrisii  College,  Cambridge,  MS.  No.  lix ;  Arundel  MS,  (Heralds'  College),  No.  28 ; 
the  year  is  not  mentioned  in  the  latter  MS. 

3  Entered  in  Cartulary  near  end  of  thirteenth  century ;  but  the  names  of  the  persons 
mentioned  fix  the  date  within  the  limit  mentioned,  thus;  King  Henry,  noo  to  1135; 
William  Corboil,  Abp.  of  Cant.  1123  to  1136;  Henry  de  Blois,  Bp.  of  Winton',  1129  to  1171  ; 
Ingelram  D'Abernun  (first  of  the  name,  Surrey  Arch.  Coll.  v.  p.  53),  probably  living  1130. 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1120-35.  of  his  charity  he  has  given  in  alms,  for  perpetual  possession,  to  God 
and  the  church  of  the  glorious  Virgin  Mary  of  Merton,  and  the  Canons 
Regular  there  dwelling,  his  land  in  Molesey,  with  all  land  in  plain  and 
wood,  and  waters  and  mills  pertaining,  and  free  from  all  service ;  for  the 
redemption  of  the  souls  of  himself,  and  his  brother  Jordan,  and  his  father 
and  mother  and  his  lord  Gilbert,  son  of  Richard,  and  for  the  welfare 
of  the  most  glorious  king  Henry,  and  of  his  lord  Richard  the  son  of  the 
said  Gilbert.  Given  at  Chissendona  (probably  Chessington,  Surrey),  and 
afterwards  in  the  church  of  Merton  where  Engelram  himself  stood  and 
granted  this  gift  upon  the  altar  of  Blessed  Mary,  in  the  presence  of  the 
Prior  and  all  the  Convent,  and  many  others  both  cleric  and  lay  *. 

By  the  next  Deed  Ingelram,  son  of  Jordan  de  Abernun,  for  an  annual 
rental  and  a  premium,  confirmed  the  gift  which  his  uncle  had  made  of  his 
land  at  Molesey  to  the  church  of  Merton  2. 

By  the  third  Deed  Gilbert,  Earl  of  Clare,  confirmed,  under  his  seal,  the 
concession  made  by  Ingelram,  son  of  Jordan  de  Abernun,  to  God  and  the 
church  of  Merton  of  the  land  at  Molesey,  of  his  (the  Earl's)  fee.  Neither 
he  nor  others  required  anything  from  them  for  the  land,  and  this  charter 
bears  witness  to  his  admission  of  the  fact.  Executed  in  the  presence  of 
witnesses 3. 

The  sheriff  of  the  County  of  Surrey  returned  a  Compotus  of  Danegeld, 
in  which  amongst  the  names  of  many  monasteries  and  individuals  in  per- 
dom's  per  Breve  Rfgis,  appear  the  Canons  of  Merton  for  405.* 

It  is  stated  in  the  history  of  the  "  Decem  Scriptores"  that  the  king  died 
December.  after  a  severe  sickness  at   Murtelac  (Mortlake)  and  was  brought  to  the 
new  Church  of  the  Canons   of  Merton  by  John,    Bishop  of  Rochester, 
and  Bernard,  Bishop  of  Llandaff5. 

The  Archbishop  (William  Corboyle),  finding  serious  cause  for  complaint 
against  the  secular  Canons  of  Dover,  on  account  of  their  pride  and 
luxury,  and  being  more  intent  on  business  than  Divine  worship,  caused 
the  Bishops  of  Rochester  and  St.  David's,  and  the  Archdeacon  of 
Canterbury,  to  go  down  to  Dover  and  introduce  some  canons  of  Merton 
into  the  new  Church  of  St.  Martin,  who  came  with  quadrigis  et  utensilibus 
suis,  and  were  on  the  morrow  solemnly  inducted  by  the  bishops,  mitred 
and  bearing  pastoral  staves,  and  with  much  rejoicing ;  but  Jeromias, 
a  monk  of  Canterbury,  protested  that  the  Church  belonged  to  the  Canons 

1  Cart.  No.  509,  fo.  cxcij.  v. — APPENDIX  II.  *  Cart.  No.  510,  fo.  cxcij.  v. 

'  Cart.  No.  511,  fo.  cxciij.  «  Pipe  Rolls,  31  Hen.  I  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.,p.  51). 

5  Decem  Scriptores  (Ed.  Twysden,  col.  1664).     The  King  died  Dec.  i,  1135. 


1130 
or  1131. 


1135. 


1136. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1129-1150. 


use. 


1150. 

Jan.  5. 
1150-67. 


of  Canterbury,  and  appealed  to  Rome.  The  Bishops  agreed  to  with- 
draw the  Canons  of  Merton  until  the  appeal  was  decided,  who  shortly 
after  departed  in  peace,  with  their  wagons  and  household  goods  (supellectili). 
The  Archbishop  died  very  shortly  afterwards  and  the  See  was  vacant 
more  than  two  years,  during  which  interval  the  claim  was  presumably 
settled '. 

Robert,  the  first  prior,  died  * ;  his  successor  was  also  named  Robert. 

Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Hur'  de  Belewe  their  mill 
of  Sumerton  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  fee  and  heredity,  returning 
them  thence  245.  8d.  per  annum  in  two  terms,  viz.  at  Easter  125.  ^d. 
and  Michaelmas  125.  \d.,  and  to  the  monks  of  Cogil'  2s.  per  annum : 
but  limited  to  so  long  a  time  as  he  might  remain  faithful  to  them,  and 
paid  the  said  returns ;  and  they  defended  it  at  one  virgate  of  land, 
and  two  crofts,  and  a  meadow.  And  he  was  then  sworn,  in  the 
Chapter  House,  to  fealty  and  due  payment  by  himself  and  heirs  if 
they  desire  to  hold  the  said  mill  and  virgate  of  land  and  crofts  and 
meadow3. 

An  Agreement  was  entered  into  between  Robert,  Prior,  and  Convent, 
and  Bricius  ;  reciting  that  to  Sir  Bricius  the  servant  and  near  relative 
of  the  Lord  Ilbert,  they  granted  to  hold  of  them  during  his  life, 
all  that  land  which  Lord  Ilbert  bought  from  Bernard  de  Falcon,  for 
the  finding  of  a  Wax  candle  to  burn  perpetually  in  their  church,  and 
also  two  mortariola  4  one  in  the  church  of  Norton  and  the  other  in  the 
chapel ;  and  the  land  which  Ailbricht  held  in  Cleptona,  consisting  of 
ten  acres  in  one  field  and  ten  in  another  which  were  assigned  for  the 
same  purpose,  and  three  acres  of  land  of  Robert  Goderic  which  were 
likewise  assigned  to  provide  a  Wax  candle  as  witnessed  by  his  Charter. 
The  said  Bricius  to  pay  them  yearly  285.  by  equal  instalments  at  the 
feasts  of  St.  John  Baptist  and  St.  Michael,  for  all  service.  He  was 
also  bound  to  build  and  leave  a  dwelling  there.  Concerning  this  con- 
vention he  made  fealty  to  them  in  their  Chapter,  and  they  received  of 
him  a  premium  of  one  silver  marc.  Witnessed  by  Alexander  and  Adam, 

1  Gervase  of  Canterbury,  Record  Office  edition,  i.  p.  97.  The  circumstances  are  again 
referred  to,  more  briefly,  under  date  1130,  where  it  states  that  a  Canon  was  slain.  Ib. 

ii.  p.  383- 

1  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcvi ;  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix ;  Lambeth  MS.  585,  fo.  105  ; 
and  many  others. 

3  Cart.    No.    39,    fo.    Ixxxj.       (This    is   the   first   entry   in    the    Cartulary  as    at    present 
remaining.) 

4  Mortarium  is  defined  as  a  light  or  taper  to  burn  over  the  graves  of  the  dead  ;  mortariola 
were  probably  small  mortars. 


l6  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1150-67.  chaplains  of  Alard  de  Falcon;  Asket  de  Paulton  ;  Nicholas  de  Shatelina  ; 
William  de  Stocha,  and  many  others  '. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Simon  Dane,  late  their  servant, 
the  land  and  hospitium  in  Suthwerch"  which  they  held  of  Alvanechild ;  to 
hold  of  them  for  his  life  at  a  rental  of  one  pound  of  cinnamon,  payable 
annually  at  Easter,  for  all  service,  excepting  the  payment  (by  him)  to 
Langabulus  of  7^.  which  is  payable  by  us  yearly  at  Michaelmas.  After 
the  decease  of  Simon,  his  heirs  to  pay  the  Convent  6s.  per  annum  for  all 
service. 

The  Prior  and  Brothers  when  need  be  and  it  pleases  them,  to  have 
there  their  hospitium  as  previously,  without  charge  by  the  said  Simon  or 
his  heirs,  by  virtue  of  this  convention. 

Simon  to  resign  the  right  to  necessaries  in  food  and  clothing  which  the 
Convent  had  previously  bound  themselves  by  charter  to  provide  him  with. 
Witnesses  : — Brother  Roger  Hosat' ;  brother  Alwin  ;  brother  Geoffrey 
Rufus;  brother  Geoffrey  de  Hupeton;  Geoffrey,  servant  of  brother 
Roger;  Geoffrey  de  Charnato ;  Humfr',  cook  ;  and  Richard,  and  others2. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Herbert,  son  of  William  of 
Winchester,  and  his  heirs,  their  land  in  Fleismongherestrete  in  Winchester, 
which  Robert  de  La  Huche  had  held  of  them  ;  to  hold  at  a  rental  of  2s.  by 
half-yearly  payments  at  Easter  and  Michaelmas.  He  made  fealty  to  the 
Chapter  and  his  heirs  after  him  to  do  the  same.  This  Convention  to 
remain  in  force  while  he  held  the  tenement  and  paid  the  rent 3. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Huelmo  le  fleming  and  his  heirs, 
a  virgate  of  land  which  they  had  in  Talewurtha  (Talworth)  of  the  gift  of 
Hugh  son  of  Ysold,  with  the  augmentation  which  William  his  son  added 
to  it :  to  hold  of  them  at  a  rental  of  55.  per  annum.  He  and  his  heirs  to 
make  fealty  for  it,  and  to  defend  the  holding  towards  the  King  and  his 
bailiffs  in  respect  of  the  two  fees  granted  to  him.  But  only  whilst  this 
censum  (rent)  is  duly  paid.  Witnesses  :— Richard,  chaplain  of  Kiminton  ; 
brother  Roger  H  use;  Roger  son  of  Hugh;  Hugh  son  of  Adam;  Geoffrey 
son  of  Durant ;  Humfrey  and  Richard,  cooks  *. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Elias,  son  of  William  le 
Haneswell,  and  his  heirs,  to  hold  of  them  in  fee  and  inheritance,  their 

1  Cart.  No.  40,  fo.  Ixxxj. — APPENDIX  III. 

1  Cart.  No.  41,  fo.  Ixxxj,  re-entered  No.  109,  fo.  xciiij.  v.— APPENDIX  IV. 

*  Cart.  No.  42,  fo.  Ixxxj.  v.  The  same  facts  are  given  in  Cart.  No.  97,  fo.  xci.  v.  It  is 
possible  the  third  Robert  may  have  made  this  grant,  in  which  case  the  date  would  be  between 
1176  and  86. 

1  Cart.  No.  43,  fo.  Ixxxj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1150-1155.  17 

1160-67.  land  of  Mildecumba1  which  Roger  son  of  Ralph  gave  them  in  alms;  at 
a  payment  of  245.  per  annum  without  deceit,  and  for  all  service.  The  said 
Helias  and  his  heirs  after  him  to  satisfy  the  King  and  his  ministers  for  all 
men,  things  and  customs  in  relation  thereto.  Witnesses: — Hugh,  priest  of 
Tiwa;  Walter  de  Tiwa ;  Peter  de  Tiwa  his  brother;  Richeward  and 
Thurbert  and  Augustin,  servants  of  the  Prior2. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  at  the  request  of  their  friend  Geoffrey  de  la 
Rugge,  and  Robert  his  son,  granted  to  Robert,  son  of  Waldere,  and 
Agnes  his  wife,  and  their  heirs,  their  land  in  Redena  with  its  pertinents 
in  wood  and  plain,  in  waters  and  pastures,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the 
charter  of  Hugh  de  Arundell,  which  they  had  concerning  the  land  ;  to  hold 
of  them  in  inheritance  at  a  rental  of  405.  per  annum.  Robert  gave  up  to 
them  all  service  of  William  son  of  Serlo,  of  whom  was  (held  >  Tewa  in  fee  of 
Wido  de  Croum.  He  and  his  heirs  to  make  fealty.  The  seal  of  the  Convent 
was  set  hereto.  Witnesses  : — Brother  Roger  ;  Roger  Talun' ;  Geoffrey 
Ballard  ;  Peter  de  Camera  ;  Humfrey  Coi' ;  William  Norreis,  and  others  3. 
Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Henry  son  of  William  son  of 
Aufgiet,  and  his  heirs,  their  land  at  Stanstedde  (Herts),  to  hold  of  them 
in  perpetuity  at  an  annual  rental  of  445.  He  swore  fealty  to  the  Chapter, 
and  his  heirs  to  do  the  same.  Witnesses  :—  Peter,  priest  of  Stanstedd  ; 
Herveus,  priest  of  Hunesdon'  (Hunsdon,  Herts) ;  Simon,  son  of  Richard  ; 
Ralph  de  Stodfeld ;  Reinerius  de  Tila ;  Seward,  son  of  Randolph ; 
Geoffrey,  son  of  Durant ;  Rogers,  son  of  Hugo4. 

1154-89.        King  Henry  II  granted  by  Charter  that  the  Canons  should  have  pasture 
for  their  horses  in  his  Royal  forests  in  England,  and  free  pannage5. 

1155  or  e.  From  this  time  William  de  Bataille  rendered  to  the  Convent  as  Lords 
of  the  principal  fee  of  the  manor  of  Ewell,  203.  5</.  per  annum  at 
Michaelmas.  After  his  death  it  was  questioned  before  the  Justices  at 
Westminster,  and  an  agreement  was  entered  into  and  ratified  by  Indenture, 
but  its  nature  is  not  known ". 

Stephen  de  Dammartin  returned  a  Compotus  in  Surrey  to  the  King,  as 
recorded  in  the  Roll  of  the  Great  Pipe,  in  which  it  appears  that  the  Canons 
of  Merton  paid  135.  6d. ' 

1  Presumably  Milcombe,  Oxfordshire,  since  several  of  the  Witnesses  describe  themselves 
of  Tew  (Tiwa),  which  is  in  that  immediate  neighbourhood. 

Cart.  No.  44,  fo.  Ixxxj.  v. 

Cart.  No.  45,  fo.  Ixxxj.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  47,  fo.  Ixxxij. 

This  Charter  is  contained  in  the  confirmation  granted  36  Hen.  Ill  and  by  subsequent 
Royal  Charters,  including  5  Hen.  VIII,  m.  13,  No.  i. 

Manning  and  Bray,  i.  p.  458  (apparently  from  Rawlinson  MSS.  in  the  Bodleian  Library). 

Pipe  Rolls,  2  Hen.  II,  rot.  2,  m.  I  (Record  Office  Calendar,  p.  1 1). 

C 


l8  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

155  or  0.       In  the  same  year  the  Canons  had  to  pay,  no  doubt  in  respect  to  some 

other  property  in  the  County,  155.  6d.1 

H55-62.  Henry  II,  King  of  England,  Duke  of  Normandy,  and  Earl  of  Anjou, 
granted  a  Charter  addressed  to  his  Justices,  Sheriffs,  and  their  officers,  in 
whose  bailiwicks  his  Canons  of  Merton  held  tenements.  He  prohibited 
the  Canons  being  impleaded  concerning  any  tenement  which  they  held  of 
the  Crown,  except  before  himself  or  before  his  Chief  Justice.  Witness, 
Nicholas,  chaplain  &c.2  It  will  be  seen  that  this  was  an  important  grant, 
which  subsequently  availed  much  to  the  Canons. 

use.  King  Henry  II  granted  a  Charter,  addressed  to  his  Justices,  Sheriffs, 
Feb.  a.  Ministers,  and  Forestaries  in  the  County  of  Southampton,  in  which  he 
makes  known  that  he  has  given  and  granted  in  perpetual  alms  to  the 
Canons,  forty  acres  of  assarts  at  Heortlegam  (Horley,  Surrey),  Peocam 
(Peckham),  Hesetham  (or  Heltham)  and  Hupeton  (Upton,  Bucks),  free 
from  assarts  and  pleas  and  all  aids  and  assizes  of  assarts,  and  as  amply 
as  possible.  Witnessed  by  Thomas,  Chancellor ;  Robert  de  Novo  Burgo 
and  Mannesser  Biset,  dapifer.  At  Rouen  3. 

1156  or  7.  Henry  II,  King  of  England,  Duke  of  Normandy,  and  Earl  of  Anjou, 
made  known  to  all  Archbishops,  Bishops,  Abbots,  and  Earls,  Barons, 
Justices,  Sheriffs,  and  all  his  faithful  subjects  in  France  and  England,  that 
he  had  given  and  granted  (or  rather  re-granted)  and  confirmed  to  God,  and 
St.  Mary,  and  the  Canons  of  Merton,  in  perpetual  alms,  the  Ville  of  Merton 
(which  belonged  to  the  Crown\  for  the  welfare  of  himself  and  of  all 
his  family,  as  well  ancestors  as  posterity ;  as  freely,  and  absolved  from 
all  terrene  powers,  exactions,  vexations  and  disturbances,  as  it  had  been 
in  the  hands  of  King  Henry  his  grandfather  and  held  in  his  domain ;  with 
soc  and  sac,  toll  and  team,  infangenetheof  and  foresteall,  hamsocna,  mund- 
briche,  and  with  all  other  customs  pertaining  to  the  crown,  and  under- 
taking, for  himself  and  his  successors,  to  defend  the  said  Church  from 
damage  and  disturbance  ;  but  saving  the  rights  of  the  Bishop  of  Winchester, 
as  in  the  said  recited  Charter  was  granted.  Witnessed  by  Theobald, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury;  Henry,  Bishop  of  Winchester;  Hilary, 
Bishop  of  Chichester  ;  Thomas,  Chancellor  ;  Reginald,  Earl  of  Cornwall ; 

1   Ibid.  p.  12. 

'  Cart-  No-  533,  fo.  cxcviij.  v.  This  Charter  received  several  confirmations  up  to 
Henry  VIII  inclusive  (m.  13,  No.  i\ — APPENDIX  V. 

'  Cartae  Antiquae,  K.  ^  •  also  N.  N.  36  ;  and  O.  O.  8  ;  and  O.  O.  14.  It  is  singular  that 
this  Charter  should  have  bean  entered  four  times.  The  above  date  is  assigned  by  Eyton, 
Itinerary  of  King  Henry  II,  p.  17.  The  Charter  is  confirmed  by  subsequent  Charters  down  to 
that  of  5  Hen.  VIII,  m.  13,  No.  i.— APPENDIX  VI. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1155-1158. 


1157 

(early). 


1157  or  8. 


use  or  7.  Henry  de   Essex,   Constable;    Richard  de  Hun'  (or  Humej),  Constable; 
Manas'  Biset,  dapifer  ' : 

Warin,  son  of  Jerold,  chamberlain  ;  Josceline  de  Bailliol.  A  pud  Brugiam 
in  obsidiane*. 

Henry,  the  Second,  King  of  England,  Duke  of  Normandy  and  Aquitaine, 
Earl  of  Anjou,  made  known  to  the  Sheriff  and  his  Ministers  and  Foresters 
of  Huntingdonshire  that  he  had  given  and  granted  to  the  Canons  of 
Merton,  50  acres  of  assarts  at  Alcmundebiry  ;  and  he  granted  that  they 
might  cultivate  them  at  will,  and  be  free  and  quit  from  assarts  and  not 
counted  amongst  the  assarts  ;  and  he  prohibited  any  one  from  disturbing 
them  on  that  account.  Witness,  Thomas,  Chancellor,  and  Robert  de 
Newburgh  ;  at  Caen ". 

The  Canons  paid  to  the  Exchequer  8s.  in  respect  to  lands  in  Bucking- 
hamshire and  Bedfordshire  *.  Also,  on  new  Placita,  245.  for  property  in 
Northamptonshire5.  Also  in  Surrey  los.  zd. " ;  and  in  Hampshire  35.  gd.~' 

In  the  4th  year  of  King  Henry  II,  Paganus,  Sheriff  of  Surrey,  rendered 
an  account  to  the  Exchequer,  in  which  it  was  stated  that  the  lands  they 
held  in  Ewell  were  of  the  yearly  value  of  £17  8s.,  whereof  there  had 
been  given  to  them  £7  8s.  6d.  Apparently  in  the  nature  of  a  lease8  in 
perpetuity  upon  the  lands  given  to  them  by  the  king. 

The  Convent  let  to  Edward  and  Manasser,  brothers  of  William  de 
Cumba,  a  virgate  of  land  for  ten  years,  for  a  rent  of  3$.  the  first  year, 
and  55.  per  annum  afterwards.  And  the  said  William  their  brother  was 
a  surety  to  the  Canons  for  the  performance  of  this  Convention  9. 

The   Convent  made  a  Convention  with  John  de   Branthon,   priest,    to 

1  Steward  of  the  Household  or  Clerk  of  the  Kitchen. 

2  This  Charter  was  confirmed  by  8  Edward  IV  and  recited  in  various  subsequent  Charters, 
including  the  Confirmation  by  5  Henry  VIII,  m.  13,  No.  i.      The  King  was  in  France  from  the 
beginning  of  1156,  and  Hilary,  Bishop  of  Chfchester,  went  over  in  November  following  :  the 
King,  with  his  court,  and  the  Bishop  returned  to  England  in  April,  1157,  and  it  seems  probable 
that  the   Charter  was  granted  at  this  time,  as  the  dates  of  the  Witnesses  are  all  within  the 
period.      Eyton,  however,  does  not  refer  to  the  King  having  then  visited  Bruges,  nor  to  any 
siege  until  November,  1171,  when  he  was  there  and  encountered  the  hostile  array  of  King 
Louis,  and  a  truce  was  agreed  upon  ;  but  in  1171  Archbishop  Theobald,  Henry  of  Winchester, 
and  Hilary  of  Chichester  were  dead,  Henry  de  Essex  was  no  longer  Constable,  and  Manasser 
Biset  was  apparently  dead.  — APPENDIX  VII. 

J  Cartae  Antiquae,  E.  E.  No.  5. — APPENDIX  VIII.  Other  Charters  thus  attested,  and  dated 
at  Caen,  are  assigned  to  this  date  \  Eyton,  Itinerary  of  King  Henry  II,  p.  22).  This  Charter 
is  recited  and  confirmed  by  various  subsequent  Charters. 

4  Pipe  Rolls,  4  Henry  II,  rot.  4,  m.  a  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  p.  I4O\ 

5  Ibid.  m.  i.  i'.  (Cal.  p.  142).  6  Ibid.  rot.  4.  m.  i  (Cal.  p.  162). 
7  Ibid.  rot.  8,  m.  i  (Cal.  p.  i72\ 

•  Pipe  Rolls,  4  Henry  II,  rot.  7,  m.  i  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  162  \          9  Cart.  No.  116,  fo.  xcvj. 

C  2 


1158. 
Sept.  29. 


20  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

lies.  whom  they  granted  the  church  of  Vothmunt  as  long  as  he  pleased  to 
serve  it ;  he  receiving  all  oblations  and  tithes  except  of  corn,  and  paying 
all  fees.  They  also  granted  him  land  and  rents  pertaining  to  the  Church 
in  that  ville,  at  a  rental  of  one  silver  marc  per  annum,  but  with  leave  to 
give  it  up  at  the  end  of  five  years  if  he  pleased.  Made  in  the  year  1158'. 

King  Henry  II,  about  this  date",  gave  in  perpetual  alms  and  confirmed 
H58,  c.  to  the  Canons  of  Merton  all  that  he  possessed  in  JEwella  (Ewell),  i.  e. 
the  Manor,  with  all  the  pertinents.  And  he  willed  and  ordered  that 
the  said  Canons  should  hold  it  in  perpetual  alms,  with  soc  and  sac, 
toll  and  theam,  and  infangenetheof,  and  hamsocona  and  murder,  and 
forest  rights,  with  all  liberties  of  wood  and  plain,  meadows,  pasture, 
waters,  mills,  ways  and  all  other  things ;  and  free  from  shire  and  hundred 
rates,  scutage,  and  pleas  and  quarrels  of  murder,  and  gold  and  danegeld, 
hideage,  and  aids,  and  all  secular  services  as  any  church  in  England, 
as  though  in  his  own  hands ;  and  as  peaceably  and  freely  as  if  in  the 
King's  proper  domain.  Witnesses:  Theodbald,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury; 
Alured,  Bishop  of  Worcester ;  Hylary,  Bishop  of  Chichester ;  R.,  Earl 
of  Leicester ;  Reginald,  Earl  of  Cornwall ;  William,  Earl  of  Gloucester  ; 
Richard  de  Bies;  Manasser,  Dapifer;  Henry,  son  of  Gerold,  Chamberlain; 
Josceline  de  Bailiol  ;  Hugh  de  Gundevill ;  and  S.  de  Dunest.  At 
Winchester 3.  The  Canons  (apparently  about  this  date)  paid  into  the 
Exchequer,  on  account  of  a  Royal  Brief,  probably  the  preceding,  155.  6d.4 

The  Canons  paid  to  Treasury  £17  175.  in  respect  to  their  lands 
1158  e.  in  Ewell,  and  75.  iid.  was  remitted  by  authority  of  the  King's  Brief6. 

The  like  payment  was  made  in  respect  to  Ewell,  and  also  on  a  new 
1159-60.  plea  a  further  45.  2ei.  in  respect  to  other  property  in  Surrey  :  and  45. 
was  remitted  by  royal  Brief". 

Under  the  head  of  '  new  claims  and  agreements,'  203.  was  paid  in 
respect  to  property  in  Huntingdonshire  ~. 

In  this  year  Gozo,  a  Vintner  of  London,  gave  to  the  House  a  return 
neo  or  rent  of  6os.  per  annum". 

1   Cart.  No.  130,  fo.  xcviij.  v. 

'*  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.,  Symm's  Coll.  p.  445,  where  the  date  is  stated  to  be  in  the  King's 
second  year. 

3  Cartae  Antiquae,  U.  No.  6.  Also  Brit.  Mus.  Harl.  MS.  84.  fo.  246  v.  Kingswood  and 
Schelwood  formed  part  of  the  Manor. — APPENDIX  IX. 

•  Pipe  Rolls,  2  Henry  II,  rot.  2,  m.  4  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  p.  la). 
'  Pipe  Rolls,  5  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  i.  p.  55). 

'  Pipe  Rolls,  6  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  ii.  p.  32).  '   Ibid.  p.  34. 

•  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1158-1164. 


21 


1160-61.        The  Canons  paid  in  respect  of  lands  in  Buckinghamshire  and  Bedford- 
shire 605.,  which  was  remitted  under  the  King's  brief1. 
For  lands  in  Ewell  they  paid  £17  ijs.~ 

A  charge  of  gs.  \d.  in  respect  to  other  property  in  Surrey  was  remitted 
by  Royal  brief3. 
1161.  In  this  year  the  Chapel  of  the  Infirmary  was  dedicated4. 

iiei-2.  The  charges  in  the  Pipe  Rolls  were  as  follows: — In  Surrey:  the  usual 
£17  175.;  under  the  head  of  new  claims  and  agreements  6d.;  a  charge  of 
io8s. ;  also  2s.  6d.  remitted  by  the  King's  brief.  i8s.  8^.  is  stated  as  settled. 
In  Oxfordshire,  55.  6d.  In  Hampshire  145.  was  remitted  under  the 
King's  brief.  In  Buckinghamshire  and  Bedfordshire  sums  of  265.  6d. 
and  325.  respectively  were  remitted.  For  Essex  and  Hertfordshire,  25.  id. 
was  paid  '. 

iiei  or  a.  King  Henry  II  issued  a  charter  addressed  to  the  Justices,  Sheriffs,  and 
their  Officers  in  whose  bailiwicks  the  Canons  had  holdings.  He  orders 
that  the  Canons  and  their  lands,  tenements,  and  men  be  free  from  hundred 
rates,  and  placita  and  disputes  and  all  customs  except  murder  and  latro- 
cinium.  And  except  in  capital  villes,  in  which  the  men  of  the  lord  go  to 
the  County  to  hear  pleas,  and  to  do  justice.  And  except  in  those  pleas  in 
which  corporal  justice  should  be  done.  Witness  :  Thomas  Cant'  &c.6 

1162-3.         The  Canons  paid  the  usual  £17  175.  on  account  of  lands  in  Ewell. 

The  King  by  his  brief  granted  them  £26  135.  \d.,  given  for  the  works  of 
the  Church  7. 

1163-4.         The  usual  payment    was  made  of  £17   175.,  which  is  specified  as   'In 

terris  datis,  in  Aiwella  V 
1164  John  of  Salisbury  wrote  to  the  Prior  thanking  him  for  his  letters  and  the 

U65) y  interest,  reported  by  many,  of  his  solicitude  for  John's  welfare,  and  hoped 
by  the  mercy  of  God  it  might  profit  him  ;  and  prayed  that  the  Prior  might 
continue  to  intercede  with  the  Lord,  lest  the  writer  be  tempted  above  what 
he  was  able  to  bear,  but  with  the  temptation  might  be  able  to  overcome  it. 
And  while  accepting  the  wrath  of  the  King,  hoped  that  the  persecution 
might  be  mitigated.  He  trusted  in  the  Lord  (bishop)  of  London,  and 
the  Archdeacon  of  Poitou,  if  opportunity  should  offer,  to  endeavour  to 

1  Pipe  Rolls,  7  Henry  II  (.Pipe  Rolls  Society,  iv.  p.  12). 

2  Ibid.  p.  42.  3  Ibid.  p.  44.  *   Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix. 

5  Pipe  Rolls,  8  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  v.  pp.  27,  35,  41,  42,  45,  46,  47,  55,  71). 
*  Cart.   No.  532,  fo.  cxcviij.  v.      St.  Thomas  a  Becket  became  Archbishop  of  Canterbury 
in  1161,  and  resigned  the  Chancellorship  soon  after.— APPENDIX  X. 
7  Pipe  Rolls,  9  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  vi.  p.  62). 
'  Ibid.  10  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  vii.  p.  41). 


22  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1164.      make  peace;  nor  did  he  doubt  of  Richard  de  Suci's  assistance;  and  the 

Prior  if  he  should  see  opportunity  ;  and  generally  praying  his  aid  '. 
1164-86.  The  King  granted  a  charter  addressed  to  the  Justices,  Sheriffs,  and 
their  Officers  in  England  and  Normandy  and  the  sea-ports.  He  commands 
that  in  all  things  the  Canons  and  their  servants,  shall  in  so  far  as  they  can 
testify  to  the  same  as  being  theirs,  be  free  from  thelonio  and  passagio2; 
and  all  customs,  throughout  his  land ;  in  towns  and  without ;  in  lands  and 
waters  ;  and  in  all  sea-ports  And  he  prohibited  any  one  from  disturbing 
them  therein  under  a  penalty  of  205.  Witnessed  by  Ric.,  &c.a  It  is 
undated,  but  we  may  fairly  presume  that  the  witness,  Ric.,  was  one  and 
the  same  person  as  Richard,  the  King's  chaplain,  who  in  March,  1164,  and 
September,  1186,  attested  other  of  the  King's  charters4. 

lies.  King  Henry  II  gave  a  charter,  whereby  he  granted  and  confirmed  to  the 
April.  Church  of  Merton  and  his  Canons  there  serving  God,  all  donations  of  land 
and  men  and  alms,  both  in  ecclesiastical  and  secular  possessions  ;  willing 
that  they  and  their  men  and  tenants,  might  enjoy  the  same  as  freely,  entirely, 
fully,  and  peaceably,  as  any  Abbey  or  religious  House  in  the  land  ;  with 
sac  and  soc,  toll  and  theam,  infangenethef  and  hutfangenethef ;  and  all 
other  liberties  and  rights  in  Churches,  Chapels,  and  Courts,  in  wood  and 
plain,  meadows  and  pastures,  waters  and  mills,  ponds  and  streams,  marshes 
and  fisheries,  vineyards  and  shrubberies,  roads  and  lanes,  granges  and 
entrances,  in  cities  and  villes,  within  towns  and  without ;  and  in  all  other 
places  and  things,  liberties  and  payments;  and  free  from  rates  of  Shire, 
and  Hundreds,  and  Leth  and  Wapentake,  and  from  pleas  and  disputes 
concerning  murder  and  theft,  scutage  and  hidage,  assisesand  assarts,  waste 
of  woods  and  ways,  for  foresters,  from  Togelds,  danegeld  5,  horngeld,  and 

1  Mem.  for  Hist,  of  Abp.  Bcckel  (Chron.  and  Mem.  v.  p.  153.  As  to  date,  note  sa3'S  Dr.  Giles 
suggests  1166,  but  perhaps  rather  placed  as  above). 

3  Thelonio  and  passagio,  bridge-toll  and  passage. 

^   F.yton,  Itinerary  of  King  Henry  //,  pp.  70  and  273. 

*  Cart.  No.  531,  fo.  cxcviij.  This  Charter  is  confirmed  by  charter  of  36  Henry  HI 
(Cartae  Aniiquae,  11.  No.  4',  which  received  several  confirmations  up  to  5  Henry  VIII. — 
APPENDIX  XI. 

5  Danegeld  :  tax  for  defence  of  a  country  against,  or  introduced  by  the  Danes  ;  abolished 
by  King  Stephen  (.Tomlin).  Horngeld  :  tax  on  cattle  loose  in  forest  (Cotton  MS.  c.  vii. 
Expos,  verborum  Angliroruni).  Foregeld  :  freedom  from  fine  for  keeping  dog  in  forest 
(Jacob).  Blodwita:  freedom  from  fine  on  account  of  pleas  in  Court  tTomlin).  Fictwita  : 
freedom  from  fine  for  having  Court  of  one's  own  men  ;  Tomlin).  Leirwita:  fine  for 
corruption  of  female  native.  Hengwita :  fine  for  hanging  foot-highwayman,  without 
authority  of  King's  Bailiff  (Cotton  MS.).  Flemefrend  :  right  to  chattels  of  one's  own  male 
fugitive  (Cotton  MS.).  Wappeni,  Warpeni,  Warscot :  contribution  for  armour.  Averpeni, 
avergeldpcni :  money  paid  towards  King's  averages,  or  carriages  (Tomlin).  Hundredpeni  : 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1164-1167.  23 

lies.  foregeld,  from  blodwita,  fictwita,  leirwita  and  hengwita,  and  flemenefrend, 
and  wappeni  (warpenny),  averpeni  (or  avergeldpenny),  hundredpeny  and 
tethingpeny  ;  and  from  works  of  castles,  bridges,  parks,  streams,  and 
ponds  ;  from  sumage  ',  maireme,  transporting  arms,  carrying  treasure, 
carrying  or  holding  of  wards  in  charge  ;  from  chacicr  cstabli;  from  scotales 
of  the  King,  and  aids  to  Sheriffs  or  bailiffs  ;  and  from  purpresture,  and 
from  all  tolls  and  passage  and  pontage  dues,  and  from  stallage  and  lestage, 
and  all  secular  service  and  exaction,  and  servile  work  ;  and  from  all  other 
secular  occasions  and  customs.  Excepting  only  justice  of  death  and 
members.  All  these  he  granted  to  the  Canons  in  free  and  perpetual  alms 
for  the  love  of  God  and  the  Glorious  Virgin  Mar}',  and  for  the  soul  of 
King  Henry  his  grandfather,  and  the  souls  of  his  father  and  mother,  and 
the  empress,  and  of  his  children  and  heirs.  Witnessed  by  Rotrou  de 
Newburgh,  Archbishop  of  Rouen,  at  Rouen2. 

1165-e.        The  usual  payments  were  made  in  respect  to  the  property  in  Ewell  and 
Sutton  :!. 

Amongst  the  materials  for  the  History  of  Archbishop  Thomas  a  Becket, 
collected  and  published  by  the  Record  Office,  is  a  letter  from  William,  son 
of  Stephen,  citizen  of  London,  on  the  life  and  passion  of  St.  Thomas, 
Archbishop  and  martyr,  in  which  he  refers  to  Robert  the  Ven.  Canon  of 
Merlon,  as  an  authority  and  acquainted  with  the  fact,  as  to  the  visits  by 
the  Archbishop,  after  the  night  services,  called  Tenebrae,  of  the  three 
weeks  before  Easter  morn,  and  as  to  his  praying  with  the  poor  of  the 
neighbouring  villages,  concealed  in  a  cloak,  and  accompanied  by  one 
sole  companion  as  a  guide4. 

iiee-7.         In  respect  to  Ewell  £17  175.  was  paid  as  accustomed5;    and  in  Ghent 
(Kent;  3o.s-.  '• 

The  Canons  were  impleaded  in  Buckinghamshire  for  js.  and  175. 


tax  collected  by  Sheriff  or  Lord  of  Hundred  towards  his  subsidy  (Tomlin).  Tethingpeni  : 
a  small  duty  for  keeping  up  courts  of  Tithing. 

1  Sumage  :  toll  for  carriage  on  horseback,  a  horse-load  (Cowel).  Maireme  :  wood  or 
timber.  Scotales  :  officer  keeping  ale-house,  as  of  exclusive  right  (Tomlin).  Purpresture  : 
enclosure  or  building  on  public  highway  or  property  (Tomlin\  Stallage  :  charge  for  setting 
up  stall  in  market  or  fair  (Tomlin).  Lestage  :  duty  on  wares  sold  in  or  carried  away  from 
market  (Tomlin). 

*  Car/a  Antiq.  C.  C.  No.  ii. 

The  King  was  in  Rouen  in  April,  1165.  and  Rotrou  was  Archbishop  of  Rouen  from  1165 
to  Nov.  25,  1183  (Eyton).  —  APPENDIX  XII. 

'  Pipe  Rolls,  12  Henry  II  vPipe  Rolls  Society,  x.  pp.  106  and  in). 

1  Materials  for  the  Life  of  A  bp.  Becket  (Rec.  Off.  Citron,  and  Mem.  iii.  p.  23). 

5  Pipe  Rolls,  13  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  xi.  p.  106). 

6  Ibid.  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  xi.  pp.  196  and  203). 


24  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1166-7.     but  the  claim  was  remitted  by  the  King's  brief:  probably  this  claim  was 

in  respect  to  their  property  in  Taplow  and  Upton. 
1167.          On   this   day  died   Robert,  the  second   prior.     He  was   succeeded    by 

Apr.  9.     William,  the  third  prior  2. 

H67-8.  There  was  paid  in  respect  to  Ewell  £17  175.,  and  Ghent  (Kent)  for 
Sutton,  155. s 

1167-77.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Ralph  the  Doorkeeper  for  life, 
half  a  virgate  of  land  in  the  ville  of  Merton,  free  from  all  service  except 
a  rent  of  I2d.,  payable  by  quarterly  payments  on  the  days  when  the  other 
men  of  the  Ville  rendered  their  census4. 

William,  prior,  and  Convent,  entered  into  a  convention  with  Gilbert 
and  Reimund  and  others  their  men  of  Crikelade  and  Chelewurth,  by 
which  the  Convent  let  to  them  all  the  land  and  meadow  which  Waleran 
had  held  in  the  Ville  of  Crikelad'  and  at  Chelewurth  with  their  customs 
and  pertinents,  at  a  rental  of  705.  per  annum,  payable  at  Merton  in  moieties 
at  Hokedai''  and  Michaelmas.  Gilbert  and  Reimund  to  be  principally 
responsible,  although  the  land  was  let  to  the  others  with  them.  This 
agreement  to  last  till  the  decease  of  the  survivor  of  them  and  then  the  land 
to  revert  to  the  Canons  with  all  now  subsisting  customs  and  ancient 
services  as  before  this  agreement  was  made.  The  lessees  to  defend  the 
land  and  satisfy  claims  from  the  king  and  all  men.  For  this  agreement 
the  said  men  paid  the  Canons  465.  8\d.,  and  took  oath  to  the  due 
performance  of  their  part.  One  half  of  the  chirograph  with  the  seal  of  the 
House  was  delivered  to  the  men.  Witnesses :  Will'  Anglico ;  Bru' ; 
Gilb' ;  Alan';  Humfrid' ;  Rog.,  and  others". 

William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  John,  the  Clerk,  the  Church  of 
Hucham  (Hitcham,  Bucks)  and  its  appurtenances  in  perpetual  gift,  he 
paying  in  recognition  one  Bisant,  and  tithes  in  wood ;  as  also  the  Bishop's 
and  Officials'  fees.  On  his  death  the  church  to  revert  to  the  Canons7. 
Thus  the  term  '  perpetual  gift '  would  seem  merely  to  indicate  that  it  was 
in  sna  perpetua,  for  his  life,  and  irrevocable.  John  made  his  fealty  in  their 
chapel,  and  swore  to  indemnify  them. 

1167-86.        William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Guarnerius,  and  his  heirs,  their 

1   Ibid.  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  xi.  p.  106). 
1  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix. 

3  Pipe  Rolls,  14  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  xii.  p.  209  . 

4  Cart.  No.  67,  fo.  Ixxxvj.  v. 

'-  Hokedai :  Quindena  Paschae  (Mat.  Paris'  ;  second  Tuesday  after  Easter  (Hone) ;  Tuesday 
following  the  second  Sunday  after  Easter  Day  (Douce)  ;  Whit-Tuesday  (Walcott). 
6  Cart.  No.  81.  fo.  Ixxxix. — APPENDIX  XIII. 
'  Cart.  No.  152,  fo.  cj.     Confirmed  in  1210  (Cart.  No.  152,  fo.  cj.).— APPENDIX  XIV. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1166-1172. 


25 


r.  1172. 


1167.  part  in  the  Mill  of  Fecham  and  one  acre  of  land,  to  hold  of  them  in  fee 
and  inheritance  at  a  rental  of  55.  per  annum  ;  but  so  that  all  the  grinding 
therefrom  which  was  needed  for  the  Court  of  Fecham,  they  should  have 
freely  from  the  said  Mill.  He  made  fealty  to  the  Chapter,  and  his  heirs 
to  do  the  same.  Witnesses,  Cruisius,  priest;  Yngelram  de  Alberun  '  ; 
Peter  de  Talewurth  ;  Robert  de  Molesie  :  Simon  Arbelastarius  ;  William 
Belet;  Jordan  de  Alberun  ;  and  others  named. 

For  this  grant  Guarnerius  gave  55.  premium  (in  gersutnd)-. 

lies  A  long  letter  was  addressed  by  John  of  Salisbury  to   Prior  William, 

(about  or     ancj  ajj  otner  Brothers,  earnestly  and  with  abasement  beseeching  prayers 

and  aid  for  the  Lord  of  Canterbury  (St.  Thomas  a  Becket),  exiled   and 

proscribed  for   the   Church's  cause  ;    and   a  subsidy  from  their  temporal 

goods 3. 

H68-9.  The  usual  payments  to  the  Pipe  Roll  account  were  made  ;  and  it  is 
recorded,  under  the  head  of  new  Placita  and  Conventions,  that  Baldwin 
Crisp  was  found  to  be  indebted  in  30  marks  for  disseisin  unjustly  made 
against  the  Prior4. 

A  Convention  was  made  between  the  Canons  and  Stephen,  Chaplain 
of  Suthon'  (Bishop's  Sutton,  Hampshire),  respecting  the  Chaplaincy  of 
Roppeleia.  It  was  agreed  that  the  Chaplain  should  have  all  tithes  of 
the  Chapel  in  corn  and  other  things,  and  all  the  land  that  pertained  to 
the  Chapel  ;  he  paying  to  the  Convent  a  return  of  three  marcs  per  annum, 
viz.  at  Christmas,  another  at  Easter,  and  the  third  at  Midsummer.  The 
Canons  to  have  all  tithings  of  the  Mother  Church  of  Sutton,  and  the 
Chaplain  to  render  up  the  land  which  he  held  of  them  in  Sutton  with 
the  exception  of  his  messuage  in  the  ville.  He  to  take  all  oblations  and 
other  things  pertaining  to  the  altar,  except  tithings ;  and  to  sufficiently 
minister  for  the  Church,  and  acquit  all  episcopal  dues.  This  Convention 
the  said  Stephen  swore  to  observe.  There  were  these  Witnesses:-- 
Master  Osborn  de  Suthon'  (or  Sutton);  Walter,  Chaplain  of  Hodiham 
(Odiham,  Hants);  William,  son  of  Serlo  ;  Serlo  de  Beketon,  and  Thomas 
de  Sireburn"  or  Sireburne 5. 

1  D'Alberun,  or  D'Abernon,  was  an  old  Surrey  family,  several  of  whom  were  named 
Yngelram,  or  Ingelram,  and  one  or  two  Jordan;  but  the  skill,  learning,  and  research  of  the 
late  Mr.  John  Gough  Nichols  failed  to  discover  materials  for  a  satisfactory  pedigree.  See 
Surrey  Arch.  Soc.  Collect,  v.  p.  53. 

*  Cart.  No.  48,  fo.  Ixxxij. 

3  MS.  Paris,  8562,  ep.  128  ;  Jo.  Sar.  278  (Materials  for  Hist,  of  Abp.  Becket,  Chron.  and 
Mem.  vi.  p.  352). 

1  Pipe  Rolls,  15  Henry  II  (Pipe  Rolls  Society,  xiii.  pp.  161,  166,  173). 

5  This  is  twice  entered  in  the  Cartulary,  viz.  No.  66.  fo.  Ixxxvj,  and    No.  119.  fo.  xcvj.  v.. 


26  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OK    MERTON. 

1172.  A   Convention  was   made   between   William,  prior,  and   Convent,  and 
Aus-  '•     Richard,  Chaplain  of  Kiminton  (Huntingdonshire),  that  Richard  should 

receive  from  them  the  Church  of  Yelling  (in  the  same  County',  and  its 
profits  for  one  year  free  from  all  returns ;  the  six  following  years 
returning  405.  per  annum;  and  from  the  completion  of  the  seven  years, 
a  return  of  four  marcs  per  annum  so  long  as  he  should  hold  the  said 
Church.  Made  on  the  feast  of  St.  Peter  in  Chains,  1172 a. 

1173.  In  this  year  died  Sir  Teoldus,  Sub-prior2. 

1174.  In  this   year  the  altar  of  St.  John    Baptist  was   dedicated    by  Roger, 
Feb.  24.     Bishop  of  Sagiensis  (Seez,  in  Savoy),  on  the  6th  Kal.  of  March3. 

In  the  same  year  died  Ralph  de  Cahames ". 

1174-87.  The  Convent,  at  the  intervention  of  Richard  their  most  noble  bishop 
of  Winchester'',  granted  their  Church  of  Norton,  under  annual  pension  to 
their  venerable  friend  and  clerk  John  Conn',  distinguished  for  his  holy 
grace,  and  recommended  by  his  literary  knowledge,  honest  life,  and  care 
and  industry ;  and  agreed  to  pay  him  eleven  marcs  per  annum.  But  it  is 
expressly  understood  that  to  the  Church  of  Norton  pertains,  and  is  not 
granted  to  Master  John,  that  land  which  is  assigned  to  find  a  light 
perpetually  burning  in  the  said  Church ". 

1174-89.  Richard,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  addressed  Letters  to  the  Convent,  in 
which  referring  to  his  pastoral  care  of  the  Diocese,  and  feeling  specially 
bound  to  cherish  the  place  on  account  of  charity,  and  for  the  sake  of  the 
religious  men  there  serving  God,  for  their  true  grace  of  hospitality  and  the 
devotion  they  bore  to  the  Church  of  Winchester,  he  confirms  to  them  to 
possess  stedfastly  in  perpetuity  the  churches  and  ecclesiastical  benefices  and 
all  goods  which  by  pontifical  concession,  royal  or  other  gift,  or  oblation  of 
the  faithful,  had  been  obtained  or  in  future  should  be  obtained  by  just  title ; 
as  H(enry)  of  pious  memory,  formerly  Bishop  of  Winchester,  confirmed  by 
his  Episcopal  authority.  For  which  purpose  he  caused  it  to  be  put  in 
words  in  the  Ville  of  Merton  7. 

varying  slightly  in  the  spelling  of  the  names.  Ropley  was  anciently,  and  in  fact  until  very 
modern  times,  a  chapel  to  Bishop's  Sutton. — APPENDIX  XV. 

1  Cart.  No.  65,  fo.  Ixxxvj. 

'*  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix. 

3  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix. 

4  Ralph  De  Cahames,  or  Cheam,  latinized  Caisneto,  gave  to  the  Priory  a  valuable  property 
at  Petcham.     See  Cart.  No.  69,  fo.  Ixxxvj,  entered  under  date  1177-82. 

5  Richard  Toclivius,  bishop  from  1174  to  Dec.  1188. 

6  Cart.  No.  122,  fo.  xcvij. 

7  Carl.  No.  61,  fo.  Ixxxiiij.  v.    Henry  de  Bois  was  Bishop  of  Winchester  from  1139  to  1171 ; 
and  Richard  Toclivius  from  1174  to  1188. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1172-1177.  27 

1174-89.       He  confirmed,  no  less  : — 

The  Church  of  the  said  Ville  with  its  appurtenants,  of  the  grant  of 
Peter  de  Thalewurch  (Talworth). 

The  Church  of  Meldona  (Maldon)  with  the  chapel  of  Chissendon 
(Chessington),  of  the  grant  of  Eudo  de  Meldon. 

The  Church  of  Cunton  (Cuddington),  of  the  grant  of  William,  son  of 
Abel  the  king's  dapifer,  and  Juliane,  and  their  children. 

The  Church  of  Alton  J  (Ker's  Aulton,  Carshalton),  of  the  grant  of  the 
noble  man  Faramus  de  Bolonia  (Boulogne). 

The  Charters  of  these  men  bear  witness  to  all  this.  He  granted  to 
them  that  they  should  receive  the  entire  tithes  of  fruits  of  the  field, 
to  convert  to  their  own  uses;  all  other  tithes  and  obventions,  with 
the  adjoining  land  to  go  to  the  parson,  and  his  successors  of  their 
presentation  and  episcopal  institution. 

Concerning  the  church  of  Geldeford  (Guildford),  he  confirmed  their 
right  to  receive  a  silver  mark  every  year,  which  they  had  been  accustomed 
to  receive  of  G.  de  Niweport  the  parson  of  that  church ;  and  after  his 
decease  two  marcs  every  year  from  his  successors,  as  of  the  hands  of 
the  Bishop  on  institution. 

He   granted   that,    in   respect   to   the   Church  of  the    Holy  Trinity  in 
Geldeford,   they  should  after   the  decease  of   Robert,    Dean  of  Surrey, 
receive  of  the  parson  of  the  church  205.  per  annum  as  of  the  Bishop's 
hand,  except  on  institution,  when  a  mark  to  be  paid  as  theretofore '-. 
1177.          William,  the  third   Prior,  died ",  and  was  succeeded  by  Stephen,  who 
Feb.  24.     himself  died  on  October  6  in  the  same  year4. 

Stephen,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  William  de  Hallap  one 
hyde  of  land  which  they  had  in  Aldintona  of  the  gift  of  Aliz.  de  Condi, 
and  Roger,  and  his  heir,  in  free  alms ;  to  hold  in  fee  and  inheritance  to 
him  and  his  heirs  at  an  annual  rent  of  205.  Witnessed  by  Thomas, 
brother  of  the  said  William,  and  Gilbert,  son  of  Gilbert;  John,  precentor 
of  Exeter  ;  Robert  de  Maninton  ;  and  five  others  named  s. 

Oct.  6.          Prior  Stephen  died  during  the  first  year  of  his  office 6,  he  was  succeeded 
by  Robert,  the  third  of  that  name. 

1  Early  instances  of  appropriation  of  livings  to  the  monastery. 
1  Carl.  No.  62,  fo.  Ixxxiiij.  v.  and  Ixxxv. 

3  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix.  *  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcvij. 

*  Cart.  No.  72,  fo.  Ixxxvij.  This  is  the  only  Charter  of  Stephen,  who  was  Prior  less  than 
eight  months. 

6  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  585,  fo.  105.   Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcvj.  Lambeth  MS.  585,  fo.  105. 


28  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1177-86.  Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Ailtnan  de  Wandlesw'  (Wands- 
worth),  and  his  heirs,  the  land  late  of  Wlward  Sewilde,  with  the  addition 
of  one  acre,  late  of  Godwin  Gromchr'  (Godmanchester),  at  Scoland,  and 
half  an  acre  which  lies  next  Claiputte  upon  which  Sigar  lives  (super  quam 
Sigar  scdif) ;  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  fee  and  inheritance,  at  a  rental  of  ss. 
per  annum  and  his  free  service,  viz.  that  he  and  his  heirs  at  the  summons 
of  the  Convent  should  come  faithfully  to  their  Pleas  in  the  County  of 
Surrey.  For  this  concession  and  tenure  Ailman  did  homage  to  them  in 
their  chapter  and  swore  fealty.  His  heirs  to  do  the  like.  This  tenure 
to  last  so  long  as  the  said  charge  is  paid  and  duty  performed.  Witnesses, 
William  de  Bosevilla  ;  Gillebert,  Clerk  ;  Arthurus  de  Micheham  ;  Hamon, 
Clerk  de  Aring;  and  Lefward  de  Wendl'  '. 

A  Convention  was  made  between  Osbert,  son  of  Wulward,  Hors,  and 
William  Passemer,  by  which  Osbert  granted  to  William  and  his  heirs 
certain  land  in  Kingestona,  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  perpetuity,  at 
a  rental  of  2s.  per  annum  for  all  service.  The  length  of  this  land  should 
be  i2|  feet.  For  the  grant  of  this  tenement,  William  gave  to  Osbert  as. 
and  to  his  wife  a  pair  of  shoes  (sotulares)  and  6d. 

But  this  convention  was  made  in  the  time  of  the  third  Robert,  prior  of 
Merton,  by  the  grant  by  him  and  Serlo  who  then  was  cellararius  of  the 
Church  of  Merton.  These  were  witnesses  William  de  Estvic  ;  Robert  de 
Essex  ;  William  de  Kaimis  and  Randolph  de  Eotona.  These  were  the 
Witnesses  of  the  convention  between  the  said  Osbert  and  William, 
Robert  Belet ;  Adam  de  Mamma;  Wulward  Hors;  John  Koterel  ; 
Robert,  son  of  Karing'  ;  Robert  Hurel ;  Tabert'  Sutor  \ 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  by  Charter  confirmed  to  Alexander,  Clerk 
of  Fecham,  the  land  which  Gilbert  Blund  gave  him  for  his  services ;  to 
hold  of  them,  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  fee  and  inheritance,  returning 
I2d.  per  annum,  and  answering  for  the  land  to  the  King  and  others  at  the 
fourth  part  of  a  virgate.  Witnesses,  Peter,  dean  of  Bocham  ;  Roger  de 
Hadleia  and  Robert  his  brother;  Vital  de  Suthon  ;  Paganus  de  Mordon". 

In  the  Cartulary  is  entered  a  memorandum  to  the  effect  that  the  land 
of  Fecham  is  in  the  fee  of  Hugh  Mamminot,  and  that  he  had  it  by  marriage 

1  The  original  Cirograph  is  bound  in  with  the  Cartulary  in  its  present  binding,  between 
ffo.  c.  and  cj.,  but  without  seal.  Presumably  Robert  the  Prior  is  the  third  of  that  name. 
The  deed  is  also  entered  in  the  Cartulary,  No.  46,  fo.  Ixxxij.  There  seems  no  means  of  fixing 
the  date  of  this  and  various  sequent  documents  more  closely  than  within  the  years  1177  and 
1 186,  being  the  dates  during  which  Robert  (the  third  of  the  name)  was  Prior. 

'•'  Cart.  No.  49,  fo.  Ixxxij.  v. 

*  Cart.  No.  68.  fo.  Ixxxvj.     Presumably  the  third  Prior  Robert. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1177-1186.  29 

1177-86.  with  his  wife  Emma.  At  her  request  it  was  given  with  their  daughter 
Adeliza  to  Ralph  de  Caisneto ',  and  Ralph  at  his  wife's  desire  gave  it  to 
Merton.  Also  by  grant  of  Walkelin  Mamminot  we  have  that  land  as  of 
his  barony.  And  the  aforesaid  Adeliza  lies  at  Merton,  also  Emma,  her 
mother,  from  whose  marriage  portion  it  came.  So  thus  we  have  that 
holding  and  one  of  the  free  barony  of  Walkelin  Mamminot". 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Turburt  their  servant,  for  his 
service  (presumably  in  reward  for  long  and  faithful  service),  the  land  on 
either  side  of  the  valley  which  lay  between  the  two  woods  of  Kingeswode, 
viz.  from  land  which  William  and  Wulfric  held  of  them,  to  the  way  to 
the  said  Grove,  called  Stonestret :  which  land  they  stated  was  in  length  at 
the  upper  part  three  quarentinas'*,  with  a  certain  marsh,  and  at  the  lower  part 
one  and  a  half  quarentinas,  as  he,  Robert  the  prior,  and  one  of  the  brothers 
had  computed  on  perambulating  it ;  and  situate  in  the  halimote  of  Ewelle. 
To  hold  of  them  in  fee  and  inheritance,  freely  and  quietly ;  returning 
annually,  de  recognitione,  2s.  for  all  service ;  and  to  have  common  pasture 
in  the  wood  for  his  cattle  with  their  cattle.  Turburt  swore  fealty  for  his 
tenure  and  the  care  of  the  wood  ;  his  heirs  to  do  the  like. 

Witnesses,  Master  Geoffrey  de  Basing  ;  Roger  del  Estre  ;  John  Belet 
and  William  his  brother ;  Hugh  del  Crues,  and  Robert  his  son  ; 
Geoffrey  de  Hochfeld ;  Ralph  de  Antona ;  Harding  de  Chissendon ; 
Richeward' ;  Ralph  Duchet;  William  de  Wacamstede  ;  Robert  Coterel 4. 

Robert  the  Prior  and  the  Convent  granted  a  Charter  to  William  the 
nephew  of  Philip  the  Camerarius  of  the  Fraternity,  as  follows  : — William 
to  serve  them  the  first  four  years  in  lay  habit,  as  ordered  and  to  the  best 
of  his  ability;  at  the  end  of  that  time  they  would  give  him  the  habit  of 
Religion  if  he  desired,  and  if  not  it  should  be  postponed  until  he  wished 
to  receive  it.  Witnessed  by  Philip,  Camerarius;  William,  Nicholas,  and 
Wucianus,  Nephews ;  Philip ;  Albin,  Ralph  the  Brother  of  William, 
Ralph,  Reginald  Bissop  "'. 

Robert  the  Prior  granted  a  Charter  in  testimony  of  his  approval  in 
the  Halimote  or  Court  Baron,  of  Ewell,  of  a  composition  made  between 
Roger,  son  of  Coleman,  and  William  le  Ruhe  respecting  land  which  was 
claimed  by  the  former,  but  in  possession  of  the  latter  ;  by  which  com- 

1  Ralph  de  Cahames  or  Caisneto  died  in  1 1 74.     Corpus  CJtris/i  College  MS.  li.x. 

3  Cart.  No.  69,  fo.  Ixxxvj. 

'  A  quarentina  was  a  plot  of  ground  containing  forty  perches      (Tomlin,  Law  Di  tionaty.) 

4  Cart.  No.  70,  Ixxxvj.  v. 

5  Cart.  No.  71,  fo.  Ixxxvij.     Robert,  the  third  of  that  name,  was  prior  from  1177  to  1186. — 
APPENDIX  XVI. 


30  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1177-86.  position  William  was  to  have  an  exchange.  And  the  Prior  directed  that 
the  land  should  be  held  by  the  said  William,  and  his  heirs  after  him1. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Robert,  Clerk  of  Kimenton,  and 
his  heirs,  the  land  in  Kimenton  (Kimpton\  which  Robert,  son  of  Sired, 
had  held  ;  to  hold  freely  and  quietly  at  a  rental  of  izd.  per  annum  for 
all  service  to  them,  and  to  have  the  cuttings  from  the  land  2.  And  after 
the  decease  of  Robert,  Clerk,  his  heirs  successively  to  come  to  Merton 
and  there  make  fealty  as  he  himself.  Confirmed  with  their  seal. 

Witnesses,  Richard,  Chaplain,  of  Kiminton  ;  Brother  Roger  Hoese ; 
Hugh,  son  of  David  ;  Humphrey  Coc  ;  Reginald  the  Smith  ;  and  others3. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  their  land  in  London,  which  Heriet 
the  fishmonger  had  held,  to  Algar  (priest  of  St.  Benedict),  and  Saive,  and 
his  heirs,  to  hold  in  fee  and  inheritance,  at  a  rent  of  8s.  per  annum.  And 
Saiva  and  his  heirs  to  hold  the  land  during  his  life.  And  Algar  and 
Saiva  swore  fealty,  and  their  heirs  to  do  the  like.  The  convention  to  endure 
so  long  as  they  faithfully  performed  their  part  and  paid  the  said  charge. 

Witnesses,  Eudo,  priest  of  the  Holy  Trinity ;  brother  Robert,  Canon 
of  Suwerc'  (Southwark)1. 

Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Milo,  son  of  Edward  de 
Estwic,  their  land  at  Ailricheshei,  being  eighty  acres  and  a  mansion  which 
they  had  built  there  named  Kanchedig'  with  one  and  a  half  acres  of  land  ; 
at  an  annual  rental  of  one  silver  marc  to  them,  and  to  Roger  Bernard 
and  his  heirs,  35.,  and  they  to  have  the  thorns  and  cuttings  of  the  woods 
to  repair  their  fences  and  rods  for  plow-handles,  at  the  hands  of  him  who 
has  care  of  the  woods  ". 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Cecilia,  wife  of  Henry,  son 
of  Odo,  three  acres  of  land  beyond  Hesiam,  in  exchange  (or  consideration) 
for  a  certain  piece  of  land  which  they  had  of  the  said  Henry,  and  for  which 
they  paid  izd.  per  annum,  claimed  by  the  said  Cecilia  in  dowry  e. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William,  son  of  Richard,  and 
his  heirs,  their  land  in  Hestewic,  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  Richard 
the  father  of  the  said  William  and  of  'the  gift  of  Alan  ;  to  hold  of  them 
at  a  rental  of  2s.  per  annum7. 

Robert,    prior,    and    the   Convent,    granted    by   charter   to    Luke,    son 

1   Carl.  No.  80,  fo.  Ixxxix. 

1  '  Reseantium  habcbunt ' :  the  above  explanation  seems  more  probable  than  reading  it 
'  resiantiam,"  residence,  as  in  Cowel  and  Trice  Martin. 
'  Cart.  No.  85,  fo.  Ixxxix.  v.  4  Cart.  No.  86,  fo.  Ixxxix.  v. 

5  Cart.  No.  90,  fo.  xc.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  92,  fo.  xcj. 

7   Carl.  No.  94,  fo.  xcj. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1177-1186.  31 

1177-86.  of  William  de  la  Dene,  and  his  heirs,  the  forty-two  acres  of  land  in 
Kingeswad',  which  Godwin  the  brother  of  his  grandfather  held  of 
them  and  had  assarted  for  them  in  their  wood  of  Kingeswude.  The 
said  Luke  and  his  heirs  to  return  them  every  year  75.  by  half-yearly 
payments,  and  to  accommodate  them  with  his  plough  at  the  time  of 
ploughing,  and  in  autumn  find  four  men  at  their  bederipe :  and  to  give 
them  of  his  pigs  for  provision  every  year  in  their  Court,  at  the  feast  of 
St.  Mark.  The  Convent  granted  him  for  his  beasts,  except  goats,  common 
pasture  about  their  wood;  also  ten  soh'dafas1  of  land  which  they  had  in 
Gatton  of  the  gift  and  alms  of  Sir  Ralph  de  Dene  to  hold  of  them  in  fee 
and  heredity,  paying  a  return  of  zos.  per  annum  ''. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Osbert  their  land  which  Ordgar 
the  Priest  gave  to  God  and  St.  Mary  of  Merton ;  at  a  rental  of  6s. 
per  annum  s. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard  de  Lunis  'or  Linus)  the 
hyde  of  land  which  Turgisius,  servant  (serviens)  of  Henry  the  younger 
(King  Henry  II),  gave  them  in  alms,  in  the  ville  which  is  called  Wauer- 
chewrda;  at  a  rental  of  i6s.  per  annum4. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Godefrid,  son 
of  Matilda,  their  land  of  Windleshore  which  is  in  Pesecroftestrette,  and 
in  fee  of  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  and  which  Roger  son  of  Bemfrid'  gave 
them  in  alms ;  at  a  rental  of  75.  per  annum  5. 

Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Robert,  son  of  Robert  de 
Mantebi,  their  tithes  at  that  place,  for  two  marcs  per  annum :  this  lease 
to  continue  so  long  as  he  duly  paid  that  amount''. 

They  granted  to  Geoffrey,  chaplain  of  J.  (John  de  Grey),  Bishop  of 
Norwich,  for  life,  their  churches  of  Matelasch  and  Plumstedde  (both  in 
Norfolk^,  at  a  rental  of  three  marcs  per  annum  :  he  paying  fees  of  the 
Bishop  and  Officials  7. 

Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  entered  into  an  agreement  for  selling 
the  right  of  presentation  to  a  Canonry  in  the  House.  The  charter  states 
that  they  granted  to  their  friend  Luke  de  Hardres,  on  account  of  the  love 
and  friendship  which  they  had  for  him,  that  at  the  end  of  a  year  after 
the  death  of  Theobald  his  brother,  then  one  of  the  Canons,  they  would 

1  Solidata,  quantity  of  land  worth  is  per  annum. 

*  Cart.  No.  98,  fo.  xcij. — APPENDIX  XVII.  '•'  Cart.  No.  99,  fo.  xcij. 

1  Cart.  No.  100,  fo.  xcij.  v.  5  Cart.  No.  105,  fo.  xciij.  v. 

6  Cart.  No.  no,  fo.  xcv.      During  the  same  Priorate  these  tithes  were  granted  to  Richard, 
son  of  Bundus,  for  245.  per  annum  (Cart.  No.  iai,  fo.  xcvj.  u.). 

7  Cart.  No.  in,  fo.  xcv.     John  of  Oxford  was  Bishop  of  Norwich  from  1175-1201. 


32  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1177-86.  receive  as  a  Canon  a  suitable  person  presented  by  the  said  Luke  or  his 
heirs  ;  and  so  in  perpetuity  at  the  expiration  of  a  year  after  the  decease 
of  him  so  presented.  Luke,  or  his  heirs  presenting,  to  find  clothing  to 
begin,  but  if  not,  they  would  find  it.  Witnesses  :  Nicholas,  Sub-prior, 
Roger  de  Abernun,  Master  Theodoric,  James  de  St.  Edmund,  Richard 
de  Salisbury,  Brother  Roger  Hose,  Adam,  son  of  Robert,  and  some  others 
named  '. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard,  son  of  Bundus,  the 
tithes  of  Maltebi  (Norfolk),  which  John  the  Chaplain  had  held ;  at 
a  rental  of  245.  per  annum2. 

Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Rad'  le  Franceis  and  his 
heirs  all  their  arable  land  at  Wexam  and  the  tenements  of  Eadric  and 
Godewin,  and  two  fishponds  ',  and  their  forinsec  wood  4,  which  they  held 
in  domain,  from  which  they  granted  him  the  dead  wood  for  his  fire,  but 
so  that  he  cut  nothing  of  the  wood  ;  for  the  rent  of  I2S.  per  annum.  They 
also  granted  him  two  gardens  within  the  cultivated  land,  viz.  Highere- 
garne  and  la  Stodfande,  upon  condition  that  he  sold  nothing  from  it;  and 
moreover  the  use  of  their  wood,  but  without  pannage.  The  said  Rad'  to 
attend  their  two  bederipes  with  all  the  servants  that  he  had.  Witnessed 
by  Ham'  de  Totingesr>. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard  de  Sutton,  son  of 
Sewin,  and  his  heirs,  all  their  land  at  Sutton  (Bishop's  Sutton,  Hants), 
excepting  the  land  of  Roppeley,  to  hold  of  them  freely  and  peacefully,  at 
an  annual  rental  of  205.,  half  at  Easter  and  half  at  Michaelmas.  The 
Convent  to  retain  their  houses  in  Sutton,  but  granting  the  care  of  them 
to  him  and  his  heirs ;  and  in  like  manner  the  wood,  but  they  grant  him 
brushwood  for  fencing6  (clostura,  i.e.  claustura),  and  dead  wood  (morbois, 
i.  e.  mortbois)  and  pasture.  They  also  granted  to  him  the  enjoyment  of 
such  liberties  in  the  ville  of  Sutton.  This  concession  to  last  so  long  as 
the  annual  payment  was  duly  made:  witnesses,  Arnulf,  priest;  Alexander, 
priest;  Hugh  de  Cama ;  Roger  del  Ho;  John  Waleis  ;  William  Noreis  ; 
Ausgodus 7. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  executed  an  acknowledgement  of  debt  to 
Brother  Ralph,  son  of  William  Briton,  of  eight  marcs  which  they  had  owed 
to  his  father  :  which  eight  marcs  they  retained  in  hand  so  long  as  the 

1  Cart.  No.  112,  fo.  xcv;  and  re-entered  Cart.  No.  172,  fo.  cvij. — APPENDIX  XVIII. 

1  Cart.  No.  121,  fo.  xcvj.  v.  3  Vivaria  ;  it  would  read  Vinaria. 

*  Forinsec  wood  :  chargeable  with  aids  to  the  King,  or  tithe  (Tomlin). 

5  Cart.  No.  155,  fo.  cj.  v.  f'  Clostura,  i.e.  claustura,  fencing. 

7  Cart.  No.  197,  fo.  cxij.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1177-1178.  33 

1178.  said  Ralph  remained  in  their  service.  And  if  by  chance  it  happened  in 
any  way,  either  that  his  service  displeased  them,  or  that  he  did  not  wish 
to  remain  with  them ;  they  agreed  to  return  him  the  money,  and  he 
might  go  wherever  he  pleased.  And  they  would  remain  acquitted  of  the 
debt  which  they  had  owed  his  father  \ 

March  27.  Robert,  the  Prior,  with  the  common  assent  and  consent  in  chapter  of 
the  whole  convent,  made  known  to  all  sons  of  Mother  Church  that  by 
mandate  of  the  Lord  Pope,  and  on  request  of  the  Lord  King,  they  had 
granted  to  their  beloved  and  faithful  clerk  and  confrater,  Master  Aimeric 
de  Partimacho,  clerk  of  Lord  Hugh,  Cardinal-deacon  of  St.  Angelo,  6os. 
yearly,  to  be  paid  in  moieties  on  the  feasts  of  St.  Michael  and  Easter,  to 
him  or  his  accredited  agent.  But  of  the  first  instalment  IDS.  to  be  paid 
before  the  term  in  acknowledgement  of  his  investiture. 

After  this  concession  was  made,  the  said  Aimeric  swore  fealty  to  them 
and  their  church,  and  they  undertook  to  perform  their  part  of  the 
agreement.  Done  in  the  year  of  the  Lord's  Incarnation,  1178,  on  the 
6th  Kal.  of  April.  In  sight  of  the  Venerable  Richard  (Toclivius),  bishop 
of  Winchester,  Herbert,  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury,  Ralph,  Archdeacon  of 
Winchester,  Robert,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  the  Prior  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
London,  and  many  others 2. 

The  amount  of  the  annuity  was  large,  and  its  importance  is  shown  by 
the  numerous  eminent  persons  who  were  witnesses  to  the  charter. 
1178,  c.  The  following  ordinance  as  to  the  rights  and  duties  of  the  Sacristan  of 
the  Prior  is  extremely  interesting ;  it  was,  no  doubt,  agreed  to  after  much 
deliberation,  since  it  is  entered  in  the  Cartulary  as  a  permanent  guide  and 
rule. 

The  Sacristan  ought  to  have  two  servants  and  one  boy.  The  servants 
shall  have  such  allowance  as  they  are  used  to  have ;  the  boy,  ten 
loaves  of  the  boys'  bread 3,  and  such  allowance  as  the  boys  have, 
and  one  allowance  of  the  third  beer.  Whenever  any  of  them  shall  be 
absent  (from  duty,  apparently),  if  he  remains  in  the  place  in  the  mean  time, 
he  shall  have  his  allowance  ;  otherwise,  if  he  is  away  he  shall  have  nothing. 
One  servant,  as  often  as  beer  is  brought  to  the  cellar,  shall  carry  the  beer ; 
and  if  he  does  not  as  others,  the  Cellarer  shall  stop  his  allowance. 
One  of  them  (doubtless  meaning  one  of  the  servants)  ought  the  Sacristan 
to  provide  in  August  to  gather  in  the  harvest,  and  store  all  the  produce  in 
the  grange  in  August. 

1  Cart.  No.  60,  fo.  Ixxxiiij.  v.—  APPENDIX  XIX. 
*  Cart.  No.  74,  fo.  Ixxxvij.  v.—  APPENDIX  XX.  3  Presumably,  the  choir-boys. 

D 


34  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1178,  r.        Also  the  Sacristan  shall  have  a  full  allowance  for  a  horse,  when  he  has 
one,  like  a  palfrey  of  the  prior's  stable. 

Neither  the  Master  Sacristan  nor  his  fellows  should  carry  or  send 
anything  out  of  the  refectory:  but  if  asked  by  anyone  in  his  cell  (ill,  appa- 
rently), he  may  kindly  give  it. 

Further.  The  very  evil  custom  in  force  in  many  places,  and  in  some 
manner  allowed  to  be  done,  viz.  that  the  canons  or  servants  make 
oblations  of  geese  or  poultry,  or  money,  or  any  thing  else,  although 
it  was  forbidden  to  ask  or  accept  anything  on  any  account,  for  oblations 
from  the  priests  or  others  who  offer  oblations  or  wine  ;  this  is  strictly  pro- 
hibited, for  it  is  indeed  a  great  fault  and  heavy  scandal  to  sell  or  diminish 
anything  before  or  afterward  '. 

Soon  after  William  de  Windesham  granted  to  the  Convent,  in  free  and 
perpetual  alms,  a  virgate  of  land  in  Horton  (probably  Carshalton),  with 
house  and  messuage  and  right  of  common  to  the  tenant  as  the  rest  of  his 
men  had ;  and  all  rights  in  wood  and  plain,  meadows  and  pastures,  roads 
and  paths,  and  waters  and  mills.  Witnesses,  William  de  Windesham  ; 
William  Jordain  de  Turre ;  William  de  Marinhi ;  Angoto  de  Crop ; 
Walter  de  la  Puille ;  and  others,  some  named 2. 

1178  or 70.  The  Prior,  by  Brother  William  of  Dorking,  his  attorney,  appeared 
before  the  Justice  Itinerant  at  Guildfbrd,  and  claimed  to  have,  under 
divers  Royal  Charters,  sok  and  sak,  thol  and  them,  infangenethef 
and  utfangeneth'ef,  and  fines  and  amerciaments  of  their  men,  and  chattels 
of  fugitives  holding  under  them  ;  and  that  they  and  their  men  and  tenants, 
should  be  free  from  toll,  passage,  pontage,  pannage,  and  money  relating 
to  murder  and  theft,  gelds,  turns,  purpresture,  hydage,  scutage,  and  all 
tallage,  and  sheriff's  gifts  ;  and  all  secular  and  servile  works  in  the  Villes 
of  Merton  and  Ewell  with  their  members,  viz.  Kingeswode,  Shelwode, 
Deneford,  Miccham,  Pecham,  Kingeston,  and  Moleseye  ;  and  alleged  that 
they  had  not  usurped  anything  from  the  demesne  of  the  King,  and  prayed 
an  inquisition 

The  knights  chosen  for  the  purpose,  declared  on  their  oath  that  the  Prior 
and  his  predecessors  had  been  used  to  exercise  those  liberties,  and  had 
usurped  nothing  of  the  King,  or  his  antecessors. 

Thereupon  the  Prior  and  Convent  were  dismissed  with  those  liberties, 
saving  always  the  laws  of  the  King,  if  he  willed  to  advert  thereto  \ 

1  Cart.  No.  73,  fo.  Ixxxvij.— APPENDIX  XXII.  2  Cart.  No.  77,  fo.  Ixxxviij. 

'  Placita  de  Quo  Warmnto,  7  Ed.  I  (Record  Off.  Cal.  p.  748).— APPENDIX  XXIII.  The 
technical  terms  are  explained  in  note  to  1165,  April. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1178-1179. 


35 


1178-86.  Ingelram,  son  of  Jordan  de  Abernun,  addresed  a  Charter  to  all  faithful,  and 
Oct-  7-  to  all  his  squires  and  men,  and  friends,  making  known  that  he,  for  the  good 
of  his  soul  and  that  of  his  father  Jordan,  had  granted  in  perpetual  alms, 
and  confirmed  the  gift  which  Ingelram  his  great-grandfather  had  made  of 
land  of  Molesey  to  the  Church  of  Merton  free  from  all  service  to  him  and 
his  lords  and  heirs.  They  returning  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  perpetuity 
135.  4^rf.  per  annum ;  such  sum  to  be  paid  at  his  manor  of  Stokes  (Stoke 
D'Abernon,  Surrey)  within  eight  days  of  the  feast  of  St.  Michael.  And 
for  his  concession  Robert  the  Prior  and  the  Church  gave  him  ten  marks 
silver  in  money,  which  Roger,  son  of  Humphrey,  gave  to  the  Church,  the 
receipt  of  which  he  acknowledged.  To  this  Deed  he  set  his  hand  on  the 
7th  October,  in  the  presence  of  Witnesses'. 

Gilbert,  Earl  of  Clare,  made  known  to  all  faithful  people  that  on  his  own 
account  and  for  the  souls  of  his  father  and  mother  and  of  all  his  ancestors, 
he  had  granted  by  this  deed  and  confirmed  with  his  seal  the  concession 
which  Ingelram,  son  of  Jordan  de  Abernun,  made  to  God  and  the  Church 
of  St.  Mary  of  Merton  and  the  canons  there  serving  God,  concerning  the 
land  at  Molesey,  which  was  of  his  fee,  and  of  the  gift  of  Ingelram  his 
uncle  :  and  willed  that  they  should  hold  it  in  perpetual  alms,  freely  and 
peaceably.  Witnesses,  &c.2 

1179.  A  Convention  was  entered  into  between  the  Convent  and  the  men  of 
Suberton  (Surbiton),  a  member  of  Kingston  (Surrey),  (John  Hog  and  about 
twenty  others  are  named),  by  which  the  latter  granted  to  the  Convent  a 
lease  of  land  at  Grapelingeham  for  twenty-five  years,  at  a  rent  of  55.  per 
annum,  and  a  premium  of  IDS.,  with  a  promise  of  a  preference  over 
other  persons  at  the  end  of  that  term.  Witnessed  by  William,  priest  of 
Ditton,  Robert,  priest  of  Hamton,  Robert  de  Belero,  Peter  de  Tallewurth, 
and  others  3. 

Soon  after  Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Hugh,  son  of 
Goceline  of  Maperdeshal  (Meppershall,  Bedfordshire),  and  his  heirs,  all 
the  land  they  had  there  in  meadow,  pasture,  and  wood,  at  an  annual  rent 
of  2os.  In  the  event  of  his  decease  without  heirs  of  his  marriage,  then 


1  Cart.  No.  510,  fo.  cxcij.  v.  This  Charter  is  evidently  a  confirmation  of  the  original 
charter,  which  by  the  dates  of  the  persons  mentioned  therein  must  have  been  executed 
between  the  years  1129  and  1135.  The  date  of  the  present  charter,  and  its  confirmation  by 
the  Lord  of  the  fee  {Carl.  No.  511  \  can  only  be  placed  by  conjecture.  The  third  Robert 
was  Prior  from  1178  to  1186  :  but  Gilbert  did  not  succeed  to  the  Earldom  till  1206. 

*  Cart.  No.  511,  fo.  cxciij.  —  APPENDIX  XXI. 

3  Cart.  No.  87,  fo.  xc. 


D   2 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1180 

(entered 
earlier). 


1179.      to  his  said  father  or  one  of  his  children  at  the  same  rent.     Witnessed  by 
Hugh,  priest,  and  Walter  de  Tiwa'. 

Gilbert  de  Meperteshale  having  brought  a  suit  in  the  Curia  Regis 
against  the  Prior  and  Convent,  concerning  certain  tenements  which  he 
had  at  Meperteshale  (Meppersall,  Beds)  it  was  terminated  by  a  Concord 
to  the  following  effect : — 

The  Convent  granted  to  Gilbert  in  peace  the  tenement  which  Walter  Brito 
held  of  them  there,  and  all  the  service  due  from  Walter  to  them  for  the 
same :  and  they  further  gave  to  Gilbert  two  silver  marks  pro  bono  pads. 
But  conditioning  that  Walter  Brito  should  retain  the  charter  which  he 
had  from  them  of  the  tenement,  and  that  Gilbert  should  not  be  required  to 
give  it  up  :  the  Canons  being  doubtful  whether  Walter  meditated  any 
molestation  respecting  the  charter. 

Gilbert  swore  fealty,  and  to  uphold  this  Cyrograph  to  the  best  of  his 
ability,  and  that  if  any  harm  or  impediment  arose  respectively,  the  two 
marcs  which  he  had  received  he  would  restore  twofold  2. 

c.  HBO.  The  Canons  made  a  convention  with  Ralph  de  Glotingeham,  that  he  and 
'  his  heirs  should  hold  of  them  all  their  land  of  Hadewuneland',  at  a  rental 
of  i2s.  per  annum  ;  he  and  his  heirs  to  make  fealty  and  swear  on  the 
Holy  Evangelists  to  keep  and  defend  the  property  against  all  things  and 
all  men.  The  said  Ralph  being  liable  for  205.  per  annum,  there  was  there- 
fore 8s.  reduction  made  to  him  and  his  heirs ;  and  also  the  land  of 
Stanhurst.  This  Convention  to  remain  in  force  while  he  and  his  heirs 
performed  their  part. 

Witnesses :  Ralph  de  Dene,  and  Ralph  and  Robert,  his  sons ;  Osbert 
Hulier,  miles,  de  Harem'  (Haremede);  Geoffrey,  son  of  Jordan  de 
SachevilP;  Robert  de  Ponte;  Adam,  Ralph  and  Godfrey,  his  sons;  Josep; 
William,  son  of  Osbert  the  priest ;  William,  son  of  the  priest  de  Ponte ; 
and  others 3. 

A  concord  was  entered  into  in  this  year  respecting  the  Churches  of 
Chiuton  (probably  Chewton  in  Mendip)  and  Norton,  by  Anschetillus,  parson 
of  the  Church  of  Chiuton,  by  Richard  Salisbury  and  Brother  Geoffrey, 
Brothers  of  Merton  :  in  the  presence  of  Lord  Walter,  Prior  of  Bocland  in 
Buckinghamshire,  and  Richard,  Dean  of  Welwe  (?  Wells),  appointed  by  the 
Bishop  of  Bath  and  acting  herein  on  behalf  of  the  Bishop.  This  was  done 
in  the  year  1180.  It  was  agreed  on  each  part  that  the  Church  of  Chiuton 
ought  to  have  the  tithes  of  the  whole  domain  of  Weleton  ;  and  the  Church 

1  Cart.  No.  89,  fo.  xc.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  50,  fo.  Ixxxij.  v. 

:<  Cart.  No.  51,  fo.  Ixxxij.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1179-1180. 


37 


c.  1180.  of  Norton  all  other  tithes  of  the  same  ville.  Concerning  all  lands  which 
were  in  domain  at  the  time,  there  was  no  controversy,  viz.  the  Church  of 
Chiuton  should  have  all  those  tithes  in  peace,  and  ought  always  to  have 
them.  But  as  to  certain  things  which  were  separate  from  the  domain,  but 
of  long  time  and  doubtful,  a  convention  was  made,  viz.  as  found  by  the 
oath  of  twelve  legal  men,  that  the  lands  which  were  in  domain  in  the 
time  of  King  Henry,  and  now  questioned,  as  it  appeared,  should  be  thus 
settled  : — that  is  to  say  :  the  enclosed  land  which  Regia"  holds,  and  the 
enclosed  land  which  Edmund  holds  ; 

And  eight  acres  which  John  the  son  of  Bernard  holds  in  the  enclosure 
at  Clendon  ; 

And  three  acres  which  Nicholas  de  Catclina  holds  there; 

And  two  and  a  half  acres  which  Osb'  holds  above  Mideldon  ; 

And  two  acres  which  Ralph  de  Haiwud'  holds  there  above  Mideldon  ; 

And  two  and  a  half  acres  under  Blerichenoll,  which  the  said  Ralph  holds; 

And  one  and  half  acre  which  Edmund  de  Clendon  holds  above 
Mideldon ; 

And  the  land  called  Langeland  in  the  Southern  part  of  Clendon,  which 
the  same  Edmund  holds; 

And  nine  acres  which  Ralph  de  Haywd'  holds  in  Crabbesthochefurlang 
on  the  east  part ; 

And  in  Cewenb'ga  seven  acres  which  Ralph  de  Haywd'  and  John  de 
Palton  hold  ; 

And  Huddeswurda'furlang  on  account  of  two  acres  which  Azo  holds 
there ; 

And  concerning  two  other  acres,  all  the  land  to  the  south  ; 

And  all  the  land  from  W'lcumeride'  on  the  north,  to  the  way  that  leads 
to  Batthon'  adjoining  the  way  on  the  west; 

And  concerning  the  croft  which  Hugh  de  Radeford  holds  before  his 
door;  and 

Concerning  all  these  things  which  are  found  to  be  in  domain,  the  Church 
of  Chiuton  should  have  the  tithes,  as  also  from  what  other  things  have 
always  remained  in  domain. 

Concerning  all  the  rest  of  the  lands,  all  tithes  pertain  to  the  Church  of 
Norton. 

So  much  of  the  domain  as  is  now  separated  from  it  or  attached  to  the  ville, 
to  be  converted,  so  that  the  churches  do  not  lose  by  such  exchange  and 
do  not  lose  or  change  their  ancient  right. 

Lastly  the  Free-men  of  the  ville  of  Wcleton  who  are  called  Frankleins 


38  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

c.  1180.  (qui  francolenis  vocantur),  when  this  life  is  ended,  shall  have  sepulture  for 
themselves  and  their  wives  at  the  Church  of  Chiweton.  In  like  manner 
those  Rustics  of  Weleton  who  are  called  me'  (?  memales). 

All  the  tribute  of  Weleton,  both  in  corn  and  poultry,  to  be  received 
annually  by  the  Church  of  Chiweton. 

But  all  other  parochial  rights,  both  of  the  living  and  the  dead,  are 
determined  to  belong  without  question  to  the  Church  of  Northon'. 

And  that  controversy  which  took  place  in  fact  or  word  upon  the  death  of 
Sir  Ilbert  (of  good  memory),  precentor  of  Wells,  between  the  aforesaid 
Anschetill  and  the  Brothers  of  Merton  and  their  servants  (which  had  been 
renewed),  was,  by  this  concord,  on  both  sides  entirely  abandoned. 

Signed  by  Sir  Walter,  Prior  of  Bokland ;  Richard  de  Welewa,  and 
John  de  Hampt',  deans;  Nicholas  de  Herpetr',  Alexander,  Adam  de 
Chiwerton',  William  de  Ferut',  priests ;  John  de  Emneb',  Walter  de 
Hampts',  clerks  ;  Richard  de  Waford,  Achet'  de  Palton,  Ralph  de  Haywrd, 
Robert  Godrico,  Nicholas  de  Gatelina,  Britius,  and  many  others'. 

H81-4.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  of  St.  Paul's  granted  to  the  Prior  and  Convent 
certain  lands  adjoining  the  Church  of  St.  Margaret  de  Lodebure  (Lothbury, 
London),  at  a  rental  of  23.  per  annum.  The  property  had  previously  been 
granted  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter  to  Cecilia  D'Abbeville,  who,  however, 
surrendered  it.  Witnesses  :  Ralph  de  Deceto,  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  Nicholas, 
Archdeacon,  and  Paris,  Archdeacon''. 

1186.  The  Convent  made  a  convention  with  Matilda,  wife  of  William,  son 
of  Barbelote,  who  let  to  them  her  six  acres  of  meadow  and  seven  acres  of 
arable  land  in  Duneshull,  for  six  years  from  Michaelmas,  1185,  at  a  rental 
of  55.  per  annum,  payable  on  the  feast  of  St.  Giles,  and  a  quarter 
of  corn  at  Christmas,  but  not  the  money  in  the  sixth  year :  moreover 
they  to  hold  of  her  one  acre  of  meadow  at  Duneshull  for  6s.,  and  after 
that  time  to  hold  it  to  themselves  undisturbed.  They  to  accommodate 
her  during  the  six  years  with  ploughs  for  one  day  in  Lent.  Hereveus,  the 
son  and  heir  of  Matilda,  sworn  to  keep  the  convention  in  case  his  mother 
should  happen  to  die  within  the  term  named.  Thomas  de  Heiford  was 
pledge  as  well  for  the  mother  as  the  children.  Witnessed  by  Simon 
de  Abarun,  Ailwin  de  Heiford,  Richard,  son  of  Thomas,  Osbert  de 
Windleswurth,  and  Helewisa  !. 

1  Cart.  No.  64,  fo.  Ixxxv. -APPENDIX  XXIIII. 

2  The   Vestry  Minute-Book  of  the  Parish  of  St.  Margaret,  Lothbury,  by  Edwin  Freshfield, 
LL.D.,  F.S.A.  (privately  printed).     The  original  deed  is  reproduced  in  the  Appendix  to  that 

j      publication.     Ralph  de  Diceto  was  Dean  of  St.  Paul's  from  1181  to  1199;  Nicholas  de  Sigillo 
was  Archdeacon  of  Huntingdon  from  1155  to  1184.  '  Cart.  No.  93,  fo.  xcj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1180-1198. 


39 


1186.  In   this   year   died    Robert,    the   third    Prior :    and  was  succeeded  by 

Richard '. 

iise-ea  Richard,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  William  de  Forteshull, 
their  clerk,  their  perpetual  vicarage  of  Lulewurthe  church  (Dorsetshire),  to 
hold  with  its  pertinents,  of  them,  for  his  life,  and  to  possess  it  as  freely, 
peacefully,  and  honourably  as  his  predecessors  had  held  it.  He  paying 
thereout  to  them  405.  per  annum  by  quarterly  payments,  at  Michaelmas, 
the  Nativity,  Easter,  and  Midsummer;  and  also  the  fees  of  the  Bishop, 
Archdeacon,  and  officials ;  and  providing  necessaries  for  the  Church. 
He  swore  fealty  to  them,  and  they  granted  him  a  Charter  under  their 
seal,  in  the  presence  of  Richard,  Archdeacon  of  Dorset,  Robert  de 
Forteshull,  Osbert,  chaplain  of  Merton,  Alexander,  chaplain  of  Clopham, 
and  many  others2. 

They  made  a  like  appointment  of  Phillip  de  Luci  to  the  perpetual 
Vicarage  of  Sudinton  (Sutton,  Hants);  he  to  pay  them  2os.  per  annum 
and  the  other  charges,  and  to  celebrate  divine  service  suitably  there  3. 

Like  appointments  were  made  about  the  same  period  of  Master  Gilbert 
de  Pleisseto,  clerk,  to  the  Perpetual  Vicarage  of  the  church  of  St.  Mary 
Guldeford  (Guildford,  Surrey) ;  he  paying  them  405.  per  annum,  &c. 

Of  Albinus,  chaplain,  to  the  Church  of  Yelling  (Huntingdonshire), 
charged  with  an  annual  pension  of  five  marcs.  Of  Richard  Rufus,  to 
the  Church  of  Scirefeld  (Shirfield  on  Loddon,  Hampshire),  charged  with 
a  pension  of  three  marks 4. 

To  William,  the  chaplain  of  Tywa  (Tewe,  Oxfordshire),  they  granted  all 
the  tithes  of  corn  for  his  life,  he  paying  ten  marcs  per  annum,  viz.  five 
at  Easter  and  five  at  the  feast  of  St.  Peter  in  Chains. 

All  the  respective  vicars  to  satisfy  the  dues  of  the  Bishops,  Archdeacons, 
and  their  officials  r\ 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  John  Hog  of  Kingeston  and 
his  heirs,  the  tenement  by  the  fountain  at  Kingeston,  which  Wimund 
had  held  of  them  finabiliter  (?  terminable  at  will),  returning  them,  for 
all  service,  35.  per  annum,  and  making  fealty  in  full  chapter.  For  this 
concession  he  gave  them  iocs.,  and  moreover  one  mark  for  Pittance. 
Confirmed  with  their  seal. 


1  Lambetli  MS.  585,  fo.  105  ;  Corpus  Chrisli  College  MS.  lix.  gives  1 180  as  the  date  of  his  death. 

2  Cart.  No.  75,  fo.  Ixxxvij.  v. — APPENDIX  XXV.     It  is  entered  in  the  Cartulary  next  after 
event  in  1178. 

*  Cart.  No.  76,  fo.  Ixxxvij.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  78,  fo.  Ixxxviij. 

5  Cart.  No.  79,  fo.  Ixxxviij.  v. 


4o 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1186  08.        Witnesses,  Robert  Belet ;  Gilbert,  son  of  Pagan  ;  Robert  de  Stanm',  &C.1 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Semannus  de  Stodfeld,  half 
a  virgate  of  land  in  Stodfeld,  which  they  had  of  the  alms  of  Helen  de 
Bello  Campo ;  he  paying  half  a  silver  mark  per  annum,  viz.  400?.  at  Easter 
and  40^.  at  Michaelmas2. 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Robert,  son  of  Henry,  all  their 
land  at  Bochersle,  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  William  Tercii  de  Civesfoed' ; 
for  an  annual  payment  of  one  silver  mark,  by  quarterly  payments8. 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Gervase,  son  of  Margaret 
de  Bredone,  the  messuage  and  land  which  Ralph  de  Ho.  held  of  the 
church  of  Hunesdon,  in  Pilecroft,  and  one  acre  in  Schortcroft,  and  one 
acre  of  meadow  in  Fremannemade;  to  hold  of  them  at  a  rental  of 
\zd.  per  annum  4. 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Helias,  Clerk  of  Cambridge,  for 
his  life,  the  tenement  at  Cambridge  (which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  Sir  Piers \ 
at  a  rental  of  iQd.  per  annum  \ 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William  de  Wrotham,  Clerk, 
four  and  a  half  acres  in  their  Covert  (Bracha  or  Broca)  at  Sutton,  in  their 
stead  ;  at  a  rental  of  45.  per  annum  c. 

By  another  charter  (entered  earlier  in  the  Cartulary,  but  we  must 
presume  of  later  date\  the  same  Prior,  with  the  Convent,  granted  to 
the  said  William  de  Wrotham,  Clerk,  and  his  heirs  in  fee  and  inheritance, 
all  their  domain  in  the  same  Covert,  which  a  marginal  note  of  later  date 
states  to  be  at  Sutton  at  Hone  (Kent) ;  at  a  rental  of  IDS.  per  annum 7. 

Richard,  the  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard  de  Ponte 
Audemeropolis  (St.  Omer),  vicar  of  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary  of  Geldeford 
(Guildford),  the  living  of  that  Church  with  all  its  pertinents;  he  paying 
them  three  marks  per  annum,  viz.  at  the  feast  of  St.  Peter  sos.,  and  at 
St.  Mark  205. ;  and  undertaking  to  acquit  the  Bishop,  Archdeacon,  and 
their  officials,  as  well  for  all  episcopal  dues  as  de  donis,  and  aids,  and 
all  things,  and  to  provide  for  the  fitting  celebration  of  Divine  Service. 
He  made  fealty,  in  the  Chapter  House,  for  the  Vicarage,  and  undertook 
to  pay  the  above  return  without  impediment,  or  seeking  to  evade  or 
postpone  payment.  This  grant  to  continue  in  force  so  long  as  he  continued 
to  make  due  payment.  Confirmed  with  the  Convent  seal8. 


1  Cart.  No.  84,  fo.  Ixxxix.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  91,  fo.  xc.  v. 

5  Carl.  No.  104*,  fo.  xciij. 

7  Cart.  No.  95,  fo.  xcj.  v. 


3  Cart.  No.  88,  fo.  xc.  v. 
1   Cart.  No.  96,  fo.  xcj.  v. 
6  Cart.  No.  tao,  fo.  xcvj.  v. 
*  Cart.  No.  125,  fo.  xcvj. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1186-1198.  41 

1186-98.  Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Mauger  the  Vintner  (Maugerio 
Vinitario)  all  that  land  which  Waleland  of  Crikelade  gave  them,  situated 
in  High  Street  (magna  rue),  Oxford,  with  all  buildings  thereon,  to  hold  of 
them  of  inheritance,  at  a  rental  of  three  marks  per  annum,  payable  by 
equal  half-yearly  payments  at  Easter  and  Michaelmas  ;  with  power  to  him 
or  his  heirs  to  give  up  possession  in  good  repair,  whensoever ;  Mauger  was 
bound  by  oath  before  the  Chapter  to  the  due  performance  of  his  part. 
Sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  Convent  and  witnessed  by  Richard  de  Ponte 
Audom',  their  Clerk  ;  Thomas,  son  of  Ailbric  ;  John  Kepehannc  ;  William, 
son  of  Ralph;  Gilbert,  son  of  Burwald' ;  John  de  Wicham ;  John,  son  of 
John  ;  Geoffrey,  son  of  Robert l. 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William,  son  of  Thomas,  their 
land  in  Kingston  which  William  de  Wudemaresthorne  had  held  ;  to  hold 
of  them  in  inheritance  at  a  rental  of  103.  per  annum  for  all  service,  and 
a  premium  of  IDS.  He  swore  fidelity  to  this  Charter.  Sealed  and 
witnessed  by  Aaric,  Archoeacon  of  Surrey ;  Robert,  Clerk  of  Estedde  ; 
Nicholas  of  t)itton  ;  Gilbert  Prudhumme ;  William,  Clerk  of  Dorkinge  ; 
Osmund,  Chaplain;  Robert  Ruff  of  Waletone  ;  John  Hog". 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard  de  Latton,  carpenter, 
and  his  heirs,  the  land  which  Geoffrey  Burser  gave  them  (viz.  that  which 
Reginald  de  Scandur  had  held  of  them),  to  hold  of  the  Con venifnia bilitcr, 
in  fee  and  inheritance,  at  a  rental  of  55.  per  annum  by  half-yearly  payments 
at  Easter  and  Michaelmas.  To  this  he  swore  fidelity  in  full  chapter.  Sealed3. 

An  exchange  of  land  was  arranged  between  Richard,  prior,  and  the 
Convent;  and  Adam  de  Sancto  Mauweo  (St.  Maur  ?),  with  the  consent 
and  authority  of  John  de  Port,  then  lord  of  the  fee,  to  the  following  effect : — 

The  Convent  had  granted  to  Adam  half  a  virgate  of  land  which  Chipping 
had  held,  and  which  the  said  John  de  Port  and  others  had  given  them  as 
testified  by  his  charter:  and  in  return  Adam  had  given  them  the  land  of 
Ailwin  de  la  Forde.  But  in  the  time  of  Robert  de  St.  Mauweo  a  dispute 
arose  concerning  the  said  exchange ;  and  at  length,  in  the  presence  of 
Adam  de  Port,  it  was  agreed  between  the  parties  that  Robert  should  uphold 
the  exchange  and  he  and  his  heirs  should  always  have  the  land  of  Chipping, 
and  that  the  Convent  should  have  the  land  of  Ailwin  de  la  Forda.  And, 
lest  by  forgetfulness  or  ignorance,  in  future  times,  Robert  or  his  heirs 
should  raise  further  dispute,  it  was  arranged  by  counsel  of  friends  and 
the  consent  of  the  lord,  that  the  Convent  and  Robert  should  mutually  give 


1  Cart.  No.  52,  fo.  Ixxxiij.  a  Cart.  No.  53,  fo.  Ixxxiij. 

3  Cart.  No.  54,  fo.  Ixxxiij.  v. 


42  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

iise-98.  a  charter  to  that  effect.  Witnesses,  Adam  de  Port,  Robert  de  Port, 
William  de  Port,  Stephen  de  Bennings  ;  nine  others  named,  and  many  more1. 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Peter,  son  of  Aelwid,  the  tene- 
ment which  William  his  father  had  held,  and  two  acres  of  land  at  Rateshull 
and  three  acres  of  meadow  at  Milnolm  (in  foot-note  explained  as  Milnholm), 
called  Mepynesmed,  in  Stansted  (Hertfordshire),  in  which  the  abbot  of 
Oxschin'  (Oxney?)  had  three  acres;  to  hold  in  fee  and  inheritance  at 
a  rental  of  25.  per  annum  for  all  service.  Witnesses,  Hervey,  priest  of 
Hunsdon  (Hertfordshire);  Osbert  de  Wanci ;  Simon,  knight;  Jordan  de 
Stanestedd  ;  Roger,  son  of  John;  and  many  others '2. 

Richard,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  by  charter  made  known  that  they  had 
granted  and  assigned  to  the  sacred  Convent  of  the  handmaids  of  Christ, 
the  Nuns  of  Bereking  (Barking,  Essex),  155.  per  annum  during  the  residence 
there  of  one  Cecilia  de  Abbeville.  For  the  before-named  Handmaiden 
of  God,  Cecilia,  at  their  petition  is  brought  up  in  the  said  Nunnery  at  the 
expense  of  the  Convent.  And  because  the  ground  of  mutual  charity 
requires  that  they  should  not  cause  others  to  be  burthened  by  acceding 
to  their  requests,  the  said  Prior  and  Convent  have  provided  that  they  have 
the  before-mentioned  solatium  of  155.  to  receive  in  dowry  (pro  mariti 
elemosmarii)  for  the  arrangement  every  year  by  equal  payments  at  Easter, 
the  Assumption,  and  the  Lord's  Nativity. 

For  the  more  firm  obligation  and  security  the  seal  of  the  Convent  was 
set  thereto,  as  also  the  seal  of  the  Convent  of  Bereking3 ;  and  lest  by 
forgetfulness  or  on  the  death  of  the  said  Cecilia  or  otherwise  the  return 
should  be  still  required,  the  seal  of  the  Convent  of  Bereking  was  also  set 
thereto. 

Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  addressed  '  Decreta '  to  the  Venerable 
Sirs  and  Friends  in  Christ,  Ranulfus,  Hugh  by  Divine  Grace  Abbot  of 
Rading,  Ripon  de  Hert,  and  Master  K.  de  Burnhan ;  making  known  that 
the  Church  of  Hucham  being  theirs,  they,  the  Canons,  had  granted  it  to 
John,  Clerk  of  Chisewic,  that  he  might  minister  therein,  and  possess  it  in 
their  name  :  that  they  had  not  in  anywise  granted  it  to  Salomon,  Clerk,  in 
perpetual  benefice  or  temporality.  They  beg  special  attention  to  this  that 
they  may  faithfully  preserve  their  right  uninjured  :  for  it  is  apparent  that 
it  is  not  just  or  safe  that  he  should  be  admitted  to  these  things  without 
their  consent*. 

1  Cart.  No.  63,  fo.  Ixxxv.  In  the  sequence  of  entry  in  the  Cartulary  it  follows  1172,  but 
Richard  did  not  become  Prior  till  1186. 

1  Cart.  No.  ior,  fo.  cxij.  v.  s  Cart.  No.  108,  fo.  xciiij.  v. — APPENDIX  XXVI. 

*  Cart.  No.  123,  fo.  xcvij.     Hugh  was  Abbot  of  Reading  from  c.  n8oto  1199. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1186-1189.  43 

1186-08.  Richard,  prior,  and  Convent,  took  of  Master  Hamo,  of  the  Church  of 
Cuddington  (Surrey),  a  lease  of  that  church  for  four  years  at  a  rental  of  six 
silver  marks  per  annum  '. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Hilbert,  Clerk  of  Norton,  the  Church  of  Northon 
(for  life  apparently)  at  an  annual  payment  of  405.  per  annum,  he  further 
paying  all  fees2. 

A  composition  was  made  with  Master  John,  parson  of  Heifeld,  reciting 
that  disputes  had  occurred  respecting  certain  payments  and  tithes  of  that 
church,  to  settle  which  for  the  future  they  had  amicably  agreed  between 
them  as  follows : — That  the  Canons  should  give  up  full  tithes  on  all  crops, 
beans,  and  peas,  from  their  lands  in  the  parish,  and  moreover  those  from 
apples  and  cherries  likewise,  and  from  hay.  Also  all  the  rustics  of  the 
Canons  shall  fully  pay  their  parochial  dues  as  well  on  their  rustic  lands  (tarn 
de  terris  suis  rusticanis)  as  of  others,  if  the  Canons  happen  to  have  any  lands 
in  domain.  The  Canons  to  be  absolved  from  future  payment  of  a  mark 
(which  had  been  in  dispute)  and  the  tithes  they  were  accustomed  to  pay,  as 
also  the  tithes  of  their  assarts  and  food  for  cattle  of  their  domain,  according 
to  their  privileges.  They  to  have  the  liberty  of  ministering  Divine  Service 
in  the  Chapel  within  their  boundary  at  Holeschett  at  all  times  at  their 
pleasure  ;  but  so  that  the  parishioners  of  Heifeld  be  not  admitted  there  on 
Sunday  or  other  feast-days ;  and  only  the  servants  of  the  Canons  might 
freely  hear  service  (audire  servicium)  there,  but  still  on  the  days  of  the 
Lord's  Nativity,  the  Purification  of  St.  Mary,  and  Easter,  they  were  to 
come  to  the  Church  of  Heifeld  and  hear  Divine  Service,  seeing  that  at  the 
said  church  they  ought  to  receive  all  spiritual  things  and  the  dead  ought 
there  to  be  buried  3. 

1189.  Almost  immediately  upon  his  accession  to  the  throne  King  Richard  I 
Sept.  14.  gave  a  charter  to  the  Canons,  whereby  he  granted  to  them  in  perpetual 
alms  101  acres  in  the  ville  of  Ewell,  with  their  pertinents  ;  at  Mulesham  (or 
Mulsey)  three  acres;  and  at  Grapelingesham  three  acres  of  assarted  land, 
free  from  assarts  and  from  pleas  and  all  aids  and  assises  of  assarts  ;  and  as 
fully  as  it  is  possible  to  mention  among  assarts.  Witnesses :  Baldwin, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury ;  Hugh,  Bishop  of  Lincoln  ;  Ralph  de  Glanvill 
and  Earl  William  de  Mandeville.  Dated  at  Geitenton  (or  Geltinton)  the 
14  September4. 

1  Cart.  No.  124,  fo.  xcvij.  *  Cart.  No.  126,  fo.  xcvij.  v, 

3  Cart.  No.  131,  fo.  xcviij.  v.  Richard,  who,  as  Prior,  entered  into  this  composition,  held 
office  from  1186101198.  The  marginal  numbering  of  the  Cartulary  ceases  with  this  entry,  but 
is  continued  in  the  present  work  for  the  sake  of  convenience. — APPENDIX  XXVI. 

*  Cart.  Antiq.  GG.  No.  18,  and  RR.  No.  10.     Although  the  year  is  not  given,  the  date  is 


44  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1189.  King  Richard  I  in  his  first  year  confirmed  liberties  (recited  at  some 

Oct.  24.  length)  of  the  Canons,  and  their  men  and  tenants,  and  alms  and  possessions, 
with  sac  and  soc,  and  freedoms  and  liberties,  for  the  soul  of  his  father,  King 
Henry. 

The  names  of  witnesses  and  place  are  not  entered '. 

This  charter  is  referred  to  and  confirmed  by  various  subsequent  charters. 
Nov.  9.  On  the  occasion  of  a  dispute  between  the  Archbishop  and  the  Canons  of 
Canterbury  touching  the  appointment  of  a  Prior  there,  the  King  appointed 
a  strong  Commission  to  arbitrate  between  them.  The  Commissioners  were 
the  Bishops  of  Rouen,  Durham,  Winchester,  Salisbury,  Ely,  Norwich,  and 
St.  David's  ;  but  the  Bishops  of  Bath  and  Chichester  extra  synagogem  fach 
stinf,  quid  alter  alterant  parlcni  fovcbat ;  on  the  Commission  were  also 
named  the  Abbots  of  Westminster,  St.  Albans,  Reading,  St.  Edmund,  and 
Waltham,  and  the  Prior  of  Merton.  The  result  of  the  arbitration  was 
unfavourable  to  the  Canons,  who  were  compelled  by  force  to  submit ; 
the  King  declaring  that  he  himself  and  the  Bishop  of  Rouen  had  been 
appointed  by  both  sides,  and  that  the  Archbishop  had  the  right  to  build 
a  Chapel  and  appoint  a  Prior". 

HBO oroo.       The  Canons  paid  a  fine  of  205.  to  the  treasury  in  respect  to  the  gift  to 
them  of  a  mill  at  Dunekiton  in  the  Honor  of  Pedewrda,  Sussex3. 

They  also  paid  on  account  of  lands  in  Ewell,  given  them  by  Henry  de 
Cornehill,  £17  175." 

William  Hansard,  for  Forest  rights  in  Surrey  under  liberty  of  the  Royal 
Charters  to  the  Canons,  paid  to  the  Exchequer  72S.5 

In  the  same  year  the  Canons  returned  an  Account  of  £6  145.  8d.  for 
the  chattels  of  Ralph  Buscelt,  presumably  a  felon-fugitive5. 

Rand'  de   Piriford  returned,  over  and  above  what  he  had  paid  in  the 
account  of  the  Canons,  2is.  iod.6 

The  Canons  were  found  to  owe  on  account  of  forest  rights  375.  6d.« 

And  for  assarts  under  the  liberties  of  the  King's  Charter  £4  2s.,  and 
they  owed  £5  95.  6d.7 

The  Canons  further  paid  305.  in  respect  to  property  at  Sutton,  in  Kent8 ; 

fixed   by  the   fact  that  Richard  I  came  to  the  throne  September  3,  1189,  and  Archbishop 
Baldwin  died  in  1189. — APPENDIX  XXVIII. 

'   Cartae  Antiquae,  C.  26. — APPENDIX  XXIX. 

2  Epistolae  Cantuariensis  \Chron.  and  Mem.  pp.  317-20). 

'  Pipe  Rolls,  i  Rich.  I,  Sussex  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  215). 

4  Pipe  Rolls,  i    Rich.  I,  Surrey  (Cal.   p.   216).     This  would  appear  to   be  probably  the 
property  of  which  the  Sheriff  rendered  an  account  in  1157  or  8  :  but  the  nature  of  the  fine  is 
not  evident. 

5  Ibid.  p.  218.  "  Ibid.  p.  219.  7  Ibid.  p.  221.  «  Ibid.  Kent  (p.  231"). 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1189-1198. 


45 


H89or90.  on  the  account  for  Essex  or  Hertfordshire,  $d. ';  for  Norfolk  or  Suffolk, 
7«?.2;    and  for  Oxfordshire,  4</.3 

1189-08.  Richard,  Bishop  of  London,  referring  to  the  arrangement  made  by  his 
predecessor  with  respect  to  the  appropriation  of  the  Church  of  Stanstede 
(Herts)  to  the  Canons,  granted  that  they  should  have  all  tithes  arising 
from  the  church  as  previously  accustomed,  but  that  the  vicar  should  have 
all  gifts  supplied,  all  obventions  and  bequests,  and  all  lands  of  the  church 
with  houses  and  shrubbery,  as  well  as  the  granges  which  the  Canons  have 
with  part  of  the  inner  buildings,  and  the  use  of  the  greater  house  and  the 
garden,  and  the  part  used  for  storing  produce.  The  vicar  to  be  answerable 
for  the  Archdeacon's  fees.  Witnessed  by  Alard,  Archdeacon  of  London  4. 
1198.  Prior  Richard  died  on  this  day,  and  was  succeeded  by  Walter,  who 

April  i.  Was  installed  on  the  16  Kal.  of  June  (May  17)  following,  being  the  day 
of  Pentecost''. 

Sept.  26.  The  King  sent  letters  to  the  Convent  of  Canterbury,  to  the  effect  that 
he  had  given  an  order  addressed  to  the  Cantuarius1'  of  the  Treasury  of 
London,  and  the  Archdeacon  of  London,  and  the  Prior  of  Merton,  and 
the  Constable  of  Dover,  and  the  Sheriff  of  Kent,  to  inspect  the  treasures 
of  the  Church  of  Canterbury;  and  he  commands  that  the  same  should 
be  shown  to  them,  and  that  there  should  be  done  as  the  King  ordered. 
The  Convent  of  Canterbury  very  reasonably  objected  to  this  arbitrary 
proceeding,  and  applied  to  the  Archbishop,  who  advised  prudence.  The 
treasures  were  seized :  the  Prior  went  to  Rome,  and  the  Pope  took 
his  part.  A  long  dispute  came  to  an  end  by  the  death  of  the  King,  which 
led  to  the  restitution  to  the  Convent  of  Canterbury  of  everything  that  had 
been  taken  away,  except  money  '. 

Autumn.  A  Convention  was  made  by  which  the  Convent  granted  to  Roger  de 
Sauwic  (?  Southwark),  priest,  the  Churches  of  Burnes  and  Bruges  (Patrick- 
bourne  and  Bridge,  Kent),  to  hold  of  them  in  place  of  Walter  de  Burn, 
for  three  years;  he  paying  them  eighteen  silver  marcs  per  annum,  and 
the  expenses  of  the  church,  and  the  fees  of  the  Archbishop,  Archdeacon, 

1  Ibid.  rot.  2,  m.  2  \Cal.  p.  28  . 

3  Ibid.  rot.  3,  m.  i.  v.  (Cal.  p.  5iX  3  Ibid.  rot.  6,  m.  2.  v.    Cat.  p.  no). 

*  Cart.  No.  560,  fo.  ccxix.  Richard  of  Ely  was  Bishop  of  London  from  1 189  to  1198.  Alard 
de  Burnham,  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  apparently  from  1204,  is  believed  to  have  been  previously 
Archdeacon  of  London ;  the  concurrence  of  dates  of  the  Bishop  and  Archdeacon  serve  to  fix 
the  date  of  this  document  as  above.  (See  Nevvcourt's  Repertorium,  i  pp.  12,  35,  and  58.) 

5  Corpus  Chrisli  College  MS.  lix ;  Lambeth  MS.  585,  fo.  105. 

6  Cantuarianus  :  apparently  some  one  equivalent  to  treasurer  (Ducange;. 

7  Epist.  Cantuarienses  (Chron.   and  Mem.   p.  440).     Gervase  of  Canterbury  '  Record   Office 
Ed.  i.  p.  573).     Presumably  the  King  wanted  to  raise  money  for  the  Crusade. 


46  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

use.  and  their  officials,  and  honourably  to  receive  at  the  hospitium  the  Prior, 
Canons,  and  their  guests.  The  Convention  to  take  effect  at  the  Christmas 
after  the  Coronation  of  King  Richard  '.  But  if  (which  God  forbid)  Roger 
die  within  the  term  of  years  without  a  Will,  one  half  the  receipts  from 
all  things  which  he  took  under  this  Convention  are  given  up  to  Merton, 
and  the  other  half  to  Gilbert,  brother  of  Roger,  and  to  whom  the  said 
Roger  may  assign  -. 

Roger  made  his  Will  (presumably  not  long  after),  wherein  he  is 
described  as  Chaplain,  and  whereby  he  granted  and  bequeathed  to  God 
and  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  of  Merton,  for  the  health  of  the  souls  of 
himself  and  his  ancestors,  the  half  of  all  the  goods  he  might  have  at 
his  decease,  wheresoever  found,  and  whether  he  died  testate  or  intestate. 
And  that  this  his  Testament  might  remain  firm  and  unbroken,  he  corro- 
borated it  with  the  impression  of  his  seal ". 

Oct.  14.  In  a  suit  against  Andrew  of  Crikelad,  the  Prior  appointed  Reginald, 
a  Concanon,  to  be  his  Attorney  to  prosecute  the  suit.  It  is  noted  on 
the  Roll  that  in  (presumably  the  same)  Michaelmas  Term,  Andrew 
essoigned  himself,  i.e.  made  oath  of  reasonable  excuse  for  absence4. 

Nov.  3.  A  serious  dispute  having  arisen  between  the  King  and  the  Monks 
of  Canterbury,  he  nominated  as  arbitrators  between  them  the  Archbishop 
of  Rouen,  the  Bishops  of  Durham,  Winchester,  Salisbury,  and  St.  Asaph, 
and  the  Bishops  elect  of  London  and  Ely ;  and  beyond  them  the  Abbots 
of  St.  Albans,  St.  Edmund,  Reading,  Westminster,  and  Waltham,  and 
the  Principal  of  Poictiers,  and  the  Prior  of  Merton. 
But  the  proposed  arbitration  came  to  nothing5. 

1189-          Godefrey,    Bishop    of  Winchester,    issued    a    charter    respecting    two 

1204.  Churches  at  Guldeford  (Guildford),  referring  to  those  things  which  were 
duly  placed  with  them  canonically  for  alms  for  the  poor,  by  authentic 
writings  and  instruments,  and  which  should  be  thus  securely  settled ;  and 
accordingly,  as  traced  by  Richard  his  predecessor,  of  good  memory,  he 
made  known  that  he  had  granted  and  confirmed  to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary 
of  Merton  and  the  Canons  there  serving  God  and  the  Blessed  Mary,  and 
to  their  successors,  with  respect  to  the  Churches  of  the  Holy  Trinity 
and  St.  Mary  in  Guldeford,  that  they  shall  receive  from  him  who  held  the 
latter,  three  marks  per  annum,  and  something  from  Robert  de  Scaldeford, 

1   He  was  crowned  September  3,  1189.  2  Cart.  No.  117,  fo.  xcvj. 

^  Cart.  No.  118,  fo.  xcvj. 

*  Curia  Regis,   i    Rich.    I  (Pipe    Roll   Soc.   vol.   xiv.    p.    40).      The   note   is   given   from 
Palgrave,  96. 

:'  Getvase  of  Canterbury    Record  Off.  Ed.  i.  p.  469). 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1189-1193.  47 

who  held  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity;    and  after  his  decease  three 
1189-      rnarcs  from  him  whomsoever  the  Canons  might  present  to  that  Church,  as 

1204 

granted  and  confirmed  by  Richard  the  Bishop's  predecessor '  by  charter 
which  he  (the  present  Bishop)  had  inspected  and  handled.  But  suitable 
Vicars  to  be  maintained  for  those  Churches,  saving  to  the  Canons  the 
before-named  pensions  which  he  and  his  successors  reserved  to  them 2. 

Godefrey,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  reciting  his  regard  for  the  good  con- 
versation of  the  Canons  serving  God  at  Merton  '  suavissime  rcdolentcni,' 
at  their  petition,  confirmed  to  them  the  Church  of  Aulton  (Ker's  Aulton, 
Carshalton\  with  all  fruits  and  obventions  arising  therefrom,  which  had 
been  given  by  the  noble  Pharamus  of  Boulogne  to  the  Canons  of  Merton, 
and  the  gift  thereof  confirmed  by  Richard :;,  at  that  time  Bishop  of 
Winchester,  and  he  constituted  the  said  church  a  vicarage  of  the  value 
of  six  marcs,  the  vicar  being  exonerated  from  all  works.  This  Charter 
appears  in  an  Inspeximus  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  to  which 
there  were  witnesses  :  — Master  Richard  his  Chancellor  ;  Ranulf,  Treasurer 
of  the  Church  of  Saruni ;  Master  Simon  de  Stal ;  Master  Godefre  de 
Insula,  and  others4. 

1190  On  the  morrow  of  Trinity  Sunday  the  Assize  was  held  to  enquire  of 

May  21.  iancj  at  Ewe]l(  011  which  a  messuage  had  been  erected,  and  of  which  the 
Prior  alleged  he  had  been  disseised  by  William  de  Alezun  unjustly, 
since  it  was  a  free  tenement  of  King  Henry  the  Father  (Henry  II)  and 
given  of  free  alms,  and  pertaining  .to  the  Church  of  Ewell.  William 
alleged  that  on  another  occasion  by  virtue  of  another  brief  he  impleaded 
the  Abbot  of  Chertsey,  &c.  The  matter  was  referred  to  the  Justices 
at  Westminster  on  the  octave  of  St.  John  (presumably  St.  John  the 
Baptist,  June  24) 5. 

1190.  The  Convent  in  this  year  agreed  to  rent  of  Robert,  son  of  Walkelin, 
eighteen  acres  in  Suddon  (Bishop's  Sutton,  Hants),  and  two  acres  near 
it,  for  six  years,  at  i6s.  per  annum  rent,  he  releasing  them  from  a  payment 
of  i8d.,  which  they  were  bound  to  pay  him  till  the  end  of  the  same  time ". 

1193.  Hubert  Walter,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  returning  from  Sicily,  was  raised 
to  the  Archbishoprick  of  Canterbury,  and  the  election  was  published  at 
St.  Paul's  Cross.  Prior  to  the  reception  of  the  Pall  (from  Rome),  he 

1  Richard  Toclivius,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  117410  1188  :  Godfrey  de  Lucy,  1189  to  1204. 
1  Carl.  No.  129,  fo.  xcviij. 

3  Richard  Toclivius  was  Bishop  of  Winchester  from  1174  to  1188,  and  Godfrey  de  Lucy,  his 
successor,  from  1 189  to  1204.  *  Cart.  No.  553,  fo.  ccix.  v. 

""  Curia  Regis,  i  Rich.  I  (Pipe  Rolls  Soc.  vol.  xiv.  p.  i). 
6  Cart.  No.  103,  fo.  xciij. 


48  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1193.      considered  it  advisable  to  become  a  monk,  and  was  received  as  an  Austin 
Canon  at  Merton1. 

Richard,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  inspired  by  charity,  granted  to  Roger 
de  St.  John  a  corrody  of  six  marcs,  to  be  received  by  him  from  the 
Camerarius  every  year  until  they  should  at  length  assign  him  some 
sure  benefice  as  to  them  might  seem  opportune'2. 

1193,  c.  A  Convention  was  made  by  the  Lord  Legate,  between  the  Canons 
and  Richard,  priest  of  Hercleia  (or  Herceleia),  viz.  that  Richard  should 
have  all  the  men  of  Horley,  both  parishioners  and  farm-labourers  (coloni) 
at  the  time,  and  all  benefices  from  the  Church,  ooth  in  living  things  and 
from  the  dead,  and  all  lands  which  the  farm-labourers  had  previously 
tilled  and  converted  into  domain.  Richard  to  have  one-third  of  the 
tithes ;  but  if  the  lands  riot  in  domain  be  tilled,  then  he  should  receive 
the  third  of  tithes  from  them.  In  the  other  domain  of  Pecha,  the  Canons 
to  retain  the  tithes  of  the  farm-labourers,  but  the  oblations  to  remain 
with  Richard.  He  swore  fidelity  to  the  Convent3. 

Deo.  25.  A  Composition  was  made  between  the  Convent  and  Master  Alexander, 
parson  of  the  Church  of  Hercleia,  by  which  it  was  agreed  that  all  the 
men  they  had  in  the  parish  should  pay  their  full  tithes  in  perpetuity  to 
the  Church  of  Hercleia  for  all  lands  which  they  held  in  the  parish.  Con- 
firmed by  the  assent  and  authority  of  G.  (Godfrey),  Bishop  of  Winchester, 
in  the  fifth  year  of  King  Richard,  on  the  day  of  the  Lord's  Nativity4. 

H93-8.  I"  the  King's  Court  at  Westminster  a  Final  Concord,  as  testified  by 
Nov.  a  Cyrograph,  was  made  between  the  Convent  and  Andrew,  son  of  Wal'and, 
on  the  Thursday  after  the  feast  of  All  Saints.  There  being  present 
Hubert,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury ;  Richard,  Bishop  of  London  ;  Gilbert, 
Bishop  of  Rochester ;  William,  of  the  Church  of  St.  Mary ;  William 
Britwer' ;  Richard  de  Heriead,  Simon  de  Pateshull,  Ralph  de  Arden, 
Justices  of  the  King,  and  many  other  of  the  King's  faithful  subjects. 

The  suit  was  between  the  Convent,  by  Reginald  of  Winchester,  and 
Andrew  the  Sacristan  respectively  Canons,  as  plaintiffs,  and  Andrew, 
son  of  Wal'and,  by  John  de  La  Wike ;  concerning  tenements  of  the 
Canons  at  Chelewurth  and  Crikelad',  respecting  which  the  present  placitum 
was  made,  viz.  the  Convent  to  give  up  the  tenements  to  the  Defendant 
to  hold  of  them  during  his  life,  and  after  his  death  the  same  to  revert 

1  Knighlon' s  Chronicle,  Record  Off.   Ed.  i.  p.  167.     Hearne,  Notes  to  William  of  Neubrige. 
vol.    ii.    p.    469.      Hubert    had    previously   been    Bishop  of  Salisbury,    from    1189   to    1193 
(Goodwin,  Catalogue  of  Bishops,  p.  102). 

2  Cart.  No.  115,  fo.  xcv.  v.  "  Cart.  No.  113,  fo.  xcv.  *  Cart.  No.  114,  fo.  xcv.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1193-1196.  49 

1193-8.     to  the  Canons :    he   paying   them,    at    Merton,   for   all   service   6os.   per 
Nov.       annum,  by  half-yearly  payments  at  Easter  and  Michaelmas1. 

1194.          There  was  a  Suit  in  the  Curia  Regis  by  Andrew  de  Crikelade  against 
Sept.  29.    the  Prior,  on  a  plea  concerning  returns  of  Roger  de    Messenden2,  and 
Andrew  essoigned  himself  at  Westminster  on  account  of  illness. 

Nov.  6.         The   altars  of  St.    Stephen  and    St.   Nicholas,  in   the  Church  of  the 

Priory,  were  dedicated  by  Godefrid,   Bishop  of  Winchester 3. 
1196.          A   final   concord   was   made    in   the    Curia    Regis   at  Westminster  on 

Feb.  a.  the  Tuesday  next  after  the  octave  of  the  Purification  (7  Richard  I),  before 
Hubert  Walter,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  ;  Richard  Fitzneale,  Bishop 
of  London;  H.,  Bishop  of  Rochester4;  and  many  others,  including 
Simon  de  Pateshill,  the  King's  Justiciary:  between  the  Prior,  plaintiff, 
of  the  one  part,  and  Gilbert  Morin,  defendant,  of  the  other  part,  concerning 
lands  between  Mordon  and  Awlton  (Carshalton).  And  the  said  Gilbert 
granted  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  all  that  part  of  the  land  bounded  on 
the  north  by  the  way  from  Mordon  to  Awlton,  to  hold  to  him  and  his 
successors  ;  and  the  Prior  gave  up  the  right  and  claim  that  he  had  to  all 
the  other  part  of  the  land,  to  the  said  Gilbert  and  his  heirs  in  perpetuity r>. 

In  a  suit  in  the  Curia  Regis,  heard  at  Westminster  on  the  Wednesday 
after  the  Feast  of  St.  Lawrence,  in  King  Richard's  eighth  year;  between 
the  Convent  and  William  de  Turevile  and  Ysabel  his  wife  ;  a  concord  was 
made,  and  put  into  writing  and  executed  a  few  days  afterwards,  in  the 
form  of  a  Chirograph,  which  was  further  entered  on  the  dorse  of  the  Great 
Roll  for  the  County  of  Buckingham,  in  the  eighth  year  of  King  Richard. 

The  Convent  agreed  to  pay  one  marc,  in  consideration  of  which  the 
said  William  granted  to  them  all  the  Ville  of  Tappelawe  (Taplow,  Bucks), 
and  all  its  pertinents,  in  perpetual  alms,  free  from  all  exaction  and  secular 
service  to  him  and  his  heirs ;  they  undertaking  two  knights'  service  and 
giving  money  for  scutage,  and  paying  forinsec  service  to  the  King.  He 
further  granted  that  they  should  be  free  in  perpetuity  from  all  reliefs, 

1  Cart.  No.  83,  fo.  Ixxxix.  v.  Hubert  Walter  was  Archbishop  1193-1205  ;  Richard  Nigel 
(or  Fitz-Neale),  Bishop  of  London,  1189-98  ;  Gilbert  de  Glanvill,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  1185- 
1215;  Walter  Britwer'  (presumably  Briwer),  Justice,  1187-1221;  Simon  de  Pateshull,  J., 
1193-1206;  Ralph  de  Arden,  or  Arderne,  J.,  1190-1207.  It  follows  that  the  date  of  the 
concord  must  have  been  between  1193  and  1198. 

'  Curia  Regis,  6  Rich.  I,  Wiltshire,  m.  13  (Record  Office  Cal.  i.  p.  96^. 

s  Corpus  Christi  Coll.  MS.  lix. 

'  Gilbert  de  Glanvyll  was  Bishop  of  Rochester,  so  that  we  must  ascribe  the  initial  H  to  an 
error  of  the  scribe. 

5  Pedesfinium,  7  Richard  I,  No.  2.  Also  in  Cal.  of  Surrey  Fines,  Harl.  MSS.  301,  fo.  50.  v. 
The  two  versions  vary. — APPENDIX  XXX. 

E 


50        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1196  and  that  they  should  have  the  advowson  of  the  church  at  Tappellawe 
Feb.  2.  and  all  other  rights  and  liberties  in  men,  and  returns,  and  all  other 
things ;  that  all  the  Ville  of  La  Penne,  which  is  called  a  member  of 
Tappellawe,  with  all  its  pertinents,  should  remain  to  him  and  his  heirs. 
And  that  no  part  of  the  wood  nor  the  meadow  of  Clivemers  or  pertinents 
to  La  Penne  can  be  claimed  by  him.  That  they  allow  the  Brothers 
Hospitallers  freely  to  hold  the  tenement  of  Elmeden. 

Ysabell  acknowledged  in  the  said  Court  that  she  had  no  claim  in  the 
said  Ville  of  Tappelawe,  either  in  dowry  or  maritage. 

And  for  this  end,  and  for  peaceful  possession,  the  Convent  gave  to  the 
said  William  forty  silver  marcs,  and  to  Ysabell  his  wife  three  silver  marcs. 

The  Cyrograph  was  inscribed  in  the  Great  Roll  of  the  King's  Ex- 
chequer, viz.  in  the  Roll  for  the  County  of  Buckingham,  at  Westminster, 
before  Sir  William  de  Ely,  Treasurer,  and  Ranulf,  Treasurer  of  Salisbury, 
and  many  others ;  by  John  Storcheford  and  Thomas  Acwegate,  Clerks 
and  Notaries  of  the  Treasury,  in  King  Richard's  eighth  year  and  on  the  day 
of  St.  Philebert  the  Abbot,  viz.  the  sixth  day  within  the  octave  of  the 
Assumption  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  the  Virgin  Mother  of  God  :  and  in  the 
year  of  the  Incarnation  1197'. 

Sept.  20.  Upon  a  suit  in  the  Curia  Regis  between  Richard  and  Agnes  his  wife, 
and  John  and  Sibilla  his  wife,  against  the  Prior  of  Merton  respecting 
half  a  virgate  of  land  at  Eiton,  with  its  pertinents,  an  Assize  was  held 
on  the  vigil  of  St.  Matthew  the  Apostle,  and  a  final  Concord  was  entered 
into,  to  the  following  effect : — 

The  Prior  admitted  the  half  virgate  and  its  pertinents  to  belong  of 
right  and  inheritance  to  the  said  Agnes  and  Sibilla,  and  held  by  them 
of  the  Church  of  Merton  at  a  rental  of  as.,  payable  by  half-yearly  payments, 
for  all  service.  And  for  this  admission  they  gave  the  Prior  one  silver 
marc,  and  they  did  service  to  the  King,  for  the  land  2. 
Oct.  31.  The  altar  of  the  Holy  Cross  in  the  Priory  Church  was  dedicated  by 

Robert,  Bishop  of  Bangor,  on  the  second  Kalend  of  November3. 
Dec.  ii.        The  House  took  into  use  their  new  silver  seal '. 

1  Carl.  No.  107,  fo.  xciiij  ;  and  Pedes  finium,  8  Rich.  I  (Record  Off.  Cal.   i.  p.  157)  :  some 
of  the  facts  contained  in  each  of  these  records  do  not  occur  in  the  other  of  them.    No  doubt 
that  was  the  transaction  referred  to  as  '  In  this  year  the  Ville  of  Tappelawe  was  purchased  ' 
(Corpus  Christi  Coll.  MS.  lix.X 

2  Pedes  finium,  9  Ric.  I  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  p.  10) ;  also  ffarl.  MS.  301,  fo.  15.  v. 

3  Corpus  Chrisli  Coll.  MS.  lix.     Robert  of  Shrewsbury,  who  was  consecrated  as  Bishop  of 
Bangor  in  the  previous  year. 

*  Corpus  Christi  Coll.  MS.  lix.  See  description  of  Seal  in  '  Introduction,  Seals  and 
Engravings.' 


SEAL    RECEIVED    IM'O   I'KIORY    1197 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1196-1218. 


5r 


1187-9.  A  fine  was  paid  on  an  arrangement  between  Walter,  prior,  and  William 
de  Torrevill,  concerning  La  Heegrave,  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow  and 
the  falesia1  to  be  held  by  William  and  his  heirs;  in  consideration  of 
which  he  gave  to  God  and  the  Church  of  Merton,  in  pure  and  perpetual 
alms,  all  the  Croft  called  Somlesmire,  with  its  pertinents,  in  the  ville  of 
La  Penne  ;  free,  &c. 2 
1198.  Richard,  the  sixth  Prior,  died,  and  was  succeeded  by  Walter,  who 

April  r.  was  installed  on  the  r6th  kal.  of  June  (May  i7th),  being  the  day  of 
Pentecost 3. 

May  24.  On  Trinity  Sunday  the  Prior,  before  the  Justices  of  the  Curia  Regis, 
on  a  Plea,  produced  his  Charter  from  Robert  de  Mulesee 4.  This  is 
accounted  for  by  a  note  in  the  Cambridge  Chronicle,  which  says  that  in  this 
year  all  the  Charters  which  were  previously  made  by  King  Richard  were 
renewed  and  were  sealed  with  his  new  seal  about  the  feast  of  St.  Michael 5. 

Sept  3.  An  appointment  was  made  for  the  Prior  to  attend  in  the  Court  of 
King's  Bench,  concerning  a  judgement  given  in  his  own  Court  respecting 
the  surrender  of  one  of  his  men". 

Nov.  9.  King  Richard  granted  a  further  Charter,  addressed  to  his  Justiciaries, 
Sheriffs,  and  all  their  officers  in  England  and  Normandy,  commanding 
that  all  things  which  his  Canons  of  Merton  and  their  men  and  tenants 
could  prove  to  be  theirs  (affidare  suas  esse  proprias),  should  be  free  from 
thelonio,  passagio,  pontagio,  and  pannagio  and  all  customs  which  per- 
tained to  the  King;  and  prohibiting  any  unjust  vexation  or  disturbance 
of  them  in  these  matters  under  pain  of  £10  forfeiture.  By  the  King  at 
Rupen.  Andel.  (Rochelle),  the  gth  November,  in  his  tenth  year7.  This 
Charter  is  confirmed  by  subsequent  Charters. 

1198-1218.  Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Silvester,  their  Clerk,  the 
Vicarage  of  the  Church  of  Standon,  Herts ;  he  paying  them  an  annual 
pension  of  8s.  per  annum,  and  paying  all  fees  and  undertaking  to  build 
a  residence  by  their  said  Church  ". 

Also   to   Philip,    their   Clerk,    the   perpetual   Vicarage   of  the    Church 

1  Query:  sloping  bank.     Cliff  or  rock  (Trice  Martin). 

Bucks  fines,  9  &  10  Richard  I    ffarl.  MS.  301,  fo.  19.  i/.\ 

Corpus  Christi  Coll.  MS.  lix. 

Curia  Regis  Rolls,  9  Rich.  I,  Surrey,  m.  2  'Curia  Regis  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  I.  p.  230). 

Corpus  Christi  Coll.  MS.  lix. 

Curia  Regis  Rolls,  anno  ult.  Rich.  I,  Surrey,  m.  21  dors.  (Curia  Regis  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  I.  p.  386). 

Carlae  Atitiquae,  L.  L.  3.— APPENDIX  XXXI.  This  Charter,  slightly  abbreviated,  is  entered 
very  late  in  the  Cartulary,  fo.  cxcviij.  v.  No.  531,  headed  as  a  Charter  of  Henry  II ;  it  is  of 
course  quite  possible  the  above  may  be  merely  a  regrant. 
8  Cart.  No.  127,  fo.  xcvij.  v. 

E   2 


52  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1198-1218.  of  Sumerford  (Somerford  Caisnes),  Wilts  ;  he  paying  them  three  silver 
marcs  per  annum  l. 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Gilbert  Bulepan'e  all  the  land 
which  Robert,  son  of  Edwin,  his  uncle,  had  held  at  Cheleswurth,  viz. 
the  messuage  next  the  messuage  which  Richard  Franeigena  held,  with 
the  croft  called  the  Croft  of  Robert,  son  of  Edwin,  and  one  and  a  half 
virgate  of  land  lying  in  the  field  of  Chelewurth,  and  all  pertinents  in 
meadows,  grazing  lands  and  pastures,  and  all  free  customs,  and  four 
acres  of  meadow  on  the  south  and  four  on  the  north,  which  Robert  had 
held.  To  hold  of  them  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  perpetuity,  free  from 
all  service,  custom,  or  exaction,  saving  service  to  the  King.  Returning 
to  them  6s.  4<f.  at  Merton.  For  this  grant  and  Charter  of  Confirma- 
tion the  said  Gilbert  paid  him  two  silver  marcs  nomine  Gersume"1 
(premium) ;  and,  touching  the  Holy  Gospels,  swore  fulfilment  as  well  for 
the  tenement  as  for  the  due  payment  of  the  return.  The  seal  of  the  Convent 
was  set  thereto.  Witnesses,  Jordan  Basset ;  Milo  de  Cerme ;  Jordan  de 
Stoke;  Jordan  Vanatis  ;  and  seventeen  others  named3. 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Robert  Blund,  son  of  Bartholo- 
mew Blund,  and  his  heirs,  their  land  in  the  parish  of  St.  Olave  de 
Jueria  (St.  Olave,  Jury,  London),  which  lay  between  land  of  Alan,  son 
of  Peter,  and  the  land  of  Joce  Judi',  viz.  Deulesant,  next  the  Churchyard  of 
St.  Olave  towards  the  south  ;  to  hold  in  fee  and  inheritance  ;  returning 
yearly  aos.  for  all  service.  With  the  land  they  granted  whatever  they 
had  thereon  in  wood  and  stone,  and  in  length  and  breadth,  and  all  things. 
He  gave  them  a  premium  of  three  bizants  \  and  swore  fulfilment  in  full 
chapter  for  the  tenement  and  return.  (Names  of  Witnesses  are  not 
entered  5.) 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  James,  son  of  Martin,  the 
messuage  and  its  pertinents  which  Henry  had  held  of  them  in  Oxford ; 
to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  fee  and  inheritance,  freely  and  peaceably ; 
returning  annually  55.  for  all  service,  save  forinsec  service.  To  the  due 
performance  whereof  he  was  sworn  on  the  Gospels,  and  his  heirs  were  to 
do  the  same.  Witnesses,  Robert,  son  of  Nigell ;  Adam  de  Thalewurth  ; 
Nichol,  son  of  Nigell ;  Thorold  Cordewainer  ;  and  nine  others  named '. 

Walter,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  the  next  presentation  to  the 

1  Cart.  No.  128,  fo.  xcvij.  v. 

1  Gersome  :  Fine  (Trice  Martin).  3  Cart.  No.  56,  fo.  Ixxxiij.  v. 

4  A  gold  bizant  varied  in  value  from  ten  to  twenty  shillings  ;  a  silver  bizant  was  two  shillings. 

5  Cart.  No.  58,  fo.  Ixxxiiij.  «  Cart.  No.  59,  fo.  Ixxxiiij.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1198-1218.  53 

1198-1218.  Church  of  Turewurth  (Talworth,  Surrey)  to  their  friend  William  de 
Kaaimes,  son  of  Richard  de  Kaaimes,  and  his  heirs;  so  that  when 
a  vacancy  occurred,  he  or  they  should  present  to  them  a  suitable  person, 
whom  they  would  present  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  and  his  officials; 
reserving  to  themselves  the  annual  accustomed  pension  of  one  mark,  which 
the  Vicar  was  sworn  to  pay  them  every  Michaelmas.  The  said  William 
to  bear  charges  on  behalf  of  the  Bishop  and  his  officials,  and  to  take  care 
that  Divine  Service  in  the  church  be  becomingly  celebrated  \ 

Walter,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Geoffrey,  son  of  Oek, 
a  virgate  of  land  in  Horton,  which  he  formerly  held  of  William  de 
Windlesham,  and  a  house  and  messuage,  and  all  the  croft  thereto  pertaining, 
and  two  acres  before  his  park,  in  the  land  called  Buttel.  He  paying  155. 
per  annum  for  all  service  and  secular  exactions,  saving  forinsec  service 
in  respect  to  a  virgate  at  Hortune,  which  he  owed  them.  For  this  grant 
he  gave  them  a  premium  of  nine  silver  marks. 

Witnesses,  Angot.  Corbj ;  Walter  de  la  Puille  ;  Clemente  Senescallo  ; 
Godefr.  de  Windleshore  ;  and  many  others  named  2. 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Anketillus,  their  man  at 
Tappelawe  (Taplow,  Bucks),  the  croft  called  Singlesmere,  at  a  rental  of 
35.  per  annum  for  all  secular  service  due  to  them.  Also  five  and  a  half 
acres  of  land  in  Tappelawe,  lying  between  a  half  virgate  of  land  which 
Seric'  Wudesure  held,  and  their  wood ;  at  a  rental  of  2s.  per  annum. 
The  whole  being  payable  at  the  three  terms,  viz.  at  the  Purification  of 
the  B.  Mary,  2od. ;  at  Pentecost,  -2od.  ;  and  St.  Michael,  zod. 3 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  William,  son 
of  Drogo  de  Fecham,  all  land  which  his  father  had  held  of  them  in  fee 
in  the  said  Ville,  with  live  and  dead  stock  ;  and  a  third  of  their  ville  in 
Fecham  (Surrey) ;  at  a  rental  of  45.  per  annum,  and  saving  what  pertained 
of  forinsec  service.  Also  their  mill  of  La  Hale,  which  they  had  of  the  gift 
of  William  Hansard,  with  all  its  pertinents,  except  the  field  of  Little 
Rekeneia,  for  his  life;  at  a  rental  of  125.  per  annum.  And  after  his 
decease,  his  heirs  to  hold  the  same  in  perpetuity  at  eight  marcs  per 
annum.  Witnessed  by  Wido,  Prior  of  Suwich  (Southwark)4. 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Ralph,  son  of  Harding,  twenty- 
four  acres  of  land  at  Kingesw'd  (Kingswood,  Surrey),  which  his  father  had 
held  ;  at  a  rental  of  los.  per  annum 5.  (The  heading  says  twenty-five  acres.) 

1  Cart.  No.  82,  fo.  Ixxxix.     Kaaimes  is  Cheam,  Surrey. 

J  Cart.  No.  102,  fo.  xcij.  v.     Horton,  presumably  is  Ker's  Aulton,  Carshalton,  Surrey. 

'  Cart.  No.  106,  fo.  xciij.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  157,  fo.  cij.  5  Cart.  No.  158,  fo.  cij.  v. 


54         RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1198-1218.  Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Peter,  son  of  Richard  de 
Kingeswood,  twenty-five  acres  of  land  there,  lying  between  the  land 
which  William  Maler  held  of  the  Priory  and  Le  Hoal,  &c.,  on  the  one  side, 
and  on  the  other  between  the  land  of  Ralph,  son  of  Harding,  and  land 
which  Mazon  had  and  held  of  them :  to  Peter  and  his  heirs  in  fee  and 
inheritance,  chargeable  with  half  a  silver  marc  yearly,  for  all  service 
pertaining  to  them,  at  four  terms,  viz.  at  the  Nativity,  Easter,  St.  John 
Baptist,  and  St.  Michael,  2od.  each.  Saving  all  forinsec  service  for  so 
much  land,  which  he  was  to  pay.  And  Peter  and  his  heirs  to  lend  his 
plough  for  ploughing,  and  in  autumn  to  find  mowers  for  their  bederipe,  and 
to  give  pannage  for  the  pigs  they  may  have  on  their  land.  The  said  Peter 
swore  upon  the  Gospels  to  observe  these  terms ;  and  the  Prior  confirmed 
his  part  by  setting  his  seal.  These  were  Witnesses  :  Hel'  de  Sutwerke  ; 
Luke  de  Wodecot ;  Nichol  de  Ditton  ;  Walter  de  Puill' ;  Luke  de  Kings- 
wood;  six  others  named,  and  many  more1. 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William,  son  of  William,  son  of 
Arthur,  and  his  heirs,  their  Mill  of  Duneketon',  to  hold  of  them  in  fee 
and  inheritance  with  its  pertinents ;  returning  every  year  i8s.  for  all 
service.  He,  in  presence  of  the  whole  Chapter,  swore  to  observe  these 
terms,  and  that  he  would  faithfully  make  the  return,  and  would  not  himself, 
or  others  on  his  account,  cause  hindrance  to  the  Convent ;  nor  sell,  pledge, 
or  alienate  the  property  without  their  consent ;  and  also  to  do  to  the  Mill 
what  it  might  require.  The  seal  of  the  Convent  was  set  to  this  Charter 
of  Confirmation.  Witnesses :  William  de  Alta  Ripa ;  Master  Adam, 
Medicus;  Robert  and  William,  sons  of  William  de  Alta  Ripa;  Nicholas 
de  Wanci,  and  six  others  named 2. 

Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Robert,  son  of  Hugo  de 
Boveney,  the  lands  which  the  said  Hugo  gave  them,  viz.  a  messuage  in 
Burgagio  de  Eaton',  with  an  acre  of  land  called  Sudmed',  and  a  croft 
called  Chelvescroft,  near  the  ville  of  Eaton ;  at  a  rental  of  55.  per  annum3. 
1109.  The  dispute  between  the  Convent  and  William  de  Turevill,  or  Torrevill, 
Feb.  4.  broke  out  again,  and  a  suit  was  instituted  by  the  Prior  against  him  in 
respect  to  his  holding  of  Le  Heergrave  and  a  half  acre  of  meadow  and 
of  the  falesia ;  and  was  heard  in  the  Curia  Regis  at  Westminster  on  the 
morrow  of  St.  Blaise,  in  the  tenth  year  of  King  Richard  I ;  when  it  was 
settled  that  William  de  Torrevill  should  give  up  to  the  Convent  in  pure 
and  perpetual  alms  the  Croft  called  Somlesmere,  with  its  pertinents,  in 

1  Cart.  No.  159,  Col.  eij.  v.—  APPENDIX  XXXII. 

a  Cart.  No.  57,  fo.  Ixxxiiij.  3  Cart.  No.  176,  fo.  cviij. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1198-1216. 


55 


1109. 
Feb.  4. 

1200. 
Feb.  17. 


c.  1200, 

entered 
between 
1193  and 
1203. 


1200-16. 


the  Ville  of  La  Penne,  free  from  all  secular  service ;  and  William  warranted 
it  to  them '. 

An  exchange  was  made  between  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton,  and 
the  Prior  and  Monks  of  St.  Fromund  2,  Normandy,  by  which  the  former 
exchanged  their  Church  of  Kaanes  (Caen),  Normandy,  for  the  tithes  and 
churches  in  England  belonging  to  the  latter,  viz.  the  tithes  of  the  Castle 
of  Stamford,  and  two  silver  marcs  per  annum  from  the  Church  of  All 
Saints,  Stamford,  and  the  Churches  of  Saints  John,  Paul,  Michael,  and 
George  in  the  same  town  ;  and  the  two  Churches  of  Saxejai  and  Brondebi, 
in  Lindseye  (Lincolnshire).  Such  exchange  having  been  fairly  made  by 
indulgence  of  Pope  Lucius  the  Third,  and  assented  to  by  the  Bishops  on 
either  side  of  the  Channel,  as  appeared  by  the  Charters  of  the  Bishops, 
Hugh  of  Lincoln  and  H.  (Henry)  of  Bayeux3,  and  the  patrons  of  the 
said  churches  and  tithes.  Witnessed  by  William,  Earl  of  Salisbury ; 
William  Marshall,  Earl  of  Pembroke;  Thomas  Basset;  Robert  de  Turn- 
ham  ;  Robert  de  Tresgoz  ;  William  de  Cantilupe  ;  Thomas  de  Bellomonte. 
Given  by  hand  of  S.  (Simon)4,  Archdeacon  of  Wells;  at  Valon'  (probably 
Valognes,  between  Caen  and  Cherbourg),  February  17,  in  the  first  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  John 5. 

Hugh,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  by  Charter  granted  and  confirmed  to  his 
beloved  sons  in  Christ,  the  Canons  of  Merton,  the  appropriation  of  the 
Church  of  Flore  (Northamptonshire),  with  all  pertinents,  so  that  they  shall 
possess  in  perpetuity  duas  garbas  dccimanim  of  the  said  Church,  i.  e.  two- 
thirds  of  the  tithes  of  corn  for  their  own  use.  The  Perpetual  Vicar  of  their 
presentation  to  receive  terciain  garbam,  i.  e.  the  other  or  third  part  of  such 
tithes,  and  all  obventions  of  the  altar :  also  all  land  of  the  church  except 
the  principal  house  with  the  croft  adjoining,  which  will  rest  with  the 
Canons.  That  this  appropriation  may  remain  in  force,  the  Bishop  caused 
his  seal  to  be  set  to  this  Charter.  But  saving  that  the  Vicar  shall  be 
answerable  for  the  episcopal  customs  to  the  Church  of  Lincoln,  and  that 
he  provide  honestly  for  the  needs  of  the  said  church. 

This  Charter  was  inspected  and  confirmed  by  H  ubert,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, with  his  seal,  Master  Richard  his  Chancellor,  and  others  being  present6. 

Apparently  in   reference  to  some  litigation  which  happened  about  this 

1  Pedesfimunt  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  i.  p.  180). 

2  The  Monastery  of  St.  Fromond  was  near  Vire  in  Normandy  ;  Dio.  Coutances. 

3  Henry  was  Bishop  of  Bayeux  from  1 164  to  1205. 

1  Simon  was  Archdeacon  of  Wells  from  1199  to  1204  (.Le  Neve,  Fasti,. 
s  Charter  Rolls,  i  John,  m.  25  (Record  Off.  Cal.  p.  36). 

e  Cart.  No.  562,  fo.  ccxx.  Hugh  de  Grenoble  was  Bishop  of  Lincoln  from  1186  to  1203; 
Hubert  Walter,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  1193  to  1205. 


56  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1200-ie.   period  with  reference   to    the  ownership  of  some  property  at  Cheam,  a 
memorandum  to  the  following  effect  is  entered  in  the  Cartulary: — 

A  certain  Vavassor,  whose  name  was  lost,  who  held  a  certain  vavassarium 
of  land  in  the  Ville  of  Kaham  (Cheam,  Surrey),  of  Ralph  de  Kaham,  was 
disinherited  of  that  land  for  a  certain  homicide.  He  had  a  certain  near 
female  relative,  whose  name  was  lost.  William  Postell,  who  was  then 
parson  of  the  Church  of  Kaham,  loved  her  and  had  by  her  four  daughters, 
of  whom  three  were  married  and  the  fourth  remained  unmarried.  The  said 
William  Postell  took  at  an  annual  rent  the  said  land  of  Ralph  de  Kaham. 
Afterwards  came  a  certain  near  relative  of  the  disinherited  vavassor,  and 
brought  a  suit  before  Ralph  de  Kaham  against  William  Postell,  for  the 
land  as  his  of  right  and  inheritance;  and  gave  to  Ralph  unum  Bosketum 
full  of  money,  on  which  account  he  adjudged  that  the  said  land  was  given 
with  the  Church  of  Kaham  in  perpetual  alms,  and  so  the  suit  was  laid 
to  sleep.  Afterwards  one  Robert  de  Curwandun',  a  near  relative  of  the 
said  Chaplain,  brought  a  suit  concerning  the  said  land  as  belonging  to  the 
patronage  of  the  Church  of  Kaham,  and  a  concord  was  made  in  the  Curia 
Regis,  by  Cyrograph,  concerning  the  said  patronage,  between  him  and 
the  Canons  of  Merton,  by  Brother  Roger  de  Want'.  Afterwards  a  knight, 
Ralph  de  Grenvil  by  name,  whose  wife  was  ill,  slighted  her  on  that 
account  and  visited  the  said  unmarried  daughter  of  William  Postell,  and 
had  by  her,  during  his  wife's  life,  two  sons.  Which  Robert,  otherwise 
Ralph,  was  summoned  to  the  Chapter,  and  the  woman  was  examined 
concerning  the  adultery,  and  was  excommunicated,  and  so  died.  Robert 
and  Ralph,  the  brothers  born  of  such  adultery,  in  the  time  of  King  Henry  1 1 
(1154-1 189',  brought  a  plea  for  the  inheritance  as  from  their  father,  and 
obtained  a  precept  for  a  Jury  to  try  their  inheritance  and  the  patronage 
of  the  church  ;  and  upon  objection  being  made  the  King  ordered  a  Jury 
to  try  whether  they  were  born  in  adultery,  and  that  if  so  found  they  should 
give  up  their  claim.  Upon  this  they  determined  not  to  proceed  with  the 
plea  as  regarded  the  patronage  of  the  church ;  but  when  King  John  was 
in  France  they  endeavoured  to  persuade  him  that  they  were  unjustly 
deprived  of  it,  by  force  of  the  Prior:  but  he  sent  word  that  the  Record 
should  stand,  and  right  be  done  ;  so  a  Court  was  held  and  the  Canons  were 
summoned.  The  Earl  of  Boulogne,  at  the  instance  of  Robert  de  Geldeford, 
Canon  of  Merton,  sent  his  Seneschall,  Peter  Leschaut ;  and  at  the  Court 
no  adversary  to  the  Canons  appearing,  they  were  dismissed  and  quit 
claimed  ;  and  so  remained  the  plea '. 

1   Cart.  No.  160,  fo.  ciij.  and  ciij.  v. — APPENDIX  XXXIII. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      I2OO-I2l6.  57 

1200-16.  H.  (Henry),  Bishop  of  Bayeux,  addressed  Letters  to  the  Prior  and 
Convent  to  the  following  effect :' — 

It  had  pleased  the  King  to  write  to  William,  son  of  Ralph,  to  make 
enquiry  concerning  the  inheritance  of  William  Postell  of  Kaham  (Cheam), 
and  in  like  manner  to  the  old  Iron  mine  which  is  in  the  Deanery  of  the 
Church  of  Bayeux  ;  and  a  Jury  was  called,  which  found  that  William  was 
a  Deacon,  the  son  of  Herveius,  a  priest,  and  he  was  the  son  of  Ambobert, 
a  priest.  It  recites  the  circumstances  of  the  adultery,  and  the  woman  so 
dying  and  being  carried  to  the  Chapel  of  the  Lepers,  where  she  was  buried, 
seeing  that  she  ought  not  to  be  buried  in  the  ordinary  cemetery.  And 
all  these  things  were  proved  on  Oath. 

Before  the  Jury  it  was  affirmed  that  Wimund  de  Gorewandum  claimed 
against  William  Postell  the  Church  of  Chaham  and  land,  in  the  Court 
of  Ralph  de  Kaham,  and  it  was  so  adjudged. 

Wimund  was  priest  of  the  Church  of  Gorewandon,  and  William  Postell, 
deacon  of  the  Church  of  Kaham,  and  the  Bishop  had  to  judge  between 
them  concerning  the  Church.  Fearing  that  the  bastards  might  recover 
the  advowson,  he  would,  if  the  King  permitted,  send  Stephen  the  Arch- 
deacon to  hear  this  dispute,  but  he  had  been  delayed  in  crossing  the  seas. 

The  Bishop,  however,  promised  to  watch  over  the  dispute  '. 

Two  other  documents  which  are  entered  in  the  Cartulary  immediately 
following  this  memorandum,  have  relation  to  the  same  subject.  The  first 
speaks  of  "fraternitas  vestra,"  and  appears  to  be  a  general  recital  of  the 
facts,  but  is  not  now  very  legible 2.  The  earlier  part  of  the  other  is 
obliterated,  but  the  rest  is  clear.  It  speaks  of  (the  documents  relating  to) 
Kaham  in  uno  voluminc  scripta,  under  seal  of  the  Archbishop  and  Convent, 
being  transmitted  to  the  King  in  France.  Informs  (the  Convent)  that  he 
has  for  coadjutor  in  this  business  L.,  his  clerk,  who  was  useful  for  speaking, 
but  slow  of  counsel ;  while  the  adversary  had  with  him  the  whole  Court  of 
the  King  and  the  clergy  and  province,  at  the  instance  of  the  Abbot  of  Caen, 
for  whose  nephew  it  was  said  (and  on  account  of  the  Justiciary  to  whose 
son  was  promised  the  Church  of  Kaham)  who  supported  him.  The 
Bishop,  therefore,  relying  on  Divine  Counsel,  gave  letters  through  his 
seneschal  to  the  Earl  of  Boulogne,  who,  not  openly,  supported  him ;  and 
now  twice  laid  down  the  matter  from  the  Curia  Regis  to  the  Curia  Comitis, 
and  thus  had  escaped  the  danger.  Concerning  which  he  could  not  more 
fully  order  in  writing,  because  his  (the  recipient's)  paternity  was  not  able 
to  weigh  it  *. 

1  Cart.  No.  161,  fo.  ciiij.  a  Cart.  No.  162,  fo.  ciiij.  v.  3  Cart.  No.  163,  fo.  cv. 


58        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1201.  The  King  was  staying  at  Merton,  whence  he  dates  the  presentation  to 
Feb  25.     tne  Church  of  Preston,  in  the  Archdeaconry  of  Richmond,  Yorkshire  '. 
Sept.  16.        John,  Abbot  of  Waverley,  died  at  Merton2. 

1201-2.         The  Canons  paid  £17  175.  in  respect  of  lands  at  Ewell3. 

1202.  In  Michaelmas  Term  there  was  a  suit  against  the  Prior  of  Merton  as 
to  the  patronage  of  the  Church  of  Barton,  Cambridgeshire,  which  William 
de  Caham  claimed  to  belong  to  him1;  the  Prior  appears  to  have  been 
successful,   as  the  Convent  was  engaged  in  litigation  with  other  parties 
on  the  same  subject  eleven  years  afterwards. 

Richard  de  Morins,  Canon  of  Merton,  was  elected  Prior  of  Dunstaple. 
As  yet  Deacon,  he  was  ordained  priest  on  September  21,  and  celebrated 
his  first  Mass  on  the  feast  of  St.  Michael6. 

Soon  after       An  Assize  was  held  in  order  to  determine  whether  Simon,  the  father 
Oct'  4'      of  Richard,  was  on  the  day  of  his  decease  seised  in  domain  as  of  fee,  of 
half  a  virgate  of  land  with  its  pertinents  in  Fifhid ;  which  land  the  Prior 
of  Merton  and  William  de  Dene  held. 

The  Prior  alleged  that  the  land  was  in  the  Manor  of  Ewell,  Surrey, 
which  King  Henry  gave  them  in  pure  alms,  and  produced  the  Charter, 
and  alleged  that  all  the  manor  was  of  the  King's  domain,  according  to  the 
custom  of  the  manor". 

This  could  be  in  no  wise  traversed,  but  was  admitted  and  Judgement 
given  accordingly. 

The  assize  was  heard  on  the  day  of  St.  Michael,  before  G.,  son  of  Peter, 
then  Chief  Justice,  and  Richard  de  Heriard  and  Otho,  son  of  Horint'  and 
Jordan  de  Turr',  Justices7. 

Afterwards  it  was  discussed  at  Ewell  in  the  Court  of  the  Prior  and 
adjudged  by  the  oath  of  twelve  lawful  men,  tenants  of  the  Prior  at  Ewell, 
to  William  de  Dene  to  hold  of  the  Prior  8. 

In  like  manner  a  half  virgate  of  land  was  disputed  by  John  Franceis, 
defendant,  and  Wimund  de  Dene,  plaintiff;  and  by  the  oath  of  twelve  lawful 

1  Charter  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  101). 

2  Annalcs  de  Wawrleia,  fo.  90.  v . ;  Cotton  MS.  Vespasian,  A.  xvj.  (Rec.  Off.  Ed.  xxxvj. 
p.  253).     He  is  well  spoken  of. 

3  Pipe  Rolls,  3  John  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  28). 

*  Placita,  Michaelmas  Term,  4  John  Cantabr.  rot.  I  (Placitarunt  Abbreviatio,  Rec.  Off.  Cal. 

P-  35)- 

6  Chronicle  of  Dunstaple  Priory  (Chron.  and  Mem.  iii.  p.  28). 

6  Chart.  3  Henry  II  (Cart.  Antiq.  v.  6).     See  ante,  1158. 

7  Cart.  No.  201,  fo.  cxiij.     A  later  foot-note   says   "  fyhide  apud  Schelwod."      Charter, 
3  Henry  II.  (Catt.  Antiq.  v.  6),  see  ante  1158. 

8  Cart.  No.  202,  fo.  cxiij.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      I2O1-I2O3- 


59 


1202.  men,  tenants  of  Ewell,  it  was  adjudicated  to  Wimund  in  the  Prior's  Court  at 
EwelP. 

In  like  manner  the  Relict  of  Edward  Rufus  lost  one  acre  and  Edward 
Stonhard,  the  plaintiff,  obtained  it !. 

In  the  same  manner  the  daughter  of  Robert,  a  plaintiff,  obtained  a  half 
virgate  of  land  3. 

In  a  similar  contest  Hamo  ad  Ecclesiam,  plaintiff,  obtained,  and  Oslac 
lost,  four  acres  of  land 4. 

1203.  A  convention  was  made  between  the  Prior  and  Convent,  on  the  one 
Jan.  35.    part,   and  the  men   of  Subertona  (Surbiton,   Surrey),  on  the  other  part, 

concerning  land  at  Grapelingeham.  The  men  of  Surbiton  granted  all  that 
land  with  its  pertinents  which  had  been  theretofore  held  of  them  by  the 
Canons 6  to  hold  of  them  for  a  further  term  of  eight  years  free  from  service 
or  exaction,  except  the  payment  at  Michaelmas  each  year  of  55.  for  all 
service.  For  this  grant  the  Canons  paid  the  men  a  premium  of  one  silver 
marc,  and  the  latter  were  bound  by  oath  to  keep  this  convention.  On  the 
day  of  the  Conversion  of  St.  Paul  the  money  was  paid  in  Kingston  Church, 
in  the  presence  of  the  parishioners ;  and  one  part  of  the  present 
Cyrograph  was  delivered  to  them  on  the  altar,  the  counterpart  remaining 
with  the  Canons.  The  seal  of  the  Convent  was  affixed,  but  the  men  had 
no  seal.  Witnessed  by  John  and  Michael,  chaplains  of  Kingston  ;  William, 
clerk  of  Cornhill,  John  Hog,  Brunus,  Godefr.,  Ric',  Thorn',  Brito,  Warrin, 
servants  of  Merton 6. 

June  3.  King  John,  for  the  love  of  God  and  for  the  health  of  his  soul,  and  the 
souls  of  his  ancestors  and  successors,  by  Charter  gave,  granted  and  con- 
firmed to  God,  and  the  Church  of  Merton  and  the  Canons  serving  God 
there,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  the  wood  at  Inheishull,  called  La 
Garstone  Regis,  to  assart,  dig,  cultivate,  fence,  and  enclose  at  will,  free 
from  claim  for  waste,  or  assart,  regard  of  forests,  rights  of  forest  and 
ways,  pannage  and  all  other  rights  pertaining  to  forests :  saving  his  own 
right  of  hunting  there.  The  Witnesses  are  :  William  de  Breosa  ;  Robert 
de  Harac't;  Roger  deTouy;  R.  Camar"  de  Tankervill ;  and  others;  and 
it  is  given  under  the  hand  of  S.,  Prepositus  of  Bevtrley,  and  Archdeacon 
of  Wells,  at  Pontem  Arch'i,  on  June  3  in  the  fifth  year  of  his  reign7. 

1   Cart.  No.  203,  fo.  cxiij.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  1304,  fo.  cxiij.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  205,  fo.  cxiij.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  206,  fo.  cxiij.  v. 

5  Under  a  lease  for  twenty-five  years,  granted  by  John  Hog,  and  others,  men  of  Surbiton, 
in  1179.  *  Cart.  No.  55,  fo.  Ixxxiij.  v. — APPENDIX  XXXIV. 

7  Cart.  Antiq.  Q.Q.  No.  50.  Also  referred  to  in  Harl.  MS.  85,  fo.  552;  Ayloffe's  Calendar, 
p.  431  ;  and  Charter  Rolls,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  104.  v.  The  copies  vary  slightly. — APPENDIX  XXXV. 


60         RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1203.  A  suit    in  the   Curia    Regis  between   Walter,   prior,  and   William   de 
Nov.       Windleshore  (by  Clement,  son  of  Osbert\   concerning  a  virgate  of  land 

and  a  croft  called  '  Ridding '  with  its  pertinents,  in  Horsleg',  was  heard  at 
Westminster  in  the  fifth  week  after  Michaelmas,  in  the  fifth  year  of  King 
John,  with  the  following  result  :— 

The  Prior  remitted  and  quit  claimed  all  rights  in  the  said  land  to 
William  and  his  heirs. 

In  consideration  of  this  William  gave  to  God  and  the  Church  of  St.  Mary 
of  Merton,  and  the  Canons  there  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  the  virgate 
(with  its  pertinents)  which  Geoffrey,  son  of  Oki,  held  in  Hortun,  with  his 
messuage  and  house  and  croft;  and  moreover  two  acres  of  his  domain 
which  lay  ante  portatn  of  Geoffrey  in  land  called  "  Buttes  ";  together  with 
the  said  Geoffrey  and  all  his  offspring.  Moreover  that  the  Prior  should 
have  common  in  Hortun  as  the  best  of  William's  men,  in  things  and 
places.  But  whoever  held  the  land  under  the  Prior  should  defend  it  as 
in  their  hands  towards  the  King  for  a  virgate,  and  that  William  should  not 
be  required  to  do  so :  in  other  respects  he  warranted  it  against  all  men. 

For  this  grant  the  Prior  gave  William  nine  silver  marcs :  present 
Geoffrey,  who  acknowledged  himself  to  be  the  Villein  '. 

1204.  King  John  was   staying  at  the   Priory  on    a   visit.     On   the    I4th    he 
June  14  to  executed  a  grant  of  land  to  William  de  Breoso,  which  was  witnessed  by 

the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the  Bishops  of  Ely,  Norwich,  and  Salisbury, 
the  Earl  Marshal,  the  Earls  of  Essex  and  Arundel,  and  the  Bishop-elect 
of  Chichester  '.  On  the  same  day  he  made  a  grant  to  Fulco  de  Oyri '.  On 
the  I5th  and  i6th  he  granted  Letters  Patent,  dated  here4.  Probably  on 
the  i8th  he  went  to  Winchester5. 

1205.  A  writ  was  sent  by  the  King  to  his  Bailiffs  of  the  port  of  Portsmouth, 
April  15.    commanding  them  to  find  a  passage  for  Ralph  de  Plesseto  and  his  com- 
panion, a  Canon  of  Merton,  his  ambassadors,  whom  he  sends  to  Normandy 
upon  his  affairs.     But  to  take  from  them  security  that  no  harm  should  be 
occasioned  to  the  English  Kingdom,  and  that  no  one  go  with  them  but  their 
domestics,  and  that  they  take  neither  arms  nor  saddle-horses  :  and  the  said 
Bailiffs  to  render  assistance  to  their  passage  as  far  as  in  their  power. 
Dated  at  Rochester  on  April  15,  sixth  year  of  reign B. 

May  20.         A  charter  was  granted  by  the  King,  addressed  to  his  Justices,  Sheriffs, 

1  Pedes  Finium  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  p.  227). 

2  Charier  Rolls  (Rcc.  Of.  Cal.  p.  134.  ».).  3  Ibid.  p.  135. 

•  Patent  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Ed.  pp.  43  and  44.  v.~).  *  Itinerary  of  King  John. 

6  Close  Rolls,  6  John  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  27).— APPENDIX  XXXVI. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1203-1206.  6l 

1205.  and  their  ministers  in  whose  bailiwicks  the  Canons  of  Merton  had  lands 
May  20.     or  returns.    He  prohibits  them  from  placing  the  Canons  "  in  placitum " 

concerning  any  tenement  which  they  hold  in  domain,  except  before  himself 
or  his  Chief  Justices;  nor  will  he  suffer  it  with  respect  to  customs  or 
services  which  they  had  not  been  accustomed  to  pay  as  witnessed  by  the 
Charter  of  King  Henry,  "our  father."  Witnessed  by  H.,  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury ;  W.,  Bishop  of  London  ' ;  G.,  son  of  Peter,  Earl  of  Essex  ;  W., 
Earl  of  Salisbury.  Given  by  the  hand  of  J.  de  Well'  at  Winchester, 
May  20,  seventh  year  of  reign ". 

Dec.  i.  A  writ  was  granted  to  the  Prior  (for  which  he  paid  a  marc)  against 
Brian,  son  of  Ralph  and  Gunnora  his  wife,  commanding  him,  fairly  and 
without  delay,  to  restore  to  the  Prior  the  advowson  of  the  Church  of 
Melden,  which  it  was  alleged  he  had  unjustly  detained,  otherwise,  to 
appear  before  the  King  on  the  morrow  of  St.  Andrew  in  the  seventh 
year  of  his  reign3.  (See  1206,  April,  post.) 

Dec.  5.  The  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Surrey  returned  an  account  of  half  a  marc 
from  one  Symon  de  Dene  for  false  claim,  and  half  a  marc  from  William 
de  Dene  for  same.  Nothing  paid.  The  Canons  paid  one  marc  for  the 
Liberty  by  Charter  of  King  Richard.  Done  on  the  nones  of  December,  in 
the  seventh  year  of  King  John.  Entered  in  Exchequer  Roll,  7  King  John4. 
c.  1206  (or  Peter  de  Talesworth  executed  a  deed  whereby,  for  his  soul's  health, 
earlier).  ne  gave  ancj  granted  to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  of  Merton,  all  his  land 
at  Tolleswrch,  in  wood  and  plain,  in  park  and  pasture,  in  perpetual  alms, 
free  from  all  exactions  and  secular  service,  saving  service  to  the  King 
and  to  his  lord  the  Earl  of  Clare ;  the  Canons  to  maintain  claim  to  half 
a  hyde  of  lands. 

This  was  confirmed  by  Richard,  Earl  of  Clare,  of  Tholesworth,  saving 
a  payment  to  himself  and  his  heirs  °. 

1206.  The  suit  instituted  in  November  previously  by  the  Prior,  against  Brian, 
April  17    tne  son  of  Ralph  and   Gunnora   his  wife,  concerning   the   Patronage  of 

(the  quin- 

dena  of       the  Church  of  Meldon  (Maldon),  came  to  a  hearing.     The  Prior  claimed 
EasterX      ^  ag  a  gj^  or  Deques(;  from  Eudo  de  Meldon,  with  his  body,  to  the  Church 

1  Charter  Rolls,  pt.  i,  m.  7  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  I,  153.  v.}.—  APPENDIX  XXXVII. 

3  Hubert  Walter  was  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  William  de  Sancta  Maria,  Bishop 
of  London. 

*  Pedes  Finium,  7  John,  m.  9  (also  noted  in  Add.  MS.  6167,  fo.  293  ;  and  Add.  MS.  6168, 
fo.  a),  also  Excerpta  Ex  Rot.  Fin.  (Rec.  Off.  Ed.  p.  329). 

4  Cart.  No.  199,  fo.  cxiij.;  and  re-entered  in  Cart.  No.  252.  cxx.  v. 

5  Cart.  No.  512,  fo.  cxciij. 

•  Cart.  No.  513,  fo.  cxciij.     Richard,  Earl  of  Clare,  who  died  in   1206,  is  presumably  the 
Richard  above  mentioned. 


62  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1206.  of  Merton,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  and  that  Hugo,  Clerk,  formerly 
parson  of  that  Church,  rendered  to  the  Church  of  Merton,  at  request 
of  said  Eudo,  half  a  marc  in  the  name  of  a  pension,  &c. 

Brian  and  his  wife  defended  their  right,  and  alleged  that  the  Prior 
had  never  had  seisin  of  the  Patronage,  and  placed  themselves  on  the 
Great  Assise. 

The  Prior  exhibited  a  Charter  of  the  same  Eudo,  witnessing  that  he, 
the  said  Eudo,  had  given  to  the  Church  of  Merton,  the  Church  of  Meldon, 
&c.,  together  with  the  Confirmation  of  King  Henry  the  Father  (of  the 
King  John  =  Henry  II \ 

Brian  answered  that  the  Charter  of  Eudo  was  not  legally  made,  because 
it  was  after  he,  the  said  Eudo,  had  given  himself  to  religion,  and  taken 
the  habit,  that  he  made  that  Charter '. 

There  was  the  like  placitum  respecting  a  hide  of  land  in  Meldon,  in 
which  William,  the  father  of  Eudo,  is  named2. 

The  Prior  of  Merton  claimed  against  William,  Clerk  of  Tunbridge, 
a  return  of  2s.,  which  the  House  was  accustomed  to  receive  as  of  right, 
from  the  gift  of  Roger,  son  of  Odo,  who  gave  him  that  return,  and 
confirmed  the  claim  by  his  Charter,  which  he  produced,  showing  that 
Roger  had  given  to  the  Church  of  Merton  all  that  land  which  Alditha, 
widow,  held  of  him,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  and  which  land  the 
said  Alditha  delivered  to  the  Prior  of  Merton,  to  be  held  hereditarily 
so  that  it  should  return  annually  2s.  to  the  Church  of  Merton.  And 
he  alleged  that  the  said  William  for  some  time  rendered  that  return, 
viz.  of  the  value  of  half  a  marc. 

William  alleged  that  he  had  never  paid  any  return  to  Merton,  nor 
had  anything  been  claimed  on  behalf  of  the  said  Alditha  his  mother, 
except  on  the  part  of  his  father,  Alexander,  whose  inheritance  was  from 
the  conquest  of  England ;  and  that  he  held  of  the  Sons  of  Melisent, 
the  daughter  of  Roger  (the  son  of  Odo),  who  were  under  age ;  and  he 
produced  them,  and  put  himself  on  his  oath. 

It  was  considered  that  the  coming  of  age  of  the  children  should  be 
waited  for3. 

c.  1206.  W.  Arbalistarius,  of  West  Molesey,  by  Deed  recited  that  being  in 
great  need  he  had  sold  to  the  Canons  of  Merton  of  his  domain  in  West 
Molesey  thirty-seven  acres  of  arable  land  and  six  acres  of  meadow, 

1  Placita,  7  &  8  John,  rot.  3.  v.  (Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  50).— APPENDIX  XXXIII. 
1  Placita,  7  &  8  John,  rot.  7  d.  (Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  so\ 
*  Placita,  7  &  8  John,  rot.  4  (Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  50). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      I2d6.  63 

c.  1206.  and  a  messuage  which  Juga  had  held  with  all  its  pertinents,  and  one 
messuage  which  Robert  Daed'  and  Editha  had  held,  with  all  pertinents, 
for  thirteen  silver  marcs,  and  a  palfrey :  to  hold  of  him  and  his  heirs 
in  perpetual  inheritance,  freely,  quietly,  and  released  from  all  service 
and  secular  exaction,  but  chargeable  with  I2d.  and  one  pound  of  cinnamon 
for  all  secular  service,  viz.  at  the  Nativity  6d.  and  the  pound  of  cinnamon, 
and  at  Easter  6d.  And  he  defended  it  for  two  virgates  of  land  of  the 
King  and  the  Earl  of  Clare :  and  he  warranted  the  above  lands  against 
all  men.  And  he  acknowledged  the  receipt  of  the  thirteen  silver  marcs, 
and  the  palfrey,  which  the  Canons  had  given  in  his  great  necessity.  And 
that  the  stability  of  this  sale  and  concession  might  remain  in  perpetuity 
he  set  thereto  his  seal.  Witnessed  by  Sampson1. 

A  note  occurs  in  the  Cartulary  at  this  place,  to  the  effect  that  the 
King's  Chamberlain  had  of  the  Prior  405.  pro  capa  sua. 

Also  that  John  de  Fenestede  had  zoos,  per  annum  until  provided  with 
a  competent  benefice.  They  were  clerks  of  the  King's  Wardrobe2. 
1206.  Gilbert,  Earl  of  Clare,  executed  a  Charter  making  known  that  he, 
for  the  good  of  the  souls  of  himself  and  his  father  and  mother,  and  all 
his  ancestors,  granted  and  by  this  Deed  under  his  Seal  confirmed  the 
concession  of  Ingelram,  son  of  Jordan  de  Abernun:!,  to  God  and  the 
Church  of  Merton  of  land  at  Molesey  of  his  (Gilbert's)  fee.  But  nothing 
to  be  required  by  him,  or  any  other,  of  the  said  Gilbert  by  virtue  of 
this  Charter4. 

After  Easter.  An  Assize  was  held  to  determine  whether  the  messuage 
formerly  held  by  Kidenot  in  Cudinton  (Cuddington,  Surrey)  was  in  free 
alms  pertaining  to  the  Church  of  Philip  de  Lucy  of  Cudinton,  or  the  lay 
fee  of  William  de  St.  Michael. 

William  called  to  warrant  Reginald  Kydenot,  who  came  and  said  that 
it  was  held  of  that  church  by  the  service  of  paying  three  Ibs.  of  wax 
per  annum  and  ringing  the  church  bell  on  the  feast  days  of  the  year. 

Master  Robert  attorned  to  Philip,  and  admitted  that  the  church  ought 
to  receive  only  the  said  service. 

1  Cart.  No.  514,  fo.  cxciij.  v. — APPENDIX  XXXIX.  2  Cart.  No.  515,  fo.  cxcv. 

1  Ingelram  was  a  favourite  name  in  the  D'Abernon  family.  The  first  of  that  name  was 
a  witness,  in  1 1 12.  to  a  Royal  Charter  of  confirmation  of  a  grant  of  lands  to  a  Religious  House 
in  Normandy,  and  was  probably  the  same  person  who,  eighteen  years  later  (1140),  held  lands 
in  Surrey.  The  name  of  the  above-mentioned  Ingelram  occurs  in  a  Deed  in  1205 ;  he  was  dead 
in  1210.  Surrey  Archaeological  Collections,  vol.  v.  p.  55. 

*  Cart.  No.  511,  fo.  cxciij.  This  is  Confirmation  of  Cart.  Nos.  509  and  510.  Gilbert  succeeded 
to  the  Earldom  of  Clare  in  1206. 


64 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


Oct.  7 
(Octave 
of  St. 

Michael). 


1206.  It  was  granted  that  such  service  should  be  done  for  the  church '. 

The  Prior  of  Merton  sued  Robert,  Clerk  of  Stansted  (Hertfordshire), 
for  a  carucate  of  land  with  its  appurtenances  in  Stansted,  as  belonging 
to  Merton,  of  which  he,  the  Prior,  was  seised  as  of  fee  and  by  law, 
in  the  times  of  Kings  Richard  and  John. 

Robert  appeared  and  in  defence  placed  himself  on  the  Great  Assise 
whether  he  had  not  a  greater  right  to  hold  that  land  of  the  Prior  and 
Church  of  Merton,  or  the  said  Prior  in  domain2. 

Shortly  afterwards  (precise  date  does  not  appear)  it  was  agreed  between 
them  that  the  Prior  granted  to  Robert  the  Clerk  to  hold  the  land  from 
the  Prior  to  him,  and  his  successors,  and  heirs,  for  505.  per  annum ; 
the  said  Robert  agreed  to  pay  to  the  Prior  ten  marcs  of  silver  within 
the  two  years  following3. 

An  Assize  was  held  between  Adam  de  Dereherste  and  Matilda  his 
wife,  who  made  a  claim  to  a  half  hide  of  land  and  its  appurtenances 
at  Hertingdon,  as  against  the  Prior  of  Merton.  The  Jury  found  the 
plaintiffs  had  never  had  legal  possession  of  the  land,  nor  had  the  Jurors 
ever  seen  it  held  by  any  predecessors  of  the  said  Matilda.  It  was 
therefore  decreed  that  the  Prior  should  hold  it  in  peace4. 

1207.  At  an  Assize  in  the  Octave  of  St.   Hilary,  the  Jurors  found  that  the 
Jan.       last  presentation  to  the  Church  of  Ewerste  (Ewhurst,  Surrey)  had  been 

made  by  the  Prior s. 

King  John  ordered  that  the  Prior  should  have  all  his  lands,  rents, 
and  other  things". 

1208.  A  reference  occurs  to   the  holding  by   the  Prior   of  Merton   (and  the 
Prior   of  Coventry,   and    others)  of  lands,  returns,   and  other  things  of 
the  King 7 :   presumably  as  commissioners  for  collecting  some  subsidy. 

1200 or  10.  There  was  executed  a  Cyrograph  or  Final  Concord  made  in  a  Suit 
in  the  Curia  Regis,  at  Wilton,  in  the  eleventh  year  of  King  John ;  before 
the  King,  and  Simon  de  Pateshull,  James  de  Poterna,  Henry  de  Ponte 
Aldemerius  (Pont  Audemer,  Normandy),  Justices  and  others,  brought 
by  Walter,  Prior  of  Merton,  by  Gilles  le  Poer  placed  in  his  stead  for 

1  Placita,  6  John,  rot.  16.  d.  (Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  52). 

2  Placita,  8  John,  Herts,  rot.  9  (Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  54). 

3  Ibid.  rot.  19  d.  (Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  55). 

4  Placita,  7  &  8  John,  rot.  17.  v.  (_ Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  52). 

5  Placita,  7  John,  rot.   17.  d.    ,Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  52).     Under  what  circum- 
stances the  Prior  had  the  right  of  presentation  for  this  turn  does  not  appear  ;  this  seems  the 
only  occasion. 

•  Close  Rolls,  9  John,  m.  2.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  p.  112.  4.). 
~  Close  Rolls.  9  John,  m.  r.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  112.  i1.). 


CHRONO:  OGICAL  :    1206-1210.  65 

1209 or  10.  gain  or  loss,  against  Thomas  le  Manseis  and  Matilda  his  wife,  appearing 
by  him  concerning  the  Advowson  of  the  Church  of  Berton  (Barton, 
Cambs).  It  was  arranged  that  Thomas  and  Matilda  remitted  and  gave 
up  their  claim,  for  themselves  and  their  heirs,  to  the  said  Prior  and 
his  successors,  and  all  their  right  in  the  Advowson  of  the  said  Church 
in  perpetuity:  and  for  this  the  Prior  gave  to  them  nine  silver  marcs1. 

1200-34.  Hugh,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  authorized  the  Canons  to  appropriate  in 
perpetuity  the  Church  of  Kiminton  (KymptorP,  in  the  Archdeaconry  of 
Huntingdon,  with  its  pertinents;  reserving  to  the  Vicarage  all  obven- 
tions  of  the  altar,  all  bequests,  all  lands  of  the  Church  provided  with 
tithes;  all  tithes  of  Bigeswoode  in  the  domain  of  the  Ville  of  Bigeswoode 
(Biggleswade?),  &c.  The  said  Vicar  to  have  all  tithes  pertaining  to 
the  church  as  settled  by  Hugh  Bardulf  at  the  same  Ville ;  also  to  have  the 
houses  for  his  dwelling  which  Richard  the  priest,  of  good  memory,  was 
accustomed  to  inhabit.  Sealed  at  Lincoln '-'. 

1210.  Walter,    Prior,    reciting   a   charter    of    his    predecessor   William,    bone. 

memorie'\  giving  to  John  the  Clerk  the  Church  of  Hucham  (Hitcham, 
Buckinghamshire),  for  life  or  until  he  should  take  the  habit  of  religion, 
one  bizant  per  annum ;  granted  and  confirmed  the  same  under  their 
seal.  But  if  it  should  happen  that  he  died,  or,  God  being  favourable, 
he  should  take  the  habit  of  religion  in  their  church,  then  they  should 
be  free  from  all  further  claim.  Concerning  these  things  John  took  an  Oath 
of  fidelity  in  the  Chapter4. 

c.  1210.  Peter  de  Talewrch'  gave  one  virgate  of  land  at  Tuleswrch  (Talworth, 
Surrey)  to  Gillebert  de  Curton'  to  hold  at  a  rental  of  55.  per  annum  for 
all  service ;  and  that  land  was  at  first  servile  (terra  fuit  prius  scrvilis]. 
But  Peter  made  it  free,  and  gave  a  Charter  to  that  effect  to  Gillebert 
and  his  heirs.  Gillebert  being  dead,  Eva,  who  was  his  wife,  married 
one  Thomas  by  name,  and  she  had  children  by  him  as  she  had  had 
by  Gillebert.  That  Gillebert  had  one  son  named  Thomas,  who  at  first 
held  one  half  of  the  said  land,  and  his  mother  the  other  half  for  her 
sustentation.  Thomas,  the  son  of  Gillebert,  had  a  daughter.  Upon  his 
decease  the  part  which  he  had  held  returned  into  the  hand  of  the  Mother, 
by  sufferance  of  his  brother  Geoffrey,  and  she  had  the  Charter  of  Gillebert 


1  Cart.  No.  153,  fo.  cj ;  also  Pedes  Finium,  n  John  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  i.  p.  332). 

2  Cart.   No.   561,  fo.  ecxx.     Hugh  de  Wellys  was  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  at  this  period  ; 
possibly  the  Act  might  have  been  that  of  St.  Hugh  de  Genoble,  Bishop  from  n86to  1200. 

3  Cart.  No.  152,  fo.  cj.     William  was  Prior  from  1167  to  1177. 

4  Cart.  No.  154,  fo.  cj. — APPENDIX  XL 


66         RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

r.  1210.     and  his  heirs  of  this  land :   and  made  Thomas  her  second  son   heir  to 

the  same '. 

1211.  A  Concord  was  made  in  the  Curia  Regis,  at  Westminster,  in  the  twelfth 

April  18  year  of  King  John;  before  the  King,  Symon  de  Pateshull  and  other 
dena  of  Justices,  and  others ;  between  William  de  Cantelupe,  plaintiff,  against 
Easter).  Walter,  Prior,  defendant,  concerning  the  advowson  of  the  Church  of 
Eyton  or  Eiton.  It  was  agreed  that  William  should  give  up  to  the 
Convent  all  his  rights  therein.  The  Prior  conceded  to  him  and  his  heirs 
permission  to  have  a  Chapel  in  Curia  sua  de  Eyton  with  (if  he  desired  it) 
a  Chaplain  at  his  own  cost,  but  such  Chaplain  to  swear  fidelity  to  the 
Prior  and  Convent,  and  that  he  would  maintain  the  right  of  the  Mother 
Church  of  Eyton  and  receive  nothing  of  its  profits  from  tithes,  oblations, 
confessions,  legacies,  purifications,  or  other  things  pertaining  to  the  said 
Church,  except  what  he  might  receive  the  oblations  of  William  and  his 
wife  and  their  family  and  household  throughout  the  year,  except  that  on 
six  festivals,  viz.  the  Lord's  Nativity,  the  Purification,  Easter,  Pentecost, 
Assumption  of  Blessed  Mary,  and  All  Saints,  the  Mother  Church  of 
Eyton  should  have  all  oblations,  obventions,  and  pervenients  from  the 
said  Chapel.  The  Vicar  of  the  Parish  Church  might  cause  the  Chapel 
to  be  served  by  his  Chaplain  three  days  a  week,  viz.  Monday,  Wednesday, 
and  Friday,  and  when  he  so  celebrated  he  should  have  all  oblations  for 
the  work  of  the  Parish  Church,  unless  the  said  William  and  his  heirs 
were  present,  in  which  case  his  own  chaplain  should  have  from  his  Mass 
all  pervenients  which  a  Chaplain  of  the  Mother  Church  would  have  at 
his  Mass  there.  And  if  it  happen  that  W.  De  Cantelupe  had  no  Chaplain 
of  his  own,  the  Mother  Church  should  have  all  the  oblations,  obventions, 
&c.,  pervenient  to  the  Chaplain's  Mass  in  the  Mother  Church2. 

Ob'  de  Ested'  is  charged  with  sixty  marcs  for  default.  But  he  should 
not  be  summoned  because  he  did  not  hold  that  last  in  respect  to  which 
the  default  was  charged  at  the  time  when  it  was  placed  in  default.  And 
the  King  was  satisfied,  in  the  Great  Roll 3. 

Sept.  29.  To  the  parish  Church  of  Kingston  upon  Thames,  Surrey,  which  from 
a  very  early  date  had  been  appropriated  to  the  Priory,  there  were  attached 
four  Chapelries,  viz.  Ditton  (or  Thames  Ditton),  East  Moulsey,  Ham  (or 
Petersham),  and  Shene  (now  Richmond),  each  of  which  had  an  endowment. 
William  de  Porta,  Gilbert  de  Suthbrok,  and  Geoffrey  de  Petersham, 

1  Cart.  No.  156,  fo.  cij. 

2  Cart.  No.  164,  fo.  cv;  also  Pedes  Finium,  12  John  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  i.  p.  247). 
*  Cart.  No.  164,  fo.  cv.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     I2IO-I2I2.  67 

1211.  three  of  the  inhabitants  of  Petjesham,  took  up  the  case  of  the  Chaplain 
Sept.  29.    as  against  the  Priory  and  disputed  the  adequacy  of  the  endowment,  and, 

probably  also  on  their  own  account,  the  duties  of  the  chaplain.  The 
proceeding  was  prosecuted  before  the  Lord  Legate  and  elsewhere;  and 
on  the  above  day  was  terminated  by  a  concord,  made  and  entered  into 
between  the  respective  parties,  in  the  presence  and  with  consent  of  the 
Vicar,  to  the  following  effect : — 

The  Prior  and  Convent  of  their  great  goodness  and  for  the  good  of 
souls  granted  to  the  Vicar  and  his  successors  for  the  sustentation  of 
a  Chaplain,  who  should  thrice  a  week  celebrate  in  the  said  Chapel  of 
Petersham,  viz.  on  Sunday  and  on  the  4th  and  6th  feria  (Wednesday 
and  Friday),  and  also  freely  Baptize  there,  an  endowment  of  two  quarters 
of  corn,  one  quarter  of  barley,  and  one  of  oats,  which  they  agreed  to 
pay  him  yearly  on  the  feast  of  All  Saints,  independent  of  any  rights 
of  the  Mother  Church  of  Kingston  ]. 

Moreover  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Chertsey,  who  were  considerable 
landowners  there,  of  their  good  will  granted  for  the  maintenance  of  Divine 
Service  in  the  said  Chapel,  a  quarter  of  corn  annually,  charged  upon 
a  virgate  of  their  land  in  the  said  ville'2. 

(Entered  William  de  Craia  and  Margaret  his  wife,  and  Symon  and  Philipp,  their 
sons,  gave  to  God  and  the  Church  of  Merton,  and  the  Canons  Regular 
there,  the'  Mill  of  Craia  in  perpetual  alms,  they  paying  2os.  per  annum 
for  the  same ". 

1212.  Robert  de  Sacchet,  Walter  de  Hundeswrth,  Nicholas  de  Ecton,  Richard 
June  ii.    (je  Eton,  Walter  de  Wexham,  and  Elias  de  Wiredesbir  (Wyrardisbury), 

priests,  assembled  in  Wexham  Church  (no  doubt  under  a  Commission  from 
the  Bishop)  and  made  the  following  appraisement,  on  oath,  of  the  Vicarage 
of  Upton  (Bucks),  viz.  at  the  Lord's  Nativity,  the  Purification,  Easter,  and 
feasts,  305. ;  confessions  in  Lent  and  Holy  week ;  in  tithes  of  flax,  zos. ; 
tithes  of  wool,  lambs,  pigs,  and  geese,  IDS.  ;  tithes  of  cows,  calves,  and  geese 
cum  albo  vaccare,  IDS.  ;  all  casual  things  (fortuita  oninia)  with  the  curtillage 
(except  corn),  5  marcs.  Excepting  always  the  great  and  small  tithes  of 
the  domain  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  which  they  retain  and  from  which 
the  Vicar  receives  nothing.  And  to  this  appraisement  of  the  Vicarage  is 
added  a  half  virgate  of  land  and  a  messuage4. 

1  Petersham  always  stood  in  a  different  position  to  that  of  the  three  other  chapels  to 
Kingston  Church,  having  this  endowment  for  the  chaplain,  while  the  others,  viz.  Ditton, 
Moulsey,  and  Schene,  were  served  by  the  vicar  of  Kingston  and  his  curates.  The  above 
emoluments  were  increased  on  Sept.  29,  1266. 

*  Cart.  No.  339,  fo.  cxlvj.  '•'   Cart.  No.  166,  fo.  cv.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  211,  fo.  cxiiij.  v. 

F   2 


63  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

r.  1212.  Philip  and  Thomas,  Deans,  Robert  de  Holecumb,  Adam  de  Melnes,  and 
Robert  de  Norton,  Priests,  were  a  kind  of  Jury  appointed,  probably  by  the 
Bishop,  to  apportion  the  income  produced  by  the  living  of  Norton  Hibbert, 
between  the  Convent  and  the  Vicar  of  that  parish.  Being  sworn  they  said 
that  the  Living  was  worth  fully  zoos,  per  annum,  and  upon  their  conscience 
it  was  so  truly  to  be  estimated,  and  the  Vicar  of  the  Church  could  well 
sustain  all  the  due  and  accustomed  burthens  of  the  Church.  To  the  Vicar 
specially  belonged  both  great  and  small  tithes  from  two  carucates  of  land 
which  Robert  Godrich  and  Estrad  de  Buneton  held;  and  the  small  tithes  and 
all  obventions  of  the  whole  parish  of  Norton,  except  tithes  of  lambs  and  hay 
and  Church  set,  which  remained  to  the  Canons  with  the  domain  of  the 
Church,  and  also  the  returns  and  services  of  the  men  of  the  Church  with 
their  tithes  of  wheat  sheafs.  The  Vicarial  perticulare  were  estimated 
thus  : — Festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  one  marc  ;  Confessions,  Easter  Day 
and  Whitsunday,  in  all  one  marc;  the  Lord's  Nativity,  8s.;  Purification  of 
Blessed  Mary,  35. ;  wool,  two  marcs  ;  flax,  half  a  marc  ;  cheese,  half  a  marc  ; 
calves  and  poultr\',  35.  ;  Purifications  and  Pctitiones  \  IDS.  ;  bequests  and 
trentals,  one  marc  -Total,  1045." 

1213.  A  suit  was  heard  in  Curia  Regis  at  Westminster  on  the  octave  of  the 
Feb.  10.  Purification,  brought  by  the  Prior  against  William  de  Turevill  (who  seems 
to  have  been  singularly  litigious)  and  Stephen  de  Tappelawe,  concerning  a 
virgate  of  land  in  Tappelawe  (Taplow,  Buckinghamshire),  two  acres  inWeller- 
hers,  and  assarts  which  Turgar  had  held,  and  the  fishery  of  Stephen  ;  which 
holdings  Stephen  declared  that  he  held  of  De  Turevill  and  not  of  the  Prior. 

Stephen  (apparently,  though  it  is  written  William;  attorned  to  the  Prior, 
and  admitted  all  such  holdings  to  belong  of  right  to  the  Prior  and  Convent, 
subject,  in  conjunction  with  other  holdings,  to  service  of  two  knights  and  all 
service  and  exactions.  That  the  said  virgate  and  two  acres,  and  assarts 
and  fishery  were  held  of  them  on  the  service  of  three  parts  of  a  knight's 
fee,  and  all  service ;  and  the  two  mills  subter  monasterium  de  Tappelawe, 
and  two  messuages  which  Robert  molendinarius  and  unguinarius  held  there, 
for  2os.  per  annum  for  all  service. 

And  it  was  agreed  that  Stephen  should  have  timber  from  the  Prior's 
Wood  at  Tappelawe,  but  sine  wasto,  for  the  repair  of  the  mill. 

Stephen  then  by  command  and  will  of  William  de  Turrevill  did  homage 
in  Court  to  the  Prior  for  the  virgate,  two  acres,  assarts,  fishery,  two  mills, 
and  two  houses 3. 

1  Petitiones  :  query  askings  =  banns.  2  Cart.  No.  aio,  fo.  cxiiij.— APPENDIX  XLI. 

3  Pedes  Finium,  14  John,  Bucks  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  i.  p.  255). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     I2I2-I2I4-  69 

1213.  This,  however,  did  not  end  the  strife,  for  a  suit  was  brought  by  Stephen 
Feb.  10.     of  Tappelawe  and  heard  on  the  vigil  of  St.   Margaret,    probably  in  the 

following  year,  at  Northampton,  before  Simon  de  Pateshull  and  others,  the 
King's  Justices,  when  Stephen  was  defeated  upon  a  question  respecting 
the  wood  of  Tappelawe  for  repair  of  his  mill  there  and  its  pertinents. 
Then  was  read  a  Chyrograph  of  the  said  Stephen  (no  doubt  that  last 
mentioned)  and  the  Justices  determined  that  he  had  no  right  to  the  wood 
for  his  wear,  nor  anything  pertaining  to  the  mill,  but  only  for  repair  of  the 
mill  as  contained  in  the  said  Chyrograph  '. 

1213-4.  Willard  de  Lege  returned  an  account  of  half  a  marc  pro  dcfciisionc. 
Nothing  received.  The  Convent  paid  half  a  marc  for  liberties  under  the 
charter  of  King  Richard.  Enrolled  amongst  the  Placita  Foreste  in  the 
fourteenth  year  of  King  John. 

In  the  same  year  was  received  from  Sudhamtonscir'  (Southamptonshire) 
405.  dc  minutis  parliculis  foreste"*. 

1213  or  14.  Walter  de  Pollesdon  was  called  upon  to  show  why  he  did  not  adhere  to 
the  fine  made  between  him  and  the  Prior  of  Merton,  concerning  the  service 
required  by  the  Prior  in  respect  to  his  free  holding  in  Pollcsden,  Surrey,  in 
default  of  which  the  Prior  required  22s,  to  the  warden  of  Rouecestr  (pre- 
sumably Rochester)  Castle,  and  125.,  viz.  from  three  scutages  which  the 
King  took  every  year  for  scutages  as  well  of  Scotland  as  of  Ireland  and 
Wales,  and  which  was  due  to  him  for  Special  Aid  to  the  King,  and  that 
this  was  a  Special  Aid. 

Walter  said  nothing  to  the  contrary,  and  it  was  considered  that  he  should 
satisfy  the  Canons  with  the  said  345.,  and  it  was  condemned  accordingly  3. 

1214.  (Trinity  Term.)    The  Priory  brought  a  suit  against  Samson  de  Muleseia 
June  2.     for  naving  diverted  the  course  of  the  Aqua  dc  Midcscia  to  the  injury  of  the 

free  tenants  of  the  Prior  in  the  ville ;  praying  that  the  wrong  might  be 
amended  so  that  the  water  might  be  allowed  to  come  freely  to  the  Prior's 
mill  and  men.  It  was  alleged  that  Samson  had  come  vi  el  armis,  and 
had  removed  their  men  and  carried  off  their  shovels  (bes/ias)  and  fishing 
implements  (trublas) ;  whereby  the  damage  to  the  Prior  amounted  to  405. 
And  they  claimed  to  have  the  custody  of  the  whole  place,  from  their  mill 

1  Cart.  No.  502,  fo.  cxcj.  v.  The  entry  in  the  Cartulary  docs  not  appear  to  have  been  made 
until  the  latter  part  of  the  century,  and  appears  to  be  incorrect  in  the  year  of  the  king's 
reign,  inasmuch  as  it  gives  as  the  date,  the  vigil  of  St.  Margaret,  14  John,  whereas  this  suit  is 
clearly  subsequent  to  the  other. 

'  Cart.  No.  212,  fo.  cxiij.  v.  ;  and  re-entered  Cart.  No.  253,  fo.  cxx.  v. 

3  Placita,  Surrey,  Mich,  and  Hil.  Terms,  15  John,  rot.  19  rf.  (Placit.  Abbrev.  Rec.  Off. 
Cat.  p.  93). 


70  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1214.  to  the  place  where  the  water  fell  from  the  mill-wheel  of  which  the  said 
Samson  was  seised. 

Samson  appeared  and  denied    that  he  had  caused  any  impediment  or 
hindrance  to  the  course  of  the  water. 

The  case  was  heard  in  Michaelmas  term,  1215'. 

Aug-.  25.  The  King  commanded  the  Archdeacon  of  Carlisle,  that  inasmuch  as 
Brother  Henry,  Canon  of  Merton,  having  been  canonically  and  with  the 
royal  assent  elected  Prior  of  Carlisle,  and  having  made  fealty  to  the  King, 
he  be  admitted  accordingly.  By  the  King  at  Merton,  December  25.  The 
like  order  was  addressed  to  the  Bishop  of  Carlisle-. 

Aug.  25.  The  Bishop  of  Carlisle  addressed  letters  to  the  Monastery  of  Carlisle, 
to  receive  Henry,  late  Canon  of  Merton,  as  their  Prior :l. 

1215.  King  John  was  at  Merton4. 

King  John  was  staving  at  Merton  Priory5. 

June  S.  &  •  J  J 

June  27.  The  King  acknowledged  that  on  the  Friday  next  after  the  feast  of  the 
Nativity  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  his  reign,  he  had 
received,  at  Winchester,  by  the  hands  of  the  Cellarer  of  Merton,  seven 
cups,  of  white  silver  (presumably,  as  not  being  parcel-gilt),  of  the  weight 
of  20  marcs  rif  oz.  ;  and  one  staff  with  forty-five  rubies,  and  another  staff 
with  twenty-two  sapphires;  and  a  third  staff  with  twenty-seven  sapphires. 
All  of  which  things  had  been  committed  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  for  custody. 
In  testimony  whereof  these  Letters  Patent  were  made.  Witness  the  King 
himself,  at  Winchester,  June  27,  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  his  reign6. 

Mich.  The  suit  between  the  Prior  and  Samson  de  Muleseia,  concerning  the  flow 

of  water   to    their    respective  mills,  which    had  been    commenced   about 
eighteen  months  previously,  was  now  heard  and  decided. 

The  Jury  found  that  the  Prior  was  entitled  to  obstruct  the  water  which 
runs  from  Menelake  from  -6\  feet  at  the  head  of  Menelake  towards 
the  North,  and  the  whole  length  of  Menelake,  and  to  obstruct  so  much  of 
the  passage  as  existed  to  the  angle  of  the  ford.  Also  that  behind  the  mill 
of  Samson,  which  was  called  Hupmilne,  he  had  a  certain  island  which 
ought  to  remain  there,  in  length  16  feet,  in  width  10  feet,  at  the  head  of 
the  island  towards  the  East ;  and  the  head  of  the  island  should  be  pointed, 
and  at  the  Northern  point  should  be  a  course  with  a  flow  of  water  i  foot 

1  Placila,  14  John,  rot.  3.  v.  (Placit.  Abbrcv.  Re(.  Off.  Oil.  p.   86).     Trinity  Sunday  was 
May  25,  and  the  fourteenth  year  commenced  on  May  18. 
3  Close  Rolls,  16  John  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  ii.  p.  211). 
3  Close  Rolls,  i6John,  m.  2.  «  Itinerary  of  King  John. 

(Sir  T.  D.  Hardy)  Itinerary  of  King  John  ;  from  Pat.  Rolls  (no  further  reference  given). 
'   Patent  Rolls,  17  John,  m.  22. 


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RKUUCTION  OF  PAGE  OK  KALENDAK 
FROM  LAUD  MS.  723  IN  BODLEIAN  LIBRARY 


CHRONOLOGICAL  I     1214-1216.  71 

1215.  deeper  than  the  other  part.     It  was  the  duty  of  the  Prior  to  cleanse  the 
watercourse  from  Samson's  mill  to  their  own,  as  need  be  and  occasion  require, 
saving  that  the  ford  may  be  passable  by  a  cart.     They  also  found   that 
between  the  island  and  the  bridge,  the  Prior  ought  to  take  charge  of  the 
watercourse  to  the  great  willow  enclosures  which  belonged  to  William,  the 
son  of  Ailwin  :  also  that  the  said  Samson  was  at  liberty  to  reopen  the  old 
watercourse  opposite  to  his  garden  in  the  common  pasture  of  the  Prior  and 
that  of  Sampson,  as  was  accustomed  in  ancient  times  ;  but  so  that  the  mill 
of  the  Prior  be  not  hindered  or  prejudiced.     Also  that  the  Prior  might 
obstruct  the  water  which   runs  between  the  angle  of  the  enclosure  of  the 
mill  which  Robert  formerly  held,  and  certain  land  along  the  water  on  the 
East,  and  of  the  same  size  and  height  as  the  said  land.     Also  the  Prior 
might  not,  and  ought  not  to,  raise  his  marsh  at  Shepeneford  more  on  the 
North  than  certain  land  which  is  on  the  South  . 

1216.  In  this  year  commences  the  Kalendar  prepared  with  computations  of 
the  for         years  forward. 
The  chief  event  in  each  year  was  entered  from  time  to  time  in  a  column 
left  for  the  purpose  '•'. 

June  8.  The  King  made  a  short  stay  at  the  Priory,  arriving  on  this  day  (a  Monday) 
from  Winchester;  on  the  following  day  he  left  the  Priory  and  went  to 
Odiham,  Hampshire,  and  thence  on  to  Windsor  :i. 

Oct.  26.  Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  by  unanimous  consent,  granted  and  confirmed 
to  Sir  Amicius,  the  nephew  of  A.,  late  Archdeacon  of  Surrey4,  of  good 
memory,  the  garden  in  their  Curia  of  Merton,  in  which  Amicius  himself  had 
built  houses,  which  were  consumed  by  fire,  and  also  the  gardens  with  the 
dwelling  which  he  had  afterwards  constructed  at  his  own  expense.  Which 
house  and  garden  he  could  not  alienate  or  assign  ;  and  so  that  after  his 
decease  all  the  improvements  which  he  made,  as  well  in  buildings  as  in  other 
things,  should  revert  without  dispute  to  the  Convent.  In  witness  whereof  the 
seal  of  the  Convent  was  affixed  on  the  7th  Kal.  of  November,  1216 fl. 
1216.  Walter  de  Chertsey  made  known  by  Charter  that  he  had  made  homage 
to  William  de  St.  Peter  for  two  dwellings,  by  the  Church  of  St.  Peter, 
Warwick,  which  Hendiarch  held,  he  paying  a  rental  of  73.  per  annum". 

1  Placita,  Surrey,  15  John,  Mich,  and  Hil.  rot.  6  (Placit.  Abbrev.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  91;.— 
APPENDIX  XLII. 

2  See  account  of  the  Kalendar,  under  separate  heading — '  Introduction  :  Books.' 

3  Itinemty  of  King  John  (Rec.  Off.  Ed.). 

1  Amicitius*  name  occurs  as  Archdeacon  of  Surrey  between  1189  and  1205  (Manning  and 
Bray,  i.  Ixxvi). 

8  Cart.  No.  170,  fo.  cxj.  v.— APPENDIX  XLII  I.  6  Cart.  No.  167,  fo.  cv.  v. 


72  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

c.  1216.  Eustace  de  St.  Peter  made  known  by  Charter  that  he  had  given  and 
granted  to  God  and  the  Church  of  B.  Mary  of  Merton  and  the  Canons 
there  serving  God,  the  annual  rent  of  75.  which  he  had  from  the  land 
and  dwellings  which  Gerard  Mendeware  held  in  the  ville  of  Warwick, 
next  the  Church  of  St.  Peter  ;  in  perpetual  alms,  but  charged  with  the 
annual  payment  of  4^.  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  and  6d.  to  Thomas  de 
Willemescot  and  his  heirs,  for  all  service '. 

The  Priory  agreed  to  lease  to  William  Fustar'  of  London,  and  his 
heirs,  their  land  in  Lottebury  (Lothebury),  adjoining  the  Church  of 
St.  Margaret  de  Lottebury  towards  the  East,  at  a  rental  of  75.  per  annum, 
and  a  premium  of  two  bizants. 

A  subsequent  note  says  that  the  rental  was  6s.  ;  but  is  followed  by  another 
memorandum  that  this  Charter  was  voided  for  better  terms,  and  that  it 
produced  them  a  rental  of  i6s.J 
1217.  Walter  the  Prior,  and  Convent,  by  Letters  Patent  of  this  date,  addressed 

June  17.  t()  aj]  faithful  in  Christ,  made  known  that,  moved  by  the  impulse  of  Divine 
piety,  they  had  received  and  admitted,  specially,  into  the  fraternity  of  their 
House  of  Merton,  Sir  Odo  de  Dammartin,  the  founder,  and  all  the 
Brothers  and  Sisters,  and  all  the  Benefactors  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  James 
of  Tanridge  ;  so  that  they  should  have  a  share  and  mutual  participation 
with  themselves,  in  all  their  prayers,  alms-deeds,  fastings,  vigils,  and 
disciplines  ;  in  the  celebration  of  Masses,  in  the  ordinances  and  observances 
of  religion  ;  and  in  all  other  good  acts  and  benefits,  which  were  or  should 
be  done  in  their  House,  and  in  all  their  Religious  Houses,  for  ever.  In 
testimony  of  this  fraternity  they  caused  their  seal  to  be  appended.  Given 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1217,  on  the  i5th  Kalend  of  June3. 

June  27.  Letters  Patent  were  granted  by  the  King,  acknowledging  that  on  the 
Friday  after  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  in  the  seventeenth  year  of 
his  reign,  he  had  received  at  Winchester  by  the  hand  of  Adam,  cellarer  of 
Merton,  seven  cups  of  white  silver  weighing  20  marcs  and  7^  ounces, 
and  one  staff  with  forty-five  rubies,  and  another  staff  with  twenty-two 
sapphires,  and  a  third  staff  with  twenty-seven  sapphires.  All  of  which  had 
been  committed  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  by  the  King's  precept  for 
custody.  (Very  likely  pawned  for  money  lent.)  In  testimony  whereof 

1  Cart.  No.  168,  fo.  cvj ;  and  re-entered  No.  169. 

2  Cart.  No.  180,  fo.  cviij.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  177,   fo.  Ixxxvj.     The  Hospital  of  St.  James,  Tanridge,  or  Tanrugg,  Surrey, 
became  a  Priory  of  Austin  Canons.    Thomas  West,  Prior  of  Merton,  1218  to  1222,  was  one 
of  the  witnesses  to  a   Deed  whereby  the  Founder  made  a  further  gift   to  the  Hospital. — 
APPENDIX  XLV. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1216-1217.  73 

1217.      the  King  made  these  Letters  patent  at  Winchester,  June  27,  in  his  seven- 
teenth year1. 

Nov.  14.  Walter2,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Geoffrey,  son  of 
Walter,  and  his  heirs,  forty-four  acres  of  land,  viz.  the  whole  length  and 
breadth  of  a  field  which  lies  to  the  East  of  that  of  Osbert  Waspaill'  all  along 
to  the  bridge  in  the  parish  of  Hercleye  (Horley,  Surrey),  and  the  fence 
with  trees  towards  the  North,  and  extending  to  the  Oak  which  divides  that 
fence  from  the  fence  belonging  to  the  next  field.  Also  one  acre  of  meadow 
between  the  road  leading  to  the  house  of  Saheric  Ilacheder  and  the 
meadow  which  Hermod'  Tratel  held  of  them.  But  not  to  sell  or  alienate 
without  consent.  At  a  rental  of  215.  6d.  per  annum.  And  Geoffrey 
and  his  heirs  to  send  a  reaper  for  two  days  every  year  at  their  harvest, 
at  their  order,  and  to  mow  at  Matingle  two  days  at  their  harvest  there,  and 
reapers  at  their  ale  bederipe ;  and  to  make  suit  in  their  Court  at  Pucham 
de  tribus  septimanis  in  trcs  scptiinnnas.  They  to  be  free  for  themselves  and 
men,  to  go  and  return  and  carry  their  hay  through  the  midst  of  the  plain 
when  need  be.  To  the  due  performance  whereof  he  swore  fealty  and  paid 
a  premium  of  half  a  silver  marc.  Witnesses  :  Will',  Clerk  of  Nortun  ; 
Willo'  de  Bradeburg  ;  Her'  de  la  Garstun  ;  and  various  others  named  '. 

Lambarde  states  that  at  Merton,  Cardinal  Gualo  negociatcd  peace 
between  King  Henry  III  and  the  Dauphin  of  France;  and  for  his 
authority  refers  generally  to  '  Flores,'  but  such  peace  was  concluded  at 
Staines,  not  Merton,  on  September  n,  1217  4. 

r.  1217.  The  Canons  bought  of  Hugo,  son  of  Robert  de  Wexhani,  all  his  part 
of  the  trees  at  Wexham,  called  Owthenewode,  for  the  sum  of  6o.s\  iid.7' 

They  then  entered  into  an  arrangement  with  William,  son  of  Richard 
le  Franceis,  for  the  land  which  the  latter  had  held  of  them  at  Wexham 
(which  he  now  resigned),  and  also  for  the  custody  of  the  wood  at  Wexham, 
he  paying  45.  6d.  per  annum  ". 

Walter,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  thereupon  granted  a  corrody  to  Richard 
le  Franceis  and  Mary  his  wife,  consisting  daily  of  a  miche  and  two  loaves 
of  ordinary  bread  (de  aula),  and  two  gallons  of'  the  best  beer  (cervisia 

1  Patent  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  145). 

3  Walter  'was  the  only  Prior  about  this  time  whose  name  began  with  a  L  W  :  he  died 
about  September,  1217. 

3  Cart.  No.  171,  fo.  cvj.  v.  and  cvij.     At  foot  is  the  note  'Vide  hanc  cartam  melius.  Registro 

fo. .'     The  entry  certainly  is  very  badly  written,  but  the  intention  of  re-entering  the 

Charter  in  better  writing  does  not  appear  to  have  been  carried  out. 

4  Lambarde's  Topographical  Dictionary,  p.  212. 

5  Cart.  No.  173,  fo.  cvij.     Entered  next  preceding  a  charter  granted  by  Prior  William. 
*  Cart.  No.  174,  fo.  cvij.  v. 


74  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

c.  1217.  inilitaris)  from  the  cellarer,  and  two  rations  of  convent  fare  from  the 
kitchen,  and  at  Michaelmas  annually  45.  from  the  cellarer  for  clothing. 
And  if  it  happened  that  the  said  Richard  should  survive  his  wife,  he  should 
have  one  miche  and  four  gallons  and  one  ferculum  daily,  and  2s.  per  annum. 
If,  on  the  other  hand,  she  survived,  she  should  have  two  loaves  dc  aula  and 
one  gallon  and  one  ration  daily,  and  2s.  per  annum.  But  it  was  to  be 
noted  that  Richard  gave  up  the  land  which  he  held  at  Wexham,  and  the 
convent  on  their  part  granted  to  William,  the  son  and  heir  of  Richard,  at 
his  petition,  land  as  witnessed  in  his  charter1. 

1217-28.  Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  made  publicly  known  in  reference  to  a 
controversy  which  had  been  subsisting  between  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury  on 
the  one  part  -,  and  themselves  on  the  other,  and  settled  by  papal  authority 
(presumably  under  a  commission)  by  the  Sub-Dean  of  Wells  and  his 
colleagues.  This  is  to  say  :  that  the  ordinance  made  by  authority  of  the 
Bishop's  predecessor  respecting  the  Churches  of  Cumb,  Lullwrth  (Lulworth, 
Dorset),  and  Sumerford,  was  thus  settled.  For  the  sake  of  peace,  the 
Convent  agreed  to  pay  to  the  Church  of  Salisbury  every  year  in  the 
Chapter  there,  on  the  morrow  of  '  Quasimodo  geniti '  (first  Sunday  after 
Easter),  245.  as  of  obligation  upon  the  benefices  which  they  had  in  the 
diocese,  and  all  liability  to  cease  on  the  payment  of  that  money.  Seal  of 
the  Chapter  of  Merton  set  hereto3. 
1218.  Walter,  prior,  and  Convent,  instinct  with  charity,  granted  to  Robert  de 

March  10.  Buss]ey)  clerk(  tnejr  faithful  Vicar  of  the  Church  of  Gumec'  (Gumechester, 
Godmanchester,  Huntingdonshire),  a  permanent  endowment,  under  which 
he  should  receive  on  account  of  the  vicarage,  all  obventions,  oblations,  and 
annual  tithes,  and  other  incomings  pertaining  to  that  church ;  from  which 
he  was  to  pay  to  them  55.  per  annum.  They  also  granted  to  him  the 
mansion  for  which  Ralph  (presumably  Robert's  predecessor  as  vicar)  had 
been  accustomed  to  pay  35.,  and  four  acres  of  meadow  in  Burton,  in  respect 
to  which  he  was  to  pay  them  a  pension  of  five  marcs,  besides  paying  and 
satisfying  the  charges  of  the  Bishop  and  providing  a  proper  parson  for  the 
church.  Robert  was  sworn  in  the  presence  of  the  Chapter,  to  the  faithful 
performance  of  his  part  of  the  arrangement,  and  also  that  he  would 
faithfully  preserve  the  chalices,  vestments,  and  other  ornaments  of  the 
church,  which  he  received  by  virtue  of  this  chirograph.  Dated  the  6th 
ide  of  March,  1218.  This  is  his4  last  recorded  Official  Act. 

1   Cart.  No.  175,  fo.  cvij. 

3  Richard    Poore  was   Bishop   of    Salisbury  from    1217    to    1228.       The    Priory   had    the 
patronage  of  these  churches,  and  in  1338  obtained  their  appropriation. 

3  Cart.  No.  242,  fo.  cxix. — APPENDIX  XLVI.  *  Cart.  No.  186,  fo.  ex. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1217-1218. 


75 


1218.  Another  document  entered  a  little  later  in  the  Cartulary,  undated,  but 
probably  many  years  later,  and  entered  here  since  it  relates  to  the  same 
subject,  details  what  was  assigned  to  the  Vicarage,  modified  subsequently, 
viz.  all  obventions  of  the  altar,  tithes  of  corn,  returns  for  the  land  of 
the  church,  a  mansion  worth  55.  per  annum,  and  another  worth  35.  and 
four  acres  of  land  ;  the  whole  being  of  the  value  of  twenty-two  marcs. 
The  Vicar  to  pay  to  the  Priory  a  pension  of  ten  marcs ;  to  pay  the  Bishop 
and  Archdeacon's  fee  ;  to  provide  a  parson  to  minister  there,  and  also  the 
necessaries  for  celebrating  Divine  Service. 

This  assignment  was  made  by  R.1,  Archdeacon  of  Huntingdon,  and 
J.,  Prior  of  Huntingdon,  in  the  place  of  the  Bishop  :  there  being  present 
W.,  official  of  the  said  Archdeacon,  and  many  others2. 

Between  March  10  and  the  latter  end  of  September,  1218,  Prior  Walter, 
desiring  to  live  a  more  ascetic  life  than  that  required  or  accustomed  by  the 
rules  and  practice  of  the  Canons  Regular  of  the  Order  of  St.  Augustine,  and 
seeking  rest  and  solitude,  cast  off  the  burthen  of  his  pastoral  care  of  the 
monastery,  and  transferred  :i  himself  to  the  Carthusian  Order  of  Monks, 
and  took  their  habit 4  at  Charenham  •'. 

Oct.  2.  A  vacancy  in  the  Priorate  having  thus  occurred,  the  Royal  licence  was 
sought  and  granted  (as  in  the  King's  time,  and  as  in  the  time  of  his 
predecessors  had  been  accustomed)  for  the  election  to  the  priorate  of 
some  one  who  might  be  serviceable  to  the  Priory,  and  to  the  King  likewise, 
and  faithful  to  the  kingdom.  Witnessed :  Earl  William  (William 
Marshal,  Earl  of  Pembroke,  is  suggested)  at  Crendun'  (Bucks)6. 

Nov.  6.  The  King  issued  Letters  Patent,  addressed  to  all  soldiers  and  free 
tenants,  and  all  men  holding  of  the  Priory,  notifying  that  he  had  given 
his  assent  to  the  election  made  of  Thomas,  late  Cellarer  to  the  priorate, 
and  therefore  stringently  ordered  obedience  to  him  as  Prior,  in  all  matters. 
Letters  Patent  under  Seal.  Witnessed  by  W.  Mar'  (William  Marshall, 
Earl  of  Pembroke)  at  Westminster,  November  6,  in  the  King's  third  year7. 

Nov.  ii.        The  Election  having  taken  place  under  the  Conge  d'e'lire,  Thomas  de 

1  Cart.  No.  208,  fo.  cxiiij.  2  Cart.  No.  209,  fo.  cxiiij  ;  re-entered  No.  543,  fo.  cc. 

3  Bodleian  Lib.  MS.  ;  Cart.  250. 

4  Annales  Waverl.  (Chron.  andMem.  ii.  p.  290}  ;  Corpus  Christi College  MS. ;  Latisdownc  MS. 
935,  fo.  1760  ;  Lambeth  MS.  585,  fo.  105  ;  Annales  Dunstapliae,  in  error,  antedates  it  one  year 
(Chron.  and  Mem.  p.  440^. 

5  Cart.  No.  520. 

6  Patent  Rolls,  2  Henry  III,  pt.  i,  m.  i.     Manning  and  Bray,  in  error  say  that  the  licence 
to  elect  was  granted  on  August  2  previous. 

7  Patent  Rolls,  2  Henry  III,  pt.  i,  m.  6.      The   Corpus  Christi  MS.  says  that  Walter,  the 
seventh  Prior,  having  become  a  Carthusian,  was  succeeded  by  Thomas. 


76 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1218.       Wllst  was  elected  on  the  third  Ide  of  November,  and  the  Royal  assent 

thereto  was  given  on  the  6th  of  the  same  month '. 

Dec.  9.  The  first  recorded  act  of  Thomas  the  new  Prior  was  the  grant  of 
a  lease  to  the  nobleman,  William  Aquillus,  Knight,  and  his  heirs,  of  their 
windmill  and  its  site  at  Tereinge  (Tanridge),  with  its  rights  and  liberties 
as  contained  in  the  charter  of  Bartholomew  de  Kemet',  by  which  they 
had  it  at  a  rental  of  2s.  per  annum. 

William  Aquillus  acknowledged  for  himself2  and  heirs  that  he  had 
received  the  said  mill,  &c.,  as  from  the  Convent,  in  the  presence  of  the 
witnesses  to  the  above.  Dated  5th  Ide  of  December,  1218 ". 

c.  1218.  Thomas,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Gilbert  de  Benchesham  their 
land  at  Cumbes  (Sussex),  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  Roger,  son  of 
Renifr' ;  at  a  rental  of  six  marcs  per  annum  ;  with  a  covenant  that  he 
and  his  heirs  should  not  sell  or  alienate  it  without  consent 4.  There  is 
a  subsequent  note  to  the  following  effect,  tracing  the  descent  of  the  property 
for  fifty  years  later.  These  two  entries  being  consecutive,  furnish  a  good 
illustration  that  the  documents  were  not  usually  or  necessarily  made  in 
the  Cartulary  rccento  facto. 

The  said  land  of  Cumbes  belonged  first  to  Gilbert  de  Benchesham, 
and  afterwards  descended  to  Isabelle  his  daughter  and  heiress,  who 
married  Ralph  de  Sampford.  Which  said  Ralph  and  Isabelle  sold  it 
by  fine  in  the  Court  of  Henry,  son  of  King  John,  in  his  fifty-second  year 
(1268  or  9)  to  Thomas  de  Merewe  and  his  heirs". 

1218  or  10.      The  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Surrey  returned  an  account  as  follows  : — 
io5.  of  Richard  Little  presented  to  him  : 
2  marcs  of  Albreda  de  Glos,  and  wanting  : 
2  marcs  of  Richard  Aikerel  which  he  had  in  pledge  : 
2  marcs  of  Volwyn  Rufus  by  same  : 
2  marcs  of  Adam  de  Kingston  for  cloth  sold  : 
2  marcs  of  Norman  de  Lenytd'  of  which  no  pledge  : 
lod.  of  Hugo  Sanz  for  appeal  of  fugitive  :  and 
2  marcs  of  Gilbert  Orpedeman  for  default. 

In  treasury  nothing.     The  Canons  paid  five  marcs  for  their  liberties  under 
Royal  Charter.     Entered  in  third  roll  of  King  Henry  III". 
1218-22.       Thomas,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Master  Alexander  Faucun 

'  Patent  Rulls,  2  Henry  II,  pt.  i,  m.  i,  and  pt.  2,  m.  2.  Annales  Dunstapliae  (Chron.  and 
Mem.}. 

"  Cart.  No.  178,  fo.  cviij.  v.  3  Cart.  No.  179,  fo.  cviij.  v. 

1  Cart.  No.  188.  fo.   cxj.  "'  Cart.  No.  189,  fo.  cxj. 

8   Carl.  No.  250.  fo.  cxx. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      I2l8-I222.  77 

1218-22.  of  Berton  a  bisant  from  their  Chamber,  until  they  provided  him  with  some 
ecclesiastical  benefice.  Seal  affixed  '. 

Thomas,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Gilbert,  the  smith,  of  Kersaulton' 
(Carshalton),  an  acre  and  a  half  of  land  in  the  field  known  as  Lynesche, 
in  Kersaulton  ;  at  a  rental  of  i6d.  per  annum2. 

A  grant  was  made  to  Arnold  the  Vintner,  of  Suwerk  (Southwark),  of 
land  and  an  hospicium  there,  received  from  Alweneschild,  he  paying  6s.  per 
annum,  viz.  at  Michaelmas  35.  and  at  Easter  35.  for  all  service:  also  con- 
ditioning that  he  and  his  heirs,  or  whoever  held  the  land,  should  pay  at 
Michaelmas  each  year  i\d.  to  Lobulus  de  Lnngabulo,  lord  of  that  fee, 
whom  the  priory  had  to  satisfy.  And  it  was  further  agreed  that  the 
convent  should  retain  their  hospicium  there,  for  their  reception  when  there 
should  be  occasion  or  they  were  so  pleased  :t. 

The  Convent  granted  to  John,  son  of  Richard  le  Tannur,  and  his  heirs, 
certain  land  in  the  Ville  of  Merton,  called  Pitch legh,  he  returning  in 
perpetual  alms  45.  per  annum  and  finding  in  autumn  two  men  at 
a  bederipe,  and  also  one  man  for  a  day's  mowing 4. 

Peter  Normannia5,  one  of  the  Canons,  whilst  he  lived,  received  io,s\ 
per  annum  for  clothing,  for  which  he  gave  his  land  in  London,  which  he 
had  received  as  a  gift  from  K.  de  Geggeham,  late  Archdeacon  of  Essex, 
his  brother". 

Thomas,  prior,  and  Convent,  by  Charter  granted  and  confirmed  to  God 
and  the  Blessed  Mary,  and  St.  John  Baptist,  and  the  Brothers  of  the  House 
of  the  Hospitallers  of  Jerusalem,  the  tenement  which  William  de 
Wrotham,  of  good  memory,  late  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury,  held  of  them 
in  the  Ville  of  Sutton',  at  an  annual  payment  of  ros. 

For  this  concession  the  Hospitallers  were  to  pay  them  40^.  per  annum, 
for  payment  of  which  rent  they  assigned  to  the  Convent  of  Merton, 
Roger  Tanur,  with  the  house  which  the  said  Roger  Tanur  held  of  them 
in  the  said  Ville.  So  that  for  the  whole  tenure  the  Convent  was  to  receive 
one  silver  marc  per  annum,  viz.  by  the  hands  of  the  said  Brothers,  ios., 
and  of  the  said  Roger  or  his  heirs,  40^.  Amongst  the  Witnesses  is  the 
Bishop  of  Aries  (?)  ~. 

Thomas,  prior,   and    Convent,    granted   to  Ralph  de  Wybesned,   their 

1  Cart.  No.  181,  fo.  cix. — APPENDIX  XLVII.  2  Cart.  No.  182,  fo.  cix. 

3  Cart.  No.  183,  fo.  cix. — APPENDIX  XLVIII.  4  Cart.  No.  193,  fo.  cxj.  v. 

*  Probably  the  same  as  Normannus,  who  became  an  Augustine  Canon  (temp.  Abp.  Anselm 
and  Bp.    Richard  of  London)  and  assisted  in  the  building  of  various  houses  of  the  Order, 
amongst  which  Merton  is  mentioned.      CHearne,  Notes  to  William  of  Neubrige,  iii.  p.  698.) 

•  Cart.  No.  196,  fo.  cxij.  v.  1  Cart.   No.  184,  fo.  cix. 


78 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1219. 

Feb.  17. 


1218-22.  Chaplain,  the  Vicarage  of  their  Church  of  Wybesned  (Whipsnade, 
Bedfordshire),  he  paying  them  a  pension  of  eight  marcs  per  annum,  and 
supplying  sufficiently  all  things  necessary  for  the  Church  :  at  his  death 
the  Church  to  revert  to  them  '. 

Thomas,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Odric  (in  heading  Ailric)  Atte 
Lake,  son  of  Walter,  the  land  with  trees,  lying  on  the  North  of  their  wood 
of  Langset  (Langschete,  in  margin),  by  the  land  which  Ailric  held  of  the 
Convent  of  Ledes,  &c.;  he  paying  a  rent  of  ^d.  per  annum.  But  neither  he 
nor  his  heirs  to  have  aliquant  cotnmuniam  in  the  said  wood.  For  this 
concession  he  gave  a  premium  of  2os.  By  Chyrograph,  to  which  their  seals 
were  attached.  Witnessed  by  Hugo  ;  Walter,  parson  of  Horley;  Eudo  de 
Minthurst,  and  others2. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Joceo,  son  of  Peter,  citizen  of  London,  and  his 
heirs,  their  land  in  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulchre  without  Newgate ;  at 
a  rental  of  2s.  per  annum  :l. 

A  Final  Concord  was  made  in  Curia  Regis,  at  Bermondsey,  on  the 
fifteenth  day  of  the  feast  of  the  Purification  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  in  the 
third  year  of  King  Henry,  son  of  King  John;  before  the  Lords,  Benedict, 
Bishop  of  Rochester4,  John  de  Gestlingg5,  and  other  Justices  Itinerant, 
and  other  faithful  subjects  of  the  King  being  there  present.  Between  Alice, 
wife  of  Michael  Velet,  plaintiff,  by  Walter  de  Tinbrig  on  her  behalf; 
and  Thomas,  Prior  of  Merlon,  defendant,  by  Brother  Hugo  on  his 
behalf;  concerning  six  acres  of  land  and  three  acres  of  meadow,  with  their 
appurtenances  in  Scenes ;  she  seeking  on  account  of  her  dowry  in  the 
freehold  which  the  said  Michael  had  had  in  his  own  right  in  the  said  Ville; 
and  a  Placita  was  made  between  them  in  the  said  Court,  viz.  that  Alice 
should  give  up  entirely  to  the  Prior  all  right  and  claim  in  the  said  land  for 
her  dowry.  And  for  this  by  the  present  final  Concord  the  Prior  should 
give  her  a  life  pension  of  55.  per  annum,  and  moreover  the  Prior  gave 
her  two  silver  marcs ;  and  no  further  claim  for  the  pension  to  be  made 
after  her  decease  c. 

The  King  issued  a  Writ  from  the  Treasury,  addressed  to  the  Sheriff  of 
Surrey,  to  the  effect  that  being  informed  that  the  Justices  had  required  by 
a  Treasury  Summons  a  sum  of  los.  of  Albredus  de  Glos,  and,  upon  his 


1220. 

March  to. 


1  Cart.  No.  187,  fo.  ex.  *  Cart.  No.  188*,  fo.  ex.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  190,  fo.  cxj.  v. 

'  Benedict  Chaunter,  Bishop  of  Rochester  from  1214  to  1226. 

*  John  de  Gestling,  Justiciar  1198  till  his  death  about  1223. 

'  Pedes  Fitiium,  Surrey,  3  Hen.  Ill,  No.  14. — APPENDIX  XLIX. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      I2l8-I222. 


79 


1220  default,  of  the  Canons  of  Merton,  the  King  releases  them  from  the 
demand  on  account  of  his  Charter  of  Liberties.  Witnessed  by  Peter,  Bishop 
of  Winchester,  at  Westminster,  and  enrolled  on  the  Treasury  Roll  No.  3, 
third  year  of  King  Henry,  son  of  King  John,  on  the  feast  of  St. 
Michael1. 

1221.  The  King  ordered  the  Sheriff  of  Huntingdon  that  the  claim  for  305.  6d., 
Dec.  15.    made  against  the  Prior  for  assarts  on  corn  growing  in  Alcmundbiry,  on  the 

occasion  of  the  last  circuit  of  the  Justices  of  Forest  Rights,  be  postponed  till 
the  next  account.  By  the  King  at  Geldeford,  December  15.  (Which  was 
in  the  Roll  of  Fines2.) 

1222.  A  controversy  between  Eustace,  bishop,  and  the  Chapter,  on  the  one 
part,  and  William  Abbot  and  Chapter  of  Westminster  on  the  other  part, 
was    settled    by    Stephen,    Archbishop    of    Canterbury,    the    Bishops   of 
Winchester  and  Salisbury  and  the  Priors  Thomas  of  Merton  and  Richard 
of  Dunstaple :1. 

Sept.  Prior  Thomas  de  Wllst  died  this  autumn4. 

Sept.  28.  The  King  assented  to  the  election  that  had  been  made,  of  Brother  Giles 
to  the  Priorate,  and  ordered  obedience  to  him  by  the  knights,  freemen, 
and  other  tenants.  By  the  King,  at  the  Tower  of  London,  September 
28,  in  his  sixth  year. 

On  the  same  day  Letters  Patent  were  granted,  ordering  Brothers  Ralph 
de  Gillinges  and  John  de  Heghefeld,  the  guardians  of  the  Priory,  to  deliver 
full  seisin,  without  delay,  of  all  lands,  things,  returns,  and  tenements  of  the 
Priory.  By  the  King,  as  above  mentioned,  and  upon  Order  of  Peter  (de 
Rupibus\  Bishop  of  Winchester,  to  whom  the  execution  pertained. 
Witnesses  as  above  5. 

On  the  same  day  the  King  issued  Letters  ordering  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey 
to  render  seisin  to  the  new  Prior,  without  delay,  of  lands,  things,  returns, 
and  tenements,  with  all  the  appurtenances  pertaining  to  the  said  Priory. 
Given  at  the  Tower  of  London. 

In  like  manner  it  was  written  to  the  Sheriffs  of  the  Counties  of  South- 
ampton, Huntingdon,  Buckingham,  and  Kent6. 


1  Cart.  No.  207,  fo.  cxiiij.  Peter  de  Rupibus,  Bishop  of  Winchester  from  1204 
to  1243. 

a  Close  Rolls,  6  Hen.  Ill  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  p.  484.  v.). 

8  Flares  Hist.  (Rec.  Off.  Ed.  ii.  p.  174). 

1  Bodleian  MS.  Kal. ;  Corpus  Christi  Coll.  MS.  ;  Cart.  No.  520 ;  Lambeth  MS.  ;  Annales 
Dunstap.  (Chron.  and  Mem.  ii.  p.  76)  ;  Annales  Waverleia  (Chron.  and  Mem.  ii.  p.  297). 

5  Patent  Rolls,  6  Hen.  Ill,  m.  2,  p.  i. 

«  Close  Rolls,  6  Hen.  Ill  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  p.  511). 


80  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1222.          Egidius,  or  Giles  de  Bign  (or,  Bourne)  was  on  this  day  installed,  honorifice, 
t    by  the  Bishop  of  Winchester '. 

3. 

The  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Buckingham  rendered  an  account  of  205., 
claimed  from  Stephen  de  Esmendene  by  the  Convent  under  the  Charter  of 
King  Richard,  and  the  said  sum  was  delivered  out  of  the  King's  Treasury 
to  Sir  R.  de  Walingeford,  Canon.  Entered  on  sixth  roll  of  the  seventh 
year  of  King  Henry  III "'. 

The  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Buckingham  returned  203.  from  the  matter 
of  Stephen  de  Ouvedene  on  account  of  the  Charter  of  King  Richard  ; 
whicli  money  was  delivered  to  Canon  Robert  de  Walingford.  Enrolled, 
7  Henry  III,  roll  6\ 

Upon  account  of  the  Sheriff  of  Huntingdonshire  the  Prior  had  quittance 
of  375.  6d.  for  cultivation  of  assart  in  the  forest  at  Alchemundebery,  on 
account  of  liberties  under  Charter  of  King  Richard.  Enrolled  on  roll  six 
of  same  year1. 

In  the  same  year  it  is  entered  on  the  same  roll  that  the  Canons  had 
quittance  of  375.  6d.  dc  tninutis  particulis  foreste  at  the  said  Ville  and  on  like 
account r'. 

1222.  The  Royal    Licence   to   the    Convent  to    elect  a  new    Prior   upon   the 

Sept.  12.  occurrence  of  the  death  of  Thomas,  late  Prior,  was  granted  by  the  King  at 
Norwich  on  September  13,  in  his  sixth  year. 

On  the  same  day  were  issued  Letters  Patent,  commanding  obedience  by 
knights,  freemen,  and  tenants  of  Merton,  to  Brothers  Ralph  de  Gilling  and 
John  de  Herfeld,  Canons,  to  whom  the  King  granted  the  custody  of  the 
Priory  during  pleasure". 

Sept.  28.  The  King  gave  his  Royal  assent  and  favour  to  the  election  of  Brother 
Giles  to  be  Prior  of  Merton,  and  ordered  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey  to  give  to 
him  full  seisin  of  all  lands,  things,  returns  and  tenements,  with  all  their 
pertinents,  without  delay.  By  Hubert  de  Burgh,  at  the  Tower  of  London, 
September  28. 

The  like  order  was  written  to  the  Sheriffs  of  Hampshire,  Buckingham- 
shire, Huntingdonshire,  and  Kent7. 

In  a  controversy  between  the  Bishop  of  London  and  the  Dean  and 
Chapter,  on  the  one  part,  and  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Westminster  on 

1  Corpus  Christi  College  MS  lix.  Lansdowne  MS.  dates  it  in  error,  the  3  kal.  of  November 
(Oct.  29).  Dugdale  says  Oct.  25. 

•  Cart.  No.  214,  fo.  cxiiij.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  254,  fo.  cxx.  v. 

*  Cart.  No.  255,  fo.  cxx.  v.  •"'  Cart.  No.  256,  fo.  cxx.  v. 

6  Patent  Rolls,  6  Hen.  Ill,  m.  2. 

7  Close  Rolls,  6  Hen.  III.  m.  3  (Re.-.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  p.  511). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1222-12^1. 


8l 


1222. 


1223. 

May  7. 


1222-31. 
Feb.  2. 


the  other  part,  arbitrators  were  appointed  to  settle  the  difficulty :  they 
were,  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the  Bishops  of  Winchester  and 
Salisbury,  the  Abbot  of  Dunstaple,  and  the  Prior  of  Merton.  They 
decided  that  the  Abbey  was  free  from  all  subjection  to,  or  jurisdiction  of, 
the  Bishop  of  London  :  that  the  Church  of  Staines  should  belong  to  the 
Abbey,  and  that  the  manor  and  Church  of  Sunbury  should  belong  to  the 
Church  of  St.  Paul  \ 

Engelram  de  Cygoinus  was  ordered  by  the  King  to  permit  the  Prior 
to  have  his  cattle  and  flocks  to  pasture  in  the  royal  forest  of  Windsor, 
as  he  ought  and  was  accustomed  to  have.  Witness,  Hubert  de  Burgh, 
May  14,  in  the  seventh  year  of  the  King's  reign ". 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  filled  with  charity,  granted  to  Richard  de 
WIneyna,  clerk  of  the  Earl  of  Chester  and  Lincoln,  a  pension  of  205.  per 
annum,  payable  at  Merton  on  the  feast  of  the  Purification,  until  they  should 
provide  him  with  some  other  income.  Seal  affixed :l. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Robert,  son  of  Godwin  the  Carter, 
two  acres  of  land  which  they  had  in  domain  in  their  Court  of  Flore, 
Northamptonshire,  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  on  payment  of  5-s.  to  them 
or  their  Attorney,  annually  on  the  feast  of  the  Assumption  of  the  Blessed 
Mary,  and  on  condition  that  he  edificiam  suam  facid  on  the  prior's  land  at 
the  South-East  angle ;  and  that  he  and  his  heirs,  at  their  own  cost,  should 
take  care  of  and  sustain  the  fences  and  walls  about  their  curia  and  maintain 
their  houses  there.  The  said  Robert  and  his  heirs  also  to  have  their 
curtillage  and  the  dung  of  their  curia,  but  to  provide  them,  and  in  autumn 
their  servants  likewise,  with  potherbs  from  the  curtillage,  as  also  their 
servants  with  corn  when  they  come  there.  These  things  he  swore  faith- 
fully to  observe,  and  his  heirs  to  do  the  like.  The  seal  of  the  Convent  was 
set  hereto  4. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Robert,  son  of 
Walter  de  Horle,  four  acres  at  Langset  (Surrey),  with  the  tenement  which 
they  had  built,  and  three  acres  at  Lepesheth  ;  to  hold  of  them  by  right  of 
inheritance  to  him  and  his  heirs,  he  paying  2s.  per  annum  \ 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  made  known  to  all  men,  that  they  before  P,eter 
de  Riches,  interlined  somewhat  later 6),  Bishop  of  Winchester,  had  given  up 

1  Mathew  Paris'  addition  to  Roger  of  Wendover  (Bohn's  Ed.  vol.  ii.  p.  442)  ;  Godwin,  Cat. 
of  Bishops,  p.  192. 

2  Close  Rolls,  7  Hen.  Ill,  m.  n  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  p.  546). 

'  Cart.  No.  191,  fo.  cxj.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  198,  fo.  cxij.K.  5  Cart.  No.  215,  fo.  cxv. 

*  It  is  evidently  Peter  de  Rupibus  or  de  la  Roche,  who  was  Bishop  from  1204  to  1238  : 
E.,  Prior,  was  therefore  Egidius,  Giles  de  Byrne,  who  ruled  from  1222  to  1231. 

G 


82  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1222-31.  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Southwark,  their  claim  to  tithes  of  corn 
grown  in  the  field  of  Langecroft,  which  the  Almoner  of  Merton  held.  In 
Witness  whereof  the  before-named  father  P.,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  set 
his  seal  to  this  writing,  and  they  set  the  seal  of  the  Convent. 

A  later  memorandum  notes  that  the  Charter  was  voided  because  a  certain 
composition,  under  later  date,  was  made,  as  appeared  in  the  Red  Book  ;  but 
the  Red  Book  is  not  now  to  be  found  '. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  William,  son  of 
Peter,  Citizen  of  London,  all  their  land  in  the  parish  of  Loddebury 
(Lothbtiry),  which  Walter  Blund  and  Cecilia  his  wife  gave  them  there,  and 
which  lay  between  the  Church  and  the  land  of  James  Bukeler,  of  the  fee  of 
St.  Paul's  With  power  to  sell,  assign,  or  bequeath  at  will :  at  a  rental  of 
55.  per  annum.  For  this  grant  he  paid  a  premium  of  one  bizant 2. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William,  son  of  Hamon  Martel,  and 
his  heirs,  their  land  in  the  Ville  of  Wexham  Buckinghamshire),  at  a  rental 
of  35.  lotf.  per  annum  :  he  and  his  servants  to  attend  four  days  of  bederipe 
in  autumn,  and  the  Convent  providing  drink3. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  granted  to  Laurence,  son  of  Godard,  their  land 
in  the  Marsh  nearWaldebe  which  Reginald  Lehnfwricht  had  held  of  them  ; 
at  a  rental  of  \'2.d.  per  annum,  and  a  premium  of  one  bizant4. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Geoffrey  cle  Mora,  Clerk,  for  life, 
ten  marks  sterling  per  annum,  by  quarterly  payments,  unless  without  delay 
he  wished  to  become  one  of  the  canons.  Also  the  house  where  he  was 
wont  to  dwell,  with  its  garden,  if  he  willed  to  remain  with  them,  with  an 
honest  household  ;  and  from  their  cellarer  two  miches  and  three  gallons  of 
Convent  beer  per  day,  and  from  the  kitchen  the  full  ration  of  a  Canon  in 
all  things,  and  maintenance  for  his  six  horses  and  all  forage  and  suitable 
stabling  for  three  horses.  They  also  granted  for  one  of  his  servants  daily 
two  loaves,  viz.  one  pikeling  and  one  tic  aula,  and  to  the  other  servants  two 
loaves  de  aula ;  and  to  them  two  gallons  of  de  Tina  per  day  :  to  one  of  them 
a  general  ration  '  ferculum  generate  de  aula],  and  to  the  other  what  is  called 
sccundnm  fcrculum  de  aula.  All  these  he  was  to  have  so  long  as  he  willed 
to  live  in  their  Curia s. 

'  Laud  MS.  723,  fo.  76  ;  also  Cart.  No.  217,  fo.  cxv.  v. 

3  Cart  No.  218,  fo.  cxv.  v.  A  marginal  note  in  a  later  hand  says  that  this  Charter  was 
before  the  Charter  written  above  on  folio  Ixx.  The  earlier  part  of  the  Cartulary  at  present 
existing  begins  with  folio  Ixxxj,  and  th'ose  entered  earlier  than  the  above  are  of  the  twelfth 
and  beginning  of  the  thirteenth  centuries.  There  was  no  Prior  whose  initial  was  E.  (as  in 
this  Charter)  earlier  than  Egidius. 

3  Cart.  No.  219,  fo.  cxvj.  '  Cart.  No.  220,  fo.  cxvj. 

5  Cart.  No.  225,  fo.  cxvij.— APPENDIX  LI. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1222-1231.  83 

1222-si.  Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Adam,  son  of  Roger  de  Filching, 
and  his  heirs,  six  acres  in  the  field  of  Kellinge  (Yelling,  Huntingdonshire), 
at  Hogmundeshowes,  and  three  roods  and  one  rood  (no  rent  entered)1. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Hugh  Harpin,  part 
of  their  garden  at  Carshaulton,  Surrey,  for  a  rental  of  one  pound  of 
cinnamon  or  i\d.,  at  Michaelmas  ;  for  all  services  and  secular  dues2. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  confirmed  to  John  Souke  the  donation  which 
Adam  de  Talewrse  and  Walter,  son  of  Adam  de  Hadresham,  and  Peter  de 
Talewrse  made  to  him  ;  he  paying  them  45.  per  annum  for  all  but  forinsec 
service  3. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  granted  to  R.  Tapevel  the  corrody  of  a  Canon 
of  the  House,  for  life,  and  los.  per  annum.  The  said  R  to  serve  them 
honestly  so  long  as  he  was  able,  unless  hindered  by  infirmity  or  old  age. 
In  Chapter  he  swore  to  the  due  performance  of  his  part1. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  executed  a  Charter  whereby  they  manumitted 
to  H.  de  Sco*  Edmundo  and  his  heirs  and  assigns,  except  Jews  and  men 
of  religion,  twenty-three  yard  of  their  garden  land  without  the  Gate  of 
Crepilgate  (Cripplegate)  in  London,  along  the  public  way,  and  forty-six 
deep,  viz.  from  East  to  West  next  the  Garden  of  William  de  Deserto  ;  he 
paying  per  annum  35.  by  equal  half-yearly  payments  at  Michaelmas  and 
Easter ;  and  to  hold  free  from  all  other  exaction  and  secular  custom. 
And  he  and  his  heirs  or  assigns  to  build  and  fence  round.  For  this  gift 
and  grant  he  gave  them  one  pound  of  cinnamon  as  a  premium.  There 
were  witnesses  Henry,  son  of  William  ;  Robert,  son  of  Simon  ;  and  many 
others  \ 

Also  to  Hethewold  of  Schoredich'  (Shoreditch)  and  his  heirs  and  assigns 
(except  Jews  and  men  of  religion',  8  rods  n  feet  of  garden  without 
Cripplegate,  at  a  rent  of  6s.  per  annum,  and  he  covenanting  to  build  a  house 
and  dwell  there.  For  this  he  paid  a  premium  of  £2". 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Henry  de  Keten" 
and  his  heirs,  half  a  virgate  of  land  at  Lullwytha  (Lulworth,  Dorsetshire), 
to  hold  in  fee ;  he  performing  homage  and  service  and  paying  45.  per 
annum 7. 

Giles,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Warin  the  merchant  a  corrody, 
whilst  resident  in  the  house,  of  a  miche  of  bread,  one  and  a  half  gallon  of 

1  Cart.  No.  226,  fo.  cxvij.  2  Cart.  No.  228,  fo  .cxvij.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  329,  fo.  cxvij.  v  '  Cart.  No.  230,  fo.  cxvij.  v. — APPENDIX  LII. 

5  Cart.  No.  233,  fo.  cxviij.  *  Cart.  No.  234,  fo  rxviij. 

*  Cart.  No.  23 1 ,  fo.  c  ;vij.  v . 


84  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1222-31.  Convent  beer,  and  rations ;  and  for  the  requirements  of  his  servant,  one 
loaf  de.  aula  and  alium  panem  qui  vocatur  rugge,  and  a  gallon  of  beer  which 
is  called  vassalur',  and  compannage  as  for  his  servant  in  the  hall1. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Roger,  son  of  Adam  de  Mecham, 
and  his  heirs,  half  an  acre  of  land  called  Laca,  at  a  rental  of  id.  per 
annum2. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Walter,  son  of  Giles,  a  messuage, 
in  Micham,  Surrey,  at  a  rental  of  2s.  per  annum3. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  acknowledged  to  hold  of  Reginald  Innen,  of 
Ewell,  and  his  heirs  in  perpetuity,  at  a  rental  of  25.  per  annum,  the 
tenement  which  they  held  of  him  in  the  Ville  of  Ewell,  and  which  William 
of  St.  Edmund,  Clerk,  lately  held.  Also  that  they  were  bound,  on  the 
decease  of  their  Clerks,  to  pay  a  relief  of  2s.  for  the  said  tenement4. 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Nichol  le  Holt  and  his  heirs,  in 
consideration  of  homage  and  service,  all  the  land  in  Pevensey  Marsh 
which  Ralph  de  St.  Bridget  had  held,  and  from  which  he  gave  them  los. 
per  annum  in  perpetual  alms  "'. 

1223.  The  King  issued  an  order  to  Engel  de  Cygorni  to  permit  the  Prior  to 
have  pasture  for  his  animals  and  cattle  in  the  royal  forests  of  Windsor  as 
he  ought  and  used  to  have  there  6. 

November.  The  Prior  brought  a  Suit  in  the  Common  Pleas  against  Simon  de  Bur 
to  compel  him  to  do  custom  and  service  for  a  tenement  in  Fifide,  Ewell, 
Surre}',  which  was  held  in  villenage  of  the  Priory;  and  also  for  a  half 
virgate  of  land  there ;  at  a  rental  of  45.  per  annum,  and  attendance  in 
autumn  at  the  Prior's  harvest,  called  the  bederipe,  with  all  his  household, 
except  his  wife  and  shepherd,  at  which  they  would  have  both  food  and  beer 7. 

The  Prior  also  proceeded  against  Simon  de  Sene  for  a  service  of  2s.  6d. 
per  annum  for  a  half  virgate  of  land  in  Fifide,  held  in  villenage,  and  6d. 
for  a  certain  '  sumerhus ' ;  and  the  sending  one  man  of  his  house  to  the 
autumn  harvest  to  the  ninth  day  without  finding  drink  ;  and  that  the  said 
Simon,  to  attend  in  propria  persona,  with  all  his  tenants  (if  any)  and  all 
his  family  (except  his  wife  and  shepherd),  being  provided  with  two  meals 
but  no  beer :  and  that  he  should  cut  a  close  in  the  wood  of  Sotelwood 
and  continue  it  to  Godelwrde,  and  enclose  a  rood  about  the  Court  of  Ewell 
and  repair  the  old  fence ;  and  besides  various  minor  requirements,  that  he 

1  Cart.  No.  235,  fo.  cxviij. — APPENDIX  LIII.  "  Cart.  No.  236,  fo.  cxviij. 

'•'  Cart.  No.  237,  fo.  cxviij.  v  *  Cart.  No.  238,  fo.  cxviij.  v. 

5  Cart.  No.  239,  fo.  cxviij.  v.  6  Close  Rolls,  7  Hen.  Ill  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  p.  546). 

'  Placita  de  Banco  Regis,  8  Hen.  Ill,  m.  7. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  I      1222-1225-  85 

1223.  should  not  give  his  children  in-  marriage  without  the  licence  of  the  Prior, 
and  that  during  the  life  of  his  wife  he  should  pay  id.  per  annum  to 
Blessed  Peter,  and  afterwards  \d.  That  after  his  death  his  wife  should 
continue  to  perform  the  service.  And  that  he  should  obey  the  Summons 
of  the  Bailiff  of  Ewell  to  attend  in  judgement  on  the  Court  there '. 

The  Prior  was  also  in  litigation  with  Geoffry  de  Aumarq,  John,  son  of 
John  le  franceys,  John,  son  of  Elye,  Richard  de  Brightset',  Richard  Cocche, 
Gille  le  Veis,  and  Walter  de  la  Hoke  respecting  the  custom  and  service 
due  from  him  for  a  holding  of  them  in  villenage  at  Fifide.  They  not 
attending  in  support  of  their  claim  were  ordered  to  attend  in  judgement 
within  fifteen  days  of  the  feast  of  St.  Michael2. 

1223  or  4.  The  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Buckingham  rendered  an  account  con- 
cerning a  half  mark  from  Robert  Larcher,  condemned  in  default.  The 
Canons  paid  half  a  mark  for  their  Liberty  from  King  Richard.  Enrolled 
in  the  eighth  year  of  King  Henry  III.  Present,  Sir  R.  Bulnonis- 
Eustace,  Bishop  of  London,  Richard,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  Nich.  de  Hond', 
T.  de  Stund',  Master  Mich.  Belot,  and  other  Barons3. 

1225.  The  King  commanded  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Buckingham  that 
Jan.  7.  tne  prior  of  Merton  should  have  such  customary  rights  and  services  in 
respect  to  lands  of  Robert  le  Archer,  '  qui  cst  persona  nostra,'  in  Taplow, 
Buckinghamshire,  upon  death  of  a  certain  man  whose  land  is  in  whose 
hand,  as  on  the  like  occasion  he  h«id  of  old  time  when  the  land  came  to 
the  King's  hand  4. 

It  was  ordered  that  the  Sheriff  of  Buckingham  permit  to  the  Prior  all 
the  customs  and  services  of  land  of  Robert  le  Archer  in  Tappelawe,  which 
was  in  possession  of  the  King  on  the  death  of  a  certain  man  there,  whence 
it  devolved  to  the  King's  hands.  Witnessed  seventh  day  of  January6. 
July  31.  William  de  Coign'es  was  ordered  to  deliver  to  the  Prior  the  gift  of  the 
King  of  six  old  oaks  in  the  forest  of  Windsor,  where  they  could  con- 
veniently be  taken  with  least  harm  to  the  forest ;  for  the  works  of  their 
church.  By  the  King  at  Kingston,  July  31.  Before  the  Justiciaries': 

In  this  year  (beside  the  exaction  of  one-fifteenth  of  all  movable  goods 
and  chattels  throughout  England,  as  well  of  ecclesiastical  and  religious 

1  Placita  de  Banco  Regis,  8  Hen.  Ill,  m.  7.  •  Ibid. 

3  Cart.  No.  213,  fo.  cxiiij.  v.  ;  re-entered  No.  257,  fo.  cxx.  v.  Eustace  de  Fauconbridge, 
Bishop  of  London  from  1222  to  1228;  Richard  Poore,  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  from  1217 
to  1228. 

1  Close  Rolls,  9  Hen.  Ill,  m.  15  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  n.  v.). 

"  Close  Rolls,  9  Hen.  Ill  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  ii.  p.  n.  v.). 

'  Close  Rolls,  9  Hen.  Ill  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  ii.  p.  54). 


86  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1225.  persons  as  of  secular)  all  general  liberties,  both  of  forest  rights  and  all 
other  liberties  which  had  obtained  hitherto,  were  proclaimed  to  be  neither 
sound  nor  substantial1. 

July  31.  The  King  ordered  William  de  Coignes  to  let  the  Prior  of  Merton  have, 
as  a  royal  gift,  six  old  oaks  from  the  forest  of  Windsor  as  he  may 
competently  take  without  injury  to  the  forest;  at  his  petition,  for  the  works 
of  his  house.  Dated  at  Kingston  :  before  the  Justices''. 

Nov.  30.  A  Convention  was  made  between  R.,  Abbot,  and  Convent  of  Westminster, 
of  the  one  part,  and  E(gidius),  Prior,  and  Convent  of  Merton,  and  Sir  William 
de  Mara,  of  the  other  part,  to  the  following  effect.  The  Abbot  granted  to  the 
Prior  and  Sir  William  de  Mara  and  his  heirs  in  perpetuity  a  common  way 
for  men  on  horse  and  on  foot,  and  for  carts,  straight  from  the  corner  of  his 
court  at  Mordon,  Surrey,  North-Easterly,  to  the  South  corner  of  his  tene- 
ment in  the  ville  next  the  house  of  William,  son  of  Sweyn,  on  the  West,  as 
straight  as  possible  and  with  the  least  harm  to  the  said  Abbot,  twelve  feet  in 
width  if  he  do  not  require  it  to  be  ditched,  but  if  he  do,  then  ten  feet  wide. 
In  consideration  the  Prior  and  William  de  Mara  gave  up  to  the  Abbot 
tlie  road  which  he  required  of  them,  crossing  the  court,  and  the  patli 
crossing  his  meadow  :  but  the  Prior  and  William  de  Mara  may  neverthe- 
less require  another  way  instead  of  the  said  way  and  footpath.  In  witness 
to  one  part  of  this  writing,  to  remain  with  the  Prior  and  William  de  Mara, 
was  affixed  the  seal  of  the  Convent  (of  Westminster);  to  the  other,  to 
remain  with  the  Abbot  of  Westminster,  were  affixed  the  seals  of  the  Priory 
and  W.  de  Mara.  Witnesses  to  this  convention,  Gilbert  de  Edinton, 
Master  Ph.  de  Ilammes,  &c.:l 

Referring  to  an  Ordinance  made  by  W.,  Archdeacon  of  Berks,  and  E.de 
Derham,  Canon  of  Salisbury,  in  agreement  with  the  Bishop  ;  and  concern- 
ing the  churches  of  Tarente  Kaaignes  (Tarent  Caisnes),  Cumbe,  Lulleworth, 
and  Sumerford  ;  the  Prior  and  Convent  by  deed  under  their  seal,  granted 
to  the  Bishop  and  his  successors  all  rights  as  to  the  parson  and  patron  of 
Tarente,  and  lands  and  fruits  ;  any  previous  grants  to  the  contrary  not- 
withstanding4. 

1226.  The  Prior  of  Merton  appeared  before  the  King  by  Brother  Roger,  one 
of  the  Canons,  his  attorney,  against  John  Watandus,  claiming  of  the  Mayor 
and  Lieutenancy  of  London  a  messuage  and  its  pertinents  in  London ". 

1  Corpus  Christi  College  MS,  lix. 

a  Close  Rolls,  9  Hen.  Ill,  Kent  (Rtc.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  54).— APPENDIX  LIV. 

3  Cart.  No.  194,  fo.  cxj.  v. 

1  Charters,  tfc.,  relating  to  Sarum  (Cfiroii.  and  Mem.  p.  169'. 

*  Close  Rolls,  10  Hen.  Ill,  m.  n.  d.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  153'. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1225-1226.  87 

1226.          A  Suit  was  tried  in  the  Curia  Regis  at  Westminster,  brought  by  the  Prior, 
Feb.  8.     against  his  men  of  Schelwood  and  Fifhid  as  to  the  service  which  they  were 
bound  to  do,   and  in  villenage.     Partly  by  consent,   it  was  ruled  by  the 
Court  to  the  following  effect : — 

The  men  had  to  pay  for  a  certain  virgate  in  those  Villes,  annually  55.  to 
the  Prior  and  another  6d.  to  him  in  his  Court  at  Ewell.  From  a  carucate 
and  an  enclosure  in  the  wood  of  Schelwood,  called  Bridelcumbe,  in  their 
tenure,  to  give  pannage  to  the  Prior's  swine,  and  a  tithe  of  their  pigs  at  his 
selection,  and  his  bailiff  to  take  not  exceeding  one-third  of  the  remainder 
at  it/,  each. 

If  their  son  or  daughter  marry  beyond  the  said  Villes  without  Licence 
from  the  Prior,  they  to  pay  the  Prior  id.  per  annum  for  each,  or  when  the 
wife  be  dead  \d.  If  such  son  sell  chickens  or  calves  without  the  Prior's 
licence,  he  is  to  be  taxed  every  year  as  the  men  of  Ewell. 

Not  to  cut  wood  without  licence  :  to  till  the  said  carucate.  If  the  Prior 
wills,  the  men  to  come  with  their  horses  and  there  harrow  (herciabunt)  his 
plough  lands  as  necessary :  he  to  provide  forage  for  their  horses.  They  to 
make  suit  at  his  Court  at  Ewell  on  summons  of  his  bailiff. 

If  need  be,  assistance  to  be  given  to  the  Prior  to  compel  the  men  to 
perform  such  customs  and  services. 

It  was  admitted  to  the  Jurors  that  the  Prior  could  not  demand  any  other 
services  or  customs. 

Witnessed  by  M.  de  PateshuII,  at  Westminster,  February  8,  tenth  year 
of  King  Henry '. 

Sept.  30.  The  Prior  compounded  with  the  King  in  respect  to  the  Manor  of 
Winterburn  Stikelavvrum,  Dorsetshire,  obtained  from  the  Canons  of 
Constance,  for  thirty  marcs,  payable  at  Easter  and  Michaelmas,  and  the 
remaining  fifty-one  marcs  at  Easter  and  Michaelmas  in  the  next  year, 
and  at  Easter  of  the  following  year,  making  for  each  payment  £11  and 
half  a  marc.  This  is  contained  in  the  roll  of  10  Henry,  son  of  John  -. 
Dec.  9.  The  Charter  of  Liberties  was  admitted  in  the  Treasury  at  Westminster, 
there  sitting  Sir  H(ubert)  de  Burg',  the  King's  Justice,  the  Bishops  of 
London,  Lincoln,  Chichester,  and  Carlisle,  Sir  Nicholas  de  Heuill,  David 
the  Clerk,  Richard  de  Buckingham,  Robert  de  Bassingburn,  Thomas  de 
Clumeling' ;  referring  to  the  county  of  Buckingham. 

1  Cart.  No.  366,  fo.  clvj.  v.  Further  litigation  occurred  in  1316 — Placita  Coram  Rege, 
10  Ed.  II,  v.  18  (Abbrev.  Placit.  p.  325".  Martin  de  PateshuII,  Archdeacon  of  Norfolk  and  Dean 
of  St.  Paul's,  was  a  Justice  Itinerant  in  1217  and  1218,  and  died  1229  (Foss\  The  tenth  of 
King  Henry  III  is  therefore  assumed  to  be  the  date. 

1  Carl.  No.  247.  fo.  cxx. 


88  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1226.  Walter  de  Patinal'  entered  upon  his  account  two  marcs  for  amerciament 
of  the  Hundred  of  Stokes  in  respect  to  a  matter  at  Upton.     The  5th  ide 
December,  n  Henry  III1. 

1227.  The  Prior  appeared  by  Ralph  de  St.  Brigida,  his  attorney,  against  Simon 
de  Craye,  for  a  tenement  of  203.  rent,  and  305.  arrears2.     This  referred  to 
property  in  Kent. 

The  Prior  appeared  by  his  Attorney,  Phil,  de  Hamme,  against  Walter, 
son  of  Philip,  and  Hugo  his  brother,  and  Philip  de  Obset,  and  Elias,  son 
of  Alard,  whom  the  said  Prior  claimed  as  his  natives3.  This  referred  to 
property  in  Surrey. 

In  like  manner  he  appeared  by  the  same  attorney  against  Gilbert  de 
Bolebec,  seeking  two  knights'  fees  in  Taplaw,  Buckinghamshire 4. 
March  26.  A  very  important  Charter  of  Confirmation  was  on  this  day  granted  by 
the  King  to  the  Priory.  It  makes  known  to  the  Archbishops,  Bishops, 
Abbots,  Priors,  Earls,  Barons,  Justices,  Foresters,  Sheriffs,  Provosts, 
Officers,  and  all  Bailiffs  and  faithful  persons,  that  the  King  for  the  health 
of  his  soul  and  the  souls  of  his  ancestors  and  heirs,  had  granted,  and  by  the 
present  Charter  confirmed,  in  pure,  free,  and  perpetual  alms  to  the  Church 
of  St.  Mary  of  Merton  and  the  Canons  there  serving  God,  all  reasonable 
donations  of  lands,  men,  and  alms  which  are  already  made  to  them,  as  well 
in  ecclesiastical  matters  as  in  secular  possessions.  Wherefore  he  willed 
and  determined  that  the  said  Canons,  their  men,  and  tenants,  should  hold 
all  their  possessions  and  alms  freely,  entirely,  fully,  and  peacefully  as  any 
Abbey  or  Religious  House  in  the  land,  with  sac  and  soc,  toll  and  theam, 
and  infangenethef  and  outfangenethef,  and  with  all  their  other  liberties, 
and  free  constitutions,  and  quittances,  in  churches  and  chapels,  in  wood 
and  plain,  in  meadows  and  pastures,  in  waters  and  mills,  in  pools  and  fish- 
ponds, in  marshes,  in  fisheries,  in  vineis '',  and  copses,  in  open  ways  and 
lanes,  in  granges,  and  entrances  and  cities  and  villes,  within  or  without 
towns,  and  in  all  places,  and  in  all  things,  matters,  liberties,  payments  and 
quittances  of  Shires,  hundreds,  lathes,  and  wapentakes,  and  from  pleas  and 
disputes,  and  from  money  which  relates  to  murder  and  theft,  from  scutage 
and  hidages,  and  from  assises  and  assarts,  and  from  waste  of  thickets. 
Only  so  that  if  any  injury  be  done  in  our  forests  beyond  the  liberties 

1  Cart.  No.  282,  fo.  cxxx. 

2  Close  Rolls,  ii  Hen.  Ill,  m.  25.  d.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  205). 

3  Close  Rolls,  ii  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  m.  ao.  d.    Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  207.  z/.).— APPENDIX  LV. 
1  Ibid.  Bucks,  m.  14.  d.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  209.  i/.). 

Ducange    gives    as    the    meaning    of    vinulahum  -  ager    vineis    consitus    idem    quod 
vineale. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1226-1227.  89 

1227.  granted  to  them  by  their  Charter,  we  will  that  it  be  reasonably  amended,  as 
also  respecting  ways  through  forests  ;  of  geld  and  danegeld,  and  horngeld 
and  fotgeld,  and  of  blotwit,  futwit,  and  lercwit,  and  hengewit,  of  flemenfrend, 
and  of  wardpeny  and  averpeny,  and  of  hundredespeny  and  tedynpeny1,  and 
of  works  for  castles,  bridges,  parks,  fishponds  and  ponds,  marshes,  from 
summage,  and  from  mahereme,  carrying  of  arms  and  treasure  rude,  and 
charge  of  wards,  of  holding  a  chase  and  establishment  of  scotales,  of  the 
King  and  his  aids  or  gifts,  of  Sheriffs  and  three  Bailiffs,  and  of  purpresture 
and  quittances,  also  of  all  thelones,  and  passage,  pontage,  pannage,  stallage 
and  lestage,  and  from  all  secular  services  and  exactions  and  servile  work 
which  is  due  to  us  and  all  other  secular  occasions  and  customs,  except  alone 
justice  of  death  and  member,  as  from  the  Charter  of  King  Richard  (the 
King's  uncle)  is  reasonably  deduced.  Witnessed  by  Peter,  Bishop  of 
Winchester,  Josceline,  Bishop  of  Bath,  Richard,  Bishop  of  Salisbury, 
Hubert  de  Burgh,  Earl  of  Kent,  the  King's  Justice,  Ralph,  son  of  Nicholas, 
and  Richard  de  Argentein,  the  Seneschalls,  Henry  de  Capett  and  others. 
Given  by  the  hand  of  the  Venerable  father,  Ralph,  Bishop  of  Chichester, 
the  Chancellor,  at  Westminster,  March  26,  eleventh  year  of  reign". 

April  25.  Pope  Gregory  IX  issued  a  commission  addressed  to  the  Priors  of 
Bermundeseye  and  Suwerk  (Bermondsey  and  Southwark,  Surrey)  and  to 
the  Dean  of  the  Church  of  Suwerk,  to  hear  a  complaint  by  the  Prior  of 
Merton3  against  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Oseneya  (Oseney,  Oxfordshire) 
and  certain  others  of  the  Dioceses  of  Lincoln  and  Norwich,  concerning 
tithes  and  other  things ;  dated  at  the  Lateran,  7  Kal.  April,  in  his  first 
year  (1227). 

Thereupon  the  Judges  Delegate  held  a  sitting  to  hear  the  contention 
between  the  said  Prior  of  Merton  and  G.  \  rector  of  the  Church  of  Harmide 
(Hardmead,  Bucks),  concerning  a  pension  of  205.  from  the  said  church  ; 
when  in  their  presence  the  rector  admitted  the  liability  for  the  said  pension 
and  promised  payment  to  the  Prior  yearly  at  Easter.  It  was  ordered  that 
a  further  45.  be  paid  as  a  penalty 5. 

Nov.  6.  The  Foresters  of  Wanberge  were  ordered  to  permit  the  Prior  to  have, 

without  hindrance,  mast  or  pannage  for  his  swine  in  that  Royal  forest,  as  he 

'  See  glossarial  notes,  ante. 

1  This  Charter  is  recited  at  length  in  a  Charter  of  Confirmation  by  5  Henry  VIII  ;  also 
referred  to  in  the  Charter  Rolls,  n  Henry  III,  pt.  i,  m.  12  (Charter  Rolls,  Rec.  Off.  Cal. 

P-  34)- 

3  Giles  le  Burne  was  Prior  from  1222  to  1231. 

*  Probably  Gilbert,  rector  of  Hardmead  from  1223  to  1262  ,  Lipscomb's  Buckinghamshire, 
iv.  182). 

5  Cart.  No.  433,  fo.  clxxvj. 


go  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1227.  used    to    have    in    the   time   of    the    other    Foresters.     At   Westminster, 
November  6 '. 

Dec.  14.  H.  de  Nevill  was  ordered  to  let  the  Prior  have  ten  oaks  from  the  forest 
of  Gauct'  for  the  fabric  of  his  church  of  the  gift  of  the  King.  By  the  King 
at  Crek,  December  14 2. 

1227  or  a  Ralph  de  St.  Brigida  was  appointed  as  Attorney  of  the  Prior  in  a  suit 
against  James  de  Cheleworth  and  Mabel  his  wife,  concerning  land  at 
Cheleworth  (Chihvorth,  Surrey) :l. 

1228.  Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  made  known  that  they,  with  the  unanimous 
Nov.  29.    win  ancj  consent  of  the  Chapter,  filled  with  Charity,  and  at  the  petition 

of  Th.  Tinemwe,  had  granted  and  given  to  John  de  Tinemwe,  Clerk,  for 
sixteen  complete  years,  two  marks  per  annum  to  study  (exercendas)  in 
the  Schools  in  England,  viz.  at  the  term  from  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  ios., 
at  the  Nativity  ios.,  and  at  Easter  half  a  mark.  In  Eastertime  and 
autumn,  or  other  times  if  the  said  John  wishes  to  reside  in  the  House 
within  the  sixteen  years,  they  would  receive  him  and  provide  him  with 
requisite  clothing.  If  it  happen  within  the  said  term  that  the  said  John 
wishes  to  go  abroad  for  study,  they  would  give  him  an  exhibition  of  three 
marks  for  a  whole  year.  Law  books  and  decretals  and  all  other  things 
in  relation  to  legal  studies  to  be  provided  by  the  said  John  de  Tinemwe 
during  his  life,  which  books  should  not  be  alienated,  but  properly  used  : 
and  if  he  should  give  up  his  studies  or  die,  the  books  were  to  be  returned 
to  Merton  for  the  use  (under  direction  of  the  Chapter)  of  some  good,  poor 
scholar,  studying  diligently,  so  long  as  they  will  last.  In  testimony  whereof 
the  seal  of  the  Convent  was  set.  If  it  should  happen  that  the  gift  should 
cease  to  be  available  for  sustentation  in  the  Schools  and  for  study,  the 
Convent  would  no  longer  be  bound.  The  time  for  commencement  of  the 
sixteen  years  to  be  from  the  vigil  of  St.  Andrew  next  after  the  decease  of 
Eustace,  Bishop  of  London,  of  good  memory4. 

1229.  The   Prior  appointed    as   Attorney    Peter  le  Coliere  in   a  suit  against 
Jan.  10.    Laurence  the  fisherman,  for  removing  a  certain  weir  in  Stansted,  Hertford- 
shire, to  the  injury  of  the  Prior.     January  10  *. 

Feb.  13.        In   a  proceeding  by  the   Bailiffs  of  Windsor  in  opposition  to  a  claim 

1   Close  Rolls,  12  Hen.  Ill,  m.  15. 

''  Close  Rolls,  12  Hen.  Ill,  m.  14.— APPENDIX  LVI. 

'  dose  Rolls,  12  Hen.  Ill,  m  7.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  i).  The  litigation  was  continued  till, 
or  else  renewed,  four  years  later. 

1  Cart.  294,  fo.  cxxxiv.  Eustace  de  Fauconbridge,  Bishop  of  London,  died  Octobei  31, 
1228. — APPENDIX  LVII. 

"  Close  Rolls,  Hen.  Ill,  m.  17.  d.    Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  i  . 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1227-1230.  91 

1229.  by  the  Prior,  that  his  men  there  should  be  free  of  tallage  according  to  his 
Feb.  13.    liberties,   the  matter   ,vas  respited  till  the  quindena  of  Easter,   when  an 

inquiry  should  be  made  in  the  King's  Exchequer  whether  the  claim  for 
freedom  from  tallage  was  right  or  not.  At  Westminster,  February  13  '. 
April  a8.  On  tne  feast  of  St.  Vital,  Brother  Richard  de  Walingeford  paid  to  the 
King,  at  Westminster,  £16  135.  ^d.  obtained  from  Sir  Allan,  the  Sub- 
cellararius.  And  a  precept  was  issued  to  the  Sheriffs  of  the  counties 
of  Surrey  and  Dorset  to  remit  the  fines  of  the  Manor  of  Winterbourne 
Stikelawrum  2. 

I229or3o.  ^n  the  Itinerary  of  Roger  de  Clifford  for  Forest  pleas,  it  was  found  that 
there  was  due  from  the  House  to  the  Crown  205.  in  respect  to  licence  for 
Henry  Ogys,  a  half  mark  for  Richard  atte  Hokeland,  and  I2d.  for  Godfrey 
Elys  of  Holeschete,  making  a  total  of  275.  Qd.  on  brief  and  for  the  liberties 
of  the  Charter  of  the  House,  and  the  same  was  settled3. 

1230.  The  Sheriff  of  Surrey  was  ordered  to  cause  that  the  Assize  on  death 
April  8.     of  Ancester,  directed  to  be  tried  before  the  Justices  at  the  next  Assizes, 

at  the  suit  of  Roger  de  Waletot  and  Alice  his  wife  against  the  Prior, 
concerning  forty-four  acres  of  land  with  their  pertinents  in  Micheham, 
should  be  heard  at  Lambeth  on  the  day  after  the  close  of  the  Easter 
quindena,  before  William  de  London,  Robert  de  Shardelowe,  and  Richard 
Reger,  whom  the  King  had  appointed  to  hear  it*.  The  King  at  Rading 
(Reading',  April  8 ''. 

June  13.  Henry,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  and  certain  with  him,  in  each  County,  were 
directed  to  make  an  assize  of  arms,  i.  e.  as  to  what  each  man  was  bound 
to  possess,  according  to  his  means,  as  directed  by  the  late  King  John,  but 
hitherto  insufficiently  carried  out.  For  Surrey,  Earl  Warenn,  Simon  of 
Echingham,  and  the  Prior  of  Merton  were  named  to  act  with  the  Sheriff ". 
December.  Helyas,  Treasurer  of  Hereford,  was  consecrated  to  the  See  of  Llandaff 
on  the  first  Sunday  in  Advent,  at  Merton  ;  the  Monks  of  Canterbury  loudly 
exclaiming  against  it,  and  saying  that  he  ought  to  have  been  consecrated 
at  Canterbury  ~. 

1  Close  Rolls,  13  Hen.  Ill,  ni.  15. 

1  Cart.  No.  258,  fo.  cxx.  v.  This  presumably  was  the  final  instalment  on  the  composition, 
September  30,  1226. 

3  Cart.  No.  528,  fo.  cxcviij. 

*  William  de  London,  Robert  de  Shardelowe  (or  Cherdelowe),  and  Richard  Reger 
(Reinger,  or  Renger)  were  Justiciaries. 

3  Close  Rolls,  14  Hen.  Ill,  pt.  i,  m.  12. 

6  Close  Rolls,   14  Hen.   Ill  .Citron,  and  Mem.;  Royal  and  other  Letters  temp.  Henry  III, 
vol.  iii.  p.  371).     The  specification  of  arms  according  to  position  in  life  is  very  interesting. 

7  Ann.  de  Theokesberia    Luard,  Citron,  and  Man.  i.  p.  77). 


92  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1230  or  i.       Proceedings  were  taken  by  Nicholas  Scurlagge,  attorney  of  the  Prior, 
against   William  de   Rukenhal,   in   respect   to   a  half  virgate  of  land  in 
Shelfwode  (Shelwood,   Surrey) 1. 
1231.          A  controversy  having  arisen  between  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton, 

April  ia.  on  tne  one  part,  and  Roger,  Rector  of  Chyoton,  on  the  other  part,  an 
award  was  made  by  Master  John  de  Horton,  Archdeacon  of  Bedford, 
Robert  of  Bonewell,  and  Richard  de  Wenden,  concerning  the  great  and 
small  tithes  of  the  Ville  of  Welloton  and  its  parochial  rights.  It  was 
determined  that  the  tithes  of  the  Mill  of  Welloton  should  be  divided 
equally  between  the  Churches  of  Chyuton  and  Northampton  :  and  those 
of  the  Ville,  according  to  ancient  custom,  viz.  all  tithes  of  the  domain 
to  the  Church  of  Chyuton,  and  all  of  villenage  to  the  Church  of 
Northampton :  and  that  neither  should  admit  the  parishioners  of  the 
other  ad  divina  to  his  prejudice,  but  according  to  ancient  composition. 
Both  parties  agreed  to  this  award,  which  was  made  at  Westminster  on 
the  day  before  the  Ides  of  April2. 

Oct.  28-          Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  gave  up  to  J.  Capell  and  Matilda  his  wife,  the 

Nov.  13.  inheritance  of  the  said  Matilda  to  the  land  which  they  had  in  London  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Dionis,  between  the  land  of  G.,  Campaneis,  and  the  land  of 
Walter  the  weaver,  and  opposite  the  land  which  Adrian  the  draper  then 
held  of  them.  Which  same  land  they  had  recovered  as  in  their  domain 
by  Judgement  in  the  Hustings  Court  of  London,  in  a  suit  against  Mark 
Chambert.  Whereupon  they  granted  that  the  said  J.  and  Matilda  and  their 
heirs  should  hold  the  said  land  with  its  pertinents  freely,  peaceably,  and 
entirely,  in  perpetuity,  for  an  annual  rent  of  35.  by  half-yearly  payments. 
For  this  concession  they  paid  the  House  205.,  which,  and  more,  was  owing 
in  arrears  for  the  said  land.  Seal  set  in  Chapter 3. 

Oct.  30.  The  King,  upon  the  application  of  Brothers  Roger  le  Deveneis,  precentor, 
and  John  de  Heyfeld,  sacristan,  acting  on  behalf  of  the  Sub-prior  and 
Convent,  granted  licence,  by  letters  patent,  for  the  election  of  a  new  Prior4. 

Nov.  io.  Brother  Henry  de  Basinges,  who  had  previously  been  the  sub-cellarer  *, 
having  been  elected  to  the  Priorate,  the  Royal  assent,  dated  at  Clarendon, 
was  given  to  the  election,  and  the  matter  was  remitted  to  the  Bishop  of 
Winchester  to  carry  out 2. 

On  the  same  day  Letters  Patent  Deprecatory  were,  as  usual,  directed  to 
the  knights,  freemen,  and  tenants  for  obedience  to  the  new  Prior. 

1   Close  Rolls,  15  Hen.  Ill,  m   2.  d.  a  Cart.  No.  245,  fo.  cxix. 

3  Cart.  No.  227,  fo.  cxvij 

1  Patent  Rolls,  16  Hen.  Ill,  m.  io.     Assent  in  Close  Rolls.  16  Hen.  III.  m.  19. 
Annal.  Diinstapl.  (Cftroit.  and  Mem.  iii.  p.  128). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1230-1238.  93 

1231.          He  was  installed  on  the  xyth1. 

Nov.  17. 

Nov  r  Henry,  the  Prior,  appointed  Ralph  de  Latton  to  be  his  attorney  in  a  suit 

by  James  de  Cheleworth  and  Matilda  his  wife,  respecting  a  virgate  of 
land  in  Cheleworth  in  the  Hundred  of  Stapel  in  Sussex.  At  Clarendon, 
November  13  ". 

Giles,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Engelram,  blacksmith,  of  Alke- 
mundebiry  (Huntingdonshire),  two  acres  of  land  which  R.  de  Chevaler 
formerly  gave  to  their  Church  of  Alkemundebiry,  when  it  was  dedicated,  and 
the  acre  of  land  which  he  had  with  his  messuage.  To  hold  to  him  and  his 
heirs  at  a  rental  of  45.  per  annum  for  all  service,  but  conditioning  that  he, 
while  not  prevented  by  infirmity  or  age,  should  do  serjeantry  for  their  two 
carucates  at  Alkemundebiry,  and  his  heirs  after  him  to  do  the  same.  Seal 
affixed  \ 

Nov.  13.  The  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  were  ordered  to  allow  the  Prior  and 
Convent  to  have  the  amerciaments  of  themselves  and  their  men  in  the 
King's  Exchequer,  as  they  used  to  have  by  the  Charter  of  the  King's  pre- 
decessors in  the  time  of  Kings  Henry,  his  grandfather  (Henry  I),  and 
uncle  (Henry  II),  and  King  John,  his  father,  and  lately  in  the  time  of  the 
present  King.  At  Clarendon,  November  i34. 

Dec.  5.  The  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  were  ordered  to  allow  the  same,  as  ought 
and  were  used  to  be  allowed  by  the  charters  of  the  King's  predecessors. 
At  Maidenstan,  December  5'. 

Nov.  13.  Upon  the  Election  of  Henry  de  Basing,  Canon,  to  be  Prior,  and  Royal 
assent  thereto,  the  King  issued  a  Writ  to  Brothers  J.,  sacrist,  and  R.,  pre- 
centor, to  deliver  seisin  of  the  keeping  of  the  Priory  and  all  its  pertinents 
without  delay.  By  the  King  at  Clarendon,  November  13°. 

Also  an  order  to  knights,  freemen,  and  others,  tenants  of  the  Priory,  to 
answer  to  him.  Same  date  as  above7. 

1231-38.  Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Gilbert,  son  of  Gilbert  of  Wynde- 
sham,  a  messuage  and  building  in  Ewell,  Surrey,  at  a  rental  of  2s.  per 
annum  and  performance  of  all  service  except  that  of  the  King*. 

Henry,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Stephen,  Clerk,  for  life,  the 
Church  of  Clopham  (Clapham,  Surrey),  saving  a  pension  of  205.  per  annum. 
Given  under  seal  (no  date) '. 

1  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcvj. 

3  Close  Rolls,  16  Hen.  Ill,  m.  4.  d.  This  was  a  continuation  or  renewal  of  litigation  four 
years  previously,  when  the  wife's  name  appears  as  Mabel. 

3   Cart.  No.  232,  fo.  cxviij.  *  Close  Rolls,  16  Hen.  Ill,  m.  16.  '"  Ibid.  m.  18. 

8  Close  Rolls,  16  Hen.  Ill,  m.  19.  '  Ibid. 

'  Cart  No.  240,  fo.  cxviij.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  241,  fo.  cxix.  v. 


94  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1231-8.  Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Philip  their  Clerk,  a  Corrody  of 
a  Canon  of  the  house,  for  himself  and  supplies  for  his  servant ;  with  lodging 
for  them  day  and  night,  and  a  pension  from  the  Cellararius  of  405. 
per  annum  l. 

Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William  de  Sumerford,  Clerk, 
a  pension  of  405.  per  annum  from  their  Cellararius2. 

Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Robert  de  Bokland  the  Corrody 
of  a  Canon  whilst  living  within  their  fold,  or  if  he  left,  then  its  value;  and 
to  his  wife  Seyva,  a  corrody  weekly  for  life,  of  five  miches  and  four  gallons 
of  militum  beer,  and  daily  a  ration  from  the  kitchen  for  a  servant.  But  so 
that  the  said  Robert  and  Seyva  continue  to  reside  within  the  fold  and 
perform  their  service  satisfactorily.  The  said  Robert  and  Seyva  publicly 
taking  the  vow  of  chastity  and  making  oath  to  serve  the  Convent  faithfully. 
But  they  had  full  right  to  leave  or  withdraw  their  vow  if  they  desired  to  do 
so,  and  in  that  case  the  Convent  would  be  no  longer  bound  by  the  arrange- 
ment3. 

Henry,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  issued  Letters  to  the  Archdeacon  of  North- 
ampton to  put  in  corporal  possession  of  the  Church  of  Tretteswrhd',  Master 
R.  de  Derham,  whom  he  had  admitted  at  the  presentation  of  the 
Convent,  Gunnora  de  Kaames  having  renounced  the  presentation  which 
she  had  made  to  the  said  Church  '. 

Henry,  prior,and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Gilbert  the  Chaplain,  of  London, 
their  land  in  the  parish  of  St.  Giles  in  Crepilgats,  in  Wincet'chester  Lane 
(Winchester  Lane,  Cripplegate),  which  was  of  Hugh  Carectarius,  to  build 
a  suitable  house  of  residence  ;  at  a  rental  of  half  a  mark  per  annum,  and 
a  premium  of  one  pound  of  pepper  and  one  pound  of  cinnamon  B. 

Henry,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  a  Corrody  to  Sir  Michael  the 
Merchant  for  so  long  as  he  willed  to  live  in  the  Convent  walls,  together 
with  the  same  house  in  which  Warin,  the  Merchant,  had  lived  during  his 
life6. 

Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  filled  with  charity,  and  by  special  liberality, 
granted  to  Marcius  of  London,  Clerk,  2s.  to  receive  from  their  Camerarius 
every  year  on  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  till  they  should  provide  him  with 
a  competent  benefice7. 

1  Cart.  No.  243,  fo.  cxix.  2  Cart.  No.  244,  fo.  cxix. 

3  Cart.  No.  246,  fo.  cxix.  v. — APPENDIX  LIX. 

'  Cart.  No.  248,  fo.  cxx.  5  Cart.  No.  251,  fo.  cxx. 

6  Cart.  No.  259,  fo.  cxxj.  A  corrody  had  been  granted  to  Warin  by  Cart.  No.  235, 
fo.  cxviij. 

1  Cart.  No.  260,  fo.  cxxj. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1231-1232.  95 

1231-8.  Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William  de  Minthurst  and  his 
heirs,  their  tenement  in  Minthurst,  Shelwood,  at  a  rental  of  los.  per 
annum  for  all  service1. 

The  Prior  and  Convent,  by  unanimous  consent  and  will  of  the  Chapter, 
granted,  conceded,  and  assigned  to  their  beloved  Richard,  Vicar  of 
Kingston,  in  acknowledgement  of  his  honesty  and  affection  towards  them, 
and  of  their  good  will  towards  him,  for  his  life,  the  205.  per  annum  which 
he  was  used  to  pay  them  out  of  the  obventions  of  the  said  church,  and  also 
the  tithes  of  six  mills  then  existing  in  the  parish,  and  estimated  to  be  of 
the  value  of  125.  per  annum.  Moreover  they  assigned  to  him  a  return  or 
rent  estimated  at  6s.  per  annum,  which  their  Farmer  was  used  to  receive 
from  four  weirs  existing  in  the  parish ;  and  the  oblations  made  in 
Kingston  Church  at  the  Feasts  of  Pentecost  and  the  Dedication  of  the 
Church,  estimated  at  the  value  of  half  a  mark.  They  further  assigned  to 
him  an  annual  return  of  155.  40'.  by  the  hands  of  their  cellarer,  payable  at 
Easter.  The  above  assignments,  which  they  considered  to  be  of  the  full 
value  of  6os.  per  annum,  they  fully  granted  and  gave  to  him  to  enjoy 
during  his  life,  without  let  or  hindrance  ;  but  expressing  that  he  was  not 
entitled  thereto  in  right,  nor  was  he  to  be  at  liberty  to  sell  or  dispose  of 
the  benefit  of  this  concession.  Given  under  seal  of  the  chapter'2. 

A  controversy,  which  had  for  some  time  subsisted  between  the  Bishop 
and  Chapter  of  Salisbury,  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  Convent  on  the  other, 
respecting  an  Ordinance  made  by  the  Bishop's  predecessor  concerning  the 
Churches  of  Sumerford  and  Lulleworthe  (Somerford  Caisnes,  Wilts,  and 
Lulworth,  Dorset),  was  settled  on  the  octave  of  Easter  by  the  intervention 
of  mutual  friends,  and  the  Priory,  for  the  sake  of  peace,  agreed  to  pay 
annually  245. :i 

1232.          King   Henry  III   addressed  Letters  to  the  Barons  of  the   Exchequer, 

March  n.   notifying  that  there  should  be  allowed  to  the  Prior  of  Merton  the  liberties 

and  acquittances  which  the  Priory  had  had  by  the  Charter  of  his  ancestors, 

and  as  were  allowed  in  the  Exchequer  Rolls  in  the  time  of  King  John  and 

himself.    Witnessed  by  the  King  himself,  March  n,  in  his  sixteenth  year'. 

Sept.  Hubert  de  Burgh,  Chief  Justiciary,  and  one  of  the  most  eminent  persons 

in  the  kingdom,  both  from  his  family  and  personal  position,  through  the 

efforts   of   powerful   enemies    incurred    the    King's    displeasure,    and    on 

July  29  was    removed    from  his   office   and   called   upon   to   answer   the 

1  Cart.  No  261,  fo.  cxxj.  "  Caii.  No.  262,  fo.  cxxj.  v.— APPENDIX  LVIII. 

3  Sarum  Registers  (ed.  by  W.  D.  Macray,  and  published  by  Record  Off.1,  p.  215. 
'  Cart.  No.  296.  fo.  cxxxij.  v. 


96  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1232.  charges  brought  against  him.  Having  obtained  time  until  September  14, 
he  fled,  clam  et  subito,  to  Merton  Priory,  and  claimed  the  right  of  sanctuary. 
In  default  of  Hubert  de  Burgh's  appearance  at  the  time  appointed,  the  King 
issued  a  precept  to  the  Mayor  of  London  to  go  to  Merton  and  bring  him, 
dead  or  alive,  before  the  King.  It  had  happened  that  in  consequence  of 
certain  severities  exercised  in  his  office,  the  citizens  bitterly  hated  him,  and 
about  20,000  armed  men,  delighted  with  the  prospect  of  revenge,  started 
for  Merton  to  execute  the  King's  command.  When  Hubert  heard  of  this 
he  prostrated  himself  in  prayer  before  the  high  altar,  barefooted  and  half 
clad,  and  commended  himself,  body  and  soul,  to  God.  But  whilst  the 
citizens  were  tumultuously  rushing  to  Merton,  the  King,  as  a  matter  of 
prudence,  revoked  his  order ;  and  the  citizens  returned  home  disappointed1. 
1232-37.  Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Nicholas  of 
St.  Albans,  goldsmith,  of  London,  all  that  messuage  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Nicholas  by  the  Shambles,  London,  which  Richard  de  Lacchon 
formerly  held,  and  lying  between  land  which  belonged  to  John  de 
St.  Laurence  on  the  East,  and  Cecilie  de  Turri  on  the  West.  To  hold  to 
the  said  Nicholas  and  his  heirs  at  an  annual  rent  of  los.  sterling  in  half- 
yearly  payments,  at  Michaelmas  and  Easter,  for  all  service:  and  he  and 
they  to  sustain  and  repair.  For  this  grant,  he  paid  405.  premium  (gersuma). 

Witnesses,  Andred  Bukerel 2,  now  Mayor  of  London ;  Joceo,  son  of 
Peter;  Stephen..  .Gras;  Michael  de  St.  Elena;  Laurence,  chaplain; 
Master  Philip  de  Hamm' ;  Richard  Tapynd  ;  Walter  and  Gilbert,  clerks  ; 
Robert  Crok  ;  John  de  Tynem',  and  many  others. 

The  seal  of  the  Priory  in  yellow  wax  is  attached.  It  is  probably  an 
unique  impression  of  the  seal  which  is  recorded  in  the  Corpus  Christi 
College,  Cambridge,  MS.  lix,  as  having  been  received  into  the  House 
in  1197  3. 

Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  gave  and  granted  to  William  De  Neketon, 
N ichol'  de  St.  Albano,  and  Thomas  de  Balasham,  the  testamentary 
executors  of  Richard  de  N.,  goldsmith,  toward  the  need  of  a  Chapel  for 
Divine  Service  in  perpetuity  in  the  Church  of  St.  Nicholas  de  Macellis4 

1  Matthew  Paris  (Record  Off.  Ed.  by  Madden;  Chron.  and  Mem.  ii.  p.  347).     Matthew  of 
Westminster  (Bohn's  Ed.  ii.  p.  165).     Foss,  Lives  of  the  Judges,  ii.  p.  272.     Some  further  ac- 
count of  him  is  given  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

2  Andrew  Bukerel,  sheriff  in  1224,  mayor  1232-37  (Maitland's  London,  p.  1195). 

3  Deed  in  possession  of  the  Author. 

'  Cart.  No.  293,  fo.  cxxxij.  Referring  to  the  preceding  Deed,  and  to  the  fact  of  Andrew 
Buckerel,  a  witness  thereto,  having  been  mayor  of  London,  there  can  be  no  reasonable  doubt 
that  the  St.  Nicholas  of  the  Shambles  or  Fleshmonger  Street  was  the  church  of  that  name 
situate  in  London  :  there  was  a  church  of  the  same  name  at  Winchester,  some  remains 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1232-1233.  97 

1232-7.  for  the  soul  of  the  said  Richard,  65.  Qd.  per  annum,  which  John,  son  of 
Alan,  was  accustomed  to  pay  the  Convent  out  of  all  lands  and  houses  in 
the  said  parish  which  belonged  to  Roger  the  cellerarius.  For  this  gift  the 
said  executors  paid  from  moneys  of  the  Deceased  six  silver  marcs. 

1232  or  3.  The  Sheriff  for  the  County  of  Surrey  rendered  his  account,  including 
claims  for  two  marcs,  received  from  the  Villata  of  Merton  on  account  of 
flight  of  a  fugitive ;  and  two  marcs  from  William  de  Lakenhal'  for  appeal 
of  felony  ;  and  two  marcs  from  Thomas,  Clerk  of  Akoll,  for  trespass ;  and 
two  marcs  from  the  decennary  on  account  of  flight  of  Reg.  de  Bosco. 
Nothing  paid  in.  The  Prior  and  Canons  paid  two  and  a  half  marcs  for 
their  liberties  and  acquittances.  Entered  on  Roll  15  of  the  i6th  year 
Henry  III1. 

1233.  A  final  Concord  was  entered  into  in  the  Curia  Regis  at  Westminster,  in 
the  quindenaof  Easter,  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  King  Henry,  son  of  King 
John,  before  Thomas  de  Mulct",  Robert  de  Lexint',  William  de  York, 
and  Ralph  de  Norwich,  Justices 2,  and  others  of  the  King's  faithful  subjects  ; 
between  Roger  de  Walecote  and  Alice  his  wife,  claimants,  by  Richard  de 
Walecote,  in  their  place,  and  William  Maudut'  (presumably  Maudunt  or 
Mordaunt),  whom  Henry,  Prior  of  Merton,  called  to  warrant  and  who  did 
warrant  46^  acres  of  land  in  Micham  ;  and  an  assize  upon  death  of  an 
ancestor  being  produced  in  the  same  Court,  it  was  arranged  that  the  said 
Roger  and  Alice  should,  on  their  own  account  and  for  the  heir  of  the 
said  Alice,  remit  and  peaceably  give  up  to  the  said  William  Mordut'  and  his 
heirs,  all  right  and  claim  which  they  might  have  to  the  said  land  in  per- 
petuity. For  which  remission  and  concord  the  said  William  gave  to  the 
said  Roger  and  Alice  nine  silver  marcs 3. 

July  19.  Another  final  Concord  was  made  in  the  Curia  Regis  at  Westminster  on 
the  fifteenth  day  after  St.  John  the  Baptist's  day,  in  the  same  year,  before 
William  de  Raleigh,  Robert  de  Lexinton,  William  de  York,  Ralph  de 
Norwich,  Adam,  son  of  William,  and  William  de  St.  Edmund,  Justices,  and 
others  of  the  King's  faithful  subjects  then  and  there  present.  In  a  suit 
between  Henry,  Prior  of  Merton,  claimant,  and  Alan,  Abbot  of  Chertsey, 
defendant,  by  Ralph  de  Chertsey  in  his  place,  respecting  the  common 
pasture  of  the  said  Prior  in  Sutton  as  far  as  a  certain  ditch  called 

of  which  were  discovered  whilst  digging  foundations  in  1875  ;  a  most  interesting  note  of  it 
was  communicated  to  a  local  paper  by  Mr.  Baigent  from  his  mine  of  archaeological  research. 

1  Cart.  No.  227,  fo.  cxxxij.  v. 

''  The  Justiciars  were  Thomas  de  Muleton  ;  Robert  de  Lexinton  ;  William  de  York,  Bishop 
of  Salisbury  ;  and  Ralph  de  Norwich. 

3  Pedtsfin.  17  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  165. 

H 


98  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1233.  Middeldich,  required  of  the  said  Abbot  by  reason  of  lands  and  tenements 
at  Carsalton.  Thereupon  a  Placita  was  made  between  them  in  the  said 
Court,  viz.  that  the  said  Abbot  admitted  and  granted  for  himself  and 
successors  to  the  said  Prior  and  his  successors  to  have  the  common 
pasture  at  Sutton,  where  and  so  far  as  the  men  of  Carsalton  had  had 
common  according  to  the  quantity  of  lands  and  tenements  which  the 
said  Prior  had  in  fee  in  Carsalton,  without  impediment  from  the  Abbot. 
And  for  this  admission,  concession,  fine  and  concord,  the  said  Prior 
remitted  all  claim  for  loss  by  deprivation  of  the  pasture  up  to  the  date 
of  this  Concord  '. 

1233  or  4.  Before  the  Justices  and  the  Bishops  of  Winchester,  Chichester,  and 
Bath,  and  R(obert)  Paselewe,  Treasurer,  Sheriff  for  the  County  of 
Southampton  returned  an  account  concerning  two  marks  from  Thebing" 
for  trespass ;  and  two  marks  from  Geoffrey  de  la  Bodeleq'  for  the  same. 
Nothing  paid  in.  The  Prior  and  Canons  paid  one  mark  for  the  liberties 
under  Royal  Charter,  and  were  acquitted.  Entered  on  Roll  16  of  King 
Henry  Ill's  seventeenth  year2. 

In  the  same  roll  on  the  account  of  the  Sheriff  of  Huntingdon,  the  Prior 
returned  an  account  of  4od.  for  pannage.  Nothing  paid  in.  And  to  him  was 
paid  by  the  Priory  the  40^.  for  their  liberties  under  the  Royal  Charter3. 

1235.  A    Mandate   was    addressed    by    Pope    Gregory    IX   to   the   Abbot   of 
Sept.  17.    Waleden,  the  Prior  of  Merton,  and  the  Archdeacon  of  Northampton,  to 

summon  all  Parties  before  them,  and  within  four  months  to  bring  to  an  end 
a  cause  between  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Rochester  and  the  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  who  asserted  that  he  was  the  patron,  and  as  such  had  for 
eight  years  refused  to  confirm  their  election  of  Master  Richard,  rector  of 
Bromlee,  in  the  office  of  Official  of  the  Diocese ;  against  which  they  had 
appealed  to  the  Pope.  In  default  of  the  cause  not  being  concluded  within 
four  months,  it  to  be  remitted  to  the  Pope  4. 

1236.  King  Henry  III  was  married  to  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Raymund,  Count 
Jan.  20.     Of  Provence.     When  the  nuptial  ceremonies  and  festivities  were  concluded, 

the  King  went  to  Merton5. 

Jan.  23.  In  these  days,  King  Henry  III,  for  the  salvation  of  his  own  soul  and 
that  of  the  Queen,  and  that  God  might  crown  a  happy  beginning  by 
a  fortunate  end,  by  giving  him  a  fruitful  offspring,  at  a  Council  held  at 

1  Pedesfin.  17  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  167.— APPENDIX  LX. 

"  Cart.  No.  298,  fo.  cxxxij.  v.  3  Carl.  No.  299,  fo.  cxxxij.  v. 

1  Cal.  of  Papal  Registers  (Rec.  Off.  Publication,  p.  148). 

5  Matthew  Paris  John's  Ed.  i.  p.  n). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  '.      1233-1236.  99 

1236.  Merton,  granted  and  established  some  good  new  laws,  and  ordered  them 
to  be  for  ever  inviolably  observed  throughout  his  kingdom.  As  to  what 
laws  or  customs  in  the  length  of  time  that  had  elapsed,  had  fallen  into 
disuse,  and  what  were  injurious,  a  diligent  investigation  may  be  fully 
formed  by  examining  the  writing  which  was  drawn  up  on  the  subject1. 

The  Parliament  referred  to  was  held  at  Merton  on  Wednesday  the 
morrow  after  the  feast  of  St.  Vincent,  in  the  twentieth  year  of  his  reign,  at 
which  there  were  present  William,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  other 
his  Bishops  and  Suffragans,  and  the  greater  part  of  the  Earls  and  Barons 
of  England,  being  there  assembled  for  the  Coronation  of  the  King  and  his 
Queen  Eleanor ;  where  it  was  treated  for  the  commonwealth  of  the  realm, 
upon  certain  Articles  respecting  which  it  was  provided  and  granted  as  well 
by  the  foresaid  Archbishops,  Bishops,  Earls,  and  Barons,  as  by  the  King 
himself  and  others2. 

The  enactments,  which  were  amongst  the  most  important  in  our  Statute 
Books,  were,  briefly,  to  the  following  effect  : — That  women  should  be 
enabled  to  recover  damages  in  a  Writ  of  Dower,  and  Widows  to  bequeath 
the  crops  of  their  lands ;  provision  was  made  in  cases  of  disseisin  of 
freehold,  and  as  to  when  Lords  might  approve  against  their  tenants;  it  was 
enacted  that  usury  should  not  run  as  against  minors ;  and  penalties  were 
fixed  for  misconduct  as  regards  wards  ;  it  was  provided  in  what  cases  the 
Ward  should  on  marriage  make  payment  to  his  Lord  ;  the  time  of  prescrip- 
tion in  several  Writs  was  limited  ;  freemen  were  empowered  to  appoint 
attorneys  to  act  for  them  in  Court.  To  the  King's  Writ  of  Bastardy, 
"  Whether  one  being  born  before  Matrimony  may  inherit  in  like  manner  as 
he  that  is  born  after  Matrimony,  all  the  Bishops  answered  that  they  would 
not,  nor  could  not,  answer  it,  because  it  was  directly  against  the  common 
order  of  the  Church ;  and  all  the  Bishops  instanted  the  Lords  that  they 
would  consent  that  all  such  as  were  born  afore  matrimony  should  be  legiti- 
mate as  well  as  they  that  be  born  within  matrimony,  as  to  the  Succession  of 
Inheritance,  forasmuch  as  the  Church  accepteth  such  for  legitimate.  And  all 
the  Earls  and  Barons  with  one  voice  answered,  that  they  would  not  change 
the  Laws  of  the  Realm3,  which  hitherto  had  been  used  and  approved." 

Finally,  when  the  Lords  demanded  the  proper  imprisonment  of  such 
persons  as  they  should  take  in  their  Parks  and  Ponds,  which  the  King 
denied,  the  question  was  deferred. 

1  Matthew  of  Westminster  (.Bonn's  Ed.  ii.  p.  178). 

•  Statutes  at  Large  (Sergeant  Hawkins'  Ed.  vol.  i.  p.  18). 

3  Nolunl  leges  Angliae  mutare,  a  phrase  now  •'  familiar  as  a  household  word." 

H  2 


100  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1236.  Parliament  was  at  this  time  only  commencing  to  settle  down  into 
an  organized  system.  The  Annals  of  Burton  speak  of  the  Statutes  as 
being  passed  "in  Curia  Domini  Regis  apud  Mertone  '." 

The  Act  was  extended  to  Ireland  in  the  same  year  by  the  King's  Letters 
Patent  -. 

Jan.  21.  King  Henry  III  ordered  John  de  Calonie  to  deliver  from  the  next 
purchase  of  wines  for  him  a  tun  of  Wascon  (Gascony)  Wine  to  the 
Prior,  as  a  gift  from  the  King.  At  Merton,  the  27  day  of  January  3. 

Aug.  29.  A  Mandate  was  addressed  by  the  Pope  (Gregory  IX)  to  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Albans,  the  Prior  of  Merton,  and  the  Archdeacon  of  St.  Albans,  to  hear 
a  cause  between  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Rochester  and  the  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury  in  regard  to  his  refusal  to  confirm  the  election  of  Master 
Richard  de  Wenden,  Rector  of  Bromley  ;  and  to  bring  it  to  an  end  within 
four  months,  as  the  Archbishop  claimed  the  revenues  during  vacancy,  and  the 
matter  had  been  already  tried.  In  default  to  remit  the  matter  to  Rome  4. 

1236-7.  A  precept  was  issued  by  the  Crown  to  the  Sheriff  of  the  County,  that 
he  should  cause  the  removal  of  the  lay  force  by  which  the  men  of  the  Prior 
of  Merton  were  shut  out  from  the  Chapel  of  Roppel'  (Ropley,  a  chapel 
to  Bishop's  Sutton,  Hampshire,  a  Priory  living),  so  that  they,  the  Prior's 
men,  should  have  free  ingress  and  egress  thereto  at  will.  Also  it  was 
directed  that  the  Sheriff  should  obtain  security  by  safe  pledges  for  those 
who  shut  out  the  men  of  the  Priory  from  the  said  Chapel,  against  the  King's 
peace,  to  answer  before  the  King  for  the  said  violence.  Moreover,  the  said 
Sheriff  was  ordered  to  attach,  by  safe  sureties,  Master  Alberic,  the  official 
of  the  Archdeacon  of  Winchester,  to  appear  before  the  King  to  answer  why, 
in  meddling  with  the  said  Chapel,  he  instituted  a  parson  thereto,  contrary  to 
the  right  of  the  King,  in  whom  the  presentation  to  the  said  Chapel  rested,  by 
reason  of  the  vacancy  of  the  Bishopric  of  Winchester.  And  the  Sheriff 
answered  that  there  was  found  no  lay  power,  and  that  Master  Alberic  had  no 
lay  fee,  nor  would  find  sureties.  And  because  it  was  proved  that  the  Clerks 
shut  out  the  men  of  the  Prior  from  the  said  Chapel,  the  Sheriff  was  ordered 
to  remove  all  interference,  whether  of  clerics  or  laics,  &c.,  whereby  they 
should  freely  have,  &c.  And  to  take  into  custody  the  persons  of  all  those 
who  shut  out  the  Prior  from  the  said  Chapel,  contrary  to  the  peace  of  the 
King,  &c.,  on  a  day,  &c.,  to  answer  concerning  the  said  violences8. 

'  Annales  de  Burton  (Chron.  and  Mem.  i.  p.  249). 

'  Patent  Rolls,  20  Hen.  Ill,  m.  13.  d.  (Ayloffe,  Cat.  p.  431). 

3  Close  Rolls,  20  Hen.  Ill,  m.  18.— APPENDIX  LXI. 

'   Cat.  of  Papal  Registers  Reg.  vol.  xviii  (Rec.  Off.  Publication,  p.  156  . 

'  Placita  coram  Regis,  21  Hen.  Ill,  rot.  27.  d.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  113). — APPENDIX  LXII. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1236-1238.  IOI 

1237.  The  Prior  was  attached  to  show  what  right  he  had  in  respect  to  a  fine 
June  in  the  Curia  Regis  from  Geoffrey  de  Clyvedon,  between  the  Prior  and 
Stephen  de  Clyvedon ;  the  Prior  being  charged  with  having  deforced  the 
said  Geoffrey  from  a  tenement,  and  alleging  that  the  latter  ought  to  have 
mairemium  de  bosco  (timber  from  the  wood)  of  the  Prior  at  Tappelawe  to 
repair  his  mill. 

In  the  octave  of  the  feast  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  the  Prior  by  his 
Attorney  asked  that  there  should  be  read  the  Chyrograph  in  which  the  heirs 
of  Stephen  had  given  it  him. 

The  Justices,  Robert  de  Lexinton  and  others,  on  consideration,  con- 
demned Geoffrey  in  the  Suit '. 

July  9.  A  final  Concord  was  made  in  the  Curia  Regis  at  Westminster  on 
the  quindena  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  in  the  twenty-first  year  of  King 
Henry  III,  before  Robert  de  Lexinton,  William  de  York,  Adam,  son 
of  William,  and  William  de  Culeworth,  Justices,  and  other  of  the  King's 
faithful  subjects,  then  and  there  present;  between  Henry,  Prior  of  Merton, 
plaintiff,  by  David  de  Merton,  Clerk,  and  Nicholas  de  Pytle  and  Johanna 
his  wife,  defendants,  concerning  twelve  acres  of  land  at  West  Mondon  ; 
the  terms  being  that  the  defendants  admitted  that  the  Priory  should  hold 
the  land  in  perpetuity  as  of  the  gift  of  defendants  Nicholas  and  Johanna, 
the  Priory  paying  them  xos.  per  annum  in  half-yearly  moieties,  and  being 
responsible  for  all  secular  services  and  charges  2. 

1237  or  8.  An  Assize  was  held  at  Westminster  before  Robert  de  Lexinton, 
William  de  York,  Adam,  son  of  William,  and  William  de  Culleswurth, 
Justices,  in  which  the  Prior  proceeded  against  John  de  Curtenay  and 
Matilda  his  wife  concerning  the  Presentation  to  the  Church  of  Reyers 
(Ryarsh,  Kent)  ;  when  the  Jury  found  that  at  the  request  of  Benedict,  late 
Bishop  of  Rochester3,  Thomas,  the  Prior,  and  Convent  had  presented 
Master  Peter  de  Sausinton  to  the  Church,  upon  whose  death  the  present 
presentation  was  made,  and  that  the  Prior  should  have  seisin.  John  and 
Matilda  were  condemned  for  their  opposition  ;  and  (the  see  being  vacant 4) 

The  result  of  this  proceeding  does  not  appear  :  but  the  Chapel  remained  in  the  hands  of  the 
Priory  until  the  end. 

1  Cart.  No.  286,  fo.  cxxix.  v.  ;  also  Cart.  No.  292,  fo.  cxxxj,  where  the  complainant  is  called 
Geoffrey,  son  of  Stephen  de  Clivedene. 

3  Pedes  Jiniutn,  21  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  209. 

:  Benedict  was  Bishop  of  Rochester  from  February  22,  1214,  to  1226.  Thomas  was  Prior 
from  1210  to  1222. 

*  Henry  de  Sanford  died  in  1235 ;  his  successor,  Richard  de  Wendover,  was  not  con- 
secrated till  1238. 


102 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1237  or  8.  the  Prior  had  a  Brief  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Rochester,  that  he  should 
admit  a  fit  presentee.  In  22  Henry  III  '. 

1238.  Henry,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Sir  Alan  de  Chelsham,  Chaplain, 
the  corrody  of  two   Canons  for  his  life,  or  so  long  as  he  dwelt  in  their 
house ;    viz.  every  day  two    loaves  called   miches,    and    three  gallons  of 
Convent  beer,  and  of  whatever  else  they  have,  and  the  rations  of  two 
Canons ;    for  a  servant,  as  of  one  of  the  servants  of  the  Prior,  viz.  two 
loaves  of  bread  de  aula,  and  a  gallon  of  beer,  and  ration  from  the  kitchen. 
To  commence  from  the  feast  of  St.   Michael  next  after  the  decease  bone 
(memorie  struck  through)  recordacionis  of  Peter  de   Rupibus,    Bishop  of 
Winchester2. 

Dec.  22.  Prior  Henry  de  Basinges  died  on  the  nth  Kal.  of  January3.  He  was 
the  tenth  Prior. 

1239.  Upon  the  death  of  Henry  de  Basinges,  and  the  completion  of  the  usual 
Jan.  6.      proceedings,  Robert  de  Heyham  was  elected  and  approved  as  his  successor, 

and  was  installed  on  January  6 '. 

Dugdale  calls  him  de  Hexham  or  Hegham5. 

1239  40.  Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard  Besant,  Citizen  of 
London,  a  corrody  ad  hospitale  nostrum  of  one  miche,  one  gallon  of  beer,  and 
one  ration  ;  and  for  his  servant  ten  loaves  de  aula  per  week,  a  gallon 
cervisie  milif  per  day,  and  compannage  as  of  a  servant,  &c.6 

The  Convent  confirmed  to  John  de  la  Ho  and  his  heirs,  the  gift  by 
Walter  de  la  Ho,  his  brother,  of  all  his  lands  and  tenements  in 
Maperdeshale  (Meppershall,  Bedfordshire),  and  services  as  in  his  Charter; 
the  said  lands  being  partly  wood  and  partly  pasture;  at  a  rental  of  445. 
in  silver  per  annum  7. 

1239-48.  Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  John  de  Shorne  (or  Shornne), 
Clerk,  one  and  a  half  acres  of  Meadow  at  Shornes,  lying  in  Holman  by  the 
meadow  of  Augustin  de  Offertum  ;  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  Richard, 
son  of  Thomas  de  Yfeld  ;  to  hold,  together  with  their  land  in  Cobbeham 
(Cobham,  Kent)  *,  to  him  and  his  heirs,  with  division  between  his  coheirs, 
in  perpetuity.  If  there  be  no  heirs  and  the  property  be  unsold,  it  was  to 

1   Cart.  No.  287,  fo.  cxxx. 

*  Cart.  No.  263,  fo.  cxxj.  v.,  and  No.  269,  fo.  cxxij.     Peter  de  Rupibus  died  June  9,  1238. 
A  corrody  was  granted,  by  Gilbert,  Prior  from  1262  to  1293,  to  William  de  Chesham,  no 
doubt  a  relation  of  the  above  Sir  Alan  de  Chesham. 

8  Bodl.  Lib.  Land  MS.  E.  54,  Kal.  *  Brit.  Mus.  Lansdowne  MS. 

5  Dugdale,  Monasticon,  List  of  Priors,  vol.  vi.  "  Cart.  No.  270,  fo.  cxxij. 

7   Cart.  No.  391,  fo.  clxvj. 

*  Presumably  Cobham  in  Kent    rather  than  in  Surrey,  because  the  village  of  Shorne,  in 
Kent,  is  adjacent  to  it. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1237-1248.  103 

1230-48.  revert  to  the  Convent.  At  a  rental  of  one  pound  of  cinnamon  and  zd. 
per  annum  *. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Valentine  de  Pelham  and  Matilda 
his  wife,  twenty-three  ells  of  garden  ground  without  Cripplegate,  London, 
for  life  ;  at  a  rental  of  35.  per  annum  ~. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Roger,  Chaplain,  the  corrody 
of  a  Canon,  viz.  one  loaf  called  a  miche  of  the  Convent,  one  loaf  known 
as  bread  de  Capella,  and  one  loaf  de  an/a,  and  two  gallons  of  Convent  beer, 
and  one  called  cervisia  militum  •  and  one  ration  of  that  which  is  known  as  a 
general  ration  of  the  Convent,  with  potage.  And  at  all  feasts  with  double 
celebration  in  the  Church3,  two  general  rations,  or  if  the  Convent  had  but  one, 
then  only  one ;  and  generally  as  the  Convent  had.  Also,  for  his  servant 
one  ration  de  aula,  and  on  feasts  three,  or  only  one  if  the  Convent  had  but 
one.  And  four  days  in  the  year,  viz.  the  Nativity,  Easter,  Assumption  of 
B.  Mary,  and  Pentecost,  one  potclluin.  Every  year  three  pounds' weight  of 
cheese.  From  All  Saints  Day  to  the  Purification,  seven  candles  weekly. 
Forage  for  one  horse,  if  he  keep  one  on  the  premises. 

But  he  was  not  to  receive  the  above  allowances  when  non-resident,  but 
during  such  time  to  be  allowed  only  one  loaf  de  capella,  one  de  aula,  and 
one  gallon  of  cervisia  militum  and  a  ration  de  aula  \ 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Alan,  son  of  William  de  Gamel', 
the  land  which  Gregory,  the  Skinner,  lately  held  ;  to  hold  in  perpetuity, 
but  with  leave  to  assign  except  to  Religious  or  Jews  ;  at  a  rental  of  25.  6d. 
per  annum  6. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Andrew,  son  of  William  de  Shelvvode,  and 
Aceline  his  wife,  a  corrody  of  food  and  beer  and  half  a  marc  per  annum. 
Also  to  them  and  their  heirs,  two  acres  of  land  in  Kersaulton  (Carshalton, 
Surrey),  which  Walter  de  Calentle  gave  to  Robert  Crok,  and  he  to  the 
Convent ;  to  hold  in  free  service  of  one  rose  per  annum.  After  their 
decease  their  heirs  to  pay  6d.  per  annum,  and  in  default  of  such  heirs  the 
land  to  return  to  the  Convent 6. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Walter  Heved  of  Kingeswode,  Surrey,  thirteen 
acres  of  land  there,  which  were  given  in  exchange  for  twelve  acres,  which 
John  de  la  Hida  and  Alicia  his  wife  had  by  Charter  granted  to  Cecil',  father 
of  the  said  Walter ;  with  two  acres  of  wood  in  Hache,  part  of  the  same 

1  Cart.  No.  272,  fo.  cxxiij.  *  Cart.  No.  289,  fo.  cxxx.  v. 

3  The  expression  is  an  early  confirmation  of  the  term  used  by  Anglicans  instead  of  two 
masses. 

4  Cart.  No.  382,  fo.  clxij.— APPENDIX  LXIII.  5  Cart.  No.  384,  fo.  clxiij. 
0  Carl.  No.  385,  fo.  clxiij.  v. 


104  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1239-48.   exchange.     To  hold  in  perpetuity,  with  leave  to  assign,  except  to  Religious 
and  Jews.     At  a  rental  of  55.  lod.  per  annum  '. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Roger  Walens,  for  life,  a  corrody 
receivable  from  their  cellarer,  as  follows: — Daily  a  Convent  loaf  called 
a  miche,  and  one  loaf  called  bread  de  aula  ;  one  ration  of  the  Convent,  and 
one  dc  aula  as  of  a  servant.  Also  from  the  cellarer  daily  one  and  a  half 
gallons  of  Convent  beer  and  half  a  gallon  of  cervisia  milit .  And  they  assigned 
to  him  a  dwelling-place  in  the  house.  Seal  affixed  2. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Ralph  de  Ymewortha  the  forest  road  in 
Ymeworth,  which  from  ancient  times  formed  the  boundary  between  the 
Court  of  the  said  Ralph  and  their  own  without  dispute :i.  With  one  and 
a  half  acres  which  was  formerly  held  by  Ralph  de  Ho,  and  with  leave  to 
assign  the  messuage  :  the  length  of  the  way  being  subject  to  adjustment. 
1239.  In  this  year  Edmund,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  held  an  Ordination  at 

Merton  Priory  Church  *. 

1239^18.  Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  John  de  la  Haye,  of  North- 
Jan.  21.  ampton,  a  corrody  for  life,  being  in  respect  to  his  free  service  to  be  done  in 
the  House.  He  to  perform  his  duty  faithfully  to  the  best  of  his  ability,  and 
if  from  an}'  circumstance  he  is  unable  to  do  so,  yet  he  should  have  the 
benefit  of  the  corrody  sno  pcrpetito.  He  to  receive  also  one  mark  per 
annum  for  clothing  and  shoes;  and  if  during  his  life  he  desires  for  his  son 
Robert  to  enter  their  service,  and  he  be  fit,  he  may  be  substituted  and 
receive  55.  per  annum  as  a  stipend.  Also  is  granted  to  Robert,  in  con- 
sideration of  his  duties  to  the  House,  for  Milisent,  the  wife  of  the  said  John, 
for  her  life,  four  quarters  and  a  half  of  corn,  of  which  one  half  to  be  wheat 
and  the  other  half  corn,  to  be  received  at  Northampton  ;  and  for  clothing  zod. 
And  if  it  happen  that  the  said  Milisent  die  first,  and  her  dowry  of  the  third 
part  of  land  in  Northampton  which  the  said  John  gave  to  the  Priory  cease, 
the  payment  of  corn  and  money  to  cease.  The  Convent  gave  to  the  three 
daughters  of  John,  at  the  time  this  grant  was  made,  205.  sterling.  The 
Convent  not  to  hold  itself  responsible  for  anything  further  r>. 

Robert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Hugh  and  John, 
sons  of  Juliana,  daughter  of  Symon  Athele  of  Midleton,  a  virgate  of  land  in 
the  Ville  of  Midleton  (Midleton  Bryan,  Beds),  which  she  had  held  of  them  ; 
at  a  rental  of  95.  per  annum  for  all  service  and  secular  charge.  Witnessed 

1   Cart.  No.  386,  fo.  clxiiij.  2  Cart.  No.  387,  fo.  clxiiij.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  389,  fo.  clxv.    The  locality  may  have  been  in  Bedfordshire,  as  there  was  a  John 
de  la  Ho  to  whom  the  Convent  made  a  grant  in  1238-40. 

1  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.  lix.  '  Cart.  No.  a66,  fo.  cxxxj. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1239-1240. 


1240. 
June  24. 


1239-48.  by  William,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  Midleton,  Robert,  Rector  of  Eversholt 
(Bedfordshire),  and  others.  A  note  adds  that  that  virgate  of  land  was 
afterwards  divided  between  the  brothers,  and  two  charters  were  then  made 
in  the  preceding  form  '. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Robert  de  Cyrencestra,  Clerk,  so  long  as  he 
remained  in  their  service,  five  marks  per  annum  under  the  name  of  a  stipend. 
If  at  any  time  from  incapacity,  or  negligence,  or  other  cause  whatever,  he 
be  removed,  or  otherwise  provide  for  himself  elsewhere,  they  agreed  to  pay 
him  five  marks  for  the  next  half  year.  Dated  on  feast  of  St.  John  Baptist2. 

This  undertaking  was  superseded  on  September  8,  1242  (Nativity  of 
Blessed  Mary),  by  a  grant  of  a  pension  to  him  of  five  marks  till  they  should 
provide  him  with  a  benefice3. 

Edmund  (Rich),  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  who  after  the  decease  of  his 
mother  was  a  still  more  frequent  and  ever  welcome  inmate  of  this  Priory, 
in  this  year  paid  a  visit  there.  He  died  at  Pontigny  on  November  16, 
1240.  He  is  described  as  a  person  of  remarkably  austere  life,  but  genial : 
extremely  careless  of  worldly  affairs.  He  was  unable  to  avoid  the 
burning  political  questions  of  the  day,  and  found  himself  opposed  to  the 
King  and  Pope  4. 

An  Assize  was  held  concerning  the  pasture  between  Micham  and 
Bedington,  Bandon,  and  Waleton,  before  Stephen  de  Sequentem  and 
other  Justices  of  the  King.  The  twelve  lawful  men  found  that  the  free- 
holders of  Micham,  Surrey,  and  the  other  places  had  for  twenty  years  past 
and  more,  presumably  on  the  Common,  had  the  grass  there  :  and  they 
assessed  the  damages  against  the  Prior  at  405.  The  names  of  the  jury  are 
recorded ". 

A  Convention  was  made  with  John  de  Geldeford,  granting  him  a  messuage 
which  they  had  had  of  the  gift  of  William,  son  of  William  Newman,  to  him 
and  heirs  in  perpetuity,  at  a  rental  of  30^.  per  annum  ;  he  covenanting  to 
build  a  house  and  maintain  it  and  pay  dues  to  the  King,  and  perform  all 
other  secular  duties  ;  and  he  was  sworn  to  fealty  in  full  Chapter0. 

The  King's  Chamberlain  of  London  was  ordered  to  deliver  to  the 
Sheriffs  of  London  two  tuns  (dolia)  of  wine,  to  be  delivered  at  Merton. 
By  the  King,  at  Windsor,  December  19'. 

1  Cart.  No.  267,  fo.  cxxj.  v.          a  Cart.  No.  271,  fo.  cxxij.          3  Cart.  No.  276,  fo.  cxxiiij. 

4  Hook,   Lives  of  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury,   vol.    iii.   pp.    128-227.        The  history  of 
his  life  is  full  and  interesting. 

5  Cart.  No.  288,  fo.  cxxx.     Stephen  de  Sequentem's  name  does  not  occur  in  Foss'  Judges. 
'  Cart.  No.  273,  fo.  cxxiij.  v. 

1  Close  Rolls,  25  Hen.  Ill,  m.  17  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  iv). — APPENDIX  LXIV. 


June  27. 


June  (next 
after;. 


Dec.  19. 


106  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1241.          The  Prior  instituted  a  Suit  against  the  Prior  of  Chancomb,  Roger  de 

Hilary  (blank)  and  Cecil  his  wife,  and  Petronilla  his  sister,  to  show  cause  why  they 
did  not  permit  him  to  present  a  fit  person  to  the  Church  of  Tappelawe, 
Buckinghamshire,  with  its  Chapel  of  La  Penne,  then  vacant.  But  he  after- 
wards asked  leave  to  withdraw  his  plea1. 

Feb.  6.  William  de  Moncell  was  ordered  to  provide  from  the  lands  in  his  custody, 
which  formerly  belonged  to  W.,  Earl  Warren,  a  suitable  Quarry  for  the 
works  of  the  Tower  of  London  :  and  upon  the  petition  of  the  Prior  of 
Merton  it  was  ordered  that  the  Prior  should  be  permitted  to  possess  his 
own  Quarry  in  peace.  Dated  at  Hereford2. 

Easter.  The  Convent  granted  to  their  Clerk,  Robert,  son  of  Robert  de  Canterbury, 
2s.  sterling  per  annum  until  they  should  provide  him  with  a  benefice  of  the 
value  of  ten  marks  per  annum  3. 

April  13.  A  precept  was  addressed  to  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey,  ordering  that  all 
fishing-nets  which  might  be  found  in  his  bailiwick  in  Thames  waters  before 
the  Prior's  weir  in  Braynford,  which  he  had  by  the  gift  of  the  King's  pre- 
decessor or  otherwise,  and  used  for  their  fishery  in  those  times  and  from 
the  time  when  the  weir  was  given  to  them,  should  be  taken  and  arrested, 
and  should  in  no  wise,  without  precept  of  the  King,  be  delivered  up  again. 
By  the  King,  at  Westminster,  April  13. 

Brentford  itself  lay  on  the  Middlesex  side  of  the  Thames  (which  divides 
the  two  counties,  Surrey  and  Middlesex).  A  similar  precept  was  at  the  same 
time  addressed  to  the  Sheriff  of  Middlesex4. 

July  4.  The  Convent  granted  to  Emeric  de  Montenaro,  Clerk,  a  pension  of  five 
marks  sterling,  until  they  could  provide  him  with  a  benefice  of  the  value  of 
twenty  marks,  unless  he  received  another  benefice  or  declined  that  which 
they  offered  him,  in  either  of  which  cases  the  pension  would  cease.  Dated 
on  the  feast  of  the  Translation  of  St.  Martin6. 

A  like  pension  was  granted,  on  January  21  following,  of  two  marks,  to 
William  de  Stafford,  their  Clerk,  unless  they  found  him  a  benefice  of  the 
value  of  ten  marks 6. 

Dec.  12.  A  new  seal,  made  of  silver,  was  solemnly  received  on  the  Vigil  of  St. 
Lucy,  the  Virgin.  This  seal  continued  in  use  till  the  Suppression.  It  was 
an  exquisite  work  of  art,  representing  on  the  obverse  the  B.  Virgin  Mary 

1  Placita,  Hil  Term,  25  Hen.  Ill,  rot.  13,  dorso,  and  rot.  19  (Harl.  MS.  248,  fo.  81). 

a  Close  Rolls,  25  Hen.  Ill,  m.  15.  *  Cart.  No.  274,  fo.  cxxiij.  v. 

*  Close  Rolls,  25  Hen.  Ill,  m.  n  (Sharpe's  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls).  A  further  dispute  arose 
within  a  twelvemonth,  on  February  15,  1242,  resulting  in  a  Charter  of  Confirmation;  but  the 
subject  was  ever  after  a  constant  source  of  litigation. 

'  Cart.  No.  264,  fo.  cxxj.  •  Cart.  No.  265,  fo.  cxxj. 


SEAL    KECEIVEn    INTO    PRIORY    124! 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1241.  107 

1241.      and  the  Infant  Saviour,  enthroned,  and  on  the  reverse  St.  Augustine.     It 

is  fully  described  elsewhere  in  the  present  volume  '. 

Feb.  24  Edmund  Rich,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  who  led  a  very  ascetic  life, 
after),  passed  much  time  at  Merton,  which  in  fact  he  treated  as  a  home.  His  lot 
fell  in  troublous  times,  between  the  Pope,  Gregory  IX;  on  the  one  hand, 
and  the  King,  Henry  III,  on  the  other.  In  the  end  he  went  into  voluntary 
exile,  and  resided  at  the  Abbey  de  Pontigny,  in  France,  where,  as  some 
thought,  in  consequence  of  too  much  fasting,  he  fell  into  a  strange  kind  of 
ague,  and  removed  to  Soissy,  where  he  died  2.  Pontigny  is  situate  in  one  of 
those  fertile,  but  wearisome  cultivated  plains,  which  the  French  speak  of  as 
un  beau  pays,  and  not  at  all  likely  to  cause  ague  or  malarial  fever.  Shortly 
after  his  death  a  petition  for  his  canonization  was  presented  to  the  Pope, 
and  was  seconded  by  the  Priory  of  Merton  in  a  voluminous  and  somewhat 
flowery  document,  in  advocacy  of  his  claim  for  enrolment  in  the  congregation 
of  Saints.  The  effect,  briefly,  is  to  proclaim  to  all  faithful  people  his  blessed 
life  and  more  blessed  end;  that  his  acts  and  merits  were  as  a  lanthorn  not 
hidden,  but  seen  by  all  the  House  as  a  shining  light,  and  that  he  had,  since 
he  migrated  from  this  age,  shown  divers  glorious  miracles,  as  the  Brothers 
had  heard  and  firmly  believed,  and  as  they  knew  and  had  heard  by  the 
testimony  of  eye-witnesses.  That  he  had  lived  a  year  and  more  in  their 
House,  going  in  and  out  as  one  of  the  Canons  themselves,  and  delighted 
them  with  his  holy  conversation  and  cherished  counsel :  from  youth  to  age 
excelling  in  faith,  doctrine,  and  wisdom  ;  assiduous  in  study  and  meditations, 
devout  in  prayers,  in  fastings  and  vigils,  regardless  of  sleep.  The  Lord 
God  in  Syon,  and  not  they  only,  saw  that  in  all  things  he  shone.  They 
narrated  how*  after  the  Saint  had  left  his  fleshly  prison,  one  of  the  Brethren, 
a  Canon  of  fifty  years'  standing,  named  John,  who  was  heavily  stricken  with 
paralysis  and  almost  destitute  of  power  to  move  his  limbs,  and  even  de- 
scribed by  the  Doctor  as  incurable,  was  one  day  talking  with  a  Brother  who 
was  with  him  in  the  Dormitory,  and  praying  the  aid  of  the  glorious 
Archbishop,  and  in  a  few  days  later  found  himself  restored  to  health.  And 
many  other  miracles  were  performed  by  this  Saint. 

Therefore  they  prayed  his  Sanctity  the  Pope,  for  the  honour  and  glory 
of  the  Holy  Church  of  God,  and  glorious,  ever-virgin  Mary,  to  number  him 
in  the  Catalogue  of  the  Saints,  so  that  those  whom  God  had  glorified  in 

1  Corpus  Christi  College  MS.   lix;   and  Annales   IVaverleia   (Rec.    Off.    Chron.    and  Mem. 
ii.  329). 

2  Godwin  says  that  his  death  occurred  on  November  16,  1242,  but  evidently  in  error.     He 
is  commemorated  in  the  Sarnm  rite  on  November  16,  probably  Ihe  day  of  his  canonization. 


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RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1241.  Heaven  might  be  venerated  on  earth.     And  they  prayed  that  the  Omnipotent 
might  long  preserve  their  Holy  Shepherd  to  the  Church. 

Given  in  the  year  of  Grace  1241,  and  on  the  Thursday  after  the  day  of 
St.  Matthias1. 

1241-48.  Robert,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  John  de  Sancto  Edmundo  the 
two  marks  per  annum,  payable  to  them  in  the  City  of  London,  which 
Lawrence  de  St.  Michael  bequeathed  to  them,  and  with  which  they  had 
been  invested  by  his  Executors  ;  on  condition  that  the  said  John  preserves 
their  right  to  it.  He  paid  them  6os.  sterling  for  the  concession.  Among 
the  Witnesses  was  Peter  de  Neuport,  Archdeacon  of  London  2. 

1242.  The  right  of  free  fishery  before  the  weir  of  Braynford  was  energetically 
Feb.  15.     taken  up  (presumably  supported  by  the  authorities  of  the  City  of  London, 

between  whom  and  the  Priory  the  question  of  right  was  perpetually  in  dispute 
until  the  Dissolution  of  the  Priory,  during  a  period  of  about  three  centuries). 
Apparently  on  an  ex  parte  application,  the  King  issued  an  order  to  the 
Sheriff  that,  notwithstanding  the  Royal  precept  (dated  a  year  earlier),  for 
the  seizure  of  nets  above  the  weir,  he  should  deliver  up  the  Cimba  (barks 
or  boats)  and  fishing-nets  of  Robert  de  Bello  Campo,  which  had  been  seized 
for  fishing  above  the  weir.  And  if  the  Prior  should  object  thereto,  the  dis- 
pute should  be  carried  to  the  King's  Justices.  By  the  King  at  Windlesham 
(or  Westminster),  April  15 3. 

The  disputes  led  to  a  charter  of  Confirmation  of  the  former  grant  in 
favour  of  the  Priory,  issued  April  9,  1252  :  but  this  by  no  means  ended  the 
controversy. 

Feb.  28  On  the  Thursday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Matthias,  Robert,  the  humble 
(1241  o.s.).  mjn;ster  Of  t^  Brothers  of  the  Monastery  of  Merton,  and  th*e  Convent  of 
the  same  place,  addressed  Letters  to  their  most  gentle  father  and  ever 
reverend  lord,  by  the  Grace  of  God  the  highest  of  Bishops  ;  expressing 
their  humility  and  devotion,  and  with  (metaphorical)  devout  kisses  to  the 
blessed  feet  of  his  Holiness,  proceeded  to  refer  to  the  well-known  blessed 
life  and  more  blessed  end  of  Edmund,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  who 
indeed  was  a  lantern  not  hid  under  a  bushel,  but  set  upon  a  candlestick, 
and  shone  with  a  brilliant  light  to  all  who  were  in  their  House,  and  who, 
as  they  believed,  their  Lord  had  called  to  the  very  glorious  life  of  his  Saints 
in  heaven,  not  only  on  account  of  divers  miracles  wrought  by  him  before 

1  Archives  of  the  Peres  de  St.  Edme,  Pontigny,  No.  16 ;  the  community  now  possess  and 
occupy  the  remains  of  the  once  celebrated  Abbey.  — APPENDIX  LXV. 

"  Cart.  No.  277,  fo.  cxxiiij.  Robert  was  Prior  from  1239  to  1248.  Peter  de  Neuport  had 
previously  been  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  till  1241  (Newcourt,  i.  p.  37). 

3  Close  Rolls.  26  Hen.  Ill,  m.  9  (Sharpe's  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls\ 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :    1241-1242.  109 

1242.  he  migrated  from  this  age,  of  which  they  had  heard  and  firmly  believed, 
but  they  bore  witness  of  what  in  fact  they  knew,  and  had  seen.  For  the 
same  venerable  Father  had  lived  constantly  for  a  year  and  more  in  their 
house,  and  afterwards  for  a  long  time  dwelt  as  one  of  their  fold,  the 
Brothers  delighting  much  in  speech  with  him,  being  nourished  by  his 
counsel,  and  deeply  aided  by  his  conversation.  Both  as  a  young  and  as 
an  old  man  he  despised  the  world  ;  he  excelled  in  faith,  doctrine,  and  holy 
counsel ;  and  marvellous  to  state,  surpassing  the  life  of  one  of  the  secular 
clergy,  he  was  seen  to  follow  not  only  a  religious  life,  but  even  all  the 
practices  of  a  Religious  amongst  us.  For  he  was  assiduous  in  reading  and 
meditation,  most  devout  in  prayer,  ever  constant  in  fastings  and  vigils ;  not 
sleeping  in  the  morning  hours,  but  adopting  our  practices  in  all  things. 
He  quickly  increased  from  strength  to  strength,  and  shone  forth  not  to  the 
House  alone,  but  to  all.  Wherefore  omitting  to  speak  of  his  holy  conver- 
sation and  ineffable  goodness,  which  many  of  the  Brothers  personally  knew, 
they  passed  with  a  hasty  pen  to  what  by  the  merits  of  him,  beloved  of  all 
lands,  was  done  after  his  death. 

It  happened  after  the  Saint  had  left  his  carnal  prison,  that  a  certain  Canon, 
one  of  the  Brothers  of  the  House,  a  man  of  fifty,  whose  name  was  John,  was 
struck  with  a  severe  paralysis  and  almost  deprived  of  strength  of  limb  and 
action ;  so  that  certain  doctors  who  came  to  visit  him  believed  him  to  be 
incurable.  Which  coming  to  the  ears  of  another  of  the  Brothers,  who  was 
with  him  in  the  Infirmary,  he  besought  God  for  him,  on  account  of  the 
merits  of  the  said  glorious  Archbishop  ;  and  as  God  hears  the  prayer  of 
His  poor,  and  they  are  not  disappointed  of  their  desire,  so  a  few  days  after- 
wards the  paralyzed  Brother  was  restored  to  perfect  health. 

And  as  the  said  Saint  in  his  life,  resting  with  them  in  the  utmost  upright- 
ness and  holiness  of  conversation,  had  by  reason  of  such  great  miracles 
and  many  others,  shone  forth  by  his  refulgent  merits,  manners,  and  life ; 
the  Convent  prayed  his  Holiness  to  be  pleased  to  number  him  in  the 
catalogue  of  the  Saints,  to  the  honour  of  the  holy  Church  of  the  Lord,  and 
of  the  ever-glorious  Virgin  Mary  :  and  that  he  whom  God  had  glorified  in 
heaven  they  ought  to  venerate  on  earth  to  the  honour  and  glory  of  the  same 
our  Lord,  and  of  the  universal  Church. 

They  prayed  that  the  Onnipotent  might  long  preserve  its  Pastor  to  the 
Church. 

Dated  the  Thursday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Matthias,  1241  '. 

1  Vidimus  of  Bishop  of  Carinola,  A.D.  c.  1243,  preserved  amongst  the  Archives  of  the  Pera, 
de  St.  Edme'at.  Pontigny  No.  16).  Included  in  the  same  vidimus  arc  Letters  on  the  same 


110  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1242.          Among  the  Abbots  and  others  who  contributed  to  the  Aid  to  the  King 

May  a.  for  njs  passage  abroad,  the  Prior  of  Merton  received  an  acquittance  for  the 
payment  of  £10.  At  Merewell,  May  a1. 

Aug.  10.  The  Convent  granted  to  Master  Andrew  de  Wynton,  Clerk,  a  pension  of 
twenty  marcs  per  annum,  beginning  at  Easter,  1243 :  and  at  his  death  the 
next  half-yearly  payment  of  ten  marcs,  to  be  made  to  whomsoever  he  might 
bequeath  at  will.  Dated  the  feast  of  St.  Lawrence,  1242 2. 

Aug.  ii.  The  Convent,  at  the  instance  of  Master  Andrew  of  Winchester,  granted 
to  Geoffrey  his  brother,  if  he  survived  him,  a  reversionary  annuity  of  five 
marks  per  annum,  payable  to  him  or  his  procurators  :  the  first  payment  to 
commence  only  at  the  end  of  a  complete  year  after  the  said  Master  Andrew 
happen  to  die.  Dated  day  after  St.  Lawrence ". 

Sept.  8.  A  corrody  which  had  been  granted  on  June  24,  1240,  to  Robert  de 
Cyrencestra,  Clerk,  so  long  as  he  remained  in  the  service  of  the  Priory 
(presumably  as  a  chaplain  to  celebrate  for  some  benefactor),  was  superseded 
on  this  day  (Nativity  of  B.  Mary),  by  the  absolute  grant  of  a  pension  to 
him  of  five  marks  per  annum,  till  they  should  provide  him  with  a  benefice4. 

Nov.  30.  Richard,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  at  the  petition  of  the  Canons,  whom,  as  he 
recited,  he  was  bound  to  hold  in  special  favour  for  their  shining  life  and 
conversation,  appropriated  to  them  the  Church  of  Ryersh  (Ryarsh,  Kent). 
He  allotted  them  all  tithes  of  corn,  half  tithes  of  hay,  a  capital  messuage  by 
the  church,  with  its  outbuildings,  and  with  an  alder-grove  and  meadow,  and 
with  an  assised  rent  (except  the  annual  return  of  \d.  by  Hugh  de  Cateby 
and  his  heirs,  which  was  hereby  assigned  to  the  Vicar),  and  reserving  to 
the  Canons  the  arable  land  as  thentofore.  This  appropriation  to  take  place 
on  the  death  or  vacancy  of  Andrew  de  Wynton,  Rector.  By  Roger,  the 
Bishop's  Official,  at  Rochester,  on  the  feast  of  St.  Andrew,  1242 5. 

c.  1242.  By  Charter  the  Convent  acknowledged  to  have  received  of  Master 
Richard,  son  of  Symon  Duce,  nine  acres  of  land  with  building  and 
pertinents  in  the  Ville  of  Micham,  Surrey,  of  fee  of  Sir  Mathewde  la  Mare, 
and  lately  of  the  heirs  of  Richard  Juvenis  of  Micham,  to  hold  in  perpetual 
alms  at  a  rental  of  6d.  per  annum  as  forinsec  service,  for  so  much  of  the 

subject  from  the  Bishops  of  Chichester,  St.  Asaph,  Carlisle,  Bangor,  and  Bath,  and  the 
Monasteries  of  Abingdon,  Reading,  and  Westminster.  The  said  Archbishop  died  at  Soissy, 
near  Provins,  in  Champagne,  November  16,  1241,  and  was  buried  at  Pontigny.  He  was  sub- 
sequently canonized.  An  interesting  account  of  his  endeavour  to  protect  the  English  Church 
against  shameless  Roman  extortions  by  Otho,  the  Roman  Legate,  and  the  troubled  times, 
is  given  in  Baring  Gould's  Lives  of  the  Saints,  November,  p.  359. 

1   Close  Rolls,  26  Hen.  Ill,  m.  3.  *  Cart.  No.  268,  fo.  cxxj.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  275,  fo.  cxxiiij.  '   Cart.  No.  276,  fo.  cxxiiij. 

•'   Cart.  No.  556,  fo.  ccxij. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1242-1243.  Ill 

c.  1242.  freehold  as  pertained  thereto  in  the  said  Ville.  In  consideration  of  this 
payment  they  took  on  themselves  all  services  in  respect  of  such  property, 
saving  the  liberties  which  they  possessed  under  Charters  of  the  Kings  of 
England,  and  undertook  to  hold  him  harmless '. 

A  list  of  the  properties  in  divers  Counties  which  belonged  to  the  Priory, 
or  from  which  they  were  entitled  to  rents  or  returns  at,  or  about  this  date, 
is  entered  in  the  Cartulary 2. 

1242  or  3.  In  the  King's  twenty-seventh  year,  Ralph  de  Camoys,  Sheriff  of  Surrey, 
returned  a  Compotus  of  fines  and  payments  due  from  the  Priory,  as 
follows : — 

2  marks  on  account  of  amerciaments  of  Ralph  de  Ho. 

J  a  mark  de  decena  of  same  Ralph,  for  which  there  is  no  Placitum. 

2  marks  from  Tunstall. 

2  marks  from  Gilbert  Maleherbe. 

2  marks  from  one  Rugiton. 

2  marks  de  decena  of  Gilbert  Gondom,  for  flight. 

2  marks  de  decena  of  Stephen  Carite,  for  flight. 

135.  8d.  from  the  Chattels  of  the  said  Fugitive. 

2  marks  from  Walter  de  Leye,  for  trespass. 

2  marks  de  decena  Tulesworth,  for  default. 

2  marks  from  Roger  de  Rigswod',  for  fraud. 

los.  from  Gilbert  de  Cudington,  for  trespass. 

5  marks  from  William  de  Buckenhale,  of  fine  for  trespass. 

2  marks  from  Stephen  and  Henry  Witloc,  for  bail. 

i  mark  from  William  de  la  Carra,  for  that  he  had  not,  &c. 

And  IQS.  from  Adam  Cren,  for  trespass 3. 

The  same  year  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Southampton  returned  los. 
from  John  de  Scaffeld,  for  trespass,  and  2  marks  from  Alice  de  la  Garston, 
for  trespass  *. 

An  account  is  next  entered  in  the  Cartulary  of  the  Returns  of  the  House  : 
the  dates  are  slightly  irregular  about  here,  but  it  was  apparently  made 
between  1236  and  1242.  The  list  of  places  where,  or  of  persons  from 
whom  Rents  or  Returns  were  received,  is  extremely  long,  arranged 
according  to  the  several  counties,  and  amounting  in  all  to  202,  as 
follows 5 : — 

1  Cart.  No.  278,  fo.  cxxiiij. 

1  Cart.  No.  281,  fo.  cxxv.— APPENDIX  LXVI*. 

3  Cart.  No.  279,  fo.  cxxiiij.  v.  '   Cart.  No.  280,  fo.  cxxv. 

'  Cart.  No.  281,  fo.  cxxiiij.  v. — APPENDIX  LXVI. 


112  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1242.  Surrey 57 

Kent            21 

Sussex        .....  15 

Wiltshire    .....  4 

Dorsetshire          ....  8 

Somersetshire     ....  3 

Lincolnshire        ....  7 

Cambridgeshire  ....  2 

Bedfordshire        .         .         .         .  17 

Hertfordshire      .....  10 

Essex           .....  4 

Norfolk  and  Suffolk    .         .         .  16 

Hampshire           .         .         .         .  12 

Buckinghamshire  16 

Oxfordshire         ....  6 

Northamptonshire       ...  4 

Total    .      202 

The  amount  of  labour  in  looking  after  such  numerous  and  widely  scattered 

sources  of  revenue  must  have  been  enormous.  The  total  values  are  not  stated. 

1242-3.         The  Sheriff  of  Hampshire  returned,  as  a  receipt  from  the  Priory,  IDS. 

from  John  de  Sc'ffeld  (Sherfield),  for  trespass ;    and  2  marks  from  Alicius 

de  la  Garston,  for  trespass  '. 

1243.  Boniface,  son  of  the  Count  of  Sabaudia,  with  assent  of  the  Chapter  of 
June  2.     Canterbury,  having  been  elected  to  the  Archbishoprick  of  Canterbury,  and 

confirmed  by  Pope  Innocent  IV,  came  to  England,  being  then  but  Sub- 
deacon,  and  without  delay  paid  homage  to  the  King  at  Westminster  :  and 
on  the  day  of  SS.  Marcellinus  and  Peter,  came  to  Merton,  and  with  him 
five  of  his  suffragans,  to  examine  and  confirm  or  reject  Robert  Passelewe, 
Bishop-elect  of  Chichester,  and  certain  other  Bishops-elect2.  About  nine 
o'clock  was  such  a  severe  tempest,  as  had  not  been  seen  at  Merton  for 
many  years  before 3. 

June  3.  Robert  Passelewe  (who  was  the  King's  chaplain,  and  had  done  for  him 
good  service)  had  been  elected  as  their  head  by  the  Canons  of  Chichester, 
in  order  to  curry  favour  with  the  King.  He  was,  however,  so  unfitted  by 
want  of  learning,  that  the  Bishops  set  aside  the  election,  and  there- 

1  Carl.  No.  281,  fo.  cxxv. — APPENDIX  LXVII. 

1  Annales  Waverl.  (Gale,  Hist.  Anglic.  Scrip.  II.  p.  205). 

3  Whether  this  paragraph  relates  to  the  atmospheric  or  other  events  is  not  certain. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1242-1247.  113 

1243.  upon  Master  Richard  de  la  Wiche  was  forthwith  elected  to  the  see  of 
Chichester,  and  by  the  Archbishop-elect  of  Canterbury  confirmed  with  great 
solemnity '. 

This  action  was  confirmed  by  a  Bull  of  Pope  Innocent  IV,  dated  at 
Lyons,  July  21,  1245  '• 

1246.  The  King  was  at  this  time  at  Merton,  where  he  dated  a  writ  under  the 
April  12.    Great  Seal,  prohibiting  an  intended  tourney  at  Guildford3. 

July  9.  A  final  Concord  was  made  in  the  Curia  Regis,  before  Henry  de 
Bathonia,  Jollanus  de  Nevill,  and  Alan  de  Wadsand,  Justices,  and  others 
then  and  there  present ;  between  Robert,  Prior  of  Merton,  Plaintiff  (by 
Robert  de  Cirencester,  in  his  place),  and  William  de  Southwark  and 
Theophila  his  wife,  Defendants,  concerning  a  messuage  with  appurtenances 
in  Southwark.  When  a  Placitum  was  made  between  them  in  the  said 
Court,  viz.  that  the  said  William  and  Theophila  admitted  the  said 
messuage  to  belong  to  the  said  Prior  and  Church  of  Merton,  holding 
as  of  their  gift  in  perpetuity.  He  doing  for  the  same  all  service  apper- 
taining to  the  said  messuage.  And  for  this  admission,  fine,  and  concord, 
the  Prior  agreed  to  pay  them  IDS,  per  annum  for  their  lives,  and  also 
a  corrody  of  bread  and  beer,  and  two  cartloads  of  brushwood,  and 
also  provide  a  suitable  residence  for  them  in  curia  sua  de  Merton, 
and  keep  it  in  repair.  But  if  the  said  William  and  Theophila  were  unable 
to  warrant  the  messuage  as  proposed,  then  the  corrody  and  payment  to 
cease  4. 

1247.  William  de  Upton,  Rector  of  Middleton,  entered  a  Plea  before  Roger 
Sept.  30.    (Je  Turkelly  and  the  other  Justices  Itinerant  for  the  County  of  Bedford,  on 

the  morrow  of  St.  Michael,  31  Henry  III,  concerning  a  hide  of  land  at 
Middleton  (Milton  Bryant,  Bedfordshire),  held  in  free  alms  of  the  Church, 
or  of  lay  fee  of  the  Abbot  of  Woburn. 

Nov.  4.  The  Prior  of  Merton  being  summoned,  appeared  by  his  attorney  at 
Neuport  Paniel  (Newport  Pagnel)  on  the  third  day  after  the  feast  of  All 
Saints,  and  in  like  manner  the  said  Abbot,  Rector,  and  others. 

After  some  delays,  the  Prior's  attorney  exhibited  out  of  Court  before 
Master  Symon  de  Wauton,  then  Justice5,  and  Master  Peter  Peyure, 
the  Charter  of  Robert  Brian,  granting  to  the  Convent  the  Church  of 
Middleton  with  one  hidate  of  land  ;  the  Charter  of  Robert,  Bishop  of 
Lincoln,  for  appropriation  of  same,  with  other  Churches  ;  the  Charter  of 

1  Godwin,  Cat.  of  the  Bishops,  p.  469.  2  Rymer's  Fcedera,  i.  p.  436. 

*  Patent  Rolls,  30  Hen.  Ill,  m.  5.  *  Pedes  finium,  30  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  305. 

5  Appointed  Justice  Itinerant,  subsequently  became  Bishop  of  Norwich  'Toss'  Judges). 

I 


114  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1247.  Confirmation  by  William,  Bishop  of  Lincoln ',  and  other  documents, 
including  a  composition  with  the  Abbot  of  Woburn,  granting  them  the  hide 
of  land  in  perpetuity,  at  a  rental  of  2os.  per  annum,  with  a  Charter  of 
Confirmation  by  the  Archbishop. 

Upon  this,  the  Rector  of  Middleton  admitted  the  claims  of  the  Priory, 
before  the  Justiciaries ;  the  Abbot  and  Prior  were  dismissed,  and  the 
Rector  was  condemned  2. 

1247-8.  The  Convent  granted  their  land  and  houses,  bounded  by  Ismonger 
Lane  and  West  Chep  (Ironmonger  Lane  and  West  Cheap\  and  situate  in 
the  parish  of  St.  Martin  Jewry,  in  the  City  of  London,  to  Peter  de  Frowik, 
Goldsmith,  son  of  Adam,  and  his  heirs,  to  give,  sell,  mortgage,  bequeath, 
give  up,  or  assign  howsoever  and  whensoever  he  pleased,  except  to 
Religious  Houses  and  Jews :  to  hold  in  fee  and  inheritance,  paying  them 
eight  silver  marks  per  annum  for  all  service.  Witnessed  by  Peter,  son  of 
Alanus,  then  Mayor  of  London,  Ralph  Aswi,  Alderman,  and  many  others  3. 

A  similar  limitation  of  the  power  to  alienate  occurs  in  the  lease  of  a  house 
in  Southwark,  granted  to  Richard  Aubkyn,  Citizen  of  London,  which  is 
witnessed  by  Sir  Stephen,  then  Prior  of  Suwerk  (Southwark),  and  many 
others  4  ;  and  other  instances. 

r.  1249.  In  pursuance  of  an  ordinance  made  by  W.,  Archdeacon  of  Berkshire,  and 
Master  Helyas  de  Derham,  Canons  of  Salisbury  (apparently  as  arbitra- 
tors), concerning  the  Churches  of  Tarent  Kaaynes  (Tarrant  Keynston, 
Dorset),  Cumbe  and  Lullewrth  (also  in  Dorset),  and  Somerford  (Somerford 
Keynes,  Wilts) ;  and  with  consent  of  the  Venerable  father  R.*,  Bishop  of 
Salisbury  ;  Eustace,  prior,  and  the  Convent  of  Merton,  granted  to  the 
Bishop  and  his  successors,  the  said  Church  of  Tarent,  with  all  rights 
and  pertinents  from  lands  and  fruits  of  the  Church,  he  assigning  such 
portion  as  he  might  see  fit  to  the  monks  of  Tarent  for  their  own  proper 
use.  And  if  the  Convent  had  heretofore  made  any  charter  or  instrument 
affecting  such  ordinance  and  grant,  they  were  hereby  revoked  and  annulled. 
And  for  the  greater  memory  of  this  grant,  the  seal  of  the  Chapter  was  set 
thereto 5. 

1  Robert  de  Chesney,  Bishop  of  Lincoln  from  1147  to  1173  ;  charter  confirmed  by  William 
de  Blois,  Bishop  from  1203  to  1209. 

2  Cart.  No.  383,  fo.  clxij.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  380,  fo.  clxj       Pyers  Alan  was  mayor  1247. 

4  Cart.  No.  381,  fo.  clxj.  v. 

5  Cart.  No.  221,  fo.  cxvj.  v.     Eustace  was  Prior  from  October,  1249,  to  1262:  the  Robert, 
Bishop  of  Salisbury  nearest  to  this  date,  was  Robert  Byngham,  who  died  November  3,  1246. 
We  must  therefore  presume  that  the  matter,  though  commenced  in  1246,  was  not  concluded 
until  the  latter  part  of  1249. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1247-1263.  115 

1249.  Prior  Robert  de  Heyham  is  stated  to  have  resigned  on  December  22, 
Oct.  12.  1249 ',  but  presumably  held  it  over  until  the  beginning  of  October  in  the 
following  year,  when  application  was  made  to  the  King,  by  Philip,  the 
Precentor,  and  John  de  Heckfeud,  Canon,  to  the  King,  setting  forth  that 
the  Priory  was  Pastoris  solatia  destitutum,  by  the  resignation  of  Robert  de 
Heyham,  late  Prior,  and  humbly  praying  licence  to  elect  another:  whereupon 
His  Majesty,  by  Letters  Patent  addressed  to  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent, 
granted  their  petition  liberaliteretbenigne,  begging  them  to  elect  one  who  would 
be  serviceable  to  the  House,  useful  to  the  kingdom,  and  faithful  to  the 
Crown.  By  the  King  at  Westminster,  October  12,  in  his  thirty-third  year  ''. 
At  the  same  date  and  place  other  Letters  Patent  were  issued,  committing 
to  William  Axemuth  the  custody  of  the  temporalities  of  the  Priory,  during 
pleasure,  i.  e.  to  be  restored  when  a  new  Prior  had  been  elected  and 
approved3.  The  Close  Rolls  adds  that  the  King  ordered  H.  de  Wengham 
and  his  co-eschaetors  for  the  County  of  Surrey  not  to  meddle  with  it. 
Given  by  the  King,  at  Westminster4. 

Oct.  14.  Eustace  having  been  elected,  the  Royal  assent  to  such  election  was 
given  '" ;  and  William  de  Axemuth  was  ordered  to  give  the  Prior  full  seisin 
of  the  Priory  and  its  pertinents.  Given  at  Westminster  4. 

Oct.  18.  Tne  King  made  known  to  the  knights,  freemen,  and  all  other  tenants  of 
the  Priory,  that  the  Royal  assent  had  been  given  to  the  election  made, 
of  Brother  Eustace  to  be  Prior,  and  commanding  them  to  receive  him  as 
their  Head.  By  the  King  at  Westminster4. 

1249-63.  Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  John,  son  of  Roger  de  Awelton, 
for  his  life,  every  week  seven  miches  and  ten  and  a  half  gallons  of  Canons' 
beer,  to  receive  at  Awelton  (phonetic  for  Aulton,  Ker's  Aulton,  Carshalton, 
Surrey),  from  their  Sedges  (Carecta)  if  he  come  thither,  or  by  himself  or 
his  proper  messenger  at  Merton.  And  if  it  should  happen  that  he  enter 
their  service,  he  should  have  suitable  rations  (companagium  competcns)  with 
the  said  bread  and  beer 6. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  by  Charter  released  and  gave  up  to 
William  Eylward  and  his  issue  all  right  and  claim  which  they  stated 
themselves  to  have  in  his  servitude ;  so  that  he  and  his  issue  might  have 
freedom  from  the  Prior  and  Convent  in  perpetuity. 

And  they  granted  to  him  that  the  half  virgate  of  land  which  he  then  held 
of  them  at  a  service  of  35.  nd.  per  annum,  he  might  continue  to  hold  at 

1  Cart.  No.  520,  Ib.  cxcvj. 

1  Patent  Rolls,  33  Hen.  Ill,  m.  3.  3  Ibid.  *  Close  Rolls,  33  Hen.  Ill,  m.  2. 

'•  Patent  Rolls,  33  Hen.  Ill,  m.  3.  6  Cart.  No.  192,  fo.  cxj.  v. 

1  2 


Il6  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1249-63.  a  service  of  55.  and  a  day's  work  (faciendo  unam  precarium)  at  their  harvest 
in  autumn,  and  paying  yearly  for  pannage  for  his  pigs,  viz.  for  every  pig 
above  a  year  old  id.,  and  under  that  age  \d.;  as  well  as  making  due  and 
accustomed  service  in  their  Court.  Sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  Priory. 
Witnesses,  Adam  de  Sto.  Maneveto,  Henry  de  Bromsull,  William  de  la 
Cusaud,  Ricardus  de  Maitingle,  Richard  de  Rugge,  and  others,  including 
three  more  named '. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Stephen,  son  of  Martin,  their 
free  man,  half  a  virgate  of  land  with  its  pertinents,  which  Martin  held 
in  Westmulesia  (West  Molesey,  Surrey).  These  are  the  particulars  of 
the  half  virgate,  viz.  one  acre  above  Kenewrth,  next  the  land  of  Hugh 
ad  eccPiam  ;  half  an  acre  in  that  same  furlong  which  lies  above  the  Thames  ; 
another  half  acre  next  the  land  of  John,  son  of  Edelm  ;  the  other 
half  acre  at  Flexland,  next  land  of  Robert,  son  of  Turbu'.  Another  half 
acre  at  Redeland,  next  land  of  John,  son  of  Anketill,  and  at  the  end  of 
same  two  meadows  which  lie  above  the  Thames ;  one  acre  next 
Polfurlang;  one  meadow  which  lies  by  Hersthegg  at  Hamtun  (Hampton) ; 
one  furlong  lying  at  Wermethell  ;  one  and  a  half  acres  at  New 
Croft,  next  one  which  leads  to  the  high-cross  of  Westmuleseya,  for 
his  life,  he  paying  I2(t.  per  acre.  And  half  an  acre  which  stretches  between 
the  footpath  and  the  great  lane  opposite  the  cross,  and  one  acre  of  meadow 
on  the  Thames  ;  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs,  freely  and  peaceably ;  he 
paying  per  annum  45.  and  one  pound  of  cinnamon  for  all  service,  saving 
forinsec  service  pertaining  to  the  virgate,  which  he  promised  to  observe. 

For  this  grant  he  paid  one  hundred  shillings  premium2. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  gave  up  to  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of 
Sautereya  (Sawtry,  Huntingdonshire)  in  perpetuity,  all  their  right  in  the 
messuage  which  William  Peny,  chaplain,  held  in  the  town  of  Huntingdon, 
except  that  part  which  the  said  William  bequeathed  to  the  Church  of  St. 
Lawrence  in  Huntingdon,  as  it  was  said3. 

By  another  deed  they  gave  up  to  the  house  of  St.  Mary  Sawtry  and  the 
monks  there,  all  right  in  the  tenement,  and  2od.  return,  which  William 
Peny,  chaplain,  held  of  them,  next  to  the  house  which  the  said  William 
held  of  the  house  of  the  Holy  Trinity  de  Bosco,  in  the  parish  of 
St.  Lawrence,  Huntingdon4.  Presumably  this  adjoined  the  property 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  deed. 

1  Liber  Niger  Scaccarii,  Hearne's  Ed.,  1771,  ii.  p.  620.— APPENDIX  LXVIII. 
1  Cart.  No.  195,  fo.  cxij.  3  Cart.  No.  222,  fo.  cxyj.  v. 

*  Cart.  No.  224,  fo.  cxvj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:   1249  1263.  117 

1240-63.  Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  held  themselves  bound  to  exonerate  Sir 
W.  Mauduit  and  his  heirs  from  all  services  of  lands  in  Hiccham  (Hitcham, 
Buckinghamshire),  as  contained  in  his  charter  in  their  possession ;  he 
paying  295.  gd.  per  annum  and  the  twelfth  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  for 
scutage.  And  they  to  pay  him  unum  par  calcarium  deauratum '  or  6d. 
per  annum  :  and  the  Prior  to  make  homage  and  have  relief  for  the  same 
and  as  much  as  pertained  to  the  twelfth  part  of  a  knight's  fee 2. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  made  known  that  they  had  received  from 
the  executors  of  the  Will  of  Ledulf,  Citizen  of  London,  deceased,  their 
pledges,  viz.  a  silver  vase  and  their  obligation  to  the  said  Ledulf  for  five 
marks,  which  he  had  lent  them ;  and  which  by  his  Will  he  remitted  in 
order  that  special  memory  of  him  might  be  made  in  two  masses  every  day 
by  the  Canons  of  their  House.  In  Witness  the  Conventual  seal  was 
affixed  :l. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  with  unanimous  consent  of  the  whole 
chapter,  filled  with  charity,  and  at  the  petition  of  Master  Th.  de  Tinemwe 
(or  Tinemue),  granted  and  gave  to  John  de  Tinemue,  Clerk,  a  pension  of 
two  marks  per  annum  for  sixteen  full  years,  to  teach  scholars  in  England, 
payable  at  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  ios.,  at  the  Nativity  105.,  and  at  Easter 
half  a  marc.  If  within  the  period  he  wished  to  leave  the  House,  they  would 
show  their  favour  by  providing  him  with  clothing.  But  if  it  happened  that 
he  wished  to  pass  the  seas  for  study  and  remain  beyond  the  seas  for  that 
purpose,  they  would  cause  to  be  given  him  an  Exhibition  of  three  marks 
per  annum,  and  they  would  cause  books  of  legal  decrees  and  decretals,  and 
more,  at  the  desire  of  the  said  Th.  de  Tinemue,  to  be  delivered  to  the  said 
John  for  use  during  his  life,  but  to  be  faithfully  reserved  by  him  for  his  own 
use,  and  not  to  be  sold.  And  in  the  event  of  his  giving  up  or  dying,  the 
books  to  be  restored  whole  to  the  House,  and  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Chapter  lent  to  some  good,  poor  scholar,  for  school  use,  and  so  to  continue 
as  long  as  they  would  last.  In  testimony  of  which  they  set  their  seal. 
But  if  it  should  happen  that  the  said  John  obtain  any  gift,  or  pious  provision, 
or  any  benefice  by  which  he  may  be  enabled  fitly  to  maintain  himself  at 
school,  and  pursue  study,  the  Convent  from  that  time  to  be  entirely  freed  from 
this  gift,  nor  could  the  said  John  require  the  performance  of  the  preceding 
concession.  The  sixteen  years  of  which  mention  is  above  made,  to  begin  on 
the  Vigil  of  St.  Andrew  the  Apostle,  next  after  the  decease  of  Eustachius, 

1  One  pair  of  gilt  spurs. 

"  Cart.  No.  223,  fo.  cxyj.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  284,  fo.  cxxxj.  v. ;  re  entered  No.  290,  fo.  cxxx.  v. — APPENDIX  LXIX. 


Il8  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1249-63.    Bishop  of  London  ',  of  good  memory.    ( Note  added  that  Eustachius,  Bishop 
of  London,  died  A.  0.  1228,  and  of  King  Henry  III,  the  I3th  year.) 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Sir  G.  de  Haremed'  the  corrody 
of  a  Canon,  whilst  he  lived  in  the  House;  viz.  every  Sunday  two  miches, 
and  one  on  other  days  of  the  week ;  one  and  a  half  gallons  of  the  best 
beer ;  and  a  Canon's  rations  from  the  kitchen.  Also  allowances  for  his 
servant,  as  given  to  the  Prior's  Stable-boy  (or  groom).  Also  a  suitable  resi- 
dence, and  wood  for  fuel,  and  eight  pounds  of  white  candles.  His  friends 
who  came  to  see  him  to  be  admitted  to  the  hospitality  of  the  hall 2. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  ready,  as  bound,  to  find  a  secular 
Chaplain  under  the  gift  in  perpetuity  of  Master  Thomas  de  Tynemue  to 
celebrate  annually,  with  the  assent  of  the  Chapter,  granted  to  their 
beloved  Chaplain,  Sir  Richard  de  Bandon,  to  perform  that  service,  in  return 
for  which  he  should  receive  of  them  the  corrody  of  a  canon  and  two  marks 
per  annum.  And  if  by  age  or  inability  he  should  be  unable  to  perform  the 
said  service,  the  payment  of  the  two  marks  should  cease,  but  the  said 
corrody  should  continue.  The  said  corrody  to  consist  of  daily  one  loaf 
of  the  Chapel  and  one  gallon  of  Cervisia  militum,  and  an  ordinary  allowance 
from  the  hall  during  his  life.  Which  allowances  they  further  granted  to 
Eudo  his  brother  for  life,  if  the  said  Eudo  happened  to  survive  him ". 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  made  known  that  they  had  granted  to 
Alice,  daughter  of  Osbert  de  Situn,  seventeen  and  a  half  acres  at  Kings- 
wood,  which  lay  between  the  land  of  Osbert  the  forester  and  -the  land  of 
Mazonum,  together  with  that  called  Mazonum,  viz.  fifty-one  acres  with 
pertinents  held  of  the  priory ;  returning  thence,  yearly,  two  silver  marks 
for  all  service  by  quarterly  payments,  beginning  at  Michaelmas  ;  saving 
forinsec  service  to  the  Priory.  She  to  accommodate  the  priory  with  her 
plough  when  needed  twice  in  the  year,  at  their  expense  for  food  :  and  in 
the  autumn  all  the  men  she  had  as  reapers,  at  a  bederipe,  at  their  cost  for 
food.  And  they  to  allow  pannage  in  their  wood  for  her  swine.  She  swore 
on  the  Gospels  to  faithfully  perform  her  part  of  the  conditions  and  pay  the 
rent.  So  long  as  the  same  was  performed,  the  agreement  to  hold  good. 
To  this  charter  they  set  their  seal.  Witnesses,  William  Hansard  ;  Master 
Robert  de  Gudintan  ;  John  de  Bures  ;  five  others  named,  and  others4. 
Eustace,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Ralph  Wakelin  and  Beatrice 

1  Cart.  No.   294,   fo.   cxxxij.     Eustace    was   Prior    from    1249  to   1262.     The   Bishop  was 
Ethelmar,  not  Eustachius,  elected  1243,  but  never  consecrated  ;  he  died  in  1261. 

2  Cart.  No.  300,  fo.  cxxxiij.  3  Cart.  No.  303,  fo.  cxxxiiij. 
4  Cart.  No.  216,  fo.  cxv. — APPENDIX  L. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1249-1263.  119 

1240-63.  his  wife,  and  their  heirs  and  assigns,  a  certain  tenement  called  Donnehalle, 
in  the  Ville  of  Kingston,  and  situated  on  the  borders  of  the  Thames,  which 
Lefwin  Le  Marener  held  of  them  in  fee,  and  the  tenement  which  Adam 
Le  Marener  held  for  life.  Ralph  and  Beatrice  to  pay  an  annual  rental  of 
8s.  6d.,  and  to  perform  suit  twice  in  the  year  in  their  Court  at  Kingston, 
according  to  the  Law  of  franc-pledge,  viz.  in  their  Court  which  was  held 
after  Easter,  and  that  after  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  to  take  view  of  franc- 
pledge  '. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Ralph  de  la  Chambre  of 
Kersalton,  twenty-two  and  a  half  acres  of  land  in  Kersalton  (Carshalton, 
Surrey),  of  which  seven  and  a  half  in  culture  were  called  Hugestescroft, 
six  in  Thurkillescroft,  two  called  Hodicumbe,  one  at  Twyseledeweye,  one 
at  Longefurland,  one  and  a  half  (called  le  Wurth')  in  pasture,  one  and  a 
half  called  Linkers,  one  in  Longfurland,  and  one  in  Edildeb'  ;  to  him  and 
his  heirs  in  perpetuity,  with  liberty  to  assign,  except  to  religious  houses ; 
at  a  rental  of  id.  for  all  services,  exactions,  customs,  court  fees,  secular 
tithes,  and  all  other  things :  and  with  leave  to  return  present  charter  at 
will.  They  warrant  the  property  to  him  as  a  gift  by  Thurbert  to  Walter, 
former  Prior  of  Merton  2. 

Two  Deeds  were  executed  relating  to  one  John  Hansard  or  Haunsard. 
By  the  first  of  these,  Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  made  known  to  all  by 
whom  this  writing  might  be  seen  or  heard  of,  that  they  had  covenanted  to 
pay  Sir  John  Hansard  and  Lady  Gundreda,  his  wife,  for  life,  an  annual 
sum  of  £10,  to  be  paid  by  three  payments  of  five  marks  each,  upon  the 
feasts  of  Palm  Sunday  (Pascha  floridum),  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist, 
and  the  feast  of  St.  Michael ;  under  penalty  of  405.  in  default  of  any 
payment ;  and  they  pledged  their  lands  of  La  Legh  and  Thawrch'  (Talworth) 
which  they  held  in  fee  in  pure  alms,  for  due  payment  and  any  arrears  or 
penalty  until  the  same  is  fully  satisfied.  There  is  no  date,  but  the  fact 
of  its  execution  when  Eustace  was  Prior,  so  far  determines  the  date  3. 

Probably  at  the  same  time  was  executed  a  Deed  relating  to  the  same 
parties.  It  begins  with  an  invocation  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  which  being 
almost  unique  amongst  the  Charters  of  the  Priory,  indicates  the  solemn 
importance  with  which  the  Deed  was  clothed.  Eustace,  prior,  and  the 
Convent,  ex  affectu  intimo,  to  Sir  John  Hansard  and  Lady  Gundreda,  his 

1  Cart.  No.  304,  fo.  cxxxiiij. 

*  Cart.  No.  309,  fo.  cxxxv.  v.     Walter  was  Prior  from  1198  to  1218. 

3  Cart.  No.  311,  fo.  cxxxvij.  The  Hansard  family  had  been  liberal  benefactors  to  the  Priory 
for  half  a  century  previous. 


120  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1249-63.  wife,  in  acknowledgement  of  all  the  good  which  they  by  the  clemency  of  the 
Saviour  had  nobly  wrought  in  the  Church  of  the  monastery,  granted  them 
the  right  to  select  a  place  of  sepulture  in  the  Church  before  some  altar  for 
their  place  of  burial ;  and  that  there  be  assigned  two  canons  successively, 
who  there  celebrating  shall  make  special  mention  of  them.  Upon  infor- 
mation of  the  death  of  one  or  other,  the  canons  to  receive  the  body  with 
honour,  and  cause  all  the  bells  to  be  tolled '  and  exequies  performed  as  those 
of  the  Prior  were  accustomed  to  be  done.  Moreover  they  would  place 
their  names  amongst  their  dead  in  the  Martyrology,  and  to  be  carried  by 
a  general  brief  to  those  of  the  Rule  in  England ;  that  their  souls  may  be 
absolved  in  each  college.  And  upon  Sir  John's  anniversary,  for  him  as  for 
any  professed  canon,  should  be  done  a  solemn  commemoration  in  the 
Convent,  and  they  would  have  on  that  day  a  special  pittance  of  the  value 
of  a  mark  ;  and  in  like  manner  on  the  anniversary  of  Lady  Gundreda 
should  be  given  a  pittance  of  the  value  of  a  mark.  All  which  said  things 
were  granted  upon  the  altar.  In  testimony  of  which  the  seal  of  the 
Chapter  was  affixed '. 

How  long  Sir  John  enjoyed  the  annuity  does  not  appear;  but  he  was 
one  of  the  Witnesses  to  a  Deed  in  the  time  of  Prior  Gilbert,  about  or  soon 
after  Easter,  1226 J. 

One  of  his  ancestors  — perhaps  his  father — named  William  Hansard,  was 
a  donor  to  the  Convent,  having  given  them  a  mill  called  La  Hale,  which 
gift  is  referred  to  in  a  Charter  executed  in  the  time  of  Prior  Walter,  who 
resigned  in  1218  4;  and  William  Hansard  and  Aveline  his  wife  had  gave 
them  land  in  Colegate,  as  stated  in  a  Charter  executed  in  the  time  of  Prior 
Gilbert,  viz.  between  1252  and  1292 5. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Roger  le  Furbur,  citizen  of 
London,  for  his  life,  a  corrody  of  bread,  beer,  rations,  cheese  and  candles, 
and  forage  for  his  horse c. 

In  the  reign  of  King  Edward ',  son  of  King  John,  came  John,  son  of 
Nichol  Le  Ryche  of  Esingdon,  before  Sir  Eustace,  prior,  and  bound 
himself  under  a  penalty  of  ten  marks,  and  took  oath,  that  without  the 
advice  of  the  Prior  he  would  do  no  act  for  himself  or  his  land.  In  the 
presence  of  the  following,  who  subscribed  a  memorandum  in  testimony,  viz. 

1  Calssicum  —  Pulsatis  omnium  campanii  campanalis  (Dueange). 

2  Cart.  No.  312,  fo.  cxxxvij.  v.  3  Cart.  No.  336,  fo.  cxlv. 

4  Cart.  No.  157,  fo.  cij.  "  Cart.  No.  325,  fo.  cxij.  v. 

"  Cart.  No.  313,  fo.  cxxxvij.  v. ;  and  see  his  grant  to  the  House,  Cart.  No.  320,  fo.  cxl.  v. 
7  There    appears  to   be    an    error   of  the  scribe.     King  Edward  I  was  the  son  of  King 
John,  and  he  reigned  from  1272  to  1307.     Eustace  was  Prior  from  1249  '°  1262. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1249—1250.  121 

1246-63.  Sir  Ralph  de  Menlyng,  Sir  Roger  de  Norwyc,  Sir  Mre'  de  Waweln', 
canons;  Roger  de  Geta,  seneschall ;  Walter  de  Neweport;  Robert  de 
Westen" ;  Ralph  Coco  ;  Walter  Tegulatore" ;  and  Parisius  le  messat" '. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Gilbert  de  Coocham,  for  his  life, 
a  corrody  of  the  house  for  himself,  and  for  his  servant  as  the  Prior's 
servant.  But  Gilbert,  whilst  able,  to  serve  in  the  house ;  though  if  too 
infirm  or  weak,  the  allowances  to  be  continued  to  him 2. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William  de  Chesham,  their 
servant,  the  following  corrody  for  life :  viz.  every  week  seven  loaves  de 
capella  and  seven  de  aula  ;  and  daily  one  gallon  of  Convent  beer,  and  one 
potell  cervis'  milif ;  and  from  the  hall  one  ration,  and  one  ration  cum  pot'. 
He  continuing,  whilst  able,  his  accustomed  service ;  and,  whilst  deserving, 
to  receive  his  annual  stipend ;  but  if  from  debility  he  could  not  continue  to 
serve,  then  the  stipend  to  cease,  but  the  corrody  to  continue.  But  if  he  fail 
in  any  way  in  his  duty,  according  to  the  judgement  of  the  Prior,  he  should 
make  it  good  :l. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Sir  William  de  Neutone, 
Chaplain,  the  portion  in  the  Church  of  Clive  (Devonshire),  which  was 
reserved  (apparently)  when  Sir  Henry  the  Rector  was  presented  and 
admitted  by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  *. 

Eustace,  prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  licence  to  Thomas,  the  prior, 
and  the  Convent  of  Newark,  to  construct  a  chapel  in  their  territory,  in  the 
parishes  of  Suttun  and  Roppelegh  (Bishop's  Sutton  and  Ropley,  Hants), 
and  there  to  celebrate  divine  service  for  themselves,  household,  and  guests. 
But  so  that  the  privileges  of  the  mother  church  should  not  be  injured  in 
the  future 5. 

Eustace,  Prior  of  Merton,  granted  to  Gilbert  de  Ewell  a  mill  at  Ewell, 
Surrey,  with  services  of  their  tenants  there,  at  a  rent  of  half  a  mark.  No 
date ". 

c.  1250.  The  King  granted  permission  to  the  Prior  to  continue  the  enclosure  of 
his  grove  at  Alkmunbury,  Huntingdonshire,  until  the  quindena  of  Easter 
following.  And  ordered  G.  de  Langel,  Justiciary  of  the  Forests7,  to  permit 

1   Cart.  No.  314,  fo.  cxxxviij.  a  Cart.  No.  316,  fo.  cxxxviij.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  334,  fo.  cxlj.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  392,  fo.  clxvj. 

5  Harleian  Charters,  xxi.  25.    This  is  the  original  charter,  with  a  magnificent  impression  of 
the  seal  of  Merton  Priory  still  attached.     The  charter  measures  7f  X4  inches.     Eustace  was 
Prior  from  October  14,  1249,  till  his  death  February  i,  1263.     Of  the  few  Priors  of  Newark 
known  to  Tanner,  the  only  Thomas  was  elected,  in  1387,  a  century  and  a  quarter  later. 

6  Manning  and  Bray,  i.  457  (from  Kaw/insoit  MSS.  in  Bodleian,  Oxford). 

7  His  name  does  not  appear  in  Foss'  Judges. 


122  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

c.  1250.  it ;  and  in  the  mean  time  the  King  should  be  informed  whether  the  said 
grove  should  remain  enclosed,  as  at  present,  or  not ;  and  whether  it  would 
be  any  forestal  injury1. 

1250.  The  King  ordered  Adam  de  Mora,   Bailiff  of  Pember  Forest,  that  the 
Aug.  18.    distraint  which  he  had  made  against  the  Prior  and  his  men  for  hunting 

with  dogs,  should  be  respited  till  the  quindena  of  St.  Michael.     At  Chm'2. 

1251.  The  question  raised  by  the  Bailiff  of  Pember  Forest,  about  hunting  with 
April  20.    dogs,  was  respited  until  the  quindena  of  St.  John  Baptist.     At  Merton3. 
May  22.        An  order  to  the  like  effect,  respiting  a  similar  question  at  Hetfeud  until 

the  quindena  of  Michaelmas,  was  issued  to  G.  de  Langel,  Justiciary  of 
Forests 4. 

Sept.  6.  The  King  ordered  the  Keeper  of  Pember'  Forest  that  his  claim  against 
the  Prior  and  his  men  of  Hetfeld,  concerning  the  hunting  with  dogs,  do 
stand  over  till  the  octave  of  St.  Hilary,  in  his  36th  year.  At  Windsor6. 

Oct.  19.  The  King  ordered  Godfrey  de  Listen,  that  on  security  to  the  amount 
of  405.  being  given  by  the  Prior,  the  swine  of  himself  and  men  should 
have  their  pannage  in  Windsor  Forest,  until  their  claim  thereto  was 
discussed  before  the  King.  At  Westminster6. 

Oct.  28.  The  King's  Bailiffs  of  Wanberg  were  ordered  that  if  the  Priors  custo- 
marily by  Royal  Charter  had  pannage  in  that  Forest,  it  should  be  still 
allowed  to  them,  and  that  the  said  Bailiffs  should  not  distrain  upon  them 
against  the  tenor  of  the  said  Charter.  At  Reading,  October  28 7. 

c.  1252.  King  Henry  III  gave  to  William  de  Buttaill'  a  tenement  in  Ewell,  subject 
to  the  usual  dues  to  the  King  and  Manor  and  of  the  lord  of  Eynesford, 
from  whom  he  held  the  Manor  of  Home  and  some  others  in  Essex. 
There  was  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Ewell.  The  same  having  lapsed  by  time, 
King  Henry  II  gave  to  the  Canons  of  Merton  the  Manor  of  Ewell,  and  the 
said  William  received  the  usual  quittance.  After  his  death  it  passed  to 
Jervasius,  and  William's  wife  Emma,  and  as  they  neglected  to  perform  the 
usual  service,  application  was  made  before  the  bench  in  London,  which 
ended  in  a  Chyrograph  between  Peter  de  Botailles,  son  of  the  said  William, 
and  the  said  Emma,  and  the  Convent.  And  it  should  be  known  that 
William  begot  Peter— Peter,  John — and  John,  William8. 

1  Close  Rolls,  34  Hen.  Ill,  m.  i  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

2  Close  Rolls,  34  Hen.  Ill,  m.  5  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

3  Close  Rolls,  35  Hen.  Ill,  m.  15  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi).  *  Ibid. 
J  Close  Rolls,  35  Hen.  Ill,  m.  4  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

•  Close  Rolls,  35  Hen.  Ill,  m.  2  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

1  Close  Rolls,  36  Hen.  Ill,  m.  32  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi\     Presumably  they  claimed  under 
the  second  charter  of  King  Henry  II.  8  Cart.  No.  285,  fo.  cxxix. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1250-1252.  123 

1269.          Roger  de  Aette  claimed  land  of  the  Prior  in  Chalveye  (i.  e.  Upton  cum 
March.     Chalvey,  Buckinghamshire),  and  the  matter  was  referred  to  the  Justices 

Itinerant  in  the  County  of  Buckingham  '. 

April  9.  King  Henry  III  granted  a  Charter  to  the  Convent,  wherein  is  recited 
that  he  had  inspected  the  Charter  of  King  Henry  I,  granting  the  Ville  of 
Merton  to  God  and  the  Church  of  Blessed  Mary  of  Merton  and  the  Canons 
there.  Also  the  Charter  of  King  Henry  II,  wherein  he  granted  and  con- 
firmed all  that  they  could  prove  as  to  freedom  from  thelonio  and  passagio 
in  or  without  of  towns,  and  by  land  and  water,  and  ports  and  seas.  Also 
a  Charter  of  the  same  King,  granting  them  pasture  for  their  horses  and 
pannage  in  the  royal  forests.  Also  a  Charter  of  the  same  King,  that  they 
should  not  be  impleaded  concerning  any  of  their  tenements  held  in  demesne, 
except  before  the  King  or  his  Chief  Justice.  Also  a  Charter  of  the  same 
King,  granting  them  to  hold  forty  acres  of  assarts  in  Hartley,  Pecham, 
Hetfeld,  and  Upton,  free  from  assarts,  aids,  and  assises.  Also  a  Charter  of 
the  same  King,  granting  them  to  hold  fifty  acres  of  assarts  in  Alkemundbury, 
to  till  at  will  and  free  from  assarts.  Further,  that  he  had  inspected  the 
Charter  of  King  Richard,  granting  and  confirming  to  them  all  gifts,  alms, 
&c.,  both  in  Ecclesiastical  things  and  in  secular  possessions,  as  freely  as 
any  Abbey  or  Religious  house  in  the  Kingdom,  with  sac  and  soc,  &c.2,  and 
all  other  liberties  as  in  the  said  Charter  contained.  The  Charter  now 
issued,  granted,  and  confirmed  as  in  the  said  Charters  is  reasonably 
witnessed.  And  that  the  Canons  should  have  in  perpetuity  the  fines  and 
amerciaments  of  their  men  and  the  chattels  of  fugitives  holding  under 
them.  And  have  in  perpetuity  100  acres  of  land  in  Meperteshale,  which 
were  of  the  King's  Sergeantry,  and  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  Robert, 
son  of  William  Dispenser,  by  Confirmation  of  the  said  King  Henry  II. 
And  further  the  fishery  in  the  stream  of  the  said  Canons  at  Brainford, 
which  his  predecessors  were  accustomed  to  have.  And  that  the  Canons 
and  their  men,  through  all  the  Royal  forests  of  England,  should  be  undis- 
turbed in  hunting  with  their  dogs  (de  expeditacione  canum'}.  And  freedom 
from  suit  of  Counties,  Hundreds,  &c.  And  that  they  and  their  tenants  in 
possession  in  time  of  King  Richard,  and  since,  be  free  from  assises,  juries, 
or  recognitions.  And  granting  leave  to  enclose  the  three  acres  of  wood 
in  Alkmundbury,  so  that  they  did  not  enter  upon  the  Royal  Liberties,  for 
if  they  transgressed  the  same  Liberties  in  forests,  they  should  answer  for  it 
before  the  King,  or  the  Chief  Justice  of  his  forests  ;  that  so  the  liberties 

1  Close  Rolls,  46  Hen.  Ill,  m.  13.  d.  ^Sharpe's  Cat.  vol.  vi). 

1  See,  more  fully,  ante,  A.D.  1198,  November  9,  being  the  date  of  the  Charter  in  recital. 


124  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1252.      granted  to  them  in  the  said  Charter  might  more  or  less  avail.     The  King 

April  9.  willed  and  granted  further  that  they  might  use  these  liberties  freely  and 
fully.  Witnessed  by  John  Mansell,  Provost  of  Beverley;  Ralph,  son  of 
Michael ;  Bertram  de  Crioill ;  Master  William  of  Kilkenny,  Archdeacon  of 
Coventry ;  Geoffrey  de  Langet ;  Robert  Walerand  ;  Elia  de  Rabaon  ;  Robert 
de  Muscegros;  Bartholomew  Pecch' ;  Nicholas  de  St.  Maur;  Ralph  de 
Bakepu3 ;  William  Germin  ;  Roger  de  Lokinton  ;  John  de  Geres,  and  others. 
Given  under  the  King's  hand,  at  Windsor,  April  9,  of  his  reign  the 
36th1  year. 

May  15.  Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  undertook  not  to  assign  the  land  or  rent 
at  Eton  or  elsewhere,  of  his  gift,  or  claim,  howsoever  in  the  fee  of 
Thomas  de  Lasseles,  without  his  special  licence.  And  promised  not  to 
take  advantage  of  their  right  of  entrance  to  a  certain  pasture  in  Eton  which 
they  had  of  the  gift  of  John  de  Woveneya,  to  trespass  on  his  domain 
or  pasture.  Wednesday  before  Pentecost,  36  Henry  III 2. 

May  19.  Eustace,  Prior  of  Merton,  with  good  will  and  consent  of  the  Chapter, 
gave  up  and  quit-claimed  to  their  Clerk  and  beloved  friend,  Sir  Walter 
de  Merton,  that  part  of  the  Meadow  in  Taleworth  which  Elyas  de  Grape- 
lingeham  previously  held  of  them  on  lease  (and  which  the  said  Elvas 
granted  at  the  expiration  of  the  term)  to  the  said  Walter  in  fee.  To 
hold,  with  other  tenements,  in  the  said  Ville.  Sealed.  Dated  at  Merton 
on  the  feast  of  Pentecost 3. 

May  22.  The  King  appears  to  have  been  on  a  visit  to  the  House,  as  he  on  this 
day  by  Charter,  dated  at  Merton,  granted  and  confirmed  to  the  Prior  and 
Convent  the  right  of  Free  Warren  in  all  domains  and  lands  at  Merton, 
Ewell,  Kingeswode,  Shelwode,  Grapelyngham,  Berewell,  Hartyngdon, 
Heverichesh  (or  Haverichesham),  Taplawe  ^Taplow),  Fechham,  Wexam, 
and  Micham,  except  the  lands  which  lay  within  the  bounds  of  the  royal 
forests,  and  so  that  no  fugitives  enter  the  lands,  or  take  anything  which 
related  to  Warrenage  without  leave  and  license  of  the  Convent,  under 
penalty  of  £10  to  the  King.  Witnesses: — Ralph,  son  of  Nicholas; 
Bertram  de  Croyirll' ;  John  de  Lessyngton4;  Master  William  de  Kil- 
kennye,  Archdeacon  of  Coventry;  Bartholomew  Pecch';  Emlode  Montibus; 

1  Charier  Rolls,  36  Hen.  Ill,  m.  17  (Cat.  Rot.  Cart.  p.  75,  and  Coll.  Arms,  Vincent  MS.,  17, 
fol.  1043).  British  Museum  Ad.  MS  6166,  fol.  464.  Cart.  Antiq.  L.  L.  No.  4,  and  N.  N.  80 
(less  fully) ;  ffarl.  MS.  85,  fol.  460  (less  fully  than  preceding).  This  grant  was  confirmed  by 
charter,  30  Hen.  VI,  and  5  Hen.  VIII. 

a  Cart.  No.  394,  fo.  cxlvi.  v. 

3  In  the  Archives  of  Merton  College,  Oxford,  C.  iv. 

1  Probably  John  de  Lexinton,  a  justice. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1252-1253.  125 

1252.  John  de  Nevell ;  William  de   Cheyney;    Nicholas   de   St.    Maure;    and 

May  22.     others  '. 

June  6.         The  Seneschal  of  the  King's  Forests  in  the  County  of  Southampton  was 
ordered  not  to  vex  the  Prior  on  account  of  hunting  with  dogs,  nor  for  other 
matters  within  his  bailiwick,  contrary  to  the  liberties  which  he  has  by  the 
King's  Charter  de  novo  granted  to  him.     At  Westminster,  June  62. 
This  refers  to  the  Charter  granted  on  April  9  preceding. 

Nov.  2.  It  appearing  to  the  King  by  inspection  of  the  Charter  of  the  Prior, 
produced  before  the  King,  that  the  Prior  and  his  men  were  entitled  to 
mast  and  free  pannage  for  their  swine  in  the  Royal  Forest  of  Wanberge, 
he  ordered  the  Keeper  of  that  forest  to  let  them  have  free  pannage  there, 
and  not  to  vex  them  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the  said  Charter.  At 
Windsor,  November  2  3. 

1253.  The  Sheriff  of  Surrey  was  ordered  not  to  allow  the  King's  Bailiffs  of 
Jan.  18.     Kingston  to  distrain  upon  the  Prior  and  his  men  in  the  Ville  of  Kingston, 

Surrey,   contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the   King's  Confirmation,  and   that  its 
contents  be  observed.     At  Windsor,  January  i84. 

This  refers  to  the  Charters  of  Confirmation  granted  April  9  in  the  pre- 
ceding year,  1252  (36  Henry  III). 

Feb.  3.  The  King  ordered  the  Chamberlain  of  London  to  allow  the  Prior  and 
Convent  a  tun  of  wine  of  the  King's  gift.  At  Westminster,  February  3  ;  by 
H.  de  Weugh  5. 

Feb.  6.  The  King  ordered  Edward  of  Westminster  to  make  of  a  cloth  of  gold, 
which  Edward  the  King's  son  offered  to  the  Priory,  and  which  the  King 
sent  him,  a  Cope  for  the  Choir  as  large  as  the  cloth  would  permit,  with 
broad  gold  fringe  and  fastening,  and  deliver  it  to  the  Prior.  At  Merton, 
February  6 6. 

Feb.  7.  The  King  ordered  Edward  of  Westminster  that  a  silver  Image  of 
B.  Mary  be  finished  and  delivered  to  the  use  of  the  Prior  and  Convent. 
At  Merton,  February  7'. 

1  Charter  Rolls,  36  Hen.  Ill,  m.  n  (Cal.  Rot.  Cart.  Rec.  Off.  p.  74)  ;  confirmed  by  Patent 
3  Hen.  VI,  pt.  2,  m.  10.  The  above  charter  appears  to  have  been  entered  on  the  roll  prior 
to  that  of  April  9,  but  their  date  and  effect  are  recited  in  the  last  grant  of  confirmation,  viz. 
5  Hen.  VIII,  m.  13,  No.  i. 

z  Close  Rolls,  36  Hen.  Ill,  m.  14  (Sharpens  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

3  Close  Rolls,  37  Hen.  Ill,  m.  26  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi).  The  Order  evidently  referred  to 
one  of  the  earlier  charters  of  King  Henry  II,  granting  to  the  House  pannage  in  the  Royal 
Forests. 

*  Close  Rolls,  37  Hen.  Ill,  m.  19  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 
5  Close  Rolls,  37  Hen.  Ill,  m.  18  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

•  Close  Rolls,  37  Hen.  Ill,  m.  17  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi).  7  Ibid. 


126  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1253.  William  le  Orbatur  (goldsmith),  nephew  of  Peter,  son  of  Daniel,  deceased, 
granted  to  Eustace  the  Prior  and  the  Convent  of  Merton,  quit-claim  of 
a  mansion,  &c.,  in  the  parishes  of  St.  Mary  Staningehane  and  St.  Alban, 
Wudestrate  (Wood  Street),  London  '. 

March  6.  The  King  by  Charter,  addressed  to  his  Bailiffs  and  all  faithful,  granted 
to  his  beloved  in  Christ,  the  Prior  and  Convent,  leave  to  hold,  either  by 
themselves  or  by  others  for  them,  the  house  in  Staingelan"  (Staining  Lane, 
London),  which  Master  Nicholas,  of  St.  Albans,  had  had,  and  which  the 
Canons  of  Wautham  (Waltham,  Essex),  Executors  of  his  Will,  had  sold 
to  the  Prior  and  Convent ;  but  nevertheless  not  to  be  taxed,  nor  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  nor  their  chattels,  in  any  royal  taxation  in  London, 
above  half  a  silver  mark.  Given  by  the  King  at  Westminster,  March  6, 
in  his  37th  year  -. 

Nov.  ir '.  Hugo  de  Tuglur,  Bailiff  of  the  Prior,  and  others,  were  attached  to  answer 
to  the  King  on  a  plea  demanding  why  they  neglected  to  pay  to  the  King's 
Treasury  for  the  parts  of  Kingston  as  the  King's  Bailiff  for  Kingston  on 
behalf  of  the  King  had  enjoined ;  and  why  they  neglected  to  keep  watch 
in  the  said  Ville,  and  otherwise  to  act  with  the  King's  men  in  the  said  Ville, 
as  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the  peace ;  and  why  they  should  not 
appear  with  arms  before  the  King's  Constables,  according  to  their  assign- 
ment, as  was  enjoined  them  on  the  King's  part. 

Then  the  King's  Bailiff  said  that  he  had  admonished  them  to  pay  to  the 
King's  Treasury,  and  went  round  from  house  to  house ;  and  to  each  house 
went  brother  Stephen  4,  the  Prior's  Bailiff,  and  prohibited  any  of  his  men 
from  paying  into  the  Treasury. 

And  the  Prior's  Bailiff  and  others  came  and  stated  that  the  Prior  had 
a  Charter  of  King  Richard  which  acquitted  him  and  his  from  such  service, 
and  they  had  never  done  so ;  and  they  presented  the  Charter,  which 
witnessed  that  they  were  free  from  payments  to  the  treasury  ;  and  on  this 
he  placed  himself  on  his  right,  and  sought  judgement  on  the  Charter. 

Afterwards  the  King's  Bailiff  alleged  that  they  refused  to  make  watch, 
or  suit  of  court,  or  hue  and  cry,  except  at  a  specified  place,  &c. 

And  the  Bailiff  of  the  Prior  and  others  came  and  said  that  they  made 

1  London  Hustings  Roll,  H.  R.  I.  (19). 

2  Cart.  Antiq.  L,  No.  21;  Cat.  Rot.  Pat.  p.  26.     And  Ayloffe's  Cal.  p.  n.     Patent  Rolls,  37 
Hen.  Ill,  m.  15.     Presumably  some  difficulty  arose  about  this  matter,  for  whilst  the  King  was 
staying  at  the  Priory  on  January  15,  1856,  he  formally  ordered  that  the  Patent  be  entered  on 
the  roll  and  enforced. 

'  St.  Martin,  possibly  July  9,  1254,  the  feast  of  the  translation  of  St.  Martin. 
4  Previously  called  Hugo. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1253-1255.  127 

1253.  watch  in  the  Ville  of  Kingston,  and  suit  in  accordance  with  their  duty 
there,    when   and   where   boun'd.     And   they  said   that   they  were   never 
accustomed  to  keep  watch  beyond  the  water  within  the  Ville,  and  within 
the  Ville  only  as  the  other  men  of  the  Ville  did  for  a  dead  man,  and  not 
beyond  the  water  which  is  at  the  end  of  the  market  towards  Guildford  ]. 

1253  or  4.      A  question  was  raised  before  Roger  de  Wycester,  by  the  Prior  against 

Philip  de  Genene,  respecting  common  of  pasture  in  Ewell2. 

1254.  Geoffery  de  Caperun,  son  of  Richard,  of  Huntingdon,  granted  to  Walter 
de    Hereford  a   messuage  in   St.    Mary's  parish,   charged  with   a   yearly 
payment  of  \d.  to  the  said  Geoffery,  and  2s.  6d.  to  the  Prior  of  Merton, 
chief  lord  of  the  tenement.     Witnesses,  Robert  Hardy,  Alured  the  Dyer 
William  Norrys,  and  others  named  3. 

July  14.  BV  Letters  Patent,  Gilbert  de  Preston  was  constituted  the  King's  Justice, 
for  hearing,  together  with  his  Fellows,  the  suit  brought  by  the  Prior 
against  Ralph,  son  of  Alan  de  Berton,  concerning  the  advowson  of  the 
Church  of  Berton  (Barton,  Cambridgeshire).  And  he  was  commanded 
to  hear  and  determine  the  said  suit  on  the  Thursday  next  after  the  feast 
of  St.  Peter  in  Chains  (August  i),  at  Cambridge;  and  the  Sheriff  of  the 
County  was  commanded  to  issue  writs  for  the  attendance  of  the  parties. 
Witness,  the  King;  by  the  Earl  of  Cornwall,  at  Oxford,  July  14". 

1254  or  5.       A  suit  was  tried  at  the  Assizes  at  Bermundsey,  before  Gilbert  de  Preston 

and  his  associates,  Justices  Itinerant,  on  the  morrow  of  the  Holy  Trinity  ; 
when  the  Prior  was  summoned  to  answer  to  Philip  le  Jufne,  for  non- 
performance  of  accustomed  and  rightful  service  for  a  free  tenement  in 
Ewell.  And  Philip  alleged  that  the  Prior  held  of  him  nine  acres  of  land  there 
by  service  of  annual  return  of  25.  and  making  fealty  and  suit  in  his  Court 
of  Ewell  de  tribus  septimanis  in  trcs  septimanis,  in  like  manner  as  one 
Reginald,  the  father  of  the  said  Philip,  when  seised  of  the  same,  had 
received ;  and  as  the  same  had  been  done  in  the  time  of  the  late  King 
by  Giles,  the  predecessor  of  the  Prior.  And  that  the  right  to  such  service 
had  descended  from  the  said  Reginald  to  Philip  as  his  son  and  heir. 
That  from  such  default  of  the  Prior  he  was  injured  to  the  amount  of 
ten  marks. 

The  Prior  by  his  Attorney  admitted  that  he  held  of  Philip  at  the  service 
of  2S.  for  all  service,  but  denied  that  he  owed  him  any  suit  or  fidelity ; 

1  Patent  Rolls,  30  Hen.  Ill  \Abbrev.  Plarit.  p.  136). 

2  Close  Rolls,  38  Hen.  Ill,  m.  5.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cat.  vol.  vi). 

3  Cat.  of  Ancient  Deeds  in  the  Record  Office  (Rec.  Off.  pub.\  vol.  i.  p.  142. 

4  Patent  Rolls,  38  Hen.  III.  m.  2. 


128  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

and  placed  himself  before  the  King's  Great  Assize,  and  asked  judgement 
on  his  behalf. 

Walter  de  Kynardel,  John  Hansard,  Robert  de  Gallon,  and  John  de 
Wanton,  four  knights  chosen  to  elecl  the  Twelve,  elected  John  de  Gatesden 
and  others,  including  themselves. 

The  matter  was  adjourned,  and  apparently  terms  were  arranged,  and 
each  party  paid  half  a  mark  for  leave  to  compromise  '. 

1254-8.  The  Prior  addressed  Letters  (not  dated)  to  Henry,  Bishop  of  Lincoln, 
to  the  following  effect.  Considering  the  laudable  life  and  illness  of  body 
of  their  beloved  parishioner,  Lady  Elene,  late  wife  of  Robert  de  Vey,  they 
had  consented  to  her  constructing  an  oratory,  without  noise  or  bells,  where 
on  ferial  and  festival  days  Divine  Service  mighl  be  performed  for  Ihe 
convenience  of  herself  and  family  and  household,  bul  nol  to  invite  persons 
from  without,  nor  neighbours.  And  so  that  the  Chaplain  should  indemnify 
their  Vicar  of  the  Mother  Church  of  Kemerton  (Kimpton,  Hertfordshire), 
and  take  oath  so  to  do,  and  in  default  the  Vicar  might  suspend  the 
celebration  until  he  was  reasonably  satisfied.  Three  acres  of  land  ad- 
joining the  Church  were  given  up  to  the  use  of  the  Vicarage,  but  the  Convent 
reserved  their  right  to  the  tithes  of  it.  This  assent  was  to  extend  to  the 
heirs  of  the  said  Robert,  so  long  as  the  above  conditions  were  fulfilled  2. 
1254  or  5.  The  Prior  was  summoned  to  answer  to  Ralph  de  Plana,  who  alleged 
that  the  Prior  held  of  him  the  eighth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  of  land  in 
Talewrth  ^Talworth,  Surrey),  by  proportionate  forinsec  service  and  by 
doing  suit  and  service  at  his  Court  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres  septimanis. 
That  John,  the  brother  of  Ralph  (the  plaintiff),  was  seised  of  such  services 
by  the  hands  of  one  Robert,  the  predeceased  Prior;  and  from  John  it 
descended  to  the  plaintiff.  And  he  prayed  that  justice  might  be  done  him. 

The  Prior  by  Robert  de  Cyrencester 3,  his  Attorney,  admitted  that 
he  held  the  holding  of  Ralph  by  forinsec  service  of  the  eighth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee,  but  alleged  that  the  suil  and  service  al  Ralph's  Courl  was 
not  due,  nor  was  John  seised  thereof,  by  Prior  Robert  as  claimed4. 

An  assize  was  held  to  try  whether  the  Prior  and  Stephen  le  Frere  had 
unjustly  and  without  right  removed  a  certain  ditch  in  Kingston,  to  the 

1  Kings  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  39  Hen.  Ill,  -.•  j  4.  13.— APPENDIX  LXXII. 

2  Cart.  No.  388,  fo.  clxv.     Henry  de  Lexington  was  Bishop  from  1354  to  I258. — APPENDIX 
LXXII. 

*  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  39  Hen.  Ill,  j  I  4,  m.  2.  d. 
1  Ibid.  4,  m.  17.  d. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1254-1255.  129 

1264  or  5.  injury  of  the  freehold  of  Peter  Tholy,  who  alleged  that  he  had  a  "  Drove- 
way  "  for  his  cattle  from  a  field  at  Kingston  to  feed  with  his  cattle  in  the 
said  fields. 

Robert  of  Cyrencester,  the  Prior's  Bailiff,  appeared  for  him  and  Stephen, 
and  said  that  the  ditch  was  kept  in  the  same  state  as  it  had  been  by 
one  Henry,  the  predecessor  who  gave  it  up  to  him. 

The  Jurors  found  that  the  ditch  had  not  been  moved  to  the  injury  of 
the  said  Peter,  and  the  latter  took  nothing  by  the  Assize '. 

At  an  Assize  then  held  it  was  alleged  that  the  Prior  and  Stephen 
le  Frere  had  unjustly  disseised  John  le  Kuner  of  his  freehold  in  Kingston, 
being  land  of  twenty  poles  in  length  and  five  poles  in  breadth. 

The  Prior  did  not  appear,  but  Robert  de  Merton,  his  Bailiff,  appeared 
for  him  and  the  said  Stephen,  and  alleged  that  the  freehold  sought  by  the 
said  John  was  in  a  certain  Hamlet  pertaining  to  the  Manor  of  Hamme, 
which  was  of  the  King's  ancient  domain,  and  could  not  be  impleaded 
by  any  such  Brief,  nor  any  other  except  as  specified. 

This  John  was  unable  to  controvert,  and  his  application  was  dismissed, 
with  leave  to  apply  for  a  Brief  if  he  thought  proper  -. 

At  the  same  Assize  a  complaint  was  made  against  the  Prior,  alleging 
that  he  had  unjustly  removed  a  certain  ditch  in  Ewell,  to  the  injury  of 
the  freehold  of  Philip  le  Joune :!.  It  appeared  that  their  lands  were 
adjacent  to  the  Ville  of  Ewell,  and  that  Philip  was  accustomed,  when  he 
tilled  his  land,  to  turn  his  plough  (for  the  back-furrow)  upon  the  land  of 
the  Prior,  but  that  the  Prior  had  placed  an  impediment  which  prevented  it. 

As  representing  the  Prior  came  Robert  de  Merton,  his  Bailiff,  who 
replied  that  the  said  ditch  remained  in  the  same  state  as  it  had  been 
in  the  time  of  his  predecessors. 

The  Jurors  found  that  the  said  Philip  was  not  disseised  by  the  said  William 
of  the  said  common  rights,  as  alleged  in  the  writ,  and  that  the  latter  had  the 
control  of  the  said  lands,  unless  it  had  otherwise  happened  by  chance ; 
and  that  it  might  be  divided  between  them. 

And  on  a  second  Assize  (or  court)  they  said  that  the  Prior  had  not  removed 
the  ditch  to  the  injury  of  Philip's  freehold,  and  that  he  had  always  kept 

M  ) 
1  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  39  Hen.  Ill,  -j  j  4,  m.  14.  d. 


1  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  39  Hen.  Ill,  ^   !  4,  m.  13.  d. 

3  Evidently  the  same  person  as  Philip  le  Jufne,  who  about  the  same  date  had  failed  in 
a  claim  against  the  Prior  for  suit  and  fidelity  in  respect  to  a  tenement  also  at  Ewell,  which 
they  rented  of  him. 

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130  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1254  or  5.  the  ditch  in  the  same  state  as  it  had  been  kept  by  his  predecessors.     And 

Philip  took  nothing  by  the  Assize1. 
1255.          The   King  directed  William  of  Gloucester,  Goldsmith,  of  London,  to 

April  i.  Send  him  by  his  Clerk,  Robert  de  Dacre,  sixty  marks,  and  ordered  him  to 
let  him  have  six  marks  of  good  gold  melted.  And  because  he  understood 
that  a  mark  of  this  kind  was  not  worth  fully  ten  marks  of  silver,  William 
should  send  him  as  much  of  the  surplus  from  the  gold  as  he  could  from 
the  said  money.  And  that  the  gold  should  be  had  at  Merton  on  the  next 
Monday,  early  in  the  morning,  before  the  King  rose  from  his  bed.  On  no 
account  should  this  order  be  neglected.  At  Merton,  April  i 2. 

April  3.  The  King  ordered  Philip  Lovel,  his  Treasurer,  that  upon  production 
of  his  letters  he  should  let  him  have  a  cope  of  red  samite,  cum  quodam 
laco  aurifrigio  (with  a  lacing  of  gold  fringe?),  for  him  to  offer  at  Merton, 
and  three  pieces  of  cloth  of  gold,  for  him  to  offer  at  Chertsey ;  and  to  send 
the  same  to  the  King  at  Merton  without  delay.  At  Merton,  April  4". 

April  5.  The  King  ordered  John  de  Gis',  his  Chamberlain,  to  let  the  Prior  have 
a  tun  of  wine  of  the  King's  gift.  At  Merton,  April  5  4. 

Nov.  4.  Robert  of  Cyrencester  appeared  before  the  King  on  the  Friday  next 
after  the  feast  of  All  Saints,  making  complaint  concerning  a  return  of  two 
marks  claimed  by  the  Prior  at  Herietesham  before  the  Justices  Itinerant 
for  the  County  of  Kent,  against  William  de  Vien'.  And  the  King  ordered 
it  to  be  tried  before  the  Justices  Itinerant  for  the  County  of  Sussex. 
Dated  at  Westminster,  November  4,  by  Henry  of  Bath  •'. 

Dec.  24.  On  the  King's  return  home  from  Gascony,  whilst  he  was  at  Boulogne, 
waiting  for  a  favourable  wind,  one  of  his  household,  named  Peter  Chasepore, 
a  native  of  Picardy,  the  Queen's  treasurer,  and  the  King's  clerk  and  special 
councillor,  died  there,  and  on  Christmas  Eve  the  body  was  honourably 
buried.  He  bequeathed  600  marks  to  buy  land  in  order  that  there  should 
be  a  chantry  built  at  the  Priory  Church  for  the  service  there  of  God,  and 
for  the  souls  of  all  faithful  ". 

1255  or  e.       On  the  general  summoning  before  the  Justices  on   Placita  foreste,  the 

Prior  was  acquitted  from  claims  in  the  counties  of  Essex  and  Berks  7, 

1  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  39  Hen.  Ill,  5  j  4,  m.  13.  d. 

Close  Rolls,  39  Hen.  Ill,  m.  15.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

Close  Rolls,  39  Hen.  Ill,  m.  14  (^Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

Ibid. 

Close  Rolls,  40  Hen.  Ill,  m.  ai.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

Abbrev.  Chron.  Math.  Paris  (Chron.  and  Mem.  iii.  p.  343). 

Close  Rolls,  40  Hen.  Ill,  m.  15.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1254-1257.  131 

1255  or  e.   Hants,  Somerset,  and  Wilts1;  and  the  like  in  the  King's  forty-first  and 

forty-seventh  years. 

1256.  John  de  Gisort,  the   King's  chamberlain   in   London,  was    ordered    to 
Jan.  10.     take  for  the  King's  use  eight  score  and  two  tuns  of  wine,  of  which  eight 

score  and  one  be  delivered  to  the  sheriffs  of  London,  to  carry  whither  the 
King  may  order;  and  the  remaining  tun  to  be  taken  on  the  King's  account 
to  Merton.  At  Westminster,  January  io'2. 

Jan.  15.  The  King  gave  directions  to  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  that  the 
Letters  Patent3,  by  which  he  had  granted  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  that 
their  houses  in  Staining  Lane,  London,  formerly  held  by  Master  Nicholas 
de  St.  Albans,  should  not,  nor  should  the  inhabitants  be  taxed  at  more  than 
half  a  silver  mark,  should  be  enrolled  and  enforced  in  the  City,  according  to 
the  tenor  of  such  Letters  Patent.  At  Merton,  January  15  4. 

July  26.  In  the  Court  of  the  Manor  of  Holeshete,  held  by  Eustace,  prior,  on  the 
morrow  of  St.  James  the  Apostle,  in  his  seventh  year,  Sir  Gilbert  de  Eyde, 
their  Cellarer,  gave  seisin  to  John  de  Geddel  of  the  tithes  which  William 
Hermod'  had  had,  to  hold  in  perpetuity  ;  and  for  admission  was  paid  405. 5 

Sept.  7.  It  was  ordered  that  the  Prior  have  Letters  Patent  de  protcctione,  sinipliccs, 
sine  clausula,  and  sine  termino.  By  the  King  at  Merton,  September  7  °. 

Nov.  29.  The  Convent  remitted  to  John  Patrien',  of  Polesden,  izd.  out  of  the  yearly 
return  of  6s.  i\d.,  which  he  was  accustomed  to  pay  them  for  a  tenement 
which  he  held  of  them  at  Polesden.  Vigil  of  St.  Andrew,  1256 '. 

1256  or  7.       On  the  general  summoning  before  the  Justices,  on   Placita  foreste,  the 

Prior  was  acquitted  from  claims  in  the  counties  of  Wilts  *  and  Hants  '•'. 

1257.  The  King  ordered  his  Chamberlain  of  London  to  deliver  out  of  the  wine 
Jan.  6.     which  he  had  taken,  or  might  take  for  the  King's  use,  one  tun  of  wine 

to  the  Prior,  of  the  gift  of  the  King.     At  Merton,  January  61". 

June  12.  On  the  morrow  of  St.  Barnabas,  in  the  Cathedral  of  Winchester,  before 
Master  Nicholas  de  Buckland,  with  the  Prior  of  Hyde",  and  the  Official 
of  Winchester,  Judges.  A  suit  by  the  Prior  of  Merton  against  the  Abbot 
and  Convent  of  Bynedon  (Dorsetshire),  concerning  tithes  of  Neucroft  and 
the  field  which  lies  under  the  wood  called  Hamstede,  in  the  parish  of  Cumba. 
Brother  William  of  Lincoln,  Proctor  of  the  said  Abbot,  for  the  sake  of 

1  Close  Rolls,  40  Hen.  Ill,  m.  19.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi).  2  Ibid.  m.  17. 

3  Referring  to  the  Patent  granted  March  6,  1253. 

'  Close  Rolls,  40  Hen.  Ill,  m.  17  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi}. 

5  Cart.  No.  524,  fo.  197. 

6  Patent  Rolls,  40  Hen.  Ill,  m.  3.  '  Cart.  No.  301,  fo.  cxxxiij. 

8  Close  Rolls,  41  Hen.  Ill,  m.  12.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi).  *  Ibid.  m.  14.  d. 

10  Close  Rolls,  41  Hen.  Ill,  m.  12  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

11  Roger  de  St.  Wallery  was  then  Prior  of  Hyde  (Dugdale). 

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132  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1257.  peace,  acceded  to  the  demand  of  the  Prior  of  Merton  to  receive  the  tithes 
Jan.  12.  of  Neucroft,  and  also  to  have  in  perpetuity,  in  fee,  two  acres  in  the  said 
field,  from  what  part  of  the  field  they  like  to  choose,  according  to  the 
customary  Royal  measurements  of  the  place,  for  which  he  would  give  a 
Charter  under  seal  of  the  Abbey.  Master  Andrew  de  Wynton,  Proctor 
of  the  Priory,  freely  renounced  all  further  questions. 

Judgement  accordingly  :  with  the  proviso  that  if  at  any  time  the  said 
field  should  pass  into  lay  hands,  the  tithes  shall  revert  to'  the  Abbot  of 
Bynedon.  Seals  of  Master  Nicholas,  the  Prior  of  Hyde,  and  the  Official  of 
Winchester,  and  also  the  seals  of  the  parties  affixed  '. 

The  Abbot  of  Bynedon  duly  granted  his  Charter  for  the  two  acres 
in  the  field  below  Hamstede  Wood,  near  the  land  of  Hugh  de  la  Molle, 
which  presumably  was  the  part  selected  by  the  Prior  of  Merton  2. 

1257.  About  this  time  a  hardly-contested  dispute  concerning  the  tithes  of  the 
Mill  of  Flore,  Northamptonshire,  was  brought  to  an  end. 

So  far  had  the  dispute  gone  that  the  Pope  Honorius  issued  a  mandate 
to  the  Dean,  Precentor,  and  Archdeacon  of  Chichester,  reciting  that  the 
Prior  of  Merton  had  applied  to  him  as  against  R.,  vie.  of  Gumcester 
(Godmanchester),  and  certain  other  clerks  and  laics  of  the  Diocese  of 
Lincoln,  concerning  tithes  and  other  things  ;  and  commanding  them  to 
hear  the  case  without  appeal,  and  to  enforce  it  according  to  Statutes  and 
with  ecclesiastical  censures.  Dated  at  the  Lateran,  10  kal.  of  April 
(March  23),  in  the  tenth  year  of  his  pontificate. 

The  Dean  and  others  summoned  Eustace  the  Prior,  and  W.,  Vicar  of 
Flore,  for  the  hearing  of  the  suit,  whereat  a  composition  was  entered  into, 
by  means  of  a  chyrograph,  to  the  following  effect.  The  Convent  to  give 
up  to  W.,  for  his  life,  the  right  to  the  said  tithes,  and  any  then  accrued 
of  the  said  Mill,  he  paying  them  or  their  attorney  55.  per  annum  on  the 
feast  of  the  Assumption  of  B.  Mary,  at  Flore.  After  his  decease  the  Canons 
to  take  possession  of  future  tithes  for  their  own  disposition  at  will 3. 
1257  or  8.  In  the  forty-second  year  of  King  Henry  III,  an  inquisition  was  held 
concerning  the  lands  of  the  Prior  and  Canons  in  Alkmundbury,  Huntingdon- 
shire 4. 

1258.  Bishop  Brounscomb  (or  Bronescomb),  of  Exeter,  stayed  at  the  Priory  6. 

March  15. 

1  Cart.  No.  430,  fo.  clxxv ;  and  Carl.  308,  fo.  cxxxv,  where  the  judge's  name  is  Kokebindt, 
and  the  place  Hewecroft. 

a  Cart.  No.  434,  fo.  clxxvj.  v.    -  3  Cart.  No.  431,  fo.  clxxv.  v. 

1  Inquis.  post  Mart.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  p.  16). 

*  Native  of  Exeter ;  very  mean  extraction.     Was  the  King's  Proctor  to  Rome,  November  12, 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1257-1258.  133 

1258.  On  the  morrow  of  SS.  Marcellinus  and  Peter,  1258,  William  de  Cantia, 
June3.  formerly  a  Canon  of  Merton,  without  the  consent  of  the  Prior  and 
Convent,  entered  secretly,  intending  with  great  temerity  to  reform  the 
place  and  arrangements.  At  length  Master  G.  de  Ferringes,  Official  of 
the  Bishop-elect  of  Winchester ',  having  come  for  the  sake  of  the  tranquillity 
of  the  monastery,  and  to  reform  so  great  temerity  and  presumption,  and 
after  an  inquiry  into  the  matter,  the  said  William  de  Cantia  freely  and 
spontaneously  renounced  all  right  and  benefice  which  he  had  or  might 
have  in  or  against  the  Monastery.  Being  sworn  by  his  corporal  oath  upon 
the  Holy  Evangelists,  he  promised  that  by  the  feast  of  St.  Edward  next, 
he  would  enter,  if  possible,  some  other  Monastery  of  the  same  Order,  and 
that  he  would  faithfully  and  diligently  labour,  lest  there  be  any  scandal 
to  the  Order  by  his  being  found  a  vagabond  at  the  end  of  that  time.  And 
moreover,  by  the  same  oath,  that  he  would  in  no  manner  molest  or  injure 
the  Monastery  of  Merton.  In  evidence  of  these  things  on  the  above- 
named  day  was  a  document  drawn  up  and  signed  by  G.  de  Ferrings, 
then  Official  of  the  Lord  elect  of  Winchester;  W.,  Sub-prior  of 
Merton;  A.  Elemosinarius;  R.  de  Templo ;  C,  Cellarer;  H.,  Camerarius  ; 
H.,  Hostelar;  R.,  Seneschal2. 

June  6.  A  Council  of  the  Church  of  England  was  held  at  Merton  to  discuss  the 
defence  of  their  liberties  against  the  grant  made  by  the  Pope  of  one 
tenth  to  the  King  :l. 

On  the  Thursday  next  before  the  feast  of  St.  Barnabas  (June  n), 
a  Council,  or  Convocation,  was  held  at  Merton,  under  Archbishop  Boniface, 
when  various  Articles  were  agreed  to  for  defence  of  the  liberties  of  the 
Church  of  England  against  the  grant  of  a  tenth  made  by  the  Pope  to 
King  Henry  III*. 

June  12.  The  Convent,  filled  with  piety  and  thoughts  of  charity,  granted  to  Master 
Guido  Brahet,  the  relative  of  Master  Hugo  de  Mortuo  Mari,  twenty  marks 
sterling  per  annum  for  life  (under  the  name  of  a  pension),  to  be  paid  on 
the  feast  of  the  Resurrection,  in  the  New  Temple,  London,  from  their 
goods  in  the  Province  of  Canterbury.  He  to  be  at  liberty  to  compel  the 
observation  of  this  undertaking  by  excommunication,  interdict,  or  sus- 

1251  (Pat.  36  Hen.  III).  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  1257.  Consecrated  Bishop  of  Exeter,  1258  : 
died  there  July  22,  1280  (Godwin's  Cat.  of  Bishops,  and  Cassan's  Lives  of Bishops  oj 'Winchester). 

1  Ethelmar  was  elected  Bishop,  and  enjoyed  the  revenues  of  the  see,  but  was  never  con- 
secrated.— APPENDIX  LXXIII. 

1  Carl.  No.  310,  fo.  cxxxvj.  v. 

3  List  of  English  Councils,  by  Sir  Harry  Nicolas  (Chroitol.  of  Hist.  p.  2-15). 

*  Annal.  de  Burton  (Citron,  and  Mem.  i.  p.  4H\ 


134  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF     MERTON. 

1258.      pension,  of  each  one  of  them,  without  judicial  strife.     Dated  at  Merton 

June  12.     the  day  after  St.  Barnabas,  1258 '. 

On  the  same  day  they  granted  to  Sir  Walter  de  Senegeie,  chaplain  to 
the  Rector  of  the  Church  of  Little  Chart,  an  annuity  of  five  marks  per 
annum,  for  life  or  till  they  should  find  him  a  benefice ;  payable  at  Merton, 
out  of  their  goods,  in  the  Province  of  Canterbury,  and  to  be  enforced  by 
excommunication,  &c. 2 

June  13.  In  this  year,  on  the  Thursday  after  St.  Barnabas,  an  Ecclesiastical 
Council,  or  Convocation,  was  held  at  Merton,  under  Archbishop  Boniface, 
when  certain  articles  were  provided  concerning  the  reformation  of  the 
status  of  the  Anglican  Church,  chiefly  in  its  relation  to  the  State 'and  the 
protection  of  the  Clergy  from  secular  powers  3. 

June  19.  The  Prior  by  Deed  made  known  to  all  faithful  that  the  Rev.  Father 
Boniface,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  Primate  of  all  England,  had 
granted  to  the  Priory  the  Church  of  Patrickbourn  (Patricbourne,  near 
Canterbury),  in  his  Diocese,  to  their  proper  use,  and  had  given  them  his 
letters  (recited  at  full  length\  whereby  he  granted  the  Church  of  Burne 
Patricii  (Patricksbourne)  with  the  Chapel  of  Burges  (Bridge),  to  the  Prior 
and  Convent  in  perpetuity,  for  them  to  present  to  the  cure  of  the  said 
Church,  to  minister  there  with  two  Canons  deputed  at  pleasure  by  the 
Prior,  and  with  power  of  removal  if  he  should  think  fit.  In  witness  the 
Archbishop  had  placed  his  seal,  and  the  Deed  was  witnessed  by  Master 
Hugo  de  Mortuo  Mari ;  E.  de  Len,  the  Archbishop's  Official;  P.  de 
Cambinaco,  his  Treasurer ;  Pontius  de  Sabler',  his  clerk  ;  Ralph,  Peni- 
tentiary of  Summalligg ;  and  others.  At  Summalligg,  the  Tuesday  next 
before  the  feast  of  St.  John  Baptist,  1258.  Finally  the  Prior,  in  testimony 
of  the  gratitude  of  the  Convent,  undertook  to  preserve  the  memorial 
in  perpetuity.  Seal  set  at  Merton.  (Date  blank '.) 

July  5-  The  King  sent  letters  of  credence,  amongst  others  to  the  Prior  and 
Convent  At  Winchester,  July  55. 

Nov.  20.  An  Assize  was  taken  before  Hugh  le  Bygod  (or  Bigod),  Justiciary  of 
England,  at  Bermondsey,  on  the  morrow  of  St.  Edmund,  in  the  forty-third 
year  of  the  King's  reign. 

It  was  presented  that  the  Prior  received  the  fines  on  assize  of  bread 
and  (ale)  at  Ewell,  the  Abbot  of  Chertsey  at  Ewesham,  and  John  de 

1  Cart.  No.  318,  fo.  cxxxix.  v.  »  Cart.  No.  319,  fo.  cxl. 

:l  Annales  de  Burton,  p.  5  (Chron.  and  Mem.  i.  p.  411).     Willdns'  Concilia,  ii.  278. 
1  Cart.  No.  317,  fo.  cxxxix.     The  date  of  the  festival  of  St.  John  Baptist  is  assumed  to  be 
his  Nativity. 

1  Close  Rolls,  42  Hen.  Ill,  m.  6.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi  . 


CHRONOLOGICAL  I     1258.  135 

1258.  Abernun T  in  Fehham  (Fetcham)  and  Ledred  (Leatherhead),  all  in  Surrey, 
Nov.  so.  and  it  was  not  known  by  what  warrant  they  did  so. 

Afterwards  the  Jury,  having  inquired  fully,  said  that  the  liberties  in 
question  had  been  in  use  from  time  beyond  memory.  Therefore  nothing 
further  was  done 2. 

It  was  further  presented  that  from  old  times  the  Priors  of  Merton  had 
been  used  to  hold  view  of  franc-pledge  of  the  men  of  William  de  Buttel,  of 
Ewell,  and  his  ancestors  there,  or  else  to  receive  2s.  per  annum  instead. 
But  subsequently  one  Henry,  Prior  of  Merton,  had  taken  45.  for  same. 
And  upon  the  Jurors  bearing  witness  that  this  was  by  the  will  of  Prior 
Henry,  the  present  and  future  Priors  were  inhibited  from  taking  the  said 
sum  of  45.,  but  at  the  utmost  as.,  or  to  hold  view  of  franc-pledge,  as  in 
ancient  times  they  had  been  accustomed  to  do 3, 

At  the  same  Assize  it  was  presented  that  the  Abbot  of  Bee  had  newly 
set  up  gallows  in  Tooting,  but  it  was  not  known  to  the  Jury  bv  what 
warrant.  In  like  manner  the  Prior  of  Merton  had  newly  set  up  gallows  in 
Merton,  but  they  knew  not  by  what  warrant.  Afterwards  came  the  Prior 
of  Merton  and  showed  his  warrant4. 

An  Assize  was  held  to  try  whether  William  de  la  Legh  had,  as  he 
alleged,  been  unjustly  disseised  by  the  Prior  of  his  common  of  pasture  at 
la  Legh,  pertaining  to  his  free  holding  in  that  Ville,  and  also  in  a  certain 
wood  containing  thirty  acres,  in  which  he  had  had  common  pasture  for  his 
cattle  throughout  the  year,  and  particularly  in  time  of  mast,  when  William 
was  accustomed  to  have  common  for  his  pigs,  giving  for  it  a  tithe  pig  or 
\d.  for  each  pig,  if  there  were  less  than  ten  :  which  alleged  rights  the  Prior 
had  lately  prevented. 

In  place  of  the  Prior  appeared  Walter  Clerk,  his  Bailiff,  and  answered 
that  William  had  never  been  seised  of  those  rights  in  the  time  of  the 
Prior,  and  therefore  could  not  be  disseised  of  them  ;  that  if  there  had  been 
any  disseisin,  it  was  by  one  Robert,  the  predecessor  of  the  present  Prior. 

The  Jury  on  their  oath  found  in  favour  of  the  defence,  and  the  said 
William  took  nothing  by  the  Assize r'. 

'  John  d'Abernon  came  of  age  in  1253,  when  he  took  possession  of  the  patrimonial  estates; 
twelve  years  later  was  sheriff;  and  died  about  1277.  His  monument  in  Stoke  d'Abernon 
Church  is  the  oldest,  and  one  of  the  finest  monumental  brasses  in  England. — Surrey  Archaeo- 
logical Collections,  v.  p.  60. 

2  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  43  Hen.  Ill,  -v-  |  5,  m  8.  3  Ibid. 

*  (King's  Bench)  Assize  Roll,  Surrey,  m.  8. — APPENDIX  LXXIV. 

M  ) 
5  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  43  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,-;-  I  5,  m.  10.  d. 

t 


136  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1258.  The   King  commanded    Master  John,   the   King's   Mason,   to  cause  to 
Dec.  i.     be  repaired,  and  amended  in  such  repair  as  was  needed,  the  chimney  of 

the  King's  chamber  in  the  Priory  of  Merton,  and  of  his  gardefobe,  and 
of  the  King's  Chancellor's  chamber  there :  and  that  the  cost  be  charged 
to  the  King,  and  allotted  to  the  outgoings  of  the  works  at  Westminster. 
At  Westminster,  December  i '. 

1259.  The  Chamberlain  of  London  was  ordered  without  delay  to  deliver  to 
Jan.  13.    the  Prior  two  tuns  of  Rhenish  wine  (Rani  vini\  of  the  gift  of  the  King,  in 

recompense  of  the  cost  of  the  King's  visit.  And  Philip  Lovel  was  directed 
to  cause  it  to  be  done.  At  Windsor,  January  13 2. 

.Maivh  12.  Felicia  la  Colnere,  by  her  Will,  undated,  but  proved  on  this  day,  left 
her  rents  in  Westchep,  London,  to  her  brother  Roger  for  life,  and  then  to 
the  Priory  for  pious  uses;  also  a  house  at  St.  Mary  de  Sumersate.  She 
also  devised  her  tenement  of  Caponeshors  at  Merton  and  other  tenements, 
to  the  houses  of  Ilaliwell,  Merton,  and  St.  Helen3. 

April  23.  The  King  ordered  Peter  de  Gisort,  his  Chamberlain  of  London,  out  of 
the  wine  in  his  custody,  to  deliver  to  the  Prior  two  tuns  of  good  wine,  of  the 
gift  of  the  King.  At  Merton,  April  23*. 

June  17.  Andrew  Sotesbrok,  by  his  Will,  undated,  but  proved  this  day  in  the 
Court  of  Hustings,  gave  and  assigned  his  body  and  his  houses  to  the 
Church  of  Merton,  presumably  the  Priory"'. 

Anjr.  23.  Inasmuch  as  the  Prior  claimed  fines  and  amerciaments  of  his  men  by 
liberties  granted  by  the  King's  Charter,  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey  was  ordered 
that  the  demand  made  of  his  men  in  Kingston  by  precept  of  the  King  for 
lines  and  amerciaments  should  stand  over  for  one  month  from  the  feast  of 
St.  Michael  next,  that  it  might  be  known  whether  the  said  fines  and 
amerciaments  pertained  to  the  King  or  the  Prior.  And  in  the  mean  time 
any  distraint  on  this  account  to  be  relaxed.  At  Westminster,  August  23". 

This  is  a  further  reference  to  the  Liberties  confirmed  by  the  King  in  his 
thirty-sixth  year,  viz.  on  April  9,  1252. 

I259or60.      By  patent  in  the  King's  forty-fourth  year  leave  was  granted  to  assart 
two  and  a  half  acres  in  the  forest  of  Wanbergh  \ 

'   Close  Rolls,  42  Hen.  III,ra.  14  'Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 

-  Close  Rolls.  42  Hen.  Ill,  m.  12  .Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 
3  Hustings  Roll  (Corp.  of  London  Cal.  i.  pp.  2,  3). 

1  Close  Rolls,  43  Hen.  Ill,  m.  n  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi). 
1  Court  of  Hustings  (Cal.  i.  p.  5). 

*  Close  Rolls,  43  Hen.  Ill,  m.  5  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi\ 

7  Patent  Rolls,  44   Hen.    Ill,    Surrey,    m.    14     Abstract  of  Pat.    Rolls.    British   Museum 
Addl.  MS.  6170,  fo.  2). 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1258  1261.  137 

1260.  Roger  le  Furbur  granted  in  perpetuity  to  Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent, 
the  tenement  in  Westcheap,  between  Grapencantelane  on  the  East,  and 
the  lane  called  Puppekurtelane  on  the  West,  which  had  belonged  to 
Felicia,  his  sister,  who  left  it  to  him  by  her  Will1.  Roger  set  his  seal. 
Witnesses :  Sir  William,  son  of  Richard,  Mayor  of  London ;  Richard 
Picard  and  John  Norhamton,  Sheriffs;  Adam  de  Basinges,  Alderman; 
Philip  Godchep,  and  many  others'2. 

About  the  same  time  William  Esury,  Draper,  Yvo,  Chaplain,  John, 
Chaplain  of  Haltwelle,  and  Richard  Sigar,  Executors  of  the  Will  of 
Felicia  de  Colnores ",  confirmed  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  a  charge  of  five 
marks  per  annum  upon  the  said  tenement,  which  was  held  of  the  said 
Felicia  by  Bartholomew  le  Furbur  and  Anastasia  his  wife,  in  fee  ;  and  which 
charge  of  five  marks  she  in  her  last  days  gave  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms 
to  the  Prior  and  Canons,  and  so  left  it  by  her  Will.  The  Witnesses  are 
mostly  the  same  as  in  the  preceding4. 
March  25.  Bishop  Bronescombe,  of  Exeter,  was  again  staying  at  the  Priory  •"'. 

May  a>        The  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  were  ordered  that  the  demand  made  on 

the  King's  men  at   Kyngiston  for  purpresture  should  stand  over  till  the 

feast  of  St.  Michael  next.     And  any  distraint  to  be  relaxed  in  the  mean 

time.     At  Guldeford,  May  29". 

1231.          The  claim  now  stated  to  be  one  of  fee-farm  by  Charter  of  King  John, 

Sept.  8.  the  King's  father,  was  ordered  to  be  postponed  for  a  month  from  the 
feast  of  St.  Michael,  and  in  the  mean  time  what  was  right  should  be 
settled.  At  Windsor,  September  87.  The  Charter  referred  to  is  that  of 
June  7,  1205,  being  the  seventh  year  of  King  John. 

Oct.  12.  Eustace,  prior,  and  Convent,  made  known  by  Charter  that  the  venerable 
J.  ManceF,  Treasurer  of  York,  patron  of  the  House  of  Religious  ;.t 
Bekenton,  in  the  province  of  Canterbury,  had  presented  three  Canons  cf 
Merton  successively  to  the  House  of  Bekenton,  each  of  whom  at  his 
presentation  had  been  preferred  to  be  Prior  of  such  House.  Eustace,  the 

1  These  devises  do  not  appear  in  the  entry  of  her  Will  on  the  Hustings  Roll. 

1  Cart.  No.  320,  fo.  cxl.  v.  Richard  Pickard  and  John  Norhamton  were  sheriffs  of  London 
ill  1253  and  again  in  1260  ;  in  the  interval  Richard  Hardell  had  been  mayor,  viz.  for  the  years 
from  1254  to  1258  fMait'and). 

3  Her  Will  was  proved  in  the  Court  of  Hustings,  March  12.  1259  (see  ante'.  In  the 
margin  is  a  reference  to  the  corrody  previously  granted  to  Roger  le  Furbur  ^No.  31;;. 
fo.  cxxxvij.  v ). 

*  Cart.  No.  321,  fo.  cxl.  v. 

5  Hingeston-Randolph  (Kegs,  of  Exeter  Diocese,  \.  p.  295). 

6  Close  Rolls,  45  Hen.  Ill,  m.  u  'Sharpe's  Cat  vol.  vi:. 
'  Close  Rolls,  45  Hen.  Ill,  m.  4  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vij. 


138  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1261.  Prior  of  Merton,  for  himself  and  successors  protested  expressly  that  they 
Oct.  12.    had  no  right  of  interference  with  the  Prior  or  Canons  of  such  House,  or 

right  or  jurisdiction,  or  claim  whatsoever  as  was  here  disclaimed  and 
expressed  very  fully.  And  moreover  in  respect  to  R.  de  Suth  Mallinge, 
their  concanon,  and  the  last  so  preferred  to  be  Prior  there,  they 
absolved  him  from  the  obedience  to  which  he  was  bound  to  their 
House,  renouncing  absolutely  and  in  all  things  in  perpetuity  any 
power  in  respect  to  the  said  House  of  Bekenton,  in  respect  to  the 
Priors  being  assumed  from  their  own  House.  In  witness  the  seal  of 
the  Prior  and  Convent  was  set.  Dated  at  Merton,  the  4th  Ide  of  October, 
in  the  year  of  grace  1261  \ 

1262.  The  new  chapel  of  St.  Mary  was  built  in  the  reign  of  Henry  IIP. 

Jan.  23.  It  was  noted  that  in  a  proceeding  by  the  Prior  against  John  de  la 
Wysse,  on  a  plea  of  land  by  Richard  Moppe,  on  the  Sunday  being  the 
morrow  of  St.  Hilary,  that  the  Writ  remained  with  the  Sheriff,  but  the 
result  does  not  appear3. 

!><•<.  6.  The  Convent  granted  to  their  beloved  in  Christ,  Lady  Juliana,  mother  of 
Master  Ralph  de  Freningham,  eight  loaves  called  miches  and  ten  gallons 
of  Convent  beer,  every  week,  for  her  life,  to  be  delivered  at  Southwark  by 
their  cart.  Dated  the  day  after  St.  Nicholas,  1262  *. 

1262  or  3.      On  the  general  summoning  before  the  Justices,  on  Placita  foreste,  the 
Prior  was  acquitted  from  claims  in  the  county  of  Somerset5. 

An  Assize  was  held  to  try  a  complaint  against  the  Prior,  and  William 
Sebcrd,  Alexander  Attestretc,  and  William  Godyn,  on  complaint  of  John 
de  Horton,  for  disseisin  of  his  freeholding  at  Ewell,  in  respect  to  four  and 
a  hall  acres  of  land  and  35.  return. 

The  Prior  attended,  and  answering  for  himself  and  the  others,  said 
that  there  ought  to  be  no  such  Assize  held,  since  Ewell  was  an  ancient 
royal  domain,  and  could  not  be  impleaded  concerning  any  tenement 
there  by  any  brief  except  by  Letters  under  the  Close  Seal.  Moreover 
that  the  said  tenement  was  in  the  villenage  of  the  Prior,  and  that  upon 
the  wish  to  sell  he  had  taken  it  again  to  his  hand ;  therefore  the  said  John 
was  never  so  seised  that  he  could  be  disseised. 

1  Cart.  No.  322,  fo.  cxlj.— APPENDIX  LXXV. 

2  Lambarde,  Topographical  Dictionary,  p.  212.  but  no  authority  given.    There  is  no  mention 
of  it  in  the  Bodleian  Kalendar.  Laud  MS.  723. 

3  King's  Bench,  Quo  IVarranto,  46  Hen.  Ill,   ,  [  6,  m.  13.  d. 
1  Caii.  No.  315,  fo.  cxxxviij.  v. 

5  Close  Rolls,  47  Hen.  Ill,  m.  13.  d.  ^Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi;. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      126l     1263. 


139 


1262  or  3.       And  the  Assize  inquired  into  the  matter  sought.    William  de  ffrilende 
and  William  de  Langlele,  two  of  the  Jurors,  did  not  attend. 

The  Jury  on  their  oath  found  in  favour  of  the  Prior,  and  John  and 
his  sureties  had  to  pay  a  fine  of  half  a  mark  by  Philip  le  Juvene '. 

Philip  le  Jovene  gave  one  mark  for  licence  granted  by  the  Prior  in 
respect  to  a  plea  of  chiminage  and  pasture2. 

He  subsequently  admitted  that  there  was  due  from  him  to  the  Prior 
405.  for  a  fine  made  between  them,  and  thence  a  return  of  205.  within 
the  fortnight  of  Easter,  and  205.  at  the  feast  of  St.  John  Baptist ;  and 
that  in  default  of  payment  the  Sheriff  might  levy  upon  his  lands3. 
1262-72.  The  Convent,  at  the  instance  of  Henry  the  illustrious  King  of  England, 
granted  to  Hugh,  portario  suo,  a  corrody  of  the  house  for  life,  or  so  long 
as  he  resided  there ;  viz.  every  day  one  Convent  miche,  and  for  his 
servant  one  loaf  de  capella  and  one  de  aitla,  and  one  and  a  half  gallons  of 
Convent  beer,  and  one  gallon  cervisie  militum  ;  and  from  the  kitchen  the 
ration  of  a  Canon  as  on  festivals  and  other  days ;  and  for  his  servant 
in  like  manner  a  ration  de  aula,  with  pottage  of  the  Convent  and  de  aula. 
And  so  long  as  he  remained  in  their  Courts,  they  to  supply  forage  for 
one  horse,  if  he  kept  one4. 

1263.          On  the  day  after  St.  Hilary,  before  Martin  de  Littlebirg,  or  Littlebere, 
Jan.  14.     ancj  tne  other  Justices  Itinerant,  the  following  Placita  Corone  were  heard : — 

William  Vadlet  took  refuge  in  the  Church  of  Merton,  and  admitted 
that  he  had  slain  one  Richard  Crudde,  and  he  abjured  the  realm  coram 
Corona.  His  chattels  were  valued  at  25.  \d.,  for  which  W.  la  Zuche 
was  responsible  to  the  Sheriff. 

Walter  Godmay  was  in  the  decena  of  Merton,  and  was  in  default. 
Evidence  was  given  by  the  Crown  Rolls  that  the  said  Chattels  were  taken 
away  by  William  Martyn  and  Walter  Godmay,  who  notwithstanding  did 
not  answer  for  them  ;  therefore  they  were  pronounced  in  default r>. 

Henry  de  Micheham  placed  himself  in  the  Chapel  of  the  Hospital 
of  Merton,  and  admitted  that  he  had  stolen  a  Chalice  (?a  cup),  being  of 
the  alms  of  Merton,  and  abjured  the  realm.  He  had  no  chattels,  nor 
was  in  a  decena,  but  was  received  in  the  Ville  of  Merton  without  the 


M 


''  Ibid.  m.  ii. 


1  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  «~  f  6,  m.  I. 

3  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  ~r  f  No.  6,  m.  13.  d. 

*   Cart.  No.  328,  fo.  cxlij.  v. 

5  King's  Bench,  Quo  Wananto,  47  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  -j  •  6,  m.  i. — APPENDIX  LXXVII. 


140  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1263.      decena :   and  therefore  was  pronounced  in  default.     And  the  said  Henry 
Jan.  14.     was  delivered. 

The  Jury  found  that  whilst  the    said    Henry  was   in    the   Chapel   he 

charged   William    de    Toting  with    assisting  in   the  said  theft.     And  the 

Sheriff  was  ordered  to  attach  the  said  William,  but  he  was  not  attached. 

Therefore  there  should  be  trial  concerning  it1. 

Feb.  i.          Eustace,  the  twelfth  Prior,  died  this  day,  and  was  succeeded  on  the  22nd 

of  the  same  month 2  by  Gilbert  (de  Ashe) 8. 
Feb.  22.         After  the  necessary  intervening  steps  Gilbert  (de  Ashe)  was  installed, 

on  the  8th  kal.  of  March.     Cathedra  Sti.  Petri4. 

Feb.  13.  Letters  Patent  were  addressed  to  Richard  Oysel,  custodian  of  the 
Priory,  reciting  that  the  Ven.  Father  John  Gervase,  Bishop  of  Winchester, 
had  by  his  Letters  Patent  certified  the  election  of  Brother  Gilbert  de 
Aette,  the  Sub-prior,  to  the  Priorate  (the  Royal  assent  having  been 
given  and  confirmed).  Thereupon  the  King  ordered  that  full  seisin 
of  the  Priory  and  its  pertinents  should  be  given  without  delay.  By  the 
King,  at  Westminster,  February  13-1 

At  the  same  time  and  place  the  usual  mandate  for  obedience  to  the 
new  Prior  was  issued. 

1263-93.  Gilbert,  the  prior,  and  Convent,  made  known  that  they,  by  unanimous 
consent,  had  granted  Thomas  the  Smith,  and  Andrew  his  eldest  son,  late 
their  natives  by  birth,  to  Roger  de  Appett ',  clerk,  that  he  might  manumit 
them  and  dismiss  them  with  their  chattels,  and  that  neither  they  nor 
their  successors,  nor  any  one  in  their  name,  could  in  future  require  anything 
of  the  said  Thomas  or  of  Andrew  his  son,  of  their  offspring  or  of  their 
chattels,  in  any  matters  in  consequence  of  their  birth  or  servile  condition  6. 

Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard  de  Chelesham,  in 
perpetuity,  the  house  in  Micham,  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  Richard 
Digun,  and  which  Richard  had  of  Richard  le  Junne7  of  Micham;  at 
a  rental  of  35.  per  annum  for  all  service,  other  than  forinsec  and  suit 
in  their  Court,  viz.  franc-pledge  twice  a  year8. 

Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  John  de  Reydone, 
the  Glover,  for  his  service  and  for  two  marks  in  silver,  which  he  gave 
them  as  a  premium,  their  tenement  in  Kingstone  in  the  lane  called 

'  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  47  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  y  !  6,  rn.  i. — APPENDIX  LXXVII. 

2  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcyj.  3  Dugdale,  Monaslicon.  *  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcj. 

5  Patent  Rolls,  47  Hen.  III.  m.  8. 

6  Cart.  No.  323,  fo.  cxlj. — APPENDIX  LXXVI. 

1  See  c.  1242.     Cart.  No.  278,  fo.  cxxiiij.  *  Call.  No.  330,  lo.  cxlij.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1263-1264.  141 

1263-93.  Lodemsseftale  ;  at  a  rental  of  8s.  per  annum,  and  saving  secta  and  forinseca. 
Witnessed  by  John  de  Arcubj ;  Hugh  de  Cambis ;  Ra.  Wakelyn,  Rad' 
his  brother,  and  several  others  named '. 

John  de  Lana  received  the  messuage  which  had  belonged  to  Emma 
of  Kent,  in  the  Ville  of  Micham,  with  four  acres  of  land  lying  behind  it, 
which  were  of  the  fee  of  the  Prior}' ;  at  a  rental  of  35.  and  providing 
twenty-four  men  at  their  autumn  crop,  to  whom  they  would  supply  food 
twice  in  the  day:  and  also  providing  fifty  men  at  their  great  harvest2. 

Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Symon  de  la  Hoke,  son  of 
Richard,  and  his  heirs  and  assigns,  except  Religious  and  Jews,  the  land 
in  the  parishes  of  Kingston,  Malton,  and  Long  Ditton,  and  one  acre 
in  villa  of  Talewerthe,  which  the  said  Richard  had  held  of  them  in 
villenage.  He  to  build  and  inhabit  a  house  in  the  said  acre.  At  a  rent 
of  2S.  zd.  per  annum,  payable  in  their  Court  at  Ewell3. 

Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Henry  de  Meperteshale  that 
donation  which  Richard  de  Ho  made  to  them,  situate  in  the  Ville  of 
Meperteshale  (Meppershall,  Bedfordshire),  as  appeared  by  his  Charter 
to  them ;  with  leave  to  him  and  his  heirs  to  assign.  But  the  Convent  was 
not  to  be  held  bound  to  warrant  it 4. 

Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  and  confirmed  to  William,  son 
of  John  de  Balce,  the  messuage  which  John,  the  father  of  the  said  William, 
had  held  at  Balce,  together  with  the  piece  of  land  adjoining,  to  hold 
to  him  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  at  a  rental  of  29^.  per  annum.  Sealed. 
Witnesses,  William  de  Hoveneye,  Vicar  de  la  M'ke,  and  some  others 
named 5. 

Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  John  Patre,  of  Polesdene, 
a  lease  of  their  land  at  Polesdene,  which  they  had  of  the  gift  of  Walter  de 
Hetham6. 

1264.          The  King  granted  to  the   Priory  Letters  of  Protection    simplices,   sine 
April  15.    clausulas,   to  last  till  the  feast   of  St.    Michael  following.     By  the   King 

at  Nottingham,  April  15'. 

Aug.  3.  Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  by  the  unanimous  consent  and  common 
will  of  the  Chapter,  granted  to  Jordan  de  Wahull'  the  following  corrody: — 
eight  loaves  called  miches  of  the  Convent,  one  loaf  de  capella,  nine  gallons 
of  Convent  beer,  to  be  received  from  the  Cellarer,  one  day  in  the  week, 

1  Cart.  No.  331,  fo.  cxliij.  Importance  appears  to  have  been  attached  to  this  grant,  for  the 
names  of  eleven  witnesses  are  recorded. 

*  Cart.  No.  332,  fo.  cxliij.  3  Cart.  No.  338,  fo.  cxlv.  v. 

«  Cart.  No.  340,  fo.  cxlvj.  5  Cart.  No.  354,  fo.  clj.  v. 

'  Cart.  No.  337,  fo.  cxlv.  v.  7  Patent  Rolls.  48  Hen.  III.  in.  15. 


142  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1264.  by  him  or  his  assigns,  well,  peacefully,  and  fully,  without  molestation  or 
Aug.  3.     objection.    Seal  of  the  Convent  set  on  the  Sunday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Peter, 

which  is  called  "ad  vincula,"  in  the  year  of  the  Lord's  Incarnation,  1264'. 
Dec.  isand  A  Council  of  Nobles,  Prelates,  and  other  persons  of  importance,  was 
convened  by  Simon  de  Montfort  on  behalf  of  the  captive  King,  to  be 
held  in  London  on  the  Octave  of  St.  Hilary  (Jan.  20,  1265) ;  to  consult 
with  him  respecting  grave  disturbances  of  the  kingdom  through  the 
King's  very  dear  son  Edward,  his  firstborn,  concerning  the  completion 
of  the  peace  now  tranquillized  and  happily  arranged  (to  the  honour 
of  God,  and  benefit  of  the  kingdom) ;  and  on  other  affairs  which,  without 
their  counsel,  he  was  unwilling  to  undertake.  By  the  King  at  Worcester, 
December  14;  and,  subsequently,  under  date  December  24,  at  Wodestocke. 

Amongst  the  Abbots  and  Priors  summoned  to  attend  this  meeting  of 
Parliament,  the  Prior  of  Merton  was  included2. 

This  would  appear  to  be  the  first  occasion  on  which  the  Prior  of  Merton 
was  summoned  to  Parliament3;  but  no  doubt  he  was  present  in  1236, 
when  the  Parliament  was  held  at  Merton,  and  there  was  passed  the 
earliest  Act  now  remaining  in  our  Statute-book. 

In  subsequent  records  of  summonses  to  Parliament  the  names  of  all 
the  Spiritual  Peers  who  were  summoned  to  attend  were  not  given  at 
length,  but  merely  the  Archbishop,  a  few  bishops,  and  "  &c."  4 

1264-5.        The  Prior  of  Merton  was  summoned  to  attend  the  Parliament  held  in 
Dec.  24.    the  forty-ninth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  III  "' :   by  Writ  dated  at 
Woodstock,   December  24,   1264 r>. 

1265.  A  Chyrograph  was  made  between  the  Convent  and  Walter  de  Molesey 
concerning  the  tithes  of  his  Mill.     It  was  agreed  that  he  and  his  heirs 
should  pay  for  the  tithe,  whether  the  Mill  existed  or  not,  6s.  per  annum  ; 
and  that  he  also  should  pay  the  fees  of  the  Archdeacon  and  Official 7. 

April  30.  Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  appointed  S.  de  Micham  their  proctor 
to  receive  the  tithes  of  Cumba  and  Lollewurch  (Combe-Caisnes  and 
Lullworth,  Dorsetshire) ". 

Aug.  23.  Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  a  Charter  Dilecto  clerici,  fidetis  ac 
familiaris  nostri,  Sir  Walter  de  Merton,  in  which  they  gave  up  and  quit 

'  Cart.  No.  326,  fo.  cxlij. 

*  Rymer's  Foedera,  i.  p.  449;  Cotton  MS.  Titus  C.  V.,  fo.  44.  v. 

3  Dates  of  first  Summonses  of  Abbots  and  Priors  to  Parliament  (Harl.  MS.  778,  p.  22). 

4  Dugdale,  Summonses  to  Parliament,  from  49  Hen.  Ill  to  1685. 

5  Dugdale,  Summonses  to  Parliament,  p.  2. 

"  British  Mus.  Add.  MS. ;  Harl.  MS.  778,  fo.  22 ;  Cotton  MS.  Titus. 

7  Cart.  No   302.  fo  cxxxiii.  8  Cart.  No.  327,  fo.  cxlij.— AFI-ENDIX  LXXVIII. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1264-1266.  143 

1265.  claimed  to  the  House  of  Scholars  of  Merton,  which  the  said  Walter,  with 
Au&-  23-    pious  thought,  had  founded  at  Maudon,  for  the  sustentation  in  perpetuity 

of  the  Scholars  there,  and  the  service  of  the  altar  of  Christ,  resident  in 
that  House :  and  also  of  the  Warden  of  the  said  House  and  the  said 
Scholars  and  Ministers,  whatever  right  the  Convent  could  grant,  and 
all  the  right  which  they  were  reputed  to  have,  in  the  Advowson  of  the 
Church  of  Meaudone.  And  they  granted  the  said  Advowson,  with  all  its 
pertinents,  as  well  as  the  said  Church,  as  in  accordance  with  the  Decree 
of  the  Ven.  Father  J.  (John)',  Bishop  of  Winchester,  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  his  Chapter ;  to  hold  in  perpetuity.  Saving  to  the 
Prior  and  his  successors,  and  Church,  all  their  lands  and  tenements,  and 
all  things  relating  to  the  parish  of  the  said  Church  of  Meaudone,  which 
they  have  at  the  day  of  the  execution  of  the  present  writing.  In  testimony 
the  Conventual  Seal  was  set  on  the  loth  Kalend  of  September,  1265  '-. 

The   Seal  is  singularly  perfect ;    it    is    that   of  December   12,    1241,   in 
red  wax,  with  scarcely  a  letter  wanting,  even  on  the  rim. 

1265  or  6.  Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Sir  Henry  de  Apeldresfeld  in  per- 
petuity, all  returns  and  customs,  suits  and  services,  with  reliefs,  heriots, 
escheats,  and  all  things  pertaining  to  the  tenement  which  he  otherwise  held 
of  them  in  Sunderes.  For  this  concession  Sir  Henry  confirmed  to  them  all 
lands  and  tenements  which  they  had  in  his  fee  of  the  gift  of  his  brother, 
William  de  Apeldresfeld,  in  Apeldresfeld,  and  Losted,  as  in  Charter  between 
them  was  more  fully  contained.  Witnessed  by  Sir  Robert  de  Camvile, 
Sir  Step,  de  Pend'es,  and  nine  others  named  s. 

Henry  de  Apeldresfeld  by  a  Chyrograph,  being  the  Charter  referred  to, 
granted  and  confirmed  to  the  Convent,  in  perpetuity,  the  tenements,  the  gift 
of  his  brother  William,  in  his  fee  in  Apeldresfeld  and  Lostede  (Kent),  viz. 
the  land  called  Marsesdune  and  all  land  which  was  of  Robert  de  Lostede, 
all  land  called  Goldewinesland,  and  all  that  was  of  Robert  de  Codeham,  and 
all  other  lands  which  the  Convent  had  there  from  the  gift  of  the  said 
William.  Save  6d.  scutage  from  Marsesdune,  charged  upon  an  estimate  of 
405.,  but  to  be  more  or  less  according  to  the  rate  of  forinsecus  and  scutage 
with  which  the  Grantor  and  his  heirs  might  be  chargeable 4. 

1266.  In  the  fiftieth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry,  the  son  of  King  John 
March  28.   (Henry  III),  at  Easter,  a  Convention  was  made  between  Henry  de  Apeldres- 

1  John  Gervase,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  1265  to  early  in  1268. 

*  In  the  archives  of  Merton  College,  Oxford,  marked  d  III. 

3  Cart.  No.  333,  fo.  cxliij.  v.     Gilbert  was  Prior  from  1263  to  1293. 

*  Cart.  No.  334,  fo.  cxliij   v.     A  list  of  the  services  is  contained  m  Cart.  No.  525,  fo.  cxcvij. 


144  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

iaee.  feld,  and  Gilbert,  the  prior,  and  Convent,  viz.  that  the  said  Henry 
March  28.  for  himself  and  heirs  conceded  and  acquitted  the  Prior  and  Convent,  and 
their  successors,  an  annual  return  of  los.  zd.,  one  lamb,  four  hens  and  fifty 
eggs,  annually  chargeable  by  them  to  the  use  of  Lady  Johanna  de  Apeldres- 
feld,  mother  of  the  said  Henry,  in  the  name  of  dowry,  and  in  respect  to 
certain  lands  and  tenements  in  Apeldres  and  Losted  (Kent),  which  the 
Convent  had  of  the  gift  of  W.  de  Apeldresfeld  and  of  the  fee  of  the  said 
Henry,  who  now  undertook  it  and  charged  it  upon  his  land  at  Losted. 
Done  by  chyrograph  under  the  seals  of  the  said  Henry  and  the  said 
Prior.  Witnesses'  names  not  entered  '. 

May  23  A  convention  was  made  between  Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  and  William 
Sunday).  de  'a  Lude,  under  which  the  Convent  granted  to  William  and  his  heirs  all 
rents  and  holdings  which  William,  son  of  Hervei,  had  held  at  Wycumba 
(Wycombe,  Bucks),  by  grant  of  Walter,  late  Prior,  to  hold  in  fee  and 
inheritance  in  perpetuity,  at  a  rental  of  203.  per  annum  and  accustomed 
service.  William  on  his  part  agreeing  that  the  Prior  and  his  successors  by 
their  Bailiffs  might  distrain  on  such  lands  and  chattels,  both  within  and 
without  the  town  of  Wycumba,  for  payment  of  such  rent.  By  Chyrograph, 
sealed.  Witnesses,  Sir  J.  de  Cobeham,  Thomas  de  Wyndlesor,  Symon  de 
Wycumba,  Adam  de  Stanton,  John  de  Bammoseye,  and  several  others 
named  '•'. 

June  24.  The  Convent  granted  to  Andrew,  son  of  John  de  Valletorta,  the  messuage 
which  Estmar  de  Heche  formerly  held  of  them  at  Heche,  except  the  third 
part  which  Avelina,  wife  (or  rather  widow)  of  Estmar,  held  for  life ;  and 
afterwards  to  the  said  Andrew  or  John,  his  son,  for  life ;  and  if  he  died  in 
the  lifetime  of  his  son  John,  then  to  John  for  life,  saving  such  third  part. 
At  a  rental  of  8s.  per  annum  for  all  service,  save  secta,  forinsec  service, 
and  franc-pledge  at  Kingston.  After  their  decease  the  land  to  revert  to 
the  Convent.  He  was  not  at  liberty  to  sell  or  alienate  any  part  of  the 
houses,  trees,  or  lands.  On  the  decease  of  Avelina,  when  all  the  land 
would  come  to  the  said  Andrew  and  John,  they  were  to  pay  a  further  rental 
of  8s.  per  annum3. 

Sept.  29.  Consequent  upon  a  controversy  which  had  arisen  between  the  Prior  and 
Convent,  on  the  one  part,  and  William  de  Porta,  Gilbert  de  Suthbrok, 
Geoffrey  de  Suthbrok,  Andrew  of  the  same,  John  de  Fonte,  Robert  Parson, 
and  all  others  of  the  Ville  of  Petersham,  parishioners  of  the  Church  of 
Kingston,  on  the  other  part,  which  had  been  brought  before  the  Court 

1  Cart.  No.  335,  fo.  cxliiij.  v. — APPENDIX  LXXX. 

"  Call.  No.  432.  fo.  clxxvj.  3  Cart.  No.  341,  fo.  cxlvj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1266.  145 

1266.      of  the  Lord  Legate,  the  following  agreement  was  made  in  the  presence 
Sept  29.    and  with  consent  of  Sir  Richard,  the  perpetual  Vicar  of  the  said  Church '. 

To  settle  all  present  or  future  strife,  and  of  the  piety  of  the  Convent,  and 
for  the  health  of  the  souls  of  the  parishioners,  the  Convent  granted  to  the 
Vicar  and  his  successors,  for  the  sustentation  of  one  Chaplain,  who  should 
celebrate  Divine  Service  in  the  said  Chapel  thrice  a  week,  viz.  on  Sunday, 
Wednesday,  and  Friday,  and  freely  baptize  there,  two  quarters  of  wheat, 
one  quarter  of  barley,  and  one  of  oats,  on  the  feast  of  All  Saints,  to  be 
paid  yearly:  reserving  the  rights  of  the  mother  church  of  Kingston. 

The  other  parties  and  parishioners  of  the  said  parish  and  their  heirs,  with 
the  agreement  and  consent  of  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Chertsey,  the 
lords  of  their  domain,  granted  for  the  sustentation  of  Divine  Service  as 
aforesaid  in  the  said  Chapel,  to  the  said  Vicar  and  his  successors,  for  each 
virgate  of  land  in  the  Ville  aforesaid,  the  corn  as  mentioned  in  the  Schedule 
entered  on  the  following  folio 2. 

The  Schedule  runs  thus  : — The  Vicar  of  Kingston  to  receive  yearly  for 
the  priest  of  the  chapel  at  Petersham,  for  each  cantarie  of  ten  acres,  one 
bushel  of  wheat. 

Then  follow  the  names  of  the  occupants,  with  their  respective  con- 
tributions, amounting  in  all  to  twenty-four  and  a  half  bushels 3. 

c.  1266.  Sir  William  de  Apeldrefeud,  knight,  gave  and  granted,  and  for  himself 
and  heirs,  by  Charter  confirmed,  to  God  and  the  Church  of  B.  Mary  of 
Merton,  and  the  Canons  there  serving  God,  in  free  and  perpetual 
alms  all  the  land  which  he  had  in  the  parish  of  Codham,  in  the  fee  of 
Sir  H.  de  Apeldrefeud,  with  all  its  pertinents,  and  all  the  land  which  he 
had  in  the  parish  of  Tecclefeud,  which  land  he  had  by  the  gift  of 
Robert  de  Lostede,  and  of  the  gift  of  Richard  de  Mares,  as  specified  and 
witnessed  by  the  Charter  made  between  them.  He  gave  also  to  the  said 
Church  and  Canons  all  that  return  which  he  had  by  dimission  of 
Geoffrey  le  Parker  in  the  parish  of  Orpinton  at  la  dune,  and  in  the 
parish  of  Codham  (Cudham,  in  the  same  neighbourhood^,  and  all  escheats 
thereupon,  together  with  the  return  paid  by  Walter  Mansepe,  or  belonging 
to  the  Manor  of  Lostede  ;  to  hold  to  the  said  Canons,  in  free  and  perpetual 
alms,  they  doing,  in  his  place,  the  accustomed  service  to  the  lords  of  the 
two  fees.  For  this  gift  and  grant,  charter,  and  confirmation,  the  Canons 
to  provide  for  the  celebration  in  perpetuity  for  himself  and  Amicia  his 


1  The  name  of  Richard  as  Vicar  of  Kingston  also  occurs  in  1231,  1238, 1254  or  1255. 
History  of  the  Church  of  Kingston  on  Thames,  by  the  present  writer,  p.  109. 
•  Carl.  No.  339,  fo.  cxlvj.  3  Cart.  No.  342,  fo.  clxvij. 


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146  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

c.  1266.  wife,  and  for  the  souls  of  their  predecessors,  by  two  Canons,  according  as 
provided  by  the  tenor  of  a  Writing  made  between  them  should  be 
celebrated.  In  witness  he  set  his  seal.  Witnesses,  Sir  John  Hansard, 
Sir  Men  de  la  Dine,  Sir  Ralph  de  Tichesbe,  Rector  of  Westham  (or 
Westerham),  Sir  Laurence,  Rector  of  Cobham,  William  de  ffonham, 
Roger  de  Cheleshaur,  and  many  others. 

1267.  In    anticipation    of  an    important    exchange    then    under    treaty,    and 

Jan.  22.  completed  in  July  following,  an  arrangement  was  made  with  Henry  de  la 
Pomereye,  by  whose  ancestors  certain  lands,  tenements,  and  rents  deriv- 
able from  the  manor  of  Bery  (Berry  Pomeroye,  Devon)  to  the  Abbey  of 
Valle  in  Normandy,  and  in  consideration  of  his  assent,  as  present  head  of 
the  family,  to  the  same  being  assigned  by  the  said  Abbey  to  Merton  Priory, 
that  House  granted  to  him  and  his  successors  the  right  of  presenting 
a  Clerk  (clericum  utilem  et  honestum  ad  religionem  nostrum)  to  a  Canonry  at 
Merton  ;  as  also  the  rights  granted  to  him  by  the  said  Abbot.  Dated  on 
St.  Vincent's  day,  1267  '. 

On  the  same  day  the  Convent  granted  a  Charter  to  the  said  Henry 
de  la  Pomereye,  whereby  they  warranted  to  him  and  his  heirs  and 
assigns  against  the  Abbot  and  Convent  de  Valle  in  Normandy,  all  lands 
and  all  manner  of  tenements  which  the  said  Abbot  and  Convent  had  in  the 
said  Henry's  Manor  of  Wyrt,  and  which  he  held  by  the  concession  of 
Merton,  if  by  chance  it  should  happen  that  the  said  Abbot  and  Convent 
at  any  time  should  controvert  it.  Dated  on  the  day  of  St.  Vincent, 
Martyr,  1267  -. 

April  3  & 4.  Hugh  (de  Balsham),  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  considering  the  fervor  of 
Religion,  and  also  on  account  of  the  hospitality  of  his  beloved  sons  in 
Christ,  the  Prior  and  Canons,  and  with  the  desire  of  Divine  Charity, 
granted  to  them  for  the  augmentation  of  religion  and  hospitality,  the 
appropriation  of  the  Rectory  of  the  Church  of  Berton  (Barton,  Cambs),  in 
his  Diocese,  after  the  decease  of  the  present  Rector ;  for  a  Perpetual 
Vicarage,  with  all  altarages,  together  with  tithes  of  hay,  and  all  arable  land 
belonging  to  the  church,  and  all  obventions,  except  tithes  of  corn,  of  the 
whole  parish  which  the  Prior  and  Convent  possess.  The  Priory  to  pay  to 
the  Vicar  in  supplement  five  marks  per  annum  out  of  their  corn  tithes,  and 
to  sustain  the  chancel,  and  bear  all  extraordinary  charges.  The  Vicar  to 
have  the  entire  parochial  cure,  and  provide  at  his  own  charges  all 

1  Cart.  No.  367,  fo.  clvij. 

'*  Cart.  No.  350,  fo.  cj.  Subsequent  disputes  arose  with  the  Pomereye  family  respecting 
this  property,  in  the  years  1298  and  1299. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1266-1267.  147 

1267.  hospitality,  and  episcopal  and  archidiaconal  dues,  and  the  books  and 
Apnl3&4.  ornaments  of  the  Church.  And  he  ordained  that  the  fundus  ccclcsiae  et 
curia  certis  Religionis  be  divided,  the  half  part  to  go  towards  the  require- 
ments of  the  Vicar,  viz.  in  respect  of  existing  houses,  &c.  Given  under 
his  seal  and  witnessed  by  Stephen,  Dean  of  Arvil3,  his  Clerk  ;  Hugh  de 
Staunford,  his  Official;  Wm.  de  Hamgoye,  Rector  of  Graundisdene ; 
and  others  at  Cunham.  Third  none  of  April,  in  the  Bishop's  tenth  year. 

April  4.  This  ordinance,  neither  cancelled,  revoked,  nor  otherwise  voided,  was 
inspected  by  H.,  Prior  of  the  Church  of  Ely,  and  confirmed  by  him  at 
Ely  on  the  following  day,  being  the  day  next  but  one  before  the  nones  of 
April,  1267  \ 

July  14.  On  this  and  the  following  day  were  executed  a  series  of  very  long,  and 
evidently  very  important  charters,  by  which  the  Priory,  who  were  possessed 
of  the  Church  of  Caen  and  lay  fees  in  Normandy,  made  an  exchange  of 
the  same  with  the  Abbey  of  Valle  for  certain  churches  and  lay  fees  in 
England.  The  following  is,  briefly,  the  effect  of  the  Deeds  by  which  the 
exchange  was  carried  out  '2. 

July  14.  The  Prior  and  Convent  made  known  that  as  they  were  possessed  of 
lands  in  lay  fee  at  Kahaynes  in  Normandy,  in  the  Diocese  of  Bayeux  ; 
and  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Valle,  situated  in  the  same  Diocese,  were 
possessed  of  certain  lands  and  returns  in  England,  viz.  in  the  Diocese 
of  Exeter,  at  Tayn,  Tregony,  Hissey,  and  elsewhere.  And  that  an  exchange 
had  been  agreed  between  the  Priory  and  Abbey  of  such  their  respective 
possessions,  upon  which  exchange  it  was  agreed  that  for  equality  of  partition 
the  Priory  should  pay  to  the  Abbey  thirteen  marks  sterling  per  annum,  at 
Merton  on  the  feast  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  in  default  of  making  such 
payment  within  eight  days  from  the  application  of  their  agent,  zs.  per  day 
after  that  date  until  payment,  and  also  his  expenses.  This  charter,  which 
is  termed  Letters  Patent,  is  dated  at  Merton,  the  Ides  of  July,  1267  :1. 

Gilbert,  prior,  and  Convent,  recite  that  they  were  possessed  of  the 
Church  of  Kahaynes  (Caen),  in  the  Diocese  of  Bayeux,  in  Normandy, 
while  the  Religious,  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Valle,  in  the  same  diocese, 
were  possessed  of  the  Churches  of  St.  James  and  St.  Kybi  at  Tregony,  and 
the  Church  of  Hissy  in  Cornwall,  and  of  the  advowson  of  the  Churches  of 

1  Cart.  No.  559,  fo.  ccxviij.  Hugh  de  Balsham  was  Bishop  of  Ely  from  1257  to  1284  ;  there 
is  no  Prior  of  Ely  whose  initial  was  H.  at  this  time,  nor  till  Henry  Banccio,  in  1272  and  1273  ; 
not  improbably  it  may  be  a  clerical  error  in  the  entry  roll. 

*  They  seem  to  have  been  entered  in  the  Cartulary  without  much  regard  to  sequence. 

3   Carl.  No.  344,  fo.  cxlviij. 

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148  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1267.  Ottery,  Bukerel,  Stokele,  Astcumbe,  and  Clisterwiks,  and  the  mediety  of 
July  14.  tne  Church  of  St.  Lawrence,  in  Exeter,  all  being  situated  in  the  Diocese  of 
Exeter ;  and  moreover  the  advowson  of  one  church  in  the  Diocese  of  Bath 
and  Wells.  And  that  in  consideration  of  the  convenience  of  exchange, 
the  Priory  and  Convent  granted  the  said  Church  of  Kahaynes  to  the  said 
Abbot  and  his  Convent,  the  licence  of  the  Ordinary  being  first  obtained. 
Dated  the  pridie  of  the  Ides  of  July,  1267'. 

The  Abbot2  and  Convent  executed  a  Deed  reciting  that  their  House  was 
entitled  in  possession  to  certain  land  held  in  lay  fee  at  Tayn,  Tregony, 
Hissy,  and  elsewhere  in  England;  and  that  the  Prior  and  Convent  held 
lands  in  lay  fee  at  Kahaynes  in  Normandy  :  and  that  they  had,  for  mutual 
advantage,  agreed  to  exchange  these  their  respective  lands,  and  the  Priory 
in  consideration  thereof,  and  for  equality  of  partition,  had  agreed  to  pay  to 
the  Abbey  thirteen  marks  per  annum  on  .  .  ,  and  in  default  of  payment 
within  eight  days  of  that  day,  a  penalty  of  as.  per  day  and  expenses.  Sealed 
and  dated  the  pridie  of  the  Ides  of  July,  1267  \ 

July  15.  The  Prior  and  Convent  made  known,  that  out  of  pure  love  and  affection  to 
the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Valle,  they  granted  and  confirmed  to  them  all  land 
which  they  were  possessed  of  in  lay  fee  at  Kahaynes  and  elsewhere  in 
Normandy,  as  well  of  wood  as  of  plain,  and  in  corn-land,  pasturages,  and 
commons,  but  subject  to  due  and  accustomed  fees  and  services.  Dated  at 
Merton,  the  Ides  of  July,  1267  4. 

July  14.  The  Abbot  and  Convent  granted  all  crops  and  fruits  of  their  land  and 
pastures  in  England  for  the  present  year  to  the  Priory,  to  dispose  of  in  their 
own  right,  as  also  things  in  churches  and  movables  situate  in  England ; 
and  they  themselves  to  receive  the  rights  of  the  Church  of  Kahaynes,  and 
the  movables  of  the  Priory  situate  in  Normandy  in  like  manner.  Sealed 5. 
In  accordance  with  this  arrangement  the  Prior  and  Convent  granted  to 
the  Abbot  the  crops  and  fruits  of  land  and  movables  at  Kahaynes  for  the 
present  year.  Sealed  and  dated  the  pridie  of  the  Ides  of  July,  1267'. 

The  Abbot  set  forth  that  the  Abbey  was  possessed  of  the  Churches  of 
Tregony,  St.  James,  and  St.  Kybi,  and  the  Church  of  Hissi,  and  the 
Advowsons  of  Up  Ottery,  Bukerel,  Stokele,  Astcumbe,  and  Clisterwyk, 
and  the  mediety  of  the  Advowson  of  St.  Lawrence,  Exeter,  all  situate  in 
the  Diocese  of  Exeter;  and  also  the  advowson  of  a  church  in  the  Diocese  of 
Bath,  called  Aurre.  And  that  the  Priory  was  possessed  of  the  Church 

1  Cart.  No.  345,  fo.  cxlviij.  a  Afterwards  spoken  of  as  Ralph. 

3  Cart.  No.  346,  fo.  cxlviij.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  343,  fo.  cxlvij.  v. 

6  Cart.  No.  347,  fo.  cxlix.  *  Cart.  No.  348,  fo.  cxlix.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1267-1268.  149 

1267.  of  Kahaynes,  in  the  Diocese  of  Bayeux,  and  that  for  mutual  advantage  an 
July  14.    exchange  had  been  arranged,  in  pursuance  of  which  the  Abbey  granted  and 

confirmed  their  said  churches  and  advowsons  to  the  Priory,  together  with  all 
rights,  tithes,  and  other  things  pertaining  thereto ;  the  licence  of  the  Ordinary 
being  Obtained1.  Sealed.  Dated  the  pridie  of  the  Ides  of  July,  1267 2. 

July  21.  As  a  further  security  for  the  annual  payment  to  be  made  to  the  Abbey, 
the  Prior  and  Convent  executed  a  charter  addressed  to  the  Rev.  N.  de 
Ponte,  the  Proctor  of  the  Abbot,  reciting  the  exchange  and  undertaking  for 
the  payment.  Sealed,  and  dated  on  the  Thursday  after  the  feast  of 
St.  Margaret,  1267'. 
1266.  The  licence  for  the  exchange,  which  had  been  made  in  the  previous  year, 

June  28.  between  this  Convent  and  the  Abbey  of  Valle,  was  granted  by  Walter,  Bishop 
of  Exeter  ;  it  is  dated  at  London,  the  fourth  kalend  of  June,  1266  4. 

Presumably  soon  after  this  date  the  Bishop  issued  a  Decree,  reciting  that 
the  Priory  had  obtained  by  exchange  the  Churches  of  St.  James  and 
St.  Kybi,  in  Tregony,  in  his  diocese  ;  and  that  upon  their  petition,  and 
their  undertaking  to  find  suitable  clergy  for  those  cures,  he  ordered  that 
they  should  be  entitled  to  receive  for  their  own  use  the  greater  tithes  of 
corn  and  hay,  and  all  returns  and  pensions,  and  all  tithes  of  mills. 
Undated 6. 

1267  or  8.  In  a  suit  in  the  King's  Chancery,  Thomas  de  St.  Vigore,  warden  of  the 
land  and  heir  of  Roger  de  Penton',  admitted  his  liability  to  pay  to  the 
Prior  405.  per  annum  by  half-yearly  payments  at  Easter  and  Michaelmas, 
whilst  the  heir  of  the  said  Roger  remained  under  age.  And  he  admitted 
a  debt  to  the  Prior  of  465.  8d.,  of  which  he  would  pay  IDS.  lod.  at  Easter 
next,  and  the  like  sum  at  Michaelmas,  Easter,  and  Michaelmas  successively; 
and  consented  that  in  default  the  monies  should  be  levied  from  his  lands 
and  chattels  in  the  County  of  Somerset. 

For  this  admission  the  Prior  remitted  and  forgave  the  said  Thomas  and 
heirs  all  debts  and  arrears  which  the  said  Roger  owed  on  the  day  of  his 
death  to  the  Prior 6. 

1268.  The   Convent   granted  a   Charter  to  their  beloved  brother  in   Christ, 
May  15.     Theobald  de  Hurgano,  Canon  of  Hurg',  Clerk  Sancti Domponini,  and  of  the 

household  of  our  Reverend  Father  O.,  Cardinal  Deacon  and  Legate  of 
the  Apostolic  See,  considering  the  good  feeling  which  he  had  exhibited 

1  The  Bishop's  licence  was  granted  June  28,  1278. 

2  Cart.  No.  349,  fo.  cxlix.  v.  ''  Cart.  No.  361,  fo.  cliiij. 
*  Carl.  No.  362,  fo.  cliiij.  v.                                                        5  Cart.  No.  368,  fo.  clviij. 
6  Close  Rolls,  52  Hen.  Ill,  m.  10.  d.  (Sharpe's  Cal.  vol.  vi  . 


RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 


1268. 

May  15- 


July  13- 


1268. 


1268-0. 

1269. 
July  9 


1270. 
April  22. 

July  29. 


to  them  and  which  he  might  exhibit  in  future  ;  and  thus  of  special  grace 
granted  him  a  pension  of  iocs.,  payable  to  him  or  his  messenger  at  Merton, 
every  year  on  the  feast  of  St.  John  Baptist;  or  if  he  did  not  then  come  or 
send,  then  at  any  time  afterwards,  until  they  could  collate  or  present 
him  to  a  benefice  worth  twenty  marks  or  more  per  annum.  Dated  the  Ides 
of  May,  1268  '. 

By  deed  sealed  and  dated  the  Friday  after  the  feast  of  the  Translation 
of  St.  Benedict,  1268,  Gilbert  the  Prior  and  Convent,  reciting  an  exchange 
of  land  made  with  Mabel,  daughter  of  Dionisia  de  Chaldene,  whereby  they 
had  a  certain  place  with  granges  at  Hurn,  which  place  the  Canons  of 
Beaulieu  dwelling  in  the  said  ville  claimed  to  be  of  their  fee,  and  wished 
to  disturb  the  Convent  of  Merton  on  account  of  it,  in  order  to  gain  the 
assent  of  the  said  Canons  to  the  exchange,  conceded  such  place  to  be  held 
of  their  fee  in  perpetuity.  • 

If  the  usages  and  customs  of  Kent  did  not  permit  Religious  to  hold  in 
fee  of  other  Religious,  they  are  not  to  enter  without  consent  of  the  said 
Canons2. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  executed  a  Charter,  whereby  they  promised 
concerning  the  pension  often  marks  which  were  due  from  them  to  Master 
Andrew  de  Suet,  their  Clerk,  to  pay  to  brother  Stephen  de  Godesfeld  or 
the  bearer  of  these  letters  whomsoever,  at  Merton,  eight  marks  and  los.  on 
the  fourteenth  day  after  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  in  the  year  of  grace 
1268  ;  and  for  the  faithful  performance  thereof  they  put  their  seal  to  these 
letters  of  obligation  3. 

The  advowson  of  the  Church  of  Effingham  was  granted  to  the  Priory  by 
Gilbert  de  Clare,  Earl  of  Gloucester  and  Hertford4. 

Gilbert,  the  prior,  and  Walter  de  Briche,  called  de  la  Croche,  were 
collectors  of  the  tithe  of  the  diocese  of  Winchester,  granted  by  the  King 
to  the  Apostolic  See.  On  this  day  Master  Walter  Scamel,  Treasurer  of 
Salisbury,  and  Peter  of  Winchester,  were  commissioned  to  audit  their 
accounts'1. 

The  King  commanded  the  Sheriffs  and  their  Bailiffs  to  enforce  without 
d^y  ^e  payment  of  all  arrears  and  debts  due  from  all  tenants  and  debtors 
of  the  Priory6. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Peter,  called  Cute  de  Brudeport,  priest  (whom 
they  appointed  to  be  their  Attorney  for  the  purpose),  for  his  own  use  for 


Cart.  No.  353,  to.  clj. 

Cart.  No.  351,  fo.  cl.  v. 

Patent  Rolls,  53  Hen.  Ill,  m.  10. 


Cart.  No.  352,  fo.  cl.  v. 

Pedes  Finiuni.  Surrey,  53  Hen.  Ill,  No.  319. 

Patent  Rolls,  54  Hen.  Ill,  in.  17. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1268-1272.  151 

1270.  life,  the  tithes  and  incomings  of  their  domain  of  Smalrige,  within  the  limits 
July  29.    of  the  parish  of  Exminster,  in  the  Diocese  of  Exeter.     He  to  pay  them  one 

mark  per  annum  at  their  Manor,  or  to  the  Vicar  of  Norton,  in  the  Diocese  of 
Bath,  on  or  within  eight  days  of  the  day  of  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist. 
In  default  they  were  at  liberty  to  revoke  this  power  of  Attorney  and  freely 
dispose  otherwise  of  the  said  tithes.  At  Merton,  the  Tuesday  after  the 
feast  of  St.  James  the  Apostle,  1270'. 

1271.  The   Prior  and  Convent   having  satisfied    the    King  and   Edward,   his 
Oct.  18.     eldest  son,    in   respect  to  the  Twentieth  falling  on  him   and   his  villans, 

were  acquitted  for  same  by  Letters  Patent.  By  the  King,  at  Westminster, 
October  18  \ 

1271  or  2.  The  Prior  proceeded  against  Thomas  de  Warblinton  for  a  mill  and 
eight  acres  of  land  and  one  acre  of  marsh  with  pertinents  in  Tanrigge, 
Surrey,  as  belonging  to  his  chapel  of  Merton,  and  to  which  the  said 
Thomas  had  not  been  admitted  after  the  resignation  of  Walter,  late  Prior  ; 
on  which  account  it  had  been  granted  to  Stephen  de  Crowehurst. 

Thomas  attended  and  asked  that  it  should  be  looked  into,  and  a  day 
was  appointed  on  the  morrow  of  St.  Hillary;  Ralph  de  Pekham  appearing 
for  him3. 

Sibilla,  late  wife  of  Odo  de  Dorking,  proceeded  against  the  Prior  in 
respect  to  two  acres  of  land  with  their  pertinents  in  Fecham  (Surrey) ;  and 
against  Edward,  son  of  Elnene,  in  respect  to  a  messuage  with  pertinents  in 
the  same  ville,  which  she  claimed  as  hers  by  Writ  de  Ingru'.  They  not 
being  present  were  summoned  to  attend  on  the  morrow  of  St.  Hillary,  at 
Winchester*. 

1272.  A  Final  Concord  was  entered  into  at  the  King's  Court  of  Westminster 
Feb.  9.     ;n  a  matter  between  Gilbert,  the  Prior,  and  William  de  Mildenhale,  in  the 

place  of  the  lord,  plaintiffs,  and  Walter  Ho,  defendant,  concerning  customs 
and  services  which  the  Prior  required  of  the  said  Walter  from  a  freehold 
in  Ho,  viz.  one  virgate  and  thirty  acres.  Upon  Plea  in  the  said  Court, 
Walter  for  himself  and  his  heirs  agreed  to  pay  to  the  Prior  a  return  of 
415.  8d.,  and  also  to  do  homage  and  relief.  He  also  gave  to  the  Prior 
£7  95.  for  arrears.  And  for  this  consideration  the  Prior  warranted  him 
and  his  heirs  from  all  other  service  and  releases,  and  services  accrued  to 

1   Cart.  No.  355.  fo.  clij. 

''  Patent  Rolls,  55  Hen.  Ill,  in.  3. 

3  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  y  f  7.  m.  8. 


1  King's  Bench,  Quo  IVarian/o,  „  !  7,  in.  8. 


152  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1272.      date.     (In  a  foot-note  is  added — In  the  County  of  Bedford  by  fines  from 

Feb-  9-     the  Tenant  of  Ho,  415.  3d.) ' 

1272  or  3.  On  inquiry  respecting  broken  bridges,  a  jury  found  that  the  Prior  and 
Convent  of  Merton  are  bound  by  law  and  custom  to  maintain  a  certain 
arch  built  with  stone  and  mortar  in  Hasardesmarsh,  between  Merton  and 
Newenthon  (Newington,  Surrey),  which  is  not  maintained  as  was  accus- 
tomed 2.  The  question,  however,  was  not  settled  till  1279  or  1280  (see  post;. 

1272.  The  Convent  granted  to  Thomas  Acer  a  certain  tenement  at  Thorlegh, 
for  his  life,  he  returning  to  their  Court  there  every  year  five  quarters  of 
corn  free  from  the  straw  and  fit  to  sell  or  sow 3. 

1272-9.  A  dispute  about  the  advowson  of  the  Church  of  Long  Dittune  (Long 
Ditton,  Surrey),  the  living  being  then  vacant,  arose  between  the  Prior 
of  Merton  and  the  Prior  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Mary  Without  Bishopsgate; 
and  an  Assize  was  held  to  try  the  question  in  the  King's  Bench. 

The  Prior  of  Merton  alleged  that  he  himself,  tempore  pads,  in  the  time  of 
King  Henry,  father  of  the  present  King,  had  presented  one  Thomas  de 
Edinghge,  his  Clerk,  to  the  Church,  who  was  thereupon  admitted  and  insti- 
tuted, and  lately  died  parson  of  the  same.  That  before  Thomas,  one 
Robert  de  Exeter  was  presented  by  him  and  admitted  and  instituted.  That 
Eustace,  the"  Prior's  predecessor,  had,  previous  to  Robert,  presented  one 
Stephen  de  Ereyndon,  his  Clerk,  and  previous  to  him  one  William  Gant', 
who  were  respectively  admitted  and  instituted. 

The  Prior  of  the  Hospital  alleged  that  the  Manor  of  Longedittun 
belonged  formerly  to  William,  Earl  of  Maundevil,  who  presented  one 
Robert  Pycot,  his  Clerk,  who  at  his  presentation  was  admitted  and  instituted. 
That  the  Earl  William  de  Maundevil  gave  and  granted  to  the  Hospital  the 
said  Manor  with  the  advowson,  and  he  produced  the  Charter  in  evidence. 
That  at  the  time  of  such  gift  the  said  William  was  in  seisin  of  the  Manor 
and  advowson,  and  although  latterly  and  often  he  had  not  presented,  this 
should  not  be  held  to  injure  the  right  of  the  Wardens  of  the  Hospital,  nor 
had  sufficient  time  elapsed  to  prevent  their  presentation.  That  the  pre- 
sentation by  the  Prior  of  Merlon's  predecessor  had  no  force  for  that,  it  had 
fallen  to  the  Bishop  by  reason  of  three  months'  lapse.  He  therefore 
claimed  judgement. 

The  Prior  of  Merton  reiterated  his  claim  and  prayed  an  Assize  to  try 
the  question ;  he  moreover  alleged  that  he  and  his  predecessors  had  for 

1  Cart.  No.  538,  fo.  cxcix.  v. 

•'  Hundred  Rolls,  Surrey,  Ed.  I,  No.  3.— APPENDIX  LXXXIII. 

3  Cart.  No.  393,  fo.  clxvj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1272-1279.  j^o 

1272-^9.  forty  years  and  more  before  the  preparation  of  the  Charter  of  William  de 
Maundeville  had  the  said  advowson  by  the  gift  of  one  Peter  de  Taleworthe, 
and  likewise  by  the  Confirmation  of  King  Henry  the  Elder,  and  produced 
in  witness  the  said  Charter  and  Confirmation.  He  alleged  that  the  said 
William  de  Maundevill,  at  the  time  of  the  preparation  of  the  Charter 
produced  by  the  Prior  of  the  Hospital,  was  not  possessed  of  the  advowson. 
And  he  put  himself  on  his  right. 

The  Jury  on  their  oath,  found  as  follows : — That  the  last  presentation 
(that  of  Thomas)  had  been  made  by  the  Prior  of  Merton,  who  was  there- 
upon admitted  and  instituted,  and  died  in  possession  :  that  the  Prior's 
predecessors  had  presented  in  like  manner :  that  William  de  Maundevill 
was  not  possessed  of  the  advowson  at  the  time  of  making  the  Charter  to 
the  Prior  of  the  Hospital. 

Therefore  it  was  determined  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  should  recover  his 
presentation,  and  have  a  Writ  to  the  Bishop  of  Winchester  not  to  hinder 
the  admission  of  a  fit  person  so  appointed  '. 

1279.          The  Prior  of  Merton  having  presented  inhabilis  clericus,  the  Bishop  of 
Jan.  26.     Winchester   appointed   Hugh   Tripacy   to   the   Living,  and  collated   him 
January  26,  1279 2. 

Thereupon  a  Suit  in  the  King's  Bench  was  instituted  against  him  (the 
Bishop)  by  the  Prior  of  the  new  Hospital  of  B.  Mary  Without  Bishopsgate, 
who  though  so  recently  defeated  by  the  Prior  of  Merton  in  his  claim  to  the 
advowson,  claimed  to  present  a  fit  person  to  the  Church  of  Longditton, 
then  vacant,  the  gift  of  which  belonged  to  him. 

The  Bishop  by  his  attorney  alleged  that  he  had  no  claim  except  as 
Diocesan  of  the  place. 

The  Prior  could  not  answer  to  this,  and  the  Bishop  was  dismissed  3. 

Hugh  was  confirmed  in  the  Living  in  1283*. 

1273.          Upon  the  death  of  Boniface,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  much  dispute 

Feb.  26.    between  the  Pope,  the  King,  and  the  Chapter  of  Canterbury  took  place 

respecting  the  election  of  his  successor.     It  was  clearly  unreasonable  that 

the  Chapter  of  a  monastery,  limited  in  number,  should  have,  as  they  virtually 

1  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  i  to  7  Ed.  I,  Surrey,  -t-  \  i,  m.  22.  d. 

'  Manning  and  Bray,  iii.  p.  23.  It  is  possible  that  the  presentation  of  an  unsuitable  person 
might  have  been  intentional,  with  the  object  of  leaving  the  further  litigation  to  be  contested  by 
the  Bishop. 

•*  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  7  Ed.  I,  -j  !  2,  m.  4. 

T  ) 
1  Manning  and  Bray,  iii.  p.  23. 


154  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1273.  had  by  their  election  of  a  Prior,  the  right  of  nominating  the  Primate  of  all 
Feb.  26.     England ;  nor  can  we  wonder  that  frequent  unseemly,  and  more  or  less 

injurious  results,  arose  in  consequence.     In  the  present  case  the  difficulties 
were  at  length  overcome,  and  Robert  Kilwardly  was  elected  to  the  see  of 
Canterbury,  and  he  was  consecrated  at  Merton  on  February  26 '. 
1273  or  4.       In  this  year  three  Letters  Patent  were  granted  to  the  Priory,  being  the 
result  of  three  matters  in  litigation  2. 

The  first  was  a  suit  brought  by  the  Prior  of  Suthwark,  concerning  the 
rights  of  Common  Pasture  at  Ewell ;  the  second  brought  against  him  by 
Robert  de  Colevile,  concerning  a  certain  marsh  in  Eton  ;  and  the  third 
brought  by  the  Prior  against  the  Prior  of  Southwark,  concerning  the  right 
of  Common  Pasture  at  Bansted,  North  Tadworth,  and  South  Tadworth3. 

1274.  A  suit  was  heard  before  the  Justices  in  Banco  at  Westminster,  brought 
Jan.  14.     by  the  Prior  against  John  de  Wateville  and  others  for  £6  arrears  of  an 

annual  rent  of  one  mark  at  Chelesham,  Surrey. 

John  de  Wateville  admitted  that  he  owed  the  amount,  and  promised 
to  pay  one  half  within  fifteen  days  of  the  day  of  St.  John  Baptist,  and 
other  half  at  Michaelmas.  And  for  this  admission  the  Prior  remitted 
him  a  part ;  but  neither  in  the  admission  nor  in  the  Concord  is  it 
mentioned,  it  being  privately  agreed  so  as  to  save  the  expense  of  an 
amerciament*. 

March  10.  The  Prior,  under  licence  from  the  King,  was  travelling  abroad,  had 
letters  of  protection  granted  to  him,  cum  claus',  up  to  the  feast  of  St.  John 
Baptist  next.  Given  at  St.  Martin  le  Grand,  London,  March  io5. 

March  22.  On  the  day  after  the  feast  of  St.  Benedict  the  Abbot,  in  the  eleventh  year 
of  G.  (presumably  Gilbert),  Prior,  Henry  de  la  Lane  appeared  in  their 
Court  at  Ewell,  and  sought  the  land  which  Henry  had  held,  by  inheritance 
of  his  wife,  subject  to  a  pension  of  zod.  per  annum  and  attendance  at  their 
ale  bederipe  with  two  men,  and  to  carry  crops  two  men,  and  at  their 
bederipe  with  from  two  to  nine  men ;  and  further  to  enclose  Le  Huryerd, 
viz.  on  one  side6.  The  two  bederipes  may  probably  have  been  at  the 
hay  harvest  and  corn  harvest. 

1274.  An  Agreement  was  entered  into  between  the  Priories  of  Merton  and 
Bermundsey,  the  latter  claiming  some  interest  in  the  tithes  of  Kersalton 
(Carshalton,  Surrey) :  and  it  was  settled  that  Merton  should  retain  all 

1   Hook,  Lives  of  the  Archbishops,  vol.  iii.  308. 

-  Patent  Rolls,  2  Ed.  I,  mm.  7  rf.,  17  d.,  23;  Abstract,  Add.  MS.  6170,  p.  3. 

"  College  of  Arms,  Vincent  MS.  17,  to.  1072.  *  Cart.  No.  365,  to.  civ.  v. 

3  Patent  Rolls,  2  Ed.  I,  m.  20.  *  Cait.  No.  523.  fo.  cxcvij. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1273-1274.  155 

1274.  tithes  there,  but  chargeable  with  an  annual  payment,  at  Bermundsey, 
of  2os.,  and  in  default  of  due  payment,  a  penalty  of  605.  to  go  towards 
the  subsidy  for  the  Holy  Land '. 

June  14.  At  an  Inquisition  taken  at  Basingstoke  by  the  precept  of  the  King 
(Edward  I),  before  two  justices,  concerning  his  subtracted  rights  and 
liberties,  and  his  demesne  lands,  or  rents,  and  other  alienated  possessions 
in  the  town  and  hundred  of  Basingstoke ;  and  a  Jury  of  twenty-four  was 
sworn,  who,  inter  alia,  found  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  had  unjustly  erected 
a  gallows  within  the  hundred2.  On- what  ground  this  right  had  been 
claimed  does  not  appear,  only  that  they  held  some  land  of  the  Manor, 
for  which  from  a  period  early  in  the  fifteenth  century  and  down  to  the 
Dissolution,  they  paid  a  rent  of  123. 3 

Oct.  ii.  Numerous  Inquisitions  were  taken  by  Commission  under  the  Great 
Seal,  dated  October  u,  2  Henry  I. 

In  the  County  of  Bedford  and  Hundred  of  Clifton,  the  Jury  found 
that  the  "Villata"  of  Meperteshale  was  held  in  capite  of  the  King,  and 
the  Prior  of  Merton  among  others  holding  by  Sergeantry  possessed 
a  carucate  of  land  \ 

In  the  County  of  Berks  and   Town  of  Windsor,  they  found  that  the 

Prior  of  Merton  had  newly  the    assize  of  bread  and  beer,   and  of  ale- 

.  conners  (Tastadores  cervisie)  in  the  said  town  ;  and  held  pleas,  and  claimed 

to   have  the   liberty  of  judging   robbers  ;    but  on   what    ground   the  jury 

did  not  know". 

In  the  County  of  Buckingham  and  Hundred  of  Bromham,  the  Prior 
of  Merton  claimed  free  warren  in  Taplow,  but  they  knew  not  by  what 
warrant ". 

In  the  City  of  London  the  Inquisition  found  that  the  Bishop  of  London, 
the  King  of  Scotland,  and  others,  including  the  Prior  of  Merton,  severally 
held  Sokes  in  the  City,  of  ancient  use,  but  they  knew  not  by  what  warrant '. 
In  Norfolk,  in  the  Hundred  of  North  Erpingham,  they  found  that 
William  de  Valence  claimed  to  have  view  of  franc-pledge  and  assize 
of  bread  and  beer  in  the  Ville  of  Matelask,  Plumstede,  and  Berningham, 
viz.  of  the  homage  of  Walter  de  Malteby  and  the  Prior  of  Merton,  and 
held  view  of  franc-pledge  without  the  King's  Bailiffs,  who  at  the  view  of 
the  Hundred  were  not  summoned8.  Concerning  Secta,  they  said  that 

1  Annales  de  Bermundesia  (Chron,  and  Mem,  iii.  p.  465). 

'*  Baigent  and  Millard,  Hist,  of  Basingstoke,  p.  378.  3  Ibid.  pp.  382  and  387. 

1  Hundred  Rolls,  a  Ed.  I  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  i.  p.  a\  '•  Ibid.  (p.  18  . 

"  Ibid.  (p.  46).  7  Ibid.  (p.  420?.  •  Ibid.  (p.  496). 


156  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1274.      William  de  Valence  for  the  last  twenty  years  and  more  had  appropriated 

OcL  "•  to  himself  from  the  same  places  6s.  4^.,  which  the  King  had  been  used 
and  was  entitled  to  have  for  a  certain  service  called  Letese,  and  also 
certain  secta  ;  but  they  knew  not  by  what  warrant '. 

In  Cambridgeshire  they  found  that  the  Prior  had  the  advowson  of  the 
Church  of  Berton  (Barton\  with  forty-five  acres  of  land,  both  which  used 
to  belong  to  the  ancestors  of  Walter  de  Lord,  now  fifty  years  ago,  and 
they  know  not  by  what  warrant  the  advowson  was  held  and  pertained  to 
taxable  fee2. 

In  the  County  of  Huntingdon  and  Hundred  of  Leytonston,  the  Prior 
of  Merton  had  in  free  holding  one  acre  of  land  of  Hugo  Peche,  the  gift 
of  Stephen  de  Segrave,  for  his  rights  of  Common,  which  Stephen  de 
Segrave  had  had  assarted ;  and  the  Vicar  of  Alkmundbury  by  Charter 
held  an  acre  of  the  gift  of  the  said  Stephen  de  Segrave  to  maintain  one 
lamp  burning  in  the  said  Church  when  Divine  Service  was  celebrated5. 
Also  that  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton  had  the  Church  of  Alkmund- 
bury appropriate  for  the  gift  of  King  Henry  the  elder4.  Also  that  the 
Patronage  of  the  said  Church,  which  used  to  be  in  the  hands  of  the  same 
King,  had  been  given  by  him  to  Merloni  In  the  Hundred  of  Toleslond 
or  Toselond  they  found  that  the  Prior  held  the  Church  of  Gomecester 
(Godmanchester)  appropriate,  which  used  to  belong  to  the  King ;  but 
by  whose  gift  they  knew  not 6.  In  the  Hundred  of  Leuekenor  the  Prior 
had  a  return  of  IDS.  from  a  virgate  of  land  called  Strodlehe7. 

In  the  Town  of  Oxford  he  had  a  return  of  405.  per  annum  from 
a  tenement  in  the  parish  of  St.  Martin,  held  in  capite";  and  in  the  Ville 
55.  per  annum  for  a  tenement  in  the  parish  of  St.  John9. 

1275.          Robert  Burnell,  the   King's  Chancellor,  who  had   been  elected  Bishop 
April  7.     of  Bath   and  Wells,  was  consecrated  on   Palm   Sunday  (seventh  ide   of 
April),  in  the  Church  of  the  Priory  of  Merton,  by  Robert,  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  assisted  by  his  Suffragans 1(l. 

1275.  In  obedience  to,  and  by  authority  of  a  Mandate  from  Pope  Gregory  X, 
the  Priors  of  Merton  and  Bennundes  (Bermondsey)  sate  to  hear  a  Suit 
between  the  Abbot  and  Convent  of  Bee,  and  Robert,  Rector  of  Wodeham, 
Essex,  respecting  certain  tithes:  and  they  decreed  that  the  tithes  of  the 

1  Hundred  Rolls^TL&.lJtec.  Off.  Co/.i.pp.496andsi6\        2  Ibid,  ii.p-564.         Mbid.p  611. 

*  Ibid.  p.  614.  5  Ibid.  p.  633.  «  Ibid.  p.  666. 

7  Ibid.  p.  768.  '  Ibid.  p.  797.  •  Ibid.  p.  801. 

10  Gervase  of  Canterbury  (Rec.  Off.  Ed.  ii.  279).  The  chronicler  states  that  the  occurrence 
took  place  in  1274,  but  on  Palm  Sunday,  and  the  seventh  ide  of  April  did  not  concur  in  that 
year,  but  they  did  so  in  the  following  year,  1275,  as  just  above. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1274-1278.  157 

1275.  Lordship  of  Ferrers  should  be  farmed  by  the  Rector  of  Wodeham  at 
an  annual  rental  of  6os. :  the  opposing  parties  executed  a  chirograph 
accordingly '. 

1275  ore.       In  the  fourth  year  of  King  Edward  I  the  Mill  at  Pippes  was  bought  for 
£23  6s.  Qd.,  as  entered  in  the  Treasury  Roll  of  that  year'2. 

In  the  same  year  were  recovered  returns  of  205.  in  Cray,  and  one 
mark  return  from  the  Church  of  Chelesham,  near  Croydon.  And  upon 
the  pleas  concerning  them  depended  divers  churches  in  Essex,  Kent, 
and  Surrey,  as  in  the  Treasury  Roll  of  the  same  year3. 

In  the  same  year  was  bought  at  divers  times  corn  at  Teymec',  and 
carried  by  water  to  London,  &c.,  and  likewise  corn  in  divers  places,  for 
£64  i6s.  4j<£,  after  deducting  carriage 4. 

c.  1276.  A  suit  was  brought  before  the  Curia  Regis  to  try  the  right  of  the 
Convent  to  the  tenement  of  Thomas  Blund  (where  situated,  is  not 
stated),  and  the  title  was  thus  deduced  : — 

Renelendus,  lord  of  Mattynglegh,  and  Roasia  his  wife,  had  three  sons 
and  one  daughter,  viz.  James  de  Acclere,  Bartholomew  de  Acclere, 
Stephen  de  Mattynglegh,  and  Emma  de  Mattynglegh.  This  Emma  was 
married  to  Herbert  Espray,  who  had  a  son  named  Geoffrey  Espray. 

The  above-named  James  had  a  son  named  Hugo  de  Accleya,  who 
gave  to  the  Convent  the  house  of  Geoffrey  (afterwards  called  Thomas) 
le  Blund,  and  Geoffrey  himself  and  all  his  family. 

Bartholomew  de  Accleya  granted  his  inheritance  to  Stephen,  his 
brother,  who  had  a  son  named  Peter  de  Mattynglegh,  who  sold  to 
Geoffrey  de  Arundell  the  whole  of  his  inheritance. 

Which  Geoffrey  impleaded  the  Prior  and  Convent  concerning  the 
tenement  of  Thomas  Blund  ;  in  the  end  he  admitted  that  the  tenement 
belonged  to  the  Prior 5. 

1278.  The  Prior  was  summoned  before  the  Justices  Itinerant  at  Rochester 
July  i.  to  show  by  what  Warrant  a  free  Court  was  held  of  the  tenants  of  the 
Church  of  Patrikesburn  (Patrixbourne,  Kent),  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres 
septimanas,  and  for  the  emendation  of  the  assize  of  bread  and  beer 
of  his  tenants,  and  that  they  should  be  free  of  the  Court  Leet  of  the 
Sheriff  and  County. 

The  Prior  appeared  and  said  as  to  the  Curia  that  that  was  not  a  liberty 
or  regale,  and  that  he  ought  not  to  be  called  upon  to  answer.  As  to  the 

1  Bodleian  Library  Charters,  Turner  and  Coxe's  Cat.  p.  59. 

*  Cart.  No.  305,  fo.  exxxiiij.  v.  s  Cart.  No.  306,  fo.  cxxxiiij.  v. 

'  Cart.  No.  307,  fo.  cxxxiiij.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  364,  fo.  civ.  v. 


158  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1278.      other  Liberties,  he  found  the  Church  seised  of  the  same,  and  he  and  his 

Ju'y  '•     predecessors  had  always  been  so  seised. 

Geoffrey  de  Herterpol,  for  the  King,  denied  that  the  Prior  and  his 
predecessors  had  been  uninterruptedly  so  seised  ;  and  he  sought  an  inquiry. 
Therefore  a  Jury  of  the  Hundreds  of  Bregge,  Kynghamford,  and 
Donnhamford  was  called,  and  they  said  on  oath  that  the  Prior  and  his 
predecessors  had  from  time  beyond  memory  possessed  the  said  liberties 
without  interruption,  and  that  he  had  done  no  occupation  or  usurpation 
against  the  King. 

Therefore  the  Prior  was  dismissed  with  his  said  liberties ;  saving  rights 
of  the  King,  &c.' 

Oct.  8.  Archbishop  Peckham  wrote  inviting  the  Prior  to  be  present  at  his 
enthronization  at  Canterbury,  on  the  eighth  Ide  of  October;  and  begged 
him,  there  being  there  no  hunting  or  sport,  to  send  venison  and  game 
towards  the  necessary  hospitalities. 

Letters  to  the  like  purport  were  addressed  to  the  Bishop  of  Winchester 
and  various  other  Bishops  and  Abbots2. 

Nov.  2.  The  Prior  by  Richard  de  Merton,  his  Attorney,  appeared  before  the 
Justices  Itinerant  at  Hertford,  and  claimed  rights  by  a  Charter  of  King 
Henry,  the  father  of  the  present  King3,  which  Charter  he  produced, 
and  which  witnessed  that  the  said  King  Henry  had  inspected  the  Charter 
of  King  Henry  the  elder;  also  the  Charter  of  King  Henry  the  younger, 
which  confirmed  all  things  therein  as  to  thelonio,  pontage,  and  customs ; 
also  the  Charter  of  Richard,  late  King,  in  grant  and  confirmation  of  all 
donations,  lands,  men,  &c.,  and  all  things  ecclesiastical  and  secular,  to 
enjoy  as  fully  as  any  Abbey,  and  with  rights  of  sac,  &c.,  theft,  scutage, 
and  hidage,  assizes  and  assarts,  danegelt,  &c.,  saving  only  justice  of  death  or 
member.  Afterwards  in  declaration  of  liberties  the  said  King  Henry  (father 
of  present  King)  by  Charter  granted  and  confirmed  amerciaments,  &c.  And 
he  claimed  that  the  Church  of  Merton  was  seised  of  all  the  said  liberties. 

And  the  said  knights  (i.e.  the  Justices)  named  for  this  purpose,  and 
twelve  Jurors  of  the  Hundred  of  Hertford,  found  that  the  Prior  and  his 
predecessors  possessed  the  said  liberties ;  and  there  was  no  usurpation. 

Therefore  the  said  Prior  was  told  that  he  could  go  sine  die,  with  his 
liberties  ;  saving  only  the  King's  rights  4. 

1  Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  6  Ed.  I,  rot.  3  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  p.  313,  342).— APPENDIX  LXXXIV. 

2  Letters  of  Archbishop  John  Peckham  (Chron.  and  Mem.  i.  p.  38). 

:  Placita  de  quo  Warranto,  6  Ed.  I,  rot.  37.  d.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ed.  p.  281). 

1  Charter  dated  April  9,  36  Hen.  III.  confirming  charter 22  Hen.  I,  Hen.  II.  and  JoRich.  I. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1278-1279.  159 

1278  The  Convent,  at  the  instance  of  the  Venerable  Father  in  God,  E.,  Bishop 
(after).  of  pertuous,  and  Cardinal,  granted  to  Nicholas  de  Derneford,  late  his 
panetarius,  to  have  free  substance  in  the  house,  and  an  ordinary  corrody '. 
1278  or  9.  Upon  an  Inquisition  De  Quo  Warranto,  taken  before  John  de  Reygate 
and  the  others,  Justices  Itinerant,  at  Guildford,  the  Prior  was  summoned 
to  show  by  what  warrant  he  held  the  manors  of  Worth,  Kyngeswode, 
Selwode,  and  Ewelle  respectively,  of  the  ancient  demesne  of  the  King ; 
and  also  by  what  Warrant  he  claimed  the  right  of  free  warren,  and  the 
assize  of  bread  and  ale,  and  had  unjustly  raised  a  gallows,  &c.  It  was 
alleged  by  William  de  Giselham  for  the  King,  that  King  Richard,  the 
kinsman  of  the  present  King,  was  seised  of  all  those  liberties,  and  that 
the  said  Prior  now  held  them. 

The  Prior  appeared  by  his  Attorney,  and  claimed  that  Worthe,  Kynges- 
wode, and  Selwode  were  members  of  the  manor  of  Ewell,  which  manor 
with  its  appurtenances  was  given  by  King  Henry  II  to  God  and  the 
Canons  of  Merton,  in  perpetual  alms  with  soc  and  sac,  &c.,  and  all  other 
liberties  and  customs  in  wood,  plain,  meadow,  pasture,  ways,  &c.,  free  of 
Shire  and  Hundred  Pleas,  murder,  geldage,  danegelt,  lordage,  scutage, 
aids,  customs,  and  secular  services,  &c. 

The  Jury  found  that  the  Prior  and  his  antecessors,  from  the  date  of 
the  said  Charter  by  King  Henry,  had  enjoyed  the  said  Manor  of  Ewell 
with  all  its  appurtenances,  and  that  Worth,  Kyngeswode,  and  Selwode 
were  Hamlets  appertaining  to  the  said  manor.  Therefore  it  was  so 
adjudged,  and  the  King  takes  nothing,  &c.2 

The  Prior  was  summoned  before  the  Justices  Itinerant  at  Guildford, 
to  show  by  what  warrant  he  held  the  manors  of  Worth,  Kyngeswode, 
Selwode,  and  Ewelle,  which  were  of  the  ancient  domain  of  the  crown  ; 
and  claimed  free  warren  in  his  lands,  and  emendation  of  the  assize  of 
bread  and  beer  in  the  County,  and  had  unlawfully  erected  gallows,  &c. 

And  one  William  de  Giselham  *,  for  the  King,  said  that  King  Richard, 
the  near  relative  (consanguineus)  of  the  present  King,  had  seisin  of  all 
the  said  liberties,  and  that  the  Prior  had  lately  usurped  them. 

The  Prior,  by  his  Attorney,  appeared  and  said  that  Worth,  Kyngeswode, 
and  Selwode  were  members  of  the  manor  of  Ewelle,  which  the  Prior 

1  Cart.  No.  363,  fo.  cliiij.  v. 

1  Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  7  Ed.  I,  Surrey  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  p.  739).  The  seventh  year  of 
King  Edward  was  from  November  20,  1278,  to  1279.  John  de  Reygate  was  a  Justice  Itinerant 
from  1269.  William  de  Gisetham  was  the  King's  Attorney  from  1278. 

3  He  appeared  in  various  cases  as  Attorney  of  the  King,  and  in  1292  was  appointed 
a  Justice  of  Common  Pleas  (Foss). 


l6o  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1278-0.  and  his  predecessors  held  by  the  gift  of  King  Henry  II  in  perpetual 
alms,  with  soc  and  sac,  &c.,  as  witnessed  by  his  Charter  *.  That  in  the 
said  liberties  was  included  that  of  gallows  and  infangenethef,  as  therein 
appears.  That  the  assize  of  bread  and  beer  was  confirmed  to  the  Priory 
by  King  Richard,  with  all  donations,  men,  and  alms,  as  freely  as  possessed 
by  any  Abbey,  as  his  Charter  testified 2.  And  by  such  Charter  the  King 
granted  all  such  liberties  and  everything  pertaining,  excepting  only  judge- 
ment of  life  and  member ;  and  they  thereunder  claimed  the  assize  of  their 
said  lands.  That  as  to  Warren,  King  Henry,  father  of  the  present  King, 
granted  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  free  warren  in  all  domains  and  lands 
in  Merton,  Ewelle,  Kyngeswode,  Selwode,  Grapheling,  St . .  .  m,  Berewell, 
Kam'echesham,  Hertindon,  Fecchham,  and  Michham,  as  his  Charter, 
which  was  produced,  would  witness.  And  that  King  Henry,  father  of 
the  present  King,  confirmed3  all  liberties  of  King  Henry  the  elder. 

William  de  Giselham  said  in  answer  that  King  Richard,  after  the 
making  of  the  said  Charter  by  King  Henry  II,  was  seised  of  the  said 
Manors  and  liberties  as  appertaining  to  the  crown,  and  likewise  of  the 
said  liberties.  As  to  the  Charter  of  King  Henry,  father  of  the  present 
King,  under  which  free  warren  was  claimed,  he  said  that  subsequent  to 
the  said  Charter  the  said  right  of  warren  was  never  in  use,  nor  exercisable 
except  by  his  permission ;  and  that  neither  the  said  Charter  nor  the 
confirmation  of  the  King  ought  to  affect  the  recovery  of  the  said  occupation 
from  the  Prior. 

The  Prior  replied  that  the  ancestors  of  the  present  King  were  seised 
of  the  said  manors  and  liberties  only,  as  patrons  of  the  Priory,  in  time 
of  its  being  void. 

William  de  Giselham  was  heard  in  rejoinder. 

The  Judges  found  that  the  Prior  and  his  ancestors  from  the  time  of 
making  the  said  Charters  had  plenary  use  of  such  liberties,  and  had  not 
made  any  encroachment  on  the  King  or  his  ancestors.  That  King  Henry  II 
gave  them  the  Manor  of  Ewell  and  its  pertinents;  and  that  Worth, 
Kyngeswode,  and  Selwode  were  hamlets  pertinent  to  the  said  Manor 
of  Ewell. 

And  therefore  it  was  agreed  that  the  Prior  was  dismissed  sine  die, 
and  that  the  King  took  nothing,  &c.4 

1278  or  o.       Upon  Inquisition  concerning  Purpresture,  a  Jury  found  that  the  Prior 
made  a  certain   purpresture  in   Kingeswode,  where   he  was   accustomed 

1  By  Charter,  Hen.  II.  "  Charter,  10  Rich.  I.  3  Charter,  36  Hen.  III. 

4  Placita  de  Jtir.  and  Assis.  7  Ed.  I,  rot.  25.  d.  (Plac.  deQuo  Warranfo,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  739). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1278-1279.  l6l 

1278  or  9.  to  pass  with  horses  and   foot-men  where  he  would,  through  the  whole 
park,  to  the  injury  of  the  King.     Therefore  the  Prior  was  defeated '. 

They  found    also  that   the  tenants  of  the  Prior  at  Kyngeswode  were 
accustomed  to  attend  the  Court  Leet  of  the  Sheriff  twice  a  year.     The 
Prjor  answered  that  it  would  appear  on  the  roll  of  liberties 2. 
1279.          A  question  relating  to  dower,  claimed  by  Cristiana,  wife  of  the  late  John 
Oct.  6.      de  Shaldeford,  was  tried  before  John  de  Reygate  and  the  other  Justices 
Itinerant,  at  Guildford,  on  the  octave  of  St.  Michael,  in  the  seventh  year 
of  King  Edward  I. 

She  claimed  of  the  Prior  one-third  part  of  twenty-three  acres  of  land 
and  twelve  acres  of  meadow  in  Ewell ;  and  of  Master  William  de  Ewell 
the  third  part  of  a  fourth  part  of  an  acre  in  a  meadow  in  the  same  Ville ; 
and  against  John,  the  son  of  John  de  Shaldeford,  the  third  part  of 
a  messuage  and  twenty  acres  of  land  and  eighteen  acres  of  meadow  in 
the  same  Ville,  as  her  dowry. 

It  was  determined  that  upon  the  security  of  the  Prior  and  William, 
and  John  de  Waleton,  she  should  receive  her  dower  as  claimed ;  and 
upon  its  being  proved  that  the  said  John  had  not  sufficient  property  to 
make  him  a  good  security  for  the  balance  of  the  dowry,  it  was  agreed 
that  she  should  have  the  residue  from  the  Prior  and  others.  And  upon 
William  de  Ewell  making  no  claim  to  the  tenement,  it  was  agreed  that 
he  should  have  two  parts  of  the  holdings,  other  than  the  tenement,  to 
the  value  of  the  said  Dowry 3. 

Master  Peter  de  Abyndon,  Warder  of  the  House  of  Scholars  of  Merton, 
gave  half  a  mark  for  licence  to  make  a  Concord  with  Walter  de  Portes- 
muthe,  parson  of  the  Church  of  Cudynton,  on  a  plea  concerning  land : 
he  to  have  a  Chyrograph.  Walter  put  in  his  place  Robert  de  Colevill  to 
receive,  &c.4 

Oct.  7.  Upon  an  Inquisition  held  in  the  Hundred  of  Brixton,  the  Prior  attended 
and  stated  that  Henry  I,  son  of  the  Conqueror,  gave  the  said  Manor 
to  the  Convent  to  hold  in  perpetuity,  and  exhibited  the  King's  Charter 
bearing  witness  to  the  fact.  The  Jury  found  he  was  entitled  to  hold 
it  in  peace6. 

On  an  Inquisition  the  same  year  for  the  Hundred  of  Reigate,  the  Jury 

1  Placita  Coronae,  7  Ed.  I    Lansd.  MS.  635,  p  9).  2  Ibid.  p.  n. 

1  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  y  j  i,  m.  10. 

7     I 

1  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  -.  j  i,  in.  14.  d. 

v  j 
5  Placita  Coronae,  7  Ed.  I,  Surrey  (Add.  MS.  6167.  p.  307). 


162  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1279.  found  that  the  Prior  held  the  Manors  of  Kingswood  and  Shelswood,  which 
Oct.  7.  usecj  to  be  in  the  hands  of  the  ancestors  of  the  present  King,  and  were 
worth  £25  per  annum J. 

The  question  concerning  the  broken  bridge  of  Hasardesmarsh,  raised 
some  years  previously,  came  before  the  Jury  of  the  Hundred  of  Brixton. 

It  was  alleged  that  one  Asketuns  de  Denshe,  who  had  held  certain 
land  for  the  maintenance  of  the  bridge,  had  given  the  land  in  pure  and 
perpetual  alms  to  Merton  to  maintain  the  half  of  the  bridge ;  and  that 
the  Prior  of  Bermondsey  was  bound  to  maintain  the  other  half. 

The  Prior  of  Merton  alleged  that  the  said  Asketuns  never  gave  them 
any  land  chargeable  with  the  maintenance  of  the  bridge. 

The  Jury,  upon  their  oaths,  said  that  in  the  Marsh  of  Hasardesmarsh 
was  a  ditch  which  the  Prior  of  Bermondsey  was  bound  to  keep  clean, 
and  also  to  sustain  one  arch  of  the  said  bridge  ;  that  a  certain  part  of 
the  said  bridge  for  a  long  time  past  was  broken,  which  part  the  said 
Asketuns  from  the  alms  of  his  father  had  repaired ;  and  afterwards  he 
rendered  himself  to  the  House  of  Merton  with  all  his' goods;  and  part 
of  his  goods  he  gave  for  the  maintenance  of  the  half  of  the  bridge.  And 
that  there  is  no  other  land  of  the  Prior  chargeable  with  the  maintenance 
of  the  bridge. 

And  so  it  was  adjudged2. 

1279.  Cecil,  wife  of  the  late  William  Gylemyn,  claimed  of  the  Prior  the  third 
part  of  twelve  acres  of  land  in   Pollesdon  as  her  dowry,  by  donation  of 
the  said  William,  her  husband. 

And  the  Prior  and  others  called  John  de  la  Quarrere,  who  became 
surety  for  that  return  to  her;  and  it  was  agreed  that  she  should  have 
seisin  of  her  dowry  as  against  the  Prior  in  case  of  default  of  the  said 
John  :  and  the  matter  was  referred  to  the  Sheriff  of  Buckingham,  &c.* 

1280.  Bishop  Bronescombe  was  again  at  Merton4. 

Jan.  23.         Upon  the  occasion  of  the  Itinerary  of  Roger  de  Clifford,  held  for  Pleas 

y'       on  Forest  Rights  for  the  County  of  Derby,  in  the  eighth  year  of  King  Edward, 

it  was  presented  by  the  Verderer  and  Forester  of  the  King  that  the  Prior 

and  his  men  and  tenants,  both  in  this  and  the  next  County,  every  year 

brought  to  the  forest  all  their  swine  to  feed  on  the  Mast  which  belonged  to 

1  Placita  Coronas,  7  Ed.  I  Surrey  (Add.  MS.  6167,  p.  307). 

2  Ibid.  p.  307.     Placita  Coronae,  7  Ed.  I  (Lands.  MS.  635,  fo.  7). 

3  King's  Bench,  7  Ed.  I,  Quo  Warranto,  j-  [  i,  m.  17.  d.     The  earlier  part  of  this  Record  is 

M) 

re-entered  on  the  same  Rolls  at  -j  [  2,  m.  10. 

7    ) 

*  Registers  of  Exeter  Diocese  (Randolph-Kingston,  i.  p.  302). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1279-1281.  163 

1280.      the  King,  to  the  number  of  1,500  and  more,  to  the  great  damage  of  the 
May-       King  in  loss  of  the  agistment  of  the  Mast.     That  the  Prior  had  neither 
any  woods,  nor  right  of  way,  or  of  agistment  in  the  said  forests. 

But  on  the  part  of  the  Prior  was  shown  the  Charter  of  King  Richard, 
who  granted  to  the  Canons  and  their  men  and  tenants  freedom  in  all 
things  concerning  thelonio,  passagio,  pontage  and  pannage,  and  all  things 
which  customarily  belonged  to  the  King,  and  ordered  that  they  should 
not  be  unduly  vexed  therein. 

The  matter  was  adjourned  to  be  heard  before  the  King,  after  the  feast 
of  St.  Dunstan  (May  19). 

Afterwards  a  day  was  appointed  for  the  appearance  of  the  Prior  before 
the  King  in  Parliament,  viz.  the  fifth  week  after  Easter,  when  he  attended. 
It  was  ordered  by  the  King  that  the  Prior  and  all  his  men  and  tenants 
should  have  for  their  swine  free  of  pannage  in  the  said  forest,  in  accordance 
with  the  said  Charter  '. 

Sept.  30.  The  Prior  being  summoned  before  the  Justices  Itinerant  at  New  Sarum 
concerning  the  fact  that  he  permitted  his  villains  of  Heygefold  to  make  suit 
and  service  to  the  Hundred  of  Holeshete,  was  assigned  to  answer  on  the 
octave  of  St.  Martin,  at  Exeter,  on  account  of  the  defection  of  the  Jury, 
none  of  whom  attended. 

Therefore  the  Sheriff  was  directed  to  have  custody  of  them  till  the  said 
term  :  and  a  precept  was  issued  to  him  for  distraint  on  Ralph  de  Bassing 
and  the  others  of  the  Jury  (by  name),  and  all  their  lands,  &c.,  and  the 
proceeds  thereof;  and  to  keep  them  in  custody  till  the  day  of  adjournment. 

The  Sheriff"  did  nothing  therein,  but  ordered  that  John  and  William 
atte  Burgh  should  hold  in  charge  the  said  Ralph  and  some  others  of 
the  Jury,  and  other  persons  (the  rest  of  them)  in  like  manner. 

And  the  Prior  was  in  default  until  the  plea  should  be  terminated,  as 
appears  in  the  roll  of  the  Itinerary'2. 

Nov.  8.  King  Edward  I  commanded  his  Treasurer  and  Barons  that  the  liberties 
and  quittances  which  the  Prior  of  Merton  had  by  the  Charters  of  his 
predecessors,  Kings  of  England,  and  which  they  and  their  predecessor 
had  enjoyed  in  past  times,  should  be  allowed  in  the  Treasury,  in  the  like 
manner  as  in  the  time  of  King  Henry,  the  King's  father  (Henry  III),  were 
allowed  and  observed.  Given  at  Westminster,  November  8,  eighth  year3. 

128L          Archbishop  John   Peckham  was   evidently  staying   at  Merton,  whence 
Nov.  a. 

1  Cart.  No.  503,  fo.  cxcj.  v. — APPENDIX  LXXXV. 

'  P/acita  forinseca,  9  Ed.  I,  Mich.  (P.'ac.  de  quo  Warmnto,  Rec.  Off.  Oil.  p.  814). 

3  Cart.  No.  534,  fo.  cxcix. 


164  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1281.  he  dated  a  letter  to  the  King  (Ed.  I)  with  reference  to  the  lapse  of  con- 
Nov.  2.     verted  Jews  \ 

1282.  The  Prior  entered  into  a  Chyrograph  with  William  de  St.  Faith,  of  the 
Jan-9'     Convent,    to  grant   him  a   corrody.     He  to    dwell  at  the  principal   gate 

or  elsewhere,  as  directed,  and  to  serve  the  Convent  in  all  things  as  long  as 
able,  in  consideration  of  which  they  undertook  to  allow  him  every  week 
six  loaves  called  Convent  miches,  two  loaves  of  the  hall,  and  two  of  the 
Chapel ;  every  day  a  gallon  of  Convent  beer,  and  a  Convent  ration  from 
the  kitchen.  If  he  retired,  he  was  to  have  a  pension  of  five  marks,  unless 
his  retirement  was  on  account  of  infirmity  or  weakness,  in  which  case  the 
Prior  was  to  allot  him  a  competent  dwelling  and  the  full  corrody.  At 
Merton,  fifth  of  the  Ides  of  January,  1281 2. 

1282.  The  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  issued  a  monition  to  William  Daumbeses, 
April  18.  reciting  that  he  had  learnt  by  trustworthy  relation  that  he  (the  said  William 
Daumbeses)  was  hostile  to,  and  disturbing  and  molesting  the  liberties 
of  the  Church  of  the  Blessed  Mary  of  Merton,  against  right  and  justice. 
That  since,  from  regard  to  him,  he  was  unwillingly,*  without  it  being 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  ecclesiastical  liberties  from  molestation, 
to  launch  against  him  a  sentence  of  excommunication,  he,  the  Archbishop, 
monished  the  said  William  Daumbeses  in  form  of  Law  to  desist  from  any 
manner  of  hostility  or  molestation,  lest  he  (the  Archbishop)  should  be 
compelled  to  resort  to  the  severity  of  ecclesiastical  censure.  Given  at 
Mordelac  (Mortlake),  the  fourteenth  Kal.  of  May,  in  the  fourth  year  of 
his  consecration  3. 

1282.  The  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  addressed  Letters  to  the  venerated  of 
June  8.  Religion,  R(ichard)*,  by  Divine  grace  Abbot  of  Westminster,  reciting  that 
in  the  present  matter  he  unwillingly  disturbs  peaceful  ears,  and  recurring 
to  the  Abbot  as  to  a  friend  (nor  otherwise  can  his  heart  think  him,  God 
knew),  he  proceedest  to  say  that  he  has  heard  serious  matters  concerning 
him.  That  Sir  B(ogonus)  de  Clare,  unmindful  of  his  own  welfare,  had 
caused  the  Prior  of  Merton  to  be  brought  to  trial  before  the  Abbot  and  all 
the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  in  a  cause  forbidden  by  the  Holy  Spirit  in 
the  Canons  (i.  e.  of  an  ecclesiastical  nature).  Wherefore  the  Archbishop 
heartily  begged  the  Abbot,  as  befitted  his  honesty,  to  resist  the  said 
Sir  B.  de  Clare  and  his  satellites  in  this  his  temerity ;  not  only  because 

1  Registrant  Epistol.  Joh.  Peckham  (ed.  Chas.  T.  Martin,  letter  cxcviii.  vol.  i.  p.  ay)}. 
*  Cart.  No.  498,  fo.  cxc.  v. 

3  Archiepiscopal  Register,  Peckham,  fo.  180.  v.     The  see  of  Winchester  was  vacant. 

4  Richard  Ware,  Abbot  of  Westminster  from  December  15,   1258,  to  December  a,   1283 
(Dugdale\ 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1281-1284.  165 

1282.      herein  hung  the  perils  of  their  souls,  but  lest  it  lead  to  danger  from  the 

June  8.     Roman  Court  to  the  reverend  person  of  the  Abbot  himself,  which  was 

desirable  to  avoid.    The  Archbishop  concluded  with  wishing  him  salutation 

in  Christ,  and  in  the  glorious  Virgin,  and  happy  and  sound  governance. 

Given  at  Slindon,  sixth  Ide  of  June,  of  his  Consecration  the  fourth  year1. 

On  the  same  day  the  Archbishop  addressed  letters  to  the  Noble, 
Sir  B.  de  Clare,  in  which  he  set  forth  his  great  consideration  for  Sir  B.'s 
most  noble  relative,  the  Earl  of  Gloucester,  most  friendly  to  him ;  but 
that  it  had  been  necessary  to  complain  to  him  of  the  frequent  injury  done 
to  the  friends  of  the  Archbishop,  for  which  on  representation  from  the 
Cardinal  of  the  Roman  Curia,  his  favour  had  been  withdrawn.  Especially 
for  in  his  own  name  making  changes  in  ecclesiastical  possessions  as  it 
appeared  by  the  relation  of  many  witnesses  beyond  suspicion,  that  many 
had  through  his  ministration  been  deprived  of  office,  and  they  and  the 
goods  of  the  poor  had  suffered  robbery ;  in  consequence  of  which  the 
pain  of  excommunication  had  by  the  Apostolic  letter,  as  he  (the  Arch- 
bishop) bitterly  lamented,  been  fulminated  against  him.  And  lastly  that 
Sir  B.  had,  as  related  by  many,  frequently  by  his  satellites  brought  to 
trial  Clerks  and  ecclesiastical  persons  who  were  ready  at  once  to  appear 
before  the  Ordinaries ;  and  last  of  all  the  religious  man,  the  Prior  of  the 
most  pious  College  of  Merton,  in  charitable  matters  settled  by  his  said 
relative.  The  Archbishop  exhorts  him,  for  prudence  sake,  that  he  study 
to  reform  quickly ;  otherwise  the  wrath  of  God  and  ecclesiastical  penalties 
would  be  executed,  which  would  grieve  him  (the  Archbishop)  heavily, 
as  witness  the  Blessed  Trinity ;  and  especially  at  the  present  time  to  avoid 
the  feast  of  Lincoln 2,  in  which,  as  it  was  believed,  a  certain  false  witness, 
Clerk  of  Sir  B.'s,  had  informed  falsely3. 

1282.  The  Archbishop  in  writing  to  his  Proctors  at  Rome,  took  occasion  to 
commend  the  Prior  of  Merton,  amongst  the  best  of  the  Religious  in  his 
Province  (presumably  basing  it  on  financial  grounds) 4. 

1283-4.  At  an  Inquisition  held  at  Kingston,  the  Jury  found  that  Peter  Baldewyne, 
of  Kingston,  held  of  the  Prior  of  Merton,  in  Sergeantry,  twelve  acres  of 
land  at  a  rental  of  45.  per  annum,  payable  by  half-yearly  payments  at 
Easter  and  Michaelmas;  also  eight  acres  of  land  worth  2s.  Qd.  per  annum, 

1  Archiepiscopal  Register,  Peckham,  185.  v.— APPENDIX  LXXXVI. 

2  Probably  the  feast  of  St.  Hugh  of  Lincoln,  being  cither  the  boy  martyr,  June  29,  or  the 
Bishop,  August  9. 

3  Archiepiscopal  Register,  Peckham,  fo.  185  v. — APPENDIX  LXXXVII. 

4  Letters  of  Archbishop  Peckham    Chron.  and  Mem.  i.  378). 


166  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1283-4.  for  which  he  paid  the  Prior  I2(t. ;  and  two  acres  of  land  worth  6d.,  for 
which  he  paid  4^.' 

1284.  Pope    Martin  IV  granted  Letters  to  the  Prior  and  Convent,  wherein 
May  7-     was  recited  that  upon  their  petition,  pleading  poverty,  His  Holiness  had 

consented  to  their  appropriating  the  Church  of  Codinton,  Surrey  (with 
consent  of  the  Bishop),  to  their  use  in  perpetuity,  but  reserving  thereout 
a  suitable  sustentation  for  a  Vicar,  and  sufficient  for  payment  of  episcopal 
dues  and  other  burthens.  The  Document  proceeded  to  say  that  any  one 
who  presumed  to  infringe  this  concession  would  incur  the  indignation 
of  Almighty  God  and  of  Blessed  Peter  and  Paul,  the  Apostles.  Dated  at 
Urbem  veteran  (Rome),  the  nones  of  May,  of  his  Pontificate  the  third 
year2. 

Why  the  petition  should   have  been  made  to  the   Pope,  or  he  should 
have  dealt  with  the  matter  in  this  unique  instance,  does  not  appear. 

Sept.  10.  The  King  addressed  a  brief  to  the  Sheriffs  of  Surrey  and  Sussex, 
reciting  that  the  Prior,  by  virtue  of  Charters  granted  by  the  King's  pre- 
decessors, claimed  freedom  and  acquittance  from  amerciaments ;  and  order- 
ing that  all  proceedings  for  recovery  of  such  amerciaments  charged  against 
the  Prior  should  be  respited  until  determined  upon  at  the  next  parliament; 
and  that  in  the  meantime  hindrances  be  relaxed.  By  the  King  himself,  at 
Winchester,  September  10,  in  thirteenth  year3. 

Dec.  4.  The  King  issued  a  brief  to  J.  Picard,  Keeper  of  the  Forest  of  Wanbge', 
reciting  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  had  produced  a  Charter  granting  the 
right  of  pannage  in  the  Royal  forests  ;  and  ordering  him  to  relax  any 
restrictions  he  had  heretofore  placed  upon  the  exercise  by  the  Prior  of 
such  rights.  By  the  King  himself,  at  Cermerdyn  (Carmarthen),  December  4, 
in  thirteenth  year4. 

1285.  Upon  proceedings  before  the  Justices  Itinerant,  at  Oxford,  the  Prior 
Jan.  14.    Caving  been  summoned  upon  the  King's  Plea  to  answer  by  what  warrant 

he  claimed   view  of  frank  pledge  and  Emendation  of  the  assize  of  bread 
and  beer  of  his  men  and  tenants  at  Windsor.     A  day  three  weeks  after 
Easter  was  appointed  for  judgement  before  the  King,  &c.,  but  the  judge- 
ment was  not  then  given r'. 
Oct.  16.         The  King  issued  a  brief  addressed  to  the  Prior,  reciting  that  it  had  been 

1  Eschaets,   12  Ed.    II,   No.    17  (Symmes'  Collections].     Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.   No.  6167, 
fo.  272.  v. 

''  Cart.  No.  398,  fo.  clxviij. 

3  Cart.  No.  494,  fo.  clxxxix.  v. 

1  Cart.  No.  499,  fo.  cxcj. 

*  Plac.  Reg.  forinseca,  13  Ed.  I,  Tot.  25  (Plac,  de  quo  War.,  Rcc.  Off.  Col.  p.  667). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  I      1283-1286.  167 

1285.  shown  to  him  that  by  Charter  of  his  progenitors,  Kings  of  England,  that 
Oct.  16.  the  prior  an(j  njs  predecessors  and  their  men  were  free  to  attend  their 
Courts  in  the  Hundreds  throughout  the  kingdom;  and  that  it  had  been 
shown  that  the  men  of  the  Prior  in  going  to  his  Courts  in  the  Hundreds 
of  Brixton,  Valeton  (Walton),  Regg'  (Reigate),  and  Coppe'  (Coppedethorn), 
were  much  hindered  and  disturbed,  and  occasioned  no  little  loss  and 
complaint,  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the  said  Charter.  And  he  ordered 
that  all  hindrances  and  undue  exactions  of  the  kind  to  the  Prior  and  his 
men  on  such  occasion  be  desisted  from.  By  the  King  himself,  at 
Winchester,  the  i6th  day  of  October,  in  the  thirteenth  year  of  his  reign. 

From  a  note  which  follows,  it  appears  that  this  brief  was  delivered  to 
the  Sheriff  on  the  Vigil  of  St.  Nicholas  (December  6)  in  full  court '. 
1285  ore.  The  King  issued  a  brief  to  his  bailiffs  in  the  County  of  Northampton, 
to  remove  restrictions  on  the  Prior's  right  to  pannage  in  that  County, 
to  which  he  was  entitled  by  Royal  Charter.  Dated  at  Winchester,  in  his 
fourteenth  year'2. 

1280.  The  Prior  was  summoned  before  the  Justices  Itinerant,  at  Newport 
Jan.  20.  Pagnell,  to  show  by  what  warrant  he  claimed  View  of  frank  pledge  in  his 
manor  of  Optone  (Upton,  Buckinghamshire),  and  amerciaments  of  his  men, 
and  chattels  of  fugitives ;  and  for  himself  and  men  to  be  free  of  suit  and 
service  of  the  county  and  hundred,  and  court-leet  of  the  Sheriff,  and  of 
murder  and  thelonio,  with  licence,  &c. 

The  Prior,  by  John  de  Waledene  and  Hugo  de  Kennes,  his  Attornies, 
said  that  King  Henry  II  had  given  order  in  his  Charter3  as  to  the 
amerciaments  and  chattels  of  fugitive  tenants  and  quittances,  &c.  And 
that  the  sight  he  and  his  predecessors  had  possessed  of  the  view  of 
frank  pledge  of  all  tenants  from  beyond  memory.  And  that  in  the  said 
Ville  he  has  had  gallows  and  tumbrells  from  beyond  memory :  and  this 
was  witnessed  by  Thomas  de  Bray,  the  former  Vicar.  And  he  produced 
the  Charter  of  King  Henry,  father  of  King  Edward  4,  in  which  it  appeared 
that  he  had  inspected  the  Charter  granted  by  King  Henry  the  elder, 
King  Henry  the  younger,  and  by  King  Richard  his  uncle,  whereby  it  was 
granted  that  the  Prior  and  Canons  be  free  from  all  thelonio  and  passagio, 
and  all  customs  throughout  England,  and  from  said  suit  and  service  ;  and 
that  they  should  have  fine  and  amerciaments,  and  be  free  from  pleas  and 
quarrels,  and  money  relating  to  murder  and  theft.  And  that  the  said 
King  Henry,  father  of  the  present  King,  had  confirmed  all  such  liberties, 

1  Cart.  No.  493,  fo.  clxxxix.  v.  2  Cart.  No.  500,  fo.  cxej.  3  Charter,  Hen.  II. 

4  Charter,  36  Hen.  Ill,  confirming  Charter  of  kings  Henry  I.  Henry  II,  and  Richard  I. 


l68  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON.     . 

1286.      and  granted  the  same  more  fully  by  his  Charter  dated  at  Windsor  on  the 
Jan.  20.     April  9,  in  his  thirty-sixth  year. 

Gilbert  de  Thorenton,  on  the  part  of  the  King,  said  that  the  View  was 
not  mentioned  in  the  said  Charter ;  and  of  the  other  things  prayed  that 
the  King  might  interpret  them  if  he  willed. 

Later,  on  October  14,  the  Prior  appeared  by  his  attorney,  and 
prayed  judgement  on  the  said  Charter,  and  a  day  was  accorded  to  him  to 
hear  judgement  fifteen  days  after  Easter,  in  the  Exchequer:  but  it  was 
postponed  repeatedly  without  any  apparent  reason,  and  on  the  fourth  or 
fifth  occasion  an  appointment  was  made  for  the  morrow  of  the  Ascension, 
1289,  before  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer'. 

Jan  26.  The  Convent  granted  to  Master  Dyonisius  de  Thorrok,  Clerk,  a  corrody 
whilst  living  in  the  house,  of  the  usual  allowance  of  a  Canon,  and  pittances. 
And  also  a  site  between  the  Sacristy  and  the  house  of  the  Chaplains  as 
bounded  by  ditches,  measuring  four  and  a  half  perches  by  four  perches,  to 
fence  at  his  own  expense,  and  at  his  own  risk  if  the  fences  be  defective  ; 
with  leave  to  build  a  house  there,  but  if  so,  he  is  bound  to  sustain  it. 

A  note  states  that  the  corrody  was  extinguished  by  his  death  in  1317 2, 
so  that  he  enjoyed  the  corrody  during  thirty-one  years. 

Michs.  The  Prior  was  summoned  before  the  Justiciaries  at  Huntingdon  to 
answer  by  what  warrant  he  claimed  View  of  frank  pledge  in  his  Manor  of 
Alkemundibiry  (Alconbury,  Huntingdonshire),  of  chattels  of  his  men, 
felons,  and  fugitives,  and  fines  and  amerciaments  of  his  men  for  murder, 
and  freedom  from  thelonio  and  suit  and  service  of  shires  and  hundreds, 
without  licence  of  the  King. 

The  Prior  by  his  Attorney  appeared  and  said  he  had  in  his  said  Ville 
sixteen  tenants  of  whom  he  claimed  such  view  twice  a  year,  et  fine  serviente 
Regis,  and  that  he  paid  nothing  to  the  King  for  same.  Being  asked  if  he 
had  gallows  or  other  judicialia,  answered  in  the  negative.  Asked  of  what 
articles  he  inquired  at  the  View,  and  how  many  Decennaries  he  had,  said 
he  had  one  Decennary,  and  answered  articles  of  inquiry:  and  that  he 
and  all  his  predecessors,  parsons  of  the  Church  of  Alkemundibiry,  had 
held  such  View  beyond  memory.  Asked  as  to  chattels,  amerciaments,  &cv 
he  said  that  Henry,  father  of  the  present  King,  granted  and  confirmed 
them  by  Charter,  and  they  had  held  same  ever  since ;  and  produced  the 
Charter  dated  at  Windsor  on  April  9,  in  his  thirty-sixth  year 3. 

Gilbert  de  Thoroton,  for  the  King,  said  that  Common  Law  did  not  give 

1  Placita  de  quo  Warranto,  14  Ed.  I,  rot.  2  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  85). 

'  Cart.  No.  521,  fo.  cxcvj.  v.  '  Charter,  36  Hen.  III. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1286-1287.  169 

1286.  right  of  View  to  the  said  Ville,  nor  those  things  which  pertain  to  frank 
Michs.      pledge,    because   the   gallows  were  claimed   to   be    held    before   the    last 

Itinerary,  having  been  claimed  by  Master  Roger  de  Leyton,  and  previously 
for  forty  years,  and  on  that  occasion  a  certain  woman  was  there  hung,  and 
shortly  afterwards  quidam  furiosus  knocked  down  the  gallows,  and  they 
had  so  remained  till  raised  in  a  subsequent  Itinerary.  And  it  was  proved 
by  twelve  of  the  Hundred  of  Leghtonston  and  twelve  of  the  Hundred  of 
Normancross,  that  in  old  time  a  gallows  was  there.  Also  that  the  Ville 
was  an  ancient  Crown  domain,  and  it  was  not  according  to  right  that  the 
Prior  and  parson  of  the  Church  should  have  gallows  in  the  King's  Manor 
by  reason  of  the  Church. 

Concerning  which  a  day  was  appointed  before  the  Barons  of  the  Ex- 
chequer, at  Westminster,  on  the  morrow  of  St.  Andrew. 

And  by  that  reason  was  he  quieted,  because  he  showed  sufficient,  &c. 

As  to  the  chattels  and  amerciaments,  a  day  was  appointed  as  above. 
The  Prior  appeared,  but  the  case  was  adjourned  no  less  than  seven  times, 
viz.  till  the  Octave  of  Michaelmas  two  years  later1. 

1287.  The    King   (Edward    I)   addressed   a   brief  to   the    Sheriff  of  Surrey, 
Feb.  3.     commanding  him  (if  the  Prior  should  secure  him  against  claims)  to  take 

in  surety  and  safe  pledge  John  de  Walton,  Richard  Attehurst,  and  Henry 
de  Warun,  that  they  might  appear  before  the  King's  Justices  at  West- 
minster, three  weeks  after  Easter,  to  answer  upon  what  ground  they  took 
and  impounded  the  sheep  of  the  said  Prior  at  Walton,  Surrey,  contrary  to 
the  Statute,  and  still  detained  them  contrary  to  Law  and  custom  of  the 
kingdom,  and  against  the  King's  peace.  And  to  bring  there  the  names  of 
their  sureties  and  also  this  brief.  And  in  the  meantime  to  cause  the 
sheep  to  be  delivered  up  to  the  Prior.  Witness,  Edmund,  Earl  of  Cornwall, 
the  King's  relative,  at  Westminster,  February  3,  in  his  fifteenth  year  2. 
May  15.  The  Prior  was  summoned  to  attend  on  the  morrow  of  the  Ascension 
before  the  Justices  Itinerant,  at  Hertford,  to  show  by  what  warrant  he 
claims  to  have  View  of  frank  pledge  and  emendation  of  the  assize  of  bread 
and  beer  in  Thorle. 

The  Prior  appeared,  and  said  that  King  Henry,  father  of  the  present 
King,  granted  to  him  and  his  successors  freedom  from  suit  and  service  to  the 
County,  &c.  (of which  grant  he  produced  the  Charter3);  and  that  from  that 
time  he  had  had  View  of  frank  pledge. 

1  Placita  de  quo  Warranto,  14  Ed.  I,  Mich.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  303). 

2  Cart.  No.  535,  fo.  cxcix.— APPENDIX  LXXXVIII. 

3  Charter,  36  Hen.  III. 


170  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1287.  William  de  Gyselham  \  on  the  other  side,  asked  judgement  for  the  King, 
May  :5-     inasmuch  as  the  Prior  had  no  Special  Warrant  of  the  said  View. 

A  day  was  appointed  before  the  Barons  of  the  Treasury,  at  Westminster, 
in  fifteen  days  from  St.  John  the  Baptist 2. 

Oct.  12.  The  King  issued  Letters  addressed  to  Geoffrey  de  Picheford,  Constable 
of  Windsor  Castle,  reciting  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  and  his  men,  by 
Charter  of  the  King's  predecessors,  were  entitled  and  hitherto  had  always 
kept  their  swine  in  the  forests  of  Windsor  free  from  pannage ;  but  that  the 
Constable  had  required  pannage  of  them,  and  on  many  occasions  had 
disturbed  and  vexed  them  not  a  little,  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the  said 
Charter.  And  he  ordered  the  Sheriff  to  desist,  and  to  remove  all  hindrances 
on  that  account,  without  delay.  Witness,  Edmund,  Earl  of  Cornwall, 
consangiiineo  nostro,  at  Westminster,  October  12,  in  fifteenth  year3. 
1287  or  8.  An  Assize  was  held  before  the  Justices  Itinerant,  at  the  suit  of  the  Prior, 
against  Thomas  de  Merwe,  who  held  of  them  a  messuage  and  six  virgates 
of  land  in  Cumbe  by  Chelsham,  Surrey,  at  a  rental  of  six  and  a  half  marks 
per  annum  4. 

1288.  Andrew,    son    of  William    Morel,  was  allotted    a  monk's  allowance  of 
Jan.  4.     provisions  (digcstum  moniali),  in  consideration  of  a  payment  of  205.,  and  was 

received  into  the  House  on  the  octave  of  Innocents. 

A  foot-note  says  that  this  corrody  was  extinguished  by  the  death  of  the 
said  William  in  1317  :  thus  he  appears  to  have  made  a  very  good  bargain, 
having  had  his  allowance  during  twenty-nine  years  '. 

1289.  King  Edward  directed  a  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  of  Wiltshire,  reciting  that 
Feb.  12.    the  Prior  of  Merton  complained  of  amerciaments,  and  produced  Charters 

under  which  he  was  exempted  :  and  ordering  that  he  be  quieted  from 
amerciaments  for  forestal  rights  happening  after  the  feast  of  Easter  in 
the  King's  thirteenth  year  (1285).  Witness,  Peter  de  Chester",  at  West- 
minster, February  12,  in  seventeenth  year7. 

June  15.  The  King  addressed  another  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  of  Wilts,  on  the  same 
subject,  and  directing  that  what  he  had  taken  for  amerciaments  should  be 
returned,  provided  that  the  Prior  satisfied  the  King  for  all  amerciaments 
for  forestal  rights  which  had  happened  previous  to  Easter  in  his  thirteenth 

1  Then  the  King's  Attorney,  afterwards  a  judge  (Foss). 

3  Placita  de  quo  Warranto,  15  Ed.  I,  Hertford,  rot.  20  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  289). 
3  Cart.  No.  495,  fo.  clxxxix.  v.  *  Vincent  MS.  17,  p.  1083. 

5  Cart.  No.  522,  fo.  cxcvj.  v. 

0  Peter  de  Chester,  Justice  Itinerant,  1270;  Baron  of  Exchequer,  1384  to  1288;  died 
1298  iFoss). 

7  Cart.  No.  496,  fo.  cxc. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1287-1291. 


171 


1280.      year.      Witnessed    by   P.   de    Chester,   at    Westminster,    June     15,     in 
June  15.    seventeenth  year  ]. 

Oct.  i.  Walter  de  Meyne  granted  to  the  Sacristan  of  Merton  8s.,  being  amount 
of  returns  yearly  receivable  from  Peter  le  Priour,  in  the  Ville  of  Micham, 
at  the  instance  of  Sir  Thomas  de  Eyton,  then  Sacristan. 

To  this  entry  in  the  Cartulary  is  appended  a  note  that  a  Chyrograph  of 
this  transaction  was  sealed  and  deposited  in  custody  of  the  Sacristan,  and 
registered  in  folio  28  of  the  General  Register 2. 

1200.  The  Official  of  the  Archdeacon  sat  in  the  Church  of  Langeditton  (Long 
Ditton,  Surrey^  to  hear  a  suit  between  the  Convent,  appearing  by  Sir 
T.  de  Crikelade,  concanon,  on  the  one  side,  and  Master  Peter  de  Hetfeld, 
Vicar  of  Maldon,  appearing  personally,  on  the  other  side.  Peter,  however, 
freely  and  lawfully  admitted  that  he  was  bound  in  Law  to  pay  annually  to 
the  Convent  2s.,  and  tithes  of  certain  tenements  held  of  William  Pycot  of 
Chissindon  (Chessington),  in  the  parish  of  Kingston ;  and  he  admitted 
that  he  had  already  paid  them  for  two  years. 

The  Official  by  his  sentence  decreed  that  the  payment  should  be  duly 
made  in  future,  and  condemned  Master  Peter;  Justice  so  requiring.  The 
day  after  the  feast  of  St.  W  .  .  .  . "  the  Bishop,  1290  4. 

1290  or  i.      As  entered  on  the  Roll  in  nineteenth  year  of  King  Edward,  William  de 

Turvile,  Sheriff,  rendered  his  account  concerning  one  mark  of  the  Ville  of 

Upton,    Buckinghamshire,     upon    outlawry.     In    the    Treasury,    nothing : 

and  to  the  Prior  and  Canons  one  mark  under  the  liberties  of  their  Charter 6. 

On  the  same  Roll  is  the  entry  that  Richard  de  Cumbe  returned  two 

marks  from  the  Ville  of  Cheleworth  as  coming  from  an  Inquisition  held  in 

the  County  of  Wilts  in  the  King's  seventeenth  year.     And  55.  from  the 

same  Ville,  &c.     In  treasury,  nothing  :  and  to  the  Prior  and  Canons  us.  Qd. 

for  the  liberties  of  their  Charter G. 

1291.          The  King  issued  a  Writ  ad  quod  damnum,  addressed  to  Masculinus  de 

Feb.  5.  Harlee,  Clerk,  his  Eschaetor  south  of  Trent,  to  inquire  concerning  sixty- 
three  acres  of  land,  one  acre  and  one  rood  of  meadow,  two  acres  of  wood, 
and  8s.  return,  with  pertinents,  at  Neudegate,  Kyngeswode,  Berewell,  and 
Micham,  which  the  Prior  and  Convent  confiding  in  him  had  acquired  since 
the  Statute  of  Mortmain,  and  had  asked  license  whilst  he  was  beyond 
the  seas.  Therefore  of  special  grace  directed  his  Eschaetor  that  if  the 
Prior  found  sufficient  security  for  the  receipts  of  the  said  holdings,  the 

1   Cart.  No.  497,  fo.  cxc.  2  Cart.  No.  501,  fo.  cxcj. 

3  The  name  is  illegible.    It  may  have  been  St.  Wulfran,  Wulfstan,  or  Wufstan,  all  bishops. 

1  Cart.  No.  360,  fo.  cliij.  v.  5  Cart.  No.  504,  fo.  cxcij.  6  Cart.  No.  505,  fo.  cxcij. 


172  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1291.  subject  should  be  considered  at  the  next  Parliament,  the  holdings  in  the 
Feb.  5.  meantime  remaining  in  his  hands.  And  to  inquire  by  the  oath  of  true 
and  legal  men  of  the  Bailiwick  whether  there  would  be  any  loss  or  pre- 
judice to  the  King  if  he  granted  leave  to  the  Prior  and  his  successors  to 
possess  the  said  holdings,  and  if  any,  what  and  how,  &c.,  and  whether 
sufficient  of  the  holdings  would  remain  beyond  those  so  acquired  for  the 
customary  services,  suits,  views,  franc-pledges,  aids,  taxes,  watches,  fines, 
redemptions,  amerciaments,  contributions,  and  all  other  burthens  which 
the  land  should  sustain,  &c.  By  the  King  at  Eynesham,  February  5,  of  his 
reign  nineteenth'. 

April  10.  The  controversy  which  long  since  (in  1223)  took  place  between  the 
House  and  their  tenants  at  Fifide  and  Shelwood,  Surrey,  seems  to  have 
again  broken  out  at  this  time,  and  the  Record  and  Process  of  a  suit 
before  the  Justices  of  the  Common  Pleas  as  to  the  services  due  from  the 
tenants  were  certified  into  Chancery  pursuant  to  a  Writ  of  Certiorari 
addressed  to  the  Treasurer  and  Chamberlains,  and  dated  at  Westminster 
on  February  3,  with  the  result  that  on  April  10  the  King  by  Letters 
Patent,  dated  at  Westminster  (presumably  on  the  finding  of  his  Court 
of  Chancery),  confirmed  the  rights  which  were  claimed  by  the  Prior  on 
behalf  of  the  House'2. 

June  12.  Upon  an  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum,  held  on  the  Tuesday  in  Whitsun 
week,  the  Jury,  upon  oath,  found  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  was  the 
owner  of  a  messuage  and  sixty  acres  of  land  with  their  pertinents  in 
Newdegate,  which  Richard  de  la  Sterte  held  of  him,  and  which  were  of 
the  ancient  Crown  domain,  and  were  rendered  to  the  Prior  in  his  Court 
at  Ewell,  three  years  before  the  King's  Statute  of  Lands  and  Tenements 
in  Mortmain,  and  were  worth  one  mark  per  annum.  And  there  was  no 
loss  or  prejudice  to  the  King,  or  others,  by  reason  of  these  circumstances. 
Also  they  said  that  the  Prior  had  acquired  half  an  acre  of  land  in 
Micham,  of  Reginald  Rote,  by  way  of  exchange,  and  worth  4^.  per  annum  ; 
and  also  two  and  a  half  acres  of  arable  land  of  the  Prior  of  St.  Mary, 
Southwark,  by  exchange,  and  worth  \yl.  per  annum.  And  one  acre  and 
one  rood  of  meadow  in  Mitcham,  of  William  Bray,  by  exchange,  and 
worth  i8d.  per  annum.  And  this  is  after  the  Statute.  That  there  was  no 
loss  to  the  King,  or  others,  by  reason  of  the  exchange,  the  arable  land, 
&c.,  being  of  ample  value. 

1  Eschaei  Rolls,  19  Ed.   I  \Add.  MS.  6167,  p.  313;  and  lnqiiis.  post  Mart.,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i. 
p.  107). 

3  Chancery,  County  Placita,  Surrey.  No.  r,  19  Ed.  I. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1291.  173 

1291.  Also  that  the  said  Prior  had  acquired  since  the  statute  an  acre  of  wood 
June  12.  in  Kingswood,  of  Adam  le  Cuther,  in  fee  of  the  said  Prior  and  of  the 
ancient  Crown  Domain,  and  worth  \d.  per  annum.  And  there  was  no 
loss  or  prejudice  thereby,  the  wood  being  of  Crown  Domain,  and  the 
tenement  remaining  to  the  said  Adam  being  sufficient  for  all  services 
and  customs  to  the  King  and  others,  and  to  meet  all  emergencies. 

Also  that  the  said  Prior  had  acquired  an  acre  of  wood  at  Berewell,  of 
Gilbert  at  Pende,  since  the  statute,  and  worth  ^d.  per  annum ;  and  8s.  per 
annum  coming  from  Micham  from  a  messuage,  and  three  acres  in  fee  of 
William  Baudry.  That  there  was  no  loss  or  prejudice,  since  the  said 
Gilbert  and  William  had  sufficient  tenements  remaining  for  all  services,  &c. 

And  that  the  said  Returns  might  be  acquired  after  the  Statute '. 
June  26.        Letters  Patent  were  granted  to  the  Prior,  permitting  him  to  enclose  his 
wood  called  Northwood  and  Le  Frith,  at  Kingswood,  in  the  parish  of  Ewell, 
and  beyond  the  forest  boundaries 2.     By  the  King  at  Berwick  upon  Tweed s. 

In  the  same  year  an  Inquisition  post  mortem  was  held  respecting  lands 
at  Gummecester  (Godmanchester,  Huntingdonshire;4. 

1201  or  2.       In  the   King's  twentieth  year,  Richard  de  Aston,  Sheriff,  returned  an 
account  of  205.  from  the  Villes  of  Heghfeld  and  Holeshete.     In  treasury 
nothing ;  to  the  Prior  and  Canons  655.  for  liberties  of  their  Charter  \ 
1201.          The  well-known    ecclesiastical  rate-book,  called    the    Taxation  of  Pope 
Nicholas  IV,  was  completed  about  this  time. 

During  a  long  period  of  years  the  First  Fruits  and  Tenths  of  all 
Ecclesiastical  Benefices  were  paid  to  the  Popes,  who  occasionally,  and  for 
some  special  purpose,  granted  them  to  the  King  for  a  limited  time,  as  in 
1253  they  were  granted  by  Pope  Innocent  IV  to  King  Henry  III,  for 
three  years :  but  the  most  important  grant  of  the  kind  was  in  the  year 
1288,  when  Pope  Nicholas  IV  granted  the  Tenths  to  King  Edward  I  for 
six  years,  towards  defraying  the  Expense  of  an  Expedition  to  the  Holy 
Land,  whereupon  by  the  King's  precept  a  Taxation  was  immediately 
commenced,  and  was  completed  as  to  the  Province  of  Canterbury  about 
1291,  and  as  to  the  Province  of  York  in  the  following  year.  It  is  only  fair 
to  note  that  this  taxation  was  primarily  by  the  Secular  power  for  its  own 
purposes,  and  was  also  used  as  the  basis  for  secular  aids  and  taxes. 

1  Eschaet  Rolls,  19  Ed.  I,  No.  75  (Add.  MS.  6167,  313  a.). 

1  Patent  Rolls,  19  Ed.  I,  m.  10  (Cal.  Rot.  Pal.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  54.  6.);  Add.  MS.  6170, 
p.  4 ;  Lansd.  MS.  302,  p.  184.  v. 

3  Patent  Rolls,  20  Ed.  I,  m.  5,  says  forty  acres  in  their  wood  of  Merton,  Northwood,  and 
le  Frith. 

*  19  Ed.  I,  Inquis.  post  Mori.  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  \.  p.  106).  '  Cart.  No.  506,  fo.  cxcij. 


174  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1201.  These  Returns  are  not  all  tabulated  on  precisely  the  same  plan  :  in 
some  cases  they  give  the  amount  of  tithe  as  well  as  the  annual  proceeds 
upon  which  it  was  calculated  ;  in  some  they  specify  the  locality  more 
definitely  than  in  others  ;  sometimes  the  goods  of  monastic  and  other 
corporations  are  grouped  together;  and  the  distinction,  always  followed, 
between  Spiritualia  and  Temporalia  is  as  clear  as  usual  '. 

SPIRITUALIA. 

Diocese  of  Canterbury.  £     s.    d. 

Hardres  Church         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  12     o     o 

„       Pension        ........  200 

Patrickesburne,  appropriated  Church         .         .         .         .  33     6     8 

Diocese  of  London. 

Honesdon  (Hunsdon)  pension  from  Church       ...  80 

Twinested,  pension  from  Church        .....  13     4 

Diocese  of  Lincoln. 

North  Astes  Church  ........  6  13     4 

Dunest  Tywe  (Dun's  Tew),  less  portion    .         .         .         .  800 

Harmede,  pension  from  Church          .         .         .         .         .  i     o     o 

Staundon  (Standon)  pension  from  Church,  untitheable      .  8     o 

Gylling  (Yelling)  pension  from  Church     .         .         .         .  400 

Gurnecestr  (Godmanchester),  Church        .         .         .  40     o    o 

but  chargeable  with  Vicar's  stipend,  £8. 

Clive,  pension  from  Church        .         .         .         .         .         .  i     o     o 

Woodgaricote,  rents  ........  28 

Diocese  of  Bath   and   Wells. 

Mertock,  one-third  portion  (apparently)     .         .         .         .         2  13     4 

[Diocese  of  Worcester. 

Merton  Church.     ?  relating  to  Merton  Priory,  105. 


SPIRITUALIA  AND  TEMPORALIA. 
Diocese  of  Winchester 

Kingeston  Church      .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .       80    o    o 

„          Vicarage   ........         568 

1  The  Taxation  was  printed  by  the  Record  Office  Commissioners,  pursuant  to  an  Order  of 
the  House  of  Commons,  in  1802. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1291.  I?5 

1291,      Diocese  of  Winchester  (continued).  £     s-     d. 

Merton  Church 6  13     4 

Codinton  Church 14  13     4 

Cleopham  (Clapham)  Church     ...  i     o     o 

Kersauton  (Carshalton)  Church,  taxed  at  .         .         .         .  68 

Merton  (?  Priory),  taxed  at 8  10     o 

Ewell  Manor                „                .....  600 

Mitcham                       „                150 

Codinton                      „                 .....  10     o 

Kingestone  and  Hamme,  taxed  at        .         .         .         .         .  2  12     o 

Berewelle                               „               80 

Fadew'rth  (Falworth)           „               i   10     o 

Molesheye  (Molesey)           ,,               ...  360 

Tadew'rth                               „               16     o 

Astede  (Ashted^                    „               13     4 

Maldon                                   „               12     o 

Horle  (Horley)                     „                50 

Fecch'm  (Fetcham)  and  Leddrede  (Leatherhead),  taxed  at  300 

Denenferde  (Dunsfold  ?),  taxed  at       ....  3  10     o 

Clophm"  (Chapham)               „              .....  5     ° 
Surrey,  in  divers  other  places  ;  rents         .         .         .         .1000 

Kersauton  Church      .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  14     o     o 

„           Vicar  434 

Stok  by  Guldeford  (Stoke  by  Guildford),  pension      .         .  200 

Ywhurst  (Ewhurst)  pension        .         .         .         .         .         .  200 

Effingham  Church      .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  14  13     4 

„          Pension     .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  i     6     8 

Diocese  of  Ely. 

Gamelingeye       .........  100 

TEMPORALIA. 

Diocese  of  Canterbury. 

Herietesham  (Harrietsham\  rent 148 

Diocese  of  Rochester. 

Sithone  (Sutton  at  Hone?),  Lostede,  Greenewich,  Retherse,  \ 

Hilden  (Hildenborough),  and  Thonebreg  (Tonbridge),  >  19  16     o 

rents ) 


176        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1291.      City  of  London,  in  the  parishes  of : —  £     s.     d. 

St.  Edmunde  de  Grasch'  (Gracechurch  Street,  or  Lombard 
Street),  now  St.  Edmund  King  and  Martyr. 

St.  Magnus  ad  Pontem  (London  Bridge). 

St.  Martin  de  Candelwyk. 

St.  Peter  de  Wodest't  (Wood  Street). 

St.  Thomas  the  Apostle. 

St.  Anthony,  vulg.  St.  Antholin,  or  Antlin's. 

St.  Mary  de  Abbechurch. 

St.  Margaret  de  Lothber'  (Lothbury). 

St.  Giles  (Cripplegate). 

All  SS.  de  Bredest't  (Bread  Street). 

St.  Pancras  (Soper  Lane). 

St.  Dionisius  (St.  Dyonis  BackchurchV 

St.  Benedict  de  Wordewarf(Wood  Wharf:  alias  St.  Bene- 
dict, Paul's  Wharf). 

St.  Nicholas  Cold  Abbey  (or  Cole  Abbey). 

St.  Peter  in  Tamest't  (Thames  Street :  also  St.  Peter,  Paul's 
Wharf). 

St.  Nicholas  de  Mascell'(in  the  Shambles). 

St.  Mary  del  Ax. 

St.  Benedict  de  Grasch'  (St.  Benet,  Gracechurch). 

St.  Michael  de  Bassingeshawe  (Bassishaw,  or  Basinghall). 

St.  Lawrence  de  Candelwyk  (alias  St.  Lawrence  Jewry). 

St.  Sepulchre  (Newgate  Street). 

St.  Martin  in  Vinetria  (St.  Martin  le  Beremand). 

St.  Martin  in  Pomario  (St.  Martin,  Ironmonger  Lane). 

All  SS.  de  Honilan  (Honeylane). 

B.  Mary  de  Arcubus  (St.  Mary  le  Bow). 

B.  Mary  de  Althermarch  (Aldermanbury). 

St.  Mary  de  Bothaw. 

St.  John  Zachar'  (Zachary). 

St.  Martin  de  Lutgat  (Ludgate). 

St.  Marie  Magdal'  in  Piscar'  (St.  Mary  Magdalen,  Old 
Fish  Street). 

St.  Michael  ad  Blada  (Cornhill). 

Rents  amounting  in  the  whole  to          .         .         .       39     i     6 


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1291.      Diocese  of  London. 

Archdeaconry  of  Middlesex.  £    5.    d. 

In   Sonneber'    (Sunbury),    in   lands,    rents,    mills,    and 
meadows    ........ 

Littleton,  in  rents      .......  6  16     7 

Bedefont  (Bedfont),  lands 

Stanewell  (Stanwell),  rents:  Total  (tithe  135.  Qd.}    . 
Stansted  (Stansted  Abbots),  lands  and  rents     . 
Thornle,  lands,  rents,  and  meadows  (tithe  155.  6\d.} . 
Archdeaconry   of  Colchester. 

Colne  Engayne  (Essex),  rents  ......  18    6 

Diocese  of  Lincoln. 

Wolgaricote  and  Godstowe,  pension 

Mildecombe,  rents      ........ 

Som'tone  (Somerton),  rents       ...... 

Wychecumbe  (?  Wickham),  rents       ..... 

Harmed  (?  Haremede),  rents 

Middleton  (Middleton,  or  Milton  Bryan),  rents 
Meperteshal   (Meppershall,   Beds),   Stokseholt,    Assiwyk, 
Dunton,  rents     ........ 

Alkmundebur'  (Alconbury,  Hunts),  view  of  Frank-pledge 

„  rents 

Huntingdon,  rents      ........ 

Diocese  of  Sarum. 

Winterborne  (?  Dorset)      ....... 

Aldyngtone         ......... 

New  Wyndesore  (Windsor)       ...... 

Diocese  of  Norwich.    Various  entries  of  Merton  in  the  taxation 
of  this  Diocese  probably  refer  to  Merton  in  Norfolk. 

Diocese  of  Bath  and   Wells. 

Norton  (Midsummer  Norton)     .'" i   10     o 

1297.  The  Ecclesiastical  Domesday,  called  the  Taxation  of  Pope  Nicholas  IX  ', 
Sept.  13.  to  which  the  date  1291  is  assigned,  states  that  the  church  of  Effingham, 
Surrey,  was  then  of  the  annual  value  of  £14  135.  \d.,  and  the  tithe 
chargeable  thereon  was  £i  95.  \d. :  but  that  in  addition  to  this  there 
was  an  ecclesiastical  pension  of  £i  65.  Qd.,  on  which  the  tithe  was  ss.  Qd. 
These  two  items  are  bracketted  together,  and  the  word  "  Merton  "  set  in 

1   Taxation  of  Pope  Nicholas  IX  (Rec.  Off.  Ed.  p.  208  6.). 

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178  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1297.  the  margin  opposite,  as  if  these  two  assets  had,  previously  to  the  com- 
Sept.  13.  pilation  of  the  Taxatio,  been  appropriated  to  the  Monastery,  though  in  fact 
the  appropriation  was  not  completed  until  1299 ;  but  the  reasonable  solution 
of  the  discrepancy  seems  to  be  that  a  work  of  so  wide  a  scope  as  the  Taxatio, 
like  the  Domesday  Book,  necessarily  occupied  a  long  time,  and  the  date 
1291,  is  probably  much  earlier  than  the  completion  of  this  very  valuable 
record. 

The  advowson,  or  right  of  presentation  to  the  living,  had  long  previously 
belonged  to  the  Priory,  and  they  now  took  formal  steps  for  its  Appro- 
priation. 

1202.          Consequent  on  the  finding  of  a  Jury,  on  the  inquiry  ad  quod  damnum, 
Feb.  6.     ne]^  on  june  I2  ;n  the  previous  year,  a  Patent  was  granted,  permitting  the 
assignment  in  perpetuity  to  the  Prior  of  Merton  of  two  and  a  half  acres  of 
land  with  the  pertinents  in  Mitcham  by  the  Prior  of  St.  Mary  Southwark ; 
half  an  acre  in  the  same  Ville  by  Reginald  Rote ;  one  acre  and  one  rood 
of  meadow  in  the  same  Ville  by  William  de  Bray;  one  acre  of  Wood  in 
Kingswood  by  Adam  le  Cothur;    and  one  acre  of  wood  and  8s.   return 
in  Berewell  and  Mitcham  by  Gilbert  atte  Pende.     Dated  at  Westminster1. 
March  31.      Gilbert  de  Aeshe,  or  de  Ashe,  the  thirteenth  Prior,  died  2. 

The  Convent  addressed  Letters  to  the  King,  to  the  following  effect  :— 
April  28.  To  their  most  excellent  Lord,  Lord  Edward,  by  the  Grace  of  God  the 
illustrious  King  of  England,  Lord  of  Ireland,  and  Duke  of  Aquitaine,  his 
humble  and  devoted  Convent  of  Merton  wished  constant  happiness,  success, 
and  the  joys  of  health  eternal.  They  made  known  to  his  Excellency  that, 
after  invocation  of  the  Grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  on  the  Monday  after 
the  feast  of  St.  Mark,  Evangelist,  1292,  they  had  unanimously  elected  their 
Sub-prior,  Nicholas  de  Tregony,  to  be  their  father  and  pastor,  who  as 
they  firmly  believed  would  be  serviceable  to  the  Rule  of  the  House,  and 
useful  and  faithful  to  the  Kingdom.  Wherefore  they  prayed  the  King  to 
favourably  admit  the  Elect  and  to  confer  on  him  the  Royal  Assent.  They 
prayed  to  His  Excellency  a  farewell  ever  in  the  Lord.  Given  at  Merton 
on  the  day  and  year  above  named 3. 

May  4.         The  Royal  Assent  to  the  election  was  granted,  and  it  was  directed  that- 
notice  of  same  should  be  given  to  the  Diocesan.    Dated  at  Culford  (Suffolk, 
near  Bury  St.  Edmunds) 4. 

1  Patent  Rolls,  20  Ed.  I,  m.  19. 

*  Bodl.  Lib.  MSS.,  Laud  725,  fo.  26 ;  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcvj. 

*  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  Royal  Letters,  No.  4563  (original  letter). 

*  Patent  Rolls,  so  Ed.  I,  m.  14. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  ;      1292-1295. 


I79 


1292. 

May  15. 

June  i. 
Dec.  8. 

1292-3. 


1293. 

Michael- 
mas Term. 


1294. 


1294  or  5. 


The  election  having  been  thus  notified,  was  confirmed  by  the  Bishop,  and 
fealty  having  been  made  to  the  King,  he  thereupon  granted  the  restitution 
of  the  temporalia.  Dated  at  Spalding  (Lincolnshire)1. 

The  new  Prior  was  formally  installed  on  the  feast  of  the  Holy  Trinity2. 

John  Peckham,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  who  had  previously  fallen 
into  a  state  of  dotage,  died  here 3. 

The  Sheriff  returned  an  account  of  amerciaments,  &c.,  from  Fecham  * ; 
and  from  the  decennary  of  William  Attebrok  of  East  Molesey,  on  account 
of  the  flight  of  William  Ermite  ;  total  235.  ^d.s 

The  appropriate  Rectory  of  Midsomer  Norton,  Somersetshire,  was 
taxed  to  the  Priory  at  fifteen  marks :  and  the  parsonage  of  Mertock 
(Martock,  in  the  same  county),  as  chargeable  to  them  with  an  annual 
pension  of  four  marks6. 

In  a  suit  then  pending  the  Jury  found  that  the  tithes  of  the  ancient 
domain  of  Hugo  de  Raghele,  in  Smalerigg,  are  pertinents  to  the  Priory 
of  Merton,  and  that  the  Prior  always  took  thence  every  three  years  in  corn 
or  other  farm  produce.  And  that  the  remainder  of  the  tithes  of  the  same 
are  pertinents  of  the  Church  of  Axminster  (Devon)7. 

The  Prior  proceeded  against  Robert  Dymock,  for  that  he,  together 
with  Peter  de  Wycumbe  and  John  le  Garden',  of  Shene,  had  taken  his 
oxen  and  cattle  on  the  King's  high  road  at  Shene,  near  Pytrichesham 
(Petersham),  and  had  detained  them. 

The  said  Robert  not  appearing,  the  Sheriff  was  ordered  to  attach  him. 
The  Sheriff  answered  that  it  had  been  shown  by  evidence  that  the  said 
Robert  was  a  clerk  and  had  no  lay  fee,  &c.,  and  that  he  was  beneficed 
in  the  Diocese  of  London. 

Wherefore  it  was  ordered  that  the  Bishop  of  London  should  cause  him 
to  attend  in  the  Octave  of  the  Holy  Trinity8. 

An  Inquisition  post  mortem  was  held  concerning  the  appropriation  of 
the  Church  of  Effingham  9. 

1  Patent  Rolls,  20  Ed.  I,  m.  12.  *  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcvj. 

3  Patent  Rolls,  20  Ed.  I,  m.  19  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.).  '  Cart.  No.  507,  fo.  cxcij. 

5  Cart.  No.  508,  fo.  cxcij. 

e  Religious  Houses  of  the  Diocese  of  Bath  and  Wells,  by  Dr.  Archer  ^Hearue's  Collections, 
\.  p.  636). 

7  Placita,  Mich.  Term,  21  &  22  Ed.  I,  rot.  44  {Abbrev.  Placit.  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  233). 

8  King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  Assize  Roll,  22  Ed.  I,  Surrey,  f  f  i,  m.  i.  d.     The  name  of 

Peter  Dymock  does  not  appear  in  Newcourt's  Repertoriunt. — APPENDIX  LXXXIX. 

'  Inquis.  post  Mori.,  23  Ed.  I,  Surrey  (Inquis.  post  Mart.,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  p.  126).  The 
Bishop's  decree  of  apportionment  of  emoluments  was  not  made  till  August  20,  1297  :  then 

N    2 


l8o  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1295.          The  Prior  was  summoned  to  attend  a  Parliament  which  met  at  West- 

A"g'  *•     minster  this  day  \ 

1298.          A  final  Concord  respecting  the  tithes  of  Smalerigg  was  entered  into 

Trinity     ;n  Court,  consequent  on  the  finding  of  the  Jury  in  Michaelmas  Term,  1293 2. 

Sept  26         Prior  Nicholas  de  Tregony  died  *. 

Oct.  8.  The  Royal  licence  for  the  election  of  a  Successor  was  issued  to  the 
Canons,  Edmund  de  Herierde,  Thomas  de  Eyton,  and  Geoffrey  of  London. 
Dated  at  Croft  (presumably  Lincolnshire)  *. 

Nov.  6.  Edmund  de  Herierde  having  been  elected,  Letters  Patent  were  addressed 
by  the  King  to  Philip  de  Barton,  Vicar  of  the  Bishop  of  Winchester,  who, 
it  is  recited,  was  himself  occupied  in  very  remote  parts,  making  known 
that  the  royal  assent  and  favour  had  been  granted  to  the  election  of 
Brother  Edmund  Heryerd,  Canon  of  Merton,  to  the  Priorate,  and  direct- 
ing the  said  Philip  de  Barton  to  carry  it  out.  By  the  King  at  Bernewell 
(presumably  Barnwell,  near  Cambridge  5). 

The  Archdeacon  addressed  the  King  to  the  following  effect : — 

Nov.  23.  TO  the  excellent  Prince,  Lord  Edward,  by  the  Grace  of  God  illustrious 
King  of  England,  Lord  of  Ireland,  and  Duke  of  Aquitaine  ;  his  humble 
clerk,  Philip  de  Barton,  vice-gerent  of  the  Ven.  John  (de  Pontissara),  Bishop 
of  Winchester,  engaged  in  remote  parts ;  salutation  in  Him  by  whom 
Kings  reign  and  Princes  govern.  Inasmuch  as  the  recent  canonically- 
made  election  (with  the  King's  assent  and  favour),  by  the  religious  men 
(blank)  Sub-prior  and  Canons  of  the  Conventual  Church  of  B.  Mary 
of  Merton,  in  the  Diocese  of  Winchester,  has  been  confirmed,  justice 
so  requiring;  the  Archdeacon  specially  begs  the  Royal  pleasure  further 
to  execute  his  part  with  Grace  and  favour;  and  prayed  that  the  Most  High 
might  preserve  him  safely  in  long  life  and  prosperity.  Given  at  London, 
the  ninth  Kal.  of  December,  1296  6. 

Nov.  28.  The  King  commanded  Maculinus  de  Harlegh,  his  Eschaetor  on  this  side 
of  Trent,  to  restore  the  temporalia.  By  the  King  at  St.  Edmund's. 

there  was  an  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum,  followed  by  a  Patent  granting  licence  to  appropriate 
in  1298  or  1299. 

The  advowson  of  the  Church  of  Effingham  was  granted  to  the  Priory  of  Merton,  by  Gilbert 
de  Clare,  Earl  of  Gloucester  and  Hereford  (Pedes  Finium,  Surrey,  53  Hen.  Ill,  No.  aig). 
Surrey,  Arch.  Col.),  Spec.  Vol. 

1  Rolls  of  Parliament,  23  Ed.  I  (Rot.  Part.,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  p.  28). 

*  Placita,  Trin.  Term,  25  Ed.  I,  rot.  4  (Abbrev.  Placit.,  Rec.  Off.  Cal,  p.  233). 

3  Brit.  Mus.  Harleian  MS.  778,  fo.  26. 

'  Patent  Rolls,  24  Ed.  I,  m.  3.     The  late  Prior  is  here  inaccurately  mentioned  as  "  Philip." 

5  Patent  Rolls,  24  Ed.  I,  m.  2.  Dugdale  says  that  the  election  took  place  on  this  day, 
which  is  evidently  erroneous.  •  Rec.  Off.  Royal  Letters,  No.  4592  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1295-1297.  l8l 

12D8.          On  the  same  day  he  ordered  all  knights,  freemen,  and  others,  tenants  of 

Nov.  a8.    the  priory,  to  duly  obey  the  new  Prior '. 

1207.  The  Official  of  the  Archdeaconry  of  Surrey,  in  obedience  to  a  mandate 
arch  14.  Of  tjje  Archbishop,  dated  at  Tanrugge  (Tanridge,  Surrey),  on  the  second  Ide 
of  March,  1296,  issued  a  Decree  to  the  discreet  man,  the  Dean  of  Ewell, 
directing  him  to  cite  peremptorily  all  the  clergy  of  his  Deanery  to  appear 
before  him  in  the  parish  church  of  Kersauton  (Carshalton)  on  the 
Wednesday  after  the  service  of  this  Decree.  The  object  of  the  assembly 
is  not  stated  2.  Presumably  it  was  a  General  Council  of  the  Order,  which 
would  account  for  the  mandate  being  issued  by  the  Archbishop;  the  see 
of  Winchester  was  not  vacant  at  the  time. 

July  7-  King  Edward  I,  King  of  England,  Lord  of  Ireland,  and  Duke  of 
Aquitaine,  addressed  a  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey,  commanding  him 
to  hold  an  inquiry  by  a  Jury  whether  there  would  be  any  loss  or  prejudice 
to  the  King  if  he  granted  to  his  beloved  in  Christ,  the  Prior  and  Convent, 
licence  to  appropriate  to  their  own  uses  the  Church  of  Effingham, 
which  was  in  their  patronage,  as  it  was  said  ;  and  if  any,  what  loss  or 
prejudice,  to  him  or  others ;  and  of  what  annual  value  the  church  was, 
and  if  in  other  patronage,  of  whom.  And  to  make  a  return  of  the 
Inquisition,  under  his  seal  and  the  seals  of  the  Jury.  By  the  King  at 
Westminster,  July  7,  of  his  reign  the  twenty-fifth  year3. 

The  Return  to  this  Writ  names  the  Jurors,  who  were  John  de  Polesden, 
James  Hansard,  William  de  Nortwod,  John  Payn,  Elye  de  Cruce,  Thomas 
Tankes,  Thomas  de  Wyte,  William  de  Westminster,  Peter  de  Fraxino, 
John  Pynchen,  Thomas  de  Leche,  and  Henry  Lytlewyne.  They  stated 
on  their  oath  that  there  would  be  no  loss  or  prejudice  to  the  King  or 
others  whomsoever  if  he  granted  them  leave  to  appropriate  the  Church. 
They  also  said  that  the  Church  was  in  the  patronage  of  the  Priory.  In 
witness  they  set  their  seals. 

Endorsed  is  the  Note — "  Inquire  respecting  the  value,  and  let  them  pay 
one  year's  value  *." 

Aug.  ao.  Philip  de  Barton,  the  Official  of  the  Ven.  Father  John  (Pontissara), 
and  during  his  absence  his  Vice-gerent,  addressed  Letters  Patent,  reciting 
that  on  the  thirteenth  kal.  of  September,  1297,  he  attended  on  behalf  of  the 
Bishop  at  the  Church  of  Effingham,  in  the  said  Diocese,  and  personally 
informed  himself  concerning  an  apportionment  of  the  pervenients  thereof 
between  the  Vicar  and  the  Prior  and  Convent.  With  the  consent  of  the 

1  Patent  Rolls,  25  Ed.  I,  p.  i,  m.  33.  J  Cart.  No.  356,  fo.  clij.  v. 

*  Inputs,  post  Mortem,  37  Ed.  I,  Surrey,  No.  61. — APPENDIX  XC.  *  Ibid. 


182  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1297.  Bishop,  he  ordered  that  the  Vicar  for  the  time  being,  should  receive  for 
Aug.  20.  njs  sustentation  all  small  tithes  and  other  pervenients  relating  to  alterage, 
with  the  tithes  of  corn,  of  crofts,  and  gardens  in  the  said  parish,  dug  with 
foot  and  spade  ;  that  he  should  have,  also,  tithes  of  all  hay  and  corn 
of  all  lands  of  William  Wrenne,  which  he  had  in  the  parish  or  whoever's 
hands  they  might  fall ;  and  twelve  and  a  half  acres  of  arable  land  with 
common  pasture  pertaining  to  the  said  Church,  and  the  herbage  of  the 
churchyard  ;  and  a  sufficient  and  competent  area  nigh  to  the  Church, 
on  which  the  Convent  should  within  one  year  build  a  residence  for  him. 

The  said  Religious,  as  Rectors  of  the  Church,  to  have  the  tithes  of  corn 
and  hay  of  the  whole  parish,  except  those  above  mentioned,  and  should 
repair  and  sustain  the  chancel  of  the  Church ;  and  receive  from  the  Vicar 
the  accustomed  pension  of  two  marks ;  they  to  find  books  and  ornaments 
of  the  Church,  and  bear  all  ordinary  charges,  both  of  the  Bishop  and  Arch- 
deacon. Extraordinary  charges  to  be  borne  between  them  and  the  Vicar 
pro  rata.  In  witness  he  set  his  seal  as  Official  of  Winchester,  on  the  day 
and  year  above  written  *. 

c.  1207.  The  Prior  sent  letters  to  the  Bishop,  humbly  thanking  him  for  former 
well-remembered  kindnesses  towards  himself  and  the  House,  and  praying 
for  their  continuance ;  and  further  that  as  it  appeared  by  the  report  of 
many  persons,  Sir  Wm.  Pyk  had  done  little  or  nothing  towards  the 
repair  of  the  Rectory  of  Bourne  (Patrixbourne,  Kent),  as  he  had  agreed 
and  promised  ;  and  was  now  either  dead  or  nearly  so,  and  after  his  decease 
without  executors  there  would  be  little  prospect  of  settling  matters  with 
the  House.  The  Prior  therefore  sent  Richard  Altrincham  with  these 
letters  to  consult  with  the  Bishop  (if  it  so  pleased  him)  on  these  and  other 
matters  contained  in  a  schedule.  And  prayed  his  assistance.  And  trusting 
that  the  Most  High  might  be  pleased  to  preserve  him  to  the  flock 
committed  to  his  charge,  long  and  happily 2. 

1297-1305.  A  Protest  was  solemnly  made  before  a  Notary  Public  and  credible 
Witnesses  by  Edmund  the  Prior,  on  behalf  of  himself  and  the  Convent, 
wherein  he  states  that  they  were  unable  to  receive  or  recover  the  returns 
of  their  manor's  rights,  jurisdictions,  and  other  temporal  possessions 
without  payment  of  taxation  assessed  by  Papal  Officers  appointed  for  the 
purpose ;  that  they  declined  to  submit  their  spiritualities  to  the  said  taxation 

1  Cart.  No.  554,  fo.  ccx. — APPENDIX  XCI.  The  intended  appropriation  to  the  Priory  could 
not,  however,  have  taken  place  until  Licence  in  mortmain  had  been  granted  on  April  10,  1299, 
after  much  delay. 

*  Cart.  No.  555,  fo.  ccx.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  I     1297-1305.  183 

1297-1305.  in  any  way,  except  according  to  the  accustomed  Constitutions,  viz.  such 
as  fully  appeared  in  the  Papal  provisions ;  and  that  they  intended  to  resist 
all  exactions  whatsoever  to  the  best  of  their  ability  in  accordance  with 
such  Constitutions.  And  concerning  the  premises  he  thus  protested, 
requesting  the  Notary  Public  to  make  a  public  instrument  thereon  *. 

Apparently  in  anticipation  of  steps  being  taken  to  enforce  payment 
of  claims  by  the  King,  Edmund  the  Prior,  and  Convent,  entered  into 
a  solemn  protest,  that  as  the  illustrious  King  Edward  had  ordered  that 
they  might  possess  their  manors,  returns,  rights,  jurisdictions,  and  other 
temporal  goods  which  subsisted  or  might  be  held  in  occupation,  or  recover 
restriction  with  a  pecuniary  recovery  being  assessed  by  his  ministers  or 
their  deputies;  they,  the  Prior  and  Convent,  would  not  and  did  not  intend 
to  submit  to  the  said  taxation  on  account  of  their  spirituality,  nor  to  pay 
anything  unless  with  full  consent  of  the  Pope ;  but  intended  to  resist 
all  such  exactions  to  the  utmost  according  to  the  tenor  of  their  con- 
stitutions. Of  this  protest  by  the  Prior  in  his  own  name,  and  in  the  name 
of  the  Convent,  before  trustworthy  Witnesses  and  a  Notary,  he  required 
the  said  Notary  to  make  a  public  instrument2. 

Whether  from  the  effect  of  this  protest,  or  from  some  more  powerful 
intervention,  the  King  gave  up  the  claim  upon  the  Convent,  and  addressed 
a  Brief  to  the  Taxing  Officers  and  Collectors  for  the  County  of  Surrey 
of  the  twelfth  which  was  granted  by  the  Laity.  It  states  that  he  was 
unwilling  that  the  temporalia  of  the  Prior,  which  were  taxed  at  a  tithe 
to  the  last  subsidy  for  the  Holy  Land,  should  be  taxed  to  the  said  twelfth. 
This  time  he  commanded  the  Taxing  Officers  and  Collectors  to  supersede 
the  said  tax  on  the  Prior ;  and  if  they  had  raised  anything  thereon,  they 
should  make  restitution  without  delay.  Provided  that  the  goods  of  the  Prior, 
both  freemen  and  villans,  be  taxed  to  the  said  twelfth  like  the  rest  of  the 
kingdom,  according  as  directed.  Witness,  P.  de  Wylingbi,  locum  tenens ". 

The  document  entered  next  in  order  in  the  Cartulary,  is  the  appointment 
by  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Brother  John  de  Swavesham,  their  con- 
canon,  to  prosecute  their  affairs,  and  in  their  name  make  fine  to  the 
illustrious  King  for  their  persons,  things,  and  common  goods  whatsoever. 
The  Seal  of  the  Convent  was  set  to  these  Letters  Patent  on  the  second 
kalend  of  March,  &c.  (year  not  given) 4. 

1  Cart.  No.  369,  fo.  clviij.  v. 

2  Cart.  No.  370,  fo.  clviii.  v.     There  were  evidently  conflicting  claims  made  by  Pope  and 
King,  so  that  if  they  were  forced  to  pay  a  present  claim,  they  did  so  under  protest. 

3  Cart.  No.  371,  fo.  clix.  *  Cart.  No.  372,  fo.  clix. 


184  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1297-1305.      Perhaps  this  fine  to  the  King  saved  the  Convent  from  the  payment 
of  a  larger  amount  for  the  twelfth  to  the  Holy  Land,  as  well  as  furnish- 
ing a  good  precedent  for  future  exemption. 
1298.          The  Prior  withdrew  his  Brief  against  Henry  de  la  Pomeraye  in  respect 

Term1"  to  tne  P^ea  t^lat  ^e  na<*  sat'sfied  n'm  °f  services  which  Ralph,  Earl  of 
Gloucester  and  Hereford,  had  required  in  opposition  to  a  certain  fine  which 
Henry  de  la  Pomeraye  had  raised  in  the  52  Henry  III,  in  manner  of 
exchange,  viz.  that  the  Abbot  (meaning  Prior)  remitted  to  the  said  Henry 
the  lands  in  Berye  (Berry- Pomeroye,  Dorsetshire,  the  manor  of  which 
belonged  to  him),  except  the  patronage  of  the  Church  of  Berye  and  four 
acres  there. 

And  the  said  Henry  for  this  admission  gave  up  to  the  said  Abbot  (Prior) 
the  Manor  of  Kanuncayne  (Canon  Keyne),  and  the  patronage  of  the 
Churches  of  Berye,  Ayscumb,  Clysterwyk,  St.  Lawrence,  Exeter,  and 
Bery,  and  of  the  Church  of  Aure  in  the  County  of  Somerset ;  and  the 
patronage  of  the  Prior  of  Tregonye  in  the  County  of  Cornwall ' ;  all  of 
which  formerly  belonged  to  the  Abbey  of  Valle  in  Normandy2.  But 
disputes  between  them  were  renewed  in  the  following  year. 

July  3.  Andrew,  Vicar  of  the  Church  of  Flore,  Northamptonshire,  by  charter 
reciting  the  ordinance  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  by  which  the  church 
was  appropriated  'to  the  Prior  of  Merton  in  perpetuity,  but  chargeable 
with  the  ecclesiastical  ornaments,  books,  and  vessels,  as  of  old  time, 
consents  freely,  purely,  and  absolutely,  in  the  presence  of  his  said  ecclesi- 
astical Patrons,  to  the  said  ordinance,  in  all  things  which  the  Vicars  from 
old  time  owe  in  respect  to  the  said  church,  and  submits  himself  in  good 
faith,  and  by  oath  upon  the  Gospels ;  and  places  his  seal  to  this  Charter 
on  the  octave  of  St.  Peter  and  Paul,  1298  3. 

1298  or  9.       Upon   an    Inquisition   held,  upon    the    death  of  Peter  de   Baldwin,  in 
Kingston,  the  Jury  found  as  follows  : 

That  the  Prior  of  Merton  held  twelve  acres  of  land  in  Sergeantry 
(to  collect  the  Queen's  Wool),  which  Sergeantry  was  now  enlarged  in 
money  to  205.  per  annum,  payable  to  the  King's  Treasury  at  Michaelmas, 
and  thence  was  returned  to  the  said  Peter  de  Baldwin,  $d.  per  annum. 

Also  that  the  said   Peter  de  Baldwin  held  of  the   Prior  eight  acres, 

1  The  Priory  of  Tregony  is  once  mentioned,  but  Tanner  thinks  it  should  have  been  only 
the  Rectory  of  the  Church  of  St.  James,  Tregony,  which  was  thus  exchanged  (Tanner,  Notitia 
Monast.  p.  71). 

'  Placita  Pasch.,  26  Ed.  I,  rot.  19  (Abbrev.  Placit.,  Rec.  Off.  Cat.,  p.  338). 

3  Cart.  No.  542,  fo.  cc.  ;  see  ante.  c.  1200. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1297-1299. 


1298  or  0 


1298. 

Nov.  28. 


1299. 

Advent 
Sunday. 

April  i. 


Hilary 
Term. 


worth  25.  4</.  per  acre,  and  he  rented  the  same  of  the  said  Prior  at  izd. 
per  annum. 

Also  two  acres,  worth  6d.  per  annum,  and  for  which  he  paid  4^.'  The 
two  latter  properties  are  stated  by  Manning  and  Bray  to  be  situate  in  the 
Manor  of  Cumbe,  in  the  parish  of  Kingston  2. 

On  this  day  the  King  addressed  Letters  Patent  to  his  Clerk,  Maculmus 
de  Harlegh,  his  Eschaetor  beyond  Trent,  reciting  that  the  Royal  assent 
had  been  given  to  the  election ;  that  the  elect  Prior  had  made  his  fealty  for 
the  temporalia ;  and  ordering  that  their  restoration  should  be  made  to  the 
Priory  without  delay.  By  the  King  at  St.  Edmund's  (Bury),  November  28*. 

On  the  same  day  other  Letters  Patent  were  issued,  ordering 
knights,  freemen,  and  all  other  tenants  of  the  Priory  to  pay  obedience 
to  him,  as  they  had  done  to  Edmund,  the  late  Prior.  By  the  King  as 
above 4. 

The  Confirmation  by  the  Bishop  took  place  shortly  after,  and  the 
new  Prior  was  installed  on  the  first  Sunday  in  Advent 5. 

In  accordance  with  note  endorsed  on  the  Sheriff's  return,  a  further 
Writ  was  issued,  reciting  the  effect  of  the  former  Writ,  and  that  the 
Return  was  insufficient  inasmuch  as  it  made  no  mention  of  the  value 
of  the  Church  ;  and  ordering  that  without  delay  another  Inquisition  should 
be  taken  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  value.  By  the  King  at 
Westminster,  April  i,  in  his  twenty-seventh  year.  Endorsed  :  "  by  W.  de 
Hamilton ;  the  Inquisition  appears  in  the  schedule  annexed  to  this  Brief"." 

The  further  Return  respecting  Effingham  Church  mentions  the  names 
of  the  Jury,  who  were  mostly  the  same  as  before,  and  repeats  their  finding, 
with  the  addition  that  the  church  was  worth  twenty  marcs  per  annum  7,  and 
that  the  Priory  were  accustomed  to  receive  from  it  a  pension  of  two  marcs. 
The  Jury  set  their  seals8. 

In  Curia  Regis,  Henry,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  de  Pomeroy,  was  cited 
to  answer  why  he  did  not  adhere  to  the  convention  made  between  his 
father  as  plaintiff,  and  the  Prior  of  Merton  as  defendant,  in  respect  to 
a  fine  levied  in  first  year  of  Henry  III  (1216-7),  concerning  lands  in 
Worthy  Bery,  which  the  said  Prior  admitted  to  belong  of  right  to  the  said 

1  Eschaet  Rolls,  27  Ed.  I,  No.  27  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.  6167,  fo.  272). 
!  Manning  and  Bray,  i.  p.  398.  3  Patent  Rolls,  24  Ed.  I,  m.  2. 

*  Patent  Rolls,  25  Ed.  I,  pt.  i,  m.  23.  »  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcyj. 

'  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  27  Ed.  I,  Surrey,  No.  61. — APPENDIX  XCII. 

7  This  amount,  £13  75.  6d.,  was  rather  less  than  the  amount  stated  in  the  Taxation  of  Pope 
Nicholas  IX,  c.  A.  D.  1291,  which  was  £14  13$.  t,d. 

'  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  27  Ed.  I,  Surrey,  No.  61 — APPENDIX  XCII. 


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RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 


1200.      Henry,  and  wherein  the  said  Henry  had  admitted  the  Manor  of  Kanun- 

Hilary     cayne    (Canon's    Cayne),    and    the     Patronage    of   the    churches    above 

mentioned  to  belong  to  the  Prior.     And  why  he  bound  the  said    Prior 

to  answer  in  the  Court  of  him,  the  said  Henry,  at  Bruges1. 

March  8.        The  Prior  was  summoned  to  attend  a  meeting  of  Parliament  to  be  held 


at  Westminster  on  this  day,  being  the  first  Sunday  in  Lent5 


April  10. 


1300. 
Jan.  20. 

1300. 


t.  1300. 


Letters  Patent  were  granted,  reciting  that  de  communi  consilio  regni 
(Parliament)  it  was  not  permitted  to  Religious  to  enter  on  any  fee  so  that 
it  might  fall  into  mortmain,  without  the  licence  of  the  King  and  the  capital 
lord  of  the  fee  being  willing ;  but  of  special  grace  he  had  given  licence,  so 
far  as  in  him  lay,  to  appropriate  the  Church  of  Effingham,  which  was  in 
their  patronage,  and  the  annual  value  of  which  extended  to  twenty  marcs, 
to  themselves  in  perpetuity.  By  the  King  himself,  at  Westminster,  tenth 
day  of  April 3. 

The  Prior  was  summoned  to  attend  a  meeting  of  Parliament  to  be  held 
this  day  (octave  of  St.  Hilary)  at  Lincoln  4. 

There  was  sold  a  golden  chalice  for  57  marcs  and  los. ;  a  golden 
ciphus  for  164  marcs  ;  in  all  a  sum  of  £450  los.  paid  to  the  Pope  for  the 
king's  debt5. 

Brother  Peter  de  ffodryngehe,  Canon  of  the  House,  was  admitted  to  the 
cure  of  Patrikesbourne  by  Wm.  de  Testa,  Archdeacon  Aranen',  and  Peter 
Amalius,  Canon  of  Burdeg  (Bordeaux),  Chaplains  of  the  Pope  and 
Administrators  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  deputed  by  the  Apostolic 
See;  and  on  the  presentation  of  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton6. 

The  troubles  of  the  realm  having  reduced   the   King   (Edward    I)   to 
Feb.  27.    great   extremity  for  want  of  money,  he  borrowed    £50   from   the    Prior 
and  Convent ;  and  on  this  day  he  issued  Letters  Patent  acknowledging 
the  loan  and  promising  that  provision  should  be  made  for  repayment. 

The  Document  is  addressed  by  the  King,  and  the  Treasurer  and 
Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  to  his  well-beloved  in  Christ,  the  Prior  and 
Convent  of  Merton,  stating  that,  upon  their  petition,  laid  before  the  King 
and  Council  in  Parliament  held  at  Lincoln,  by  Letters  Patent  under  their 
common  seal,  praying  the  return  of  £50  sterling  paid  to  the  King's  hands 
after  having  been  collected  by  them  from  the  tenth  granted  throughout  the 

Placita,  Hilary,  27  Ed.  I,  rot.  29  (Abbrev.  Placit.,  Rec.  Off.  publication,  p.  294). 

Rolls  of  Parliament  (Rcc.  Off.  Cat.),  i.  p.  79  ;  Dugdale,  Summonses  to  Parliament. 

Patent  Rolls,  27  Ed.  I,  m.  30.— APPENDIX  XCIII. 

Dugdale,  Summonses  to  Parliament. 

F 'fores  Historiantm  (Cliron.  and  Mem.  Ed.  note,  p.  302). 

Archiep.  Register,  Winchelesey,  fo.  51.  a. 


1301. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1299-1301.  187 

1301.  kingdom  as  a  subsidy  for  the  Holy  Land  required  by  Pope  Boniface  VIII. 
Feb.  37.  jhe  King  having  bound  himself,  his  heirs  and  successors,  for  full  pay- 
ment of  the  said  money  within  two  months,  he  at  their  petition  and  for 
their  security  ordered  these  Letters  to  be  drawn  up  in  good  and  competent 
form,  directing  that  provision  be  made  for  the  allocation,  or,  in  some  other 
manner,  the  due  satisfaction  of  the  debt  as  in  their  discretion  might  seem 
fit,  and  as  the  King  and  his  Council  might  more  fully  enjoin  the  said 
Treasurer.  By  the  King,  at  Lincoln,  February  27,  in  his  twenty-ninth 
year '. 

March          A  succeeding  entry  was  made  in  the  Priory  Cartulary,  showing  in  part 
ably).          how  the  House  had  raised  so  large  a  sum  of  money,  being  partly  by  sale  of 
their  seed  and  partly  given  by  their  tenants.    They  sold  from  their  Grange 
at  Eyton,  as  follows  2 : — 

Corn         ....         56  quarters 
Barley      ....         67      ,, 
Spiking3  ....         44  quarters 
Beans  and  peas         .         .         34      ,, 


Total       201  quarters. 

The    following    amounts   were    contributed    or   payment    secured    by 
various  tenants 4  :— 

s.  d. 
From  Ewell  they  received  a  recognizance  for  .         .         .         .         .     20     o 

The  Rector  of  the  same  place  paid  one  marc. 

The  Tenants  of  Col  esworth  gave      .         .         .         .         .         .         .       o  12 

The  Tenants  of  Kyngeswod  gave     .         .         .         .         .         .         .012 

The  Tenants  of  Shelfwode  gave  a  bond  for     .         .         .         .         -63 

The  Tenants  of  Taleworth  gave       .         .         .         .         .         .         .on 

The  Tenants  of  Fecham  gave  .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .68 

The  Tenants  of  Asted  gave       .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .       o  12 

The  Tenants  of  Moleseye  gave  .       .         .         .         .         .         .         .100 

The  Tenants  of  Kyngeston  gave 68 

The  Tenants  of  Heche  gave     .         .         .         .         .         .         .         •       3     ° 

The  Tenants  of  Donesford  gave       .         .         .         .         .         .         .100 

The  Tenants  of  Merton  gave 20    o 

1  Cart.  No.  316,  fo.  cxcv. — APPENDIX  XCV.  *  Cart.  No.  517,  fo.  cxcv. 

3  Spiking,  Spike  =  lavender  (Halliwell).  Many  acres  of  land  in  the  immediate  neighbour- 
hood of  Merton  and  Mitcham  are  still  devoted  to  growing  lavender  and  garden  herbs,  offering 
a  charming  fragrance  to  the  passer-by  in  the  season. 

1  Cart.  No.  518,  fo.  cxcv.  v. 


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RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1301. 

March 
(presum- 
ably). 


May  4. 


The  Tenants  of  La  Bygginge  gave  . 
The  Tenants  of  Cherdynton  gave     . 
The  Tenants  of  Upton  gave      ... 
The  Tenants  of  Tappelawe  gave 
The  Tenants  of  Heghfelde  gave 
The  Tenants  of  Caddeworth  gave    . 

Sum  total  of  security  £7  145. 


Nov.  20. 


s.  d. 

2  O 

6  8 

13  4 

IO  O 

40  o 

2  O 


The  holders  of  Northampton  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .100 

The  Tenants  of  Ditton  by  William  Curyman 03 

Ralph  atte  Welle  and  John  Helewys,  30?.,  and  they  were  acquitted  of  35. 

John,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  addressed  Letters  to  Prior  Edmund,  to 
the  following  effect : — He  recited  in  extcnso  Letters  received  from  the 
Venerable  Father,  Brother  Gentilis,  Cardinal  priest  of  St.  Martin  in 
Montibus,  and  Penitentiarius  of  Pope  Boniface  VIII,  to  the  effect  that 
a  petition  has  been  sent  by  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton, 
setting  forth  that  contrary  to  the  constitutions  of  the  Pope,  and  his 
nuncios,  or  ministers,  or  collectors,  they  had  contributed  to  the  subsidy 
of  the  King  of  England  in  fear  of  loss  of  goods  and  temporalities,  by 
reason  whereof  they  had  incurred  excommunication  under  the  tenor  of 
the  said  Constitution ;  and  being  unable  to  obtain  the  benefit  of  ab- 
solution has  made  humble  supplication  to  the  Apostolic  See  to  grant 
pardon.  The  Penitentiary,  therefore,  so  far  as  in  him  lay,  absolved  the 
Prior  and  Convent  from  the  said  sentence  of  excommunication,  and 
mercifully  suspended  the  execution  thereof  (if  they  be  of  good  con- 
versation, but  not  otherwise),  but  provided  that  this  mandate  may  always 
appear  on  record.  Given  at  the  Lateran,  I4th  kal.  of  February,  in  the 
sixth  year  of  the  Pontificate  of  Pope  Boniface  VIII.  The  Bishop  there- 
fore by  authority  of  the  said  mandate,  and  for  the  confirmation  of  the 
Prior  and  Convent,  as  in  the  same  is  contained,  in  ecclesiastical  form 
pronounced  their  absolution  from  punishment  on  account  of  the  irregularity, 
and  mercifully  dispensed  accordingly.  Given  at  Southwark,  4th  of  nones 
of  May,  1301,  and  of  his  consecration  the  nineteenth  year1. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  made  known  to  all,  that  with  their  unanimous 
consent  they  had  granted  to  Richard  de  Wolcherehaw  and  Eline,  his 
wife,  for  their  lives  and  the  life  of  the  survivor,  the  corrody  under-mentioned, 
to  receive  or  dispose  of  at  will,  viz.  from  the  Cellarer  two  loaves  called 

1   Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Pontissara,  to.  27.  v. — APPENDIX  XCVI. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1301-1303.  189 

isoi.  Miches  of  the  Convent,  three  gallons  of  Convent  beer  daily  ;  or  to  receive 
Nov.  ao.  from  the  cook  every  day  the  allowance  as  of  two  canons,  as  well  in  general 
rations  as  in  pittances,  to  be  furnished  at  the  cost  of  the  community,  and 
cooked  or  not  at  choice.  Also,  if  needed,  the  rations  for  two  servants, 
every  day  loaves,  viz.  two  de  capella  and  two  ex  aula,  and  three  gallons 
of  militum  beer,  and  from  the  kitchen  portions  as  of  two  servants.  Also 
a  mansion  within  the  close  with  a  competent  dwelling,  which  was  formerly 
held  by  William  de  Oulton,  with  a  garden  and  eisiamt'm  pertaining  :  but  so 
that  the  said  Richard  and  Elena  maintain  the  mansion,  houses,  and 
buildings,  walls,  hedges,  and  garden  from  waste  and  destruction,  the 
mischief  to  be  made  good  by  their  executors.  Seal  of  Convent  affixed. 
Given  at  Merton  on  the  day  of  St.  Edmund  the  King,  in  the  thirtieth 
year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  \ 

Dec.  3.  On  the  Monday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Andrew  the  Apostle,  the  Prior 
paid  homage  to  Sir  Ralph  de  Marton  on  behalf  of  the  King,  for  the 
mill  of  Pippes  2. 

On  the  following  Friday  (December  7)  Sir  John  de  Vywon  paid  homage 
to  the  Prior  for  what  he  held  in  the  town  of  Northampton 3. 
1301  or  a.       The  same  year  John  de  la  Mare  paid  homage  for  land  at  Mitcham  \ 

1302.  There  is  a  memorandum  that  John  de  Cros  made  a  felony  at  Reygate 
July  a.     at  the  house  of  Robert  de  Strattone  on  the  Saturday  after  the  feast  of 

St.  John  the  Baptist.     Probably  this  was  entered  in  anticipation  of  some 
forfeitures  or  penalties  chargeable  6. 

Oct.  4.  Letters  Patent  relating  to  Ecclesiastical  Subsidies  were  issued,  dated 
at  York  on  October  4,  30  Edward  I,  as  appears  by  the  document  next 
mentioned. 

1303.  An  Inspeximus  of  the  above  Letters  Patent  was  granted,  bearing  date 
March  i.    at  St.  Katherine  near  the  Tower,  on  March  i  in  this  year6. 

April  30.  A  question  as  to  the  apportionment  of  the  tithes  and  pervenients  of 
Kingston  Church,  between  Richard,  the  Perpetual  Vicar,  on  the  one  hand, 
and  the  Convent  on  the  other,  the  Bishop  summoned  both  parties  before 
him,  whereupon  they,  in  order  to  avoid  strife,  promised  to  agree  to  his 
arbitration,  resulting  in  the  execution  of  a  chirograph  to  the  following  effect. 
The  portion  of  the  Vicar  was  to  comprise  the  oblations  on  the  day  of 

1  Cart.  No.  291,  fo.  cxxx.  v. — APPENDIX  XCIV.     This  corrody  is  entered  amongst  those 
antecedent  to  the  middle  of  the  previous  century :  but  the  dates  of  King  and  Prior  coincide. 
The  reign  of  the  King  began  on  November  20,  and  we  have  assumed  that  the  year  intended 
was  that  of  the  year  ending. 

2  Cart.  No.  519,  fo.  cxcv.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  519*,  fo.  cxcv.  v.  '  Ibid. 

5  Cart.  No.  530,  fo.  cxcviij.  •  Patent  Rolls,  31  Ed.  I,  m.  34. 


190  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1303.  the  dedication  of  the  church,  and  on  the  days  of  All  Saints,  the  Puri- 
AP"1 3°-  fication  of  Blessed  Mary,  Pentecost,  the  Assumption  and  Nativity  of 
Blessed  Mary,  and  the  day  of  St.  Blaise.  Also  all  oblations  on  anniver- 
saries of  the  dead,  and  bequests  and  legacies.  Also  profit  of  oblations 
and  purifications,  espousals,  and  Masses  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  on 
Saturdays;  from  oblations  on  confessions  in  time  of  Lent  and  Holy 
Week,  and  all  at  Easter,  and  for  redemption  throughout  the  year  of 
oblations  on  the  above  days.  All  obventions  from  tithes  of  cows  and 
calves,  with  cheese,  milk,  and  honey,  and  the  third  part  of  pervenients 
from  all  tithes  of  pigs ;  tithes  of  pigeons  and  fish  from  the  four  weirs,  and 
and  of  the  whole  Thames,  almost  as  far  as  West  Schene  (Sheen,  now 
Richmond) ;  of  gardens,  curtilages,  and  all  that  is  dug  with  the  foot ;  with 
flax,  hemp,  and  warrens  (warantia)  at  Kingston,  Petrosham,  Hamme, 
Norbekton,  Sorbektone  (Norbiton  and  Surbiton),  Cumbe,  Hache  and 
La  Hoke,  as  served  by  the  said  Vicar  with  his  chaplains.  Also  tithes 
of  six  mills.  Of  corn,  two  quarters  of  wheat,  one  of  barley,  and  one  of  oats, 
receivable  yearly  from  the  Prior's  grange  at  Kingston  ;  also  three  quarters 
of  wheat  receivable  from  the  parishioners  at  Pettresham ;  with  all  lesser 
tithes  of  the  above-mentioned  which  he  had  been  accustomed  to  receive 
there.  Also  the  tithes  of  the  markets  of  Kingston  on  every  business 
transacted,  and  payable  by  law. 

The  Vicar  undertook  to  be  chargeable  with  all  ordinary  burthens  upon 
the  living. 

The  Bishop  ordered  and  assigned  such  share  to  the  Vicar  and  his 
successors  under  this  express  authority;  and  that  the  Religious  should 
receive  their  share  without  molestation.  Further  that  the  said  Religious 
should  repair  the  chancel  of  the  church,  or  rebuild  it  if  necessary,  at  their 
own  cost,  and  provide  books,  vestments,  and  all  other  ornaments  at  their 
own  cost,  and  provide  new  ones,  and  bear  all  expenses  with  regard  to 
them  in  future. 

Moreover,  that  the  Vicar  for  the  time  being  should  at  his  own  cost 
support  all  other  ordinary  charges  under  whatsoever  name ;  but  all 
extraordinary  charges  were  to  be  borne  by  each  party  in  proportion  to 
the  share  of  emoluments. 

This  deed  was  made  in  the  form  of  a  chirograph,  and  sealed  with  the 
Bishop's  seal.  Dated  at  Escher,  on  the  Monday  after  the  feast  of  the 
Annunciation,  A.  D.  1303,  and  of  his  consecration  the  twenty-first 1. 

1  Cart.  No.  435,  fo.  clxxvij.  Manning  and  Bray  refer  to  an  ordinance  apparently  settled  by 
the  Bishop  at  some  previous  date,  but  agreeing  with  this  except  in  trifling  points  :  they  speak 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1303-1305.  igi 

1303.  Adam  de  Eyton,  Canon  of  the  Priory  of  Merton,  was  admitted  to  the 
Nov.  14.    cure  of  the  parish  church  of  Patrikesbourne  by  the  Archbishop.     Dated 

at  Chartham,  18  kal.  December,  A.  D.  1303,  of  his  consecration  the 
tenth  ]. 

1304.  The   Bishop   granted    Letters    Dimissary  to    Ralph   de  Waltham   and 
March  12.   Henry  de  Appelre,  Adam  de  Herteford,  and  Roger  de  Cherde,  Brothers 

of  the  Convent,  the  former  for  priest's  orders,  and  three  others  re- 
spectively for  the  orders  of  sub-deacon.  Dated  at  Merton,  4th  of  Ides 
of  March,  1304  2. 

July  8.  The  King  granted  a  Patent  whereby  he  gave  leave  to  the  Prior  and 
Convent  to  receive  from  William  de  Clyvedene  three  mills  situate  at 
Tappelwe  (Taplow,  Bucks),  and  of  Richard  de  Kyngeston  fifteen  acres 
of  land  with  its  pertinents,  in  Upton,  Bucks,  and  eight  acres  of  land  in 
the  same  ville.  Dated  at  Scrivelyn,  July  8 3. 

1304  or  5.  Upon  the  petition  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  that  the  King  would  be 
pleased  to  confirm  their  Charter  of  Liberties  which  the  predecessors  of 
the  King  had  granted  them,  with  this  clause,  that  by  the  liberties  granted 
to  them  were  of  extreme  value  to  them,  &c.,  it  was  answered,  let  search 
be  made  in  the  Treasury,  and  let  them  show  the  Charter  there,  and  let 
there  be  done  on  the  King's  part  whatsoever  be  right 4. 

Also  on  another  petition  that  the  King  would  be  pleased  to  grant  that 
by  express  words  to  be  newly  inserted  in  the  Charter,  that  they  may 
be  undisturbed,  in  respect  to  tallage,  pannage,  murage,  &c.,  it  was 
answered,  Let  there  be  had  a  brief  from  the  Chancellor  of  the  Treasury 
and  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  that  the  Charter  was  seen,  &c.,  and  let 
there  be  done  as  is  seen  fit  to  be  done  on  the  King's  behalf5. 

Patents  in  accordance  with  the  preceding  orders  of  Parliament  appear 
to  have  been  granted 6. 

of  Masses  of  B.  Mary  on  Lord's  Days  instead  of  Saturdays,  no  doubt  an  oversight  in  translation 
of  Sabbatis  :  and  eggs  for  Easter  instead  of  all  oblations  at  Easter,  the  abbreviated  word  oiniiis 
being  easily  mistaken  for  ovis.  The  agreement  as  to  the  respective  liabilities  for  repairs  of 
chancel  and  providing  books  and  ornaments  did  not  appear. 

Further  arrangements  between  the' Vicar  and  Convent  were  made  in  1352  and  1377. 

1  Archiepiscopal  Register,  Winchclesey,  fo.  293.  a.  The  see  of  Winchester  was  vacant  at 
the  time. 

'   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Poiitissara,  fo.  305. 

3  Patent  Rolls,  32  Ed.  I,  m.  13.  Also  C'al.  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  32  Ed.  I.  Bucks,  Rec.  Off. 
Cat.  p.  194.  . 

*  Parliamentary  Rolls  and  Petitions,  &c.,  33  Ed.  I,  No.  65  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i.  166.  «.). 

s  Pleadings  in  Parliament,  33  Ed.  I  (Ryley,  p.  463) ;  Parliamentary  Rolls  and  Petitions,  &c., 
33  Ed.  I,  No.  65  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  i). 

•  Patent  Rolls,  33  Ed.  I,  pt.  i,  m.  7 ;  Patent  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  64.  A.). 


192  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1305.  At  a  meeting  of  Parliament  held  at  Westminster  on  the  Sunday  after 
Feb-  the  feast  of  St.  Matthias  (February  24),  in  the  thirty-third  year  of  King 
Edward  I,  the  Priory  presented  a  petition  for  a  Confirmation  of  their 
Charters  of  Liberties  as  the  King's  predecessors  had  granted  :  and  it  was 
answered,  Let  them  go  to  the  Treasury  and  show  the  Charters,  and  let  it 
be  done  there,  in  the  King's  stead. 

At  their  further  petition  that  they  should  be  free  of  all  tallage  (as  they 
used  to  be  of  old  times  accustomed,  as  they  asserted)  as  any  other  house 
of  Religious,  it  was  answered,  Let  them  have  a  Brief  from  the  Chancellor 
of  the  Treasury  and  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  that,  on  production  of 
Charters,  they  may  have  justice. 

And  because  the  aforesaid  Prior  and  Convent  and  their  people  were 
distrained  for  tallage  in  the  county  of  Buckingham  and  elsewhere,  where 
they  were  free  of  tallage  and  other  aids,  by  Royal  Grants  as  plainly 
appeared  in  their  Charters,  they  be  free  from  such  charges  accordingly. 

March  25.  L.  T.  R.  memoranda,  32  &  33  Edward  I,  m.  36.  d.  It  was  so  ordered 
by  the  Barons  after  inspecting  their  Charters.  By  the  King  at  West- 
minster, March  25,  in  his  thirty-third  year1. 

April  4.  Letters  Patent  were  granted  to  enable  William  atte  Style  to  alienate 
to  the  Convent  two  acres  of  land  with  the  appurtenances  at  Patrikesburn ; 
and  also  for  Ralph  Godewyne,  William  le  Clerk,  and  Robert  de 
Lutheletoye,  to  alienate  to  them  one  acre  of  land  in  the  same  ville,  the 
Convent  paying  a  certain  fine  to  the  King  -. 

Aug.  ii.  Prior  Edmund  de  Herierd  was  evidently  a  weak  man  and  incapable 
of  performing  the  duties  of  his  office  and  keeping  order  and  discipline, 
for  during  the  vacancy  of  the  see  of  Winchester  the  Archbishop  held 
a  visitation,  which  resulted  in  a  list  of  thirty-seven  articles  which  appeared 
to  require  amendment :  and  the  new  Bishop,  upon  his  installation,  issued 
a  commission  to  his  Official  and  the  Archdeacon  to  cite  the  Prior  and 
Convent  to  appear  before  him  in  the  Chapter  House  to  answer  to  the 
Articles3. 

Aug.  ii.  The  following  proceedings  took  place  in  the  Chapter  House  of  the 
Convent,  before  Peter  de  Grumvill,  Official  of  Winchester,  and  Philip 
de  Barton,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  Commissaries  specially  deputed  by 
the  Bishop  of  Winchester.  Letters  exhortatoria  addressed  by  Robert, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  to  the  Bishop  were  exhibited,  and  also 
Letters  certificatory  from  the  Prior  and  Convent  were  recited.  The  said 

1  Records  of  Parliament  (Chron.  and  Mem.  p.  117). 

'*  Patent  Rolls,  33  Ed.  I,  pt.  i,  m.  7.  '  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  Co.  33.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1305. 


193 


1305.  Prior  and  Convent  were  peremptorily  called  to  appear  before  the  said 
Aug.  ii.  Commissaries  on  that  day  and  place  to  answer  to  thirty-seven  articles  on 
the  Visitation  of  the  said  Archbishop  to  the  Priory,  by  diocesan  right, 
the  see  of  Winchester  being  vacant,  and  to  correct  and  reform  accordingly, 
which  Articles  are  set  forth  in  a  certain  roll,  and  which  the  Commissaries 
expressed  seriatim  to  the  said  Prior;  and  they  cited  him  to  answer 
thereto  in  writing,  fully.  The  Citation  is  inserted  in  the  record  at 
full  length  \ 

Sept.  22.  The  result  was  that  the  Bishop  sent  Letters  announcing  his  intention 
to  hold  a  Visitation  of  the  Convent  and  inquire  as  to  things  complained 
of  in  the  Archbishop's  Visitation.  Dated  at  Rochester,  the  10  kal.  of 
October,  1305-. 

Sept.  25.  The  next  Proceedings  were  held  in  the  Chapter  House  of  Merton 
on  Saturday  the  tenth  kal.  of  October,  1305,  before  Henry,  Bishop  of 
Winchester,  proceeding  by  virtue  of  his  office  of  Ordinary,  against  Brother 
Edmund  de  Herierd,  Prior  of  the  said  Church,  concerning  thirty-seven 
articles  found  against  him  in  the  Visitation  of  the  Archbishop  during  the 
vacancy  of  the  see  of  Winchester.  It  appeared  by  the  proceedings  before 
Peter  de  Grumvill,  the  Official,  and  Philip  de  Barton,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey, 
his  special  commissaries,  and  by  the  Letters  Certificatory  of  the  Prior  and 
Convent,  that  the  said  Edmund  asserted  that  he  neither  could  nor 
would  further  rule  the  Priory  in  any  manner,  and  that  he  wished  to  give 
up  the  ruling  of  the  same,  saving  the  declaration  of  his  position,  in 
this  form.  "  I,  Brother  Edmund  de  Herierd,  looking  at  the  danger  to  souls 
which  may  happen  from  dissensions,  and  especially  amongst  Religious, 
being  unwilling  so  far  as  in  me  lies  to  be,  and  lest  it  might  be  the 
occasion  of  any  evil  (and  desiring  to  live  in  peace),  spontaneously  give 
up  and  renounce  the  rule  of  the  Priory,  but  with  this  condition,  that 
in  a  legal  manner  my  innocency  concerning  what  is  objected  against 
me  may  be  declared  ;  praying  that  this  my  cession  be  admitted  by  your 
Paternity."  Which  cession,  thus  made,  it  was  recited,  we  (the  Bishop) 
have  approved  up  to  these  words,  "with  the  condition,"  &c.  Wherefore 
we,  by  counsel  of  Mr.  Walter  de  Thorp,  Dean  of  the  Church  of  St.  Mary 
de  Arcubus,  London,  the  said  Peter  and  Philip,  and  others  learned  in  the 
law,  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent,  order  that 
Brother  Edmund  de  Herierd,  who  ceases  to  bear  rule  of  the  Priory,  have 
the  chamber  which  Prior  Gilbert  built  "juxta  Beaulieu,"  and  with  him  one 


1    Winchester  Dior.  Register,  JVodelok,  fo.  33.  v. 

O 


Ibid. 


194  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1305.  companion  whom  he  may  choose  from  the  Convent,  and  one  Esquire 
Sept.  25.  ^Qjn  ne  may  choose  from  the  household,  and  one  servant  whom  he 
may  likewise  choose  ;  and  that  he  receive  for  himself  every  day  the 
quantum  of  two  canons,  and  for  the  Esquire  as  much  as  the  Esquire  of 
the  Prior  is  accustomed  to  receive,  and  for  the  servant  as  much  as 
a  servant  of  the  household.  Reserving  power  to  revoke  or  amend  this 
Order.  And  at  the  urgent  Petition  of  Brother  Edmund,  and  on  counsel 
of  the  above-named,  direct  that  the  Articles  denied  by  him  be  fully 
inquired  into. 

The  inquiry  was  proceeded  with  on  Articles  2,  7,  8,  9,  10,  n,  13,  15,  16, 
25,  36,  and  37. 

The  Precentor,  by  virtue  of  his  profession  (i.  e.  of  a  Canon),  on  peril  of 
his  soul  and  his  word  as  a  priest,  and  being  sworn  deposed  "  as  to 
cruelty  of  the  Prior,"  he  corrected  any  delinquent  Brothers  according  to  the 
rule  and  not  otherwise.  Upon  the  seventh  Article  "about  infirm  Brothers," 
he  said  that  he  duly  visited  the  infirm  Brothers,  and  the  Witness  could 
not  recollect  any  one  whom  the  Prior  had  not  duly  visited.  Eighth, 
respecting  "  In  the  manors,"  &c.,  he  said  he  cannot  state  in  terms  any  acts 
bad  or  good.  Ninth,  "All  works  of  his  own  head,"  he  said  that  all 
things  were  done  by  the  advice  of  the  Convent,  and  he  cannot  state  in 
terms  any  case  in  which  he  had  not  asked  their  consent.  And  thus 
he  answered  to  the  tenth  Article.  To  the  eleventh,  "  He  had  a  burthen- 
some  household,"  he  said  he  is  unable  to  furnish  an  example  of 
a  household  more  burthensome  than  accustomed.  Thirteenth,  "He  is 
too  puffed  up";  to  the  fifteenth,  "Whoever  resisted  him";  and  to  the 
sixteenth,  "  Those  Canons  "  ;  he  answered  as  above.  To  the  twenty-fifth, 
"  He  is  reputed  soft  and  vacillating,"  he  can  answer  nothing  in  terms. 
To  the  thirty-sixth,  "The  Prior  follows  in  name,"  he  answered  as 
above.  To  the  thirty-seventh,  "The  Prior  removes,"  he  said  he  knows 
nothing  to  put  in  terms,  nor  remembers  him  to  have  removed  any 
of  the  household  of  obedience. 

The  Sacristan  on  the  second  Article  agreed  with  the  Precentor.  On 
the  seventh  he  knew  nothing  personally  about  the  visiting  of  the  sick. 
Eighth,  he  knew  not  to  put  in  terms,  and  agreed  with  the  Precentor.  Ninth, 
particularly  as  to  sale  of  a  barn  at  Sutton  with  consent  of  the  Convent, 
he  knew  not  the  amount  of  the  sale.  On  the  eleventh  and  thirteenth, 
he  agreed  with  the  Precentor.  On  the  fifteenth,  he  said  that  the  Brothers 
were  not  punished  beyond  the  rule  of  observance.  On  the  sixteenth, 
he  said  that  he  calls  the  wiser  and  more  discreet  to  hear  reason.  On  the 


CHRONOLOGICAL :     1305.  195 

1305.      twenty-fifth,  he  said  that  he  changed  his  mind  sometimes.     On  the  thirty- 
Sept.  25.   sixth  and  thirty-seventh,  he  answered  as  above '. 

It  is  very  evident  that  Edmund  de  Herierd  was  a  weak  man  and 
(possibly  from  age  or  health)  incapable  of  holding  rule  in  the  House, 
and  the  Bishop  accepted  his  resignation  ;  and  as  above  stated  assigned 
him  an  honourable  place  of  residence  within  the  Priory,  and  a  companion 
from  among  the  Canons,  and  an  Esquire,  and  suitable  rations. 
Oct.  ii.  The  King  granted  his  licence  to  the  Convent  to  elect  a  new  Prior  ; 

dated  at  Merewell. 

Nov.  13.  Some  laxity  of  discipline,  probably  originating  in  the  feeble  rule  of  the 
late  Prior,  occasioned  the  Bishop  to  address  Letters  to  the  Sub-prior, 
stating  that  a  report  had  reached  his  ears  that  certain  of  the  Confraters, 
breaking  the  bond  of  obedience,  wandered  in  the  manors  and  other  places 
without  licence  of  the  Sub-prior.  Wherefore  he  orders  the  Sub-prior  to 
inhibit  the  Confraters  from  presuming  to  go  out  of,  or  sleep  outside  the 
bounds  of  the  Monastery  without  asking  and  obtaining  licence.  And  that 
if  any  despise  this  order,  their  names  be  certified  to  the  Bishop  that  he 
may  proceed  accordingly.  If  the  future  Prior  be  elected,  this  business 
to  be  signed  by  him  ;  but  that  there  be  no  excuse  for  want  of  seal  and 
signature.  Given  at  Merewell,  the  Ide  of  November,  1305,  and  of  his 
consecration  the  first2. 

Dec.  27.  The  King  issued  Letters  addressed  to  the  Bishop,  reciting  the  vacancy 
arising  from  the  cession  of  Edmund  de  Herierd,  and  the  petition  of  the 
Convent  for  licence  to  elect  a  new  Prior  in  his  place ;  that  such  licence 
being  granted,  the  Canons  in  discordia  had  elected  Canon  William  de 
Brokesburn,  who  being  come  before  the  Bishop  had  freely  renounced  the 
appointment,  but  his  proctors  had  not  special  power  of  renouncing  on 
his  behalf  nor  of  submitting  to  the  Bishop's  ordination  ;  and  the  Sub-prior 
and  Convent  had  applied  to  the  Bishop  to  provide  them  with  a  fit  Prior 
and  pastor  for  this  turn  (if  the  royal  assent  should  be  obtained),  unani- 
mously trusting  to  his  discretion.  The  King,  for  the  settlement  of  the 
said  discord,  grants,  of  favour,  and  commands  the  Bishop  to  provide 
for  the  said  Priory,  a  fit  prior  and  pastor  on  this  occasion,  requisite  for 
the  duties  of  God  and  the  rule  of  the  Church,  and  useful  and  faithful 
in  the  kingdom.  Given  by  the  King,  at  Kyngeston  Lacy,  December  27, 
in  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  his  reign  s. 


1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  fo.  33.  v.  to  34.  v. — APPENDIX  XCVII. 

8  Ibid.  fo.  2i.— APPENDIX  XCVIII.  3  Ibid.  fo.  30  ;  Patent  Rolls,  34  Ed.  I,  m.  38. 

O  2 


196  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1305.  The  Sub-prior  and  Convent  sent  Letters  Patent  and  Close  to  the  Bishop, 
Dec.  30.    to  the  effect  that  for  the  Office  of  Prior  lately  become  vacant  they  had 

elected  two,  whom  they  submitted  to  him  for  choice,  without  prejudice 
to  their  right  of  free  election.  Dated  the  third  Kalend  of  January,  1305'. 

On  the  same  day  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  constituted  Geoffrey  de 
Alkmundbury  and  John  de  Swaneseye,  their  Confraters,  their  proctors 
to  make  the  above  submission  to  the  Bishop,  and  pray  him  to  appoint 
for  this  turn  -. 

The  Bishop  proceeded  to  execute  the  trust  thus  reposed  in  him,  and  he 
appointed  Geoffrey  de  Alkemundbury,  a  professed  Canon  of  the  said  Church, 
and  in  priests'  Orders,  of  lawful  age,  a  literate  man,  of  good  life  and  honest 
conversation,  circumspect  in  temporal  and  spiritual  things,  moderate  also 
and  peaceable,  diligent  and  having  repute  in  council ;  the  Holy  Spirit  being 
invoked.  And  preferred  and  appointed  him  to  the  Priory  and  Pastorate 
of  Merton  3. 

1306.  The    Bishop    issued    Letters  to   the  said   Geoffrey  de   Alkemundbury, 
March  5.    reciting    the    above    appointment    and    directing    him    faithfully   to    rule 

the  said  Church  as  he  should  account  to  the  Most  High  ;    and  that  he 

should    receive    the    increments.       Dated    at    Merewell,    third    none    of 

March,  1305  \ 
March  6.        On    the  following  day  the   Bishop  sent  letters   to    the   Sub-prior  and 

Convent,   reciting  the  above  and  the  appointment  of  the  said  Geoffrey 

de  Alkemundbury,  Confrater  and  Concannon,  above  the  age  of  thirty  years  ; 

and  commanding  their  obedience  to  him  in  temporal  and  spiritual  things. 

Dated  at  Merewell  r\ 

On  the  same  day  the  King  ordered  the  restoration  of  the  temporalia 6. 
March  25.       On  the  same  day  the  Bishop  sent  Letters  to  the  King,  announcing  the 

appointment,  and  praying  the  restitution  of  the  temporalities1. 

The  new  Prior  was  installed  on  the  feast  of  the  Annunciation  *. 
March  10.        The  Bishop  addressed    Letters   to  the    Official   of  the   Archdeacon   of 

Winchester,  wherein  he  recited  that  he  had  at  Merewell  received  Letters 

from  the  King,  dated    the  previous  day,  as  therein  would  fully  appear; 

and  commanding  the  said   Official  to  proceed  in  execution   of  the   said 

Letter  against  Robert  Labroun.     Dated  at  Merewell9. 

1    Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  fo.  29.  v.  2  Ibid.  fo.  30.  "  Ibid.  fo.  30.  v. 

•  Ibid.  fo.  30.  v.  and  31.  5  Ibid.  fo.  31  and  31.  v. 

*  Patent  Rolls,  34  Ed.  I,  m.  33.  '   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  fo.  31.  v. 
"  Cart,  No.  520;  Bodleian  Library  Laud  AfSS.,  Kal.  E.  54. 

9  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  fo.  32. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1305-1306. 


197 


1306.  A  Convocation  of  the  Clergy  of  the  Province  of  Canterbury  was  held 
at  Merton,  under  the  presidency  of  the  Archbishop,  Robert  of  Winchelsea, 
in  which  various  important  constitutions  were  passed.  In  reference 
to  titles,  they  adverted  to  Heretics  in  every  parish  and  some  open 
infidels,  and  the  Clergy  were  exhorted  to  be  particular  in  exacting  tithes 
from  them,  viz.  milk,  woods,  mast,  trees  if  sold,  parks,  fish,  stews,  rivers, 
ponds,  fruits  of  trees,  cattle,  pigeons,  seeds,  fruits,  beasts  in  warrens, 
fowling,  gardens,  courtyards  where  herbs  and  flowers  grow,  wool,  flax, 
wine  and  grain,  turfs  when  dug  and  made,  swans,  capons,  geese,  ducks, 
eggs,  hedgerows,  bees,  honey,  wax,  mills,  what  is  caught  in  hunting, 
handicrafts,  merchandise ;  as  also  lambs,  calves,  and  colts  according 
to  their  values.  Assumably  this  was  on  the  hypothesis  that  some  people 
thought  that  if  they  professed  disbelief  in  Christianity,  they  might  be 
exempt  from  dues  to  the  Christian  Minister.  The  respective  duties  of 
the  Clergy  and  their  parishioners  as  to  the  repair  of  the  parish  church, 
and  what  books,  vestments,  ornaments,  and  necessaries  were  to  be  provided, 
were  also  specified  by  enactments  almost  identical  with  those  in  effect 
in  the  Province  of  York  in  the  Convocation  of  that  Province  under 
Archbishop  Grey  in  1250.  A  canon  was  also  passed  by  the  present 
Convocation,  that  priests  having  no  cure  should  not  interfere  with  the 
parish  priest '. 

Nov.  8.  Pope  Clement  V  issued  a  Commission  addressed  to  the  Prior  of 
Merton,  the  Archdeacon  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  and  the  Dean  of  St. 
Paul's,  in  which  it  was  recited  that  he  had  received  a  statement  from 
the  Master  and  Brothers  of  the  Knights  Templar  with  reference  to 
a  complaint  by  the  Prior  and  Monks  of  Sele,  the  Canons  of  Saung', 
and  certain  other  Cistercians2  of  the  Dioceses  of  Winchester  and 
London,  who  murmured  concerning  certain  possessions,  tithes,  returns, 
and  other  things.  He  therefore  by  this  his  apostolic  writing  appointed 
them,  the  said  Prior  of  Merton  and  the  said  Archdeacon  and  Dean,  to 
hear  the  cause  and  appeal,  and  make  a  due  end  thereof,  and  to  decree 
that  their  judgement  be  observed  under  pain  of  ecclesiastical  censures. 
Two  of  the  Commissioners  to  be  a  quorum.  Dated  at  the  Lateran,  the  6th 
ide  of  November,  and  of  his  pontificate  the  first  year:l. 

1  Wilkins'  Concilia,  ii.  p.  278  ;  Spelman's  Concilia,  ii.  p.  431  ;  Johnson's  Canons,  A.  D.  1305. 

2  Sele  was  a  Benedictine  Priory  in  Sussex,  but  there  appears  to  be  an  error  in  the  other 
name,  as  I  find  no  Canons  of  Saung',  or  place  of  similar  name  in  the  Dioceses  of  London  and 
Winchester,  whether  Cistercians  or  not.     There  was  a  Priory  of  Austin  Canons  at  Laund, 
Leicestershire. 

3  Documents  from  Queen's  Remembrancer  and  Excite quer  (Rec.  Off.  publication,  p.  196). 


198  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1306  or  7.  The  Prior  and  the  Archdeacon  of  St.  Paul's,  London,  as  two  of  the 
Papal  Commissioners,  cited  the  Prior  and  Monks  of  Sele  to  appear  before 
them  in  the  said  cause. 

It  was  agreed  and  decided  that  the  Prior  and  Monks  of  Sele  should 
not  claim  or  take  any  tithes  or  obventions  within  limits  of  the  parish 
of  Sepele.  Moreover  it  was  agreed  between  them,  that  if  any  Monk 
of  la  Sele  or  other  by  their  procurement  celebrated  Divine  Service 
in  the  Chapel  de  la  Cnappe,  then  the  monks  should  pay  fully  all  the 
obventions  of  the  said  Church  of  Sepele  without  contradiction  ;  but  the 
receiver  might  make  remuneration  to  the  Monk  celebrating  there.  The 
Master  and  Brothers,  pro  bono  pads,  agreed  to  pay  to  the  said  Monk 
six  shillings  sterling  at  the  feast  of  the  Ascension  of  Blessed  Mary  in 
the  house  of  the  Temple  at  Sele.  And  if  in  any  other  case  the  Brothers 
did  not  pay  same  at  such  time  and  place  they  must  transmit  it  in  order 
to  keep  the  present  Convention  unbroken  in  perpetuity. 

The  respective  seals  of  the  present  Commissioners  and  the  signature 
of  the  parties  were  set  thereto  '. 
1307.  Geoffrey  de   Alkmundbury,   the   sixteenth    Prior,    died   on  the    Ide   of 

March  15.    March  '2. 

March  26.       The  Conge  d'Elire  was  granted  3. 
May  3.         William  de  Brokesburn  was  elected.     The   Royal  assent  thereto  was 

given  on  this  day4. 

June  4.         The  temporalia  were  ordered  to  be  restored  5. 
Junes.         Letters    were    issued     by   the    Bishop    to   the    Convent,    commanding 

obedience  to  William  de  Brokesbourn,  the  new  Prior". 
June  10.        The    Bishop   addressed    the    King,    setting    forth    that   in    accordance 

with  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  election,  he  had  by  his  diocesan  authority 

confirmed    William   in   the    Priorate ;    and    he  wished   the   King   a   long 

and    happy   life    for   the   benefit   of    his   subjects.     Dated    at    Farnham, 

June  10,  1307'. 
June  25.         Under  the   authority  of  the   Episcopal   Mandate,  dated  June   io8,  the 

ceremony  of  installation  of  the  new  Prior  took  place  on  June  25". 
July  20.        Letters   were   issued   by   the    Bishop    for   charge   and    account   of  the 

1  Documents  from  Queen's  Remembrancer  and  Exchequer  (Rec.  Off.  publication,  p.  196). 

2  Cart.  No.  520,  fo.  cxcvj ;   Bodl.  Lib.,  Laud  MS.  E.  54. 

3  Patent  Rolls,  35  Ed.  I,  m.  21.  '  Patent  Rolls,  35  Ed.  I,  m.  12.  5  Ibid. 
0  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  IVodclok,  fo.  61.                     '  Ibid.  fo.  60.  v. 

*  Ibid.  Appendix,  fo.  9  *. 

'•>  Cart.  No.  520.  fo.  cxcvj,  says  that  William  de  Brokesburn  was  installed  on  March  25,  the 
feast  of  the  Annunciation  ;  but  this  was  evidently  an  error  for  June  25. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1306-1307.  199 

1307.       Spiritualia   and  Temporalia   of  the   Convent   during   vacancy.     Dated  at 

July  ao.     Merewell '. 

Sept.  33.  The  Bishop  held  an  Ordination  in  the  Conventual  Church  on  the 
Saturday  in  Ember  Week,  the  gth  kalend  of  October,  1307,  in  the  third 
year  of  his  consecration,  and  ordained  several  Rectors  to  be  Sub-deacons, 
deacons,  or  priests 2. 

Oct.  12.  Brother  Henry  (Wodelok),  by  divine  permission  Bishop  of  Winchester, 
reciting  that  Sir  John  de  Winchester,  late  Rector  of  Shirefeld  (Shirfield 
on  Loddon,  Hants),  who  had  gone  the  way  of  all  flesh,  was  indebted 
to  the  Camerarius  of  the  Monastery  of  B.  Mary  of  Merton  in  the  sum 
of  6os.  for  arrears  of  his  pension  payable  to  them  ;  and  the  said 
Camerarius,  fearing  on  account  of  waste  of  the  goods  being  made  by 
the  Executors  of  the  said  John  within  the  Diocese,  had  prayed  the 
Bishop's  aid.  He  ordered  that  the  said  Executors  be  monished  and 
induced  to  pay  the  money  without  delay  to  the  named  Camerarius : 
and  enjoined  that  the  goods  of  the  deceased  at  Shirefeld  or  in  whose- 
soever hands  be  sequestrated  until  the  Executors  paid  the  said  money, 
or  satisfied  the  Canons  thereon.  Given  at  Courtenhale,  4th  ide  of  October, 
1307 3. 

Dec.  18.  The  King  required  of  the  Prior  the  loan  of  two  carts,  to  be  at  Westminster 
early  on  St.  Stephen's  day  (December  26),  to  carry  the  goods  and  equip- 
ments of  his  household  to  Dover,  he  having  sent  forward  a  great  part 
of  his  carts  and  sumpter  horses,  to  be  ready  on  his  arrival :  he  promised 
that  the  cost  of  going  and  returning  should  be  paid  out  of  his  wardrobe 
expenses.  Dated  at  Westminster.  A  like  writ  was  sent  to  eleven  other 
Monasteries  *. 

1307-8.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Sir  William  de  Colecester, 
Chaplain,  a  corrody  to  be  received  in  their  house,  viz.  one  large  Convent 
miche,  one  and  a  half  gallon  of  best  Convent  beer,  and  from  the  kitchen 
a  general  Convent  ration,  with  rations  and  pittances  on  feasts,  in  addition. 
Also  for  his  servant,  daily,  two  loaves  de  aula  and  one  gallon  of  ccrvisia 
militum,  and  a  ration  such  as  the  other  servants  of  the  house  had. 
Also  for  his  annual  stipend  two  silver  marcs,  i  Edward  II °. 

1307-34.  Brother  William,  prior  of  Merton,  granted  to  Richard  Lincolle,  of 
Gomecester  (Godmanchester),  for  his  laudable  service  and  in  further 
consideration  of  a  premium  of  one  marc,  the  tenement  in  that  ville 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  to.  66. 

*  Ibid.  Pontissara,  fo.  314.  z  Ibid.  Wodelok,  fo.  69. — APPENDIX  XCIX. 

1  Close  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  p.  50).  5  Cart.  No.  395,  fo.  clxvij. 


200  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1307-34.  which  William  de  Havele  formerly  held  of  them ;  to  him  and  his 
heirs  at  a  rental  of  45.  per  annum,  and  the  performance  of  customary 
services'. 

William  de  Brokesburn,  prior,  and  Convent,  unanimously  granted  to 
Richard  de  Shyrefeld,  clerk,  from  this  date,  all  the  lands  and  tenements 
which  he  held  of  them  at  Ewell,  viz.  one  messuage  and  fourteen  acres 
in  the  Ville  and  the  house  and  curtilage  which  was  lately  held  by  Henry 
Rithir ;  to  hold  in  perpetuity  at  an  annual  rental  of  nineteen  silver  pence 
for  all  service,  but  saving  the  Secta  of  their  Court  at  Ewell 2. 
1308.  A  convention  was  made  between  the  Prior  of  Merton  and  the  Abbot 

July  23-  of  Chertsey  respecting  the  tithes  of  Effingham.  The  Prior  to  receive 
from  the  great  and  small  tithes  of  the  domain  of  Effingham  505. 
per  annum  which  Philip  de  la  Legh  and  Oswald  and  his  prede- 
cessors had  given  ;  in  consideration  of  which  the  Abbot  to  take  the 
tithes  which  the  Prior  renounced  in  his  favour.  This  convention  was 
confirmed  by  the  Bishop  on  the  loth  kal.  of  August '. 

Oct.  28.  On  the  Close  Rolls  is  entered  a  bond  given  by  William,  the  prior, 
to  Robert  de  Herierd,  for  forty-five  marcs,  with  power,  in  default  of 
payment,  to  recover  from  his  lands  and  chattels  in  the  County  of  Surrey. 
Dated  at  Westminster4.  Robert  de  Herierd,  formerly  Prior,  resigned 
in  1305. 

130801-0.  Nichol  Pike  and  Niel  Drury,  lately  Sheriffs  of  London,  presented 
a  petition  to  the  King  and  his  Council,  setting  forth  that  as  they 
had  orders  to  levy  £32  i8s.  lod.  of  the  rent  which  belonged  to  Adam 
de  Stratton,  and  which  appeared  in  the  Pipe  Roll  among  other  debts 
to  the  King,  that  Adam  owed  monies  to  the  Prior  of  Merton  ;  the  said 
Nichol  and  Niel  had  levied  for  a  rent  as  easily  as  possible  on  the 
tenements  that  are  distrainable,  and  found  there  a  void  place  where  was 
formerly  a  building,  and  used  to  return  305.  et  une  feu  de  un  chepe  which 
formerly  belonged  to  Sir  Johan  de  Banquello,  which  was  equally  void, 
but  used  to  return  four  marcs,  and  part  of  another  of  the  amount 
of  35.  "id.,  for  which  the  man  could  not  be  distrained ;  for  which  monies 
the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  wished  to  condemn  the  said  Sheriffs,  and 
to  pay  to  the  aforesaid  Prior  as  .early  as  it  was  leviable:  wherefore 
they  prayed  a  remedy  for  charity's  sake,  and  that  the  Prior  be  assigned 
otherwise  to  recover  these  defaults. 

1  Cart.  No.  376,  fo.  clx.  v.  2  Cart.  No.  486,  fo.  clxxxviij. 

3   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodclok,  fo.  95.  v. 

'  Close  Roth,  a  Ed.  II  (Ref.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  ed.  1892,  p.  ia8). 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1307-1309.  201 

1308  or  9.  It  was  ordered  by  a  Brief  from  the  Chancellor  of  the  King's  Treasury, 
that  taking  with  them  some  of  the  Justiciaries  and  others  of  the  King's 
Council  as  might  seem  expedient,  they  hear  all  the  petitions  and  out- 
standing disputes,  and  have  process  in  the  Treasury  in  which  it  was  asserted 
that  error  has  intervened  and  unjust  burdens  made  there,  as  it  was  said  ;  and 
to  determine  these  things  there  and  do  competent  justice  to  the  Plaintiffs  '. 
1309.  The  Bishop  directed  the  Dean  to  sequestrate  the  tithes  of  Kingston  on 
behalf  of  the  Prior  of  Merton  - ;  apparently  the  Vicar  had  failed  to  perform 
his  duty  under  the  recent  appointment  by  the  arbitration  of  the  Bishop. 

The  Convent  bound  themselves  to  Master  Richard  Wodelok  to  pay 
him  an  annual  pension  of  eight  marcs,  until  they  found  him  a  competent 
benefice 3. 

It  may  be  assumed  that  this  was  a  relative  of  the  late  Bishop  Henry 
Wodelok,  who  died  in  1305.  His  name  with  the  title  of  Chancellor  to  the 
Bishop  appears  set  as  a  witness  to  a  deed  dated  in  this  year4. 

May  28.  The  King  assigned  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  a  yearly  rent  of  £32  155.  %d. 
in  the  city  of  London,  which  had  been  eschaeted  to  the  late  King,  until 
his  indebtedness  to  them  should  be  discharged  5. 

June  n.  Licence  was  granted  to  the  Convent  to  appropriate  the  Church  of 
Cudinton  (or  Codington),  of  their  patronage  ". 

The  King  by  Letters  Patent  granted  permission  for  the  appropriation 
of  the  Church  of  Codington  to  the  Priory.  Dated  at  Westminster7. 
July  3.  On  the  second  judicial  day  after  the  feast  of  SS.  Peter  and  Paul 
(June  29),  1309,  was  heard  before  the  Bishop  in  the  Chapel  of  his  manor  of 
Merewell,  a  business  of  complaint  of  intrusion  in  the  Church  of  Codinton 
(Surrey).  John  de  Waveseye,  one  of  the  Canons,  appeared  as  Proctor  for 
the  Prior  and  Convent,  and  produced  the  Letters  of  Pope  Martin  IV, 
dated  May  7,  1284.  Thereupon  the  Bishop  decreed  them  to  be  dis- 
missed and  absolved,  but  reserved  to  himself  the  right  of  ordination  and 
taxation  of  the  Perpetual  Vicarage,  in  other  words  the  apportionment  to 
the  Priory  and  the  Vicarage  of  their  respective  shares  of  the  emoluments 
and  pervenients.  Dated  at  Merewell,  the  5th  none  of  July,  A.  D.  1309, 
and  of  his  consecration  the  fifth  ". 

1  Parliamentary  Rolls  (Rcc.  Off.  Cal.  i.  274  a,  A). 

2  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  fo.  in. 

3  Cart.  No.  379,  fo.  clx.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  400,  fo.  clxix. 

5  Cal.  of  Patent  Rolls,  a  Ed.  II,  pt.  a  (Rec.  Off.  publication). 

6  Ibid.  pt.  2,  m.  4  i^Rec.  Off.  publication). 

7  Patent  Rolls,  a  Ed.  II,  pt.  2,  m.  4  (see  also  Vincent  MS.,  College  of  Arms,  p.  1073). 
*  Cart.  No.  399.  fo.  clxviij.  i>. 


202  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1309.  A  Notarial  Act  was  then  drawn  up  by  John  de  Cumelode  of  Malmesbury, 
July  3-      in    the    Diocese   of  Salisbury,   by  imperial  authority  Notary   Public,  and 

at  the  time  Notary  to  the  Bishop  of  Winchester,  Judge  Ordinary;  who 
with  the  discreet  men,  Masters  James  de  Florence,  Archdeacon  of 
Winchester;  Philip  de  Harton,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey;  Peter  de  Gromoyle, 
Official  of  Winchester;  Richard  Wodelok,  Chancellor  of  the  Bishop, 
and  Stephen  de  Dene,  clerk  of  the  household  of  the  same,  being  Witnesses 
specially  called,  having  seen  the  above  proceedings,  he  the  Notary 
made  this  instrument  and  signed  it  with  his  accustomed  signature  in 
testiinonium  veritatis  \ 

1309  orio.  A  Royal  Charter  of  Confirmation  of  Liberties  was  granted  in  the 
third  year  of  King  Edward  II,  which  was  subsequently  confirmed  by 
8  Edward  IV2. 

1310.  The  Pope  also  addressed  Apostolic  Letters  to  the  Prior  of  Southwark,  to 
Feb.  16.    the  effect  that  the  Priory  had  appealed  and  complained  to  him  that  the  tithes 

of  Long  Ditton  had  always  belonged  to  them,  but  were  now  unlawfully 
withheld,  and  they  prayed  his  interference.  Wherefore  he  commissioned 
the  Prior  of  Southwark  to  inquire  into  it,  notwithstanding  any  letters, 
instruments,  oaths,  penalties,  renunciations,  and  confirmations ;  and  to 
procure  the  revocation  of  any  unlawful  grants  or  confirmations,  compelling 
all  contradictors  by  ecclesiastical  censures ;'. 

April  25.  The  Convent  addressed  Letters  to  Walter  (Stapylton),  Bishop  of  Exeter, 
reciting  that  the  living  of  Assecumbe  in  their  patronage  was  then  vacant, 
and  praying  him  to  admit  thereto  their  beloved  in  Christ,  Ralph  de 
Stokes,  clerk;  but  reserving  to  their  House  the  annual  pension  accustomed 
(the  amount  is  not  named) ;  dated  at  Merton  on  St.  Mark's  day,  1310  *. 
May  4.  Henry  (Wodelok),  Bishop  of  Winchester,  reciting  that  the  Prior  and 
Convent  of  Merton  were  manifestly  oppressed  with  poverty,  and  unable 
to  improve  their  circumstances,  or  carry  on  their  hospitality,  and  had  humbly 
besought  his  succour  in  reference  to  the  Church  of  Codinton  :  he  sympa- 
thizing with  them  graciously  granted  and  consented  to  their  appropriation 
of  the  Church  in  perpetuity;  the  King  Edward  (II)  assenting  also  out  of 
compassion  to  the  said  Religious,  but  reserving  to  the  Bishops  of  Win- 
chester the  tax  and  ordination  of  competent  Vicars.  Dated  at  Fareham, 
4th  none  of  May,  A.  D.  1310,  and  of  his  consecration  the  fifth. 

This   Charter,  being  inspected  by  Richard,  Prior   of  the    Convent   of 

1  Cart.  No.  400,  fo.  clxix.  3  Vincent  MS,  17,  p.  1062  v. 

'  Cart.  No.  403,  fo.  clxx.     See  January  19  and  February  n,  1311,  for  proceedings  thereon. 

*  Cart.  No.  378,  fo.  clx.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1309-1310.  203 

1310.       St.  Swythun,  Winchester,  was  confirmed,  and  the  seal  of  the  Chapter  of 

May  4-  that  Convent  set  to  it  on  14  kal.  September  (August  9)  in  the  same 
year l. 

June  25.  The  King  sent  Letters  to  the  Archbishop  of  York  to  aid  him  (by  way 
of  loan)  for  his  Scotch  expedition,  with  100  quarters  of  wheat,  100  of 
malt,  100  of  beans,  and  200  of  oats ;  to  be  ready  for  delivery  to  the 
Sheriff  of  York  in  August  next,  as  he  esteemed  the  honour  and  profit  of 
the  King  and  his  realm;  and  to  certify  His  Majesty  what  he  has  done 
in  this  great  and  hasty  business.  The  value  was  to  be  made  good 
at  Candlemas2,  out  of  the  tenths  or  other  revenues  of  the  realm.  Dated  at 
Canterbury.  Letters  of  a  similar  tenor  were  issued  to  Merton,  and  to 
London  and  many  Counties 3. 

Julys.  The  King  having  accused  and  condemned  the  Knights  Templar,  and 
seized  their  possessions  in  1309,  an  Inquisition  was  taken,  and  it  was 
found  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  and  his  predecessors  were  entitled  to  ros. 
per  annum  from  the  house  of  Sepele,  which  belonged  to  the  Master 
and  Brothers  of  the  Temple  in  England  before  the  taking  of  the  lands 
and  tenements  of  the  Templars  into  the  King's  hand.  The  Treasurer  and 
Barons  of  the  Exchequer  so  certified  to  the  King.  Dated  at  Westminster, 
July  5,  3  Edward  II 4. 

Aug.  2.  The  King  addressed  the  Prior,  requesting  that  he  would  pay  twenty  marks 
to  Ingeland  de  Werle,  Keeper  of  the  Wardrobe,  for  the  King's  use  in 
London,  as  a  gift  for  the  war  in  Scotland  ;  the  Prior  having  made  insufficient 
excuses  for  not  supplying  the  victuals  which  had  been  requested  for  the 
war.  Dated  at  Northampton  B. 

Oct.  29.  Pope  Clement  V  issued  a  Commission  to  his  beloved  son,  the  Prior  of 
St.  Mary  of  Suwerk  (Southwark "),  to  the  following  effect. — It  had  come 
to  the  ears  of  the  Pope  that  his  beloved  sons,  the  Prior  and  Convent  of 
Merton,  or  their  predecessors,  had  granted  their  tithes,  houses,  lands, 
possessions,  parks,  meadows,  groves,  mills,  rights,  jurisdictions,  and  other 
goods,  by  gifts,  and  otherwise  by  public  instruments,  to  the  heavy  loss 
of  the  Priory ;  and  moreover  they  had  made  such  grants  for  lengthened 
terms,  and  sometimes  to  farm,  in  perpetuity.  And  that,  concerning  these 

1  Cart.  No.  397,  fo.  clxvij.     The  ordinance  for  division  of  profits  as  between  the  Convent 
and  the  Vicar  was  made  November  20,  1311. 

2  The  use  of  the  Scotch  Term  "  Candlemas"  will  be  noted. 

3  Close  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.,  ed.  1892,  pp.  260  and  264,  and  see  further,  August  2). 

4  Documents  from  Queen's  Remembrancer  and  Exchequer  (Rec.  Off.  publication,  p.  196;. 
6  Close  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Ca/.,  ed.  1892,  p.  276). 

'  Peter  de  Cheyham  was  at  this  time  Prior  of  Southwark. 


204  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MORTON. 

1310.  things,  Letters  confirmatory  (or  otherwise,  presumably)  were  asked  of  the 
Oct.  39.  Apostolic  See.  Wherefore  it  was  proper  to  interpose  a  remedy.  The  Prior 
of  Suwerk  was  therefore  ordered  by  this  Apostolic  Writing  that,  where- 
soever the  goods  of  the  said  Priory  were  found  to  be  by  such  grants  secretly 
or  improperly  alienated,  and  notwithstanding  letters,  instruments,  oaths, 
penalties,  renunciations,  and  confirmations  above  named,  in  such  case  to 
proceed  to  recall  them,  according  to  the  lawful  rights  and  property  by 
ecclesiastical  procedure  and  appeal ;  compelling  witnesses  therein  named 
to  give  their  testimony.  Dated  at  Avignon,  the  4th  Kal.  of  November, 
in  the  fifth  year  of  his  Pontificate  \ 

Oct.  30.  The  duties  and  remuneration  of  the  important  office  of  Keeper  of  the 
Great  Gate  will  be  seen  by  the  following  note  of  the  agreement  made  with 
a  doorkeeper  upon  his  appointment  at  this  date :  he  was  not  one  of  the 
Canons. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  granted  to  Henry  Hoclegh  the  custody  of  the  Great 
Gate,  with  residence  in  the  chamber  annexed,  together  with  this  corrody, 
viz.  one  loaf  called  a  great  Convent  miche,  one  and  a  half  gallon  of  Convent 
beer,  and  one  general  allowance  from  the  kitchen,  like  that  of  a  Canon  ;  and 
for  the  servant,  whom  he  shall  faithfully  and  sufficiently  provide  when  the 
business  of  the  House  happens  to  require  himself  to  be  absent,  two  loaves 
de  aula,  one  gallon  de  cervisia  militunt,  and  from  the  kitchen  an  allowance, 
such  as  usually  given  to  servants.  And  if  it  happened  that  when  sent  out 
on  the  business  of  the  House,  and  was  delayed  for  any  time,  he  should 
have  a  supply  of  necessary  goods,  but  his  corrody  ceased  during  that  time, 
though  the  corrody  of  a  servant  be  allowed  to  the  servant  for  keeping 
charge  of  the  door.  He  was  not  to  be  burthened  with  the  care  of  agriculture 
in  their  manor  against  his  will,  nor  to  be  charged  with  it. 

He  was  sworn  upon  the  Gospels  to  faithfully  keep  the  said  gate 
and  all  other  duties  which  the  Prior  might  reasonably  enjoin ;  and  bound 
himself  and  his  goods,  both  movable  and  immovable,  wheresoever  found. 

At  Merton,  the  Friday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Simon,  Apostle,  4  Edward  II 2. 

1311.          The  Convent  gave  up  and  granted  to  William  de  Cuteron   that   land 

Jan.  7.     in  the  ville  of  Merton  which  is  called  parroccheshawe,  and  is  of  the  church 

land  ;  to  have  and  hold  to  himself  and  heirs,  free  from  all  secular  exaction  ; 

he  returning  thence  annually  to   the   Elemosinarius  45.  sterling,  and  to 

find  in   autumn   three  men  at  a  bederipe  and  one  man  for  reaping,  the 

Elemosinarius  finding  drink.     William  and  his  heirs  to  hold  the  land  so 

1  Cart.  No.  375,  fo.  clx.  v.     Pope  Clement  V  took  refuge  in  Avignon  in  1305. — APPENDIX  CI. 

2  Cart.  No.  374,  fo.  clix.  v. — APPENDIX  C. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1310-1311.  205 

1311.      long  as  they  perform  their  part.     Sealed  with  the  seal  of  the  Convent,  on 
Jan.  7.     tne  day  after  the  Epiphany,  1310  \ 

Jan.  12.  Sir  Thomas,  rector  of  the  Church  of  Blessed  Mary  of  Guldeford,  and 
Sir  Robert,  rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Guldeford,  and 
John  Gerard,  Testamentary  Executor  of  Sir  William,  late  rector  of  the 
said  Church  of  Blessed  Mary,  were  peremptorily  cited  to  appear  before 
the  Sub-prior  of  Southwark  on  this  day,  for  pensions  due  from  the  said 
churches,  but  detained  by  them 3. 

At  the  appointed  time  Sir  Robert,  the  rector,  appeared  personally,  and 
freely  and  absolutely  admitted  that  the  pension  of  405.  was  due  to  the 
Church  of  Merton,  and  was  condemned  therein  ;  and  he  paid  same  and 
was  taxed  at  8s.,  and  the  same  was  demanded  of  the  said  Executors3. 

On  the  same  day  appeared  John  Gerard,  the  Testamentary  Executor,  and 
admitted  the  claim,  and  paid  205.  for  costs  sought  of  him  4. 

On  the  same  day  appeared  the  Prior  and  the  rector  of  the  Church  of 
St.  Mary  de  Guldeford  by  their  Proctors,  and  they  were  appointed  for 
further  proceedings  on  the  fifth  judicial  day  after  the  Sunday  on  which  is 
sung  "Quasi  tnodo  gettiti*." 

Jan.  ia.  The  Prior  was  cited,  at  the  instance  of  the  Vicar  of  Maldon,  to  appear 
before  the  Prior  of  Suwerk,  Judge  delegate,  in  the  conventual  Church 
of  Suwerk,  on  the  first  judicial  day  after  the  feast  of  St.  Benedict  the 
Abbot,  to  answer  as  to  certain  tithes  of  land  held  by  one  Pikot  and  sixteen 
years  arrears ". 

The  Parties  appeared  by  their  respective  Proctors,  the  Proxies  were 
admitted,  and  the  Vicar  was  assigned  to  Libel7. 

The  result  does  not  appear. 

Jan.  19.  The  Prior  of  Southwark,  by  authority  of  the  Apostolic  mandate  respecting 
Long  Ditton,  issued  a  Commission  to  hear  a  suit  commenced  before  him, 
between  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton,  on  the  one  part,  against  certain 
others.  Dated  at  Southwark  the  141)1  Kal.  of  February,  1310  :  in  pursuance 
of  which  the  Dean  of  Ewell  cited  Walter,  rector  of  Longeditton,  to  appear 
on  the  first  lawful  day  after  the  feast  of  St.  Valentine  to  answer  thereto. 
Dated  at  Mitcham,  the  morrow  of  the  Purification,  February  n,  1310*. 

1  Cart.  No.  373,  fo.  clix.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  422,  fo.  clxxiv.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  424,  fo.  clxxiv.  v.  *  Cart.  No.  425,  fo.  clxxiv.  v. 

5  Cart.  No.  426,  fo.  clxxiv.  v.  On  the  Sunday  in  the  Octave  of  Easter,  the  Officium  is 
"  Quasi  modo  geniti  infantes,  alleluya ;  rationabiles  sine  dolo  lac  concupiscite,  alleluya,  alleluya, 
alleluya." 

*  Cart.  No.  420,  fo.  clxxiv.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  423,  fo.  clxxiv.  v. 

*  Cart.  No.  403.  fo.  clxx. 


206  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1311.  At  an  appointed  day  Walter  de  Eyton,  Concanon  and  Proctor  of  the  Prior 
Jan.  19.  an(j  Convent  of  Merton,  appeared  before  the  Sub- Prior  of  Southwark  (to 
whom  the  affairs  of  that  Priory  had  been  committed),  and  exhibited  a 
Proxy  and  brought  in  a  Libel,  propounding  that  they  and  their  predecessors 
had  received  from  time  beyond  memory  a  pension  of  205.  from  the  Church 
of  Langeditton,  but  that  the  Rector  unlawfully  withheld  it ;  and  praying 
that  he  might  be  condemned  in  payment,  and  in  arrears  estimated  at  705. l 

The  Rector  appeared  personally.  After  a  Libel  had  been  given  in  he 
admitted  the  pension  as  payable  by  half-yearly  payments  of  IDS.  ;  and 
also  6os.  due  for  arrears ;  and  promised  to  pay  it  in  future.  Witnessed 
by  John  de  Falerme,  Notary,  who  drew  up  a  public  instrument,  to  which 
the  Seal  of  Southwark  Priory  was  affixed.  Done  in  the  Church  of  St. 
Mary,  Southwark  ;  present,  Master  John  de  Burgh,  of  Lincoln  ;  Philip 
de  la  Hare,  of  St.  Davids ;  Brother  Reginald,  called  le  Neyr,  Canon  of 
Merton;  and  others2. 

April  20.  In  a  cause  relating  to  Biri  (Berry  Pomeroy),  exceptions  were  admitted 
and  answers  given,  and  a  day  fixed  for  the  production  of  witnesses  on 
the  Articles,  viz.,  on  the  second  legal  day  after  the  Sunday  when  they 
sing  "  Misericordia  Domini''"  Wherefore  it  must  be  quickly  thought  about 
(Inde,  cclcritate  cogitandum  esf) 4. 

April  22.  The  Rector  of  Mauteby  was  cited  to  appear,  on  the  fourth  judicial  day 
after  the  feast  of  St.  Edward,  King  and  Martyr,  in  the  Court  of  Canterbury, 
at  the  instance  of  the  Prior,  respecting  their  tithes  there  ". 

He  appeared  on  that  day  by  his  Proctor  before  the  Dean  of  the 
Arches  in  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  de  Arcubus,  London,  and  presented 
a  Libel  of  Appeal.  The  Prior,  on  behalf  of  the  Convent,  contested  suit, 
and  the  fourth  judicial  day  after  the  Sunday  after  Easter,  on  which  they  sing 
"Misericordia  Domini"  was  appointed  for  the  Rector  to  produce  his 
witnesses  in  the  Cause  of  Appeal6. 

What  the  result  was  does  not  appear. 

May  2.  The  King  issued  Letters  Patent  addressed  to  Henry  de  Guldeford, 
Robert  de  Cliderhou,  and  William  de  Codinton ',  constituting  them,  with 
those  with  whom  they  might  be  associated,  to  be  his  Justices  to  hold  an 
assize  respecting  the  Prior's  brief  against  Walter  Burgeys  and  others, 

Cart.  No.  406,  fo.  clxx.  *  Car/.  No.  401,  fo.  clxix. 

The  second  Sunday  after  Easter,  when  the  Introit  begins  "  Misericordia  Domini  plena  est 
terra:  Alleluia." 

Cart.  No.  428,  fo.  clxxiv.  v. 

Cart.  No.  421,  fo.  clxxiv.  v.  6  Cart.  No.  427,  fo.  clxxiv.  v. 

William  de  Codington  is  not  mentioned  in  Foss'  Judges. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1311.  207 

1311.       concerning  a  certain  property  at  Home  (Surrey),  and  commanding  them 

May a-  to  hold  an  assize  and  do  justice  therein  according  to  the  Laws  and 
Customs  of  the  Kingdom,  and  saving  the  King's  amerciaments  thence 
arising.  And  further  commanding  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Surrey 
to  hold  the  assize  before  them  at  a  suitable  time  and  place.  By  the  King, 
at  Berewycas'r  twedam  (Berwick-on-Tweed),  May  2,  in  fourth  year  of 
reign '. 

The  assize  was  accordingly  held  on  the  Monday  after  Michaelmas  day 
following. 

Aug.  10.  The  Prior  and  Convent  presented  to  the  Bishop,  their  beloved  in  Christ, 
Thomas  de  Kyngeston,  Chaplain,  praying  his  admission  to  the  Vicarage 
of  Codinton,  then  vacant.  Dated  on  the  day  of  St.  Lawrence,  1311 2. 

Sept.  8.  Letters  were  addressed  by  the  Prior  and  Convent,  his  sons  in  obedience, 
to  the  most  Holy  Father  and  Lord  in  Christ,  Lord  Clement,  by  Divine 
Providence,  and  the  Universal  Church,  suinnto  Pontifid,  with  kisses  to 
his  blessed  feet,  and  with  all  filial  submission  and  reverence  ;  appointing 
Brothers  John  de  Barewe,  Adam  de  Whyteleye,  and  John  de  St.  Alban, 
Canons  of  the  Monasteries  of  Thornton,  Cirencester,  and  Waltham,  to 
be  their  lawful  Proctors  to  attend  at  his  Council  on  the  ist  day  of  October, 
in  his  City  of  Viefi  (Vienne,  Dauphiny).  Given  under  the  Common  Seal  in 
Chapter,  on  the  day  of  the  Nativity  of  Blessed  Mary,  1311 3. 

This  was  the  fifteenth  General  Council  of  the  Church,  when  amongst  other 
things  the  suppression  of  the  Templars  was  decreed ;  Pope  Boniface  VIII 
was  declared  to  have  been  always  a  Catholic ;  constitutions  for  the 
regulation  of  the  clergy  and  religious  affairs  were  passed ;  and  a  tenth 
granted  in  aid  of  the  crusade4. 

Sept.  18.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  constituted  William  cle  Cuteron,  Clerk, 
their  Proctor  at  the  Roman  Curia,  to  ask  for  littcras  tarn  simplices  quam 
legendas,  and  to  hinder  letters  sought  against  them  ;  contradicting  and 
setting  forth  before  the  judges,  and  taking  other  steps  therein  :  with  power 
of  substitution  and  revocation  of  such  substitution.  Given  under  Seal  the 
I4th  Kal.  of  September,  131 1 6. 

Oct.  5.         An  Assize  was  taken  at  Guildford  before  Henry  de  Guldford  and  his 
associates,  Justices,  to  determine  a  dispute  between  Walter  de  Burgeys 

1  Cart.  No.  484.  fo.  clxxxvij.  v.  •  Cart.  No.  436,  fo.  clxxviij. 

3  Cart.  No.  407,  fo.  clxx.  v.  The  Pope  (Clement  V)  was  then  at  Avignon  ;  there  was 
sufficient  length  of  time  for  the  journey  from  England  to  Vienna,  which  is  situated  on  the 
Rhone  between  Lyons  and  Avignon. 

*  Sir  Harris  Nicolas,  Chronology  of  History,  p.  248.     APPENDIX  CII. 

*  Cart.  No.  437,  fo.  clxxviij. 


208 


RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 


1311. 

Oct.  5. 

Monday 
after 
Michael- 
mas. 


>  charged  on  all  his  goods. 


and   others,   on  the  one  hand,  and  the   Prior  of  Merton,   on  the  other, 
concerning  certain  freeholds  and  twenty  acres  of  wood. 

The  Jury,  on  their  oath,  said  that  the  said  Walter  and  others  had 
unjustly  interfered  with  the  Prior  in  respect  to  the  said  wood  ;  and  it 
was  ordered  that  the  Prior  should  have  seisin  of  it,  and  his  damages  were 
assessed  at  205.  And  the  said  Walter  and  others  were  condemned. 

Damages  xxs — C.  j.  m.  m. 
Expences  xx8 
(Registered.     Register  VIJ°  folio  clx1.) 

Nov.  20.  By  Philip  de  Barthon',  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  and  Stephen  de  Dene, 
Commissary  General  of  the  Diocese,  as  Commissioners  of  Henry,  Bishop 
of  Winchester,  an  Ordination  was  made  of  the  fruits  of  the  benefice  of 
Codynton,  between  Sir  Thomas  de  Kyngeston,  priest,  and  his  successors, 
Vicars  of  that  Church,  on  the  one  part,  and  the  Prior  and  Convent,  on  the 
other  part.  They  ordained  that  the  Vicar  should  have  all  kinds  of  obla- 
tions, obventions,  and  altarages;  all  small  tithes,  viz.  of  wool,  cheese,  milk, 
lambs,  calves,  pigs,  fowls,  geese,  pigeons,  honey,  gardens,  curtilages, 
apples,  hay,  flax,  hemp,  and  every  kind  of  corn  in  places  enclosed  with 
live  hedges,  and  other  tithes,  by  whatever  name  (except  certain  tithes  of 
the  domain  of  the  said  Religious,  which  were  anciently  annexed  to  the 
said  Church);  and  from  the  Prior  405.  per  annum.  The  Vicar  further 
to  have  a  tenement  in  Codynton,  of  ancient  time  annexed  to  the  Church 
by  Roger  de  Frilaund,  with  all  land  adjoining,  and  a  competent  tenement 
to  be  provided  for  the  Vicar  and  his  successors  within  a  year  of  his 
ordination.  If  he  died  in  the  meantime,  the  Prior  to  provide  the  house 
for  his  successors  and  to  sustain  it. 

The  said  Religious  were  also  to  sustain  and  repair  the  chancel  at  their 
cost,  and  find  books  and  all  other  ornaments  pertaining  to  the  chancel  and 
the  Rector  in  former  time.  The  Vicar  to  find,  repair,  and  support  all 
extraordinaria  of  the  said  Church,  whether  belonging  to  the  Convent  or  the 
Vicar.  In  Witness  both  parties  set  their  seals,  and  the  Commissioners 
added  their  seal,  at  Merton,  on  the  I2th  Kal.  of  December,  1311 2. 

The  above  is,  briefly,  the  effect  of  the  Document,  which  runs  to  a 
considerable  length ;  and  its  contents  will  appear  in  detail  printed  in  the 
Appendix  to  this  work 3. 

1  Cart.  No.  491,  fo.  clxxxviij. 

2  Cart.  No.  445,  fo.  clxxx  and  No.  552,  fo.  ccviij.     The  consent  of  the  Bishop  had  been 
given  to  the  appropriation  on  May  4,  1310  (which  see}. 

3  See  APPENDIX  CIII. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1311-1312.  209 

1311.  The  Convent  had  occasion  to  institute  a  Suit  before  the  Official  of  the 
Dec.  20.  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury,  against  Salamone,  the  Rector  of  Nether  Hardres, 
Kent,  for  payment  of  a  pension  of  405.  per  annum,  which  they  claimed  to 
be  due  to  them  by  right,  from  ancient  time.  The  Rector  denied  that  such 
pension  was  payable.  After  hearing  the  evidence  the  Official  gave  sentence 
for  the  Prior,  and  ordered  the  Rector  to  pay  £12,  being  the  amount  due 
for  the  past  six  years,  and  a  sum  of  £10  for  taxed  costs. 

The  Rector  appealed  to  the  Arches  Court  of  Canterbury ;  and  at  the 
hearing,  in  full  consistory,  in  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  le  Bow,  the  Dean 
of  the  Arches  confirmed  the  sentence,  and  condemned  the  Rector  in  costs 
of  the  Appeal '. 

The  King  issued  a  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey,  reciting  that  the  Priors 
of  Merton  were  entitled  to  certain  rights,  derived  from  their  predecessors 
by  their  Charter,  in  the  hundreds  of  Brisiston,  Waleton,  Reygate, 
Coppedethorn  (Brixton,  Walton,  Reigate,  and  Copthorne),  and  that  the 
Prior  and  his  men  had  been  distrained  and  disquieted  and  put  to  no  little 
expense  and  loss,  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  the  Charter ;  the  King  commanded 
his  Sheriff  to  forthwith  relax  such  distraints  and  occasions.  By  the  King 
himself,  at  Hacton  Birrnell  (Acton  Burnell,  near  Shrewsbury).  No  further 
date  \ 

c.  1311.  The  Convent  let  their  Manor  of  Teyng  to  Ralph  le  May,  William  his 
son,  Nicholas  de  la  Torre,  Roger  le  Turnur,  Gilbert  de  Torre,  and  Roger 
le  Curteys,  on  a  lease  for  ten  years,  at  a  rental  of  twenty-one  marcs  per 
annum,  payable  by  half-yearly  payments  to  the  Proctor  of  the  House,  in 
the  Church  of  St.  Lawrence,  Exeter ;  the  lessees  covenanting  to  keep  the 
houses  and  all  things  in  the  Manor  free  from  damage  or  waste,  and  to  give 
them  up  at  the  end  of  the  term  in  as  good  condition  as  they  received  them. 
And  it  was  stated  that  they  received  ten  and  a  half  acres  of  manured  land 
and  shrubs  for  burning  (brushwood) ;  and  the  whole  land  when  given  up  at 
the  end  of  their  term  was  to  be  left  tilled.  And  it  was  agreed  that,  in 
case  of  any  loss  the  amount  should  be  reasonably  computed  and  allotted 
to  the  Convent  and  their  Bailiffs. 

There  had  been  committed  to  the  said  Ralph  le  May  and  Nicholas  de 
la  Torre  two  parcels  of  henee  (?  hemp),  one  of  pelius,  one  of  tripes  (trefoil 
probably),  and  one  great  alder  grove,  for  which  they  were  responsible'. 

1312.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  by  Chirograph,  remitted  to  John  de  Dene 

Feb.  25 «. 

1  Cart.  No.  458,  fo.  clxxxj.  v.  and  clxxxvij.  and  v. 

1  Cart.  No.  492,  fo.  clxxxix.  3  Cart.  No.  485,  fo.  clxxxvij.  v. 

*  The  intercalated  day  of  leap  year  rendered  St.  Matthias'  day  a  day  late. 

P 


210        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1312.      certain   services   due   from   him   to   them.      The    Deed   recited   that   he, 

Feb.  25.  holding  of  them  at  Shelwode  and  fifhide,  was  bound  to  maintain  (ad 
patiendum)  a  certain  house  which  was  called  Somerhus,  or  to  pay  6d.  at 
their  election ;  and  to  keep  up  the  enclosure  at  Shelwode  and  to  extend 
it  at  his  own  cost  over  the  hill  called  Bridlecumbe ;  and  make  a  rod  of 
enclosure  around  the  Court  of  Ewell ;  that  neither  son  nor  daughter  could 
have  a  right  of  marriage  beyond  the  said  Villes  without  the  licence  of 
the  Convent ;  nor  could  he  sell  his  male  horse  or  colt  bred  on  the  pro- 
perty, nor  cattle  nor  calves,  nor  cut  down  his  wood  of  Shelwode.  That 
the  said  John  was  bound  every  year  to  be  tallaged  with  the  men  of  Ewell, 
not  of  grace,  but  of  custom.  That  the  said  John  would  have  to  reside  at 
Ewell  until  he  had  ploughed  their  arable  lands  there.  The  Convent  made 
known  that  they  remitted  him  and  his  heirs  all  these  services  in  perpetuity, 
but  subject  to  an  annual  payment  of  us.  \d.  in  silver  and  3d.  for  accruing 
amounts ;  and  saving  to  them  the  service  of  their  Court  at  Ewell,  and 
reliefs  and  heriots,  and  pannage  of  their  swine.  For  this  remission  he  gave 
them  £10  sterling  in  hand.  To  this  indenture  their  several  seals  were 
affixed  at  Merton  on  the  feast  of  St.  Mathias,  5  Edward,  son  of  Edward1. 

March  19.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  entered  into  a  Bond  to  Henry  de  Tudeford, 
Clerk,  called  le  Mareschal',  wherein  they  acknowledged  themselves  to  be 
indebted  to  him  in  the  sum  of  £66  i6s.  8d.  sterling  received  of  him  in  money 
and  on  account  of  pension,  being  the  whole  amount  they  were  indebted 
to  him  for  all  time  past;  and  bound  themselves,  their  successors,  and 
goods  for  payment  on  the  feast  of  the  Lord's  Nativity  next  ensuing. 
Dated  the  morrow  of  St.  Edward,  King  and  Martyr,  A.  D.  1311,  and  of 
Edward,  son  of  Edward,  the  fifth  year2. 

On  the  same  day  he  gave  them  a  writing,  whereby  he  acknowledged  the 
amount  of  debt  from  the  Convent  to  him  to  be  as  above  mentioned ;  and 
granting  that  if  there  be  any  other  tally  or  obligation  towards  him,  his 
heirs  or  executors,  it  should  be  held  worthless.  Dated  at  Merton 3. 

April  17.  Thomas  the  Sub-prior  appointed  William  de  Eyton,  Concanon,  to 
be  the  Proctor  of  the  Convent,  and  appear  before  the  Venerable  Robert, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  in  a  Provincial  Council  to  be  held  in  the  Church 
of  St.  Paul,  London,  on  the  I4th  Kal.  of  May  (18  April).  Dated  the 
previous  day,  the  isth  Kal.  of  May,  1312 4. 

May  30.        William,   prior,  and   Convent,   appointed  Roger  de  Radenhale,  Clerk, 

1  Cart.  No.  442,  fo.  clxxix. — APPENDIX  CIV. 

*  Cart.  No.  440,  fo.  clxxviij.  v. — APPENDIX  CVI. 

3  Cart.  No.  441,  fo.  clxxviij.  v.— APPENDIX  CV.  '  Cart.  No.  408,  fo.  clxxj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1312-1313. 


211 


1312. 
May  30. 

Sept.  a. 
Sept.  17. 


Oct.  5. 

Nov.  i. 
Dec.  6. 


c.  1312. 


1313. 
Jan.  22. 

March  21. 
July  7. 


to  be  their  Proctor  in  all  matters  before  the  Judge  Ordinary,  his  Delegate 
or  Commissary,  and  to  act,  defend,  receive,  reply,  appeal,  prosecute,  and 
prove  therein  on  their  behalf;  with  power  of  substitution '. 

The  Convent  presented  Thomas  de  Eyton,  Deacon,  to  the  Bishop  of 
Lincoln,  for  institution  to  the  Vicarage  of  Alkmundbury,  Huntingdonshire2. 

William,  prior,  and  Convent,  presented  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  their 
Clerk,  Walter  de  Brokesburne,  acolyte,  free  and  legitimate,  of  good  and 
honest  conversation,  praying  his  promotion  in  Holy  Orders  :  15  Kal. 
of  October,  1312". 

The  Prior  appointed  a  Proctor  for  all  matters  relating  to  the  Church  of 
Somerford,  Kume  (Combe  Caisne),  and  Lolleworth  (Lulworth),  all  in 
Dorsetshire.  Dated  third  none  of  October,  1312  4. 

On  the  feast  of  All  Saints,  the  Convent  nominated  Andrew  de  Wym- 
bisshe,  Chaplain,  to  the  Vicarage  of  Stansted,  Essex  ". 

On  the  feast  of  St.  Nicholas,  Thomas,  the  Sub-prior,  presented  Werricus 
de  Baldock  to  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury,  for  admission  to  the  Vicarage  of 
Lolleworth  (Lulworth),  Dorsetshire6. 

On  the  same  day  he  presented  Edmund  de  Hicche  to  the  Bishop  of 
Lincoln,  for  institution  to  the  Vicarage  of  Upton,  Buckinghamshire7. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  presented  to  the  living  of  Evvhurst  from  this 
date,  as  appears  by  the  Bishop's  books 8. 

William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Nicholas,  of  the  Church  of 
Miccham  (Mitcham),  the  piece  of  ground  there  which  Edmund  de 
Wrotting  had  lately  held,  at  a  rental  of  2s.  6d.  per  annum  :  he  undertaking 
to  maintain  the  enclosures,  trees,  and  growing  things.  Witnesses,  William 
Amberas,  knight,  and  others  named  9. 

The  King  charged  upon  Merton  Priory  a  corrody  of  food  and  clothing 
in  the  House,  to  one  Clays,  for  his  life,  he  having  long  served  the  King 
and  the  King's  father.  Dated  at  Windsor  10. 

The  Convent  appointed  Hugh  de  Kingeston,  Vicar  of  fflore,  to  be  their 
Proctor  for  matters  relating  to  that  Church.  12  Kal.  April,  1313  ". 

William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Richard  de  Pennark,  Clerk, 
a  corrody,  to  be  received  in  their  House,  viz.  every  day  a  great  miche 
of  the  Convent,  and  one  and  a  half  gallon  of  Convent  beer,  and  from  the 


1  Cart.  No.  444,  fo.  clxxix.  v. 

3  Cart.  No.  446,  fo.  clxxxj. 

5  Cart.  No.  452,  fo.  clxxxj.  v. 

*  Cart.  No.  439,  fo.  clxxviij. 

9  Cart.  No.  459,  fo.  clxxxij.  v. 

11  Cart.  No.  448,  fo.  clxxxj. 


Cart.  No.  409,  fo.  clxxj.  v. 

Cart.  No.  447,  fo.  clxxxj. 

Cart.  No.  438,  fo.  clxxviij. 

Manning  and  Bray,  History  of  Surrey,  i.  p.  503. 

Close  Rolls  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.,  ed.  1892,  p.  565). 

P  2 


212  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1312.      kitchen  a  general  Convent  ration,  with  pittances  and  additions  on  feast 

Ju'y  7-  days  throughout  the  year,  so  far  as  the  common  purse  would  permit. 
Whilst  resident  in  the  house,  an  allowance  for  a  servant  of  two  loaves 
de  aula,  one  gallon  of  militum  beer,  and  a  ration  de  aula,  to  be  received 
in  the  great  hostium  of  the  kitchen.  Granting  him  leave  to  carry  away 
and  dispose  at  will  of  his  grossa  cibaria  generalia,  in  meat  or  fish,  cooked 
or  raw.  He  not  to  sell  this  corrody,  unless  to  the  Prior.  They  also 
granted  him  a  place  "infra  mansum  curie  nostre,"  to  dwell  in  at  his  own 
cost.  Given  in  full  chapter,  on  feast  of  Translation  of  St.  Thomas,  martyr, 
Archbishop,  1313 '. 

Nov.  4.  An  order  was  made  on  Henry  de  Cobeham,  Keeper  of  the  Templars' 
lands  in  the  county,  to  pay  to  H.  (Henry  Wodelok),  Bishop  of  Winchester, 
the  arrears  of  the  wages  assigned  for  the  maintenance  of  Stephen  de 
Stapelbrigg,  a  Templar  delivered  to  him  to  do  penance  in  the  monastery 
of  St.  Mary  of  Merton  :  to  wit  \d.  a  day  from  the  time  of  his  appointment 
as  keeper :  and  to  continue  to  pay  the  same2. 

Dec.  12.        An  order  was  made  on  the   Sheriff  of  Surrey,  to  pay  to  the   King's 

Sergeant,  Adam  de  Bray,  staying  at  Merton  with  certain  of  the  King's 

horses,  £20  for  the  expenses  of  the  horses  and  the  wages  of  the  grooms 

keeping  them.     Dated  at  Dover 3. 

1314.          The   Bishop  (Henry  Wodelok)  referring  to  a  recent  Visitation,  issued 

July  26.  certa;n  Injunctions  or  Articles  to  be  reformed.  Commencing  with  general 
remarks  upon  the  frailty  of  human  nature  and  the  tendency  in  course  of 
time  to  lapse ;  the  duty  of  his  office  to  exercise  vigilance ;  and  that  in  his 
late  Visitation  he  had  found  certain  faults  contrary  to  the  rule  and  to  the 
discipline  of  religion,  which,  lest  they  should  grow  greater,  he  is  led  to 
extirpate  :  he  thus  proceeds  :— 

First,  whereas  we  have  found  you  have  very  little  frequented  the  choir 
at  Divine  Service,  though  by  your  rule  it  was  your  duty  to  honour  God 
at  the  appointed  times ;  we  enact  and  order,  that  (having  no  lawful  im- 
pediment) no  one  absent  himself  from  the  Divine  Offices,  by  day  or  night, 
nor  from  the  Canonical  Hours  or  Masses  in  the  Convent,  without  reasonable 
cause  and  licence  from  the  Sub-prior,  asked  and  obtained.  Any  one,  who 
being  corrected  cum  minori  pend,  will  not  amend,  to  be  punished  by  the 
stoppage  of  his  mess ;  and  the  second  time  to  submit  to  severe  punish- 
ment. 

That  silence  in  the  accustomed  places  be  better  observed,  and  that  the 

1  Cart.  No.  455,  fo.  clxxxj.  v.  *  Close  Rolls,  7  Ed.  II  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  33). 

3  Close  Rolls,  7  Ed.  II  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  33). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1312-1314.  213 

1314.      outer  door  of  the  monastery  be.  kept  by  some  God-fearing  Brother,  who 

July  26.    is  to  be  appointed  your  Locutorius,  by  whom  secular  persons  of  either 

sex  may  be  prevented  from  entrance  into  the  monastery,  and  other  places 

within  the  monastery ;  lest  it  lead  to  infractions  of  the  rule  of  silence,  and 

the  hindrance  of  the  Brothers  in  reading  and  contemplation. 

Also,  against  the  rule  of  St.  Augustine,  and  that  none  offend  even  in 
appearance,  we  inhibit  any  of  the  Brothers,  without  special  licence,  to 
go  out  in  the  sight  of  secular  persons  with  bows  and  crossbows,  or  other 
things,  dissoliter;  or  to  go  anywhere  out  of  the  choir,  monastery,  or  bounds 
of  the  monastery,  without  obtaining  special  licence  of  the  president.  And 
that  those  going  out  of  the  bounds  have  honest  company,  and,  their  errand 
being  done,  return  without  delay.  Any  one  offending  against  this  order 
to  be  punished  by  the  president,  by  restraint  within  the  bounds  for  a  year. 

Also,  whereas  the  rule  orders  that  amongst  us  our  pleasure  should  be 
not  carnal  but  spiritual,  and  that  your  Head  should  without  regard  to 
person  rebuke  disturbers  and  reassure  the  timid. 

We  order  that  the  Prior  and  Sub-prior  and  other  guardians  of  order 
equally  correct  and  punish  those  who  are  found  in  fault,  and  the  more 
heavily  those  in  whom  the  delinquence  is  heavier.  Any  one  deputed  by 
the  Prior  offending  by  indiscreet  favour,  to  be  suspended  from  his  office, 
and  for  a  second  offence  to  be  removed  from  it. 

Also,  as  Brothers  should  be  poor  in  spirit,  and  we  have  found  some 
unruly ;  make  them  dread  your  power. 

Also,  we  have  found  that,  contrary  to  the  Injunctions  of  J.  our  pre- 
decessor, of  good  memory  (Bishop  John  de  Pontissera),  the  goods  of  your 
Church  are  not  paid  at  due  times  to  the  treasury ;  and  we  order  that  every 
year,  on  the  morrow  of  All  Souls,  there  be  heard  the  account  of  the  pre- 
positors  and  other  ministers  who  are  deputed  to  keep  your  accounts ;  and 
that  they  return  full  accounts  of  their  administration,  which  shall  at  least 
once  in  the  year  be  read  in  public  chapter :  and  according  to  the  state 
of  your  House  and  Officers,  the  number  of  the  household  in  the  Priory, 
and  its  Officers,  and  its  future  expenses,  so  far  as  you  can,  be  arranged ; 
and  that  every  year  there  be  a  faithful  audit. 

And  as  according  to  the  rules  no  one  should  esteem  himself  in  authority, 
but  serving  in  charity,  so  that  charity  be  cherished  and  inordinate  authority 
be  not  exercised ;  we  enact  and  order  that  in  sale  of  corrodies,  woods, 
feuds,  and  the  granting  of  pensions,  the  Prior  avail  himself  of  the  counsel 
of  the  Convent,  or  at  least  of  the  chief  and  wiser  of  them,  nor  that  he  do 
such  things  without  reasonable  cause  ;  and  that  the  Prior  in  receiving  or 


214  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1314.      paying  take  counsel  of  the  most  prudent  of  the  Confraters,  according  to  the 

July  26.    Constitution  heretofore  approved. 

Also,  following  in  the  footsteps  of  John,  our  predecessor,  we  enact  and 
ordain  that  the  goods  assigned  anciently  for  alms  be  applied  to  such  uses 
and  not  converted  to  other  uses,  and  that  alms  be  distributed  amongst  the 
poor  as  accustomed  of  old  time,  whenever  and  as  often  as  means  suffice ;  and 
that  the  fragments  be  fully  distributed  amongst  the  poor  and  not  to  others. 
Also,  according  to  the  decrees  of  your  rule,  we  will  and  order  that  your 
weak  and  infirm  Confraters  be  visited  by  the  Officials  to  whom  the  pro- 
visioning appertains,  and  a  better  supply  be  provided,  so  that  there  be 
ministered,  not  according  to  the  condition  of  those  who  are  well,  according 
to  their  needs,  so  far  as  the  means  of  the  House  will  suffice. 

Dated  at  Essere  (Esher\  the  4th  Kal.  August,  1314,  and  of  our  consecra- 
tion the  tenth '. 

July  28.  Immediately  following  this  date  the  Archbishop  (Reynolds)  addressed 
letters  to  his  beloved  son  the  Prior,  with  health,  grace,  and  benediction.  The 
bearer,  Thomas  Gydy,  having  distinguished  himself  by  his  faithful  service, 
the  Archbishop,  moved  by  his  requests,  earnestly  entreats  the  Prior,  with 
most  deep  affection,  to  be  pleased  to  receive  him  in  some  position  in  his 
household,  and  to  instal  him  as  servant ;  begging  that  he  may  not  be  rejected. 
And,  happily,  in  the  Lord,  bids  the  Prior  farewell.  (The  place  and  date 
are  not  entered2.) 

Aug.  i.  On  the  feast  of  St.  Peter  in  Chains,  Henry  de  Spondon  was  presented 
to  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury  for  institution  to  the  Vicarage  of  Somerford s. 

Dec.  5.  John  Abel,  Eschaetor  on  this  side  of  Trent,  was  ordered  (at  Northampton) 
to  deliver  to  Matilda,  wife  of  late  Gilbert  de  Clare,  Earl  of  Gloucester  and 
Hereford  (amongst  many  other  items),  a  fourth  of  a  knight's  fee  at  Talworth, 
Surrey,  which  the  Prior  held,  of  the  yearly  value  of  loos. 4 

Dec.  8  \  On  the  Sunday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Clement,  the  Prior  and  Convent 
presented  Walter  de  Brokesburne  to  the  Church  of  Hethlegh",  and  an 
inquisition  was  then,  by  order  of  Henry,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  addressed 
to  the  Archdeacon  and  dated  Fareham,  18  Kal.  January  (Dec.  15),  1314, 
to  inquire  concerning  a  pension  reserved  by  the  Convent  when  making 
the  presentation.  The  Commissioners  made  their  return  dated  Aulton 

1  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wodelok,  Appendix,  fo.  24*  to  25*. — APPENDIX  CVII. 

2  Archiepiscopal  Register,  Raynold,  fo.  56.  v. — APPENDIX  CVIII. 

3  Cart.  No.  457,  fo.  clxxxij. 

*  Calendar  of  Close  Rolls,  A.  D.  1313-1318  (Rec.  Off.  publication,  p.  131). 
"'  Assuming  it  to  be  the  death  of  St.  Clement  of  Alexandria,  December  4. 
"  Cart.  No.  454,  fo.  clxxxj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1314-1315.  215 

1314.  (Carshalton),  14  Kal.  January  (Dec.  19),  in  the  same  year,  wherein  they 
Dec.  8.  foun(j  on  diligent  inquisition  that  Geoffrey  de  Hovile,  Clerk,  was  the  last 
incumbent ;  that  the  church  was  pensionary  to  the  Convent  in  6os.  per 
annum,  and  taxed  accordingly  in  the  then  current  taxation  of  tenths  at 
24  marcs ;  and  that  the  said  Walter  was  free,  legitimate,  of  good  and 
lawful  life,  more  than  twenty-five  years  of  age,  a  sub-deacon,  and  had  no 
other  benefice1.  Consequent  upon  this  the  Bishop  admitted  him  to  the 
living  by  decree  dated  at  Waltham,  the  I3th  Kal.  January  (Dec.  20) 2. 
Jan.  15.  The  Church  of  Hethlegh  having  become  vacant,  the  Priory  presented  to 
the  Bishop  for  institution  one  Walter  de  Brokesburne  (no  doubt  a  re- 
lative of  William  de  Brokesburn,  then  Prior).  The  Bishop  of  Winchester 
thereupon  issued  a  Commission  addressed  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Winchester, 
and  the  Rectors  of  Estystede,  Coliwe,  Hartligh,  Shalden,  and  Grutham, 
and  the  Vicars  of  Froyle,  Aulton,  Great  Worldham,  and  Steleburn,  who, 
by  their  return  dated  at  Aulton  (Carshalton),  on  19  January,  reported 
concerning  the  presentation  :  the  last  previous  presentation  had  been  that 
of  Geoffrey  de  Hovile,  Clerk,  by  the  Bishop  of  Winchester3. 

1314  or  5.  In  the  eighth  year  of  King  Edward  II  the  Convent  granted  to  Guar- 
nerius  and  his  heirs  their  part  of  a  mill  in  Fecham  (Fetcham,  Surrey),  and 
an  acre  of  land,  to  hold  of  them  in  fee  and  inheritance  at  a  rent  of  55. 
per  annum  ;  and  on  condition  that  they  should  retain  the  right  to  have 
ground  in  the  said  mill  all  corn  required  for  their  Court  at  Fecham 4. 

It  appears  that  at  this  time  the  Prior  held  of  Gilbert  de  Clare,  Earl 
of  Gloucester  and  Hereford,  the  manor  of  Telesworth  (Talworth),  in  the 
Honour  of  Clare  at  a  knight's  fee ;  the  Manor  was  valued  at  loos,  per 
annum 6. 

They  also  held  of  him  lands  and  tenements  at  Mitcham  in  the  Honour 
of  Gloucester  by  service  of  a  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee  ;  the  property  was 
valued  at  £10  per  annum  6. 

The  Convent  acquired  from  William  Painell  a  messuage  and  its 
appurtenances  in  Southwark 7. 

1315.          William,  prior,  and  Convent  granted  to  Geoffrey  de  Stok'  an  annual 
Jan.  17.     pension  of  5  marks  sterling  :  the  consideration  is  not  mentioned  s. 

1  Cart.  No.  460,  fo.  clxxxiiij.  2  Cart.  No.  456,  fo.  clxxxij. 

3  Cart.  No.  460,  fo.  clxxxiiij.     This  and  the  previous  entry  are  similar  in  effect,  but  slightly 
discordant  in  dates  ;  and  we  do  not  find  any  other  instance  of  presentation  made  by  the  Bishop. 
*  8  Ed.  II,  No.  68  (Brit.  Mus.  MSS.,  Symnt's  Collections,  p.  161). 

5  Eschaet  Rolls,  8  Ed.  II,  No.  68  (Brit.  Mus.  MSS.,  Symnt's  Collections,  fo.  10.  v.}. 

6  Ibid.  fo.  ii.  v.  and  fo.  301. 

7  Patent  Rolls,  8  Ed.  II,  m.  a  (Vincent  MS.,  p.  1073).  *  Cart.  No.  461,  fo.  clxxxiiij.  v. 


2l6  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1315.          John  de  Sarum,  called  de  Botela,  having  fallen  to  want  through  ill  health, 
Jan.  17.     tne  prjor  ancj  Convent,  for  the  affection  they  bore  him,  granted  him  an 
annual  pension  of  6os.' 

The  Prior,  for  himself  and  Convent,  acknowledged  that  they  owed  to 
William  Paynel  100  marks  :  to  be  levied,  in  default  of  payment,  on  their 
lands  and  chattels,  in  Surrey.  Dated  at  Windsor2. 

July  20.  Apparently  after  some  dispute,  the  Convent  entered  into  a  convention 
with  Sir  Richard  de  Kingeston,  Clerk,  and  Matthew  his  brother,  whereby 
they  granted  to  Sir  Richard  and  Matthew  a  messuage  in  Tappelawe 
(Taplow,  Buckinghamshire),  which  Geoffrey  Kaukin  held  of  them  for  life, 
in  villenage,  at  a  payment  of  205.  per  annum  and  all  secular  demands ; 
afterwards  to  return  to  the  Convent.  Dated  the  feast  of  St.  Margaret, 
9  Edward  II :'. 

On  the  same  day  they  granted  to  John  Tinctor  of  Tappelawe  a  mill, 
with  part  of  the  island  adjoining  (the  other  half  of  which  he  already  held), 
for  his  life  at  a  rental  of  405.  per  annum.  But  if  it  happened,  quod  absit, 
that  the  mill  should  be  deteriorated,  or  that  John  cut  down  any  tree  on 
the  island,  unless  for  repair  of  the  mill,  and  then  with  the  leave  of  their 
Bailiff,  the  Convent  was  at  liberty  to  retake  possession  of  their  property 
until  satisfaction  was  made  \ 

The  Prior  and  John  de  Matham  held  the  Manor  of  Mulesey  (Moulsey) 
by  the  service  of  providing  in  the  King's  army  one  mounted  bowman  for 
40  days '. 

isie.          Pursuant  to  Writs  tested  at  Clipston,  the  Prior  was  certified  to  be  Lord 
March  5.    or  Joint-lord  of  the  following  Townships": — 
Bucks.    Joint-lord  of  Penn  and  Taplow. 
Hampshire.     Lord  of  Stratfield-Turgis. 
Middlesex.    Joint-lord    of    Sunbury,     Cherdington,      Kennington, 

Hampton,  and  Teddington. 

Surrey.     Lord  of  Merton,  Joint- lord  of  Mitcham  and  Moulsey. 
July  20.         The  Archbishop   (Walter   Reynolds)   issued  a  Commission  to  visit  all 
religious  houses  in  the  city  and   diocese  of  Winchester  (the  See  being 

1  Caii.  No.  462,  fo.  clxxxiiij.  v.     On  February  21,  1319.  they  presented  him  to  the  Rectory 
of  St.  Peter,  Bedford  (Cart.  No.  480,  fo.  clxxxvij). 

2  Entered  on  the  Close  Rolls,  8  Ed.  II,  Mem.  n  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  221).     The  association  of 
the  Paynel  family  with  the  Priory  during  between  two  and  three  centuries  is  noteworthy. 

3  Cart.  No.  410,  fo.  clxxij.  '  Cart.  No.  411.  fo.  clxxij. 

s  Nomina  Vill.  in  Treas.  Rememb.  Off.  in  Exchfq.  (M.  and  B.  i.  470*;.  A  precedent  for 
Mounted  Riflemen. 

6  Parliamentary  Rolls    Rec.  Off.  Cal.  \.  p.  737). 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1315-1317.  217 

1316.  vacant  by  the  death  of  Bishop  Henry  Wodelok),  but  excepted  from  the 
July  ao.    Visitation  the  Priories  of  Merton  and  of  St.  Mary  Southwark  (only) '. 

Oct.  i.  Letters  of  Acquittance  for  Procurations  were  given  by  the  Bishop  to 
the  Prior  and  Convent  on  behalf  of  Gualtelinus,  Priest  of  SS.  Marcellinus 
and  Peter,  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  Roman  Curia,  and  Cardinal-deacon  of 
the  Sta.  Maria  in  Via  Lata,  on  the  part  of  Pope  John  XXII,  and  deputed 
for  the  Archdeaconry  of  Surrey,  in  the  Diocese  of  Winchester ;  the  sum 
being  £46  sterling,  in  the  name  of  the  said  Cardinal,  in  part  payment 
of  procurations  raised  in  the  said  Diocese.  Dated  at  Southwark, 
October  i,  1316,  and  of  the  Bishop's  Consecration  the  first2. 

John  de  Sandale,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  held  an  Ordination  here'1. 

The  men  and  tenants  of  the  Prior  of  Merton,  at  Shelfwode  (Shelwood), 
described  as  a  member  of  the  Manor  of  Ewell  and  having  been  in  old 
times  of  the  Crown  domain,  impleaded  the  said  Prior,  who  they  alleged 
required  other  service  from  them  than  they  had  been  accustomed  to  perform. 

The  Prior  denied  that  he  had  required  any  other  service  than  that  in 
which  there  had  been  a  plea  at  Westminster  in  Michaelmas  Term,  7  &  8 
Henry  III  (1222),  of  which  the  record  was  produced  by  the  Treasurer 
and  Chamberlain. 

Upon  the  hearing,  the  Prior  showed  that  the  services  which  he  was 
accustomed  to  require  from  the  said  tenants  were  not  abandoned.  The 
Prior's  plea  alleged  that  for  pasnage  (pannage)  he  ought  to  receive 
from  each  tenant  who  had  ten  pigs,  i  pig ;  if  twenty,  2 ;  and  if  a  less 
number,  then  for  each  pig  id* 

1316  or  7.  Royal  Licence  was  obtained  for  an  exchange  between  the  Convent  of 
Merton  and  the  Rectory  of  Tiverington,  or  Titherington,  of  lands  situate 
in  that  parish  in  the  County  of  Wilts5. 

1317.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  of  the  Order  of  St.  Augustine,  addressed 
Jan.  aa.     ]etters  to  all  faithful  Christians,  reciting  that  it  was  a  holy  and  wholesome 

thought  to  pray  for  the  dead  6 ;  and  humbly  supplicated  that  they  would, 
with  fullness  of  pious  compassion,  pray  for  the  dead  of  the  House,  and 
especially  for  Gilbert  Cypet,  at  whose  request  they  had  given  these  letters 

1  A  rchiepiscopal  Register,  Reynolds,  f.  1176. 

3   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Sandale,  pt.  i.  fo.  15.  v.  3   Ibid.  pt.  ii.  fo.  53. 

*  Placita  coram  Rege,  10  Ed.  II,  v.  18  (Abbrev.  Plant.,  Rcc.  Off.  Cat.  p.  325).  There  had 
been  previous  litigation  on  the  same  subject,  decided  February  8,  1283  {Cart.  No.  366, 
fo.  clvi.  «/.). 

5  Patent  Rolls,  10  Ed.  II,  p.  i,  m.  n  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  81);  see  also  Brit.  Mas.  Add.  MS. 
6170,  p.  6. 

6  Macchabees  II,  cap.  12,  ver.  46 :  the  verse  wanting  in  the  version  in  use  in  the  English 
Church.     "  Sancta  ergo  et  salubris  est  cogitatio,  pro  dcfunctis  exorare,  ut  a  peccatis  solvantur." 


2l8  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1317.       testimonial,  devoutly  asking  that  he  may  obtain  their  aid.     These  present 
Jan.  aa.     jo  ^e  gOO(j  for  one  year.    Given  at  Merton  on  the  day  of  St.  Vincent,  1317'. 

With  unanimous  consent  the  Convent  granted  and  dimitted  to  Philip 
de  Barthon,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  all  tithes  of  corn  and  fruit  and  the 
great  tithes  of  the  parish  of  Effingham  from  the  feast  of  St.  Barnabas  (n 
June),  1317,  for  six  years,  for  the  sum  of  £26  in  hand  paid;  the  Convent 
paying  all  extraordinary  services  and  a  pension  of  505.  per  annum  to  the 
Abbot  of  Chertsey.  The  Archdeacon,  as  lessee,  to  pay  all  ordinary 
charges  and  sustain  the  house  of  residence.  And  if  it  should  happen 
(quod  absit)  that  he  should  die  within  the  term,  the  House  would  be  at 
liberty  to  resume  their  rights  therein  ~. 

Probably  this  transaction  was  in  the  nature  of  a  mortgage  security, 
since  the  next  entry  in  the  Cartulary  is  the  receipt  and  acknowledgement 
by  the  Archdeacon,  from  the  Prior  and  Convent,  of  £26,  and  annulment 
of  all  writings  respecting  him  :  it  is  undated  3. 

June  6.  The  appropriation  of  the  living  of  Bourne  (Patricksbourne,  Kent)  was 
made  by  Walter,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  by  an  instrument  of  great 
length,  addressed  to  the  trustworthy  men,  the  Canons.  He  wills  and 
ordains  that  the  Vicar  for  the  time  being  shall  have  always  two  chaplains 
at  his  own  expense,  the  one  dwelling  near  the  other,  to  reside  near  and 
have  cure  of  the  Chapel  of  Bregges  (Bridge,  near  Canterbury),  which 
chapel  was  annexed  to  the  church. 

The  Vicar  to  live  in  the  Rectorial  manse  until  the  Archbishop  ordained 
him  a  competent  manse  and  curtilage  by  the  church,  to  be  built  at  the 
charges  of  the  Canons ;  and  to  have  fifty  acres  of  arable  land  lately 
bought  by  them  there,  and  half  an  acre  of  meadow,  and  all  oblations  both 
in  the  church  and  chapel ;  also  tithes  of  wool,  lambs,  calves,  poultry, 
flax,  hemp,  apples,  &c.,  and  mortuaries  in  wax  and  in  money  and  in  all 
other  things.  They  were  also  to  pay  him  405.  per  annum  in  supplement, 
and  to  rebuild  the  chancel  of  the  church,  if  necessary,  and  keep  it  in 
repair. 

Dated    at  Lameht  (Lambeth)  on  the   Monday  after  the  octave    of  the 
Holy  Trinity,  the  8th  ide  of  June,  1317  \ 
Dec.          Subsequently,  in  the  month  of  December,  in  the  presence  of  the  Prior 

1  Carl.  No.  468,  fo.  clxxxv.  v. — APPENDIX  CIX. 
"  Cart.  No.  463,  fo.  clxxxiiij.  v. — APPENDIX  CX. 
3  Cart.  No.  464,  fo.  clxxxv.  v. — APPENDIX  CX. 

1  The  dates  given  seem  discordant.  The  eighth  ide  of  June  is  June  6;  Trinity  Sunday,  1317, 
was  May  29,  consequently  Monday  after  the  octave  would  be  May  14. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:   13:7-1318. 


219 


1317.  and  Canons  and  of  Sir  Thomas  de  Wyvelyngham,  the  Vicar,  the  interval 
Dec-       having  been  occupied  in  questions  as  to  carrying  out   the   arrangement 

and  setting  out  the  boundaries  and  dimensions  of  land  for  the  house  fully, 

Laurence   Fastolf,   Canon  of  the  Church  of  London  and  Commissioner 

appointed  for  the  purpose,  gave  leave  to  the  Vicar  to  pull  down  a  house 

situated  between  the  chapel  or  oratory  and  the  said  Rectory. 

Attested  by  Nicholas  de  Ystele,  Notary  Public,  Sir  John  de  Tonebrige, 

Rector   of  Croydon,  John  de   Horstede,  Vicar  of  the  same,  and   other 

witnesses  specially  called '. 
June  ii.        (Amongst    entries    of    a   similar    character)   Alan    de   Sco.    Botulpho, 

servant  to  the  late  King,  was  sent  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  to  receive 

his   maintenance,    apparently   by   Thomas   de    Cherleton,   Keeper  of  the 

Privy  Seal.     At  Westminster2. 
Dec.  31.        The    Bishop    issued   a   brief  to   the    Prior,   calling   upon    him    to   give 

a  further  account  of  his  collection  of  procurations  raised  in  the  Diocese 

of  Winchester3. 
1317  or  8.       On  Inquisition  held  on  the  death  of  Henry  de  Somerbury,  it  was  found 

that  the  Prior  held  in  Ewell  seven  acres  of  land  with  their  pertinents,  at 

a  rent  of  45.  per  annum,  and  that  was  the  full  value  4. 

1318.  John  (Sandale),  Bishop  of  Winchester,  and  Master  James  of  Florence, 
March  27.    Archdeacon  of  Wiltshire,  acknowledged  that  they  owed  to  the  Prior  £300 

to  be  levied,  in  default  of  payment,  on  their  lands  and  chattels  in  Surrey : 
on  what  account  is  not  stated  5. 

March  28.  The  Convent  appears  to  have  incurred  ecclesiastical  censures  (though 
on  what  ground  does  not  appear),  for  on  this  day  they  constituted  R.  de 
Harmondesworth  their  proctor  and  special  nuncio  to  appear  before  the 
Venerable  fathers,  lords  Gancelino,  priest  of  SS.  Marcellinus  and  Peter, 
Cardinal  Deacon  of  the  Holy  Roman  Church,  and  Apostolic  Nuncio ;  to 
seek  and  obtain  absolution,  relaxation,  or  revocation  of  excommunication, 
suspension,  and  interdict,  and  other  ecclesiastical  censures  done  by  the 
said  Lord  Cardinals.  Dated  the  5th  Kal.  of  April,  1318°. 

April  3.  .  The  Prior  acknowledged,  at  Westminster,  for  himself  and  Convent, 
a  debt  of  £150,  to  John  de  Causton,  citizen  of  London,  to  be  levied,  in 
default  of  payment,  on  their  lands  and  chattels  in  Surrey.  On  what 

1  Cart.  No.  557,  fo.  ccxiij— ccxvij.  v. 

2  Close  Rolls,  10  Ed.  II  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  476). 

3  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Sandale,  pt.  i.  fo.  22.     See  October  i,  1316. 

1  Eschaet  Rolls,  n  Ed.  II,  No.  5  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.,  Symnis  Collection,  383  v.). 
5  Close  Rolls,  it  Ed.  II  (Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.,  p.  603). 
'  Cart.  No.  416,  fo.  clxxiij.  v. 


220        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1318.  account  is  not  stated,  but  there  is  an  entry  following  that  the  obligation 
April  3.    was  cancenecj  on  payment l. 

April  25.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  William  Thomas,  of  Wynter- 
burn'  Martyn,  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  their  lands  at  that  place,  at  a  rental 
of  135.  \d.  per  annum.  Dated  at  Merton,  the  day  of  St.  Mark, 
eleventh  year  of  Edward,  son  of  Edward.  For  this  grant  he  paid  405. 
as  a  premium  '2. 

Aug.  2.  Referring  to  an  Exchange  made  in  respect  to  the  Church  of  Haremed, 
in  the  Diocese  of  Lincoln,  for  the  mediety  of  the  Church  of  Canewebury 
(Canonbury),  in  the  Diocese  of  London,  William  the  Prior,  and  Convent, 
presented  to  J. 3,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  their  beloved  W.  de  Castelton,  Clerk, 
their  Chaplain,  for  institution  to  the  said  Church ;  but  saving  to  them 
their  accustomed  pension.  Dated  4th  none  of  August,  1318 4. 

Sept.  28.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  to  Master  Geoffrey  de  Whetham- 
sted,  the  following  corrody.  One  large  miche  of  the  Convent;  one  and 
a  half  gallon  of  Convent  beer;  one  general  ration  of  the  Convent,  with 
supplementary  pittances  on  feast  days  when  provided  from  the  common 
purse  ;  one  gown  of  the  suit  of  our  Clerics  ;  and  four  cartloads  of  wood, 
and  four  cartloads  of  charcoal ;  and  four  pounds  candcl'  decocum  (rushlights) 
per  annum.  Also  two  marcs  sterling.  And  for  his  servant  two  loaves 
of  black  bread  (panes  trigros)  de  aula,  and  one  gallon  of  cervisia  mililum, 
and  a  ration  from  the  aula,  per  day.  Dated  on  the  morrow  of  SS.  Cosmo 
and  Damian  n. 

Nov.  2.  The  Priors  of  Cirencester  and  Llanthony,  presiding  at  a  General  Chapter 
of  the  Order  of  St.  Augustine,  sent  letters  to  the  Prior  of  Merton, 
directing  him  to  collect  a  subsidy  which  had  been  ordered  to  be  raised 
for  the  payment  of  a  law  suit  against  the  Prior  of  Twynham  (Christchurch 
Twyneham,  Hampshire);  in  pursuance  of  which  William,  Prior  of  Merton, 
issued  letters  addressed  to  the  Monasteries  of  the  Order  in  Surrey,  as  to 
the  collection  of  such  subsidy.  Dated  4th  none  of  November,  1318. 

In  default  of  payment  by  the  Prior  of  Tonbridge  of  his  share,  the  Prior 
of  Merton  had  occasion  to  issue  against  him  a  sentence  of  the  greater 
excommunication  :  but  subsequently,  no  doubt  on  payment  being  made, 
he  relaxed  the  sentence6. 

1319.  The  Convent  presented  to  John  de  Harington,  Keeper  of  the  Spiritual- 

Feb.  21. 

1   Close  Rolls,  ii  Ed.  II  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  602).  *  Cart.  No.  412,  fo.  clxxij.  v. 

3  J   hn  d'Aldarby  or  d'Alderly,  Bishop  of  Lincoln  from  1300  to  January  5,  1319. 

4  Cart.  No.  414,  fo.  clxxiij.  5  Cart.  No.  415,  fo.  clxxiij. 

6  Charters  in  Bodleian  Library,  Nos.  83  to  88  (Turner  and  Coxe,  Calendar,  p.  124). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1318-1319.  221 

1319.      Jties  of    the    Diocese   of    Lincoln,    appointed   by  Walter,  Archbishop  of 

Feb.  21.  Canterbury  (the  see  of  Lincoln  being  vacant  by  the  death  of  John,  late 
Bishop),  John  of  Salisbury,  called  Le  Boteler,  Clerk,  praying  his  admission 
to  the  Rectory  of  St.  Peter,  Bedford'.  The  pension  of  60 s.  per  annum 
which  they  had  granted  him  on  January  17,  1315,  presumably  ceased  upon 
this  appointment. 

On  the  same  day  they  presented   Adam    Cam    to    the    Chapel    in    the 
Vicarage  of  Kymynton  (Kimpton,  Herts) 2. 

July  20.  The  King  having  consented  to  the  payment  of  a  Tenth  imposed  by  Pope 
Clement  V  upon  the  Clergy  of  the  Province  of  Canterbury,  addressed  a 
Writ  to  the  Archbishop,  reciting  the  fact  and  the  grants  made  by  the  Clergy 
and  Laity  in  Parliament  at  York  ;  that  those  levies  could  not  be  realized 
until  Michaelmas,  while  the  expenses  of  the  War  with  Robert  de  Brus  of  the 
Scots  (who  had  so  often  penetrated  England)  had  exhausted  the  King's 
Treasury,  and  he  was  compelled  to  request  the  assistance  of  his  subjects. 
The  King  therefore  exhorted  the  Archbishop  '  in  fide  et  dilectione,'  and 
also  as  he  tendered  the  defence  of  the  persons  and  property  of  the  Clergy 
and  Laity,  to  lend  and  advance  him  as  much  money  as  he  possibly  could, 
or  at  least  up  to  the  amount  of  his  assessment  to  the  Tenth,  to  be  paid  into 
the  Treasury  before  the  feast  of  the  Assumption  (August  15) ;  for  which 
loan  the  King  promised  to  issue  Letters  Patent  under  the  Exchequer  Seal, 
securing  the  allowance  and  repayment  out  of  the  Tenth  and  other  aids  of 
money  so  advanced.  The  Archbishop  was  further  to  use  all  expedient  ways 
and  means  to  induce  the  Abbots,  Priors,  and  Prelates  of  Collegiate  Churches 
within  his  jurisdiction  to  advance,  the  same  object. 

By  Writ  tested  at  York,  on  this  day  the  King  addressed  to  the  Prior  and 
Convent  of  Merton  a  similar  request  for  an  advance  of  his  contingent2. 

Dec.  7.  The  House  gave  letters  addressed  to  the  Chancellor  of  Salisbury  and 
others,  delegated  to  the  See  Apostolic,  notifying  the  appointment  of  Master 
Nicholas  de  Leukenore,  Clerk,  to  be  their  defender  in  a  cause  of  appeal 
between  Richard  le  Vinet,  Vicar  of  Biry  (Bury  Pomeroy),  in  the  Diocese  of 
Exeter,  and  themselves,  on  the  Monday  after  the  feast  of  St.  Katherine. 
Dated  7  Ide  of  December,  1319  3. 

Dec.  it.  The  Convent  appointed  Robert  de  Harmondesworth,  Concanon,  and 
Master  Nicholas  de  Leukenore,  Clerk,  jointly  and  severally  to  be  their 
Proctors,  to  appear  before  the  Official  of  Winchester,  sed  vacante,  or  his 

Cart.  No.  480,  fo.  clxxxvij. 


1  Cart.  No.  480,  fo.  clxxxvij. 

2  Parliamentary  Writs,  13  Ed.  II  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  1169). 

3  Cart.  No.  470,  fo.  clxxxvj. 


222  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1310.      commissary,  on  the  feast  of  St.  Lucy  (December  13)  in  the  Church  of  the 
Dec.  ii.    Holy  Trinity,  Guildford,  to  make  canonical   obedience  and  otherwise  as 

accustomed.     Dated  December  n  '. 

1318.          Amongst  a  number  of  corrodies  to  be  granted  by  various  monasteries  by 
Dec.  16.    tl  Request  "  from  the  King  was  one  for  the  benefit  of  Geoffery  de  Thorpe  : 
the  House  was  directed  to  grant  letters  patent  certifying  what  had  been 
done  therein  2. 

1319  or  20.  The  Convent  granted  a  proxy  to  their  beloved  in  Christ,  Master  A.  de  B., 
Clerk,  to  appear  for  them  at  the  Visitation  of  the  Revd.  Father  Walter,  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury,  at  Lincoln,  on  the  morrow  after  St.  Faith  (October  7), 
in  respect  to  them  and  their  churches  in  the  Diocese ;  to  exhibit  their 
charters  of  appropriation  and  pensions,  and  propound,  answer,  and  make 
lawful  oath,  and  all  other  things  incumbent  on  them  at  the  Visitation.  And 
moreover,  in  all  litigation  before  judges  ordinary  or  delegate,  or  -their  com- 
missaries, to  act,  defend,  and  receive,  &c.,  and  appeal  in  case  of  abuse ;  and 
to  appoint,  or  revoke  the  appointment  of,  a  substitute.  Seal  of  Convent 
set  hereto  (date  of  this  proxy  not  mentioned) 3. 

1320.          The  Convent  granted  a  pension  of  405.  to  Philip  de  Testr'  at  request  of 
April  27.    Walter  de  Norwich  4. 

The  same  day  the  Convent  presented  Thomas  de  Cotyngham,  Clerk,  to 
the  Church  of  Plumsted,  in  the  Diocese  of  Norwich6. 

June  14.  An  exchange  of  livings  having  been  agreed  between  Master  Richard  de 
Aulton,  Rector  of  Yelling  (Huntingdonshire),  in  the  Diocese  of  Lincoln,  and 
John  de  Malmesbury,  Rector  of  Mottesfont  (Hampshire),  in  the  Diocese  of 
Winchester,  the  Convent  presented  the  said  John  de  Malmesbury  to  the 
Official  of  the  Diocese  of  Lincoln  (the  See  being  vacant)  for  institution 
(i8th  kal.  July)6. 
Oct.  5.  The  Convent  presented  Maurice,  Chaplain,  to  the  Church  of  St.  Lawrence, 

Exeter 7. 

Oct-  A  suit  was  before  the  King's  Court,  brought  by  Ailet  de  Ewell  against  the 

Prior  for  interference  with  his  freehold  at  Ewell. 
The  Prior  appeared  by  Brothers  Thomas  de  Neugate  and  Geoffrey,  his 

1  Cart.  No.  471,  fo.  clxxxvj.  v. 

1  Close  Rolls,  Ed.  II,  mem.  19  (Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  Rec.  Off.  publication,  1895). 

3  Cart.  No.  469,  fo.  clxxxvj.— APPENDIX  CXI.  Walter  Reynolds  was  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  from  1313  to  1327,  and  the  See  of  Lincoln  was  at  this  time  vacant.  Bishop  John 
D'Alderly  died  in  1319,  his  successor  died  in  the  same  year,  and  Henry  Burwash,  the  next 
Bishop,  was  enthroned  about  Christmas,  1320. 

1  Cart.  No.  475,  fo.  clxxxvj.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  476,  fo.  clxxxvj.  v. 

'  Cart.  No.  472,  fo.  clxxxvj.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  474,  fo.  clxxxvj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    i3L9-i32o.  223 


1320.  attornies,  and  alleged  that  the  land  was  in  the  Manor  of  Ewell,  which  he  had 
•  from  the  gift  of  King  Richard  as  fully  as  any  other  manor  was  held  by  the 
King,  and  whoever  claimed  it  must  recover  seisin  in  the  Prior's  Court  by 
jurors,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  Manor;  and  that  he  himself  had 
recovered  it  by  judgement  of  the  Curia  Regis,  the  records  of  which  he 
invoked  in  evidence. 

Ailet  said  that  he  did  not  claim  to  hold  the  land  of  the  Prior,  but  of  one 
Robert,  by  free  service  of  isd.  per  annum  for  all  service,  and  as  if  the  land 
were  in  free  tenure. 

Robert  being  asked  whether  the  land  was  within  the  Manor  said  that  it 
was  :  but  that  another  Jury  had  been  summoned  before  the  Sheriff  of  the 
County. 

The  Prior  answered  that  was  so,  but  by  judgement  and  law  the  case  was 
remitted  to  the  Court  of  the  Prior  to  be  determined  according  to  the  custom 
of  the  Manor. 

A  day  for  the  trial  was  fixed  for  the  octave  of  St.  Michael,  at  Westminster1. 
Oct  7.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  appointed  Sir  John  Purnel  de  Burgh 
to  be  Chaplain  to  celebrate  Divine  Service  daily  for  the  soul  of  Sir  Alan 
de  Chelesham,  deceased,  with  daily  remembrance,  Placebo,  Dirige,  &c.,  and 
all  things  accustomed  to  be  said  by  devotion  of  the  faithful  for  suffrages 
of  the  dead  ;  and  the  said  celebration  to  be  according  to  the  form  and 
tenor  of  a  memorandum  of  the  said  deceased,  noted  in  their  martyrology. 
The  said  John  humbly  promised  on  oath  to  perform  this  duty  faithfully. 

In  consideration  of  his  duty  the  Convent  granted  him  for  his  sustenance 
daily  from  their  cellarer  one  Convent  miche  and  one  and  a  half  gallon 
of  Convent  beer,  and  from  their  common  purse  one  general  ration  with 
usual  pertinents  ;  also  for  a  servant  two  loaves  dc  aula,  one  gallon  militum 
beer,  and  one  ration  as  given  to  servants.  They  agreed  to  pay  him 
a  silver  marc  each  half-year,  and  provide  him  with  a  dwelling  (to  be 
repaired  at  his  own  cost)  which  his  predecessor  in  the  same  Chantry  had 
had. 

It  was  stipulated  that  he  should  not  be  absent  two  days  at  a  time 
without  licence,  except  from  infirmity  or  lawful  impediment,  but  should 
faithfully  perform  his  duties.  Seal  of  the  Priory  2. 

A  similar  corrody  was  granted,  but  at  what  date  does  not  appear,  to 
William  Gavel,  but  with  the  additional  clause  that,  as  he  was  not  yet  in 
priest's  orders  and  therefore  not  able  to  perform  the  duties  of  the  Chantry, 

1  Cart.  No.  526,  fo.  cxcvij.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  482,  fo.  clxxxvij.  v. 


224 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1320.  he  was  to  provide  at  his  own  cost,  and  at  his  peril,  a  fit  priest  to  celebrate 
Oct.  7.     ancj  perform  the  other  duties  until  he  himself  was  advanced  to  the  order 

of  priesthood '. 

November.  Henry  de  Stanton,  one  of  the  testamentary  executors  of  Henry  de 
Guldeford,  attended  on  the  Saturday  next  after  thequindena  of  St.  Martin, 
in  the  thirteenth  year  of  Edward,  son  of  Edward,  and  acknowledged  the 
repayment  of  a  debt  of  50  marks  sterling,  which  in  the  sixth  year  of  the  same 
reign  (1312  or  1313)  the  Prior  had  acknowledged  to  be  owing  to  the  Abbot 
of  Bureford  ;  the  said  Henry  and  Gilbert  de  Oyet  and  John  de  Bureford, 
the  executors  of  the  said  will,  promising  to  pay  at  certain  periods2. 

1321.  The  Prior  was  summoned  before  the  Justices  Itinerant,  at  the  Tower,  to 
Jan.  14.    answer  to  the  King  on  what  warrant  he  claimed  to  have  sok  of  all  his  tenants 

in  the  City  of  London,  and  suburbs  of  the  same. 

He,  by  his   attorney,  appeared  and  said  that  he  and  his  predecessors 
were  seised  thereof  in  like  manner  beyond  memory. 

And  this  he  was  prepared  to  verify,  &.C.,  subsequently1. 

1321.  It  appears  that  the  Vicar  of  Kemyngton  (Kimpton,  Hertfordshire)  had 
neglected  or  failed  to  pay  certain  clerical  tenths.     The  Prior,  in  his  default, 
was  excommunicated ;  but  upon  payment  by  the  Prior  of  the  then  present 
tenths,  as  well  as  those  granted  for  the  past  year,  the  Abbot  of  Eynesham, 
sub-collector  of  clerical    tenths  of  England  for   the    Diocese  of  Lincoln, 
commanded  the   Archdeacon    of  Huntingdon    to   absolve   the    Prior   and 
recall  the  sentence  of  excommunication.     Dated  at  London  under  the  seal 
which  he  used  for  tenths,  the  year  1321  4. 

1322.  At  Kingston,  Edmund  Seman  of  Stocfeld  and  John  Marchal  of  Doutone 
Jan.  26.     niacje    homage   to    Prior   William    de    Brockesburn    and   paid   relief,  viz. 

Edmund  6s.  8^.,  and  John  45.  6d.,  and  the  Camerarius  received  the  fee  6. 

Feb.  16.  By  Writ  tested  at  Gloucester  on  this  day,  the  King,  with  the  authority  of 
Parliament,  exhorted  the  Prior  to  raise  as  many  men-at-arms  as  he  could, 
to  march  against  the  rebels  or  adherents  of  the  Earl  of  Lancaster;  to 
muster  at  Coventry  on  the  first  Sunday  in  Lent  next,  being  February  28 6. 

June  22.  On  the  day  of  St.  Alban  the  Convent  presented  John  of  Huntingdon, 
Clerk,  to  the  Church  of  Ditton. 

On  the  same  day  ceased  the  pension  of  loos,  which  William  de  Leycester 
was  accustomed  to  receive  of  them  7. 

1  Cart.  No.  483,  fo.  clxxxvij.  v.  3  Cart.  No.  527,  fo.  cxcviij. 

3  Placita  Corone,  14  Ed.  II,  101.  d.  (Platila  de  Quo  Warranto,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  473\ 

4  Cart.  No.  417,  fo.  clxxvij.  v.  5  Cart.  No.  359,  fo.  cliij. 

'  Parliamentary  Writs,  75  Ed.  II,  i.  p.  1169.  '  Cart.  No.  465,  fo.  clxxxv. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1320-1325. 


225 


1323. 
July  6. 

Feb.  13. 
March  7. 


Aug.  aa. 


Sept.  a8. 


Oct.  23. 

1324 

April  17. 


1325. 
May  ag. 


The  Convent  presented  Gilbert  de  Wyge'ton  to  the  Church  of  Clyve 
(Devonshire)  on  account  of  exchange1. 

The  Convent  presented  John  de  Dole  of  Bedford  to  their  Church  of 
St.  Peter,  Bedford  -. 

William,  Prior,  presented  John  de  Luthebourg,  Clerk,  to  the  Bishop  for 
title  to  orders  of  Sub-deacon  ri. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Richard  Bavel  a  corrody  consisting  of  one 
miche  and  one  and  a  half  gallons  of  beer  of  the  Convent,  with  pittances 
and  rations  on  feast  days  from  the  common  purse  ;  and  for  his  servant  two 
black  loaves  de  aula,  one  gallon  of  cerv.  milit.,  and  one  ration  de  aula.  The 
said  Richard  to  serve  them  all  his  life,  if  it  be  worth  while  *. 

The  Convent  presented  Ralph  de  Conyngesby,  Chaplain,  to  the  Church 
of  St.  Mary,  Guildford ;  the  See  of  Winchester  being  then  vacant,  and 
Master  John  de  Catesle  keeper  of  the  Spiritualities5. 

They  presented  William  Whyr,  Chaplain,  to  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  for 
admission  to  the  Vicarage  of  Tywe  (Tew,  Oxfordshire^,  upon  exchange6. 

On  the  same  day  they  appointed,  under  their  seal,  Alan  de  Horncastr' 
to  appear  on  behalf  of  the  same  church  at  the  visitation  and  convocation 
of  the  Bishop  or  his  Vicar7. 

They  presented  William  de  Honyngton  to  the  Church  of  Gyllyng 
(Yelling,  Huntingdonshire) 8. 

The  Convent  appointed  Robert  de  Blake,  of  Tregony,  to  be  their  Proctor 
for  matters  relating  to  that  church,  15  kal.  May,  1324'. 

On  the  same  day  they  appointed  Ralph  le  Corner,  of  Canontryng,  to  be 
their  Proctor  for  matters  relating  to  the  Church  of  Biry  (Berry  Pomeroy, 
Devon) 10. 

The  Bishop  issued  a  commission  to  the  Dean  of  Ewell  to  attend  at 
Kingston  and  cite  the  Vicar  to  state  his  income ;  it  having  come  to  the 
Bishop's  ears  that  the  Prior  and  Convent  took  too  much  of  the  fruits  and 
income,  so  that  the  Vicar  was  not  suitably  maintained  with  the  residue  ;  and 
enabled  to  pay  temporal  dues  and  otherwise  support  the  burthen  of  the 
incumbency,  as  appeared  in  the  visitation  of  the  Official  Commissary. 
Also  to  inquire  as  to  the  income  and  the  propriety  of  its  augmentation  ". 

John  de  Drokenesforde,  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  issued  a  commission 


I  Cart.  No.  473,  fo.  clxxxvj.  v. 
3  Cart.  No.  466,  fo.  clxxxv. 

5  Cart.  No.  487,  fo.  clxxxviij. 

7  Cart.  No.  489,  fo.  clxxxviij. 

s  Cart.  No.  449,  fo.  clxxxj. 

II  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Stratford,  fo.  7.  v. 

Q 


'*  Cart.  No.  537,  fo.  cxcix.  v. 
'  Cart.  No.  467,  fo.  clxxxv.  v. 
6  Cart.  No.  488,  fo.  clxxxviij. 
8  Caii.  No.  490,  fo.  clxxxviij. 
10  Cart.  No.  450,  fo.  clxxxj. 


226 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1325. 

May  29. 


Sept.  24. 

1326. 

April  14 
and  15. 


Nov.  aS. 


1326  or  7. 


1327. 


to  his  Official,  and  Master  Richard  de  Thistelden,  Precentor,  Thomas  de 
Retford,  Chancellor,  and  Walter  Brown,  Sub-dean,  respectively,  of  Wells 
Cathedral,  as  his  Commissioners  to  hear  and  determine  a  cause  or 
business  existing  in  dispute  between  the  Prior  of  Merton  on  the  one 
part,  and  the  discreet  man,  Master  Richard  de  Forde,  Treasurer  of  the 
Cathedral,  on  the  other  part,  concerning  an  annual  pension  of  4  marks  : 
with  canonical  power  in  the  place  of  the  Bishop  himself:  and  two  at 
least  to  be  a  quorum.  Given  at  Banewelle,  4  kal.  of  June,  A.  D.  1325, 
and  of  his  consecration  the  tenth1. 

The  Convent  presented  R.  de  Scheffeld  to  the  Church  of  Clist  St.  George, 
Devonshire  '*. 

An  exchange  of  livings  having  been  arranged  upon  between  Roger  de 
Guldeford,  Vicar  of  Kingston,  and  Roger  de  Kyngeston,  Vicar  of  East- 
hamstead  (Berks),  in  the  Diocese  of  Salisbury,  petitions  were  presented  to 
the  respective  Bishops  to  admit  and  institute  them  accordingly3. 

Roger  de  Kingeston  was  admitted  by  the  Bishop  to  the  Vicarage  of 
Kingston  on  June  14  following  *. 

The  Convent  presented  Robert  de  Ditchelade  to  the  Vicarage  of 
Stansted  (Hertfordshire)  •"'. 

The  Convent  presented  Philip  de  Chester  to  the  Church  of  Clyst, 
Devon,  and  he  delivered  to  them  a  letter  concerning  an  annual  pension  of 
405.,  evidently  to  be  paid  to  them  out  of  the  living6. 

Upon  an  Inquisition  held  upon  the  death  of  Hugh  Le  Despenser,  junior, 
the  Jury  found  that  a  virgate  of  land,  late  in  occupation  of  one  Fige,  which 
is  of  the  domain,  is  held  of  the  Prior  and  Canons  of  Merton,  at  a  rent  of 
45.  p'er  annum  7. 

Edward  de  Wodeham  presented  a  Petition  to  the  King  in  Council, 
respecting  the  marsh  which  he  alleged  was  formerly  held  of  Rauf  Fitz 
Bernard,  as  of  his  Manor  of  Thundreslegh  (Surrey),  by  homage,  fealty, 
and  service  of  five  and  half  marks  per  annum,  and  which  Rauf  by  fine  in 
Court  of  King  Henry,  son  of  John,  (Henry  III,)  granted  the  said  rent  or 
service  to  one  Henry,  then  Prior  of  Merton,  and  his  successors  in 
perpetuity,  saving  to  the  said  Bernard  and  his  heirs  the  said  seignoury. 
That  in  consequence  of  the  Petitioner  being  within  age,  and  a  ward  of 
Sire  John  Sto'my,  the  said  rent  was  paid  to  Sir  John  for  '  accrochement ' " 

1  Diocesan  Register  of  Bath  and  (Veils,  Drokensforde,  fo.  289.  '  Cart.  No.  377,  fo.  clx.  v. 

5  Cart.  Nos.  418  and  419,  fo.  clxxiiij.  4   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Asser,  fo.  33  v. 

*  Cart.  No.  443,  fo.  clxxix.  6  Cart.  No.  536,  fo.  cxcix.  v. 

7  Eschaet  Rolls,  so  Ed.  II,  No.  39  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.,  Symm's  Collections,  p.  413). 

8  Encroachment  (?). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  t     1325-1327.  227 

1327.  made  on  the  said  Manor.  That  the  said  Manor  has  since  been  purchased 
by  the  King  of  one  Donald  de  Sto'my,  and  in  consequence  the  Petitioner 
is  destreint  from  day  to  day,  to  pay  to  the  King  the  said  rent  which  he  has 
to  pay  to  the  said  Prior  under  the  covenants  of  the  said  fine. 

Further,  that  on  these  things  the  Petitioner  had  sent  divers  petitions  to 
the  King,  to  which  he  had  not  received  an  answer. 

And  he  prayed  that  it  might  please  the  King  and  his  Council,  for 
charities'  sake,  to  grant  him  that  he  be  not  charged  to  pay  the  said  rent 
twice,  for  it  is  the  true  value  of  the  said  marsh. 

Answer. — Let  there  be  an  order  in  the  Chancery,  and  therein  right  be 
done1. 

Upon  the  recent  vacancy  of  the  Church  of  Kingston,  the  attention 
of  the  Bishop  was  called  to  the  question  as  to  the  sufficiency  of  the 
endowment,  and  he  issued  a  Commission  to  the  Dean  of  Ewell,  to  attend 
at  Kingston  and  cite  the  Vicar  to  state  his  income,  it  having,  he  said, 
come  to  his  ears  that  the  Prior  and  Convent  took  too  much  of  the 
fruits  and  income,  so  that  the  residue  did  not  suffice  for  the  Vicar's 
suitable  maintenance,  and  for  the  payment  of  temporal  dues,  and  otherwise 
to  support  the  burthen  of  the  incumbency  as  appointed  in  the  Visitation 
of  the  Official  Commissary.  Also  to  inquire  as  to  the  income,  and  the 
propriety  of  an  augmentation 2. 

Kingston  on  Thames,  with  its  four  chapelries,  was  a  very  important 
and  valuable  living;  consequently  the  apportionment  of  the  emoluments 
between  the  Priory  and  the  Vicar  was  a  subject  for  consideration  and 
variation  from  time  to  time  previously,  and  subsequently;  viz.  in  1211, 
1231-8,  1266,  1303,  1352,  1368,  and  1375. 

May  3.  The  Bishop,  through  his  Vicar  General,  issued  an  order  to  the  Archdeacon 
of  Surrey,  reciting  that  it  appeared  to  him  by  an  Inquisition  lately  taken, 
upon  the  vacancy  of  the  benefice  of  Kingston  and  other  legal  means,  that 
the  Vicar's  portion  was  so  small  as  to  be  insufficient  for  payment  thereout 
of  episcopal  dues,  and  his  suitable  maintenance,  and  the  charges  on  the 
incumbency.  It  therefore  seemed  fit  for  the  Bishop,  in  the  interests  of 
all  concerned,  and  with  regard  to  equity,  to  order  that  inasmuch  as  the 
Vicar  had  not  as  yet  received  the  oblations  and  minor  tithes  pervenient 
to  the  Church,  that  the  Archdeacon,  in  his  place  and  for  their  safe  keeping, 
should  sequestrate  them  with  the  consent  and  assent  of  the  Prior  and 

1  Parliamentary  Writs,  Hen.  Ill,  No.  101  (Parliamentary  Rolls,  Rfr.  Of  Cal.  ii.  p.  395.  6.). 
The  document  is  in  French. 

2  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Stratford,  fo.  7.  v. 

Q   2 


228  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1327.  Convent   of    Merton,    until   a   sufficient   portion   should   be   assigned,    to 
May  3-     Sir  Walter  de  Friskeneye,  Priest,  now  Vicar,  by  him  newly  and  canoni- 

cally  instituted.  Dated  at  Farnham,  5th  none  of  May,  A.  D.  1327 l. 
Oct.  26.  A  Writ  was  issued  by  the  King  (Edward  III)  to  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey, 
respecting  the  Record  before  the  Justices  at  York,  concerning  a  dispute 
between  Robert  Darcy  and  the  Prior  of  Merton,  respecting  avisage, 
which  they  unjustly  detained.  Given  by  the  King  at  Notyngham,  on 
October  26,  in  his  first  year.  A  distraint  for  arrears  had  been  made  by 
the  hand  of  Eustace  de  Hacche  in  respect  to  a  holding  in  the  Manor  of 
Pachenesham,  which  was  held  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  at  the  service 
of  2os.  per  annum,  payable  at  their  Court  at  Ewell.  The  Writ  refers  to 
ten  oxen,  ten  cows,  and  ten  steers — an  early  instance  of  the  well-known 
and  recently  abolished  form  of  exaggeration  in  pleadings.  The  distraint 
had,  in  fact,  been  ill  taken,  and  a  concord  was,  to  the  loss  of  the  Prior,  now 
made  in  the  Roll  at  Ewell 2. 

1327  or  8.  It  was  found  by  the  Jury,  on  Inquisition  upon  the  death  of  William 
Latymer,  that  he  held  in  domain  and  in  fee  certain  lands  and  a  tenement 
called  Holebrok  in  Ockelcgh,  of  Nicholas  Malemeyns,  at  a  rent  of  <\od.  per 
annum,  and  also  the  payment  to  the  Prior  of  Merton  of  half  a  marc:  and 
there  was  also  there  a  building  without  garden,  which  was  worth  nothing 
more  than  the  expense  of  repair3. 

1328.  A  Commission  was  issued  by  the  Bishop  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Surrey, 
Feb.  24.    to  receive  an  account  or  reckoning  from  the  Prior  of  the  whole  time  in 

which  he  was  collector  and  receiver  of  the  Subsidy  lately  ordered  throughout 
the  Clergy  of  the  Province  from  their  goods  and  benefices  of  the  Church  ; 
and  for  the  condemning,  and  even  enforcing  payment  of  the  same;  and 
also  to  levy  arrears,  if  any ;  and  to  do  whatever  might  be  necessary  in  the 
premises  :  granting  him,  in  the  Bishop's  stead,  the  requisite  canonical 
power.  Given  at  Southwark,  the  6th  Kal.  of  March,  in  the  year  1328,  of 
the  Bishop's  consecration  the  sixth  ". 

1329.  The  Convent  presented  Hugh  de  Waymuth,  Chaplain,  to  the  Vicarage 
July  10.     of  Eyton,  6th  ide  of  July,  1329  '". 

Dec.  28.         Master  John  de  Clipston  was  presented  to  the  Church  of  Haremed  on 
the  5th  Kal.  of  December,  1329  °. 

1  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Stratford,  fo.  102. — APPENDIX  CXII. 

2  Cart.  No.  390,  fo.  clxv.  v. 

3  Eschact  Rolls,  i  Ed.  Ill,  No.  56  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.,  Symm's  Collections,  fo.  482). 
*  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Stratford,  fo.  42.  v. 

1  Cart.  No   429.  fo.  clxxiv.  v.  '  Cart.  No.  396,  fo.  clxvij. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1327-1330.  229 

1330.  The  Bishop  addressed  Letters  to  the  Prior,  stating  that  in  obedience  to 
Feb.  27.  Mandates  from  the  Apostolic  See,  he  had  directed  his  Official,  who  had 
presented  to  him  John  Purde  of  Rocheford,  a  poor  Clerk  of  the  Diocese  of 
London,  provided  with  Apostolic  Letters  tnore  curie  Romaite  bitllatas,  to  be 
provided  with  some  ecclesiastical  benefice,  with  cure  or  sinecure :  he  had 
found  him  honest  and  fit.  He  directs  the  Prior  to  provide  him  with  a 
collation  or  presentation  to  a  benefice.  Dated  at  Southwark,  the  3rd  Kal. 
of  March,  1330 '. 

June  24.  The  Prior  was  summoned  before  the  Justices  Itinerant  at  Bedford,  to  show 
by  what  Warrant  he  claimed  View  of  frank-pledge  and  all  that  related 
to  it,  in  Mepershale  (Meppershall,  Huntingdonshire),  and  to  have  sak  and 
sok,  thol  and  theam,  infangenetheof  and  outfangenetheof,  and  to  be  free  from 
taxes  to  shires  and  hundreds,  and  Court  Leets  of  the  Sheriff,  and  of  money 
relating  to  murder  and  theft,  and  of  all  works  of  bridges,  castles,  and  parks, 
and  also  freedom  for  self  and  tenants  from  tolls,  passage  and  pontage  dues, 
and  stallage  and  lestage,  and  to  have  fines  and  amerciamcnts  of  their  men 
and  chattels,  fugitives,  who  hold  of  them. 

The  Prior  by  John  atte  Hale,  his  Attorney,  appeared  and  alleged  that 
the  said  View  in  Mepershale  and  its  pertinents,  to  the  eighth  part  of  the 
said  Ville,  belonged  to  him  and  his  predecessors  from  time  beyond  memory. 
And  that  the  said  sak  and  sok,  Ac.,  were  granted  by  King  Richard,  pro- 
genitor of  the  present  King,  who  by  his  Charter",  which  was  inspected, 
recited,  and  confirmed  by  King  Henry,  the  great-grandfather  of  the  present 
King,  granted  to  the  House  of  Merton  such  liberties  in  perpetuity.  And 
he  presented  the  said  Charter  of  King  Henry.  That  as  to  the  liberties 
of  infangenetheof  and  outfangenetheof,  he  omitted  the  same  in  his  present 
claim,  saving  rights  elsewhere. 

Richard  de  Aldeburgh  followed  on  the  part  of  the  King,  and  alleged  that 
the  said  liberties  and  quietances  were  not  claimed  in  the  last  Itinerary 
here,  and  prayed  that  the  same  might  remain  in  the  King's  hands. 

The  Prior,  not  contradicting  it,  sought  to  be  admitted  to  his  claim  of 
liberties  and  quietances  as  by  him  claimed,  and  offered  to  the  King  6os.  for 
license  to  hold  them.  And,  in  consideration  of  the  said  fine,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  liberties  and  quietances  as  above. 

Being  asked  how  often  per  annum,  and  by  what  bailiffs  he  held  the  said 
View,  answered,  twice  a  year  and  by  his  own  bailiffs.  Being  asked  if  he  had 
a  pillory  and  tumbrell,  he  answered,  no.  And  the  said  Richard  asked  that 

1  Winchester  Dior.  Register,  Stratford,  Co.  54. 

2  Charter,  10  Rich.  I  (November  9,  1198),  confirmed  by  36  Hen.  Ill  (April  9,  1252). 


230  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1330.  as  the  Prior  admitted  that  he  had  neither  pillory  nor  tumbrell  to  punish 
June  24.    transgressors  against  the  Assize  of  Bread  and  Ale  at  the  View,  such  View 

might  remain  in  the  hands  of  the  King. 

The  Jury  came  on  the  fifteenth  day  after  Michaelmas,  and  found  that  one 
Gilbert  de  Mepershale,  formerly  lord  of  the  Ville  in  time  of  King  Henry, 
held  the  entire  Manor  from  time  beyond  memory;  that  such  View 
belonged  to  the  entire  Manor  and  could  not  belong  to  the  eighth  part, 
which  was  an  usurpation.  Being  asked  if  the  said  Prior  now  for  the  first 
time  thus  usurped  the  View,  answered  that  he  had  claimed  it  four  years. 
Being  asked  as  to  the  other  liberties  and  quietances,  if  they  had  been  used 
as  claimed,  they  answered,  no.  Therefore  the  said  liberties  and  quietances 
remained  in  the  hands  of  the  King. 

And  as  to  the  said  amerciaments,  fines,  and  chattels  of  felons,  the  said 
Richard  said  that  the  King  was  in  possession  of  same,  and  asked  judgement 
whether  the  Prior  could  claim  them  by  virtue  of  the  said  Confirmation, 
unless  records  could  be  found  in  Court.  The  Prior  said  that  the  said  fines 
and  amerciaments  of  men  and  chattels  of  fugitives  were  referred  to  in  the 
King's  Treasury,  as  would  appear  from  the  Records  and  Rolls  of  Memoranda 
of  the  Treasury.  Therefore  it  was  ordered  that  the  Treasury  Rolls  should 
be  searched,  and  a  return  made  to  the  Justices  within  fifteen  days.  At 
which  time,  the  Prior  being  solemnly  called,  and  not  appearing,  it  was  there- 
upon ordered  that  the  said  liberties  remained  in  the  hands  of  the  King1. 

1331.  The  Convent  presented  William  de  la  Quarere,  Clerk,  to  the  Archbishop 
Jan.  5.     ^tne  gee  of  Winchester  being  vacant),  praying  his  admission  to  the  Church 

of  Schirefeld  (Shirfield  on  Loddon) ;  and  on  this  day  petitioned  the 
reverend  men,  Robert  de  Wanberge  and  Robert  de  Derby,  Keepers 
of  the  Spiritualities  of  the  Diocese,  praying  his  institution,  but  saving  to 
the  Convent  their  due  and  accustomed  pension.  Nones  of  January,  1330 2. 
April  29.  The  Bishop  granted  Letters  Testimonial  of  a  Definitive  Sentence  of 
Matrimony,  and  the  annulment  of  profession  of  one  of  the  monks  of 
Merton.  It  is  addressed  to  all  concerned,  or  whom  it  might  concern 
in  future.  The  Bishop  recites  that  lately  Juliana  Vyn,  of  York,  had, 
before  his  Special  Commissary,  sought  that  William  le  Ferour,  a  pro- 
fessed Brother  in  the  Monastery  of  Merton,  on  account  of  a  certain 
contract  of  matrimony  entered  into  between  them  before  his  entry  and 
profession  in  the  Order  of  the  said  Monastery,  should  be  adjudged  her 
legitimate  husband,  and  that  on  this  account  his  profession  of  a  Canon 

1  P/aci/a  dc.  Quo  Warranto,  4  Ed.  Ill,  rot.  15.  d.  '  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  39". 
3  Cart.  Nos.  477,  478,  and  479,  fo.  clxxxvij. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1330-1333.  231 

1331.  should  be  declared  by  sentence  not  to  continue  binding  in  Law.  The 
April  ag.  said  Commissary,  proceeding  in  form  of  Law,  and  all  persons  interested 
being  called,  and  all  things  being  done  which  in  this  matter  are  required 
to  be  observed  ;  by  definitive  Sentence  adjudged  the  said  William  to  the 
said  Juliana,  as  her  legitimate  husband,  and  pronounced  and  declared  the 
profession  made  by  him  in  the  Order,  and  in  the  Monastery  aforesaid, 
not  to  be  binding,  nor  capable  by  Law  of  subsisting ;  and  also  pro- 
nounced and  declared  that  all  matters  done  herein  might,  as  fitting,  be 
apparent.  And  in  order  that  the  premises  might  be  fully  noted,  granted 
these  Letters  Patent  under  his  seal.  Given  at  Southwark,  on  the  third 
Kal.  of  May,  A.  D.  1331,  and  of  his  consecration  the  eighth  '. 

1331  or  2.  On  Inquisition  held  on  the  death  of  Robert  le  Fitzneele,  the  Jury  found 
that  a  capital  messuage,  with  100  acres  of  land  and  4  acres  of  meadow, 
was  held  of  the  Prior  of  Merton,  at  a  rent  of  155.  per  annum,  for  all  service, 
payable  at  Michaelmas  -. 

Upon  the  death  of  Roger  le  Savage,  of  Gomschalne  (Gomeshall,  Surrey), 
the  Jury  found  that  he  held  the  Wood,  with  thicket,  called  Kyngesvvode, 
containing  30  acres,  of  which  the  pasture  and  underwood  was  worth 
25.  6d.  per  annum  3. 

1333.  The  King  (Edward  III)  issued  a  Brief,  dated  at  Pontefract  on  this  day, 
Feb.  13.  for  an  Aid  for  the  marriage  of  his  sister.  It  is  addressed  to  the  King's 
Treasurer,  the  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  and  their  Chamberlains,  and 
recites  that  upon  the  marriage  which  he  had  arranged  between  his  sister 
Alianore  and  the  noble  Count  Reginald,  Earl  of  Gelders,  certain  prelates 
and  religious,  had  in  subvention  of  the  great  cost  thereof,  promised  to  pay 
him  certain  sums  of  money.  The  King,  wishing  that  such  money,  which 
they  themselves  had  conceded  to  him,  be  raised,  for  the  purpose,  as 
promised,  enclosed  a  schedule,  and  commanded  that  the}'  require  and 
raise  the  said  sums  from  the  said  prelates  and  religious,  and  cause  the 
same  to  be  received  into  his  Treasury. 

To  the  Brief  is  subscribed  a  memorandum  that  the  under-mentioned  had 
promised  the  sums  therein  following.  In  this  schedule,  in  which  the 
amounts  claimed  vary  from  £100  to  5  marks,  the  Prior  of  Merton  is  rated 
at  20  marks  4. 

1333  or  4.      A  claim  was  made  before  the  Justices  Itinerant  respecting  the  Liberties 

1  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Stratford,  fo.  55. —  APPENDIX  CXIII. 

2  Eschaet  Rolls,  5  Ed.   Ill,   No.   75  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.,  Symm's  Collections,  p.   151). 
This  is  probably  the  land  at  Meperteshale. 

1  Eschaet  Rolls,  5  Ed.  Ill,  No.  ioa.(BrH.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.,  Symm's  Collections,  p.  384). 
1  Close  Rolls,  7  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  i.  m.  23.  d.  (Rymer's  Fotdera,  ii.  p.  851). 


232  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1333  or  4.  of  the  Prior  of  Merton,  who,  by  his  Attorney,  Brother  William  de  Dorking, 
claimed  by  divers  Charters  of  the  Kings  of  England  the  right  of  soc  and 
sac,  thol  and  theam,  infangenetheof  and  outfangenetheof,  and  fines  and 
amerciaments  of  his  men,  and  chattels  of  fugitives  of  those  who  held 
under  him.  Also  that  he  and  his  men  were  entitled  to  be  free  of  toll, 
passage,  pontage,  pannage,  of  money  pertaining  to  murder,  and  of  scot 
of  Counties  and  hundreds,  of  purprestures,  and  repairs  of  bridges,  of  pools, 
of  streams,  of  hidage,  scutage,  and  of  all  tallage  and  gifts  to  the  Sheriff; 
also  from  all  amerciaments,  secular  and  servile  works,  &c. ;  and  also  claims 
in  the  Villes  of  Merton  and  Ewell,  with  their  members,  viz.  Kingswode  and 
Shelwode,  and  Deneford,  Micham,  Pecham,  Kyngeston,  and  Moleseye. 

The  Jury  found  that  the  Prior  was  entitled  to  all  the  Liberties  claimed, 
saving  always  the  rights  of  the  King,  &c. ' 

1334.  Adam,    Bishop   of  Winchester,    addressed    Letters   to   the    Prior    and 
Oct-  '•      Convent  for  the  reconciliation  of  one  of  the  Canons  who  had  fled.     He 

exhorts  them  faithfully  and  fully  to  perform  that  which  the  bowels  of  mercy 
direct.  Therefore  to  this  work  of  piety,  he  invites  them  urgently,  with 
his  prayers,  and  by  their  devotion,  asking  that  the  case  of  Brother  John 
Paynel ',  humbly  returned,  be  considered  under  the  influence  of  benign 
favour  and  due  chanty ;  and  relaxing,  at  the  Bishop's  prayer  and 
mediation,  the  penalty  which  he  merits  on  this  occasion :  or  if  needs 
must  be,  by  the  discipline  of  the  order,  that  the  punishment  may  be,  at  the 
Bishop's  judgement,  and  of  the  counsel  of  the  Priory,  moderated,  and 
reserved  until  the  Bishop  came  to  them.  Written  at  Southwark,  the  ist 
day  of  October3. 

1335.  The   Bishop    held   a  Visitation    of  the    Priory   on    Monday,   March  6: 
March  6.    which    resulted    in    formal    statement   of    corrections   which   he    deemed 

necessary  to  be  made :  and  on  the  Wednesday  following,  March  8,  his 
sentence  was  read  and  recited  by  A.  de  Aylmeton,  Dean  of  Westburi, 
his  organ,  in  the  Chapter  House  before  the  whole  Convent,  and  ran  to 
the  following  effect : — 

He  inhibited  all  and  singular,  and  in  virtue  of  obedience  enjoined,  that 
none  presume  to  molest  any  of  the  Confraters  on  account  of  any  accusation 
or  denunciation  of  faults  or  defects  found  in  his  Visitation,  or  either  by 
word  or  deed,  or  defamation  of  any  other  Brother;  or  occasion  any  injury, 

1  Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  7  Ed.  Ill,  Surrey  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  748).— APPENDIX  CXV. 
!  Subsequent   occurrences   show   him   to    have   been   an   undesirable   inmate;    see    1347, 
December  14. 

3   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orleton,  i.  fo.  8. — APPENDIX  CXV. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :    1333-1335.  233 

1335.  strife,  or  contumelious  words ;  or  reveal  to  secular  Clerks  or  Laity  by 
March  6.  word  or  sign  :  and  excommunicating  by  these  writings  all  offenders  in 
the  premises,  specially  reserving  to  himself  the  privilege  of  absolving 
them.  Also  in  the  said  Visitation,  he  had,  at  the  earnest  instance  and 
petition  of  John  de  Hegham,  reconciled  and  restored  to  his  former  position 
among  the  Canons  of  the  said  Priory,  the  returned  John  Paynel,  a  canon 
who  had  for  a  long  time  previously  been  a  wanderer,  and  he  reserved  to 
himself  the  penance  to  be  inflicted  on  the  said  Canon  on  this  account, 
in  the  hope  of  his  better  life  and  more  profitable  deeds '. 

March  12.  Upon  the  death  of  William  de  Brokesbourne,  which  evidently  happened 
about  the  beginning  of  this  month,  and  the  Royal  Licence  having  been 
obtained  for  the  election  of  a  successor,  the  Convent  met  in  Chapter  on 
a  day  appointed  for  the  purpose,  being  the  Monday  after  the  Annunciation 
of  B.  Mary,  viz.  the  I3th  Kal.  of  April,  and  after  the  solemn  invocation 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  elected  Thomas  de  Cantia  to  be  the  new  Prior, 
who  being  present,  at  length  and  with  hesitation,  consented  to  accept 
the  office. 

April  i.  The  assent  to  the  election  having  (as  may  safely  be  assumed/  been  granted, 
the  Bishop,  desirous  of  observing  all  formal  order  herein,  ordered  his 
Official,  John  de  Uske,  peremptorily  to  cite,  by  a  formal  citation,  in  the 
Church  of  the  Monastery,  all  and  singular  who  might  desire  to  oppose 
the  election,  to  appear  before  him,  the  Bishop,  or  his  Commissar}',  in  the 
parish  church  of  Bourghclere  (Hampshire),  on  the  next  judicial  day  after 
the  Octave  of  Easter,  and  set  forth  any  objection  to  the  election  ;  and 
further,  to  attend  from  day  to  day,  by  continuation  or  prorogation,  as  the 
business  might  require.  And  that  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  should  by 
their  Letters  Patent  certify  to  him  or  his  Commissary  the  day  of  the 
reception  of  these  presents,  and  what  they  had  done  herein.  Dated  at 
Notyngham,  April  i,  A.  D.  1335,  and  of  his  translation  the  second  -. 
April  24  On  the  Monday  next  after  the  Sunday  on  which  is  sung  the  Office  Quasi 
modo  geniti*,  viz.  April  24,  1335,  in  the  parish  church  of  Burghclere,  the 
business  of  the  election  was  neatly  set  forth  to  the  Bishop  by  the  venerable 
man  Master  Peter  de  Scholaclif,  Treasurer  of  Chichester ;  afterwards  was 
read  the  certificate  of  the  discreet  man  John  de  Uske,  the  Bishop's  Official, 
by  which  it  appeared  that  all  opposers  of  the  election  of  Brother  Thomas 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orleton,  i.  fo.  16.  v. — APPENDIX  XVI. 

!  Ibid.  i.  fo.  16.  ^.-APPENDIX  CXVII. 

3  The  Sunday  in  the  Octave  of  Easter  (i.e.  Low  Sunday)  ;  the  Offtcinin  runs  thus — "Quasi 
modo  geniti  infantes,  Alleluya;  rationabiles  sine  dolo  lac  concupiscente.  Alleluya,  Alleluya, 
Allcluya." 


234  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1335.  de  Kent  to  the  Priory  of  Merton  had  been  peremptorily  called  to  appear  at 
April  24  this  time  and  place  to  set  forth  their  objections  thereto  ;  and  there  was 
and  *5'  exhibited  by  Brothers  Ralph  de  Waltham  and  William  de  Freston l, 
concanons,  the  legally-constituted  proctors  of  the  Chapter,  and  the  decree  of 
election,  being  then  publicly  read,  and  also  the  letters  of  the  King  giving 
licence  to  elect,  and  of  assent  to  the  election  when  made,  and  other  letters 
and  instruments  for  record  of  the  election  being  exhibited  by  the  Sub-prior 
and  Convent  by  their  said  Proctors ;  and  the  Elect,  appearing  personally, 
opposers  or  contradictors  were  publicly  praecognized  in  the  Church  and 
Churchyard,  and  none  appearing  were  decreed  to  be  precluded  from 
propounding  to  the  contrary.  Afterwards  three  informants,  viz.  Robert  de 
Quareria,  Ralph  de  Waltham,  and  John  de  Peverewich,  concanons  of  the 
said  Church,  being  sworn  and  examined,  the  Bishop  appointed  to  the  Elect 
and  the  Proctors  the  Wednesday  after  the  Feast  of  St.  Mark,  April  25,  in 
the  chapel  of  his  manor  of  High  Clere,  to  proceed  further  with  the 
Canonical  Sanctions  of  the  said  Election.  Which  day  being  come,  at 
the  time  and  place  the  Elect  appeared,  and  being  asked,  said  he  wished 
to  produce  no  more  instruments  in  the  matter,  and  being  examined  by  the 
Bishop  and  found  competently  literate,  and  properly  submissive,  bene 
morigenerata,  and  being  well  acquainted  with  the  various  proceedings  in  this 
business,  the  Bishop  at  length  proceeded  to  his  final  sentence  to  the  following 
effect.  He,  the  Bishop,  having  made  himself  acquainted  with  the  merits  of 
the  business  of  election  of  Thomas  de  Kent  to  the  vacant  Priory,  who  being 
the  examined  and  found  a  fit  person,  and  all  due  forms  of  law  having  been 
fulfilled,  and  on  invocation  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  confirmed  the  Elect 
in  the  cure  and  administration  of  the  said  Monastery;  which  sentence  was 
publicly  read  by  Sir  Roger  de  Broynton,  Archdeacon  of  Gloucester, 
whom  he  appointed  as  his  mouthpiece.  Then  the  psalm  TeDeum  laudamus 
was  sung,  and  a  prayer  being  said  by  the  Bishop  over  the  Prior  kneeling 
at  the  altar,  and  the  episcopal  benediction  being  given,  the  said  Father 
(the  Bishop)  raised  the  Prior,  and  kissed  and  blest  him.  Which  being 
done,  the  Prior,  viewing  the  Holy  Gospels,  solemnly  and  publicly  took 
the  oath  of  canonical  obedience  to  the  Bishop  and  his  successors,  in 
lawful  things  and  in  canonical  orders  as  set  forth  by  them  and  their 
officials.  All  this  was  transacted  in  the  presence  of  a  copious  multitude  of 
Witnesses  2. 

1   William  Freston  was  elected  Prior  in  1345,  though  not  the  next  in  succession  to  Thomas 
de  Kent. 

7   Winchester  Dior.  Register,  Orlcton,  i.  fo.  17/1.  and  18.— APPENDIX  CXVIII. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1335.  235 

1335.  On  the  day  following  the  Confirmation,  the  Bishop  issued  his  mandate 
April  26.  to  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  for  canonical  obedience  to  the  new  Prior. 
He  recited  the  fact  of  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Brother  William, 
the  late  Prior,  and  the  election  of  Brother  Thomas  de  Kent,  and  his 
examination  and  confirmation,  and  the  committal  to  him  of  the  cure  and 
administration  of  the  Prior}',  and  the  hope  that  the  Monastery  might 
receive  from  his  diligent  circumspection  and  fruitful  ministry  an  increase 
of  prosperity.  And  he  ordered  and  enjoined,  that  they  of  their  devotion, 
take  care  to  receive  the  said  Thomas  as  the  Father  and  Pastor  of  their 
souls,  fully  and  humbly  purposing  to  show  him  due  obedience  and 
reverence,  receiving  and  devoutly  fulfilling  his  wholesome  monitions 
and  orders,  so  that  he  might  rejoice  to  find  them  devoted  sons,  and  that 
they  might  have  constantly  in  him  a  gracious  father.  Given  at  High 
Clere,  April  26,  A.  D.  1335,  and  of  his  translation  the  second  '. 

Under  the  same  date  were  the  Letters  addressed  by  the  Bishop  to  the 
King,  praying  the  release  of  the  Temporalia  of  the  Monastery.  They 
recite  the  canonical  election  of  Thomas  de  Kent,  Concanon  of  Merton,  to 
the  Priory,  vacant  by  the  decease  of  William  de  Brokenesburne,  late  Prior, 
and  confirmed  by  the  Bishop  ;  to  which  election  the  Royal  Assent  had  been 
given,  and  all  forms  of  Law  had  been  duly  had  ;  and  that  he,  the  said 
Thomas  de  Kent,  had  by  the  Bishop's  pontifical  authority  been  preferred 
to  the  pastoral  cure  and  administration  thereof  in  spirituals  ;  and  praying 
his  Royal  Majesty  to  be  pleased  to  bestow  on  the  said  Brother  Thomas  his 
grace  and  favour.  And  that  the  Most  High  might  keep  his  Majesty  in  all 
prosperity.  Given  as  above  -. 

On  the  same  day  the  Bishop  addressed  Letters  to  the  new  Prior,  Thomas 
de  Kent,  reciting  the  vacancy  of  the  said  Priory  by  the  death  of 
William  de  Brokenesburne,  and  the  canonical  election  of  the  said  Thomas  ; 
that  the  Bishop  by  his  pontifical  authority  had  confirmed  him  therein, 
wherefore  he  (the  Bishop)  preferred  him  to  the  pastoral  cure  and  administra- 
tion of  the  same,  with  firm  trust  in  Divine  Grace,  that  by  his  diligence  and 
fruitful  ministry  the  said  monastery  might  obtain  increased  prosperity. 
Given  at  High  Clere,  on  the  day  of  the  preceding  s. 

Aug.  to.  Serious  misunderstandings  subsisted  between  the  Bishop  and  William 
Inge,  the  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  when  at  length  the  question  of  the 
induction  of  the  new  Prior  of  Merton  led  to  proceedings  in  the  Arches 

1  Winchester  Dioc.  Rrgis/er,  Orleton,  \.  fo.  17.  —  APPENDIX  CXIX. 

2  Ibid.  i.  fo.  18.— APPENDIX  CXX. 

3  Ibid.  i.  fo.  18.  v.— APPENDIX  CXXI. 


236  RECORDS   CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1335.       Court  of  Canterbury,  resulting  in  an  Inhibition,  dated  this  day,  inhibiting 
Aug.  10.    the  Bishop  from  exercising  any  jurisdiction  to  the  prejudice  of  the  Arch- 
deacon, who  claimed  the  right  of  installation.    The  inhibition  was,  however, 
relaxed,  but  the  suit  continued 1. 

The  Bishop  was  served  with  an  Inhibition  of  this  date,  granted  by  the 
Official  of  the  Court  of  Canterbury,  of  the  following  tenor  : — The  Petition 
of  the  discreet  man,  Master  William  Inge,  Archdeacon  of  Surrey2 
(exhibited  to  the  Official),  recites  that  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  for  the 
time  being,  had  pertained  the  installations,  inductions,  and  corporal 
institutions  of  the  Priors  of  Merton  (having  no  Abbot  over  them),  and  of 
the  election,  and  of  diocesan  authority,  the  confirmation  (whensoever  and 
as  often  as  need  be),  solely  and  entirely  from  ancient  times,  and  was 
notoriously  so  known  to  pertain  beyond  the  memory  of  man  ;  and  that  any 
attempt  to  the  prejudice  of  the  Archidiaconate  herein  is  cause  of  complaint 
to  the  Apostolic  See,  and  for  the  defence  in  the  Court  of  Canterbury, 
openly  and  publicly.'  The  Official  being  made  acquainted  with  the  fact  that 
the  installation,  &c.,  of  the  said  Thomas  had  been  performed  by  the  said 
Bishop,  contrary  to  the  will  and  assent  of  him,  the  said  Archdeacon,  and 
in  his  despite,  &c. ;  and  in  many  other  ways  had  molested  and  inquieted, 
and,  against  right,  perturbed  him,  to  his  no  little  prejudice  and 
injury :  in  consequence  whereof  he  had  rightly  appealed  to  this  Court. 
Wherefore  the  Official,  with  all  due  reverence  inhibited  the  Bishop,  and 
ordered  that  during  the  dependence  of  the  present  appeal  to  the  Court  of 
Canterbury,  he  should  do  or  attempt  nothing  to  the  prejudice  thereof; 
and  by  the  tenor  of  the  present  Inhibition  cited  him  to  appear  before  him 
(the  said  Official)  or  his  Commissary,  in  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  de 
Aldermarichurche  (the  Church  of  St.  Mary  Aldermary),  London,  on  the 
seventh  judicial  day  after  the  feast  of  St.  Faith  (i.  e.  October  6),  in  answer  to 
the  said  appeal.  And  that  the  Bishop  do  certify  to  the  said  Archdeacon's 
Official  or  his  Commissary  at  the  said  time  and  place,  by  Letters  Patent, 
what  he  has  done  herein.  Given  at  London,  the  fourth  ide  of  August, 

*335  *• 
Sept.  13.       In  pursuance  of  a  mandate  from  the  Bishop,  addressed  to  the  Dean  of 

1  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orleion,  i.  fo.  23.  v. 

2  Of  Archdeacon  Inge  it  may  be  noted  that  he  was  collated  to  that  office  in  1327  ;  he  was 
perpetually  engaged  in  litigation  with  the  Bishop,  and  appealing  to  the  Archbishop,  but  in  the 
end  was  defeated:    he  died  between  1345  and  1348.     A  very  interesting  account  of  these 
matters  is  given  by  Manning  and  Bray,  i.  p.  Ixxvii. 

3  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orleton,  i.  fo.  23.  t\— APPENDIX  CXXII. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1335-1336.  237 

1335.      Guildford  and  others,  of  whom  the  Sub-prior  of  Merton  was  one,  the  Arch- 
Sept.  13.    deacon  was  declared  excommunicate'. 
Sept.  21.        The  Papal  Nuncio  was  commissioned  to  appoint  some  one  else  to  the 

Archdeaconry,  but 

Oct.  20.  The  Arches  Court  issued  another  Inhibition,  and  proceedings  continued, 
till  the  hearing  on  March  ir,  1339,  when  the  Official  Principal  of  the  Court 
finally  decided  in  favour  of  the  Bishop  1. 

Nov.  29.  A  citation  was  issued  by  the  Official  of  the  Court  of  Canterbury, 
against  the  Bishop.  He  recites  that  he  has  received  a  complaint  from 
Thomas  de  Kent,  that  he  had  been  canonically  elected  to  the  vacant  Priory, 
and  confirmed  therein  by  the  Bishop,  and  that  he  by  himself  and  others 
in  his  name,  had  humbly  and  urgently  prayed  the  Bishop  to  order  and 
cause  him  to  be  inducted  into  corporal  possession  thereof;  but  that  the 
Bishop  had  not  taken  heed  to  listen  to  their  petition,  but  to  the  injury 
of  the  said  Prior  and  Monastery,  had  withdrawn  his  charge,  on  which 
account  he,  the  Prior  elect,  sought  the  Archbishop's  Court  to  provide  a 
remedy.  The  Official  being  unwilling  that  justice  should  be  wanting  to  the 
said  Prior,  orders  and  enjoins  the  Bishop,  if  this  be  so,  to  do  justice  herein 
to  the  said  Prior  within  fifteen  days  from  the  receipt  of  these  presents. 
Otherwise  he  hereby  cites  the  Bishop,  on  the  twentieth  day  after  the 
lapse  of  the  fifteen  days,  or  on  the  next  judicial  day,  to  appear  in  the  said 
Court  in  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  de  Arcubus,  London,  to  answer  the  said 
complaint.  And  to  certify  by  Letters  Patent  the  date  of  receipt  of  these 
presents.  Given  at  London,  the  3rd  Kal.  of  December,  1335  ~. 
1336.  An  Act  is  entered  in  the  Bishop's  Register  under  this  date,  referring  to 
Feb.  4.  the  installation  of  Brother  Thomas  de  Kent,  canonically  elected  Prior 
of  Merton,  and  long  since  confirmed,  viz.  on  Wednesday  after  the  feast 
of  St.  Mark  the  Evangelist  last  past,  that  on  account  of  the  litigation 
between  the  Bishop  and  Master  William  Inge,  then  exercising  the  office 
of  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  concerning  the  installation  of  the  said  Prior, 
in  which  suit  time  had  been  extended  and  prorogation  ordered ;  he,  the 
Bishop,  granted  to  the  said  Prior  licence  and  special  grace  that  he  might 
proceed  with  the  Brothers  to  the  common  business  of  the  Monastery  in 
manner  following,  lest  the  means  of  the  said  Monastery  should  sustain 
further  loss  or  damage.  Then  follows  the  licence  to  the  following  effect : — 
The  Bishop  to  Thomas,  Prior  of  Merton,  health,  grace,  and  benediction. 

1  Manning  and  Bray,  i.  Ixxvj.     There  was  further  litigation  between  the  Bishop  and  Arch- 
deacon, in  which,  in  1345,  the  former  was  again  successful. 

2  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orleton,  i.  fo.  29*. — APPENDIX  CXXIII. 


238        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1336.  As  concerning  the  common  business  of  the  Priory  in  spiritual  and  temporal 
Feb.  4.  things,  in  order  that  he  may  with  greater  convenience  carry  on  and  order 
the  same  with  sufficient  deliberation,  and  remove  the  less  useful  obedienti- 
aries and  other  officials  from  their  offices,  and  prefer  others  more  fit  in  their 
place,  and  in  his  discretion  he  may  think  fit ;  recommend  in  sound  counsel, 
that  notwithstanding  he  is  not  as  yet  installed,  he  may,  and  the  Bishop 
permits  him  to  cause  the  Brothers,  at  suitable  times  and  when  occasion 
requires,  to  assemble  at  the  house  of  the  Elemosinarius,  and  the  mansion 
called  Beaulieu,  within  the  bounds  of  the  Priory;  and  the  Bishop  grants 
authority  by  the  tenor  of  these  presents  freely  to  proceed  in  all  such  things. 
Given  at  Farnham,  at  the  above  date '. 

March  17.  The  Bishop  granted  a  Commission  to  install  the  Prior.  It  is  addressed 
to  his  Official  (name  left  blank).  It  recites  that  Master  William  Inge, 
occupying  de  facto,  though  not  de  jure,  the  Archdeaconry  of  Surrey  (but 
in  fact  holding  the  same),  was,  and  for  a  long  time  had  been,  rightly  and 
lawfully  under  sentence  of  the  greater  excommunication  for  his  notorious 
excesses,  faults,  and  crimes,  and  therefore  publicly  denounced  in  this  and 
the  neighbouring  dioceses;  on  this  account  the  Bishop  committed  to  his 
said  Official  canonical  authority  for  the  installation  in  the  Monastery  of 
Merton  of  Brother  Thomas  de  Kent  (elected  and  by  him  confirmed)  to 
the  Priory  thereof,  and  to  assign  him  that  stall  in  the  choir  and  place  in 
the  Chapter  hitherto  in  time  past  assigned  to  the  Priors,  and  to  do  all 
things  needful  therein,  and  in  restraint  of  all  contradictors  and  rebellious. 
Given  at  Southwark,  March  17,  A.  D.  1335,  and  of  his  translation  the 
third2. 

April  12.  On  this  day  King  Edward  III  granted  two  Charters  to  the  Priory, 
one  being  in  confirmation  of  the  Charters  of  his  predecessors,  and  the 
other  referring  to  the  custody  of  the  House  and  its  possessions  during 
a  vacancy  in  the  Priorate. 

The  first  of  the  Documents  recites  the  Charters  of  Henry  I, 
5  Henry  II,  and  those  of  Richard  I  and  36  Henry  III,  wherein  appear 
the  original  Royal  grant  on  the  foundation,  freedom  from  thelonio, 
&c.,  pasture,  pleas  in  Royal  Courts,  assarts  at  Hertleg,  &c.,  and  Alkmunde- 
bury,  liberties  of  sac  and  soc,  and  their  several  confirmations  ;  and  confirms 
the  same,  and  grants  that  the  Prior  and  Convent  may  enjoy  the  benefit 
of  such  Charters,  fully  and  without  impediment,  of  his  Justices,  Eschaetors, 
Sheriffs,  Bailiffs,  or  Ministers. 

1  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Or/eton,  i.  fo.  31.  v. — APPENDIX  CXXIV. 

2  Ibid   i.  fo.  34.— APPENDIX  CXXV. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1336.  239 

1336.  Witnessed  by  the  venerable  fathers,  John,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
April  ia.  prjmate  Of  an  England,  the  Chancellor;  Henry,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  the 
Treasurer  ;  Stephen,  Bishop  of  London  ;  the  King's  dear  Brother  John, 
Earl  of  Cornwall ;  William  le  Monte  Acuto  ;  Robert  de  Ufford,  Seneschall 
of  the  Household  ;  and  others.  Given  under  the  King's  hand,  at  Waltham, 
April  12,  in  his  tenth  year l. 

The  other  Charter  of  the  same  date  is  addressed  by  the  King  to  his 
Eschaetors  south  of  Trent,  setting  forth  that  upon  recent  Inquisition 
upon  the  death  of  William  the  late  Prior,  and  taken  for  the  Counties  of 
Southampton,  Wilts,  Oxford,  Berks,  Norfolk,  Suffolk,  Cambridge, 
Huntingdon,  Essex,  Hertford,  Somerset,  Dorset,  Devon,  Cornwall,  Kent, 
Surrey,  Sussex,  Middlesex,  Northampton,  Rutland,  Lincoln,  and  the 
City  of  London,  made  by  Royal  Mandate  and  returned  into  Chancery, 
it  appeared  that  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent,  on  each  vacancy  from  time 
beyond  memory,  freely  received  and  disposed  of  all  Temporalia  of  the 
House,  without  interference  by  the  King  and  his  progenitors  in  any  way, 
except  that  always  upon  the  death  of  a  Prior,  a  man  had  during  the 
vacancy  charge  in  the  name  of  the  King  of  the  outer  door,  called  Magna 
Porta  Prioratus,  without  receiving  anything  from  the  Convent,  but 
reasonable  sustenance  during  his  stay.  The  King,  therefore,  willing  to 
provide  for  the  security  of  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent,  in  such  their  rights 

^in  future  times  of  vacancy  of  the  Priory,  commanded  his  Eschaetors  and 
their  Officers  in  no  wise  to  interfere,  but  to  allow  them  as  heretofore  to 
dispose  freely  of  the  same  and  their  outgoings  and  pervenients,  saving 
to  the  King  the  custody  of  the  said  door,  and  saving  to  him  the  keeping  of 
lands  and  tenements  which  the  said  House  might  thereafter  happen  to 
acquire,  if  held  of  the  King  in  capite. 

By  the   King  at  Waltham   Holy  Cross,  April  12,  in  the  tenth  year  of 
his  reign 2. 

July  18.  William  de  Overtona,  Clerk,  made  fealty  to  the  Prior  for  a  tenement 
in  Merton,  which  Master  Andrew  Le  Conners  had  held  of  the  Prior,  and 
which  the  said  William  had  of  the  gift  of  Master  Andrew  and  his  daughter 
Isabella.  And  he  gave  to  the  Prior  as  a  heriot  of  the  said  Andrew  half 
a  mark,  and  admitted  that  he  held  it  of  Merton  by  the  said  tenure,  and 
admitted  that  upon  the  death  of  himself  and  each  tenant,  the  Convent 
was  entitled  to  have  a  heriot  and  relief.  A  memorandum  to  this  effect 

1  Recited  in  final  Charter  of  Confirmation,  5  Hen.  VIII,  m.  13,  No.  i. 

1  Recited  at  length  in  the  Charter  of  8  Ed.  IV,  which  was  confirmed  by  3  Hen.  VII  and 
5  Hen.  VIII.  See  Confirmation  5  Hen.  VIII.  m.  13,  No. 


240  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1336.  was  granted  for  the  sake  of  posterity  in  the  presence  of  the  said  William 
July  18.    ancj  others,  viz.  Master  Osbert,  parson  of  Honesdone;  Richard  de  Merton  ; 

John  de  Kyngeston,  goldsmith;  Thomas  Turgis;  and  Nicholas  de  Littleton. 

The  second  day  before  the  feast  of  St.  Margaret,  10  Edward  III '. 
1336  William  de  Overton   made  fidelity  for  the  tenement  formerly  held  by 

(probably).  Widr.  le  Conners,  in  Sutton,  in  the  County  of  Southampton,  paying 
yearly  45.  for  the  tenement,  135.  \d.  for  Swetelefeld,  and  pro  tenentra  205. 
Of  whom  the  (total)  rent  is  375.  \d. 2 

1337.  Thomas,  permissione  Divina   Prior  of  Merton,  upon  the  application  of 
Jan.  18.     g;r  ingeram  de  Cleyham,  Canon  of  the  Monastery,  an  Executor  named 

in  and  appointed  by  the  Will  of  Sir  Richard  Ketene,  Chaplain,  deceased, 
praying  a  licence  to  take  upon  himself  that  office,  at  his  petition  and  for 
the  service  of  the  Monastery,  according  as  he  has  shown :  thereupon 
granted  him  express  licence  and  free  permission  as  prayed.  Dated  at 
Merton,  on  Saturday,  the  feast  of  St.  Prisca,  Virgin,  1336 3. 

On  the  I5th  Kal.  of  February,  at  Esher,  before  the  Venerable  the  Bishop, 
the  Will  of  Sir  Richard  de  Ketene,  Chaplain,  deceased,  was  proved,  and 
administration  of  his  goods  granted  to  the  above-named  Ingeram  (in 
accordance  with  the  above  Licence),  and  Thomas  de  Kyngeston,  the 
Executors  named  in  the  said  Will,  in  form  of  Law4. 

1337  or  8.  At  this  date  the  Convent  was  possessed  of  a  Return  in  the  Ville  of 
Wolknestede,  a  field  called  Wellelond,  two  pieces  of  land  called  Penewick, 
five  acres  of  land  and  a  meadow  in  Tanrugge  (Tanridge,  Surrey),  which 
they  had  granted  to  William  de  Tanrigge,  citizen  of  London,  for  life,  and 
which  he  now  granted  to  Roger  Dunkele,  of  London,  woolman. 

It  is  possible  that  the  possession  of  Merton  was  limited  to  the  last- 
mentioned  property.  The  rent  in  Wolknestede  was  given  to  William 
de  Tanrigge  by  Sir  John  de  St.  John5. 

1338.  Robert,   Bishop  of  Salisbury c,  considering  the  fervour  of  religion  and 
Sept.  30.    the  hospitality  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  most  honourably  and  charitably 

exercised,  and  joyfully  as  well  as  liberally  accorded  to  all  of  whatsoever 
class  seeking  their  aid,  and  for  the  necessary  provision  for  the  sustentation 
of  such  need ;  gave  and  granted  to  them  the  fruits  of  the  Churches  of 
Lolleswrch,  Coumbe,  and  Somerford  (East  Lullworth,  Combe,  and 

1  Cart.  No.  358,  fo.  cliij.  2  Cart.  No.  357,  fo.  cliij. 

•  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orlelon,  i.  fo.  49. — APPENDIX  CXXVI. 

•  Ibid.—  APPENDIX  CXXVII. 

5  Close  Rolls,  it  Ed.  Ill,  m.  21.  d.  pt.  i  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  6167,  p.  415). 

•  Robert  Wyvill,  or  Quivil,  became  Bishop  in  1329.     The  magnificent  and  curious  brass  to 
his  memory,  in  Salisbury  Cathedral,  is  well  known. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  !     1336-1339. 


24I 


1338.  Somerford  Keynes,  in  Dorset),  saving  the  sustentation  of  the  Rectors  of 
Sept.  30.    those  Churches  according  to   the   assignment  undermentioned  ;  and  the 

Canons  to  have  the  capital  manses  of  the  said  Churches. 

At  Lolleswrch,  the  Rector  to  have  all  tithes  of  corn,  except  of  the  two 
tenements  belonging  to  the  Canons  and  occupied  by  Henry  de  Kytene 
and  Hugo  Subbe  ;  all  tithes  of  hay  and  other  pertinents  of  the  Church 
and  obventions. 

At  Coumbe,  the  Canons  to  have  all  tithes  of  corn,  but  to  give  to  the 
Rector  all  those  accruing  within  the  feasts  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Saints; 
he  also  to  have  all  land  of  the  church  and  a  capital  messuage,  and  all 
the  lesser  tithes  and  obventions  of  the  church,  and  of  hay. 

At  Somerford,  the  Canons  to  have  half  the  tithes  of  hay  and  whole 
tithes  of  corn,  but  to  give  the  Rector  all  accruing  within  the  feasts  of 
St.  Michael  and  All  Saints.  The  other  half  of  tithes  of  hay  and  all  lesser 
tithes  and  obventions,  and  land  of  the  Church,  they  give  up  for  the 
rector's  portion.  The  capital  messuage  to  remain  to  the  Canons  with 
a  little  land  which  lay  between  the  manse  and  the  Church. 

Upon  the  death  of  the  Rectors  respectively,  the  Canons  freely,  and 
without  impediment  from  this  assignation,  to  enter  into  possession  of  their 
portions,  and  to  appoint  fit  chaplains  to  the  rectory  of  those  churches  for 
admission  and  institution  into  the  cure,  and  there  to  reside  personally. 

The  Rector  of  Cumbe  to  provide  a  priest  to  celebrate  Divine  Service 
in  the  chapel  of  Woulle  (Wool,  Dorset),  but  himself  receiving  the 
annual  benefice  assigned  by  the  parishioners  of  the  chapelry  for  the 
sustenance  of  the  priest  to  minister  there. 

From  the  residue  of  the  portion  of  the  Church  of  Somerford  lastly 
assigned  to  the  Canons,  the  405.  which  they  were  accustomed  to  receive 
yearly  for  the  shoeing  of  the  horses  of  their  House  of  poverty  (hospitium 
suorum  indigenciunf)  was  to  be  provided  by  them  and  faithfully  expended. 

The  seal  of  the  Chapter  of  Salisbury  was  set  to  this  donation  and  grant. 
Witnesses,  William,  dean  ;  Geoffrey,  precentor  ;  and  others.  Given  under 
the  Bishop's  hand,  at  Salisbury,  on  the  morrow  of  St.  Michael,  in  the  ninth 
year  of  his  pontificate1. 

1339.  Prior  Thomas  de  Kent  died  about  this  time.    According  to  the  Kalendar" 
°ct-       his  death  might  have  happened  in  1338  or  1338-9 ;  but  the  date  must  have 

been  1339,  since  he  presented  one  Humphrey  de  Wakefield  to  the  Vicarage 
of  Kingston,  who  was  instituted  on  March  25  in  that  (ecclesiastical)  year  '. 

1  Cart.  No.  547,  fo.  ccij.  '  Bodl.  Lib.  Laud  MS.  723. 

3   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orleton,  ii.  fo.  71. 


242  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1339.          He  died  about  the  latter  part  of  this  month,  and,  according  to  custom, 
Oct-       prompt   steps  were   taken   to   fill  the   vacancy,  and  the  choice  fell  upon 

John  de  Lutlyngton,  or  Litelton '. 

Nov.  5          The  following  proceedings  took  place  in  the   Court  of  the  Bishop  of 
Winchester. 

Before  John  de  Uske,  Official  of  Winchester,  and  John  de  Wolveley, 
Rector  of  Atherton,  in  the  same  Diocese,  Commissaries  of  the  Bishop 
for  this  purpose  specially  appointed,  on  the  third  day  after  the  feast 
of  the  Commemoration  of  Souls,  viz.  November  5,  1339,  in  the  parish 
church  of  Farnham,  in  the  business  of  the  election  of  Brother  John 
de  Lutlyngton,  Canon  of  Merton,  by  the  Sub-prior  and  Chapter,  to  the 
Priory  by  the  death  of  Brother  Thomas  de  Kent,  of  good  memory,  they 
appearing  by  Brothers  John  de  Wynton,  Geoffrey  de  Chaddesley 2, 
Concanons,  and  Master  John  de  Totteford,  Clerk,  their  Proctors ;  and 
the  said  Elect  appearing  personally.  The  Certificate  of  the  discreet  man 
Adam  de  Wamberghe,  the  Bishop's  Commissary  General,  being  read, 
whereby  it  was  set  forth  that  all  persons  desiring  to  oppose  the  election 
were  peremptorily  cited  to  appear  before  the  Bishop  or  his  said  Com- 
missaries to  show  their  objections ;  and  it  being  prayed  by  the  said 
Proctors  that  such  opposers  be  praecognized,  they  were  now  publicly  called 
to  appear  before  the  said  Commissaries ;  and  after  long  waiting  for  such 
appearance  the  Court  decreed  opposers  to  be  precluded  from  proceeding  ; 
and  assigned  the  Elect  and  the  Proctors  to  appear  at  three  o'clock  on 
the  same  day  in  the  Chapel  of  Farnham  Castle,  where  they  accordingly 
appeared  before  the  Bishop.  The  said  Acts  of  the  Commissaries  being 
solemnly  and  neatly  (eleganter)  set  forth  by  the  venerable  man,  Master 
Henry  de  Chaddesdon,  advocate  of  the  Court  of  Canterbury  ;  and  certain 
other  letters  and  instruments  concerning  the  aforesaid  election  being 
exhibited  before  the  Court  by  the  said  Proctors,  and  Witnesses  being 
produced  for  information  of  such  business,  viz.  Brothers  Reginald  de 
Gormecestre,  John  de  Wynton,  and  Ralph  de  Crombek,  Canons  of  the 
said  Monastery,  and  Robert  le  Clerc  of  Lutlyngton,  and  Henry  de 
Reyden,  laics,  and  whose  evidence  taken  by  Commissaries  was  prefixed  to 
the  present  Act,  the  Court  appointed  Saturday  next,  at  the  same  place, 
for  the  whole  matter  of  the  election,  as  justice  required. 

'  He  is  called  de  Lutlyngton  in  the  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  and  in  various  Placita,  but 
John  de  Litelton  elsewhere. 

1  Geoffrey  de  Chaddesley  subsequently,  in  1361,  became  Prior,  though  not  in  immediate 
succession  to  Lutlyngton. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1339-1340. 


243 


1339. 
Nov.  6. 


1340. 

Jan.  37. 


On  which  day  and  place  the  said  Elect  and  Proctors  appearing  and 
praying  publication  of  evidence,  and  the  same  being  done,  and  the  pro- 
ceedings of  election  produced,  with  those  learned  in  the  law,  sitting  with 
the  Bishop,  and  the  matter  being  concluded,  he  proceeded  to  the  final 
Sentence  in  this  manner.  In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  We,  Adam,  Bishop 
of  Winchester,  having  heard  and  considered  the  business  of  election  of  the 
religious  man  Brother  John  de  Lutlyngton  to  the  vacant  Priory  of  Merton, 
(and  detailing  election,  examination,  and  due  order  of  proceedings),  the 
grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit  being  invoked,  confirm  the  Elect  in  the  cure  and 
administration  of  the  said  Monastery  fully  committed  to  him.  Which 
sentence  the  said  Master  John  de  Uske  publicly  read  in  the  presence 
of  the  reverend  fathers  and  Lords  Bishops  of  Chichester  (Robert  Stratford) 
and  Waterford  ;  and  afterwards,  Te  Deum  landamns  being  solemnly 
chanted,  the  said  Father  (the  Bishop  of  Winchester)  said  over  the  Elect 
the  prayer  accustomed  in  such  cases  '. 

The  said  Elect  had  letters  directed  to  the  King  for  restitution  of  the 
Temporalia,  like  those  which  Brother  Thomas  de  Kent,  his  immediate 
predecessor,  had  as  concerning  the  process  of  election,  mutatis  mutandis, 
under  date  at  Farnham,  November  6,  1339 2. 

On  the  same  day  the  Bishop  issued  a  Commission  for  the  installation 
and  induction  of  the  new  Prior.  It  was  addressed  to  John  de  Peverwiche, 
the  Sub-prior,  and  Master  Adam  de  Wamberge,  the  Bishop's  Official 
and  Commissary  General.  It  recites  the  circumstances  respecting  William 
Inge  the  Archdeacon,  who  was  excommunicate,  and  commits  to  them  the 
installation  in  the  accustomed  manner  of  John  de  Lutlynton  to  the  Priory, 
and  the  assignation  to  him  of  a  stall  in  the  choir  and  place  in  Chapter,  &c , 
with  power  of  canonical  coercion.  Dated  at  Farnham,  November  6,  1339 ". 

On  the  same  day  the  Bishop  issued  his  mandate  to  the  Sub-prior  and 
Convent,  ordering  them  to  pay  canonical  obedience  to  the  new  Prior. 
It  recites  the  vacancy,  the  election,  examination,  &c.  (as  in  the  previous 
mandate  in  respect  to  Thomas  de  Kent  in  1335,  mutatis  mutandis].  Dated 
at  Farnham,  as  in  the  preceding 4. 

John  de  Tottoford,  Proctor  assumed  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  lawfully 
appointed  under  their  seal  in  green  wax,  with  power  of  Appeal  and 
prosecution  of  causes,  appeared  personally  in  the  Cathedral  Church  of 
St.  Paul,  London,  and  presented  a  Protocol,  alleging  that  the  Prior  and 
Convent  possessed  and  held  to  their  own  proper  use  the  Churches  and 


Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orltton,  i.  fo.  81. 
Ibid.  i.  fo.  81. 

R    2 


Ibid.  fo.  81.  v. 
Ibid. 


244  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1840.  Chapels  (with  their  tithes  and  pertinents),  and  to  which  sufficient  portions 
Jan.  27.  for  Vicars  were  assigned,  viz.  Gormcestre  (Godmanchester,  Alkumbury 
(Alkmundbury),  Flore,  Eyton  with  the  Chapel  of  Wypesnade  (Whipsnade) 
or  Dovendon  (or  Dovedon),  Kymeton  (Kimpton\  Donestywe  (Dun's  Tew\ 
and  Upton  in  the  Diocese  of  Lincoln ;  Berton  (Barton)  in  the  Diocese  of 
Ely;  Stansted  in  the  Diocese  of  London  ;  Kyngeston  with  its  chapels,  viz. 
Schene  (Sheen),  Petrchesham  (Petersham),  Moleseye,  and  Ditton,  as  well 
as  the  Churches  of  Merton,  Codyngton,  Kersalton  (Carshalton\  Effingham, 
and  Sutton  with  the  chapel  of  Roppeleye,  in  the  Diocese  of  Winchester ; 
Bourne  with  the  chapel  of  Brigges  (Patricksbourne  and  Bridge1)  in  the 
Diocese  of  Canterbury;  Ryerssch  (Ryarsh)  in  the  Diocese  of  Rochester; 
Coumbe,  Estlolleworth,  and  Somerford  (Coombe,  East  Lulworth,  and 
Somerford  Caisnes),  in  the  Diocese  of  Salisbury;  Midsomernorton 
(Midsummer  Norton)  in  the  Diocese  of  Bath,  and  Tregony  and  Byry 
(Bury)  in  the  Diocese  of  Exeter.  And  as  such  Proctor  he  protested  to  the 
Apostolic  See  and  the  Court  of  Canterbury  that  no  one  presume  or  attempt 
to  interfere  with  the  said  rights,  and  he  appealed,  and  called  for  the  first, 
second,  and  third  time  all  persons  interested  or  pretending  interest  therein. 
Done  as  underwritten,  the  time  and  place  above  mentioned.  Present  Sir 
Thomas  de  Kenemsford,  Rector  of  Enolton  in  the  Diocese  of  Canterbury, 
and  Master  Edmund  de  Pontefract,  Clerk,  witnesses  specially  called 
and  asked  for  the  purpose.  And  John  de  Marlesford,  Clerk,  of  the 
Diocese  of  Exeter,  by  apostolic  authority  Notary  Public,  was  present  at 
the  premises  and  saw  them  done,  heard,  and  written,  and  signed  his  name 
thereto  in  his  accustomed  form,  being  asked  to  attest  the  same1. 
1341.  Adam,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  addressed  Letters  Exhortatory  to  the 
Jan.  13  Prior  and  Convent,  to  the  following  effect : — Grieving,  he  refers  to  the 
fact  that  the  Monastery,  formerly  richly  endowed  in  lands  and  returns,  and 
income  of  churches,  and  comely  with  the  beauty  of  holy  religion  meet 
for  a  Monastery  of  the  Order,  had  alas !  through  negligence,  and  want 
of  care  of  administration  in  times  past,  shamefully  fallen  from  its  original 
completeness,  and  had  greatly  wandered  from  the  path  of  religion ;  and 
thence,  indeed,  it  had  sustained  serious  injury  to  its  capability  for  good 
to  such  extent,  that  scarcely  any  of  them  could  be  found  capable  of  offering 
useful  advice  or  aid  in  respect  to  the  payment  of  the  daily  expenditure ; 

1  Cart.  No.  548,  fo.  cciiij.  to  v.  v.  The  churches  mentioned  are  Godmanchester,  Alkmund- 
bury, Flore,  Eyton,  Whipsnade,  Kimpton,  Dun's  Tewe,  Upton,  Barton,  Stansted,  Kingston, 
Sheen,  Petersham,  Molesey,  Ditton,  Merton,  Cuddington,  Carshalton,  EfSngham,  Sutton, 
Ropley,  Patricksbourne,  Bridge,  Ryath,  Combe,  East  Lullworth,  Somerford,  Midsummer 
Norton,  Tregony,  and  Bury. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1340-1342. 


245 


1341.  but  torpid  and  lukewarm,  and  as  though  corrupt  by  natural  defect,  they 
Jan.  13.     neglected  that  which  in  common'  they  possessed.     Thence  was  occasioned 

much  serious  loss,  which,  in  time,  they  might  palliate  by  sound  counsel, 
and  be  enabled  to  sustain  when  the  cause  of  injury  was  removed.  The 
Bishop,  therefore,  with  pious  desire  of  relieving  their  necessities,  exhorting 
them  in  the  Lord,  with  fatherly  counsel,  that  they  should  diligently  draw 
together  and  with  common  deliberation  consult  upon  the  present  difficulties 
of  the  Monastery,  and  make  speedy  provision  to  meet  their  debts.  And 
he  ordered  that  a  Certificate  of  what  was  done  in  this  behalf  should  be 
certified  to  him  by  the  Prior  and  one  or  two  Canons  appointed  by  the 
others  by  the  feast  of  St.  Vincent  next ;  and  warning  them  that  if  they 
were  negligent  or  remiss  they  must  expect,  not  undeservedly,  canonical 
severity '. 

Given  at  Esscher,  January  13,  A.D.  1340,  and  in  eighth  year  of  his  transla- 
tion. 

April  14.  It  appears  from  an  Inquisition  held  at  Croydon  on  this  day,  that  certain 
messuages  or  tenements  at  Tanridge  and  Walkenstede  (Surrey)  were 
chargeable  with  the  payment  of  35.  ^d.  per  annum  to  the  Prior  of  Merton2. 
There  is  no  record  of  the  origin  of  this  charge,  but  that  it  continued  in 
force  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  it  appears  in  the  Minister's  Accounts :l 
of  Tanridge  Priory,  for  the  year  28  &  29  Henry  VIII ;  and  when  the  King 
granted  that  Priory  and  its  property  to  John  Rede,  in  the  following 
January,  to  John  Rede  it  is  again  mentioned  4. 

The  King  brought  his  writ  of  contempt  in  the  Common  Bench  against 
the  Prior,  for  not  admitting  N.  de  la  Garderobe  to  a  corrody  and 
sustenance  in  the  Priory  at  the  King's  command,  according  as  others  had 
been  admitted  by  the  command  of  the  King's  progenitors.  It  was  argued 
that,  on  the  contrary,  the  King  did  not  base  his  claim  on  prescription,  nor 
by  reason  of  foundation  :  and  that  W.,  who  was  admitted  by  favour,  at  the 
prayer  of  the  King,  received  only  certain  loaves  and  ale,  and  bought  every- 
thing else  he  needed.  In  reply  it  was  claimed  that  the  House  was  of  Royal 
foundation,  and  that  the  Canons  were  his  tenants.  The  result  of  the  trial 
is  not  recorded  5, 

1342.  Richard,    Earl   of  Arundel  and  Surrey,  and    the   Prior  of  Merton,   as 
Dec.  14.    entire  and  trusty  friends  of  both  Parties,  acted  as  arbitrators  in  a  dispute 

Register,    Or/eton,    i.    fo.     100    b.  ;     and    Cart     No.    558,    fo.    ccxiiij. — 


Mich. 
Teim. 


1  Winchester  Dioc. 
APPENDIX  CXXVIII. 

2  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum,  24  Ed.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  21. 

3  Ministers'  Accounts,  28  &  29  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey.  No.  108. 

5   Year  Book,  15  Ed.  Ill  (Chron.  and  Mem.,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  346). 


Haileian  MS.  4786. 


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RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1343  or4. 


1344. 
Oct.  13. 


1342.      between  the  Executors  of  the  Will  of  Roger  Aperdelee  and  the  Prior  and 

Dec.  14.    Convent  of  Reigate,  as  to  providing  a  Chaplain  to  sing  for  the  soul  of  the 

said   Roger  and  his  ancestors,   in  the  Chapel  of  Ledrede  (Leatherhead, 

Surrey) ;    the  amount   provided   for  the   purpose   being   insufficient,    and 

a  compromise  was  arranged  '. 

Upon  Inquisition  post  mortem,  held  upon  the  death  of  Roger  Salesman, 
a  Jury  found  that  the  Deceased  and  Alice  his  wife,  together  held  certain 
lands  and  a  tenement  at  Horlee  (Horley,  Surrey),  of  the  Prior  of  Merton, 
at  a  service  of  125.  per  annum  -. 

At  an  Inquisition  post  mortem,  held  upon  the  death  of  Robert  Davy,  the 
Jury  found  that  half  of  the  Manor  of  Pachenesham  was  held  of  the  Prior  of 
Merton  as  of  his  manor  of  Ewell,  at  a  service  of  205.  per  annum  to  the  Prior 
and  secta  of  his  Court  of  Ewell  de  tribus  septimanis  in  tres  septimanas 3. 

The  King  issued  Writs  to  various  Abbots  and  Priors,  amongst  whom  is 
named  the  Prior  of  Merton,  to  the  following  effect  :  — That  whereas  in  the 
last  Parliament  it  was  ordered  that  the  monies  obtained  from  the  tenths  and 
fifteenths  granted  by  the  said  Parliament  should  be  placed  in  some 
Cathedral  Church  or  Monastery  in  each  county  where  it  may  best  be  kept, 
and  there,  for  the  King's  expenses,  wars,  and  contingencies,  safely  kept :  on 
which  account  the  King  has  ordered  his  Collectors  to  pay  the  monies 
collected  into  the  named  monastery.  Wherefore  he  orders  that  the  said 
collections  be  kept  in  some  suitable  and  strong  building  in  the  Monastery, 
where  it  may  most  safely  be  kept,  and  that  the  said  Collectors  be  permitted 
to  have  free  ingress  and  egress  at  will.  And  the  Monastery  is  warned 
that  it  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  deposit  *. 

1344  or  5.        Upon  Inquisition  it  was  found  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  held  four  bord  of 
land5  in  Cornburge  of  Edmund  de  Thwenge,  paying  6s.  8d.  per  annum6. 

This  year  Prior  John  de  Litelton  (or  Lyttlyngton)  was  deposed  " :  and 
was  succeeded  by  Prior  William  Freston,  who  became  the  nineteenth 
Prior,  apparently  on  November  10  8. 

1    Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Edyndon,  ii.  9.  v.  (Manning  and  Bray,  ii.  670). 

*  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  17  Ed.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  45  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.  6169,  Syntm's 
Collections,  fo.  78). 

3  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  17  Ed.  Ill,  m.  54  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.  6167,  fo.  331,  Symm's 
Collections:  also  Add.  MS.  6169,  fo.  85). 

1  Close  Rolls,  18  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  2,  m.  n  (Rymer's  Foedera,  iii.  pt.  i.  p.  24,  fully;  also  noted  in 
Parliamentary  Rolls,  ii.  p.  451). 

5  A  bord  of  land  was  a  somewhat  indefinite  quantity,  assumed  to  be  sufficient  to  provide 
vegetables  for  the  bord  or  table  of  the  lord. 

6  Eschaet  Rolls,  18  Ed.  Ill  (Vincent  MS.,  f.  1041). 

7  Willis'  Mitred  Abbeys,  ii.  231  :  and  Bodl.  MS.  Calendar. 
'  Chancery  Placita,  Surrey.  20  Ed.  III.  m.  30. 


1345. 
Nov.  10. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1342-1346.  247 

1346.  A  suit  respecting  the  presentation  to  the  Vicarage  of  Kingston  came  on 
Jan.  30.  for  hearing  before  John  de  Stonore  and  others,  Justices  of  the  King's  Bench. 
The  King  had  claimed  the  right  to  present  a  fit  person  on  the  ground  that 
the  living  had  been  avoided  at  a  time  when  the  Priorate  was  vacant ;  and 
that  although  the  King  had  granted  to  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  the 
temporalia,  he  had  reserved  to  himself  and  his  heirs  the  military  fees  and 
advowsons,  &c.  ;  and  he  caused  the  then  Prior  to  be  summoned  to  answer 
his  Plea. 

John  de  Clone,  on  the  King's  behalf,  alleged  that  Humfrey  de  Wake- 
field  (who  had  been  presented  by  Prior  Thomas  de  Kent)  had  resigned 
the  benefice,  and  then  Thomas  de  Kent  died,  and  the  advowsons,  &c., 
remained  in  the  King's  hands.  John  de  Lutlyngton  was  next  installed  in 
the  Priory;  he  resigned,  and  then  the  present  Prior  (William  de  Freston) 
took  possession  of  the  advowsons.  That  neither  John  Lutlyngton  nor  the 
present  Prior  were  seised  of  the  advowson  (in  contradiction  to  the  King's 
possession)  until  November  10  last,  within  which  time  the  living  twice 
became  vacant,  viz.  once  by  the  resignation  of  the  said  Humfrey  de  Wake- 
field,  and  the  second  time  by  the  death  of  the  said  Nicholas.  That  it 
consequently  pertained  to  the  King  to  present  to  the  Vicarage,  which 
the  Prior  hindered,  at  a  loss  to  the  King  of  £1000. 

The  Prior  answered  that  between  the  death  of  Thomas  de  Kent  and  the 
said  November  10  the  vicarage  had  not  been  vacant. 

On  the  King's  behalf  the  said  John  replied  that  Humfrey  de  Wakefield 
was  inducted  and  was  Vicar  until  June  n,  in  fifteenth  year  of  the  King's 
reign  (1342),  when  he  exchanged  with  Nicholas  de  Lyonus,  who  died  three 
years  later,  and  that  Maurice  de  Ely'  was  presented  to  and  now  held  the 
living :  and  thus  it  had  been  twice  vacant  at  times  when  the  King  had  the 
right  of  presenting. 

The  Jury  found  in  favour  of  the  King,  and  that  he  was  entitled  to  Letters 
to  the  Bishop  to  the  effect  that  notwithstanding  the  claim  of  the  Prior,  he 
should  admit  a  suitable  person  to  the  vicarage  at  the  King's  presentation '-'. 
June  a6.  A  Certiorari  was  issued  from  the  Court  of  Chancery,  commanding  the 
before-mentioned  John  Stonore  (the  Justice)  to  transmit  forthwith  under  his 
seal  the  tenor  of  the  record  and  the  process  in  the  Cause  heard  before  the 

'  Otherwise  called  Maurice  Barnabas  de  Botykesham  (Bottisham,  in  the  Diocese  of  Ely). 
Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Orleton,  ii.  fo.  93.  v. 

1  This  appears  as  the  Process  transmitted  to  Chancery  in  the  proceeding  next  mentioned 
above.  The  "  Process"  technically  means  the  whole  of  the  pleadings  and  Acts  of  Court,  and 
every  document  used  in  the  Court  below,  from  which  an  appeal  is  practically  brought ;  and 
which  is  remitted  to  the  Court  above,  and  on  which  the  appeal  is  heard. 


248 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF     MERTON. 


1346-9. 
Jan.  6. 


1346.      Justices  of  the  King's  Bench  to  the  King  in  Chancery.     Given  by  the  King, 
June  a6.    at  porchester  (Hampshire),  June  26,  of  his  reign  in  England  the  twentieth 
and  in  France  the  seventh  '. 

What  was  the  result  of  the  proceeding  in  Chancery  does  not  definitely 
appear ;  but  from  the  fact  that  the  next  Vicar  on  record,  William  de  Bor- 
stall  (probably  from  Burstow,  near  Horley,  Surrey),  held  that  position  on 
February  26,  1348  (when  he  was  ordained  priest) 2,  we  may  reasonably 
assume  that  the  Priory  was  successful  ;  in  fact  there  is  an  unbroken 
succession  of  presentations  made  to  Kingston  Vicarage  by  the  Priors  of 
Merton. 

By  the  accounts  of  the  Great  Wardrobe  of  King  Edward  III,  we  learn 
that  some  sports  were  held  here  on  the  feast  of  the  Epiphany,  presumably 
for  his  amusement.  There  were  supplied  thirteen  visers  (vizards  or  masks) 
with  heads  of  dragons,  and  thirteen  with  heads  of  men,  and  having  diadems  ; 
and  ten  courtepies  (short  cloaks)  of  black  bokeram,  requiring  two  whole 
pieces,  and  twelve  yards  of  English  canvas  of  flax  (tela  linea  AngP.) *. 

The  King  addressed  Writs,  dated  at  Gloucester  on  this  day,  wherein 
ugi  s°'  he  recited  the  urgent  necessity  for  a  supply  of  wool  required  in  con- 
sequence of  the  late  excessive  expenditure,  and  that  there  was  need  of 
20,000  sacks  of  wool,  in  addition  to  the  biennial  fifteenth.  He  begged  that 
the  person  to  whom  the  Writ  was  addressed  would  do  his  utmost,  seeing  the 
very  heavy  need,  to  cause  the  subjacent  people  to  grant  him  the  biennial 
fifteenth  and  20,000  sacks  of  wool,  making  the  total  exceeding  three 
fifteenths;  in  consideration  of  the  extreme  necessity  of  the  Kingdom  itself. 

The  Writ  to  the  Prior  of  Merton  was  for  two  sacks  of  wool 4. 

Dec.  14.  The  Bishop  issued  a  Commission  to  the  Prior,  committing  to  him 
authority  to  absolve  in  form  of  law  John  Paynel 5,  a  Concanon,  from 
sentence  of  the  Greater  Excommunication,  which  he  had  culpably  (dampna- 
biliter)  incurred  by  laying  rash  and  violent  hands  on  John,  called  le  Barbur, 
Clerk,  their  servant ;  therein  presuming  with  daring  sacrilege,  as  it  was 
said ;  if  upon  examination  being  made  by  the  Prior  as  to  the  nature 
of  the  wickedness  done,  it  be  found  such  as  that  the  power  of  absolution 


1347. 


1  Chancery,  County  Placita,  20  Ed.  I,  Surrey,  30. — APPENDIX  CXXIX. 

a  Manning  and  Bray,  i.  p.  392. 

3  Expenses  of  Great  Wardrobe  of  Edward  III,  1345-1349;  edited  by  Sir  Harris  Nicolas. 
Archaeologia,  xxxi.  p.  43. 

1  Clone  Rolls,  21  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  2,  m.  28.  d.  (^Rymer's  Foedera,  iii.  pt.  i.  p.  131). 

5  John  Paynel  had  been  a  fugitive  monk,  whom  the  Bishop  on  October  i,  1334,  exhorted 
the  House  to  receive  back  again  ;  and  whom  after  a  Visitation  of  the  Priory  on  March  6 
following  he  had  ordered  them  to  receive  without  reproach. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :    1346-1349.  249 

1347.      was  known  to  belong  of  law  to  the  Bishop  ;  reparation  being  first  made 

Dec.  14.    according  to  the  gravity  of  the 'fault,  and  with  due  penance,  which  power 

the  Bishop  committed  to  the  Prior,  in  his  place,  with  coercive  authority. 

Dated   at   Suthwerch  (Southwark),   December    14,  A.  D.  1347,  and  of  his 

consecration  the  second '. 

1347  or  8.  Upon  an  Inquisition  upon  the  death  of  Hugh  de  Audele,  late  Earl  of 
Gloucester,  it  was  found  that  the  Prior  of  Merton  held  of  him  a  quarter 
of  a  knight's  fee  at  Mitcham,  of  the  value  of  303.  per  annum2.  A  similar 
Inquisition  and  findings  are  recorded  eleven  years  later3. 

On  the  death  of  Henry  Wyssh,  it  was  found  that  he  held  of  the  Prior 
a  tenement  in  Southwark,  for  which  he  paid  i8s.  for  all  service  \ 
1340.  The  Bishop  issued  a  Commission  to  John  de  Wolveleye,  Canon  of 
Jan.  r8.  Salisbury,  his  Chancellor,  reciting  that  public  report  had  reached  his 
ears  that  some  of  the  conventual  Church  of  Merton,  and  of  the  College 
of  the  same,  were  unlawfully  exalted  ;  which  matter,  unless  duly  and 
quickly  reformed  with  the  limit  of  correction,  would  cause  serious  dangers 
and  scandals,  the  opprobrium  of  religion,  and  probably  dishonour  to 
the  said  College.  He,  therefore,  desiring  to  provide  a  remedy,  and  in 
full  trust  in  the  Lord,  relying  upon  the  circumspection  and  care  of  his 
said  Commissioner,  directed  him  to  institute  an  inquiry  on  the  Tuesday 
following  in  the  Chapter  House  of  the  said  Church,  and  to  proceed  in 
the  premises,  and  also  to  correct  and  punish  all  and  singular  who  might  be 
convicted  on  such  inquisition  and  deserving  punishment ;  and  to  determine 
all  such  orders  therein,  and  act  further  in  this  matter  as  canonical  statutes 
required  and  demanded ;  and  he  commissioned  him  to  proceed  in  his 
(the  Bishop's)  stead  with  power  of  canonical  coercion.  Dated  at  Suthwerk, 
January  18,  A.  D.  1349,  and  of  his  consecration  the  fourth5. 

April  12.  By  Will  of  this  date,  John  Young  left  his  tenements  in  the  parishes 
of  St.  Andrew  Hubbard  and  St.  Mary  atte  Hull,  to  his  wife  Johanna  for 
life,  and  then  to  his  heirs  ;  and  in  default,  to  be  sold,  and  one-fourth  of 
one-third  of  the  proceeds  to  be  paid  to  the  Priory". 

May.  A  dispute  between  the  Master  and  Brothers  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Thomas, 

in  Suthwark,  respecting  an  annual  return  paid  to  the  Prior,  on  account  of 
certain  lands  and  tenements  in  Maudon  (Maldon  ,  Bedington,  and  Suth- 

1   Winchester  Dior..  Register,  Edyndon,  ii.  to.  13. — APPENDIX  CXXX. 

''  Inqnis.  post  Mortem,  21  Ed.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  59  (Brit.  Mas.  Add.  MSS.  6169,  p.  125% 

'  Eschaet  Rolls,  33  Ed.  Ill,  No.  62. 

*  Eschaet  Rolls,  21  Ed.  Ill,  No.  47  (Brit.  AIus.  Add.  MSS.,  Symm's  Collections,  fo.  395  . 
»  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Edyndon.  ii.  fo.  22. — APPENDIX  CXXXI. 

•  Court  of  Hustings,  Cal.  of  Wills,  i.  p.  540. 


250  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1349.  wark,  had  been  decided  in  the  Common   Bench,  in  the  previous  Easter 
May-       Term ;    and  on  this  day  the   Priory  by  Deed  acknowledged  the  receipt 

of  175.,  apparently  in  discharge  of  their  claim  in  future.  Dated  at  Merton, 
on  the  feast  of  St.  John  ante  Portam  Latinam,  in  twenty-third  year  of  King 
Edward  III '.  Appended  to  the  Deed  is  about  two-thirds  of  a  small  green- 
wax  seal,  representing  a  draped  arm  with  hand  grasping  the  stem  of 
a  hand-cross,  on  either  side  of  which  are,  respectively,  the  moon  and 
an  estoile ;  a  few  letters  on  a  bend,  not  very  legible  ;  on  the  reverse  a 
fingermark.  It  is  presumably  the  seal  of  Prior  William  de  Brokesburn, 
but  closely  resembles  that  of  Prior  Eustace  a  century  earlier. 

1350.  At   an    Inquisition    held    at   Taleworth,   before   the    King's    Eschaetor, 
.Ian.  15.     the  Jury  found  that   Edmund,  late  Earl  of  Kent,  died  seised  in  domain 

as  in  fee  of  the  Manor  of  Taleworth,  with  its  members,  viz.  Wabe  and 
Turberville ;  and  held  of  the  Honour  of  Gloucester  by  the  service  of 
a  quarter  of  a  knight's  fee  and  secta  of  Court  of  Bletchingelegh,  de  tribus 
scptimanis  in  /res  septiinanas,  and  returning  to  the  Prior  of  Merton  45.  per 
annum. 

Also  that  he  held  a  third  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in  Tolesworth,  which  the 
Prior  of  Merton  held  in  domain,  and  worth  per  annum  in  all  proceeds  one 
hundred  2. 

Aug.  31.  The  Prior  and  Convent,  being  called  to  the  Visitation  of  the  Bishop  of 
Lincoln,  claimed  certain  privileges  in  respect  to  the  parish  churches  of 
Gormecestre,  Alkmunbiry,  Hore,  Eyton,  and  Wipsenade,  achapelof  Eyton, 
and  also  the  annexes  of  Kymeton,  Upton  and  Tuwa3;  and  pensions  from 
the  churches  of  Standon,  Gyllyng,  Clyve,  Middelton,  Bryan,  Harmed,  and 
Huccham.  The  Bishop  certified  that  he  had  examined  the  subject  and 
found  the  Prior  and  Convent  canonically  possessed  of  the  same.  Given 
under  his  seal  at  Newark,  12  Kal.  of  August,  1350,  and  in  the  third  year 
of  his  consecration  *. 

1350.  An  inquiry  was  made  (presumably  by  direction  of  the  Bishop)  as  to  the 
value  of  the  Vicarage  of  Upton,  Buckinghamshire,  and  on  St.  Barnabas 
day  in  the  church  of  Wexham,  Robert  de  Cathell  and  five  other  priests, 
on  oath,  found  the  value  to  be  as  follows : — At  the  Purification,  and  Easter, 

1  Brit.  Mns.  Add.  Charters,  22,869. 

i  Eschaet  Rolls,  23  Ed.  Ill,  Surrey,  No.  169,  pt.  2  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.  6167,  Symm's 
Collections,  fo.  413  and  v.  ;  also  Add.  MS.  6169,  p.  157). 

3  Godmanchester,  Alkmiindbury,  Flore,  Eyton,  and  Whipsnade,  and  the  annexes  of 
Kimpton,  Upton,  and  Tewe,  Standon,  Yelling,  Clive,  Middleton  Bryan,  Haremede,  and 
Hicham. 

'   Cart.  No.  546,  fo.  ccj.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1349    1352. 


251 


1350.  and  feasts,  305. ;  confessions,  405. ;  Easter  day,  two  marcs ;  tithes  of  wool, 
IQS.  ;  of  lambs,  young  pigs,  and  geese,  ios.;  of  cows,  calves,  and  chickens,  10  ; 
and  corn  one  marc  :  excepting  the  tithes  of  produce  on  the  domain  of  the 
Convent,  those  of  the  vicarage  being  worth  six  marcs,  and  also  to  be  added 
half  a  virgate  of  land  and  a  messuage l. 

1351.  Upon  an  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum  at  this  date,  the  Prior  and  Convent 
April  14.    Qf  Merton  were  found  to  be    entitled  to  a  rent  of  35.  \d.  from  Tanridge 

Priory2.  The  rent  is  also  mentioned  in  a  rental  of  Tanridge  Priory, 
undated,  but  about  the  time  of  the  dissolution3. 

1352.  A  readjustment4  of  the  emoluments6  and  pervenients  of  the  Parish  of 
April  2.     Kingston  on  Thames  and  its  four  chapelries  of  Ditton,  Moulsey,  Shene, 

and  Petersham,  was  made  by  the  Bishop  (William  Edyndon),  at  the 
application  of  Robert  de  Hynkelee,  the  Perpetual  Vicar,  as  against  the 
Priory,  the  Impropriate  Rectors.  Both  parties  submitted  to  the  arbitrament 
of  the  Bishop,  who  thereupon  made  a  Decree  to  the  following  effect. 

The  Vicar  and  his  successors  to  receive  all  oblations  whatsoever  of 
the  said  parish  church  and  chapels,  and  also  of  the  Chapel  of  B.  Mary 
Magdalene,  lately  built  in  the  parish  r>,  and  any  other  chapels  that  might 
thereafter  be  built  there;  together  with  all  obventions  of  whatsoever 
nature  in  the  parish.  Also  all  legacies  and  bequests,  and  all  emoluments 
from  confessions  in  the  time  of  Lent  and  the  week  before  Easter,  and  all 
pervenients  at  Easter,  and  redemption  throughout  the  year  of  oblations 
not  then  paid.  Also  for  obventions  from  tithes  of  cows  and  calves,  with 
cheese,  milk,  and  honey,  and  tithes  of  pigs  in  the  Ville  of  Kingston  :  of 
pigeons  and  fisheries  of  the  four  weirs,  and  the  fishing  of  the  whole  Thames 
almost  to  West  Schene  ;  of  gardens,  curtilages,  and  all  places  dug  with  the 
foot  ;  of  flax,  hemp,  and  sundries  '  at  Kyngeston,  Petrichesham,  Hamme, 
Norbelton,  Sorbelton,  Combe,  Hacche,  and  La  Hooke.  Also  tithes  of 
mills  within  the  parish,  except  those  undermentioned  ;  tithes  of  the  markets 

1   Cart.  No.  545,  fo.  ccj.  v.  a  Jnquis.  ad  quod  dcininitm,  Surrey,  24  Ed    III,  No.  21. 

3  Ministers'  Accounts,  28  &  29  Hen.  VIII.  Surrey,  No.  108;  Augmentation  Office,  Miscel- 
laneous Books,  406,  p.  49. 

1  The  last  previous  adjustment  was  in  1303. 

5  The  rectorial  tithes  were  of  great  value,  being  estimated  at  £80  in  Pope  Nicholas'  taxation 
in  1291,  when  the  Vicar's  income  was  valued  at  eight  marcs  =  £5  6s.  8rf.,  but  he  had  to  provide 
for  the  service,  not  only  of  the  parish  church,  but  also  for  the  chapelries  of  Ditton,  Moulsey, 
and  Shene. 

*  This  was  a  Free  Chapel,  situated  near  one  end  of  the  town  ;  originally  founded  by 
Edward  Lovekyn  in  1309,  but  rebuilt  and  further  endowed  by  John  Lovekyn  in  1352, 'and 
remains  in  a  very  perfect  state.  (See  History  of  Free  Chapel  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  Kingston, 
by  the  present  writer. N, 

7  Warantia,  probably  varan tia  =  sundries  :  but  Lysons  suggests  warennia  =  warrens. 


252  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1362.  of  Kingston  from  each  transaction  there  ;  of  geese  '  in  the  said  ville  ;  and 
April  a.  mortuaries  of  the  dead  of  the  whole  parish.  Also  all  obventions  and 
pervenients  of  the  chapels  of  Dytton,  Moleseye,  and  Schene  ;  tithes  of  corn 
not  growing  in  the  said  gardens  and  curtilages,  and  hay  and  underwood2 ; 
together  with  the  weir  near  Braynford  (Brentford),  belonging  to  the  Convent, 
and  their  mills  near  Schene  and  Moleseye ;  together  with  all  and  singular 
the  great  and  small  tithes  of  their  manors  and  domains  in  the  parish, 
excepting  only  those  remaining  in  their  own  hands. 

Further,  the  said  Religious  should  give  ten  quarters  of  corn,  viz.  four 
quarters  of  wheat  and  rye  3,  two  quarters  of  wheat,  two  of  very  fine  wheat 4, 
and  two  of  barley,  every  year  in  perpetuity,  by  equal  portions  at  the  feasts 
of  St.  Michael,  the  Lord's  Nativity,  Easter,  and  the  Nativity  of  St.  John 
the  Baptist,  at  Kingston,  to  the  Vicar  towards  the  sustentation  of  the 
chaplains  to  celebrate  in  and  serve  the  Chapel  of  Moleseye,  which 
chaplains  were  to  be  appointed,  removed,  and  maintained  by  him  and  at 
his  further  cost. 

The  Bishop  moreover  willed  and  ordained  that  the  said  Religious 
should,  at  their  own  cost  and  charges,  cause  to  be  built  within  a  year,  in  the 
Ville  of  Kingston,  a  competent  manse  for  the  habitation  of  the  Vicar5,  in 
a  certain  place  between  the  rivulet  and  the  King's  highway  (viam  regiam\ 
on  the  east  side  of  the  church,  situated  between  the  said  rivulet  and  the 
house  and  enclosure  of  John  de  Kerta ;  such  manse  to  comprise  a  hall 
(or  sitting-room — Aula)  and  two  chambers,  one  at  each  end  of  the  hall,  and 
a  cloaca,  and  a  suitable  kitchen  with  oven  and  stove  (ust'na),  and  stable  for 
six  horses  :  all  covered  with  tiles.  And  that  the  said  place  (dictam  placeam) 
thus  built,  be  assigned  to  the  said  Robert  and  the  Vicars  his  successors, 
and  given  up  empty  to  them. 

And  he  ordained  that  the  said  Religious  should  repair  and  roof  the 
chancel  of  the  church,  and  when  necessary  rebuild  it.  That  the  Vicar 
having  care  of  the  whole  parish  be  charged  with  the  cost  of  all  burthens, 
books,  vestments,  and  other  ornaments  of  the  said  Church  and  Chapels,  the 
finding  of  which  had  pertained  to  the  Religious  by  custom  or  law,  together 
with  all  ordinary  burthens  by  whatsoever  name,  and  should  maintain  the 

1  Aucar',  possibly  fowling  ''  Schedule,  wood  under  twelve  years'  growth. 

3  Mixtillionis  :  probably  from  Mcslin  =  wheat  and  rye  mingled.  *  Siliginis. 

5  This  manse  was  duly  built,  but  had,  by  the  neglect  of  the  inhabitants,  fallen  into  ruin, 
and  when  a  suitable  residence  was  presented  to  the  living  in  1366,  the  Bishop  granted 
a  faculty  for  pulling  down  the  former  building,  and  using  the  materials  for  the  new  vicarage,  but 
for  no  other  purpose.  See  Winchester  Episcopal  Register,  Edyndon,  ii.  fo.  53.  The  document 
is  printed  in  Appendix  J  to  the  Early  Histoiy  of  Kingston  Church. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1352-1355.  253 

1362.       said   vicarage   house,  while  extraordinary  taxes  should    be   paid    in    pro- 
April  a.     portion    to   the   emoluments.     That   the   Vicar   should   be   charged    with 
maintaining  hospitality  and  the  payment  of  episcopal  and  other  dues,  to  the 
exoneration  of  the  Religious. 

By  the  present  ordination  the  Religious  were  absolved  for  the  future 
from  all  ordinations  and  assignations  with  respect  to  the  Vicarage  made 
by  the  Bishop's  predecessors,  which  were  hereby  revoked  and  annulled. 

The  present  writing,  prepared  in  the  form  of  a  Chyrograph,  was  sealed 
with  the  seal  of  the  parties. 

Dated  at  Esscher,  April  2,  A.  D.  1352,  and  of  his  consecration  the  sixth  '. 
c.  1852.         A   fragmentary  return  of  property  belonging   to  the  Priory,  situate  in 
the  neighbourhood  of  Horley,   Surrey,    appears  about   this   date,  to   the 
following  effect : — 

Thomas  Saldin  holds  one  field  called  Susshort,  containing  sixteen  acres  ; 
returning  xrf.  per  annum. 

John  Hulbert  holds  a  parcel  of  land  containing  one  acre,  called  Russhet ; 
returning  \\}d.  per  annum. 

The  Heirs  of  John  Jurdan,  of  Horle,  hold  unani  placeam  with  buildings 
and  eight  acres  by  estimation ;  returning  xijo'.  per  annum. 

The  land  called  Landsshete,  in  the  parish  of  Home,  contains  by  estimation 
c.  acres  of  land  and  xij.  acres  of  wood. 

Other  lands  there,  on  the  other  side,  called  Hethfeld  and  Horlefeld,  all 
in  the  parish  of  Horle,  contain  c.  acres  as  the  carta  of  Talworth  witness ; 
and  there  is  a  wood  there. 

And  memorandum  that  there  is  a  certain  domain  there  called  Herwoldesle, 
which  is  a  place  in  the  parish  of  Home. 

M.  of  William  Awyle,  at  Merton,  in  the  County  of  Surrey2. 

1362  or  3.  On  Inquisition  upon  the  death  of  John,  Earl  of  Kent,  the  Jury  found 
that  he  held  (inter  alia)  by  Charter  of  the  King  the  Manor  of  Taleworth, 
with  its  members  of  Wyke,  of  the  Honour  of  Gloucester,  by  the  service 
of  a  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee,  and  the  return  to  the  Prior  of  Merton  of 
45.  per  annum,  and  to  Robert,  son  of  Nigell,  20^.,  &c.  And  that  the  said 
John,  Earl  of  Kent,  died  on  December  27,  26  Edward  III 3. 

1356.  The  Free  Chapel  of  B.  Mary  Magdalene,  Kingston,  received  a  further 

June  ii.    and    important   endowment    authorized    by    Letters    Patent*.      The     re- 

1  Cart.  No.  550,  fo.  ccvj.  to  ccvij.  v. — APPENDIX  CXXXII. 

*  Cart.  No.  567,  fo.  ccxxiiij.     This  is  the  last  entry  in  the  Cartulary. 

*  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  26  Ed.   Ill,  Surrey,  No.  54  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MSS.  6167.  Symm's 
Collections,  fo.  413). 

*  Patent  Rolls,  27  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  i,  m.  7. 


254 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


Dee.  23. 


1356. 
Dec.  18. 


1355.      founder  laid  down  a  well-thought-out  series  of  rules  and  ordinances  for  the 

June  ii.    governance  of  the  Chaplains,  who  were  to  reside  there  in  common,  which 

after   having  received   the   authority  and  assent  of  the   Bishop,  and  the 

Chapter  of  Winchester,   received    also   the  assent  of  the   Priory  as  Im- 

propriators,  and  the  Perpetual  Vicar  of  the  parish  of  Kingston1. 

John  Attewelle,  son  of  Thomas  Attewelle,  of  Town  Barningham,  Norfolk, 
presbyter,  was  instituted  by  the  Bishop  of  Norwich  to  the  Parish  Church 
of  Matlock,  on  the  presentation  of  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton  in 
Winchester  diocese,  the  true  patrons  thereof2. 

The  King  took  fifty-two  oaks  from  the  woods  near  Reading,  belonging 
to  the  Convent,  for  the  Round  Table  at  Windsor,  which  oaks  were 
carried  to  Westminster  (no  doubt  by  water)  for  the  King's  workmen  there. 
On  the  above  date  the  sum  of  £26  135.  \d.  was  by  Writ  of  Privy  Seal 
paid  to  the  Prior,  by  the  hands  of  Geoffrey  de  Chaddesley  (one  of  the 
Canons  and  afterwards  Prior),  in  full  satisfaction  of  the  value  due3. 

William  Wodehalle,  of  Henley  on  Thames,  by  his  Will  of  this  date, 
directed  his  tenement  in  the  parish  of  All  Hallows  de  Stannchirche  (All 
Hallows  Staining),  and  the  proceeds,  to  be  divided  between  the  con- 
ventual houses  of  Thame,  Westminster,  and  Merton.  The  Will  was 
proved  in  1358,  in  the  Court  of  Hustings,  London4. 

An  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum  was  held  to  inquire  as  to  loss  by 
the  King,  if  he  should  grant  to  Thomas  Cook,  parson  of  the  Church  of 
Tappelowe,  Buckinghamshire,  leave  to  give  and  assign  117^  acres  of  land, 
16  acres  of  pasture,  and  i  acre  of  wood  in  La  Legh,  Ewelle,  and  Chepsted, 
to  the  Prior  and  Convent  in  perpetuity,  in  part  satisfaction  of  land  and 
a  return  of  the  value  of  £10  in  lands  and  returns  held  in  fee  of  the  King, 
and  excepting  lands  and  tenements  held  of  the  King  in  capite. 

The  Jury  found  that  a  toft  and  46^  acres  of  land,  and  i  acre  of  wood, 
in  the  Villes  of  Ewelle  and  Chepstede,  were  held  of  the  Prior  as  of  his 
Manor  of  Ewell,  by  the  service  of  a  return  of  123.  id.  per  annum,  and  of 
finding  three  men  at  the  autumn  bederipe,  working  for  their  drink,  and  one 
day,  which  labour  is  worth  6d.  more.  And  by  the  service  of  annual  plowing, 
viz.  twice  at  the  winter  sowing  and  twice  at  the  Lent  sowing,  at  charge  of 
drink,  which  is  worth  i6d.  more.  And  by  the  service  of  doing  suit  at 

1  The  consent  as  appended  appears  in  the  Bishop's  Register,  Winchester  Dioc.  Register, 
Wykeham,  fo.  268.  The  whole  document,  which  runs  to  a  great  length,  is  of  considerable 
interest.  It  is  printed  in  The  History  of  the  Free  Chapel  (by  the  present  author),  at  Appendix  7. 

''  Norwich  Diocesan  Institution  Books,  v.  fo.  13. 

s  Exchequer  and  Issue  Roll,  Hen.  Ill  to  Hen.  VI    Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  164). 

'   Court  of  Hustings,  Cal.  of  Wills,  ii.  p.  6. 


1357. 
April  2. 


1300. 


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255 


1360.  the  Court   of  the    Prior's   manor   of  Ewell   de  tribus  septimanis  in   Ires 
septimanas,  which  is  worth  25.  id.  more. 

And  they  found  that  71  acres  of  arable  land  and  16  acres  of  pasture,  men- 
tioned in  the  King's  Brief,  are  in  the  Ville  of  la  Legh,  and  held  of  the  Prior 
as  of  his  Manor  of  Ewelle,  by  service  of  return  to  him  of  us.  io\d.  and 
doing  suit  de  tribus  septimanis  in  (res  septimanas  at  the  said  Court.  And 
that  he  said  71  acres  of  arable  land  are  worth  2s.  ii\d.,  at  the  rate  of  \d. 
per  acre;  and  the  16  acres  of  pasture  are  worth  160'.,  at  the  rate  of  id.  per 
acre,  and  not  more,  because  the  pasture  lands  lie  in  Walda  (in  the  Weald), 
and  are  sterile  and  heathy,  as  may  clearly  be  seen. 

And    they  said    that  the   Prior   alone  was  between  the   King   and  the 

said  Thomas  in  respect  to  the  said  lands,  pasture,   and  wood  :  and  that 

there  remained  to  the  said  Thomas,  lands  and  tenements  beyond  the  said 

donation  and  assignment,  and  also  a  messuage,  &C.1 

1350.  Consequent    upon   the  above   Inquisition  the   King  granted  licence  by 

Dec.  15.  Letters  Patent  for  the  proposed  assignment  by  Thomas  Cook  to  the 
Prior  and  Convent.  The  former  retained  in  the  Manor  of  Ewell  and 
in  Wimbledon  30  acres  of  land,  whereupon  claims  on  behalf  of  the 
Crown  might  be  levied  2. 

i860.  An  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum  was  held  touching  the  gift  of  William 
de  Edyndon,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  of 
Merton  of  a  messuage  with  100  acres  of  land,  2  acres  of  meadow,  and  22^. 
annual  return,  in  la  Legh  and  Horle,  Surrey3. 

Sept.  20.  Consequent  upon  the  Inquisition  the  King  granted  Letters  Patent,  dated 
at  Woodstock,  enabling  the  Prior  and  Convent  to  hold  the  estate 4. 

1361.  Upon   Inquisition   the  Jury   found   that    Otto  de    Holland,    Chevalier, 
deceased,  held  for  life  the    Manor  of  Talworthe,  by  gift  of  Thomas  de 
Holland  and  Johanna  his  wife,  so  that  at  his  death  the   same  reverted 
to  the  said   Thomas  and   Johanna.     And  that   part   of  the   said    Manor 
was  held  of  the   Honour  of  Gloucester   by  service   of  a  fourth  part  of 
a  knight's  fee,  returning  thereout  to  the  Prior  35.  per  annum,  to  Robert, 
son  of  Nigel,  20^.,  and  to  the  Prior  without  Bishopsgate,  2d.b 

Nov.  William  Freston    (or    Preeston,    according  to   Dugdale),  the   twentieth 

1  Eschaet  Rolls,  33  Ed.  Ill,  No.  81  (Add.  MS.  6167,  Symms  Collections,  fo.  151). 

*  Patent  Rolls,  33  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  3,  m.  2.     Also  Appendix  to  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  Rec.  Off.  Cat. 
ii.  p.  217. 

8  Inquis.  ad  quod  damnum,  33  Ed.  Ill,  No.  26.  Inquis.  ad  quod  damnum  and  Charier  Rolls, 
Rec.  Off.  Cat.  (p.  329.  A.\ 

•  Patent  Rolls,  33  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  2,  m.  4. 

3  Eschaet  Rolls,  34  Ed.  Ill,  No.  37  (Add.  MS.  6167,  Symm's  Collections,  fo.  414). 


256  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1361.  Prior,  died,  and  was  succeeded  shortly  afterwards  by  Geoffrey  de  Chadesle 
Nov.  (or  Chaddesley,  according  to  Dugdale). 

Dec.  12.  Proceedings  took  place  in  the  parish  church  of  Farnham,  before  the 
venerable  man  Master  Thomas  Yonge,  Advocate  of  the  Court  of  Canter- 
bury, and  the  Commissary  specially  deputed  by  the  Bishop  of  Winchester. 
Personally  appeared  the  religious  man,  brother  Geoffrey  de  Chaddeslee, 
Canon  of  Merton,  elected  by  the  Monastery  to  be  Prior  on  the  vacancy 
by  the  death  of  brother  William,  the  last  Prior ;  and  the  Sub-prior  and 
Convent  appeared  by  brothers  Robert  de  Wyndesore  and  John  de  Guide- 
ford,  Concanons,  their  procurators.  There  being  first  read  the  certificate 
of  the  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  by  which  it  appeared  that  all  co-electors, 
opposers  or  contradictors,  together  with  all  and  singular  others  who  wished 
to  oppose  the  said  election,  either  in  form  or  as  regarded  the  person, 
had  been  cited  to  appear  at  this  time  and  place ;  and  the  decree  of  the 
said  election,  and  certain  other  letters  and  instructions  concerning  the 
said  election  being  exhibited  by  the  said  Proctors,  and  seen  and  fully 
considered,  &c.,  and  all  opposers  or  contradictors  being  lawfully  pre- 
cognized  (sufficient  time  being  allowed,  and  they  not  appearing),  and 
being  by  the  Commissary  pronounced  contumacious ;  the  Commissary 
appointed  the  Elect  and  the  Procurators  to  appear  before  the  reverend 
Father  the  Bishop,  or  his  Commissary,  about  three  o'clock  in  the  day,  in 
the  chapel  of  Farnham  Castle,  to  proceed  in  the  said  business  of  the 
election,  as  justice  required.  At  which  time  and  place  they  appeared,  and 
on  full  consideration  the  Commissary  at  length  proceeded  to  final  sentence, 
wherein,  in  the  name  of  the  Bishop,  after  reciting  that  the  due  forms 
required  by  law  had  been  found  to  be  observed,  and  that  he  found 
Geoffrey  de  Chaddeslee,  a  suitable  person,  had  been  duly  elected,  and 
all  requirements  of  law  duly  and  canonically  performed,  he,  the  Bishop, 
invoking  the  grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  confirmed  the  Elect  in  the  plenary 
cure  and  administration  of  the  monastery,  and  commanded  any  defect 
herein,  if  any,  to  be  supplemented  by  pontifical  authority1. 

Sept.  4.  The  Bishop  granted  his  testimonial  of  the  election  having  been  con- 
firmed by  him,  and  his  preferment  to  the  Priory  and  the  pastorate,  cure, 
and  administration  of  the  Monastery  being  committed  to  the  new  Prior 
accordingly ;  in  the  firm  hope  and  trust  that,  Divine  Grace  assisting 
him,  the  Monastery  by  his  fruitful  ministry  of  circumspection  and  care 
might  receive  increase  of  welfare  and  prosperity.  Dated  at  Suthwerk, 
September  4,  A.D.  1631,  and  of  his  consecration  the  sixteenth2.  This  was 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Edyndon,  i.  fo.  1 1 1 .  'Ibid. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1361-1366.  257 

isei.       followed  by  the  order  to  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  to  pay  due  obedience ; 
Sept  4.     and  to  the  Archdeacon    and  his  Official  for  induction  and  installation  ', 

and  letters  to  the  King  for  the  restoration  of  the  temporalties 2. 
1363.  An  Indenture  was  made  between  Simon  Islip,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
June  29.  bury,  and  Apostolic  Legate  of  the  one  part,  and  Geoffrey,  prior,  and 
the  Convent  of  Merton  of  the  other  part;  whereby  the  Venerable  Father 
granted  to  them  his  Manor  of  Wimbledon,  with  crofts,  enclosures,  annexes, 
halls,  manors,  and  the  great  granges  of  the  manor,  together  with  all 
waifs  and  strays  there  pasturing ;  to  have  and  to  hold  the  said  lands, 
meadows,  feedings,  pastures,  and  common  of  heath  for  300  sheep,  and 
easements  of  all  the  said  houses,  together  with  housebote  and  firebote 
of  branches  of  trees,  &c. :  for  three  years  from  the  feast  of  St.  Jonthis3 
next,  and  thence  to  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  and  to  the  end  of  thirteen 
years,  paying  per  annum  £10  sterling,  by  quarterly  payments  to  the  Arch- 
bishop's Collector  at  Wimbledon.  The  Convent  repairing  and  keeping 
in  order  the  enclosures  and  houses.  Dated  at  Lambeth,  on  the  Friday 
after  the  feast  of  SS.  Peter  and  Paul,  37  Edward  III. 

The  common  seal  of  the  Priory  was  affixed  in  the  Chapter  House 
on  October  26,  in  the  same  year4. 

Letters  Patent  were  granted  by  the  King  confirming  this  Lease5. 

1363  or  4.      On  Inquisition  on  the  death  of  Oliver  Brocas,  respecting  property  at 

Apse,  near  Kingston,  the  Jury  found  that  it  was  held  in  fee,  of  the  Manor 
of  Apse,  of  William  Croyer,  Chevalier,  in  right  of  his  wife,  by  certain 
services,  and  by  the  return  to  the  Prior  of  as.  per  annum  6. 

1364  or  5.       Upon  Inquisition  held  upon  the  death  of  Cicilia  Beauchamp,  the  Jury 

found  that  her  tenements  in  the  Manor  of  Gallon  were  held  subject  to 
a  payment  of  8d.  per  annum  to  the  Prior7. 

1365  or  6.       Upon  an  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum,  the  Jury  found  that  the  Prior 

and  others  were  between  the  King  and  Roger  de  Aperdele  in  respect 
to  a  messuage,  lands,  meadow,  and  return  at  Leddrede  (Leatherhead) ; 
and  that  Roger  had  lands  and  tenements  remaining,  viz.  in  Leddrede, 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Edyndon,  i.  fo.  in.  ''  Ibid.  fo.  in.  v. 

3  St.  Jonthis,  possibly  Yon,  Jonius  or  Jon  ;  August  5. 

*  Archiepiscopal  Registry,  Lambeth ;  Chartae  Misc.,  No.  96.  This  deed  was  doubtless  executed 
in  duplicate,  and  this  was  the  counterpart  executed  by  the  Priory  :  the  Seal  is  unfortunately 
gone. 

5  Patent  Rolls,  37  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  i,  m.  34  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  178.  b. ;  also  Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS. 
6170,  p.  16;  and  Vincent  MS.  p.  1062). 

'  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  37  Ed.  Ill,  No.  7  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.,  Symni's  Collections, 
fo.  274,  v.). 

7  Inqtiis.  post  Mortem,  38  Ed.  Ill,  No.  8  (Symms  Collections,  fo.  472). 

S 


258  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1365  or  e.  held   of  the   Prior,    by  what  service  they  know  not,    and  which  were 
worth  £10*. 

1366.          The  Vicarage  House  of  the  parish  of  Kingston,  which  had  been  built 

May  6.  by  the  Convent,  having,  by  neglect  of  the  inhabitants,  fallen  into  ruin, 
and  requiring  from  time  to  time  a  heavy  expense,  the  Bishop  granted 
licence  for  its  demolition,  and  the  materials  employed  in  aid  of  a  suitable 
residence  for  the  Vicars  which  had  been  given  for  the  purpose  to  John 
Lovekyn,  of  London,  Citizen  and  Stokfyssmongere2. 

1368.  The  Bishop  (William  of  Wykeham)  addressed  a  mandate  to  the  Dean 
March  15.  of  Ewell,  for  inquiry  upon  the  subject  of  a  complaint  against  the  Prior, 
but  in  fact  as  to  the  meaning  and  effect  of  his  Ordinance  made  in  1352, 
concerning  the  apportionment,  between  the  Priory  and  the  Vicar  of 
Kingston,  of  the  emoluments  and  liabilities  of  each  in  respect  to  the 
Church  of  Kingston  on  Thames.  The  Bishop  referred  to  that  Ordination 
made  by  his  predecessor,  under  which  it  was  ordered  that  the  Priory 
should  repair  and  roof  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church,  and  rebuild  it, 
if  necessary,  at  their  own  cost ;  and  that  the  Vicar  should  be  taxed  with 
all  ordinary  charges.  He  had  heard  by  common  report  that  the  roofs 
of  the  chancels  of  the  chapels  of  Dytton,  Moleseye,  and  Schene  were 
extremely  defective,  and  notoriously  in  need  of  repair  :  and  it  was  alleged 
that  under  the  said  Ordinance  the  burthen  of  their  repair  should  be 
borne  by  the  Vicar.  To  prevent  further  harm,  the  Bishop  directed  the 
said  Dean  to  peremptorily  cite  Robert  (de  Bokenhulle),  the  Vicar,  to 
appear  before  the  Bishop  or  his  Commissary  in  the  Church  of  B.  Mary 
of  Suthwerk,  on  the  Wednesday  after  the  feast  of  the  Annunciation,  to 
answer  for  his  default  herein,  and  to  show  cause  why  he  should  not  be 
ordered  to  amend  the  same,  and  to  fix  a  peremptory  term  for  the  same, 
and  on  the  same  day  to  certify  what  he  had  done  therein.  Dated  at 
Suthwerk,  March  15,  A. D.  1368,  and  in  his  first  year3. 

The  result  does  not  appear. 
Sept.          Geoffrey  de  Chaddeslee,  the  twenty-first  Prior,  died  about  this  time 4. 

Oct.  27.  The  Judicial  Process  upon  the  examination  of  the  election  of  Robert  de 
Wyndesore,  Canon  of  Merton,  to  the  vacant  Priory,  is  dated  on  October  27, 
and  the  subsequent  documents  in  the  same  matter  follow  immediately ; 
these  are  the 

1  Inquis,  ad  quod  damnum,  39  Ed.  Ill,  No.  34  {Symm's  Collections,  fo.  283.  v.). 

''  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Edyndon,  ii.  fo.  53.     Dealer  in  stock  in  salted  and  dried  fish. 

*  Winchester  Dioc.  Registt  r,  Wykeham,  ii.  fo.  8. 

4  BodUian  Kalcndar,  and  Dugdale,  Monasticon. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1365-1373.  259 

1368.  Confirmation  of  the  Election. 

Oct  27.  Letters  testimonial  thereof. 

Letters  to  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  for  obedience  to  the  Elect. 

Mandate  for  installation  and  induction. 

Letters  to  the  King  for  the  release  of  the  Temporalia ;  all  dated  at 

Southwark,  on  the  above  day  '. 

1370.  The  Royal  Exchequer  paid  to  William  Fox,  Courier,  sent  with  a  letter 

June  10.  of  Privy  Seal  directed  to  the  Prior,  is.  for  his  wages 2.  By  the  fact  of  the 
money  being  thus  paid,  we  may  assume  that  it  was  some  matter  of  the 
King's  business,  and  not  any  grant  to  the  Priory. 

June  19.  The  Exchequer  repaid  to  the  Prior  £80,  which  he  had  lent  to  the  King 
on  the  eighteenth  day  of  June  last  past,  as  (it  was  stated  in  the  record) 
appeared  by  the  roll  of  receipts  of  that  day3.  The  date  of  the  year 
when  the  loan  was  made  does  not  appear  quite  clearly,  but  probably  the 
transaction  occurred  in  June,  1369.  The  words  "last  past"  referring  to 
the  month  and  not  the  day. 
1870  or  1.  The  Prior  held  of  Edward  le  Dispenser  one  fourth  part  of  a  knight's  fee 

at  Tolesworth  (Talworth,  Surrey),  of  the  value  of  loos,  per  annum  4. 
1373.  Upon  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum,  if  the  King  should  grant  to  Richard 
Clare  leave  to  assign  five  messuages,  a  mill,  a  carrucate,  and  231  acres  and 
3  roods  of  land,  20  acres  and  2  roods  of  meadow,  19  acres  and  i  rood 
of  pasture,  7  acres  of  wood,  and  a  return  of  465.  8|r/.,  with  pertinents 
in  Southwark,  Micham,  Bedyngton,  Bandon,  Waleton  (Walton),  Kersalton, 
Sutton,  Wandelesworth  (Wandsworth),  and  Hertyndon  Combe ;  to  the 
Prior  of  Merton  and  his  successors  in  perpetuity,  in  part  satisfaction  of 
£10  of  lands,  tenements,  and  returns,  which  the  King  had  by  letters 
patent  granted  him  in  fee,  with  power  to  alienate  (excepting  lands,  &c., 
held  of  the  King  in  capite). 

The  Jury  found  that  one  messuage  which  formerly  belonged  to  Roger 
In-the-Hale,  and  16  acres  in  Micham,  were  held  of  the  Prior  of  St.  Mary, 
Suthwerk.  Also  that  i  messuage,  i  carrucate,  and  5  acres  and  3  roods 
of  land,  12  acres  of  mead,  i8s.  8\d.  from  tenements  in  Micham  and 
Beddington,  were  held  of  the  Prior  of  Merton  by  fidelity,  and  return 
of  85.  per  annum,  and  suit  at  his  Court  at  Micham,  de  Iribus  septimanis  in 
tres  septimanas,  and  were  worth,  according  to  their  full  and  just  value,  315. 
per  annum.  Also  that  8  acres  of  land  and  a  return  of  8d.  per  annum, 

1    Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykcham,  12  (or  24).  v. 

•  Exchequer  Issue  Roll,  44  Ed.  Ill  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  152).  s  Ibid.  p.  164. 

1  Eschaet  Rolls,  44  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  2,  No.  46  (Vincent  MS.  p.  1041). 

S  2 


260  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1373.  formerly  belonging  to  John  Tamwyth,  in  Bandon  and  Waleton,  were  held 
of  the  Prior  of  Merton  by  fidelity  as  before  mentioned,  at  Micham,  and 
were  worth  i6d.  Also  that  I2</.  per  annum  return  in  Micham,  formerly 
belonging  to  William  Perot,  was  held  of  said  Prior  by  Homage,  as  of  his 
said  manor.  Also  4  acres  of  land  at  Wandelesworth  were  held  of  said  Prior 
by  fidelity  and  suit  of  his  Court  at  Denneford,  and  were  worth  per  annum 
&d.  That  the  said  Priors  of  Merton  and  Suthwerk,  and  the  Abbess  of 
Berkyng  (Barking)  were  intermediate  between  the  King  and  the  said 
Richard.  And  they  found  that  the  said  Richard  Clere  had  the  last 
donation  and  assignment  of  the  Manor  of  Canetenk'  (Canon's  Teyne), 
in  Devon,  held  of  the  Prior  of  Merton  by  military  service,  and  was  worth, 
according  to  the  true  value,  £10  per  annum1. 

Feb.  7.  Letters  Patent,  authorizing  such  assignment,  were  in  consequence 
granted  by  the  King  :  they  are  dated  at  Southwark,  47  Edward  III 2. 

After  the  inquiry  under  the  Writ  of  ad  quod  damnum,  licence  was 
granted  to  Richard  Clere  to  alienate  to  the  Priory  four  acres  of  arable  land 
in  Carshalton,  held  of  the  Lady  Margaret  Burghersh,  by  fidelity  and  suit 
of  Court  of  the  Manor  of  Stone  Court  in  that  parish.  Also  a  mill  and 
two  acres  of  arable  land  in  the  same  place,  held  of  Sir  Nicholas  Carew 
as  of  the  manor  of  Kersalton,  by  fealty  and  145.  yl.  per  annum  3. 
1375.  Consequent  on  some  further  disputes  on  the  subject  of  the  income  and 

Jan.  28.  liabilities  of  the  Church  of  Kingston,  the  particulars  of  which  appear  to  be 
wanting,  the  Bishop  commissioned  John  Blaunchard,  LL.D.,  and  William 
Loring,  his  Chancellor,  to  proceed  in  the  Cause  of  ordering  and  augmenting 
the  share  of  the  Vicar,  Robert  de  Bokenhulle,  in  the  profits  of  the  living4, 
with  the  following  result. 

Feb.  28.  Thus  it  was  agreed  between  the  Prior  and  Robert  de  Bokenhulle  the 
Vicar. 

The  Vicar  to  receive  all  oblations  of  the  Church  of  Kingston  and  its 
chapels,  or  any  other  chapels  thereafter  erected  in  the  parish,  and 
to  the  altars,  relics,  oratories,  crosses,  images,  and  pyxes  thereof;  and 
all  legacies  and  gifts  not  especially  given  to  the  fabrics.  Also  to  receive 
all  mortuaries,  profits  of  paschal  tapers,  and  all  emoluments  from  con- 
fessions and  burial,  oblations,  and  ecclesiastical  bequests  of  things  living 

1  Inquis.  ad  quod  damnum,  46  Ed.  Ill,  No.  56  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.,  Symm's  Collections, 
fo.  399). 

3  Patent  Rolls,  47  Ed.  Ill,  pt.  i,  m.  32  (Patent  Rolls,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  188.  b. ;  Brit.  Mus. 
Add.  MS.  6170,  p.  16;  Vincent  MS.  p.  1062.  v.\ 

:  Eschaets,  46  Ed.  Ill,  m.  56  (Trans,  of  Surrey  Arch.  Society,  vii.  p.  130). 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykeham,  ii.  pt.  3,  fo.  137.  a. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :    1373-1375-  261 

1375.  or  dead,  throughout  the  whole  parish,  otherwise  than  to  the  parish.  And 
Feb.  28.  tithes  of  cows,  calves,  goats,  kids  and  hogs,  rabbits  and  all  other  wild 
animals,  poultry,  pigeons,  swans,  peacocks,  geese,  ducks,  and  other  fowl  of 
every  kind,  cheese,  milk,  things  made  of  milk  (lacticinid),  beeswax,  and 
honey  and  eggs  throughout  the  parish ;  except  tithes  on  such  things  in  the 
manors  (belonging  to  the  Convent)  of  Muleseye,  Berewell,  Hertyndon,  and 
Canonbury,  or  unless  in  their  hands,  although  let  to  farm ;  the  tithes  of 
eight  cows,  three  sows,  five  geese,  five  ducks,  ten  hens,  two  hundred  sheep 
belonging  to  the  Prior  or  his  farmers  in  the  manor  of  Muleseye ;  eight 
cows,  two  sows,  five  geese,  five  ducks,  and  ten  hens  in  the  manor  of 
Berewell ;  thirty-two  cows,  one  sow,  three  geese,  three  ducks,  and  five 
hens  in  the  manor  of  Hertyndon;  four  cows,  four  sows,  five  geese,  five 
ducks,  and  ten  hens  in  the  manor  of  Canonbury ;  and  of  their  three  dove- 
cotes, viz.  at  Muleseye,  Berewell,  and  Canonbury.  The  Vicar  further 
to  receive  tithes  of  flax,  hemp,  and  sundries  in  the  whole  parish ;  corn  in 
gardens  or  curtilages  dug  with  the  foot ;  grass  and  all  other  things  growing, 
if  not  in  the  manors  of  the  Convent.  If  any  of  the  gardens  be  tilled  with 
the  plough,  the  Convent  to  receive  the  tithe.  In  the  case  of  arable  lands 
converted  into  gardens  (other  than  in  the  manors),  and  dug  with  the  foot, 
the  Vicar  to  have  the  tithes  so  long  as  they  be  thus  cultivated. 

Also  tithes  of  all  pastures,  feeding-grounds  (pasate),  agistment  of  cattle, 
pannage,  willows,  osiers,  underwood  and  fuel,  vines  and  fruit  of  all  trees 
in  the  parish  (excepting  the  manors) ;  and  of  lambs,  wool,  and  skins  in 
the  chapelries  of  Dytton,  Muleseye,  and  Schene,  except  those  of  the 
Convent  and  their  farmers  ;  and  the  personal  and  mixed  tithe  from  all 
merchants,  artificers,  brewers,  maltsters,  and  other  traders  in  the  whole 
parish ;  also  of  servants,  farmers,  and  labourers  of  the  Convent  within 
their  manors,  arising  from  gains  or  out  of  profits  of  living  stock,  and  all 
who  feed  and  bring  up  the  same,  except  stock  of  the  Convent  itself  and 
their  farmers.  The  Vicar  to  have  all  things  growing  in  churchyards  of  the 
church  and  chapels,  trunks  of  trees  only  excepted ;  and  pigeons  and  other 
birds  bred  in  the  church  or  chapel  precincts ;  .and  to  receive  tithes  of  mills, 
weirs,  lakes,  and  fishponds  ;  of  fishery  of  the  Thames,  except  tithe  of  mill 
at  Muleseye,  and  weir  of  Braynford  and  waters  adjoining,  and  fishery  of 
the  same  made  by  the  Convent  whilst  demised,  and  weir  of  Kayho  (Kew) 
while  in  their  own  hands.  The  Vicar  also  to  receive  55.  per  annum  for 
heriots,  reliefs,  &c.,  of  a  "certain  angulor  tenement"  in  Kingston,  late  in 
the  occupation  of  William  Fysshe,  and  originally  given  to  the  Vicars  by 
John  de  Arcubus. 


262  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1375.          The  Convent  to  deliver  to  the  Vicar  from  their  grange  at  Kingston  in 

Feb.  28.    four  equai  quarterly  portions,  thirteen  quarters  of  grain,  viz.  three  quarters 

of  white  wheat  from  the  Petersham  tenants  of  the  Abbot  of  Chertesey, 

two  quarters  of  bread-corn,  four  of  miscelin,  two  of  white  wheat,  and  two 

of  barley. 

The  Vicar  to  receive  four  silver  marcs  of  the  parishioners  of  Kingston 
for  the  salary  of  a  Chaplain.  To  receive  all  small  tithes  due  by 
custom  or  right  in  the  parish ;  also  three  cartloads  of  white-wheat  straw 
at  Easter,  or  within  fifteen  days,  for  covering  or  repairing  three  manses 
for  chapels,  viz.  from  the  Convent  granges  at  Muleseye,  Canonbury,  and 
Hache. 

The  Prior  and  Convent  to  receive  (speaking  generally)  tithes  of  sheaves 
not  grown  in  gardens,  hay,  living  mortuaries,  wool,  lambs,  and  skins;  and 
all  other  tithes,  profits,  and  emoluments  not  before  assigned  to  the  Vicar  : 
also  the  manse,  which  the  Vicar  permanently  gave  up  to  them.  They 
assigned  to  his  use  the  Preste's  Hagh1  at  Ditton,  another  at  Shene,  and 
one  at  Muleseye  for  manses  and  curtilages,  and  agreed  to  erect  a  manse 
for  each,  to  be  afterwards  repaired  or  rebuilt  by  the  Vicars.  The  Prior 
also  undertook  to  repair  or  rebuild,  when  necessary,  the  chancels  of  the 
parish  church  and  chapels,  and  their  parcloses. 

The  Vicar  to  provide  fit  Chaplains,  and  for  the  administration  of  sacra- 
ments, and  to  bear  the  charges  for  vestments,  books,  and  other  movable 
ornaments,  which  according  to  Provincial  Constitutions,  Rectors  or  Vicars 
were  bound  to  provide  2,  and  all  other  ordinary  charges  of  the  church  and 
chapels. 

Power  is  given  to  the  Vicar  to  appoint  fit  and  proper  persons  to  be 
Parish  Clerks  and  officers  of  the  church  and  chapels,  and  of  the  parish- 
ioners throughout  the  whole  parish,  and  to  remove  them  at  his  discretion : 
also  power  over  schools  for  teaching  children  to  read,  chaunt,  &c.,  either 
exercised  by  himself  or  his  delegates. 

The  Vicar  admitted  the  sufficiency  of  his  share  of  the  emoluments,  and 
of  his  dwelling,  and  agreed  to  bear  the  Convent  harmless. 

The  importance  attached  to  this  very  lengthy  document  is  shown  by 
its  formal  date,  as  well  as  by  the  fact  that  it  was  tripartite ;  and  one  part 
for  the  Vicar,  one  with  the  Priory  seal  to  remain  with  the  Chapter  at 

1  Walcot  (Convent.  Anliq.)  defines  Hagh  as  a  town-house,  but  that  is  evidently  not  the 
meaning  here. 

a  Constitutions  of  Archbishop  Winchelsea,  A.  D.  1305,  which  specify  the  necessary  and 
suitable  ornaments  to  be  provided  for  churches  (Lyndwood,  Provinciate,  p.  35). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :    1375-1378. 


263 


1375.  Winchester,  and  the  other  having  the  seal  of  the  Vicar  to  remain  with 
Feb.  28.    the  Convent.     Dated  at  Merton,  the  last  day  of  February,  1375,  in  the 

Pontificate  of  Pope  Gregory  XI,  and  the  forty-ninth  year  of  King 
Edward  III;  and  it  was  formally  ratified  and  confirmed  by  the  Bishop 
on  November  27,  1377'. 

1376.  The  Prior  and  Convent,  desiring  to  appropriate  the  Church  of  Berton 
(Barton,  Cambridgeshire),  were  cited  by  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  at  the  instance 
of  Sir  William  Brian,  the  Perpetual  Vicar  of  Berton,  in  a  cause  of  sub- 
traction of  pension  of  five  marcs  per  annum,  which  the  said  Prior  and 
Convent   owed   him   by  virtue  of  a   composition   and   ordination    of  the 
Vicarage.     One    Hugo,   lately    Bishop   of  Ely2,  in    the   appropriation  of 
the  Church  by  his  authority  having  so  ordered,  &c. 3 

1377.  Consequent  upon  an  Inquisition  ad  quod  damnum,  upon  the  proposed 
assignment  by  Thomas  Pernell  of  the  manor  De  la  Donne  to  the  Abbot 
of  Westminster,  subject  to  a  knight's  service,    the   Jury  found   that  the 
Prior  of  Merton  was  entitled  to  receive  for  a  certain  parcel  of  land  lying 
in  Donnecrofte  2od.  per  annum  4. 

1376  About  the  beginning  of  Michaelmas  Term  articles  of  accusation  were 
and  77.  brought  against  William  of  Wykeham,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  accusing 
him  of  having,  while  in  receipt  and  disposal  of  the  King's  revenues, 
ill-managed  them,  and  reduced  the  amount  of  fines  payable. 

He  was  ordered  to  attend  at  Westminster  on  January  20  following, 
1377,  but  the  trial  was  adjourned,  and  was  not  called  on  again. 

Previously  (apparently  about  the  middle  of  December,  1376)  he  was 
forbidden,  in  the  King's  name,  to  come  within  twenty  miles  of  the  Court, 
whereupon  he  left  his  palace  at  Southwark  and  retired  to  the  Monastery 
of  Merton,  where,  for  the  most  part,  he  continued  during  the  next  month, 
and  afterwards  passed  some  time  at  Waverley  Abbey n. 

1378.  Reference  to  leasehold  tenements  in  the  parish  of  St.  George,  South- 
wark, held  of  Merton  Priory  by  John  Croydon,  fishmonger,  appears  in 
his  Will   dated  April   10,    1378,  and  proved    in  the   Court   of  Hustings 
on  July  20,  1379  6. 

1   Winchester  Episcopal  Register,  Wykeham,  ii.  pt.  3,  fo.  163.  a. 

q  Hugh  Norwold  was  Bishop  of  Ely  from  1229  to  1254  :  his  successor,  Hugh  Balsam,  held 
the  office  till  1284. 

3  Regisirarum  Cattsarunt  Consistorii  Eliensis,  fo.  59.  b.  (Cole  MS.  41,  fo.  47).  The  date  is 
said  to  be  "  temp.  Ep.  Thome  Arundell "  :  he  was  Bishop  from  1375  to  1388. 

•  Inquis.   ad  quod  damnum,  51    Ed.    Ill,    No.    16   (Brit.   Mus.    Add.   MS.  6167,  Symm's 
Collections,  p.  308  :  and  Add.  MS.  6169,  p.  346). 

a  Cassan,  Lives  of  the  Bishops  of  Winchester,  \.  p.  217. 

*  Court  of  Hustings,  Cal.  of  Wills,  ii.  p.  207. 


264  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1380  or  i.       Letters   Patent  were  granted   for  the  appropriation  to  the  Convent  of 
the  Church  of  Ewell  \ 

1382.  The  Bishop,  at  Esshere,  granted  to  the  religious  men,  the  Prior  and 
June  9.      Convent  of  the   Monastery,  free  faculty  to  cause   to   be  consecrated    or 

dedicated  three  altars  situated  in  their  church,  together  with  two  portative 
altars  or  superaltars  for  them,  by  the  reverend  father,  Lord  William,  by 
the  Grace  of  God  (Bishop  of)  Nanetensis  (Nantes),  in  the  accustomed 
form  of  the  church 3. 

1383.  The  Prior  was  present  at  a  General  Chapter  of  the   Canons  Regular 
Mayiv-si.  of  t]:e  Order  of  St.  Augustine,  held  at  Novum  locum  (probably  Newstead- 

on-Ancolm),  near  Stamford,  Lincolnshire,  in  the  quindena  of  the  Holy 
Trinity3. 

1385.  King  Richard  II  issued  letters  addressed  to  the  Archbishop  and 
Feb.  6.  Clergy  of  the  Province  of  Canterbury,  reciting  that  at  the  last  Con- 
vocation (held  at  St.  Paul's),  on  December  9  previous,  there  was 
granted  for  the  defence  of  the  kingdom  one  half  of  the  tithes;  and 
requiring  them  to  collect  the  same.  Dated  at  Westminster,  January  n, 
in  his  eighth  year. 

The  Archbishop,  willing  to  carry  the  same  into  execution,  directed  that 
such  half  of  the  tithes  should  be  paid  into  the  Royal  Treasury.  Dated  at 
Exmynstre,  February  6,  A.D.  1384,  and  of  his  translation  the  fourth4. 

Under  this  authority  the  Prior  of  Merton  was  taxed  in  respect  to 
Patrickesborne  : — for  the  Church,  at  the  annual  value  of  £33  6s.  8d.,  and 
temporalia  in  Hariettesham  at  £i  6s.  8d. ;  total  taxable  £34  135.  ^d.,  upon 
which  the  moiety  of  tithe  was  345.  3d.  *" 

1387.  King    Richard    II    addressed    a    Brief  under    his    Privy   Seal   to   the 

March  8.  prjor  and  Convent,  reciting  his  wish,  of  his  special  grace,  to  his  beloved 
servant,  John  Mandelyn,  to  provide  him  with  a  suitable  sustentation,  has 
caused  it  to  be  transmitted  to  them  in  so  far  as  to  admit  the  said  John 
into  their  house,  with  such  sustentation  in  all  things  as  Edmund  Tettes- 
worth,  now  deceased,  whilst  he  lived,  had  in  the  said  house  by  the  order 
arranged  by  our  grandfather,  the  King  deceased,  to  be  administered. 
And  that  by  Letters  Patent,  sealed  with  the  common  seal  of  the  House, 
there  should  be  stated  what  the  house  had  ordered  he  should  receive 
in  these  things,  and  by  which  he  (the  King)  orders  the  House  should  be 

1  Patent  Rolls,  4  Rich.  II,  p.  i,  m.  27  (Brit.  Mus.  Add.  MS.  6170,  p.  18). 

*  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykeham,  ii.  fo.  198. — APPENDIX  CXXXIII. 
'  Cotton  MS.,  Vespasian,  D.  i,  Co.  3. 

*  Chron.  Will.  Thorn  (Decem.  Scriptores,  ed.  Twsyden,  fo.  2158).  5  Ibid.  fo.  2167. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1380    1387. 


265 


1387.       specially  bound    in  future.     And  which  request  of  aid  made  by  him  in 
March  8.    writing  was  to  be  presented  by  the  bearer.     By  the  King  at  Westminster, 

March  8,  in  tenth  year '.     (And  see  1394,  February  15.) 

Sept.  ai.  There  would  appear  to  have  been  a  Visitation  of  the  Monastery  held 
by  the  Bishop  rather  before  the  present  date,  at  which,  as  we  may  infer, 
he  found  very  severe  fault  with  many  things  respecting  which  he  intended 
to  send  them  formal  Injunctions  for  amendment ;  for  we  find  that  Prior 
Robert  and  the  Convent  endeavoured  to  anticipate  and  minimize  the 
Bishop's  action  by  means  of  a  formal  protest  entered  into  'on  this  day  in 
the  presence  of  a  Notary.  It  is  dated  September  21,  1387,  in  the 
tenth  year  of  the  Pontificate  of  Pope  Urban  VI  ;  it  runs  to  some  length, 
but  the  following  is  the  tenor  : — 

The  Prior  protested  that  he  had  diligently  ruled  heretofore  in  accord- 
ance with  the  order  of  St.  Augustine,  and  intended  so  to  do  ;  and  that 
he  had  been  duly  elected  and  installed  in  corporal  possession  of  the 
Priory.  Therefore,  in  the  event  or  case  by  which  it  might  happen  in 
future  that  the  Reverend  in  Christ,  William,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  should 
enact,  dispose,  or  ordain,  whether  commanding  by  his  monitions  or 
injunctions,  or  by  any  other  precepts  which  in  any  way  injuriously  affected 
the  Prior  or  Priory,  or  any  individual  of  the  Canons,  or  the  Convent,  or  any 
individuals  connected  with  it,  or  its  state  or  dignity,  or  its  lawful  and 
accustomed  liberties  (quod  absit);  the  Prior  for  himself  and  all  the  Convent 
openly,  publicly,  and  expressly  protested  by  this  writing  that  it  was  not  the 
intention  or  will  of  the  Prior  or  any  of  the  Convent  to  admit  any  such 
statutes,  dispositions,  or  ordinances  to  be  enacted,  disposed,  or  ordained, 
or  the  like,  or  any  such  monitions,  injunctions,  mandate,  or  precepts  made 
or  to  be  made,  or  any  of  them,  or  anything  interfering  with  the  observances 
of  their  said  Order.  And  he  protested  in  his  own  name,  and  that  of  the 
Confraters  and  Concannons,  in  the  presence  of  the  discreet  men  (discretis 
viris),  John  Barres  and  Robert  de  Saxilly.  And  John,  called  Sire  de 
Katerinton,  Clerk,  of  the  Diocese  of  Winchester,  Notary  Public  by 
apostolic  authority,  made  this  public  Instrument  at  the  request  of  the 
venerable  man  Sir  Robert,  the  Prior 2. 

Sept.  27.  The  anticipated  action  of  the  Bishop  (William  of  Wykeham)  was  not 
long  withheld.  Within  a  week  from  the  date  of  the  protest  by  the  Convent, 
he  issued  his  Visitation  Articles  under  thirty-five  heads,  and  running  to 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  7 23,  fo.  62.  v. — APPENDIX  CXXXIV. 

1  Ibid.  fo.  78.  v.  The  MS.  is  part  of  the  Register  belonging  to  the  Priory.  The  impor- 
tance attached  to  the  Protest  appears  from  the  fact  of  its  being  entered  twice  over. 


266  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1387.      an  immense  length.     Their  general  effect  is  here  given  as  briefly  as  may 
Sept.  27.    be,  consistently  with  their  important  bearing  on  the  history  of  the  Priory 

and  the  domestic  life  of  the  Canons. 

Marginal          William,  by  Divine  permission  Bishop  of  Winchester,  to  our  beloved 

"rigi^'i.  "'"  sons  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  the  Monastery  or  Priory  of  Merton,  of  the 

tTonfweie"0  Order  of  St.  Augustine,  in  our  Diocese ;  health,  grace,  and  blessing.     The 

n°!ofCwftch  pastoral   care  of  the   rule   induces  us  to  watch  sleeplessly,  and  remove 

bishopf°?) the  dangers  and  scandals,  that  thus  from  the  Lord's  Vineyard  the  weeds  be 

inform.'"    extirpated,  and  tilings  be  suitably  reformed;  and  of  assiduous  meditation, 

lest  your  blood  be  required  at  our  hands,  since  it  falls  to  us  of  our  pastoral 

office  to  overlook  your  above-mentioned  Monastery  or  Priory,  as  Visitor; 

and  in  our  Visitation  we  have  repeatedly  found  things  which  override  the 

instituted    rules,  and  are  even  unsuited  to  religion  and  reputation.     For 

which  as  a  remedy  due  reform  is  proper  and  necessary.     Wherefore  we 

set  forth  the  underwritten  things,  which  we  consider  should  be  canonically 

promulgated  and  confirmed  by  our  Seal,  to  be  observed  for  the  future,  for 

the  praise  of  God,  Divine  worship,  and  the  advancement  of  true  religion ; 

and  which  you  should  observe  for  your  advantage  and  happiness :  and  for 

your  guidance  from  noxious  to  healthful  things : — 

d)OnDivine  First ',  as  to  God  from  whom  all  good  things,  and  all  undefiled  religion 
proceed,  all  praise  is  due,  and  to  whom  Divine  Service  is  laudably  rendered 
in  the  said  Monastery  or  Priory.  We  order,  in  virtue  of  holy  obedience, 
and  under  pain  of  the  greater  excommunication,  that  when  the  canonical 
hours,  as  well  of  the  night  as  of  the  day  be  sung,  and  Mass  of  the  Blessed 
Mary,  and  of  the  day,  and  other  accustomed  masses,  and  the  hours  and 
due  devotions  are  celebrated,  no  one  of  the  Convent  be  permitted  to  absent 
himself,  or  leave  before  the  completion,  except  with  leave  from  the  Prior 
or  Sub-prior  or  other  person  presiding  :  and  any  delinquent  to  be  punished 
at  the  next  Chapter :  and  for  a  third  offence  we  order  the  punishment  of 
a  week  on  bread  and  water. 

(3)  On  Si-  Also,  whereas  in  our  said  Visitation  it  appeared  clearly  that  silence  was 
not  strictly  observed  in  due  times  and  places,  according  to  the  Rule  of 
St.  Augustine  ;  we  order  that  you  observe  such  silence  as  that  Rule  teaches, 
and  refrain  from  vain  and  frivolous  conversations,  under  pain  of  severe 
reproof;  and  for  a  third  offence  let  the  delinquent  be  contented  for  that 
day  with  bread  and  beer  and  herbs  only. 

1  The  subsequent  articles  are  not  numbered  in  the  original  as  entered,  though  referred  to 
by  number  in  the  answer  sent  by  the  Convent ;  they  are  simply  styled  "  items,"  as  stated  at 
head. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1387.  267 

1387.          Also,  whereas  some  of  the  Canons,  being  priests,  being  in  health,  and 
Sept.  27.    without  licence  so  to  do,  celebrate  Mass  unwillingly,  and  often  omit  the 
founders  and  other  benefactors  for  whose  souls  they  are  bound  to  offer; 


we  order  all  in  Holy  Orders  frequently  to  confess  to  confessors  deputed 
by  the  Prior,  and  there  be  no  cessation  of  masses,  as  well  for  the  living 
as  the  dead,  for  whom  you  are  bound  to  pray.  If  any  impediment  happen 
to  the  Prior  or  Sub-prior  for  three  days,  another  shall  act.  Any  one 
convicted  of  doing  to  the  contrary  of  this  order,  to  be  put  on  a  diet  of 
bread,  beer,  and  herbs  for  the  next  four  feria;  for  a  second  conviction, 
on  the  like  for  six  feria  ;  for  the  third  offence,  on  like  feria  to  fast  on  bread 
and  water  so  long  as  the  Prior  shall  judge  fit  ;  and  every  month  inquiries 
shall  be  made,  and  any  culpable  be  punished. 

(4)  Concern-      Also,  whereas  the  passage  of  secular  persons  of  either  sex  within  the 

ing  the  pas- 

sageofsecu-  Priory,  at  unfit  times,  and  especially  in  hours  for  contemplation,  study,  and 

lar  persons 

Mo°alterhe  rea<^'n&  nas  caused  and  may  in  future  cause  very  many  irregularities  to 
the  disquiet  of  the  brothers  and  derogation  of  religion  ;  we  order  that 
according  to  the  rule  it  be  avoided,  so  far  as  may  be,  under  pain  of  the 
greater  excommunication,  which  we  intend  to  fulminate  against  contraveners. 
He  to  whom  pertains  the  custody  of  the  door  of  the  Monastery,  if  through 
his  negligence  or  fault  such  undue  transit  continues,  each  time  shall  be 
placed  for  four  ferial  days  on  bread,  beer,  and  pulse  only,  and  if  he  do 
not  duly  correct  himself,  he  be  deposed  from  his  office  and  suffer  other 
swift  penalties. 

(5)  Concern-      Also,   whereas  the  doors  of  the  Church  and  Monastery  of  your  said 

ing  the  doors  . 

oftheChurch  Priory  are  not  kept  closed  at  due  times,  nor  as  accustomed,   but  often 

and  Mon-  _     * 

astery.  omitted  or  neglected  ;  and  suspected  and  other  dishonest  persons  frequently 
walk  about  the  Church  and  Monastery  in  dark  and  shady  places,  and  at 
times  whence  loss  and  various  scandals  are  come  and  may  hereafter  happen 
to  you  ;  we  order  that  you  have  the  said  doors  closed  and  the  fastenings 
kept  by  fit  persons  at  accustomed  times  ;  inhibiting  expressly  that  the 
doors  of  your  Church,  viz.  those  between  the  nave  and  choir,  and  the 
exit  from  the  Monastery  by  secular  persons,  from  morning  till  prime 
begins  in  choir,  and  in  time  of  meals,  in  the  evening  after  collation  begins, 
unless  opened  for  reason  approved  by  the  Prior  or  Sub-prior  ;  for  the 
faithful  execution  of  which  we  bind  the  Sacristan  under  pain  of  removal 
from  office,  and  other  punishment  as  to  us  may  seem  expedient. 


(6)  Concern-      Also,    whereas  some  of  the  Canons  and  Confraters  of  the  Priory  are 

ine  Canons 
deficient  in 
knowledge. 


ing_  Canons 

deficient  in    deficient  in  knowledge,  and  in  reading  do  not  understand  what  they  read 


or  sing,  whereby  the  sense  is  often  adulterated  and  perverted,  and  the 


268        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1387.  meaning  is  not  understood,  and  mistakes  are  made;  we  order  you,  Lord 
Sept.  27.  Prior,  that  whenever  novices  and  others  are  insufficiently  instructed,  some 
suitable  master  be  deputed  to  instruct  them  in  singing  and  in  other  branches 
of  knowledge,  diligently,  according  to  the  instituted  rules,  and  thus  the 
density  of  ignorance  being  overcome  they  may  efficiently  read  and  under- 
stand and  the  more  clearly  contemplate  the  mysteries  of  Scripture. 

(7)  Concern-       Also,  whereas  the  Constitutions  collected  by  Octobon,  or  Othobon,  the 

ing  the  Con- 
stitutions of   Legate  in  England  of  the  Apostolic  See,  are  not  recited  amongst  you  as 

Legate. '  in  your  constitutions  is  ordained,  whence  there  exists  much  ignorance 
of  their  provisions,  to  the  danger  of  your  souls :  we  order  that  they  shall 
be  fully  recited  twice  a  year  in  Chapter,  that  the  Rules  of  the  Order 
may  be  commonly  expounded,  and  especially  to  the  Novices,  and  we 
bind  the  Prior  to  see  this  diligently  observed  under  pain  of  a  month's 
suspension  from  office. 

(8)  concern-       Also,   whereas  the    Canons   and   Confraters  are  not  satisfied  with  the 

ing  the 

chamber-  limitation  of  yearly  clothing  according  to  the  Rule  of  St.  Augustine  and 
Constitutions  of  Othobon,  but  give  way  to  latitude,  which  leads  to  a 
miserable  death  ;  we  will  and  order  that  the  very  old  and  useless  clothes 
of  the  Canons  be  given  away  by  the  Camerarius  to  the  poor  and  needy, 
according  to  the  Rule  of  St.  Augustine,  and  the  Camerarius  see  to  this 
under  pain  of  suspension. 

(9)  Concern-       Also,  whereas  some  of  the  Canons  and  Confraters  wander  beyond  the 
'oft  by  tn°inB  bounds  of  the  Priory  without  honest  society,  and  without  having  obtained 
without'        licence  ;  and  others  sent  on  business  to  the  manors  and  other  places  ride 

licence. 

as  it  pleases  them,  and  remain  at  their  will,  and  without  any  Canon 
assigned  as  a  companion,  contrary  to  the  order  of  fitness  and  religion 
and  the  Constitutions  provided  therein  ;  we  direct  that  no  one  go  about 
on  his  own  business,  or  on  the  common  business  without  the  leave  of  the 
Prior  or  Sub-prior ;  and  when  that  leave  is  obtained  he  shall  go  and  return 
quickly  ;  under  pain  for  each  offence,  of  fasting  six  ferial  days  on  bread 
and  water,  and,  if  he  be  an  official,  then  under  pain  of  suspension  from  his 
office. 

(lo)Concem-      Also,  whereas  it  has  been  shown  that  some  of  the  Canons  sleep  without 

n"f  ofsi™"  drawers  or  shirts,  contrary  to  the  rules  of  observance  ;  therefore  we  order 

DormitoV    that  all  Canons  so  doing,  be  content  each  time  with  fasting  four  ferial  days 

on  bread,  beer,  and  herbs  only ;  after  a  third  correction  to  have  bread  and 

water  for  six  ferial  days.    The  Prior  or  Sub-prior,  under  pain  of  suspension, 

to  inquire  sharply,  and  not  postpone  punishment  of  offenders. 

(n)Concern-      Also,  whereas  we  have  found  some  Canons  and  Confraters  of  the  Priory 

ing  hunting. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1387.  269 

1387.  to  be  huntsmen,  and,  with  huntsmen,  despising  the  yoke  of  the  Rule's 
Sept.  27.  observance,  and  employing  and  keeping  hunting  dogs,  to  the  danger 
of  souls  and  bodies,  as  well  as  being  at  much  cost ;  we,  desirous  of  ex- 
tirpating this  fault  from  the  Priory,  inhibit  all  and  singular  of  the  Canons, 
by  the  tenor  of  these  presents,  from  hunting  and  even  from  keeping  sporting 
dogs  by  themselves  or  others,  openly  or  secretly,  within  the  Priory  or 
without,  contrary  to  the  Order  in  Chapter,  "  Ne  Magro " ;  and  without 
derogating  from  the  discipline  and  penalty  of  other  Canons,  direct  that  on 
each  occasion  the  offenders  be  punished  with  four  or  six  ferial  days  on 
bread  and  beer. 
(i2)Concem-  Also,  whereas  the  Canons  who  hold  office  might  and  ought  to  be  in 

ing  Officers 

not  attend-     Choir  in  the  time  of  the  Divine  Offices,  are  often  engaged  in  other  things 

ing  Divine 

Service.  which  might  conveniently  be  done  before  or  afterwards,  or  are  absent 
from  the  monastery  at  such  time;  we  forbid  such  absence,  if  without  lawful 
excuse,  under  pain  of  the  greater  excommunication. 

(i.OConcern-      Also,  whereas  the  accustomed  and  ancient  number  of  Canons  in   the 

ing  the  man-  .  . 

nerofiiving.  Priory,  which  we  grieve  to  refer  to,  is  now  decreased,  and  is  even  changed 
from  the  time  when  forty  Canons  were  accustomed  to  dwell  devoutly, 
whose  goods  and  possessions  the  Priory  possesses  ;  and  there  now  hardly 
exist  thirty,  and  the  service  of  the  King  of  Kings  is  reduced ;  and,  as 
Octobon's  Constitutions  direct  that  the  ancient  number  should  be  pre- 
served according  to  the  wise  doctrine,  In  nmltiludine  populi  sit  dignitas 
Regis,  et  in  paucitate  plebis  ignominia  principis  attendat ;  we  order,  under 
pain  of  the  greater  excommunication,  that  with  all  diligence  care  be 
taken  to  obtain  fit  men  of  religion  and  honesty,  to  supplement  the  numbers, 
either  at  once  or  to  be  admitted  as  soon  as  practicable,  in  aid  of  Divine 
worship,  and  for  the  benefit  of  founders  and  benefactors. 

(i4)Concern-      Also,   let  the    Priors  take   care  of  the   property  of  the   Convent,   like 

ing  Property. 

shepherds  guarding  against  the  old  enemy ;  we  order  them  twice  in 
the  year  to  make  inquisition  and  diligently  look  after  the  property  of 
the  Monastery,  as  directed  by  the  Constitutions  of  Othobon. 

(15) Concern-  Also,  whereas  it  is  enjoined  by  the  Constitutions  of  the  said  Legate  and 
oftheiwuse  others,  that  all  Abbots  and  Priors  twice  a  year  inquire  into  the  state  of  the 
quiry  twice  Monastery  and  its  order,  which  we  find  has  not  been  followed,  and  thence 

a  year. 

much  inconvenience  has  arisen  ;  we  order  that  according  to  the  said  Con- 
stitutions and  those  of  Stephen,  late  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  under  pain 
of  suspension,  it  be  not  neglected. 

(16)  Also,  whereas  in  your  Priory  and  Church,  and  in  some  dwellings,  walls 

and   enclosures   of  your  church   and    manors,    which   your   predecessors 


270  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1387.      constructed  with  industry  and  expense,  are  portions  extremely  and  notably 
Sept.  27.    jn  deficient  repair  and  need,  whence  the  condition  of  the  Priory  is  dis- 
figured and  many  inconveniences  follow ;   we  order  them  all  to  be  made 
good  within  six  months  from  the  present  notice,  under  pain  of  suspension 
ipso  facto. 
d7)Concern-      Also,  whereas  much  loss  has  happened  through  the  injudicious  grant  of 

ingcorrodies 

not  to  be       corrodies   to  the  injury  of  the  property  left  for  the  increase  of   Divine 

granted 

without  the    worship  and  bestowed  by  the  pious  devotion  of  the  faithful  for  the  sustenta- 

House. 

tion  of  the  poor  and  infirm ;     we  forbid  under  pain  of  the  greater  excom- 
munication, the  grant  or  sale  of  corrodies,  liberations,  or  pensions,  to  any 
persons  in  perpetuity,  to  any  persons  whatsoever,  without  our  consent  and 
special  licence. 
(iSiConcern-      Also,  whereas  certain  chantries  for  your  founder  and  other  benefactors, 

mg  chantries  •* 

not  kept  up.  of  ancjent  institution,  for  divers  priests  in  your  Priory  to  celebrate  duly, 
for  which  you  have  received  very  many  gifts  in  many  times  past,  and  even 
of  the  present  time  (as  it  is  said),  are  withdrawn  contrary  to  the  pious 
intention  and  ordination  even  of  founders,  to  the  great  peril  of  your  souls  ; 
we  order  under  pain  of  the  greater  excommunication  that  you  quickly  fill 
the  said  chantries  according  to  the  form  of  institution  and  ordination,  and 
supply  due  incomes  assigned  to  such  ancient  chantries,  sufficient  in  these 
days  for  the  purpose ;  and  henceforth  ceasing  all  deceit  or  fraud,  we  strictly 
bind  you  to  cause  them  to  be  observed. 

<io)Concem-      Also,  we    command  you  all  under  pain  of  the  greater  excommunication 

ing  alms. 

that  all  alms  of  your  Priory  accustomed  from  old  times  to  be  done,  and 
which  you  are  bound  to  do  by  ancient  ordinance  for  the  souls  of  your 
founders  and  other  benefactors,  that  you  cause  them  to  be  distributed,  and 
moreover  the  fragments  and  leavings  both  of  the  aula  and  refectory,  as 
alms  amongst  the  faithful  in  need  ;  and  if  the  Almoner  is  remiss  or 
negligent  herein,  he  will  be  liable  to  suspension  from  office. 
(20)Concern-  Also,  whereas  charity  and  piety  claim  for  the  weak  and  sick ;  we  order 

ing  the  sick  J  J 

amongst  the  that  the  Confraters  during  sickness  be  provided  with  esculents  and  bever- 

Canous. 

ages  suitable  to  their  infirmity,  and  medicines  and  other  faculties  to  the 
best  of  your  common  goods,  and  as  anciently  accustomed  to  be  done,  under 
pain  of  suspension  ;  and  that  nothing  be  withheld  from  any  sick  Confrater, 
nor  his  property  sold,  contrary  to  the  Rule  of  St.  Augustine  and  the  said 
Constitutions. 
(ji)Concern-  Also,  we  order  that  all  punishments  be  duly  inflicted  without  exception 

ing  correc- 

de'termi'ned    °^  Person>  but  according  to  the  degree  of  guilt  and  the  quality  of  the  person, 
in  chapter.    ancj  m  accordance  with  r.ules  and  of  antiquity,  under  pain  of  suspension  ; 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1387.  271 

1387.      but  reserving  specially  to  us  the  power  of  inflicting  punishment  on  the 
Sept.  27.    prior  himself. 


(u)Concen>      Also,  we  order  that  you  cause  to  be  paid  all  pittances  and  other  dis- 

tances.        tributions,    of  whatsoever   consisting,    and    under   whatsoever    name,    on 

anniversaries,  festivities,  or  other  days  of  old  foundation  (nothing  hindering), 

under  pain  of  double  portions  to  be  applied  to  certain  pious  uses  to  be  fixed 

at  our  discretion,  which  we  specially  reserve. 

(^Concern-      Also,  whereas  the  business  of  the  sale  of    woods  of  the  Church  and 

ing  the  sale 

of  woods.  other  houses  ought  to  be  performed  with  due  deliberation  and  with  the 
consent  of  the  majority  of  the  Convent  ;  we  prohibit  the  same  being  done 
accordingly  under  pain  of  suspension. 

(j4)Concern-      Also,    we  will  and  order  that  your  common    seal    be   kept  under   five 

common  locks  at  the  least,  of  which  one  shall  be  kept  by  the  Prior,  the  second  by 
the  Sub-prior,  the  third  by  the  Precentor,  and  the  other  two  by  other 
Confraters  named  for  the  purpose  ;  prohibiting  under  pain  of  the  greater 
excommunication  anything  being  sealed  with  it,  except  sealed  letters, 
unless  in  the  presence  and  with  the  knowledge  of  the  greater  part  and 
the  wiser  of  the  whole  Convent,  and  that  it  be  done  with  the  general  consent. 
Any  one  doing  to  the  contrary  to  be  punished  by  fasting  on  bread  and 
water  for  six  ferial  days  in  the  month  next  following. 

(25)Concem-      Also,  whereas  some  Canons  of  your  house,  casting  aside  restraint  of  the 

ingshoesand 

boots.  rule,  are  accustomed  to  wear  shoes  of  burnet  and  boots  after  the  manner  of 
secular  persons  and  contrary  to  the  laudable  ancient  custom  of  the  Order, 
to  the  scandal  of  many  persons  ;  we  therefore  order  the  Canons  and  Con- 
fraters to  wear  ochrea  :  or  boots  according  to  the  ancient  observance  of  the 
Order,  under  ecclesiastical  censure,  and  if  need  be  that  you  compel  it  under 
pain  of  imprisonment  ;  under  penalty  at  our  special  arbitrament. 

(26)Concem-      Also,  whereas  a  third,  or  half  part,  of  your  said  Convent  do  not  eat  in 

in  the  refec-  the  refectory  as  provided  in  the  Constitutions  ;  we  order  that  henceforth 
a  third,  or  at  least  half,  eat  every  day  at  meal-time  in  the  refectory,  and 
remain  as  is  becoming  ;  also  that  none  eat  in  private  houses  or  places  or 
with  their  guest,  whether  regular  or  secular,  or  their  Confraters,  except  in 
the  guest  room  and  in  recreation  time,  and  only  in  the  aula  ;  and  that  each 
in  turn,  without  exception,  be  called  upon  to  the  refectory  ;  and  that  leave 
be  with  difficulty  granted  by  the  Prior  or  other  president,  under  pain 
of  suspension  from  office. 

(27)  Concern-      Also,  we  order  that  each  one  of  the  Canons,  in  yearly  turns,  according 

ing  the 

ChajSaus?  *  Burnet  appears  to  have  been  brown  as  distinguished  from  undyed  wool  (Ducange). 
Ochrea  was  brighter  than  burnet  (Lyndwood,  Provinciale}. 


272        RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 

1387.      to  the  constitutions,  perform  the  office  of  Chaplain,  with  laudable  doctrine 
Sept.  27.   Of  high  vaiue  to   religion,  and  bear   witness   in  innocency,  apart  from 

wrong  or  scandal. 

(28)Concern-      Also,  whereas  some  of  you  hold   several   offices  conjointly ;  we  order 
'Son  of e   '    under   pain   of    the   greater   excommunication   that   each   office   be   held 
separately,  and  that  the  officer  be  elected   according   to  the  accustomed 
usage,  as  formerly. 

(2q)Concern.      Also,  as  fine    (exquisitis)  ornaments  being  interdicted  by  law  to  reli- 

fu?s.va '     e  gious  persons  ;    we  order  by  the  tenor  of  these   presents   that  in  your 

clothing   you    have   or    use   no   precious    furs,    knotted    sleeves,    or   silk 

girdles,  with  gold  or  silver  ornaments  ;  which  you  have  done  by  abuse, 

manifestly  tending  to  pomp  and  ostentation,  and  the  scandal  of  the  Order. 

(.w)Concem-      Also,  as  it  has  generally  been  ordered,  we  inhibit  each  one  of  you  not 

ing  extreme  .     .  T  T          . 

unction.  admitted  to  the  cure  of  souls,  from  presuming  to  minister  extreme  Unction, 
or  the  Eucharist,  to  clerks  or  laics,  without  the  licence  of  the  parish  priest, 
under  pain  of  the  greater  excommunication  in  this  matter  fulminated. 
(31) concern-  Also,  whereas  it  appeared  in  our  said  Visitation  that  the  vessels  and 
mlnVofThT  palls  of  the  altar  and  vestments  of  the  ministers  of  your  church  are  not 
always  duly  honoured ;  we  order  that  the  vessels,  corporals,  palls,  and 
vestments  aforesaid,  and  other  ornaments  of  the  church,  be  clean,  white, 
and  honest ;  and  especially  that  the  supply  (of  elements)  to  those  cele- 
brating be  good,  pure,  and  incorrupt,  and  that  he  who  has  the  ordering 
must  see  that  it  be  not  corrupt  or  sour  as  heretofore  ministered,  and 
the  which  to  neglect  tends  to  profanity. 

(3j)Concem-  Also,  your  Canonical  institutions  prohibit  relics  of  Saints,  sacred 
angdpp^dgesg  vessels,  or  vestments,  or  books  of  the  Church  to  be  given  in  pawn  or 
bound  as  pledges,  as  in  our  said  Visitation  we  found  to  have  been  done ; 
we  order  that  you  get  in  any  such  pledges  and  restore  the  things  to  your 
church  without  delay ;  directing  moreover  that  all  your  Charters  and 
muniments  of  goods  and  possessions  of  your  house  be  carefully  preserved 
in  future  under  triple  lock  and  key. 

(33)Concern-      Also,   as  Religious  should  be  proficient   in  reading  and   knowledge  of 
Holy  Scripture  ;  we  order  that  according  to  the  discipline  of  your  Order, 
you  require  steadfast  reading  of  Holy  Scripture  and  devout  contemplation, 
and  examination  of  the  Codices,  and  care  as  to  their  preservation. 
(34)Concem-      Also,  we   require  of  your  Lord  Prior,  that  when   the  parents  or  near 
ing  relatives.  relat;ves   Qf  the   Confraters   come   on   a   visit,    they   be   liberally   treated 
according  to  the  requirements  of  their  status,  by  those  whose  office  it  is, 
but  so  that  it  be  not  too  burthensome  on  the  treasury  of  the  Priory. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1387.  273 

1387.  Also,  whereas  it  is  little  use  to  establish,  unless  there  be  due  execu- 
Sept.  27.  tjon  required,  and  lest  there  be  an  assumption  of  ignorance  or  weak 
al5o™be  obe  remembrance  or  forgetfulness ;  we  order  that  our  above  monitions  and 
decrees  be  inscribed  without  delay  in  a  suitable  volume,  and  be  all 
recited  twice  a  year  before  the  whole  Convent ;  and  we  warn  you  each 
one  peremptorily  for  the  first,  second,  and  third  time,  in  virtue  of  your 
obedience,  that  you  observe  these  injunctions  under  pain  of  the  said 
ecclesiastical  censures  and  other  Canonical  penalties,  not  to  hinder,  detract 
from,  or  add  to  the  same ;  and  we  specially  reserve  to  ourself  the  power 
to  issue  new  injunctions  respecting  the  premises  as  to  us  may  seem 
expedient. 

In  witness  of  all  these  things  we  have  caused  our  seal  to  be  set 
hereto.  Given  at  Winchester,  September  27,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1387,  and  of  our  consecration  the  twentieth  year1. 

Looking  at  the  extraordinary  length  of  these  Injunctions  one  would 
be  lead  to  anticipate  that  many  and  grievous  faults  had  been  discovered 
at  the  visitation,  and  urgently  needed  to  be  rectified :  but  on  perusal  it 
will  be  seen  that  the  faults  requiring  amendment  were  mostly  trivial 
laxities,  for  which  the  penalties  ordered  by  the  Bishop  were  limited  to 
a  week  or  two  on  bread  and  water,  except  in  case  of  neglect  to  maintain 
discipline,  in  respect  to  which  ecclesiastical  censures  were  threatened. 
As  to  grave  faults,  not  one  is  suggested.  These  Injunctions  in  fact 
furnish  a  strong  testimony  to  the  general  good  conduct,  order,  and 
discipline  prevailing :  and  even  such  as  they  were,  they  were  not  accepted 
or  admitted  by  the  Priory  without  a  Protest,  as  appears  by  the  marginal 
note  set  to  the  record  in  which  they  entered  the  Injunctions. 

Moreover,  it  would  appear  that  these  Injunctions  were  not  specially 
prepared  for  Merton  Priory,  but  formed  a  kind  of  circular.  A  copy  is 
entered  in  a  folio  volume  at  New  College,  Oxford 2 :  but  this  is  dated 
from  Suthwerk,  whereas  the  copy  served  on  Merton  Priory,  as  they 
record,  is  dated  from  Winchester.  Appended  to  the  New  College  record 
is  a  note  to  the  effect  that  the  like  letters  (injunctions)  were  sent  to  others, 
indicating  that  they  were  a  sort  of  circular.  Another  illustration  of  the 
fact  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  a  copy  was  sent  to  Selborne  Priory, 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  52  seqq.  The  MS.  is  a  fine  folio  volume  of  con- 
temporary date,  which  evidently  belonged  to  the  Priory,  and  contains  entries  of  a  considerable 
number  of  documents,  and  is  in  fact  a  fragmentary  "  Register." 

*  Although  that  College  was  founded  by  William  of  Wykeham,  the  Bishop  of  Winchester, 
who  issued  these  Injunctions,  one  fails  to  see  the  reason  why  they  should  have  been  so 
entered  there  instead  of  in  the  Winchester  Diocesan  Register. 

T 


274  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1387.  Hampshire,  the  text  of  which  is  printed,  in  extenso,  in  the  Appendix  to 
Sept.  27.    White's  Selborne  \ 

Oct.  25.  John  Cherteseye,  Canon  of  Newstead  -,  was  translated  to  the  Monastery 
of  Merton  of  the  same  Order.  The  Bishop  having  issued  a  Mandate, 
dated  at  Southwark  on  October  22,  by  his  Commissary  Nicholas 
Stoket,  on  this  day  issued  his  Decree  addressed  to  the  said  John 
Cherteseye ;  that  on  account  of  various  excesses  and  faults  by  him 
committed,  which  had  been  in  part  judicially  proved  or  confessed  before 
the  said  reverend  Father,  and  also  on  account  of  the  scandals  which  from 
these  illicit  and  monstrous  acts  had  notoriously  arisen  to  the  said  Priory ; 
and  because  in  that  Priory  he  was  unable  to  amend  or  to  put  an  end 
to  the  scandal  which  had  sprung  from  these  things :  he,'  the  Bishop,  had 
determined  to  transfer  him  to  the  Priory  of  Merton,  according  to  Con- 
stitutions in  that  behalf  provided,  to  be  safely  kept  there,  and  there  to  be 
dealt  with  as  the  rules  prescribe3. 

The  next  document  entered  in  the  Bishop's  Register  is  a  formal  notifica- 
tion of  the  resignation  of  Alexander  de  Culmeston,  the  Prior  of  Newstead; 
leading  to  the  inference  that  he  must  have  been  seriously  to  blame  in 
the  matter,  probably  from  negligence,  or  the  want  of  exercising  proper 
rule  over  his  Priory*. 

1388.  The  Bishop  issued  a  Monition  against  the  Prior  of  Merton,  reciting  that 
April  20.    in  several   Visitations  it  had  appeared  manifest  that  the  Chancel  of  the 

Church  of  Effingham  (which,  as  stated,  was  appropriated  to  the  Monastery) 
was  notoriously  in  a  very  ruinous  state  in  respect  to  the  roofing,  walls, 
and  windows  ;  insomuch  that  at  length  the  parishioners  had  complained 
that  now  for  a  long  time  past  Divine  Service  could  not  be  celebrated  in  the 
said  Chancel.  That  he  (the  Bishop),  therefore,  for  the  carrying  out  of 
the  Constitution  of  Lord  Othobon  (of  good  memory),  formerly  Legate  in 
England  of  the  Apostolic  See5,  which  begins  thus,  "  Improbam  quorundam 

1  White's  Selborne,  first  edition,  410.  The  fact  of  its  being  already  printed  in  a  well-known 
and  easily  accessible  work  fortunately  obviates  what  would  otherwise  have  been  almost 
a  necessity,  the  printing  of  this  extremely  lengthy  document  in  the  Appendix  to  the  present 
work. 

1  Novo  loco,  Newstead  in  Sherwood,  a  Priory  of  Augustine  Canons  founded  in  1178. — 
Dugdale. 

3   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykeham,  fo.  182. — APPENDIX  CXXXV.  *  Ibid.  fo.  182.  *. 

5  Constitutions  of  Othobon,  No.  xvii  (A.  D.  1268).  "  De  domibus  ecclesiarum  reficiendis." 
"  Improbam  quorundam  avaritiam  prosequentes,  qui  cum  de  suis  ecclesiis  de  ecclesiasticis 
beneficiis  nulla  bona  suscipiant  domos  i.parum,  et  caetera  acdificia  negligunt,  ita  ut  Integra  ea 
non  conservent,  et  diruta  non  restaurent ;  propter  quod  ecclesiarum  statum  deformitas  occupat, 
ct  multa  incommodasubsequuntur,"&c.  (Wilkins'  Concilia,  ii.  p.  9).  The  word  "Religiosorum" 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1387-1389. 


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1388.  religiosorum  'avaritiam,'"  strictly  commands,  and  by  the  tenor  of  this 
April  20.  mandate  monishes  the  Prior  for  the  first,  second,  and  third  time,  and 
peremptorily,  to  cause  the  said  Chancel  to  be  repaired,  as  may  be  needed, 
by  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel  next  ensuing;  in  default  of  which 
he,  the  Bishop,  should  by  authority  of  the  said  Constitution  cause  the  said 
Chancel  to  be  duly  repaired  at  the  costs  of  the  Monastery;  besides  which  he 
should  further  proceed  against  them  canonically  for  contempt  herein.  Dated 
at  Suthwerk,  April  20,  A.  D.  1388,  and  of  his  consecration  the  twenty-first'. 

The  window,  rather  depressed  in  its  proportions,  was  probably  inserted 
at  the  time  of  the  repairs  ordered,  though  one  would  have  been  inclined  to 
ascribe  to  it  a  rather  later  date  \ 

April  26.  The  Prior  and  Convent  granted  manumission  to  John  Prosser  the  elder, 
son  of  Thomas  Prosser,  native  of  their  manor  of  South  Taddesworth,  for 
himself  and  his  children  and  chattels.  For  which  manumission  and  con- 
cession the  said  John  gave  to  the  Convent  20,000  plain  tiles  for  covering 
the  grange  of  their  manor  of  Kyngeswood.  Dated  at  Merton,  April  26, 
11  Richard  II3. 
A  Commission  was  addressed  by  Nicholas,  Abbot  of  the  exempt 


1389. 


June  29.  Monastery  of  the  Holy  Cross,  Waltham,  and  Robert,  Prior  of  Merton, 
of  the  order  of  St.  Augustine,  together  with  the  Prior  of  Turgarton,  in  the 
Diocese  of  York,  in  General  Chapter,  to  the  Venerable  the  Abbot  of 
St.  Mary,  Oseney,  and  the  Prior  of  Llanthony :  reciting  that  there  had 
been  related  to  the  General  Chapter  of  the  Order  the  lamentable  statement 
that  some  of  the  Canons  of  Cirencester  in  the  Diocese  of  Worcester  had 
committed  grave  faults  and  enormities  to  the  injury4  and  manifest  scandal 
of  the  said  Monastery,  and  of  the  Brothers  of  other  houses;  and  that  the 
Abbot  and  Prior  and  other  Canons  of  the  said  Monastery  of  Cirencester 
had  unjustly  punished  Brother  William  Alderyngton,  one  of  the  Canons 
of  the  same,  of  which  there  was  public  report :  and  the  Commissioners 
were  commanded  to  hold  a  Visitation  within  thirty  days  after  the  receipt 
of  the  present  Commission ;  and  to  make  thorough  inquiries  concerning 
the  state  of  things,  and  to  correct,  reform,  and  punish  abuses  at  their 
discretion.  Dated  at  Northampton,  in  General  Chapter  \ 

seems  to  be  interpolated  in  the  present  Monition  to  make  the  Constitution  more  immediately 
applicable. 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykeham,  ii   fo  236. — APPENDIX  CXXXVI. 

8  See  wood  engraving  elsewhere  in  this  work. 

3  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  104. 

*  Dedicus  :  Dedecus  Curiae  is  given  by  Ducange  as  Liber  de  mulctis  judiciariis. 

5  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  67.  v.—  APPENDIX  CXXXVII. 

T    2 


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RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1390 

(about). 

1389-92. 


John  Foxton  by  his  Will  bequeathed  to  Sir  John  Heyford,  Canon  of 


Merton1.  xxs. 


A  Petition  was  sent  to  the  King  by  the  Prior,  in  which  is  recited  that  the 
Prior  and  his  predecessors  of  the  King's  patronage  had  been  in  peaceable 
possession  in  right  of  their  house  of  five  marcs  and  77^.  of  annual  rent 
derived  from  a  marsh  in  the  parish  of  Thundresley,  in  the  County  of  Essex, 
since  the  time  of  King  Henry,  son  of  King  John  (Henry  III),  with  the 
manor  during  his  life,  saving  the  reversion  of  the  same  to  the  (present) 
King  and  his  heirs  ;  of  which  Sir  Aubrey  took  the  said  rent,  supposing 
it  to  be  parcel  of  the  said  Manor  there,  though  it  is  not  so.  The  Prior 
prayed  that  it  would  please  the  King,  of  his  especial  grace,  to  direct  his 
"  sage  "  Chancellor  to  survey  and  examine  the  evidence  of  the  said  Prior 
touching  the  same,  and  to  do  justice  according  to  law,  for  the  love  of  God 
and  in  charity;  so  that  the  House  of  Merton  (which  is  in  the  King's 
patronage)  be  not  disinherited  of  the  said  rent 2. 

1391  or  2.  Upon  Inquisition  the  Jury  found  that  the  Prior  was  entitled  to  a  return 
of  five  marcs  and  6s.  8d.  •  per  annum,  chargeable  upon  the  marsh  of 
Thundresle 3. 

A  Petition  was  sent  to  the  very  redoubtable  and  very  gracious  lord  the 
King,  in  which  his  poor  chaplains  and  assiduous  petitioners,  by  day  and 
night,  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  his  House  of  Merton,  in  his  patronage; 
praying  very  humbly  that  as  of  the  past  year  were  ordered  two  tuns  of  wine 
against  the  King's  coming  there,  the  remains  of  their  stock  being  nearly 
expended.  And  since  then  came  John  Sley,  the  King's  Butler,  and  caused 
the  said  two  tuns  of  wine  to  be  carried  away  from  the  House,  so  that  the 
said  Chaplains  had  no  more  benefit  from  them.  Praying  that  it  would 
please  his  most  redoubtable  and  very  gracious  Highness  to  order  his  said 
Butler  to  make  restitution  to  his  said  Chaplains  and  assiduous  petitioners ; 
for  the  sake  of  God,  and  of  a  charitable  heart 4. 

In  aid  of  the  Petition  a  letter  was  written  to  the  Most  Honourable  and 
very  gentle  Lady  (name  not  mentioned,  but  evidently  Lady  Arundel), 
commending  the  writers  (the  Prior  and  Convent)  to  her  "  en  taunc  come  no* 
sauoms  en  poems,"  that  she  would  please  to  know  that  they  sent  by  the 
bearer  accompanying  her  son,  Sir  William  Dirrundell,  " un  bille"  to  be 


1390-3. 


1  Court  of  Hustings,  Cal.  of  Wills,  ii.  p.  286. 

2  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  72.     The  Petition  is  in  French. 

3  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  15  Rich.  II,  Essex,  pL  a  (Inquis.  post  Mortem,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iii. 

P-  '43)- 

4  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  93.— APPENDIX  CXXXV1II. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1390-1392. 


277 


1300-3.  forwarded  to  the  King  for  two  tuns  of  wine,  respecting  which  the  bearer, 
if  it  pleased  her,  could  inform  her  more  fully  byword  of  mouth.  They  beg 
the  "tres  gentiel  dame,"  as  they  rely  upon  her  assistance,  to  lend  aid  which 
they  doubt  not  will  be  effectual  in  forwarding  their  said  "bilk"  as  was 
heretofore  done;  and  that,  through  the  Most  Honourable  Lady's  great 
goodness,  by  speaking  to  her  said  son,  and  by  her  good  offices  with  the 
King,  the  said  matter  may  be  well  accomplished.  And  that  she  will  give 
faith  and  credence  to  the  Bearer  in  what  he  shall  tell  her  by  word  of  mouth 
touching  this  matter.  And  they  pray  God  to  grant  the  Most  Honourable 
Lady  a  happy  and  long  life '. 
1392.  The  King  by  Patent  reciting  that  he  had  of  special  grace  conceded  to 

Feb.  15.  his  beloved  valet  (dilecto  valetto  nosfro)  John  Mandelyn,  and  Alice  his  wife, 
a  sustentation  by  the  House  of  Merton,  which  he  understood  they  intended 
fully  to  carry  out ;  makes  known  that  he  does  not  wish  the  Priory  in 
perpetuity  to  be  thus  burthened,  but  only  during  the  lives  of  the  said  John 
and  Alice.  Dated  at  Westminster,  February  8,  in  his  fifteenth  year2. 

This  refers  to  the  grant  under  the  King's  Privy  Seal,  dated  March  8, 
1387,  where,  however,  there  is  no  mention  of  sustentation  for  the  wife. 
Presumably  the  Convent  had  complained  of  the  system  of  charging  them 
with  a  provision  for  his  servants. 

Oct.  a.  William  (Wykeham),  Bishop  of  Winchester,  personally,  and  in  his  right 
as  Ordinary,  visited  the  Monastery,  sitting  in  the  Chapter  House  for  his 
Tribunal ;  and  before  the  Prior  and  Brothers  assembled  there  proceeded 
to  hear  the  account  and  audit  taken  in  his  Visitation  ;  and  amongst  other 
things,  caused  to  be  read  and  explained  certain  Articles,  of  account  and 
audit,  noted  at  the  said  Visitation,  but  which  were  not  fully  observed  as  the 
Prior  and  Convent  admitted  and  confessed,  and  which  they  said  expressly 
they  were  unwilling  to  observe  in  future  by  reason  that  (as  they  asserted) 
the  said  Injunctions  were  contrary  to  the  rule  and  constitutions,  privileges, 
and  customs  of  the  said  Monastery. 

Whereupon  the  Bishop  monished  the  Prior  and  Convent,  in  virtue  of 
obedience,  and  straitly  enjoined  them  that  if  anything  in  the  said 
Injunctions  was  contrary  to  the  rule,  constitutions,  privileges,  or  laudable 
customs  of  the  Monastery,  they  should,  within  forty  days  from  the  second 
day  of  October,  by  these  Letters  Patent  or  close,  set  forth  and  declare 
them  to  him  or  his  Official,  wheresoever  he  may  be  in  the  Diocese  of 
Winchester  ;  that  thus  if  the  Injunctions  ought  to  be  reformed,  they  might 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  93.— APPENDIX  CXXXVIII.     Also  in  French. 

2  Ibid.  fo.  63. 


278  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1392.      be  altered,  removed,  or  otherwise  declared.     And  for  this  to  be  done  the 
Oct  2.      Bishop  appointed  and  assigned  to  the  said  Prior  and  Convent  the  above- 
mentioned  space  of  time l.     From  the  answer  of  the  Prior  it  would  appear 
that  the  Articles  and  Injunctions  were  those  dated  September  27,  1387. 
Nov.  4          The  Priory  forwarded  to  the  Bishop  a  lengthy  protest  against  his  recent 
injunctions  ;  the  following  is  briefly  its  tenor : — Addressed  to  the  reverend 
father  in  Christ  and  Domino  divino,  William,  by  the  grace  of  God,  Bishop 
of  Winchester ;  with  the  humble,  devoted,  and  assiduous  prayers  of  the 
Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton,  in  due  obedience  and  with  all  reverence. 

Referring  to  the  many  precepts,  injunctions,  and  mandates  contained 
in  his  letters  scaled  at  Winchester  on  September  27,  1387,  and  directed 
against  many  points  which  were  evidently  over  burthensome  and  contrary 
to  the  rules,  constitutions,  privileges,  and  laudable  customs  hitherto 
observed  by  the  Mouse,  with  the  knowledge  and  tolerance  of  the  Bishop 
and  his  predecessors,  Bishops  of  Winchester  ;  and  too  much  in  dero- 
gation of  the  power  of  the  Prior :  especially  as  contained  in  the  first, 
second,  third,  fourth,  ninth,  tenth,  and  eleventh  injunctions  of  his  said 
letters2,  in  respect  to  the  penalties  under  which  delinquents  are  by  the 
said  Articles  condemned  to  fast  for  stated  times  on  bread  and  water,  or 
bread  and  beer,  or  bread  and  beer  and  pulse,  and  other  corrections,  and 
punishments  to  be  awarded  in  Chapter ;  and  which  corrections  are  to  be 
observed  without  distinction  of  person  or  age.  Wherefore  the  said  Prior 
and  Convent  unanimously,  toto  corde,  humbly  and  urgently  pray  the  Bishop 
to  recall  such  penances,  and  leave  them  to  the  judgement  of  the  Prior 
and  Chapter.  Also,  earnestly  beseeching  that  all  other  penalties  in  the 
other  of  the  said  monitions  or  injunctions,  in  which  or  some  of  them, 
things  are  prohibited  under  pain  of  removal  or  suspension  from  office, 
of  the  said  Prior,  Sacristan,  and  their  Officers  of  the  Canons,  which 
penalties  we  consider  (saving  all  reverence  to  so  great  a  Father)  too  severe 
and  sharp  to  bear;  and  also  in  the  contents  of  the  seventh  Article3  there 
is  made  mention  that  the  Constitutions  or  Decretals  of  the  Bishops  of  Rome, 
and  the  Constitutions  of  Othobon,  Apostolic  Legate,  of  good  memory, 
directed  to  be  written  in  a  volume4  and  read  twice  a  year,  are  not  observed  ; 
nor  of  the  eighth  article  6,  that  no  Canon  take  any  money  for  his  clothing ; 
they  remark  that  they  have  not  hitherto  observed,  nor  do  they  admit  the 

1  Bodleian  Libraty  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  77.— APPENDIX  CXXXIX. 

5  As  to  absence  from  divine  service,  silence,  omission  of  masses,  intrusion  of  strangers, 
going  out  vyithout  licence,  arrangements  in  dormitory,  and  hunting. 
3  As  to  the  recital  of  Constitutions  of  Othobon,  &c. 
1  Quaterno  =  chartae  compactae  (Ducange^.  *  As  to  the  giving  away  of  clothing. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1392-1393.  279 

1392.  Constitutions  of  the  said  Legate  and  others  as  expressing  such  rules  and 
Nov.  4.  constitutions  to  be  observed  by  Religious ;  they  pray  the  Bishop  may  be 
pleased  to  tolerate,  as  the  clemency  hitherto,  of  himself  and  his  predecessors, 
Bishops  of  Winchester,  and  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  as  Metropolitan, 
in  visitation,  have  benignantly  tolerated  ;  and  considering  the  difficulty 
in  these  times  of  observing  all  the  regulations  and  precepts  which  were 
made  and  ordered,  as  well  by  the  Constitutions  of  the  Legates  Otho  and 
Othobon,  as  those  enacted  in  General  Chapter,  the  directions  that  they 
should  also  be  bound  by  new  and  more  severe  ones  :  they  state  in  all 
due  obedience  and  reverence,  that  all  such  regulations  for  the  Religious 
to  which  they  are  bound  by  their  rule,  they  wish  and  intend  as  hitherto 
to  maintain  peacefully  and  unbroken ;  which,  indeed,  were  always  most 
dear  to  all  of  them,  and  a  regimen  most  wholesome  to  their  Priory,  as 
they  hope  will,  by  all  testimony  appear.  These  letters  supplicatory  closed, 
authenticated  with  their  common  seal  ad  causas,  with  fitting  reverence, 
together  with  the  said  injunctions,  they  venture  to  forward,  praying  with 
due  humility  and  reverence  in  all  things  as  above.  Given  in  the  Chapter 
House  of  the  Priory,  the  fourth  day  of  the  month  of  November,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1392 '. 

1392-3.        Pursuant  to  a  Brief  issued  by  the  King  (Richard  II)  to  Thomas  Jardyn, 

Dec.-Jan.  his    Eschaetor    for    the    County   of    Surrey,    dated    at    Nottingham    on 

June    18,  in    the    fifteenth    year  of  his   reign,  an    Inquisition  was   taken 

at    Morden    on    the    Monday  after  the  feast  of   St.  Thomas   the   Martyr 

(December  29). 

The  Jurors  found  that  there  would  be  no  loss  to  the  King  or  others, 

if  he  granted  licence  to to  assign  in  perpetuity  to  the  Convent 

five  messuages,  one  mill,  one  carucate,  and  224  acres  and  3  roods  of  land, 
8  roods  and  3  acres  of  wood,  and  205.  o\d.,  and  one  fourth  of  returns 
with  pertinents,  in  Kingston,  Ditton,  Maldon,  Chyssyngton,  Kersalton, 
Bedyngton,  Waleton,  Edwell,  Codyngton,  Miccham,  and  Clopham. 

Also  that  one  messuage,  one  carucate,  and  three  acres  of  land,  twenty-six 
acres  of  wood,  and  los.  of  annual  returns,  lately  belonging  to  James  de 
Lacy,  in  the  Villes  of  Kingston,  Ditton,  Maldon,  and  Chyssyngdon,  held 
of  the  Master  of  the  Hospital  of  Sandon,  by  fidelity  and  lys.  ^d.  return  ; 
and  worth  per  annum  according  to  true  value  45. 

Also  that  one  messuage,  and  twenty-one  acres  and  one  rood  of  land, 
two  acres  of  meadow,  sixteen  acres  and  three  roods  of  wood,  and  6s.  8d. 
return,  formerly  of  James  de  Lacy  in  same  places,  held  of  Abbey  of  Boale, 

1  ffodlet'an  Libraty  MS.,  Land  723,  fo.  77. — APPENDIX  CXL. 


280  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1392-3.    worth   2s.  gd.  per  annum,  and  service  to  Abbot  at  Walton,  and  worth 
Dec.-Jan.  per  annum  i6d. 

Also  twenty-six  acres  of  land,  two  and  a  half  acres  of  meadow,  formerly 
of  William  Bray,  Richard  Combe,  and  William  Northalle  in  Micham,  held 
of  Prior  and  Convent  of  Canterbury,  by  fidelity  and  45.  6\d.  return  and 
secta  at  Court  of  ffrankeshall,  worth  2s,  6d. 

Also  one  messuage,  thirty-one  and  a  half  acres  of  lands,  three  acres  and 
three  roods  of  meadow,  late  ot  John  Combe  in  the  Ville  of  Micham,  and 
held  of  Prior  and  Convent  at  \zd.,  and  secta  at  their  Court  at  Micham,  with 
wardages,  and  marriages,  hidages,  reliefs,  and  scutages  worth  8s.  per  annum. 

Also  that  one  messuage,  fifteen  acres  of  land,  late  of  John  Larden  of 
Merton,  and  Nicholas  Cany,  in  the  Ville  of  Micham  and  Kersalton,  held  of 
the  Prior  and  Convent  by  fidelity  \  uno  rose  redditu'  per  annum,  and  worth  2s. 

Also  that  thirty-nine  and  a  half  acres  of  land,  thirty  acres  and  two  roods 
of  pasture,  late  of  John  Queshm'  in  Clopham,  held  of  the  Abbot  of  West- 
minster by  fidelity  and  i6s. ;  worth  35. 

Also  five  acres  of  land,  late  of  John  Combe,  in  the  Ville  of  Micham  and 
Kersalton,  held  of  Margaret  Burgherssh  by  fidelity  and  2od. ;  worth  2d. 

Also  one  messuage,  one  mill,  sixty-seven  acres  of  land,  45.  \\d.  in  Walton, 
Beddington,  and  Kersalton,  formerly  of  John  Hakeney,  Citizen  and  Wex- 
chaundeler,  London,  held  of  Robert  Alot,  by  fidelity  and  45.  $\d. ;  worth  255. 

Also  thirteen  acres  of  land  in  the  Ville  of  Walton  and  Beddington, 
late  of  said  John  de  Hakeney,  held  of  Nich.  Carew  by  fidelity  and 
35.  lod. ;  worth  45. 

Also  one  and  a  half  acres  of  land  in  Kingston,  late  of  James  de  Lacy,  held 
of  the  men  of  Kingston  by  fidelity  and  6d. ;  worth  20?. 

Also  two  acres  of  land  in  Walton  and  Kersalton,  late  of  John  Hakeney, 
held  of  hire  of  The'  Kenardisle  by  fidelity  and  i\d. ;  worth  I2d. 

Also  that  all  said  parties  are  mediates  between  King  and  said  Adam 
for  said  messuages,  mills,  lands,  &c.  And  that  said  Adam  had  last  donation 
and  assignation  of  said  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Merton,  which  are  held  of 
the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  by  fidelity  and  I2d. ;  worth  405. ;  and  that 
Adam  has  sufficient  remaining  to  answer  dues  and  all  other  accustomed 
at  in  secta,  view,  frank-pledges,  aids,  tallages,  watches,  fines,  redemptions, 
amerciaments,  contributions,  and  other  things  for  which  Adam  was  bound. 

In  Witness  the  Jurors  set  their  seals1. 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Land  723,  fo.  74.  v.  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  16  Rich.  II,  Surrey,  pt.  a, 
m.  28  (Inquis.  post  Mortem,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iii.  p.  171  :  and  Vincent  MS.,  p.  1062  ;  Brit.  Mas. 
Add.  MS.  6170,  p.  18). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1392-1393.  281 

1393.  Letters  Patent  were  accordingly  granted  to  the  Prior  to  enable  him  to 
receive  the  above-mentioned  tenements  and  lands  at  Kingston,  Ditton, 
Maiden,  &c. ' 

1302.  Upon  an  Inquisition,  the  Jurors  found  that  there  would  be  no  loss  to 

Dee.  or  tne  King  or  others,  if  he  gave  licence  to  Adam  Tychsey  to  give  and  assign 
perpetuity  to  Merton  Priory,  certain  property  at  Upton,  Buckinghamshire, 
to  be  held  by  the  Prior  and  Convent,  by  service  of  one  red  rose  per 
annum  for  all  service.  They  found  that  the  value  was  35.  8d.  per  annum  ; 
and  that  the  Prior  held  of  the  King  in  capite  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms, 
and  that  they  were  the  only  mediates2. 

1393.          The  King  sent  Letters  Missive  to  his  beloved  in  God  (the  Prior),  begging 

After  him  of  good  heart  to  grant  to  his  liege,  Robert  Hertelee,  the  Church  of 
Middleton  Brian,  in  the  Diocese  of  Lincoln,  then  void,  and  of  the  Prior's 
gift,  as  he  was  informed.  Making  known  that  the  promotion  of  the  said 
Robert  would  give  him  very  great  pleasure,  and  he  should  thank  him 
highly.  Given  under  the  King's  signet,  at  his  palace  of  Westminster  3. 

1393.  An  important  statement  of  the  expenditure  in  the  years  1383  to  1393 
inclusive,  summarized  into  three  items,  viz.  acquisition  of  lands  and 
tenements,  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead,  and  repairs  of  churches  and 
buildings,  is  fortunately  preserved  4. 

In  the  fifteenth  year5.  £  s.  d. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements     .         .         .         .  o  o  o 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         .         .         .  29  8  u 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses    .....  562  13  6\ 

Total  for  this  year     £592       2     5^ 


In  the  sixteenth  year. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements     .         .         .         .  o  o     o 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         .         .         .         .  32  13     4 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses   .....  71  o  n\ 


Total  for  this  year     £103     14 


1  Patent  Rolls,  16  Rich.  II,  pt.  i,  m.  28  (Add.  MS.  6170,  p.  18  ;  and  Patent  Rolls,  Rec.  Of. 
Cal.  p.  224.  4.). 

'  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  16  Rich.  II,  Bucks,  p.  2  ;  Inquis.  post  Mortem  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iii. 
p.  169  ;  also  Vincent  MS.,  p.  1062). 

8  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723  (fo.  86).     The  document  is  in  French. 

4  Ibid.  fo.  ioi.— APPENDIX  CXLI. 

5  Fifteenth  year  of  the  Priorate  of  Robert  de  Wyndesore,  who  was  elected  and  confirmed 
October  27,  1368. 


282  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1393.      In  the  seventeenth  year.  £  s.  d. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements     .         .         .         .  o  o  o 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         .         .         .         .  10  o  8 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses    .         .         .         .         .  27  13  nj 

Total  for  this  year  £37  14  7^ 
In  the  eighteenth  year. 

In  acquisition  of  land  and  houses   .         .         .         .         .  o  o  o 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         .         .         .         .  20  14  2 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses    .         .         .         .         .  57  o  n| 

Total  for  this  year  £77  15  if 
In  the  nineteenth  year. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements     .         .         .         .  8  14  8^ 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         .         .         .  66  5  o 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses    .....  244  10  4 


Total  for  this  year     £319     10 
In  the  twentieth  year. 


In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements  .  .  .  .  o  o  o 
In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead  .  .  .  .  2130 
In  repair  of  churches  and  houses  .....  185  17  5 


Total  for  this  year     £  188     10    5 
In  the  twenty-first  year. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements  .  .  .  .  o  o  o 
In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead  .  .  .  .  288 
In  repair  of  churches  and  houses 34  15  2 


Total  for  this  year  £37  3  10 
In  the  twenty-second  year. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements     .         .         .         .  41  n     4 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         .         .         .         .  n  16  n£ 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses    .....  55  16  n 


Total  for  this  year     £109  5  -2\ 
In  the  twenty-third  year. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements     .         .         .         .         o  o  o 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         ....     121  7  3 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses   .....      60  13  7 


Total  for  this  year    £182      o  10 


CHRONOLOGICAL  I     1393.  283 

1383.       In  the  twenty-fourth  year.  £'  s.  d. 

In  acquisition  oflands  and  tenements     .         .         .         .  o  o  o 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead         .         .         .         .  43  7  4 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses 139  8  8 

Total  for  this  year     £182     16       o 

There  are  wanting  of  the  twenty-six  years  (of  the  Priorate  of  Robert  de 
Wyndesore)  above  named  and  including  the  present  year,  two  accounts 
of  two  years.  And  therefore  it  does  not  appear  at  the  present  time  as  to 
the  acquisition  of  land,  the  purchase  of  stock,  alive  and  dead,  nor  the 
repair  of  churches  and  houses. 

Total  of  all  the  above  expenses       ....         £5918  125.  %d. 

In  marcs 8877  marcs  125.  -$\d. 

In  acquisition  of  lands  and  tenements  .  .  .  £302  75.  n\d. 

In  marcs 526  marcs. 

In  purchase  of  stock,  live  and  dead  .  .  .  £1412  55.  6d. 

In  marcs 2118  marcs  55.  6d. 

In  repair  of  churches  and  houses  ....  £3878  2s.  o};d. 

In  marcs 5817  marcs  2s.  o\d. 

1393,  Robt.    Savage   the   younger,    Thos.    Abraham,    and    John    Conyngton, 

apparently,  jointly  and  severally,  were  ordered  by  the  Prior  to  distrain  Thomas  Briell 
and  Nicholas  Pantekyn,  Collectors  of  returns  of  the  manor  of  Dunesford, 
for  all  the  goods  and  chattels  which  they  could  find  within  the  domain  of 
Dunesford,  and  to  hold  the  same  till  the  said  Thomas  and  Nicholas,  or 
others  in  their  name,  should  satisfy  Richard  Wakefeld,  Treasurer  of  Merton, 
for  £6,  which  sum  was  in  arrear  for  holdings  and  returns  of  the  said 
Manor  of  their  Collection,  as  well  as  of  the  then  present  year,  as  of  the 
past  year.  Given  at  Merton,  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  King  Richard  II 
(no  other  date).  By  Robert,  Prior  of  Merton  '. 

April  14-  The  Prior  sent  a  Certificate  to  the  Bishop  concerning  the  status  of  the 
House.  Referring  to  the  last  Visitation  on  October  2,  in  the  sixteenth 
year  of  King  Richard  II  (i392\  when  he  had  desired  a  note  of  the  state 
and  concerns  of  the  House,  and  enjoined  them  to  certify  the  same  to  him 
between  Easter  and  the  feast  of  St.  George  (April  23)  then  next  ensuing2. 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  80. 

J  In  the  margin  of  the  page  in  which  this  document  is  entered  (Bodleian  Library  MS., 
Laud  723,  fo.  81"  is  this  note  :  "  See  concerning  these  things,  another  certificate  made  to  the 
Bishop  previously,  fo.  237;"  but  such  certificate  is  not  now  to  be  found. 


284  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1393.  To  which  his  petitioners,  the  Prior  and  Convent  as  in  duty  bound,  and 
April  14-  desiring  to  fulfil  his  courteous  wish  and  mandate  to  the  best  of  their  power, 
called  together  all  the  Brothers  and  Officers  to  render  an  account  of  their 
administration,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  Priory,  for  the  year  last 
past ;  which  being  seen  and  inspected  and  diligently  examined,  he  caused 
all  their  receipts  and  expenditure  of  the  said  year  to  be  arranged  in  the 
two  statements  following,  together  with  other  information  concerning  the 
status  of  the  said  Priory,  viz.  : — 

The  entire  sum  of  receipts  of  the  said  Priory  for  the  above  year  in 
money  and  money's  worth  amounts  to  1345  marcs,  including  a  certain 
corrody  sold  in  the  said  year  for  145  marcs. 

The  total  of  expenses  of  the  said  year  as  owing,  and  to  be  paid  therein 
for  the  year  then  next  proceeding,  1475  marcs  8s.  And  thus  the  expenses 
exceed  the  above  receipts  by  130  marcs  8s.,  which  the  Prior  and  Convent 
ought  to  pay  to  divers  creditors. 

Also  Reverend  Father  and  Lord  (they  proceed),  may  your  gracious 
Paternity  be  pleased  to  know  that  the  Chapel  of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  our 
Church  of  Merton,  to  our  grief,  exists  in  a  truly  decayed  and  ruinous  state  ; 
of  which  the  reparation  or  emendation  needs  and  requires  the  outlay, 
according  to  the  opinion  of  the  masons  and  carpenters,  by  their  estimate 
and  judgement,  240  marcs. 

Also  that  the  nave  of  our  said  Church,  to  our  further  grief,  exists  in 
a  truly  decayed  and  ruinous  state ;  of  which  the  emendation  or  reparation 
needs  and  requires  the  outlay,  according  to  the  opinion  of  the  masons  and 
carpenters,  by  their  estimate  and  judgement,  2000  marcs. 

Also  that  if  it  please  your  Reverend  Paternity  to  be  informed  that  by 
reason  of  a  murrain  happening  during  these  six  years  in  our  parks,  (our 
Manors)  are  not  stocked  as  they  ought  to  be  stocked.  For  the  reasonably 
stocking  of  the  Manors  they  require,  we  are  informed,  according  to  the 
opinion  of  experienced  persons,  440  marcs  at  the  least. 

Towards  which  said  disbursements  to  be  paid  as  above,  and  the  repairs 
and  emendation  of  the  Chapel  of  Blessed  Mary,  and  the  requirement  of  the 
nave  of  our  said  Church,  and  the  stocking  of  our  Manors,  be  graciously 
pleased  to  apply  of  your  alms,  with  your  helping  hands  full  of  charity. 

Also  Father  and  Reverend  Lord,  be  pleased  to  know  that  there  are  four 
chantries  in  our  said  Priory,  which,  God  knows,  are  duly  observed. 

Also  Reverend  Father  and  Lord,  let  it  be  known  to  your  paternity  that 
there  are  five  corrodies  in  our  said  Priory,  which  with  sufficient  reason  and 
by  general  consent  for  certain  sums  of  money  were  sold,  which  sums  of 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1393.  285 

1803.      money,  at  our  best  discretion,  is,  God  knows,  duly  disposed  of  and  ordained 
April  14-  ;n  ai<-i  anc[  relief  of  our  said  Priory. 

Also  Father  and  Reverend  Lord,  be  pleased  to  know  that  the  alms  of  our 
said  Priory,  are  and  were  by  us  and  our  predecessors  to  be  duly  and 
methodically  distributed  among  the  poor,  and  not  for  other  uses,  according 
as  the  goods  and  possessions  of  our  said  Priory  increase  or  decrease, 
according  to  the  discretion  and  will  of  the  Prior  and  Convent. 

Nevertheless,  the  words  of  our  founders,  patrons,  and  other  benefactors 
contained  in  our  muniments  and  privileges  are  these,  "  We  give  and  grant," 
or  "  I  have  given  and  granted,  to  God  and  the  Church  of  Blessed  Mary 
of  Merton,  and  the  Canons  there  serving  and  to  serve,  in  pure  and 
perpetual  alms,"  such  a  Church,  such  Manors,  such  Returns,  or  by  such 
other  then  obligations  in  fact  set  and  limited '. 

Sept.  ii.  The  Mayor  of  London  sent  a  letter  written  in  French  to  the  Prior, 
in  reference  to  the  Brentford  Weir,  which  was  long  in  dispute,  addressing 
him  as  Very  Honourable  Sir,  and  to  the  following  effect  : — He  was  informed 
by  several  of  his  citizens,  and  others  worthy  of  credit,  that  the  course 
of  the  water  of  the  Thames  was  so  stopped  by  the  Prior's  Weir  at  Brayn- 
ford,  that  the  boats,  skoutes  ~,  and  other  vessels  coming  with  wood  and 
other  provisions  to  the  City  of  London,  could  not  have  their  passage 
or  their  way  to  the  said  City,  to  the  great  delay  of  the  said  provisions,  and 
injury  of  all  the  above-mentioned  City,  and  in  contravention  of  the  franchise 
thereof.  Wherefore  he  prayed  the  Prior  most  heartily  that  the  said  Weir 
might  be  amended  so  that  the  said  boats,  skoutes,  and  vessels  might  freely 
and  without  disturbance  have  their  right  course  and  way,  as  they  used,  and 
of  right  ought  to  have ;  and  so  that  there  might  be  no  further  matter  to 
complain  of,  nor  anything  to  do  that  might  displease  the  Prior  on  this 
account.  Ending,  "Very  Honourable  Sir,  may  the  Holy  Spirit  keep  guard 
over  you."  Written  at  London,  under  the  Seal  of  the  Mayoralty,  the 
eleventh  day  of  September,  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  the  reign  of  our 
Lord  the  King,  Richard  II 3. 

1393  or  4.  A  petition  (in  French)  was  sent  to  the  Bishop  of  St.  David's,  the  Super- 
visor of  the  Will  of  Sir  John  Severoys,  knight,  and  to  the  honourable 
Executors ;  in  which  the  Prior  stated  that  as  he  had  of  grant  by  our  Lord 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  81. 

*  In  the  documents  in  Liber  Albas  of  the  City  of  London,  about  this  period,  are  mentioned 
"scoutes,"  as  vessels  carrying  firewood  or  corn  (p.  209).  A  vessel  is  still  called  a  "  scow." 

3  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  87.  v.  The  Letter  Books  of  the  City  do  not  seem  to 
contain  any  entry  of  this  letter,  nor  of  any  proceedings  in  the  matter,  although  it  had  long 
been  in  dispute. 


286  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1393  or  4.  the  King  that  now  is  (Richard  II),  whom  God  save  (q'  dieux  saw),  by 
patent,  during  the  term  of  the  wars  between  us  and  the  French  people, 
the  Manor  of  Patricksborne  in  Kent,  parcel  of  the  Religious  House  of 
Beuleu  (Beaulieu)  in  Normandy,  and  which  Manor  is  worth  to  the  Prior 
and  his  House  annually  100  sous  clear  beyond  all  deductions.  The  past 
year,  the  said  Sir  John  (whose  soul  God  assoile)  ordered  the  said  Prior  to 
come  and  talk  with  him  at  his  Hostel,  Koldabbe  (Cold  Abbey\  in  London ; 
and  there  spoke  to  the  Prior,  in  the  presence  of  Loyes  Clyfford,  knight, 
that  he  would  grant  and  release  all  his  right  and  the  estate  which  he  had 
in  the  said  Manor,  to  an  Esquier  called  Richard  Alarycham ;  promising 
and  assuring  positively  to  the  Prior,  with  hand  joined  in  hand,  to  make 
him  double  recompense  for  the  same,  very  shortly,  if  God  ordeyned  him 
life.  Upon  which  promise,  and  from  great  trust  which  the  said  Prior  had 
in  the  said  Sir  John,  he  granted  and  released  to  the  said  Richard  all 
his  right  and  the  Estate  which  he  had  in  the  said  Manor,  to  the  great  injury 
of  his  (the  Prior's)  House,  the  recompense  not  having  been  made  to  him 
and  his  House.  The  petition  therefore  prayed  that  it  would  please  his 
very  honourable  and  reverend  paternity  (the  Bishop\  of  his  good  discretion 
and  conscience,  on  his  own  account  and  that  of  the  said  honourable  Execu- 
tors, and  in  discharge  of  the  soul  of  the  said  Sir  John,  to  ordain  that  the 
recompense  might  be  made  to  the  said  Prior,  according  to  good  faith  and 
conscience,  for  God's  sake  and  in  deed  of  charity '. 
1394,  A  Petition  was  sent  to  the  King  by  his  humble  Petitioners  and  assiduous 

apparently.  Chaplains,  the  Prior  and  Canons  (of  this  Monastery  in  his  patronage), 
alleging  that  King  Henry  II,  his  Majesty's  progenitor  (whom,  God  assoile), 
formerly  of  his  alms,  gave  and  granted  to  the  said  House  his  Weir  of 
Braynford,  to  the  great  increase  of  their  foundation,  to  hold  to  them  and 
their  successors  in  perpetuity  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms ;  in  which  they 
have  been  in  peaceable  possession  from  the  time  of  the  gift.  And  praying 
that  it  might  please  his  most  high  Serenity,  both  to  uphold  and  sustain  the 
gift  for  the  benefit  of  his  said  House,  in  like  manner  as  his  progenitors  had 
previously  done  ;  for  God's  sake  and  in  deed  of  charity2.  The  Petition  is 
in  French. 

The  occasion  of  this  Petition  was  no  doubt  the  Letter  from  the  Mayor 
of  London  to  the  Convent  in  somewhat  brusque  form,  and  is  dated 
March  20,  1394,  and  entered  in  the  muniment  book  or  register  -im- 
mediately after  the  Petition. 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  82.— APPENDIX  CXLII.  *  Ibid.  fo.  87.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1393-1394.  287 

1884.          There  was  granted  a  title  for  all  Orders  to  John  Skelton  of  the  Diocese 
March  20.    of  Carlisle,  at  the  request  of  Richard  fflofe  and  Robert  Gyre '. 

c.  1394.  The  Prior  having  been  cited  to  attend  a  General  Chapter  on  the 
feast  of  St.  Peter  in  Chains  (August  i),  and  having  in  default  of  attendance 
incurred  the  pain  of  censure  and  a  fine  of  £10  (as  he  was  informed), 
to  be  paid  at  the  Priory  of  Bruton  (Somersetshire),  unless  just  and 
reasonable  cause  should  be  shown ;  he  addressed  a  letter  (described  in 
the  margin  as  "bene  dictata")  to  the  President  of  the  General  Chapter, 
in  which  he  pleaded  that  they  had  had  no  small  losses  of  cattle  by 
pestilence,  and  that  their  dormitories,  and  other  of  their  old  houses, 
were  ready  to  fall  suddenly  and  without  warning ;  which  and  other 
things  happening,  he  was  compelled  to  use  all  diligence  to  remedy,  and 
to  assist  in  every  way  the  repairs,  as  he  was  bound  to  do ;  and  also 
by  many  other  misfortunes  which  in  these  times  had  fallen  on  him  and 
the  House,  as  God  knew.  The  said  sum  of  money  could  not  be  sent 
as  he  would  wish,  without  great  cost  to  the  House:  and  he  begs,  most 
earnestly,  to  give  credence  to  the  bearer  of  these  presents,  and  to  allow 
a  delay  for  payment  of  the  said  sum  until  the  next  Chapter,  at  which 
he  (Divine  clemency  favouring)  intends  to  be  present,  and  when  he  will 
repeat  the  excuses  caused  by  the  lot  which  had  fallen  upon  him. 
(p*  W.  Sutton,  Walte'  Michenhal',  Can"'  M'ton2.) 
Appa-  A  memorandum  occurs  containing  an  abstract  of  the  value  of  divers 

Sept  29  lands,  tenements,  returns,  acquisitions,  and  appropriations,  in  divers  places 
in  the  Counties  of  Surrey  and  Bucks,  between  the  feast  of  St.  Michael, 
in  the  forty-third  year  of  King  Edward  III,  and  the  same  feast  in  the 
eighteenth  year  of  King  Richard  II.  Robert  de  Wyndesore,  Prior,  viz.:  — 

In  the  Ville  of  Micheham    .      xiiij//'.    vijs.  viijV.       Now  the  tempest  has 

In  Walyngtonand  Kerselton         \]li.  xiijs.  \'i\)d.        ceased  scarcely  Cs. 

In  Sutton     .....          xxs. 

In  Tullesworthe  ....  xs. 

In  Ewelle     .....         xiijs.  iiijW. 

In  Upton      .....    xxxiijs. 

In  Hertyngdon  Combe         .         .  xls. 

In  Cloppeham      ....  xls. 

In  Suthwerk         ...         .          \}li.  xiijs.  uljd. 

In  a  Manor  at  le  Hoke        .        iiij//'. 

In  Schelwode       ....          Ixjs.  viijd. 

In  Donesforde      ....  vs. 

At  Greschirche,  in  returns  .        xx//'. 

1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  86.  v.  ''  Ibid.  fo.  101.  v. 


288 


RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1394,  This  would  appear  to  be  the  annual  rent-roll,  both  on  account  of  the 
Appa-      note  of  the   reduction   of  value   ("since  the  tempest"  being  added   in 

Sept.  29.     a  different  hand),  and  from  the  fact   of  the   account  being  immediately 
followed  by  an  estimate  of  expenditure,  thus  : — 

From  which  is  assigned  by  the  above-named  Prior,  for  the  pittances 

of  the  Prior  and  Convent  on  the  feast  of  St.  John  Baptist,  xxs. 
Also,    to   the    Sacrist    to   provide   two   torches    for   the   great   Altar, 

xxvjs.  viij<£ 
And  to  the  same  for  providing  a  lamp  in  the  nave  of  the   Church, 

before  the  Crucifix,  vijs. 
Also  to  the   Infirmary  officer  for   providing   a   lamp   in  the    Chapel 

there,  vijs.  (if  the  garden  is  not  fruitful). 
Also  to  the  Chaplain  of  Richard  Clere,  lijs. 
Also  to  the  Chaplain  of  James  de  Lacy,  xxxs.  \\\]d. 
Also  to  the  Convent  on  the  day  of  the  Anniversary  of  the  said  James, 

for  wine,  iijs.  i\\]d. 

Also  on  the  same  day  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Church,  xiid. 
Also  to  certain  poor  women,  \d. 
Also  to  the  Office  of  the  Hostilarius,  xxs. 

Amount  assigned — viij//'.  vijs.  ixd. l 

1395.  John   de   Yakesley,   Canon   of  Merton,  was  elected   Prior  of  Reigate, 
Aug.  14.    wjth  the  consent  of  the    Earl  of  Arundel   and    Surrey,   then    Patron   of 

that    Priory    and    of    the    Convent    of    Merton.      The    Pope,    however, 

annulled    the   election    on    the   ground    of    informality,    but   of    his   own 

authority  collated  the  said  John  to  the  Priory2. 

1395          The  Prior  and  Convent,  by  Indenture  reciting  the  acquisition  by  John 
(probably).   Curaunt  of  the  corrody  of  Nicholas  Vyleys,  bound    themselves  to  pay 

him  the  moiety  of  the  said  corrody,  from  the  present  date  in  four  weeks 

after  Easter  next  (no  date) 3. 

They   also    executed   a    Bond    in   the   penalty  of    100    marcs   sterling 

(above  double  the  amount   secured)  to  be  paid   to  the  said  John  or  his 

Attorney   at     Merton ;    the    condition   being   that    they  would   pay   him 

£30  sterling  as  above 4. 
Jan.  10.         The   King  issued   a   Writ  to   his   Sheriff  for   the   County  of  Surrey, 

reciting  that  Edmund  Lodelowe  of  Abyndon,  on  the  last  day  of  May,  in 


1  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  102. 
3  Manning  and  Bray,  Hist,  of  Surrey,  i.  p.  300. 
3  Bodleian  Library  MS.,  Laud  723,  fo.  80.  v. 


Ibid. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1394-1397- 


289 


1385.  his  (the  King's,  Richard  IPs)  fifteenth  year,  before  John  Hadle,  then 
Jan.  10.  Mayor  of  the  Staple  of  Westminster,  bound  himself  and  acknowledged 
to  owe  to  Robert,  Prior  of  Merton,  the  sum  of  £40,  to  be  paid  on  the  feast 
of  the  Assumption  next  ensuing ;  and  that  it  had  not  been  paid,  and 
ordering  the  said  Sheriff  to  take  the  body  of  the  said  Edmund  Lodelowe, 
if  a  laic,  and  keep  him  in  custody  until  the  Prior's  claim  was  satisfied  ; 
and  also  to  take  all  his  lands  and  chattels  within  the  bailiwick.  Witnessed 
by  Edmund,  Duke  of  York,  Keeper  of  England,  at  Westminster, 
January  10,  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  reign  \ 

Feb.  9.  Pursuant  to  this  Writ,  an  Inquisition  was  held  at  Mordon,  when  the 
Jury  found  that  Edmund  Lodelowe  was  possessed  of  the  Manor  of 
Pollesden,  with  its  pertinents  in  the  parish  of  Mikelham,  worth  four  and 
a  half  marcs  per  annum  :  and  that  he  had  no  more  lands  nor  tenements, 
nor  any  goods  and  chattels  in  the  bailiwick. 

The  result  of  these  proceedings  appears  from  an  acknowledgement  of 
receipt  by  the  Prior  and  Convent  from  Edmund  Lodelowe  of  66s.  Qd. 
legal  money  by  the  hands  of  William  atte  Mull,  farmer  of  the  Manor  of 
Pollesden,  in  part  payment  of  300  marcs  owing  to  them  2. 

John  Curaunt,  Citizen  and  Grocer  of  London,  executed  a  Deed  whereby 
he  remitted  and  gave  up,  for  himself  and  his  Executors,  to  Sir  Robert, 
Prior  of  Merton,  and  the  Convent,  all  that  right  which  he  had  to  a 
mediety  of  a  certain  corrody  which  lately  he  had  acquired  from  Nicholas 
Vylers,  Citizen  and  Grocer  of  London,  as  fully  appeared  by  a  certain 
Indenture  between  him  and  the  said  Nicholas  concerning  the  said 
mediety,  the  manse  and  garden  only  excepted  3.  (No  date  entered.) 
1397.  The  Prior  and  Convent  granted  Letters  of  Manumission  addressed 

Jan.  ao.  to  all  to  whom  the  Letters  should  come,  making  known  that  by  their 
unanimous  consent  and  wish  of  all  the  Chapter,  they  had  manumitted  and 
released  from  all  yoke  of  servitude  and  villenage  John  Calcheth,  the 
younger,  son  of  Adam  Calcheth,  native  of  ffecham  in  the  County  of 
Surrey,  with  all  his  offspring,  begotten  and  to  be  begotten.  So  that  the 
said  John  and  all  his  offspring  might  remain  in  perpetuity  free  and 
discharged  without  hindrance,  perturbation,  or  impediment  from  them 
or  their  successors  or  others  in  their  name  whomsoever  in  future.  In 
Witness  the  Common  Seal  was  set  thereto.  Given  in  Chapter,  the 
twentieth  of  the  month  of  January,  in  the  twentieth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Richard  II*. 

1  Bodleian  Library,  Laud  MS.  723,  fo.  90.  v.  a  Ibid. 

'  Ibid.  fo.  Bo.  «  Ibid.  fo.  104.— APPENDIX  CXLIII. 


1305, 

or  later. 


290  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1397.  Following  this  instrument,  in  the  volume  of  records  of  the  Priory,  is 
Jan.  20.    'i  Eadem  sub  alia  forma,"  in  which  there  appears  little  practical  difference ; 

and  that  entry  is  followed  by  "  Eadem  sub  alia  forma,  %  melius,  sed 
non  concessa,"  not  very  dissimilar,  but  including  chattels  as  well  as 
offspring '. 

Feb.  10.  Proceedings  having  been  taken  in  the  Episcopal  Court  of  Exeter, 
against  William,  parson  of  Ashcombe,  Devon,  to  recover  payment  of 
arrears  of  an  annual  payment  of  6s.  due  to  the  Prior,  and  now  amounting 
to  525.,  and  also  65.  8d.  on  account  of  loss  in  consequence  of  non-payment ; 
and  it  having  been  ascertained  that  the  said  William  had  no  land  or 
tenement  there,  apart  from  the  "  Sanctuary,"  the  King  commanded  the 
Bishop  to  see  that  the  said  amounts  were  paid  from  the  revenues  of  the 
said  Church  2. 

1397  or  8.  Upon  Inquisition  held  on  behalf  of  Thomas,  Duke  of  Gloucester,  and 
Alianora  his  wife,  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry  de  Bohun,  Earl  of 
Hereford  and  Essex,  it  was  found  that  a  fourth  part  of  a  fee  at  Thorlegh 
was  held  by  the  Prior  of  Merton 3. 

1398.  The    Bishop  granted  Letters   Dimissory  for  the   Concanons  and  Con- 
Feb.  23.    fraters,   John  Charlys  and   John    Romeneye,  expressly  professed   of  the 

rule  and  order,  to  receive  the  Order  of  the  Diaconate ;  and  for  Walter 
Somerton,  the  Sub-diaconate,  from  any  Catholic  Bishop  willing  to 
perform  the  imposition  of  hands  by  the  grace  of  the  Holy  Apostolic 
See  and  in  execution  of  his  office  ;  no  other  concanon  objecting.  Dated 
at  Farnham  Castle,  February  23,  A.D.  1397,  and  of  his  consecration  the 
thirty- first  *. 

June  22.  There  was  granted  a  title  for  all  Orders5  to  William  Jakes,  of  the  Diocese 
of  Bath  and  Wells,  who  was  a  Clerk  in  our  Chapel 6  (out  of  reverence  for 
Lord  Roger  Walden,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury7). 

Nov.  8.  Sir  John  Brusle  was  called  into  the  Chapter  House  before  Sir  R. 
Wyndsor  (Robert  de  Wyndesore),  Prior,  and  Sir  John  Schaldbone,  Sub- 
prior,  the  whole  Convent  being  present,  and  was  asked  concerning  a 
matter  published  in  the  Convent,  viz.  that  Thomas  Camerlain  of  the  House 
should  have  his  letters  of  manumission  (forgiveness)  with  the  assent  of  the 
Convent  under  the  Common  Seal :  answered,  saying  that  on  that  occasion 

1  Bodleian  Library,  Laud  MS.  723,  Co.  104.— APPENDIX  CXLIII. 

2  Exeter  Dioc.  Register  (ed.  by  Kingston  Randolph,  ii.  p.  7). 

'  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  21  Rich.  II  (Inquis,  post  Mortem,  Rec,  Off.  Cat.  p.  216). 

*  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykeham,  ii.  fo.  301.  v .  5  Per  saltern,  apparently. 

•  Bodleian  Library,  Laud  MS.  723,  fo.  102.  v. 

7  Roger  Walden  was  interposed  as  Archbishop  between  Archbishops  Arundel  and  Chicheley. 


CHRONOLOGICAL :     1397-1398.  29! 

1398.  he  being  seated  in  the  monastery,  in  his  own  seat,  came  Sir  John  at 
Nov.  8.     Waters,  saying  to  the  said  John  Brusle,  see  that  Thomas  Camerlain  goes 

not  into  any  other  part  of  monastery,  and  see  what  he  carries  in  his  hand  : 
see  what  that  schedule  is,  and  what  it  means.  To  whom  then  goes  Sir 
John  at  Water:  he  has  letters  of  manumission  and  Sir  John  Brusle  does 
not  understand  this  term,  viz.  manumission,  asking  Sir  John  at  Water 
what  that  term  means.  He  answers  that  he  was  made  free  from  bondage. 
Sir  John  Brusle  asserted  this  narration  to  be  true,  and  on  the  contrary 
Sir  John  at  Watere  denied  it  altogether;  and  thus  the  one  entirely 
contradicting  the  other :  and  the  major  part  of  the  Convent,  as  appeared, 
favouring  the  part  of  Sir  John  Brusle,  and  seemed  ready  to  assist  him 
in  the  contest. 

The  said  Lord  Prior  imposed  silence  concerning  this  matter,  monishing 
that  no  one,  under  pain  of  excommunication,  should  openly  or  secretly 
move  further  therein.  And  likewise  admonished  all  the  Canons  there 
congregated  to  have  nothing  further  to  do  in  the  matter. 

The  year,  day,  and  place  above  named,  Brother  Thomas  Aston  formulated 
a  true  memorandum  of  the  same,  and  wrote  a  memorandum  of  this  in  faith 
and  testimony  of  the  premises,  under  the  supervision  of  Sir  Schaldbone, 
the  Sub-prior  above  named '. 

1398  or  9.  Upon  an  Inquisition  on  the  death  of  Roger  de  Mortuo  Mare 
(Mortimer),  Earl  of  March,  that  Cheleworthe  was  held  by  the  Prior  at 
half  a  fee2. 

In  the  same  year  an  Inquisition  was  held  on  the  death  of  William,  the 
brother  and  heir  of  Thomas,  Earl  of  Stafford,  it  was  found  that  at  Micham 
a  fourth  part  of  a  fee  was  held  by  the  Prior  of  Merton3. 
1398  or         Robert,  Prior  of  Merton,  obtained  from  the  King  a  Writ  addressed  to 

1399.  nis  Justices  for  taking  Assizes   in    Essex,   concerning   a    claim   for   new 
disseisin  against  Albredus  de  Veer,  Earl  of  Oxford,  and  Thomas  Blossom, 
respecting  the  Manor  of  Thundreslegh  and  other  lands  in  South  Bemflet, 
in  the  County  of  Essex 4. 

The  Assize  was  held  before  John  Wadham  and  others  with  an  unfavour- 
able result,  for  the  King  thereupon  conceded,  amongst  other  things  to  the 
said  Earl,  the  Manor  of  Thundreslegh  with  its  pertinents 5. 

'  Bodleian  Library,  Laud  MS.  723,  fo.  63.  v. — APPENDIX  CXLIV. 

3  Inquis.  post  Mortem,  22  Rich.  II  (Inquis.  post  Mortem,  Rec.  Off.  Cal.  p.  236). 

3  Ibid.  (p.  251). 

1  Close  Rolls,  22  Rich.  II,  pt  i,  m.  12  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  6.  313). 

5  Close  Rolls,  22  Rich.  II,  pt.  a,  m.  4  (Ibid.). 

U  2 


292  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1399.          The  King  addressed  a  Brief  to  certain  Bishops,  Abbots,   Deans,  and 
Jan.  25     others,  including  Master   Michael,  Canon  of  Merton,  commanding  them 
after).      to  meet  him  at  Oxford  on  the  Monday  after  the  feast  of  the  Conversion 
of  St.  Paul,  to  advise  concerning  nefarious  matters  of  schism1. 

Licence  was  granted  i  Henry  IV  for  the  alienation  to  Merton  of  the 
Manor  of  Burne  or  Patricksbourne,  Kent,  which  had  been  given  to  the 
Monastery  of  Beaulieu  in  Normandy  upon  its  foundation,  c.  1200,  and 
where  was  a  cell  to  that  monastery ". 

Jan.  a.  The  King  addressed  Briefs  to  certain  Bishops,  Abbots,  Deans,  and  others, 
and  amongst  them  to  Master  Michael,  Canon  of  Merton 3,  for  certain  causes 
specially  and  deeply  moving  him  ;  commanding  them  respectively,  all  other 
things  setting  aside,  and  ceasing  every  excuse,  to  appear  in  their  proper 
person  before  him  at  Oxford  on  the  Monday  next  after  the  Feast  of  the 
Conversion  of  St.  Paul,  to  declare  their  counsel  and  advice  concerning 
certain  nefarious  matters  of  schism  in  the  Church  of  God  (which  was  to 
be  lamented);  and  of  order  taken  by  the  University  of  Oxford,  and  consent 
to  what  may  be  then  advised  by  the  clergy :  and  this  they  should  in  no 
wise  omit. 

Witnessed  at  Westminster,  January  2,  in  the  twenty-second  year  of  his 
reign  '. 

April.  A  Convention  was  made  between  Thomas  Aston,  Treasurer,  and  Thomas 
Schirfeld,  Sub-camera rius,  and  W.  Calchith5,  Tailor.  In  the  first  place 
the  same  William  made  oath  that  he  would  serve  the  Prior  and  Convent 
well  and  faithfully,  and  that  he  would  not  permit  any  imperfect  or  other 
than  the  best  work  that  could  be  done,  and  that  he  would  not  introduce 
the  wool  of  other  flocks ;  and  that  he  would  serve  the  seniors  and  officers 
in  the  first  place,  and  that  he  would  bear  himself  humbly  and  modestly  in 
the  presence  of  the  Canons,  and  especially  in  answering ;  and  that  he 
would  make  oath  to  conceal  their  counsel,  well  and  faithfully  so  far  as 
able,  any  talk  about  the  same,  nor  anything  that  might  redound  to  the 

'  British  Museum,  Cole  MS.  44,  p.  358.  This  does  not  appear  in  the  list  of  Councils, 
although  there  were  Councils  at  Oxford  on  November  18,  1382,  and  January  14,  1409, 
against  the  Wickliffites  or  Lollards,  which  one  would  assume  to  have  been  the  object  of 
the  above  (Sir  Harris  Nicolas,  Chron.  of  Hist.). 

'  Probably  Michael  Kympton,  who  became  Prior  about  four  years  later. 

3  Tanner,  Notitia  Monastica,  p.  219. 

4  Cole  MS.  44,  p.  358  (from  vol.  iii.  of  Mr.  Hare's  Collections).     Cole  notes  that  the  schism 
must  have  been  that  of  the  followers  of  Wickliffe,  he  himself  having  died  in  the  King's  eighth 
year,  1385.     The  form  of  the  Brief  is  identical  with  that  of  a  modern  subpoena. 

5  Probably  one  of  the  family  of  John  Calcheth,  who  was  manumitted  two  years  previously 
(see  ante:. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1399—1400.  293 

1399.  detriment   of  the    House,   and   especially  what  might    be  uttered    in  his 
April,      above-mentioned   service  to  the  Treasurer  for   the   time  being ;   and   all 

and  singular  these  things,  perform  well  and  faithfully,  according  to  his 
skill  and  ability.  He  receiving  for  stipend  8s.  per  annum  for  thread, 
and  cloth  for  his  coat  from  the  allowance  of  the  office ;  and  receiving 
....  as  he  will  at  four  times ;  and  also  receiving  every  day  when 
engaged  in  the  said  work  the  accustomed  allowance  from  the  Cellar  and 
Kitchen '. 

An  agreement  was  entered  into  on  behalf  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  by 
William  Odiham,  then  Cellarer,  John  atte  Watere,  then  Sacristan,  and 
Thomas  Aston,  then  Treasurer,  with  Thomas  Newenton,  plumber,  under 
which  they  agreed  to  pay  him  ijs.  v)d.  per  week  and  to  provide  him  with 
food  on  working  days  and  clothing,  as  William  the  plumber  used  to  have. 
They  were  also  to  find  materials  and  instruments,  among  which  are 
mentioned  one  plane,  one  hauser,  one  great  stilyard,  ij  sonding-yrons,  one 
hammer,  and  one  kervyng  hir'  'i. 

The  King  addressed  all  Sheriffs  of  Counties,  Mayors,  &c.,  reciting  that 

1400.  according  to  the  custom  in  England  hitherto  used  and  approved,  the  men 
Feb.  8.     of  the  ancient  domain  of  the  Crown  of  England  were  and  ought  to  be  free 

from  the  performance  of  thelonio  throughout  the  kingdom  ;  and  commanding 
that  as  regards  the  men  and  tenants  of  his  manor  of  Odiam  (Odiham, 
Hants),  which  is  of  the  ancient  domain  of  the  Crown  of  England 
(as  by  his  certificate  of  his  clemency  at  his  demand  fully  shows),  the 
said  Sheriffs  and  Mayors  permit  them  to  be  free  from  the  performing 
of  thelonio  of  their  goods  and  things.  Given  February  8,  i  Henry  IV3. 
Dated  February  8. 

Feb.  16.  The  King  by  his  letters  of  this  date  directs  the  House  to  provide  a 
suitable  sustentation  for  John  ffraunceys,  and  to  admit  him  into  the  House 
for  life,  as  in  the  case  of  John  Mandelyn,  deceased,  such  being  provision 
to  the  value  of  £4  IDS.  per  annum  ;  and  to  grant  it  to  him  under  the 
seal  of  the  House.  Given  by  the  King  at  Westminster,  on  February  16, 
in  his  first  year 4. 

In  answer  to  this  the  Prior  and  Convent  certified  that  the  sustentation 
of  John  Mandelyn  was  not  vacant,  being  occupied  by  Alice  his  wife,  who 

J  Bodleian  Library,  Laud  MS.  723,  fo.  no.  v. — APPENDIX  CXLV. 
'  Ibid.  fo.  107.  v. 

3  Close  Rolls,  i  Hen.  IV,  m.  16  (Hargrove  MS.  296,  fo.  14.  v.).     Several  specific  instances 
occur  a  little  later,  where  proofs  had  apparently  been  given  of  a  manor  having  been  of  the 
ancient  domain  of  the  Crown. 

4  Bodleian  Library,  Laud  MS.  723,  fo.  63. 


294  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1400.  had  their  letters  patent  under  seal  of  the  House  for  her  life ;  and  therefore 
Feb.  16.    during  her  life  they  were  not  able  to  grant  it  to  John  ffraunceys '. 

It  would  therefore  appear  from  this  and  previous  documents  that  King 
Edward  III  had  first  saddled  the  House  with  the  maintenance  of  one  man 
(and  his  wife,  apparently),  upon  whose  death  King  Richard  II  had 
continued  the  infliction,  though  afterwards  (at  their  urgent  instance,  as  we 
may  reasonably  assume)  he  expressed  his  intention  that  it  should  terminate 
at  their  decease :  and  that,  notwithstanding  such  promise,  the  next  King, 
Henry  IV,  made  a  fresh  appointment,  which,  however,  being  premature, 
did  not  take  effect.  This  of  course  was  a  convenient  way  of  providing  for 
a  King's  servants,  but  a  gross  injustice  and  imposition  on  the  funds  of  the 
Priory. 

1401.  The  Bishop  granted  Letters  Dimissory  to   Brothers  Thomas   Shirfeld 
May  25.    anc[  J0hn  Romeney,  for  the  Order  of  Priesthood  in  accustomed  form.     At 

Suthwaltham  (South  Waltham,  Hampshire),  May  25,  1401 2. 

Aug.  24.  The  Bishop  granted  Letters  Dimissory  to  Brothers  William  Hay  and 
John  Charles,  for  the  Order  of  Priesthood.  At  Esshere,  August  24,  1401 *. 
1401  or  2.  A  Petition  was  drawn  up  in  French  and  presented  to  the  King  from  his 
poor,  humble,  and  liege  tenants  of  the  Hamlets  of  Feltham,  parcel  of  the 
King's  Manor  of  Kenyngton,  reciting  that  his  noble  progenitor,  King 
Edward  III,  had  by  his  Letters  Patent  granted  to  the  ancestors  of  the 
Petitioners  his  demesne  lands  in  the  Hamlet  for  an  annual  payment  of  £6  : 
by  virtue  of  which  grant  they  and  their  ancestors  had  had  the  right  of 
Common  belonging  to  the  said  demesne  chascune  temps  def  aan  as  bestes 
sciiais  iioiiinbrcs,  until  lately  one  William  Abbot  and  others,  tenants  of  the 
Bishop  of  London,  Walter  Bokeland,  tenant  of  the  Prior  of  Merton,  and 
Richard  atte  Halle,  tenant  of  the  Abbot  of  Westminster,  had  many  times 
distressed  them  and  shut  up  (emparkcz)  their  sheep  and  cattle  until  they 
would  have  died  but  for  relief:  by  reason  whereof  the  Petitioners  were  on 
point  of  destruction  and  permanent  ruin  (en  poynt  destre  destruytz  t  anyentez 
pour  tons  jours)  without  the  King's  most  gracious  succour  and  aid.  And 
they  prayed  his  Letters  to  the  offenders,  charging  them  to  cease  leurs 
malices  towards  the  suppliants. 

The  Petition  was  referred  by  the  King  to  the  Privy  Council,  with  his 
command  que  ccste  bille  soil  verre,  and  that  right  be  done  to  his  tenants  for 

1  Bodleian  Library,  Laud  MS.  723,  fo.  63. 

2  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykeham,  ii.  fo.  335. 

3  Ibid.  fo.  336.  v.    John  Charles  or  Charlys  had  received  Letters  Dimissory  for  the  Diaconate 
on  February  23,  1398. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1400-1407. 


295 


1403. 

May  or 
June. 

June  30. 


1401  or  2.  the  wrong  they  had  suffered,  and  that  Letters  to  that  purport  should  be 
prepared  \ 

1402.  Upon  a  commission  by  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  empowered  to 
inspect  the  muniments  of  Chertsey  Abbey  for  the  purpose  of  the  investiga- 
tion, it  was  found  that  the  Abbey  was  entitled  to  receive  from  this  House 
a  pension  of  505.  per  annum  for  a  share  of  the  tithes  of  the  parish  of 
Effingham 2. 

Robert  de  Wyndesore,  the  twenty-second  Prior,  died 3. 
Various  documents  following  on  the  election  of  Michael  Kympton 
(Sucre  pagine  professor)  to  be  Prior,  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the 
death  of  Robert  Wyndesore,  were  issued  on  this  day,  viz.  The  Commission 
for  Confirmation,  Letters  Testimonial  thereof,  Letters  for  Obedience, 
Letters  Testimonial  for  induction,  and  Letters  to  the  King  for  liberation 
of  temporalities.  They  are  dated  at  Winchester  4. 

1405.          The  authorities  of  the  City  of  London  felt  themselves  aggrieved  by  the 

July  4.  action  of  the  Priory,  which  they  charged  with  placing  branches  of  trees  or 
rods  called  "Ryses"  (and  "  Wases  "  added  in  margin)  in  Magna  Thamisie, 
between  the  Weir  which  they  occupied  and  the  land  or  meadow  in  the 
County  of  Surrey  opposite  the  Weir,  to  the  destruction  of  fish,  or  the 
hindrance  of  the  common  passage  of  skouts,  barges  or  boats  (skoutar*', 
bargeor,'  sive  batelle),  or  other  vessels  whatsoever.  This  was  presumably 
a  revival  of  the  Brentford  Weir  dispute.  And  Alexander  Boner,  an  officer 
of  the  City  and  Supervisor  of  the  Waters  of  the  Thames,  seized  and  held 
to  bail,  one  skout,  one  long  boat,  and  one  rethe  (?  row-boat  or  wherry) 
belonging  to  the  Prior. 

On  this  day  Richard  fforster,  Walter  Pope,  and  Guido  Lawrence  offered 
themselves  and  were  accepted  by  the  Mayor  and  Alderman  as  Bail  on 
behalf  of  the  Priory,  for  good  behaviour  apparently,  in  the  sum  of  £40. 

1407.  By  Richard  Whytyngton,  then  Mayor,  and  the  Aldermen,  a  Precept  was 

July  20.  issued  to  John  Brokford  the  Chamberlain,  to  warn  the  Sureties  to  attend 
to  answer  for  the  Priory,  charged  with  offence  against  the  form  and  effect 
of  their  said  recognizances. 

July  SB.  Richard,  Walter,  and  Guido  attended,  but  having  no  sufficient  answer 
to  the  complaint,  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  ordered  John  Profyt,  the 

1  Proceedings  and  Ordinations  of  the  Privy  Council,  ii.  p.  no  (Record  Office  publication). 

*  Exchequer  Leiger  of  Chertsey,  fo.  32  (in  the  Public  Record  Office). 

*  Bodleian  Kalendar,  and  Dugdale,  Monasticon.     Manning  and  Bray  (ii.  p.  231.  r.">  say  that 
his  successor  was  elected  in  1402 ;  but  evidently  in  error. 

4   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wykeham,  ff.  335.  v.  and  336. 
8  Skout :  schout ;  skoot :  schyd  (Dutch). 


296  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1407.      Chamberlain,  to  levy  on  their  lands,  tenements,  goods,  and  chattels,  the 
July  28.    sum  Of  £^o  uncjer  the  said  recognizances.     And  afterwards  for  certain 
causes  them  thereunto  moving,  the  £40  was  remitted  for  £10,  which  was 
paid,  and  the  recognizance  was  annulled  as  regarded  the  future1. 

1412.  The  King  (Henry  IV)  held  a  Privy  Council  at  Merton2. 

Oct.  20.         Michael  Kympton,  the  twenty-third  Prior,  died  3.     Immediate  steps  were 

1413.  taken  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  Priory. 

The  Conge  d'elire  was  obtained '.     In  pursuance  of  this  licence  John 

March  28. 

de  Komeneye  was  elected  by  the  Convent  in  Chapter. 

April  29.  The  Bishop  issued  a  Commission  to  Walter  Medeford,  his  Chancellor, 
reciting  that  his  beloved  son  in  Christ,  the  religious  man  John  Romeney, 
had  been  canonically  elected  by  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  to  be  Prior 
of  Merton,  in  the  place  vacant  by  the  decease  of  Michael  Kympton. 
Directed  the  said  Chancellor  to  proceed  to  inquire  as  to  the  due  per- 
formance of  the  legal  requirements  and  as  to  the  fitness  of  the  elected  person, 
and  thereupon  to  proceed  to  his  confirmation ;  or,  if  justice  required,  to 
determine  the  nullity  of  the  election. 

This  Commission  being  read  to  the  said  Commissary  sitting  in  the  choir 
of  the  parish  church  of  Merton  as  his  tribunal,  he  forthwith  caused  a 
Commission  of  Publication,  in  the  name  of  the  Bishop,  to  be  addressed 
to  his  beloved  sons,  Master  John  Balton,  Vicar  of  the  parish  church  of 
Kyngcston,  and  William  Tanfeld,  his  registrar  and  parochial  chaplain 
(capellano  parochiali)  of  Merton ;  and,  reciting  the  election,  and  that 
according  to  Apostolic  order  one  should  lay  hands  suddenly  on  no  man, 
he  ordered  and  enjoined  the  said  Vicar  and  Chaplain,  by  virtue  of  obedience, 
to  peremptorily  cite  all  and  singular  who  desired  to  appear  in  opposition 
to  the  election,  to  appear  before  him  in  the  parish  church  of  Merton  on  the 
Thursday  after  the  feast  of  the  Apostles  Philip  and  James  next  ensuing, 
and  so  on  by  prorogation  from  time  to  time  as  the  business  needed.  And 
to  certify  to  him  the  day  of  receipt  of  these  presents,  and  of  the  publication, 
and  of  the  names  of  any  cited  by  name,  together  with  all  that  they  should 
do  in  the  premises,  by  letters  patent  under  their  authentic  seal.  Dated 
at  his  manor  of  Suthwerk,  on  the  last  but  one  day  of  April,  1413°. 
May  4.  On  this  day  the  said  Walter  Medeford,  the  Bishop's  Commissary  appointed 
in  this  behalf,  held  a  sitting  in  the  parish  church  of  Merton,  when  there 
was  read  the  Commission,  and  then  the  Certificate  concerning  the  publi- 

1  Archives  of  the  City  of  London,  Book  Dunthorn,  fo.  331. 

3  Nicholas,  Proceedings  of  Privy  Council,  ii.  p.  38.  3  Laud  MS.  Kal. 

1  Patent  Rolls,  I  Hen.  V,  p.  i,  m.  26.         '"  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Beauforde,  fo.  49f  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1407-1423.  297 

1413.  cation,  by  which  certificate  it  was  sufficiently  shown  that  all  and  singular 
May  4-  opponents  to  the  election  were  cited  to  appear  at  this  time  and  place ; 
and  after  waiting,  and  opponents  in  no  wise  appearing,  he  at  petition 
of  the  Proctors  in  that  behalf  lawfully  constituted,  pronounced  them 
contumacious  and  precluded  from  offering  impediment,  and  decreed  to 
proceed.  Whereupon  the  said  Proctors  exhibited  the  decree  of  Election 
and  a  public  instrument  thereon,  together  with  certain  informations  and 
certain  Witnesses  needful  in  that  behalf.  And  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
Judicial  proceeding  he  found  the  said  election  to  have  proceeded  very 
clearly  in  the  strict  path  of  Law,  and,  nothing  in  the  Canons  or  Institutes 
impeding,  he  proceeded  to  the  Confirmation.  Therein  the  Bishop  recited 
that  having  heard  from  Walter  Medeford,  his  Commissary,  what  had  been 
done,  and  the  same  being  solemnly  examined  and  discussed  ;  that  he  had 
found  the  election  of  the  said  John  Romeney  to  be  canonically  celebrated, 
and  that  he  was  a  fit  person  and  approved  by  him  (the  Bishop) ;  invoking 
the  Grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and,  with  the  concurrence  of  certain  learned 
in  the  Law,  confirmed  the  same. 

This  being  transacted,  the  said  brother  John  took  the  oath  drawn  up  in 
writing,  wherein  he  promised  canonical  obedience  and  subjection  to  the 
Bishop  and  his  successors. 

Then  the  said  Prior  had  Letters  from  the  Reverend  Father,   first,  of 
Confirmation;  second,  to  his  Confraters  for  obedience;   third,  for  installa- 
tion ;  fourth,  to  the  King  for  the  temporalities '. 
Mays.         The  Temporalia  were  restored  by  the  King  to  John  Romeney,  Canon2. 

1422  or  3.      An  Agreement  was  entered  into  between   the  Abbot  and   Convent  of 

Oseney,  owners  of  two  parts  of  the  tithes  of  Dunstywe  (Dun's  Tewe, 
Oxfordshire),  and  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Merton,  the  appropriators  and 
rectors  of  the  church  of  that  place;  by  which  the  House  of  Oseney  made 
over  their  part  of  such  tithes  to  Merton  for  a  fixed  annual  payment  of 
265.  Qd.  in  perpetuity.  Dated  i  Henry  VI 3. 

1423  or  4.       William    Cheyne   and   others,   by  the   order  of  Thomas  Overton  and 

others,  attorned  to  the  delivery  to  the  Prior  of  Merton,  with  full  seisin 
of  the  Manor  of  Combe  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  which  lately  belonged  to 
John  Hadresham4. 

1  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Beauforde,  fo.  49+  v.  and  sof. 

2  Originalia,  i  Hen.  V,  so,  3»  (Patent  Rolls,  i  Hen.  V,  p.  I,  m.  a8 ;  Lambeth,  Archiep.  Lib. 
MS.  585,  fo.  677). 

3  Bodleian  Library,  Charter  No.  347  (Bodleian  Charters  and  Rolls,  p.  3*5). 

4  Close  Rolls,  a  Hen.  VI,  p.  unica,  m.   i  and  5  (Rec.  Off.  MS.  Kal.  of  Close  Rolls,  Hen.  VI). 
Probably  the  same  John  Hadresham  who  died  on  the  feast  of  SS.  Simon  and  Jude,  1417,  and 


298  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1424.  On  Petition  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  Licence  was  granted  to  Stephen 

July  i.      (Bykeman),  parson  of  the  church  of  Walton  on  the  Hill  (Surrey),  to  convey 

to  them,  for  the  purpose  of  endowing  a  Chantry,  the  Manor  of  Combe 

(Nevill),  Surrey.     By  the  King  at  Wesi minster,  July  i '. 
1428.          The  Pipe  Rolls,  under  the  heading  of  Basingstoke,  mention  the  rental 

of  I2S.   for   Easter  Term,   payable  by  the  Prior  for  the  property  called 

Wynbows 2. 
1432.          John  Romeneye,  the  twenty-fourth   Prior,  died,  and  was  succeeded  by 

Thomas  Shirfeld,  or  Schyrfeld3. 

A  presentment  against  the  Prior  was  made  to  the  Court  at  Kingston,  for 

defect  of  a  drain  at  Canburystret,  and  he  was  fined  xlid. 4 
1434.          John  Norreys,  who  had  encroached  to  the  extent  of  four  roods  in  length 

and    ten    feet   in  width,  on    the    land  at  Barrebrugge,  called    le   Inhome, 

belonging  to  the  Priory  from  the  inheritance  of  the   King,  having  been 

often  presented  on  that  account  to  the  Court  of  Kingston,  was  by  the  Court 

fined  iiijrt'.  '"" 
1437.          A  presentment  was  made  to  the  Kingston  Court  against  the  Prior  for 

defect  of  the  sewer  in  Canburystret,  to  the  injury,  &c. ;  and  a  fine  of  xijrf. 

was  imposed. 

It  was  further  presented  that  the  Prior  and  Thomas  Slefeld  6  were  in 

default  in   the  emendation   of  a  sewer  at  Canonsbryge,  to  the  common 

injury,  and  had  often  been  presented,  but  nevertheless,  &c. ;  and  they  were 

respectively  fined  xij</. 7 
Nov.  i.         The   young    King    Henry  VI  was   crowned   on    All    Hallowen    day  at 

Merton,  where  presumably  he  was  on  a  visit ;  it  is  recorded  in  the  Acts 

of  the  Privy  Council,  as  follows  : — 

"  Deliv'ed  by  youre  saide  Comaundem't,  the  Erles  of  Warrewyke  and 

Stafford  and  youre  Chamb'leyn  beyng  p'sent  at  that  same  tyme,  that  is  to 

say,  on  Alle  halowenday  laste,  at  Merton,  whaune  ye  wer  crouned,  ye  yaf 

whose  brass,  with  effigy  in  armour,  lies  in  the  chancel  of  Lingfield  Church,  in  the  same  county  : 
it  is  engraved  in  Bontell's  Monumental  Brasses  of  England. 

1  Patent  Rolls,  2  Hen.  VI,  p.  3,  m.  =3. 

2  Baigent  and  Millard,  History  of  Basingstoke,  p.  378;  see  also  pp.  176,  350  «.,  382,  387. 

3  Bodleian  Kalcndar.     Dugdale  (Monasticon),  followed  by  Manning  and  Bray,  states  that 
he  became  Prior  in  1422,  and  resigned  in  1432,  evidently  in  error. 

*  Kingston  Court  Rolls,  10  Hen.  VI.  5  Ibid.  12  Hen.  VI,  Purpresture. 

c  Thomas  Slefeld  was,  presumably,  the  son  of  Thomas  Slyfield,  who  died  August  24,  1433, 
and  whose  monumental  brass  is  to  be  seen  in  Great  Bookham  Church.  Thomas  was  a  favourite 
Christian  name  of  the  family  resident  in  that  parish  ;  later  on,  another  Thomas  was  there  in 
1522.  Surrey  Arch.  Collections,  v.  p.  47. 

7  Kingston  Court  Rolls,  17  Hen.  VI. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1434-1442.  299 

1437.      to  an  heraude  Kynge  of  armes  (afore  that  tyme  called  Aungoye,  and  thanne, 

Nov.  i.     at  that  fest,  his  name  chaunged  by  you,  and  called  Lancastre\  j  belle  of 

sylver  weyng  xvj  m'rc.  and  an  other  belle  of  sylver  at  that  tyme  deliv'ed 

to  oon  that  was  maade  pursevant,  and  than  called  Coler,  the  which  weyed 

viij  m'rc  ." 

1439.          Upon  the  death  or  resignation  of  Thomas  Shirfeld,  or  Schyrfeld,  the 

April  ai.    twenty-fifth  Prior,  in  1439,  William  de  Cantia,  or  Kent,  formerly  Sub-prior, 

was  elected  to  the  office,  and  the  temporalia  were  restored  on  April  21, 

H39  2- 

1442.  King  Henry  VI  gave  a  Charter,  whereby  of  special  grace  be  granted 

Oct.  20.  that  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent,  whensoever  a  vacancy  occurred  by  the 
death,  cession,  or  resignation  of  the  Prior,  or  in  any  other  manner,  should 
have  custody  of  the  Priory,  and  all  Temporalia,  with  all  things  and  goods 
belonging  thereto,  fully  and  entirely  as  any  Prior  sedc  plenc  had  from  time 
past,  or  as  the  King  and  his  predecessors  had  formerly  had  in  time  of 
vacancy.  And  should  have  free  administration  thereof,  and  of  all  emolu- 
ments, knights'  fees,  and  presentations  of  churches,  during  the  vacancy ; 
and  liberty  to  dispose  of  the  same  as  to  them  might  seem  best,  without 
rendering  thence  anything  to  the  King.  He  granted  further  that  the 
Sub-prior  should  have  the  custody  of  the  Priory  in  and  during  times  of 
vacancy,  so  that  no  Eschaetor,  Sheriff,  or  Bailiff  of  the  King,  or  his 
successors,  should  on  that  account  look  into  or  interfere  with  the  custody 
of  the  Priory  or  its  Manors,  Granges,  or  other  things  or  goods ;  except 
that  his  Eschaetor  or  other  Officer  should  at  the  commencement  of  the 
vacancy,  in  the  King's  name,  take  a  simple  seisin  within  the  great  door3, 
and  then  retire  without  fidelity  or  recognizance  or  other  holding  being 
taken ;  so  that  he  do  not  delay  there  more  than  one  day  on  the  occasion 
of  the  seisin,  nor  leave  any  one  there  in  substitution.  The  importance 
attached  to  this  grant  is  seen  by  the  remarkable  list  of  attesting  Witnesses, 
viz. : — 

The  Venerable  fathers,  Henry,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  Primate  of 
all  England  and  Legate  of  the  Apostolic  See ;  John,  Bishop  of  Bath  and 
Wells,  Chancellor  of  England ;  William,  Bishop  of  Salisbury ;  the  King's 
most  dear  uncle  Humphrey,  Duke  of  Gloucester;  his  most  dear  cousin 
John,  Duke  of  Norfolk;  his  cousins  John,  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  Henry, 
Earl  of  Northumberland,  and  William,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  Seneschall  of  the 
household ;  Sir  Ralph  Cromwell,  Treasurer  of  England ;  Sir  Walter 

1  Acts  of  Privy  Council,  v.  p.  63  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.). 

2  Originalia,  17  Hen.  V  (Lambeth  MS.  585,  fo.  677).  3  A  formal  possession. 


300  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1442.      Hungerford,  and  Sir  John  Tiptoft,  Knights;  William  Lyndewode,  Clerk, 
Oct.  20.     Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal l ;  and  others.     Given  under  the  King's  hand, 
at  Westminster,  the  twentieth  day  of  October,  of  his  reign  the  twentieth  2. 
Dec.  17.        The  Temporalia  were  restored  by  the  King  to  John  Kingston,  S.T.P.3 
1457.          King    Henry   VI    granted   a    Charter   reciting   charters  of    Henry  II, 

Aug.  8.  Richard  I,  and  two  of  Henry  III,  and  confirming  the  same,  and  ordering 
that  if  they  made  any  transgression  within  the  forests,  beyond  the  liberties 
granted  to  them  by  such  Charters,  they  should  answer  for  it  before  the 
King  or  his  Forestal  Chief  Justice.  Dated  August  8,  in  his  thirty-fifth 
year  '. 

1468.          The  King  (Edward  IV)  granted  a  Charter  whereby,  after  reciting  various 

Aug.  a.  Charters  of  his  predecessors,  he  accepted  and  approved  of  the  same,  and 
granted  and  confirmed  to  his  beloved  in  Christ,  John  Kyngeston,  then 
Prior,  and  his  successors,  and  the  Convent,  and  their  men  and  tenants, 
and  their  heirs  and  successors,  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  said  Charters 
and  letters.  And  moreover  for  himself  and  his  heirs  fully  confirmed  such 
liberties,  immunities,  and  quittances,  to  be  for  ever  enjoyed  without 
hindrance  or  impediment  by  him,  or  his  heirs  or  his  Justices,  Eschaetors, 
Sheriffs,  or  their  Bailiffs  or  Officers  ;  and  as  specified,  or  in  general  words, 
as  they  had  in  the  time  of  the  making  of  the  Charter  of  King  Richard  : 
amongst  other  things  all  manner  of  deodands  of  the  treasury,  and  all  their 
chattels,  men,  and  tenants  for  fugitive  felons  and  those  condemned,  convicts, 
hangings,  utlagata,  and  waiviata  for  felony,  or  any  from  other  cause 
whatsoever  abjuring  England  ;  and  in  like  manner  their  goods  called 
manuopera,  and  escapes  or  evasions  of  felons,  together  with  fines  and 
amerciaments  for  any  escapes  or  invasions ;  and  chattels  called  Waif  and 
Stray  within  their  manors,  hamlets,  villata,  and  fees ;  together  with  all 
fines,  redemptions,  and  amerciaments  of  their  men  and  tenants,  as  well 
in  suits,  causes,  and  matters  touching  the  Crown,  as  in  matters  both  real 
and  personal  in  whatsoever  Court  of  the  King,  and  that  the  Convent  and 
their  tenants  should  not  be  impleaded  in  respect  to  pannage  for  their  pigs, 
or  pasture  for  their  horses  in  the  Royal  forests ;  and  that  they  should  have 
assise  of  measure  and  weight  and  food  whatsoever  within  all  and  singular 
their  manors,  villata,  hamlets,  lands,  and  fees,  which  they  had  at  the  time 

1  This  was  William  Lyndewode,  the  eminent  English  Canonist 

"  Charier,  20  Hen.  VI ;  recited  and  confirmed  by  3  Hen.  VII,  pt.  3,  No.  15  ;  and  8  Ed.  IV, 
and  by  5  Hen.  VIII.  Henry  Chicheley,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury ;  John  Stafford,  Bishop  of 
Bath  and  Wells  ;  and  William  Ayscough,  Bishop  of  Sarum,  only  sign  by  initial. 

;;  Originalia,  21  Hen.  V  (Archiep.  Library,  Lambeth  MS.  585,  fo.  677). 

4  Cart.  Antiq.  N.  N.  No.  8. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1442-1468.  301 

1468.  of  the  making  of  the  Charter  of  the  said  King  Richard  ;  and  punishment 
Aus-  a-  and  correction  of  the  same,  together  with  fines  and  amerciaments  and 
other  profits  thence  arising,  from  their  tenants  of  holdings  which  they 
possessed  at  the  time  of  such  Charter  or  previously  by  virtue  of  the  Letters 
of  King  Henry,  son  of  John  :  and  in  assises  of  money  for  theft  and  murder 
within  the  said  manors,  villata,  and  hamlets,  lands  and  feuds.  And  willing 
that  the  Prior  and  Convent  should  not  be  hindered  by  any  obscurity  of 
words  or  terms,  and  that  they  might  quietly  carry  on  their  holy  duties  and 
devout  services,  delete  all  ambiguities  and  obscurities ;  and  he  specially 
granted  and  declared  for  himself  and  his  heirs,  and  by  this  Charter  con- 
firmed, to  the  Prior  and  Convent  and  their  successors,  that  they  should 
in  perpetuity  have  all  chattels  of  all  men,  their  tenants,  felon-fugitives, 
convicts  condemned  and  hung,  and  of  utlagatores  and  waiviata,  and  those 
condemned  to  the  same,  and  of  those  who  had  abjured  the  kingdom  of 
England,  as  within  their  manors  of  Merton,  Dunnesford  in  Wandeworth, 
Miccham,  Feccham,  Asshestede  and  Mulsey  in  the  County  of  Surrey;  and 
within  their  villata  and  hamlets  of  Thames  Ditton,  West  Molsey,  Thorpe 
Lane,  Apse,  Walton  on  Thames,  and  Haverycchesham,  which  are  members 
of  the  said  manors  of  Mulsey  as  alleged;  or  within  their  manors  of 
Kyngeston  on  Thames  in  the  same  County ;  or  within  their  villata  of 
Hertyngton,  Hacche,  Hamme,  and  Berewelle,  which  are  members  of  the 
said  manor  of  Kyngeston  as  alleged  ;  and  likewise  within  their  manor  of 
Ewell  in  the  same  County,  and  their  villata  of  Shelwode,  Legh,  Horlegh, 
Cherlewode,  Newdegate,  Langeshot,  Kyngeswode,  Pachenesham,  Cod- 
yngton,  Tullesworth  and  Hoke,  which  are  members  of  the  said  manors 
of  Ewell  as  alleged ;  the  assise  of  their  manor  of  Patrikesbourne  in  the 
County  of  Kent,  and  the  villata  of  Brigg,  which  is  a  member  of  the  manor 
of  Patrikesbourne  as  alleged ;  also  within  their  manor  of  Upton  in  the 
County  of  Buckingham,  and  the  villata  and  hamlets  of  Chalvey  Michelmyl- 
wardsey,  Sloo,  Legh,  Wexham,  Horton,  and  Colbroke,  which  are  members 
of  the  manor  of  Upton  as  alleged  ;  the  assise  within  their  manor  of  Holshot 
in  the  County  of  Southampton,  and  their  villata  and  hamlets  of  Mattinglegh, 
Heysell,  Bromshill,  Heghfeld,  Hartlegh,  Puccham,  and  Stratfeld  Turgeys, 
which  are  members  of  the  manor  of  Holshot,  as  alleged  ;  also  within 
all  other  their  manors,  lands  and  feuds  within  his  (the  King's)  Ville  of 
Wyndesore  in  the  County  of  Berks,  and  wheresoever  within  the  realm 
of  England ;  and  all  escapes  and  evasions  of  felons  whatsoever,  and  all 
chattels  called  wayf  and  stray  within  those  manors,  villata,  hamlets,  lands 
and  fees.  So  that  if  any  of  their  men  or  tenants  for  any  offence  be 


302  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1468.  sentenced  for  life  or  member,  whether  in  the  King's  Court  or  any  other, 
AuS-  "•  the  Convent  might  take  their  goods  without  impediment  and  deodands 
and  treasure  aforesaid.  And  that  the  Convent  should  have  all  fines  for 
transgressions  and  other  offences,  and  all  amerciaments  and  redemptions 
of  their  men  and  tenants  within  the  said  manors,  &c.,  whether  expressly  or 
not  expressly  above  named,  or  parcel  thereof  from  old  time  existing,  and 
in  all  Courts  of  Chancery,  King's  Bench,  Justices  of  the  Peace,  or  before 
the  Seneschalls,  Marshals,  or  Clerk  of  the  Market  of  the  Royal  household, 
Justices  Itinerant,  for  Common  Pleas  or  Forest  Pleas,  and  all  his  Justices 
and  Officers,  for  fines  or  redemptions  pertaining  to  the  King.  And  not- 
withstanding all  statutes  and  ordinations  to  the  contrary.  And  moreover 
that  the  Prior  and  his  successors,  and  the  Convent,  and  as  well  in  the  presence 
as  in  the  absence  of  the  King,  and  his  successors,  might  have  in  perpetuity 
assises  of  bread,  wine,  and  beer,  and  other  victuals,  together  with  assises 
of  measure  and  weight  within  the  above-named  manors,  &c.,  as  of  old  time, 
and  the  punishment  of  transgressors,  and  the  punishment  and  correction 
and  amendment  of  deficient  weights  and  measures  when  necessary,  and 
have  all  the  profits  thence  arising.  And  moreover  that  they  and  their 
men  and  tenants  within  the  said  manors,  &c.,  be  free  from  money  relating 
to  murder  or  theft.  They  also  in  like  manner  to  be  free  of  pannage  for 
their  pigs,  and  for  pasture  of  their  horses,  and  have  pasture  for  all  animals 
and  pigs  depasturing  in  the  King's  forests.  And  moreover  that  their 
tenants  and  men  in  holdings  in  the  time  of  King  Richard  and  previously, 
be  not  placed  or  impanelled  (ponantur  nee  impanclleniur)  in  sworn  assises 
or  recognitions,  nor  compelled  to  give  verdicts,  nor  appear  in  sworn  assises 
and  recognitions  for  the  King's  need,  but  be  exonerated  and  acquitted 
from  all  outgoings,  amerciaments,  pains,  and  forfeitures  to  him.  And 
moreover  from  more  abundant  grace  the  King  granted  that  in  all  vacations 
of  the  Priory  the  Sub-prior  for  the  time  being  might  dispose  and  keep  all 
temporalia  of  things  and  possessions,  and  their  pervenients,  during  the 
vacancy,  and  apply  them  to  the  expenses  of  the  Priory  without  account 
to  the  King  on  payment  to  him,  his  eschaetors,  and  lieutenants  or  their 
officers.  The  above  to  have  full  value  notwithstanding  any  Statute,  Act, 
or  Ordination,  whether  in  restriction  or  to  the  contrary,  notwithstanding. 

Witnesses,  the  Venerable  Fathers,  Th.,  Cardinal  of  Canterbury,  Primate 
of  all  England,  and  G.  of  York,  Primate  of  England,  his  Cousins  and 
most  dear  Archbishops;  R.  Bath  and  Wells,  Chancellor  of  England  and 
Th.  of  Rochester,  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Seal,  his  most  dear  Bishops ;  his 
brothers  George  of  Clarence,  and  Richard  of  Gloucester;  his  very  dear 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1468-1485.  303 

1468.      Cousins,  Richard  Earl  of  Warwick  and  Salisbury,   High  Chamberlain  of 

Aug.  a.  England  ;  Henry  Earl  of  Essex,  Seneschall  of  Household  ;  and  his  beloved 
and  faithful  William  Hastynges,  of  Hastynges,  his  Chamberlain,  and 
Walter  Blount  de  Mountjoy,  Knights,  and  others.  Given  under  his  hand 
at  his  palace  of  Westminster,  August  2,  in  the  eighth  year  of  his 
reign '. 
147L  The  Bishop  granted  a  Licence  to  the  Prior,  John  Kyngeston,  S.T.P.,  to 

Sept.  17.  the  following  effect  :• — Sympathizing  with  his  old  age  (he  had  been  then 
twenty-nine  years  Prior),  and  desiring  to  forward  his  soul's  health,  granted 
him  freely,  by  the  tenor  of  these  presents,  special  faculty  and  licence  in 
the  Lord,  for  selecting  a  suitable  Chaplain,  secular  or  regular,  as  his 
Confessor,  as  often  as  need  be  for  confessing  sins :  and  to  the  Chaplain 
for  hearing  such  confession,  and  enjoining  penance,  and  granting  the 
benefit  of  absolution,  even  in  cases  by  law  specially  reserved  to  the 
Bishop.  Given  at  his  Manor  of  Waltham  (Hants),  under  his  Seal, 
September  17,  A.D.  1471,  and  of  his  consecration  the  twenty-fifth2. 
i486.  Dr.  John  Kingston,  the  twenty-seventh  Prior,  died  this  day  3,  evidently 

Jan.  a.  at  a  ripe  age,  as  the  Bishop  had  more  than  thirteen  years  previously 
granted  him  special  privileges  on  account  of  his  old  age  at  that  time. 

Jan.  8.          The  Congg  d'dire  was  obtained  \ 

Jan.  9.  Upon  receipt  of  the  Conge  d'elire,  dated  at  his  Palace  of  Westminster, 
the  Sub-prior  and  President,  together  with  the  Convent,  forwarded  letters 
to  the  Bishop,  making  known  to  him  that  in  the  year  of  the  Lord 
(according  to  the  computation  of  the  Anglican  Church)  1484,  the  third 
indiction,  and  in  the  first  year  of  the  Pontificate  of  the  most  holy  father 
and  lord  in  Christ,  Pope  Innocent  the  Eighth,  and  on  the  ninth  day  of 
January,  he,  William  Sandewiche,  the  Sub-prior ;  William  Balle,  precentor; 
John  Gisborne,  celerarius;  John  Birde,  circator5;  Robert  Doo,  sacristan; 
John  More;  William  London,  keeper  of  the  Chapel  of  B.  Mary;  Godfrid 
Westminster ;  Robert  Stone,  succentor  ;  Thomas  Balle,  sub-celerarius ; 
William  Eche,  refectorarius  ;  John  Salle,  John  Berde,  Andrew  Panelle, 
William  Russelle,  Henry  Yonge,  and  Clement  Saundersone,  canons : 

1  Confirmed  by  a  Rich.  Ill,  pt.  a,  No  9,  and  3  Hen.  VII,  and  by  5  Hen.  VIII,  in  which  it  is 
recited  very  fully.  Thomas  Bourchier  was  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  ;  George  Neville, 
Archbishop  of  York;  Robert  Stillington,  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells;  and  Thomas  Scot  (of 
Rotherham),  Bishop  of  Rochester. 

*  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  IVayneflete,  ii.  fo.  147.  v. — APPENDIX  CXLVI. 

*  Dugdale,  Monasticon.  *  Patent  Rolls,  a  Rich.  Ill,  p.  3,  m.  9. 

'  Some  of  the  examples  of  the  use  of  the  term  "  circator  "  quoted  by  Ducange,  seem  to  bear 
out  the  meaning  given  by  Walcott  (Catholic  Arrangement),  viz.  the  patrol  of  the  Cloister. 


304  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1485.  assembled  in  Chapter,  mindful  that  the  Priory  was  destitute  of  a  Prior 
Jan.  9.  and  pastor  by  reason  of  the  death  of  brother  John  Kingeston,  professor 
in  theology  (late  Prior),  and  that  the  most  excellent  and  dread  prince 
and  lord  in  Christ,  Richard,  by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  England  and 
France,  and  lord  of  Ireland,  of  the  said  Monastery  or  Priory  founder 
and  patron,  had  by  his  letters  patent '  granted  special  licence  to  elect  a 
future  Prior.  Lest  the  Priory  should  for  long  deplore  the  vacancy,  he  had 
appointed,  enacted,  and  assigned  the  said  fourteenth  day  of  January  then 
next  ensuing,  with  any  necessary  prorogations,  for  the  election  of  a  Prior, 
and  had  informed  by  writing  and  duly  cited  the  absent  Confraters,  viz. 
John  Richmond  and  William  Salinge,  then  Scholars  at  Oxford,  and 
Henry  London,  unable  from  age  and  debility  to  leave  the  infirmary. 
Jan.  13.  All  the  Canons  except  the  three  last  above  named  being  present  in 
Chapter,  unanimously  considering  the  absence  of  a  registrar  of  the 
preceding  Citation,  renewed  the  same,  there  being  present  Master  John 
Bevil,  clerk,  Notary  Public  ;  William  Lacy,  Bachelor  of  Laws  ;  and  John 
Clerk,  literate,  of  the  Diocese  of  Winchester,  witnesses  specially  called. 
Jan.  14.  On  this,  the  appointed  day,  the  Mass  of  the  Holy  Ghost  was  solemnly 
celebrated  at  the  High  Altar,  and  then  the  bell  rung  according  to  custom 
for  assembling  the  Chapter;  in  the  presence  of  Bevil,  Lacy,  and  Clerc, 
the  Prior  and  Canons  above  named,  assembled  and  formed  a  Chapter. 
John  Gisborne,  the  celerarius,  standing  before  them,  made  a  solemn 
speech  in  Latin,  of  which  the  theme  was  " Eligite  meliorem  de  filiis."  The 
speech  being  ended  there  was  sung  the  hymn  "  Veni  Creator  Spiritus" 
with  the  versicle  and  collect  following  as  usually  sung  in  this  case. 
Which  being  completed,  they  nominated  and  assumed  the  venerable  man, 
Master  Thomas  Coke,  Doctor  of  Laws,  as  Director,  and  the  said  Master 
John  Bevil,  Notary  Public,  as  actuary,  and  Baker  and  Lacy  as  Witnesses. 
Then  was  precognized  the  infirm  brother  Henry  London,  and  his  proxy 
exhibited  by  brother  William  Balle,  wherein  reciting  that  he  being  in 
quadam  parva  bassa  camera,  in  the  Infirmary,  and  from  age  and  infirmity 
unable  to  appear  in  Chapter,  in  the  presence  of  a  Notary  and  Witnesses 
appointed  the  discreet  man,  Sir  William  Balle,  his  confrater,  to  be*  his 
true  and  lawful  Proctor,  to  act  and  vote  in  his  behalf  in  the  election  of 
a  new  Prior ;  which  proxy  was  duly  attested  by  John  Bevil,  clerk,  of 
London,  Notary  Public  by  apostolic  authority,  and  witnessed  by  John 
Clerk,  literate,  of  the  Diocese  of  Winchester.  Forthwith  the  Sub-prior 

1  Patent  Rolls,  a  Rich.  Ill  (Harleiaii  MS.  433,  fo.  aoo ;  Cole  MS.  26,  fo.  239). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1485.  305 

1486.  made  the  usual  protestations,  and  directed  any  persons  present  not 
Jan.  14.  entitled  to  vote,  to  leave  the  Chapter.  Then  was  read  the  Royal  licence 
by  Letters  Patent,  which  appear  on  the  Patent  Roll,  2  Richard  III,  p.  3, 
m.  9  (17),  dated  at  Westminster,  January  8,  in  his  second  year:  and  Dr. 
Coke  read  the  Constitution  of  General  Council,  "  Quia  propter,"  and 
declared  the  legal  forms  of  election  contained  in  the  said  Constitution. 
Which  being  read  and  declared,  the  Sub-prior  and  all  the  other  canons, 
except  John  Gisborn,  remaining  in  Chapter,  at  once,  without  any  delay 
and  none  dissenting,  the  Grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit  inspiring  (as  they 
firmly  believed),  with  one  consent,  with  one  voice,  and  as  it  appeared 
with  one  mind,  they  elected  the  said  John  Gisborne  to  be  Prior.  And 
forthwith  they  caused  the  election  to  be  noted  by  brother  William  Balle 
in  a  public  instrument,  and  thereby  authorized  Thomas  Coke,  the  said 
Director,  to  publish  it  openly  clcro  et  populo  ;  and  all  devoutly  said  the 
Psalms,  "Deus  misereatur,"  "  Beati onines,"  and  " Eccc  quam  bonum\"  while 
leading  the  said  John  Gisborne  to,  and  in  the  Conventual  Church  and 
to  the  High  Altar,  and  solemnly  chanted  in  the  usual  manner  the  Psalm 
"  Te  Deum  laudamus,"  with  a  prayer  following,  chanted  as  accustomed 
in  this  case ;  then  Thomas  Coke,  standing  with  the  elect  before  the 
altar,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  Notary  and  Witnesses,  and  a  great 
number  of  clerks  and  people  there  congregated,  in  a  loud  and  distinct 
voice  published  the  election  ;  subsequently  the  Sub-prior  and  electors 
all  returned  to  the  Chapter  House,  and  there  in  chapter  nominated  and 
constituted  William  Balle  and  Robert  Doo  to  be  their  Proctors,  to  notify 
the  election  to  the  Bishop  and  perform  all  necessary  acts  for  its  con- 
firmation. Which  power  they  accepted,  and  about  noon  on  the  said 
fourteenth  day  of  January  they  came  to  the  elect  John  Gisborne,  in  a  certain 
upper  chamber  situated  near  the  dormitory,  which  he  as  cellarer  had  long 
occupied,  and  as  such  Proctors  announced  the  election  to  him  and  asked 
his  consent.  He  answered  that  he  wished  for  time  for  consideration 
before  giving  an  answer.  They  retired,  and  returned  about  3  o'clock 
to  him  in  a  certain  lower  chamber,  being  the  refectory  (pro  communi 
solatia  sive  refectione  canonicorunf),  and  again  asking  him,  with  no  little 
urgence,  and  in  the  presence  of  the  Notary  and  Witnesses,  and  at  length 
he  consented  in  a  formal  instrument,  wherein  he  set  forth  that  he  was 
unwilling  further  to  resist  the  Divine  Will,  and  at  the  urgent  request 
of  the  Chapter  and  their  Proctors,  and  for  the  honour  of  God  and  the 

'  Psalmis  66,  127,  132,  (67,  128,  133  of  the  English  version). 
X      • 


306  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1485.      Blessed  Mary  His  Virgin   Mother,  the  patron   of  the  Monastery,  gave 

Jan.  14.     his  consent  to  the  election. 

These  proceedings  being  thus  set  forth  and  done,  were  represented  to 
the  Bishop,  humbly  praying  his  reverend  paternity  that  the  same  might 
avail,  and  that  he  would  confirm  the  election ;  and  noting  that  this  account 
of  the  proceedings  was  drawn  up  by  the  Notary,  and  certified  under  their 
common  seal,  followed  by  the  Notarial  attestation ]. 

Jan.  16.  The  Royal  assent  was  given  to  the  election  by  Letters  dated  at  Windsor 
Castle,  commanding  Letters  from  the  Chancery  of  England  private  sigillo 
(signet2). 

Jan.  18.  The  King  granted  Letters  Patent,  giving  his  assent  to  the  election. 
Dated  at  Westminster,  January  18,  in  the  second  year  of  his  reign  3. 

Jan.  21.  The  Proctors  exhibited  and  delivered  these  instruments  into  the 
Bishop's  hands  on  January  21,  and  on  the  Saturday  following  he  issued 
a  Decree  addressed  to  Sir  Robert  Moseley,  clerk,  and  Robert  Heth, 
literate,  to  cite  all  persons  in  general  desiring  to  oppose  the  Confirmation, 
to  appear  before  him  or  his  Commissary  or  his  Commissaries,  in  the 
great  Chapel  of  Blessed  Mary  the  Virgin,  within  the  Church  of  the 
Monastery,  on  the  first  day  of  February  following.  Dated  at  Waltham 
(Hampshire),  under  his  seal,  January  21,  A.D.  1484,  and  of  his  con- 
secration the  thirty-eighth  1. 

Jan.  29.  The  Bishop  granted  a  Commission  to  Master  David  Husband  and 
Master  Michael  Cliffe,  sacrorum  canonum  profcssores'\  to  hear,  investigate, 
and  decide  upon  the  election.  Dated  at  Esshere". 

Feb.  r.  On  the  arrival  of  the  appointed  day,  before  Master  David  Husband, 
Professor  of  Canon  Law,  sitting  as  Commissary  in  the  said  Chapel, 
the  Decree  was  read,  and  evidence  given  of  its  service,  and  opposers 
called  in  the  usual  manner.  The  Proctors  exhibited  certain  Articles  in 
writing,  setting  forth  the  proceedings  relating  to  the  election  as  above 
detailed ;  adding  that  the  monastery  was  vacant  by  the  natural  death 
of  Master  John  Kingston,  of  good  memory,  the  last  Prior  who  died  on 
the  second  of  January  preceding,  and  so  remained  vacant ;  that  after 
his  burial,  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent  had  on  January  9  proceeded  publicly 
and  openly  with  the  election. 

Certain   Witnesses   having   been  produced,  sworn,  and  examined,  the 

1   Winchester  Dior.  Register,  Wayneflete,  ii.  fo.  96.  v.  to  101.  v. 

a  Writ,  January  16,  a  Rich.  Ill  (Harl.  MSS.  433,  fo.  201 ;  and  Cole  MSS.  26,  fo.  240). 

3  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wayneflete,  ii.  fo.  IDS.  v. 

'  Ibid.  fo.  100.  v.  5  Doctors  of  Canon  Law. 

•  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wayneflete,  ii.  fo.  101.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  J     1485-1491.  307 

1485.      Proctors  prayed  Confirmation  of  the  election,  and  Master  David  Husband 

Feb.  i.  proceeded  to  decree  the  same  in  the  names  of  himself  and  Michael  Clyff, 
Professor  of  Canon  Law,  as  Commissaries  of  the  Bishop,  confirming  the 
election,  and  admitted  him  to  the  office,  and  received  his  Oath  of 
Canonical  obedience  to  the  Bishop.  They  also  issued  the  several  letters 
requisite,  viz.  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  or  his  Official,  to  induct 
and  install ;  to  the  Elect,  letters  testifying  his  election  and  confirmation  ; 
to  the  Convent,  commanding  obedience  to  the  Elect ;  and  to  the  King  for 
the  restitution  of  the  temporalities !.  All  dated  at  Esshere,  on  the  first  of 
February,  except  the  latter,  which  was  dated  on  the  second  2. 

Feb.  2.  The  King  addressed  letters  under  his  signeto,  dated  at  Windsor  Castle, 
commanding  the  Chancery  to  put  the  new  Prior  in  possession  of  the 
temporalia3. 

Feb.  7.  The  King's  mandates  were  addressed  to  his  Eschaetors  of  Surrey  and 
Sussex  for  that  purpose,  and  the  like  to  the  Eschaetors  for  Bedfordshire 
and  Buckinghamshire,  and  Kent  and  Middlesex  :  and  for  obedience, 
on  same  date*. 

July  27.  A  Charter  was  granted  by  King  Richard  III,  reciting  the  Charter 
of  8  Edward  IV,  and  its  lengthy  recitals  of  previous  Charters  and  their 
confirmation ;  and  confirming  same.  By  the  King  at  Westminster, 
July  27.  The  cost  of  this  Grant  was  £20  paid  into  the  Hanaperr>. 

This  Charter  is  recited  and  confirmed  by  those  of  3  Henry  VII   and 
5  Henry  VII. 

1488.          King  Henry  VII  granted  a  Charter  of  Confirmation,  reciting  the  Con- 

Feb.  6.  firmation  of  2  Richard  III  (July  27,  1485),  and  its  contents  and  Charter 
20  Henry  VI  (October  20,  1442),  as  to  rights  of  Sub-prior  during  time 
of  vacancy ;  approves  and  confirms  same.  By  the  King  at  Westminster, 
February  6. 

The  cost  of  obtaining  this  confirmation  was   20  marcs  paid    into  the 
Hanaper 6. 

The  Charter  is  confirmed  by  that  of  5  Henry  VIII. 

1401.          The  Prior  and  Convent  granted  to  William  Morton  of  London,  Mercer, 
June  18.    a  Lease  of  premises  in  Whitegowchestrete 7,  in  the  lordship  of  Finsbury 

1  One  would  hardly  have  assumed  that  this  last  would  have  been  necessary  after  the  Charter 
of  20  Hen.  VI  (1422%  confirmed  by  the  Charter  of  Edward  IV,  1468,  which  authorized  the 
Sub-prior  in  time  of  vacancy  to  dispose  and  keep  all  temporaliaj  &c. 

2  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wayneflete,  it  fo.  101.  v.  to  fo.  102.  v. 

3  Harlcian  MS.  433,  fo.  204.  v.  *  Patent  Rolls,  a  Rich.  Ill,  p.  2,  m.  6. 
5  Ibid,  a  Rich.  Ill,  pt.  a,  No.  9.  «  Ibid.  3  Hen.  VII,  pt.  3,  No.  15. 

7  Whitecrouchestrete,  Whitecross  Street,  Cripplegate. 

X  2 


308  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1401.      and   parish   of  St.    Giles,    Cripplegate.       It   appears   by   a    Lease   dated 

June  18.    June  8,    1502,   in  which   this    Lease  is  mentioned,   that   the    House   had 
re-entered     into    possession     in    consequence    of    non-fulfilment    of   the 
covenants  of  this  Lease1. 
1492.          Amongst  the  procurations  of  the  Religious  Houses  in  the  Archdeaconry 

Sept.  22.  of  Surrey,  received  by  the  Guardian  of  the  Spiritualities,  and  due  to  the 
Archbishop  during  the  vacancy  of  the  See  of  Winchester,  was  from  the 
House  of  Merton,  405. 2 

Nov.  8.  John  (MortonN,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  Primate  of  all  England, 
Legate  of  the  Apostolic  See  (afterwards  Cardinal),  to  whom  all  kinds  of 
Jurisdiction,  Spiritual  and  Ecclesiastical,  pertaining  to  the  Episcopal 
See  of  Winchester,  now  vacant ;  gave  Notice  to  the  Prior  of  Merton, 
to  the  effect  that  he  proposed  to  make  a  Canonical  Visitation  of  the 
House,  and  cited  him,  all  and  singular  the  Concanons  and  Confraters, 
to  appear  before  him,  or  his  Commissary,  in  their  Chapter  House,  on 
the  sixteenth  day  of  the  current  month  of  November,  with  continuation  and 
prorogation  (justice  so  requiring)  at  his  Visitation,  and  to  show  the  state 
of  the  House,  and  as  according  to  their  Register ;  as  well  as  to  pay 
the  due  procuration  thereon  ;  and  further  to  do  and  receive  as  required, 
according  to  the  effect  of  the  Visitation.  He  ordered  that  nothing  should 
be  done  or  attempted  to  the  prejudice  of  the  said  Visitation.  Further, 
for  the  Prior  to  certify  him,  on  his  Commissary,  what  was  done  in  the 
premises,  under  the  common  seal  of  the  House.  Dated  at  his  Manor 
of  Lamebith  (Lambeth),  November  28,  A.  D.  1492,  and  of  his  translation 
the  sixth ''. 

Nov.  15.  The  Certificate  of  the  Prior,  given  in  accordance  with  the  requirement 
contained  in  the  Citation,  addressed  the  most  Reverend  father  and  lord 
in  Christ,  Lord  John,  by  the  Grace  of  God  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
Primate  of  all  England,  and  Legate  of  the  Holy  See ;  with  all  due 
obedience,  reverence,  and  honour.  He  acknowledged  the  receipt  of 
the  recited  notice ;  and  certified  that  he  had  duly  warned  and  cited  the 
Concanons  and  Confraters,  according  to  its  contents,  to  appear,  with 
himself,  before  the  Archbishop,  or  his  Commissary,  at  the  said  Visitation, 
and  to  do  and  receive  according  to  Law,  and  he  furnished  a  schedule 
of  the  names  of  those  cited.  And  thus  he  had  executed  the  mandate  so 

1   Lease  dated  June  8,  1503,  in  possession  of  the  author. 
*  Archbishop's  Register,  Morton,  fo.  87. 

3  The  date  is  evidently  a  clerical  error  by  the  copyist  of  the  Act  in  the  Register,  by  inserting 
"xx  "  as  the  day  of  the  month,  making  it  the  a8th  instead  of  November  8. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1491-1492. 


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1492.      far  as  in  him  lay.     In  Witness  whereof  the  common  seal,  "ad  Causas," 
Nov.  15.    of  the  Priory  was  appended.     Given  at  the  Priory,  November  15,  1492'. 

Following  are  the  names  of  the  Concanons  and  Confraters,  of  whom 
it  may  be  noted  that  to  all  but  the  two  last  he  prefixes  the  honourable 
title  of  dominus. 

Names  of  the  Prior  and  Confraters. 


Sir  John  Gisbourne,  Prior. 
Sir  William  Sandwiche,  Sub- 
prior. 

Sir  William  Ball. 
Sir  John  Byrde. 
Sir  Robert  Doo. 
Sir  John  Moore. 
Sir  John  Richemonde. 
Sir  John  Berde. 
Sir  William  London. 
Sir  Godfrey  Westminster. 
Sir  Robert  Stone. 
Sir  Thomas  Bell. 


Sir  William  Iche. 
Sir  John  Salt. 
Sir  William  Salyng. 
Sir  Andrew  Panell. 
Sir  William  Russell. 
Sir  John  Mershall. 
Sir  William  Daurford. 
Sir  Clement  Saunderson. 
Sir  John  Labornc. 
Sir  James  Newlond. 
Sir  Arnold  Bynchester. 
Brother  Robert  Sturgeon. 
Brother  Walter  Burton. 


Nov.  16.  In  accordance  with  Citation,  the  Visitation  was  solemnly  held  on 
November  16,  1492,  the  eleventh  Indiction,  the  first  of  the  Pontificate 
of  the  Most  Holy  in  Christ,  father  and  lord,  Alexander  VI,  by  Divine 
Providence,  Pope.  The  venerable  man  Thomas  Cooke,  Doctor  of  Laws, 
Chancellor  and  Auditor  of  the  Chamber  and  business  of  the  Most 
Reverend  father  and  lord  in  Christ :  sitting  in  the  Chapter  House  of 
Merton,  as  his  tribunal,  and  assuming  to  himself  the  burthen  of  the  above- 
written  Commission ;  William  Potkyn,  by  Apostolic  Authority  Notary 
Public,  then  and  there  present ;  and  decreed  to  proceed  according  to  the 
manner  and  form  of  the  same. 

Which  done,  the  Certificate  of  the  Prior,  as  before  mentioned,  was 
laid  before  the  said  Thomas  Cooke,  which  being  read,  personally  appeared 
Sir  John,  Prior  of  the  House,  who  sufficiently  proved  his  title  and  the 
state  of  the  House  and  as  accustomed.  Each  of  the  Canons  and  Con- 
fraters appeared  and  swore  canonical  obedience,  &c.  All  which  being 
transacted,  the  said  Mr.  Thomas  Cooke  made  his  thorough  visitation  of  the 
House,  according  as  directed  by  the  tenor  and  effect  of  the  Commission ". 


1  Archiepiscopal  Register,  Morion,  80.  v. 


1  Ibid.  fo.  81.  v. 


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RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 


1495.          ii  Henry  VII.     Confirmation  reciting  Letters  Patent  of  Confirmation 
Oct.  ao.     Of  Edward    III,  which   recite   and    confirm   that  part   of  the  Charter  of 
36  Henry  III,  which  grants  the  fishery  of  Brentford,  grants  and  confirms 
same.     By  the  King  at  Westminster,  October  20. 

For  this  Confirmation,  which  is  entered  on  the  Patent  Roll,  305.  was 
paid  into  the  Hanaper1. 

1497.  Thomas  Elyngbrigge,  of  Carshalton,  Surrey,  J.P.,  by  his  Will  of  this 
May  '7-    date  bequeathed  £100  to  his  daughter  Margaret,  but  if  she  should  marry 

or  die  in  the  lifetime  of  Testator,  then  one  half  of  the  sum  to  the  "  Hous  of 
Martyne  Abbey,"  and  the  other  half  to  his  sister  Johanne  Burton. 
The  Will  was  proved  October  23,  1498  *. 

1498.  The    Bishop   on    this   day,    at    Merton,  granted    Letters    Dimissory   to 
Nov.  24.    Brothers  Thomas  Gunchestrc,  John  Wynbourne,  William  Smyth,  Richard 

Aylond,  and  Richard  Merche,  Canons  of  the  Priory3. 
1500.          A    Charter   of  Inspeximus   and  Confirmation  was  given    to  the   Prior 

Jan.  24.     ancj  Convent,  of  the  Letters  Patent,  June  26,   1291  (19  Edward  I),  per- 
mitting them  to   enclose   their   wood  of  Kyngeswode,    in    the   parish   of 
Ewelle,  with  hedge  and  ditch.     Dated  January  24  4. 
1502.          The  Prior,  John  Gysburne,  Bachelor  of  Laws,  the  twenty-eighth  in  the 

March  7.  order  of  succession,  died  within  the  precincts  of  the  House,  and  was  buried, 
as  fitting,  within  the  said  precincts. 

March  13.  The  King  issued  Letters  Patent  under  the  Great  Seal,  granting  licence 
to  the  Priory  to  proceed  to  the  election  of  a  new  Prior.  Dated  at  West- 
minster, March  13,  of  his  reign  the  seventeenth5. 

March  14.  On  the  fourteenth  day  of  March,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1501,  of  the 
Indiction  the  fifth,  and  the  tenth  year  of  the  pontificate  of  the  most  holy 
father  in  Christ,  and  lord,  Alexander,  by  Divine  Providence  Pope,  and 
the  sixth  of  that  name  ° ;  a  Chapter  was  held  for  consideration  of  the  losses 
and  dangers  (as  well  as  in  spiritual  as  in  temporal  things),  of  lengthened 

1  Patent  Rolls,  n  Hen.  VII,  pt.  2. 

2  Prerog.    Court    of  Canterbury,    15    Hortw.     He    and   his   wife    Elizabeth,    daughter   of 
Nicholas  Gaynesford,   Esq.,   for   the   body  of  Edward   IV  and  Henry  VII,  were  buried  at 
Carshalton,  according  to  his  directions  ;  and  are  commemorated  by  a  brass,  evidently  put  up 
in  his  lifetime,  on  which  the  date  of  his  decease  is  left  blank ;  effigies  were  stolen  about  fifty 
years  ago.     His  son  and  heir,  Thomas  Elinerugge,  other  Elyngbrigge,  who  died  March  27, 
1507,  was  (with  Johanna  his  wife)  buried  at  Merstham. 

3  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Langton,  fo.  75. 

4  Patent  Roll,  15  Hen.  VII,  p.  i,  m.  13. 

5  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  i.  fo.  17.  v. 

'  Bearing  in  mind  that  the  events  occurred  before  March  25,  1501-2,  and  the  practice 
adopted  in  this  work  of  putting  the  dates  in  such  case  as  though  the  year  was  then  reckoned 
from  January  i  (instead  of  March  25  ,  the  several  dates  given  above  will  be  found  to  coincide. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1495-1502.  311 

1502.  vacation  of  the  Priory  after  the  natural  death  of  Master  John  Gysburne, 
March  14.  Bachelor  of  Laws,  of  good  memory,  the  last  Prior,  whose  days  it  had 
pleased  God  to  end  on  the  seventh  day  of  the  said  month  of  March,  within 
the  precincts  of  the  House,  and  whose  body  was,  as  fitting,  buried  within 
the  precincts  of  the  Priory  ;  there  being  present  William  Sandwyche,  Sub- 
prior  and  President ;  Robert  Doo,  magistcr  ordinis,  precentor,  infirmarius 
and  elemosinarius ;  John  More;  Godefrid  Westmynster,  succentor ;  John 
Bardy1,  refectorarius,  and  Master  of  the  Novices;  William  Salynge,  Bachelor 
in  Theology,  sectator  and  hostillarius  ;  Andrew  Panelle  ;  William  Russell, 
Sacristan ;  John  Marshall ;  William  Derneford ;  Robert  Sturgeon ; 
Walter  Burton;  John  Labrum,  coquinarius,  and  sub-cclerarius ;  Arnold 
Bynchester,  custos  of  the  chapel  of  Blessed  Mary ;  Thomas  Gunchester, 
deacon ;  John  Wynborne,  deacon ;  William  Smyth ;  Richard  Eland, 
deacon  ;  Richard  Marshe,  deacon;  John  Huntyngdon,  exorcist;  William 
Dunstyw,  acolyte;  and  Thomas  Wandesworth ;  confraters  professed  in  the 
said  House.  The  Chapter  appointed  the  morning  of  the  next  day  but  one, 
being  the  sixteenth  of  the  same  month,  with  subsequent  prorogations,  for 
a  meeting  in  the  Chapter  House,  at  the  capitular  hour,  as  well  of  those  then 
present  as  of  all  others  then  absent,  and  decreed  all  interested  therein  to  be 
cited  to  attend  for  the  purpose  of  proceeding  with  the  election  according  to 
the  manner  and  custom  of  the  said  House,  as  used  and  observed  ab  antiqiio, 
and  directed  that  service  of  such  citation  should  be  performed  by  publication 
in  the  choir,  and  by  affixing  the  mandate  to  the  door  of  the  Chapter  House  ; 
and  specially  deputed  Sir  William  Cartar,  chaplain,  to  execute  the  same  ; 
which  he,  being  present,  undertook2. 

The  Citation  to  attend  on  Wednesday,  March  16,  was  thereupon  issued  '. 
March  16.       On  the  appointed  day,  the  Mass  of  the   Holy  Ghost  was,  according  to 
custom,  solemnly  celebrated  at  the  High  Altar  ;  after  which  they  proceeded 
to  the  Chapter  House  and  formed  a  Chapter. 

Then,  the  Word  of  God  being  publicly  set  forth  by  the  said  William 
Salynge,  Bachelor  in  Theology,  and  the  Grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit  invoked, 
the  hymn  "  Veni  Creator  Spirilus,"  was  solemnly  sung.  Which  being  done, 
the  said  William  Cartar  appeared  personally  and  certified  the  due  service  by 
him  of  the  mandate.  After  which  there  was  read  certain  schedules,  in  which 
were  contained  the  names  and  surnames  of  all  the  confraters  of  the  House 
then  present  (above  named),  who  were  the  only  persons  interested  in  the 
election.  Then  were  read  the  King's  Letters  Patent  under  the  Great  Seal, 

1  His  name  is  afterwards  written  Berd,  Berde,  and  Brend. 

2  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  i.  fo.  17.  3  Ibid.  fo.  17.  a. 


312  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1502.  granting  leave  to  proceed  with  the  election.  Next,  at  the  door  of  the 
March  16.  Chapter  House,  was  made  by  the  said  William  Cartar,  in  the  presence  of 
a  Notary  and  Witnesses,  the  precognization  and  premunition  of  a"bsent 
persons,  and  they  were  pronounced  contumacious ;  and  the  Sub-prior  made 
the  usual  monition  and  protestation.  All  who  had  a  right  and  voice  for 
the  election  being  present,  except  John  Huntynton,  exorcist,  William 
Donstyw,  acolyte,  and  Thos.  Wandesworth,  confraters  of  the  House ;  and 
the  reverend  father  Edward,  Bishop  of  Callipolis,  the  venerable  men 
Nicholas  West  and  John  Batemanson,  Doctors  of  Laws,  Advocates  in  the 
Court  of  Canterbury,  and  Robert  Stubbe,  Notary  Public,  and  John  Skynner, 
a  literate ;  West  being  nominated  to  direct  the  election,  and  Stubbe  as 
Notary  to  record  the  acta,  and  the  Bishop,  Batmanson,  and  Skynner,  being 
requested  to  be  Witnesses ;  it  was  protested  that  their  presence  should 
not  affect  the  validity  of  the  election. 

Then  the  mandate  of  the  Chapter  was  read  by  West,  and  all  persons 
entitled  to  vote  being,  with  the  exception  of  William  Salynge,  present  and 
silent,  immediately  and  unanimously  and  without  instigation  of  any  man, 
nominated  and  elected  to  be  Prior  and  pastor  of  the  House  the  said 
William  Salynge,  a  confrater  professed  of  the  Order,  a  priest,  of  lawful 
age,  a  freeman  and  born  of  lawful  wedlock,  chaste,  circumspect,  and  discreet, 
being  commended  by  knowledge  of  letters,  and  manners,  and  especially 
circumspect  in  spiritual  and  also  temporal  knowledge,  and  serviceable  to 
defend  the  rights  of  the  House. 

The  Sub-prior  and  Confraters  granted  a  Commission  to  William  Doo,  on 
their  behalf,  to  make  the  nomination,  which  he  forthwith  solemnly  did  ;  and 
next  was  committed  to  West  the  duty  of  publishing  abroad,  to  clerks  and 
people,  the  election.  Then  the  psalm  or  hymn,  "  Te  Deum  laudamus,"  being 
solemnly  sung,  the  Elect  was  led  to  the  High  Altar,  and  there  caused  to 
prostrate  himself  according  to  custom.  The  said  hymn  being  sung,  and 
the  accustomed  prayer  said  by  the  Sub-prior  for  the  Elect,  Master  West 
published  in  full  the  election  before  a  great  multitude  of  clerks  and 
people. 

All  the  Chapter,  except  the  Elect,  returned  to  the  Chapter  House,  and 
appointed  Robert  Doo  and  John  Berd  to  obtain  the  consent  of  the  Elect, 
and  do  all  things  necessary  to  obtain  the  confirmation  of  the  election. 
They,  at  once  accepting  the  appointment,  went,  accompanied  by  the  Notary 
and  Witnesses,  to  the  said  William  Salynge  in  vestibulo  of  the  House,  and 
intimated  to  him  the  election,  urgently  asking  his  consent.  To  which  he 
alleging  himself  to  be  unfit,  and  asking  them  to  elect  some  other  to  the 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :      1502.  313 

1502.  Priory,  at  length  answered  that  he  had  not  anticipated  the  requirement  of 
March  16.  an  immediate  answer,  and  wished  for  time  for  deliberation  ;  whereupon  the 
proctors  returned  to  the  Chapter.  Then  the  Sub-prior  and  all  the  Chapter 
(the  Elect  only  excepted)  unanimously  postponed  the  proceeding.  Subse- 
quently, in  the  afternoon  of  the  same  day,  the  proctors  went  to  the  Elect, 
in  a  chamber  in  a  dwelling  of  the  Sub-prior,  and  there  again,  urgently, 
more  urgently,  and  most  urgently,  asked  his  consent.  The  said  William 
Salynge  being  unwilling,  as  he  stated,  further  to  resist  the  Divine  will, 
gave  his  consent  by  a  formal  Instrument,  which  the  proctors,  notary,  and 
witnesses  thereupon  went  and  certified  to  the  Chapter  '. 

The  Sub-prior  and  Convent  then  set  forth  the  whole  proceedings  in 
a  Decree  addressed  to  the  Bishop,  praying  him  to  confirm  the  election  ; 
this  is  attested  by  Robert  Stubbe,  clerk,  of  the  Diocese  of  Norwich,  Notary 
Public. 

March  17.  Which  Decree  being  presented  to,  and  accepted  by,  the  Bishop,  he- 
ordered  the  issue  of  a  Citation,  addressed  to  his  beloved  in  Christ,  William 
Cartar,  chaplain,  setting  forth  the  facts ;  and  citing,  in  usual  form,  all 
opponents  to  appear  in  the  Conventual  Church  before  the  Bishop,  his 
Chancellor,  or  special  Commissary,  on  Saturday,  March  19,  Given  under 
his  Seal,  in  his  Manor  by  Southwerk,  March  17,  A.  D.  1501,  and  of  his 
translation  the  first 2. 

March  19.  The  King  granted  Letters  Patent,  containing  his  Royal  assent  to  the 
election  of  William  Salynge.  Given  at  Westminster,  March  19,  in  his 
seventeenth  year 3. 

On  the  appointed  day  appeared  Robert  Doo  and  John  Berde  (together 
with  the  Elect),  in  the  Conventual  Church,  before  the  venerable  man 
Master  Nicholas  West,  Doctor  of  Laws,  and  Vicar  General  in  Spirituals 
and  Commissary  of  the  Bishop;  present  Robert  Stubbe,  Notary  Public  and 
Bishop's  Registrar,  and  there  exhibited  their  proxy  and  the  King's  Letters 
Patent  containing  the  Royal  assent ;  which  with  the  Bishop's  mandate  being 
publicly  read,  personally  appeared  Robert  Cartar,  and  certified  the  publica- 
tion of  the  Citation,  dated  the  fourteenth  instant,  on  the  Church  doors. 
Then  the  Proctors  of  the  Chapter  exhibited  the  said  mandate  and  certificate, 
and  gave  in  Articles  or  Libel,  which  at  their  petition  was  admitted  by  the 
Vicar  General,  and  there  were  produced  as  Witnesses  thereon,  Robert 
Lewson,  Richard  Elyngworth,  John  Skynner,  gentlemen,  and  William 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  i.  fo.  17.  v.  to  fo.  19. 

5  Patent  Rolls,  17  Hen.  VII.  p.  i,  ID.  i ;  and  see  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  \.  fo.  19. 

3  Ibid. 


314  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1502.      Payforer,  who  were  duly  admitted  and  sworn  as  such.     Publication  of  their 
March  19.  evidence  was  decreed  at  petition  of  the  Proctors. 

The  Articles  were  eight  in  number,  pleading :  I.  The  vacancy  of  the 
Priory;  II.  The  names  of  the  Canons  present  at  the  election  and  having 
votes;  III.  The  King's  licence  to  elect,  and  the  election  "per  viam  sancti 
spiritus"  ;  IV.  The  publication  of  the  election  and  subsequent  consent  of 
the  elect ;  V.  That  William  Salynge  was  lawfully  begotten,  professed 
of  the  Order,  of  lawful  age,  and  in  priest's  orders;  VI.  That  he  was 
a  man  of  good  fame,  eminently  skilled,  a  graduate,  viz.  a  Bachelor  in 
Sacred  Theology,  circumspect  and  discreet,  of  honest  manners  and  con- 
versation, and  distinguished  by  many  other  merits  and  deeds;  VII.  That 
the  Elect  was  and  is  a  man  particularly  circumspect  in  Spiritual  and  tem- 
poral things,  and  most  useful  and  necessary  to  the  Priory;  VIII.  That  the 
facts  mentioned  in  the  preceding  Articles  were  true,  public,  and  notorious ; 
and  praying  confirmation  of  the  election  and  installation  of  the  Elect. 

The  other  Acts  and  documents  being  exhibited  and  considered,  and 
found  correct  and  conformable  to  Law,  the  Vicar  General  gave  sentence 
of  Confirmation.  And  then  the  Oath  of  Canonical  obedience  to  the  Bishop 
and  his  successors  being  taken  by  the  Elect,  the  Vicar  General  decreed  to 
him  the  actual  and  corporal  possession  of  the  Priory  with  its  rights  and 
pertinents,  and  the  induction  and  installation  as  usual  by  Law  and  custom, 
and  then  and  there  inducted  and  installed  him  '. 

Concerning  which  Confirmation  he  gave  Letters  to  the  said  William 
Salynge,  and  others  to  the  King,  praying  the  restitution  of  the  temporali- 
ties ;  both  dated  at  the  above  time  and  place  2. 

June  8.  William,  prior,  and  Convent,  granted  a  Lease  to  John  Gyles  of  London, 
gentleman,  and  Anne  Baddeley,  widow,  of  the  tenements  and  gardens 
with  "  Mudwalles  *  "  and  their  appurtenances  in  Whitegowchestrete  (White- 
cross  Street),  in  the  lordship  of  Fynesbury  and  parish  of  St.  Giles  without 
Crepulgate  of  London  ;  that  is,  between  the  King's  highway  of  White- 
gowchestrete on  the  East,  and  the  garden  late  of  William  Esterly,  gentleman, 
and  the  garden  late  of  William  Inben,  and  the  garden  late  of  Edmound 
Mountford,  Knight,  on  the  West ;  the  grounds  of  the  lordship  of  Fins- 
bury  on  the  North;  and  the  ground  late  of  Richard  Frend  on  the 
South ;  which  tenements  and  gardens  contained  on  the  East  side  from 
North  to  South  16  perches  and  7!  feet  of  assize ;  on  the  West  from 
North  to  South  13  perches  and  4  feet;  and  the  said  tenements  and 

'   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  i.  fo.  19.  v.  to  20.  v.  *  Ibid.  fo.  ao.  v.  to  ai. 

3  Presumably  Pise,  or  Cob-walls. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1502-1504.  315 

1502.  gardens   contained   in   breadth   on   the    North    side    from    East  to  West 
June  8.     10  perches  and  4  feet ;   and  on  the  South,  from  East  to  West,  7  perches 

3  feet :  and  which  William  Morton  of  London,  Mercer,  long  occupied 
of  the  Lease  of  the  Prior  and  Convent,  but  had  not  fulfilled  the 
obligations  of  his  lease  dated  June  18,  6  Henry  VII,  in  consequence  of 
which  the  Prior  had  re-entered.  To  hold  to  the  said  John  and  Anne  and 
to  the  executors  and  assignees  of  John  from  the  feast  of  the  Nativity  of 
St.  John  Baptist  next,  for  eighty-one  years,  at  a  rent  of  265.  8^.  by  half- 
yearly  payments;  they  undertaking  to  repair,  sustain,  ffynysh,  garnysh, 
and  maintain  the  tenement  now  or  to  be  after  built  at  pleasure  of  John 
his  executors  and  assigns ;  and  at  end  of  such  term  leave  same  in  repair : 
and  pay  all  charges  on  the  premises  whatsoever,  and  indemnify  the 
Convent  against  same.  In  default  of  payment  at  appointed  times,  power 
of  entry,  distraint,  and  distress,  and  for  payment  and  reimbursement  to 
themselves ;  and  in  case  of  any  rescue  by  force  of  violence,  or  of  sufficient 
distress  not  being  found  on  the  premises  ;  or  if  any  of  the  above  covenants 
be  not  observed,  the  power  of  re-entry,  with  removal  of  John  and  Anne, 
and  their  representatives,  notwithstanding  the  present  Lease. 

Sealed  by  the  Prior  and  Convent  with  their  Common  Seal,  and  the  said 
John  and  Anne  with  their  seals.  Given  in  the  Chapitre  lions  on  the  8th  Juyn 
mcccccij.,  and  the  seventeenth  of  King  Henry  VII.  The  seal  of  John 
is  a  small  circular  one  in  red  wax,  the  device  apparently  being  a  winged 
lion  :  that  of  Anne  is  now  wanting1. 

1503.  The    Prior   (William   Salyng),  who  was   a   Canon    of   the    House   and 
a  scholar  at  Oxford  on  January  9,  1485,  when  his  predecessor  was  elected 
to  the  Priorate,  was,  at  the  time  of  his  election,  in  Priest's  Orders,  and 
a  Bachelor  in  Divinity,  was  admitted  to  the  rank  of  S.T.P.  at  Oxford  in 
the  year  following  his  election-';  Doctor  in  Divinity  at  Oxford  in  1504;  and 
ad  eundem  at  Cambridge  in  1506  :i. 

c.  1504.  John  Dowman,  Doctor  of  Laws  (the  Bishop's  Commissary),  issued,  ex 
officio,  Injunctions  to  the  following  effect,  ordering  and  decreeing  the  Prior 
by  virtue  of  his  oath  of  obedience  to  observe  them  so  far  as  the  same 
respectively  concerned  him 4. 

First,  he  enjoined  the  Prior,  that  on  account  of  any  discovery  or  deposition 

1  The  original  counterpart  of  the  Lease  is  in  possession  of  the  author. 

a  Lansdowne  MS.  935,  fo.  176.  v.  '•'  Wood,  Fasti  O.von  (Bliss1  ed.  i.  p.  ta). 

1  From  the  general  nature  of  these  Injunctions,  it  might  be  supposed  they  were  intended 
to  be  addressed  to  monasteries  generally,  as  was  the  case  with  Diocesan  or  Archidiaconal 
Visitation  Articles ;  in  the  Bishop's  Register,  however,  they  are  entered  as  addressed  specially 
to  the  Priory  of  Merton,  and  they  do  not  appear  to  have  been  issued  to  any  other  monastery. 


3t6  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

c.  1504.  made  to  the  Bishop  or  to  him  (the  Commissary)  by  any  Confrater  or  other 
in  the  Visitation  or  Inquisition  of  the  House  for  its  reformation,  he  do 
not  correct  or  rigorously  punish  on  that  account,  or  on  any  colourable 
ground,  or  on  account  of  the  premises,  more  severely  than  accustomed, 
but  according  only  to  the  Rule  of  Religion  and  the  Rules  of  Observance  ; 
and  that  he  observe  all  and  singular  the  following  Injunctions,  and  cause 
them  to  be  observed  by  the  Confraters  ct  subditos  suos,  so  far  as  con- 
cerned them. 

Also,  he  enjoined  the  Prior,  under  pain  of  deprivation,  to  reside  personally 
within  the  House,  and  not  to  be  absent  more  than  a  month  without 
reasonable  and  lawful  cause  to  be  approved  by  him  (the  Commissary)  or 
his  Officers. 

Also,  that  the  Prior,  under  said  pain  and  contempt,  and  of  deprivation 
of  office,  and  under  pain  as  by  the  Provincial  and  Legative  Constitutions 
in  that  case  provided,  every  year  to  render  a  true  account  in  writing  of 
the  returns  and  pervenients  of  the  House  and  of  its  position,  in  the  Chapter 
House,  before  the  Confraters,  or  at  least  the  wiser  and  major  part  of  them, 
as  by  law  and  canons  he  was  bound. 

Also,  that  the  Prior  do  not  alienate,  or  sell,  or  let  for  more  than  four 
years,  any  goods,  things,  or  jewels  of  the  House,  to  its  detriment  or 
prejudice,  nor  any  lands  or  tenements  pertaining  to  the  House  or  the 
Confraters,  without  the  consent  or  knowledge  of  them,  or  at  least  the 
major  and  wiser  part  of  them.  Nor  permit  any  suspected  women  within 
the  interior  of  the  house,  or  to  his  presence  (accessntn  ad  te  habcre). 

Also,  that  in  punishing  any  of  the  Confraters,  or  lay-servants,  or  other 
laymen,  he  show  himself  austere,  without  mercy ;  that  he  do  not  cause 
any  Confraters,  especially  those  in  priest's  orders,  to  sit  on  the  ground 
nudis  htmbis,  juxta  Ic  Talbotte's  iabyllc ' ;  but  to  punish  and  reform  the 
Confraters  humbly  and  pitifully,  according  to  canonical  sanction,  and  with 
gentleness  and  mercy,  as  he  himself,  if  it  were  his  case,  would  wish  to  be 
punished  and  reformed  :  and  this  with  the  counsel  of  the  wiser  and  elder 
of  the  Confraters,  or  the  major  part  of  them. 

Also,  that  he  order  his  servants  that  they  bear  themselves  as  is  fitting 
towards  the  Brothers,  in  a  humble  manner,  and  that  they  obey  them  as 
they  ought  by  the  Rules  of  the  Order.  So  that  the  Confraters  have  no 
cause  to  murmur,  nor  unduly  complain  ;  and  that  he  order  his  servants  to 
obey,  as  befits  them,  the  Confraters  in  all  lawful  things. 

Also,  that  he  provide  sufficiently,  and  according  to  the  power  and  ability 

1  Le  Talbotte's  tabylle. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1504-1506.  317 

c.  1504.  of  the  House,  and  suitably,  for  the  Brothers  who,  whilst  rejoicing  in  health, 
served  God  and  the  Saints  ;  and  make  due  provision  for  those  amongst 
them  who  are  sick,  as  well  in  food  and  beverages  as  in  proper  medicines, 
at  the  cost  of  the  House. 

Also,  that  as  suitably  as  he  can,  and  as  it  may  seem  fitting  to  him,  he 
instruct  and  feed  the  Confraters,  or  cause  them  to  be  so  instructed  and 
fed  with  the  food  of  sacred  doctrine ;  and  once  or  twice  a  month,  during 
the  time  of  celebration  of  Nocturns,  Matins,  or  other  Divine  Offices,  he 
personally  join  with  the  Confraters  in  the  Choir  of  the  Conventual  Church, 
unless  hindered  by  lawful  impediment  or  infirmity1. 
1506.  Letters  were  addressed  by  William,  by  Divine  permission  Prior  of  the 

April  18.  Church  or  House  of  Blessed  Mary  of  Merton,  to  the  Prior  of  St.  Dyonisius 
of  the  same  Order  (St.  Denys,  Southampton),  that  he  had  received  a  special 
mandate  under  Letters  Patent  from  William,  Prior  of  St.  Bartholomewt 
Smitbfield,  London,  lawfully  elected  President  of  the  whole  Order  of 
St.  Augustine  in  the  Province  of  Canterbury  in  general  Chapter,  to  the 
following  effect.  Reciting  that  by  a  Decree  of  the  Constitutions  of  the 
Holy  Father,  Pope  Innocent,  by  authority  of  which  he  was  bound  to  show 
forth,  and  by  virtue  of  obedience  he  ordered  and  strictly  enjoined  the  said 
Prior  of  Merton  to  make  inquiries  in  all  Religious  Houses  of  the  same 
Order  in  the  Dioceses  of  Winchester  and  Salisbury,  personally  or  by  a  fit 
commissary,  concerning  the  state  and  reformanda  of  the  Order,  and 
observance  of  the  Rules,  and  other  things  which  should  be  corrected  and 
reformed.  And,  in  event  of  any  difficulty,  with  the  zeal  of  justice,  to  make 
it  known  at  the  next  General  Chapter  to  be  held  in  the  Monastery  of 
Barnwall,  near  Cambridge,  on  the  fifteenth  day  after  the  feast  of  the  Holy 
Trinity  next  following;  and  also  peremptorily  cite  all  prelates  of  whom 
was  found  reason  of  complaint,  to  appear  personally  at  the  said  Chapter 
on  that  day,  and  to  certify  to  the  Chapter  respecting  the  Visitation  and 
Citations  made.  The  mandate  was  given  at  St.  Bartholomew's  aforesaid, 
under  seal  February  n,  1505.  He,  the  Prior  of  Merton,  intending  to 
proceed  in  these  things,  cited  the  Prior  of  St.  Denys  and  his  Concanons  and 
Confraters  to  appear  on  the  nineteenth  (the  word  decimo  interlined,  evidently 
afterwards)  day  of  May  next  in  their  Chapter  House,  at  his  Visitation,  and 
receive  and  answer  as  need  be.  In  witness  of  which  his  Seal  of  Office  was 
set  thereto.  Given  at  his  house  of  residence  at  Merton,  April  18,  1508 2. 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  i.  fo.  36.— APPENDIX  CXLVII.     No  date  is  given. 
1  Augmentation  Office,  Charter  F,  27.     The  place  for  the  seal  is  cut  away,  and  there  is  no 
endorsement. 


318  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1508  or  9.  On  the  occasion  of  a  visit  paid  to  Kingston,  by  the  Prior,  in  the  twenty- 
fourth  year  of  King  Henry  VII,  he  was  entertained  by  the  Churchwardens 
of  the  Parish,  in  whose  accounts  there  is  a  charge  of  is.  for  "A  dishe  of 
fyshe  for  my  Lorde  of  Merton1." 

1509.  The  Bishop  issued  a  Citation  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  and  all  and 
April  16.  singular  the  Concanons  and  Confraters,  to  attend  at  his  Visitation  on  the 
Saturday  after  the  feast  of  the  Ascension  next  (with  continuation  and 
prorogation),  in  their  Chapter  House  before  him  or  his  Vicar  General ;  and 
directs  them  to  duly  certify  to  him  or  his  Vicar  General  by  their  letters 
patent  under  their  authentic  seal,  the  receipt  of  this  Citation,  with  the  names 
and  surnames  of  all  and  singular  who  were  bound  to  attend  the  visitation. 
Given  under  his  Seal,  April  16,  A.D.  1509,  and  of  his  translation  the  eighth2. 
1509 or  10.  The  Bishop  issued  a  lengthy  series  of  Injunctions,  which  were  probably 
consequent  upon  his  Visitation  held  in  1509,  in  accordance  with  the 
Citation  dated  April  16,  1509,  although  entered  in  the  Episcopal  Register 
ten  folios  later,  to  the  following  effect : — 

Commencing  with  an  ornamental  introduction  upon  the  general  desir- 
ability of  good  example  in  spiritual  matters,  according  to  the  Rule  of 
St.  Augustine,  he  enjoins  the  Prior,  being  a  Professor  of  Sacred 
Theology  (D.D.),  in  virtue  of  obedience,  and  by  his  oath,  and  under 
pain  of  contempt,  to  instruct  and  feed  the  Confraters  with  the  food  of 
holy  doctrine,  personally  twice  a  year  in  the  Chapter  House,  and  four 
times  a  year  by  some  one,  secular  or  religious,  from  without. 

Also,  as  ignorance  is  the  mother  of  error,  &c.,  he  enjoins  that  there 
be  triple  books  of  Sermons,  Customs,  and  Constitutions,  one  to  remain 
in  the  custody  of  the  Prior,  another  with  the  Sub-prior,  and  the  third  with 
the  Master  of  the  Order. 

Also,  that  the  Prior  as  a  master  and  father  ought  to  correct  without 
respect  of  persons,  he  enjoins  him  to  enforce  needful  corrections  ac- 
cordingly, by  his  Sub-prior,  and  in  no  way  to  remit  or  dispense  them, 
as  he  had  been  used  to  do  by  favour  for  some,  or  to  oppress  others 
undeservedly. 

Also,  that  whereas  the  Prior  had  been  absent  under  pretext  of  study 
at  Oxford,  and  other  frivolous  causes  and  excuses,  causing  much  detriment ; 
he  enjoins  him  that  in  no  wise  he  leave  the  house  for  studies  at  Oxford,  or 
for  business  of  the  same,  nor  go  to  the  town  of  Oxford,  except  for  cause 
first  approved  by  him,  the  Bishop,  and  with  his  licence.  And  that  the 

1  Kingston  Churchwardens'  Accounts. 

2  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  ii.  fo.  149.  v.— APPENDIX  CXLIII. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1508-1509.  319 

1500 or  10.  Prior  be  not  absent  from  the  bounds  of  the  Priory  for  any  cause,  for 
will  or  pleasure  ;  and  that  if  any  future  absence  be  requisite  for  the  purpose 
of  business,  he  be  not  absent  for  more  than  fifteen  days,  at  the  utmost, 
without  the  Bishop's  licence. 

Also,  whereas  the  Prior  is  difTamed  with  divers  women,  as  specified  and 
declared  to  him  (the  Bishop)  by  name,  between  whom  and  him  is  sprung 
up  no  little  suspicion ;  the  Bishop  enjoins  him  under  pain  of  deprivation 
that  he  hereafter  have  no  conversation  or  talk  with  those  women,  either 
himself  or  through  an  intermediate  person ;  but  in  no  way  forbidding 
subventionem  honestam. 

Also,  whereas  the  Prior  is  diffamed  in  divers  ways  by  the  admission 
on  several  occasions  of  a  certain  Canon  of  the  new  Hospital  of  Blessed 
Mary  without  Bishopsgate,  London  ;  the  Bishop  enjoins  him  that  he  here- 
after have  no  conversation  or  talk,  either  himself  or  by  any  intermediate 
person,  with  such  Canon.  And  that  the  same  Canon  be  not  hereafter 
admitted  to  the  Priory. 

Also,  the  Bishop  enjoins  the  Prior,  that  he  have  only  a  discreet  and  fitting 
chaplain;  and  that  he  change  his  chaplain  every  quarter  of  the  year. 

Also,  that  the  Prior  have  only  in  his  rooms  men  of  good  life  and  honest 
conversation ;  and  that  he  expressly  exclude  from  anywhere  in  the  place, 
defamed  persons,  and  especially  Roger  Thorney,  Thomas  Tyff,  traduced 
amongst  good  and  grave  men,  from  his  fellowship,  conversation,  dwelling, 
and  household. 

Also,  as  it  was  ordered  in  former  years  under  various  penalties,  that  the 
Prior  should  twice  in  every  year  exhibit  a  true,  full,  and  plain  account 
of  his  administration,  before  the  Convent  in  the  Chapter  House,  and  he 
had  never  hitherto  in  any  manner  fulfilled  these  injunctions ;  the  Bishop 
enjoins  him,  under  pain  of  Law,  so  to  do,  and  to  deliver  up  and  leave  there 
for  the  Convent  his  book  of  accounts  for  the  space  of  a  month  for  full  con- 
sideration. And  that  within  two  months  from  that  time  he  exhibit  and 
deliver  up  to  the  Bishop  or  his  Vicar  General  the  account  for  inspection 
and  consideration. 

Also,  he  enjoined  the  Prior,  under  pain  of  suspension  from  his  office,  that 
before  the  next  feast  of  the  Lord's  Nativity,  he  make  a  true,  full,  and 
perfect  inventory  of  all  and  singular  the  goods,  effects,  and  jewels  of 
the  Priory;  and  place  the  same  on  view  publicly  in  the  Chapter  House, 
and  leave  it  there  for  the  space  of  a  month  to  receive  full  consideration ;  and 
that  every  year  between  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  and  the  Lord's  Nativity, 
he  renew  the  inventory  and  place  the  same  on  view  in  like  manner,  and 


320  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

I509orio.  so  exhibit  the  same  to  the  Convent,  that  the  state  of  the  affairs  of  the  House 
may  be  manifest  to  the  Confraters  ;  and  do  afterwards  exhibit  the  same 
for  the  inspection  and  consideration  of  the  Bishop  or  his  Vicar  General. 

Also,  he  enjoined  the  Prior,  under  pain  of  contempt,  whensoever  he 
be  absent,  to  leave  the  keys  of  the  treasury  and  others  pertaining,  with  the 
Sub-prior,  who,  after  him,  has  the  care  of  the  House. 

Also,  that  the  Prior,  under  pain  of  suspension  from  office,  do  not  sell 
thickets  or  groves  or  woods  belonging  to  the  Priory,  nor  jewels  of  the 
Priory,  without  express  assistance,  counsel,  and  consent  of  the  Sub- 
prior  and  the  greater  and  wiser  part  of  the  confraters ;  except  underwood 
to  the  value  of  loos. 

Also,  under  like  pain,  that  he  (the  Prior)  do  not  let  any  lands,  tenements, 
or  domains  for  more  than  three  years,  without  the  assistance  of  the 
most  experienced  in  such  matter,  and  without  the  counsel  and  express 
consent  of  the  Sub-prior  and  the  greater  and  wiser  part  of  the  Confraters. 

Also,  that  he  prefer  the  senior  and  wiser  Confraters  to  Offices  in  the 
Priory,  and  that  henceforth  he  substitute  or  remove  no  one  from  the  higher 
offices  without  the  counsel  and  assent  of  the  Sub-prior  and  two  of  the  oldest, 
most  mature,  and  wisest  of  the  Canon  Confraters. 

Also,  that  he  appoint  as  confessors  discreet  and  best  instructed  of  the 
Confraters,  and  none  others. 

Also,  that  he  be  no  hindrance  to  good  external  priests,  religious  or 
secular,  visiting  the  Confraters  at  due  and  convenient  times,  in  the  room  of 
the  Sub-prior ;  but  if  he  have,  from  any  reason,  suspicion  of  them,  it  shall 
be  lawful  for  the  Sub-prior  to  inhibit  them  from  entering  his  room.  He 
also  enjoins  the  Sub-prior  that  such  visitors  have  no  talk  or  association 
with  the  Confraters,  except  publicly  and  openly. 

Also,  as  according  to  the  doctrine  of  wisdom,  in  the  multitude  of  the 
people  is  the  king's  honour,  but  in  the  want  of  people  is  the  destruction  of 
the  prince ' ;  no  avarice  or  like  cause  should  hinder  him  from  so  ruling 
that  the  harvest  be  undiminished  by  the  fewness  of  labourers,  nor  the  army 
of  warriors  against  the  multiform  wickedness  of  the  enemy  be  weakened. 
Therefore  the  Bishop  enjoined  the  Prior,  before  the  next  visitation,  to  fill 
up  fully  and  perfectly  the  ancient  number  of  Canons,  viz.  to  twenty-eight 
inclusive.  And  that  all  the  said  Canons  be  under  the  rule  of  the  Sub-prior, 
and  that  they  sleep  every  night  in  the  dormitory  and  nowhere  else. 

Also,  he  enjoined  the  Prior,  under  pain  of  contempt,  that  on  the  occasion 

1  In  multitudine  populi  dignitas  regis.  In  paucitate  plebis  ignominia  principis  Proverbia 
xiiii.  28. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1509-1513.  321 

1600  or  10.  of  depositions  at  the  Visitation,  he  do  not  in  any  way  hinder  the  making  or 
transmission  of  letters  to  the  Bishop  or  his  Vicar  General  in  any  manner 
or  under  any  colour,  in  prejudice  of  the  Visitation  or  the  Bishop's  authority 
therein  ;  or  molest,  punish,  imprison,  or  impede  any  one  from  freely  and 
without  impediment  writing  or  sending  to  him  (the  Bishop)  or  his  Vicar 
General,  for  the  reform  of  any  grievances,  if  found. 

Also,  that  the  Prior  observe  and  cause  to  be  observed  these  and  all 
other  injunctions  whatsoever  previously  made,  under  the  pains  respectively 
appointed  by  them. 

Also,  that  the  Bishop  enjoined  the  Prior,  by  virtue  of  obedience,  and  of  the 
oath  by  him  taken,  that  he  be  present  at  Divine  Service  in  the  Choir,  viz. 
in  the  morning  hours  from  the  beginning  to  the  end,  thrice  a  week,  Mass 
and  Vespers  every  Sunday  and  festival,  in  meditations  in  the  Cloister  in  like 
manner  thrice  a  week,  in  capitular  corrections  and  treatments  in  like  manner 
thrice  a  week,  and  at  table  in  the  Refectory  in  like  manner  twice  a  week '. 

1512.  The  King  granted  an  Inspeximus  and  Confirmation  of  various  Charters  of 
Feb.  6.     his  predecessors,  reciting  them  and  the  Charters  they  respectively  recited 

and  confirmed.     Given  at  Westminster,  February  6,  in  his  third  year2. 
April  4.         The  Convent  granted  a  Lease  to  Richard  Page,  of  twelve  acres  of  meadow 
called  Persyngmede,  in  the  parish  of  Walton  on  Thames,  situate  in  a  certain 
field  called  Walton  meade,  and  two  acres  lying  in  the  Park  of  Oteland.    To 
hold  for  twenty-one  years  from  Michaelmas  next  at  a  rental  of  165.  8rf.:l 

1513.  Letters  Patent  were  granted  for  John  Norton,  Esq.,  John  Barkar,  Clerk, 
July  10.     Bartholomew    Stable,   Clerk,    Richard    Otterburne,    Thomas   Weresdale, 

Thomas  Lamme,  Nicholas  Maland,  and  Thomas  Gammyll,  to  give,  grant, 
and  assign  twenty-four  acres  of  meadow  and  sixteen  acres  of  pasture  in 
Cornburgh  to  the  Prior  and  Convent,  to  hold  of  the  capital  lord  by  the 
accustomed  service  and  in  perpetuity,  and  the  Statute  of  Mortmain  notwith- 
standing ;  and  free  from  molestation  by  our  heirs,  justices,  exchaetors,  &c. 
And  this  without  fine  and  fee,  great  or  small,  being  paid  to  the  hanaper  of 
our  Chancellor  for  our  use.  Witness,  Katherine,  Queen  of  England,  and 
Ruler  (Rectrice)  of  same,  at  Westminster,  the  tenth  day  of  July. 
By  Brief  under  the  Privy  Seal,  of  above  date 4. 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Foxt  ii.  fo.  139,  140. — APPENDIX  CXL. 

1  Recited  in  Confirmation  Roll,  5  Hen.  VIII,  m.  13,  No.  i. 

3  Land  Rev.  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  188.  v. 

*  Patent  Rolls,  5  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  a,  m.  14  (17),  No.  621.  See  also  Letters  and  Papers,  temp. 
Hen.  VIII  (Rec.  Of.  Cat.  i.  p.  641),  where  the  name  Barker  is  spelt  Baker;  the  pasture  land 
is  stated  at  119  acres;  the  grant  was  by  the  King  at  Greenwich,  on  June  15.  But  this  Patent 
is  presumably  the  remission  of  the  Aurum  Reginae. 

Y 


322  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1514.  King  Henry  VIII  on  this  day  granted  a  Charter  of  Confirmation 
April  i.  addressed  to  his  beloved  in  Christ,  William  Salyng,  the  Prior,  and  the 
Convent,  wherein  he  recited  most  of  the  Charters  granted  to  the  Priory 
by  his  Royal  predecessors,  together  with  his  own  letters  patent  dated 
February  6,  1512;  and  in  order  that  all  and  singular  their  contents  might 
have  force  and  effect,  for  himself  and  his  heirs  as  much  as  in  him  lay,  for 
himself  and  his  successors  in  perpetuity,  accepted  and  confirmed  the  same 
by  the  tenor  of  the  present  Charter,  and  ratified  and  confirmed  the  same  as 
the  said  letter  reasonably  testified.  By  the  King  at  Westminster,  the  first 
day  of  April. 

For  this  Charter  twenty  marcs  were  paid  into  the  Hanaper1. 
This  document  runs  to  great  length,  but  considering  its  importance,  and 
the  information  which  it  contains  as  to  previous  Charters,  it  is  given  in  the 
Appendix  in  full,  except  retaining  the  contractions  used  in  the  original 
entry  on  the  Roll ;  and,  considering  the  very  involved  nature  of  the  docu- 
ment, an  endeavour  is  made  to  show  its  organization. 

1516.  The  King  granted  to  Launcelot  Lisle  the  reversion  to  a  corrody  when 
vacated  by  Gilbert  Mawdesev,  Sergeant-at-Arms 2. 

Sept.  23.  William  Salyng,  the  Prior,  and  Convent,  as  Rectors  and  Proprietors  of 
Kingston  Church,  and  right  and  undoubted  patrons  of  the  Perpetual 
Vicarage,  gave  and  granted  to  their  beloved  in  Christ,  Jaspar  Horsey,  and 
John  Bowie,  and  Richard  Bowie,  Citizens  of  London,  jointly  and  severally, 
and  their  heirs,  executors,  and  assigns  for  the  next  turn  the  presentation 
or  patronage,  and  nomination,  presentation,  collation,  donation,  and  free 
presentation  thereto  upon  any  vacancy,  whether  happening  by  death, 
resignation,  or  exchange,  or  giving  up,  or  any  other  avoidance.  Dated  in 
Chapter,  September  23,  Henry  VIII,  and  sealed3.  It  will  be  noted  that 
no  consideration  is  referred  to. 

1517.  Letters  Patent  were  issued,  granting  Licence  in  Mortmain  to  unite  the 
April  21.    livings  of  Hucham  (Hitcham)  and  Taplow,  Buckinghamshire;  and  to  present, 

to  the  Ordinary,  one  of  the  four  Canons  of  the  Priory,  who  with  a  secular 
scholar  should  be  supported  by  the  said  Prior  in  the  College  of  St.  Mary 
of  Richmond,  in  the  University  of  Oxford,  founded  by  King  Henry  VI ;  and 
also  licence  to  elect  priests  in  pursuance  of  letters  from  Pope  Alexander  to 
the  former  Prior  Robert.  Dated  at  Westminster,  April  21,  8  Henry  VIII 4. 

1  Confirmation  Roll,  5  Hen.  VIII,  m.  13.  No.  i. — APPENDIX  CL. 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Kec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  513). 
*  Augmentation  Office,  Miscellaneous  Books,  No.  100,  fo.  186. 

4  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Kec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  1017). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1514-1519.  323 

1517.  John   Sixtinus   wrote    to    Erasmus   that   he    and   their   mutual    friend 
Aug.  19.    Ammonius  had   agreed  to  go .  into   the  country  together,  and   the    Prior 

of  Merton  had  sent  them  horses  for  the  purpose,  when  Ammonius  was 
seized  with  the  sweating-sickness,  and  died,  and  was  buried  on  the  day  of 
the  date.  The  news,  he  said,  would  give  great  pain  to  Erasmus  \ 

1518.  A  General  Chapter  of  Houses  of  the  Order  of  St.  Augustine  was  held 
June  16.    at  Gisburne,  Yorkshire,  under  the  presidency  of  the  Prior  of  that  place, 

when  Hugh  Lutwycke,  one  of  the  students  at  Oxford,  and  John  Lacy, 
a  Canon  of  Merton,  who  afterwards  (in  1520)  became  Prior,  acted  as 
Scribes ;  one  hundred  and  seventy  Canons  formed  the  procession, 
thirty-six  of  whom  were  Prclati,  presumably  Priors  or  Sub-priors. 

On  the  second  day  the  Prior  of  Bridlington  preached  ;  and  then  was 
read  a  letter  from  Cardinal  Wolsey,  dated  June  12,  on  the  importance  of 
learning;  he  regretted  that  so  few  men  of  religion  applied  themselves 
to  study,  and  expressed  his  intention  to  found  a  College  for  the  Order, 
the  members  of  which  should  give  themselves  to  study.  Then  fines  were 
imposed  on  certain  Houses  in  consequence  of  bad  management  of  their 
property,  and  for  disobedience ;  and  Reports  from  Visitors  as  to  the  state 
of  various  Religious  Houses  were  given.  The  Chapter  resumed  at  seven 
o'clock  on  the  following  morning,  when  the  Prior  of  Overeys  (no  doubt  of 
St.  Mary,  Southwark,  which  was  also  known  as  St.  Mary,  Overie),  appears 
to  have  acted  a  scene,  in  which,  wringing  his  hands  as  in  misery,  kneeling, 
and  humbly,  he  deplored  that  the  Rules  of  the  Order  were  not  sufficiently 
observed  :  he  was  listened  to  quietly,  and  was  supported  by  the  Prior  of 
Merton.  On  the  following  day  thanks  were  voted  to  the  Cardinal  for 
his  letter,  and  he  was  admitted  as  a  Confrater  of  the  Chapter,  and  of  the 
general  authority  of  the  Order.  Next,  a  new  list  of  Visitors  was  appointed, 
and  the  place  for  the  next  General  Chapter  agreed  upon.  King  Henry  VIII 
himself  and  Queen  Katherine,  the  Cardinal  Wolsey,  the  King  of  France 
(Franfois  I),  and  the  Duke  of  Suffolk,  and  others  were  received  into 
the  Order.  It  was  also  agreed  that  a  Mass  should  be  said  by  every 
priest  of  the  Order,  within  a  month,  for  defunct  benefactors,  especially 
Thomas  Holden  and  his  wife,  the  founders  of  the  College  (presumably  that 
referred  to  by  the  Cardinal 2}. 

1519.  The  Convent  granted  to  Thomas  Hennege    a  Lease  of  the  Manor  of 
March  22.   Estmulsey  (East   Moulsey,   Surrey),  with   all   lands,    meadows,    feedings, 

pastures,  and  returns  whatsoever,  and  all  tithes  pervenient  from  the  Manor, 
and  the  returns  payable  from  Thames  Ditton  to  the  House,  with  certain 

1  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Hemy  VUl'Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  1143).  '  Ibid.  p.  I544etseq. 

Y   2 


324  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

I6ie.  stock,  viz.  three  calves  (each  worth  125.) ;  one  sow,  as.  6d. ;  two  pigs  (each 
March  aa.  2S  grf.) ;  two  young  pigs,  each  worth  I2d.,  and  five  little  pigs,  each 
4</.  But  excepting  all  homages,  wards,  maritages,  heriots,  reliefs,  fines, 
eschaets,  forisfactures,  mortuaries,  mills,  boscis  silvis,  ceduis  et  arboribus 
whatsoever,  &c. ;  and  with  full  right  of  ingress  and  egress.  To  hold  from 
the  preceding  Michaelmas,  for  sixty-six  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  £12 
in  ready  money,  and  at  Christmas  six  capons  (value  25.),  six  geese,  2s.,  six 
fowls,  i8d.,  of  the  total  value  of  55.  6d. ;  and  also  at  the  accustomed  terms, 
ten  quarters  of  wheat,  of  the  value  of  66s.  Qd. ;  ten  quarters  of  rye,  505. ; 
thirty  quarters  of  barley,  zoos. ;  and  thirty  quarters  of  oats,  6os. ;  making 
a  total  of  £13  1 6s.  8^.' 

The  Lease  was  subsequently  purchased  by  the  King2. 

1520.  William  Salyng,  the  twenty-ninth   Prior,  died 3 ;  and  was  succeeded  by 

March  14.    the  Sub-prior,  John  Lacey. 

March  22.  Licence  to  elect  a  new  Prior  was  granted  by  Letters  Patent  under  the 
Great  Seal,  addressed  to  the  Sub-prior  and  Convent,  authorizing  them 
to  elect  a  Prior  to  fill  the  vacancy.  Dated  at  Westminster,  March  22  *. 
March  33.  The  Decree,  or  Process  of  Election,  was  addressed  to  the  Bishop  by 
his  humble,  devoted,  and  obedient  son,  Sir  Andrew  Pannell,  president  of 
the  Chapter,  with  all  due  obedience,  and  reverence,  with  all  honour  and 
prayers.  He  certifies  that  upon  the  death  of  William  Salyng,  the  late 
Prior,  who,  as  it  pleased  God,  ended  his  days  on  the  fourteenth  day 
of  March,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1519  (1520),  the  eighth  indiction,  and 
of  the  most  holy  father  and  lord  in  Christ,  our  lord  Leo  of  that  name,  the 
tenth  Pope,  his  eighth  year ;  whose  body,  as  becoming,  and  according  to 
custom,  was  buried  within  the  precincts  of  the  Conventual  Church.  The 
leave  of  the  King,  the  patron  of  the  Priory,  being  obtained,  the  Convent 
met  in  chapter,  when  the  following  were  present,  viz.  Sir  John  Lacy,  Sub- 
prior;  Andrew  Pannell,  precentor;  John  Marshall;  Walter  Burton, 
Elemosinarius ;  Thomas  Godmanchestre,  refector ;  John  Sandwyche, 
coquinarius  ;  John  London;  John  Goldsmyth  ;  John  Cuddyngton  ;  John 
Ramsay';  Ambrose  Tawnton,  sacristan;  Richard  Wyndsor,  Thomas 
Thwinge,  and  William  Egliston,  priests;  together  with  brothers  Thomas 
Augustine,  deacon ;  George  Abbyn,  and  John  Debnam ",  sub-deacons ; 

1  Land  Rev.  Survey,  Surrey,  43.  v.     The  amounts  named  form  not  unimportant  additions 
to  our  knowledge  of  the  value  of  money  at  that  date. 

*  Manning  and  Bray,  ii.  pp.  781,  782.  3  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  iv.  fo.  24.  v. 

*  Ibid.  fo.  25.  v. 

*  Afterwards  Prior,  elected  in  1530,  and  continued  until  the  surrender. 

*  Sub-prior  at  the  date  of  the  surrender. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :   ,1519-1520.  325 

1520.      Robert   Guy,  John    Bellamy,   and   Henry  Hall,  acolytes ;    and   William 

March  33.    Farely,  exorcist ;  all  professed  of  the  Order.    And  they  appointed  Monday, 

the  twenty-sixth  day  of  March  inst.,   hora  capituli,  to  hold  a  Chapter,  and 

proceed  with  an  election,  and  directed  the  usual  notice  to  be  given  on  the 

same  day,  under  seal  of  the  Convent '. 

March  06.  On  the  appointed  day,  the  Mass  of  the  Holy  Ghost  being  solemnly  sung 
and  celebrated,  and  the  great  bell  being  rung  to  assemble  the  Chapter,  the 
above-named  Canons  and  Confraters  entered  the  Chapter  House,  and 
the  word  of  God  being  propounded  and  publicly  declared  by  the  venerable 
man,  Master  Ralph  Barnake,  Doctor  in  Divinity,  whose  text  was  "Ecce  quant 
bonum  et  quam  jucundum  habitare  fratres  in  ununt2;"  and  the  grace  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  being  devoutly  and  solemnly  invoked,  by  singing  on  bended 
knees  the  Hymn  "  Veni  Creator  Spiritus"  with  its  versicles  and  collects, 
"  Deus  qui  corda  fiddiitni ',"  &c. ;  with  unanimous  consent  and  assent  (the 
said  John  Lacy,  present  and  silent,  excepted),  nominated  and  elected  the 
said  John  Lacy  to  be  Prior,  who  undertook  the  burthen  of  execution 
of  the  said  office.  Which  being  done,  they  appointed  the  said  venerable 
John  Dowman,  Doctor  of  Laws,  as  Director,  and  John  Cooke,  Notary 
Public,  to  attest  the  necessary  Acts,  and  Ralph  Barnake  and  Rodoric 
Bodo,  Professors  of  Sacred  Theology,  residing  in  the  Diocese  of  Winchester, 
as  Witnesses,  they  being  asked  to  be  present  in  the  Chapter  House  in 
such  character  only.  The  King's  letters  under  the  Great  Seal  were  then 
read  by  John  Cooke. 

The  above  proceedings  having  been  set  forth  by  John  Goldsmyth,  and 
the  citation  by  John  Cooke  ;  and  the  said  Guy,  Bellamy,  Hall,  and  Fareley, 
being  expressly  permitted  to  be  present,  though  having  no  voice  in  the 
election,  the  usual  forms  were  enacted  ;  and  the  Chapter  again  with  bended 
knees  besought  God  by  the  grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  illumine  and  inspire 
their  hearts  to  elect  a  worthy  and  useful  pastor.  Then  all,  except  Lacy, 
rising,  forthwith  (the  Grace  of  the  Holy  Spirit  inspiring,  as  they  firmly 
believed),  with  one  heart  and  mind,  nominated  and  elected  as  Prior  the 
said  Sir  John  Lacy,  Sub-prior  and  Confrater,  expressly  professed,  a  man 
prudent  and  discreet,  commended  by  knowledge  of  letters,  life,  and  manners, 
in  priest's  orders,  and  of  lawful  age,  free  and  legitimate,  begotten  in  lawful 
wedlock,  in  spiritual  and  temporal  things  very  circumspect,  and  in  other 
virtues  much  distinguished. 

They  next  unanimously  elected  Andrew  Pannell  (he  being  present  only, 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  iv.  fo.  24.  v.  2  Psalm  cxxxii.  i. 

3  Collect  for  Whit  Sunday,  Monday,  and  Tuesday, 


326  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1520.      and  silent)  to  be  president  of  the  Chapter  until  the  Elect  should  be  con- 
March  26    firmed  and  installed  ;  and  committed  authority  to  Bowman,  the  director, 
to  publish  the  Election  to  clerks  and  people,  in  the  Conventual  Church ; 
which  was  accordingly  done. 

The  business  of  the  Chapter  was  then  adjourned  till  three  o'clock  in 
the  day ;  and  the  psalm  "  Te  Deum  laudamus,"  cum  suis  versibus,  having 
been  chanted,  and  the  bells  rung,  the  said  John  Lacy  was  led  to  the 
altar,  where  he  prostrated  himself.  A  psalm  and  certain  accustomed 
prayers  being  said,  the  Elect  continuing  prostrate,  Bowman  cited  all 
objectors  to  appear  at  the  Confirmation.  All  then  returned  to  the  Chapter 
House,  when  the  Elect  made  many  excuses,  and  asked  time  for  full 
deliberation  until  the  afternoon '. 

At  the  hour  appointed,  viz.  three  o'clock,  the  Chapter  re-assembled,  and 
in  the  presence  of  the  Birector,  Notary,  and  Witnesses,  unanimously 
appointed  Burton  and  Godmanchestre  to  be  their  proctors  to  obtain  the 
consent  of  the  Elect,  to  present  the  Becree  of  Election  to  the  Bishop, 
to  obtain  the  Royal  assent,  and  to  do  all  other  things  necessary  to  obtain 
the  confirmation,  &c. 

The  Elect,  John  Lacy,  then  by  a  formal  Beed  gave  his  express  consent, 
which  being  certified  to  the  Chapter,  they  gratefully  and  unanimously 
accepted  and  admitted 2. 

March  27.  The  King  granted  Letters  Patent  addressed  to  the  Bishop,  approving 
the  election  lately  made  of  John  Lacy,  Bachelor  in  utroque  jure,  the  Sub- 
prior,  to  fill  the  office  of  Prior,  vacant  by  the  natural  death  of  William 
Salinge,  the  last  Prior.  Bated  at  Westminster,  March  27,  in  eleventh  year 
of  his  reign3. 

March  30.  The  King  granted  to  John  Westwode,  Minister  of  the  Chapel  Royal, 
to  have  the  pension  which  the  next  elected  Prior  of  Merton,  Surrey,  is 
bound  to  give  to  a  clerk  at  the  King's  nomination,  until  he  be  promoted 
to  a  competent  benefice.  Bated  at  Eltham,  March  29,  u  Henry  VIII 4. 
March  31.  The  Bishop  issued  the  customary  decree,  to  cite  all  persons  desirous 
of  opposing  the  Confirmation  to  appear  before  him  or  his  Vicar  General 
or  Commissary,  in  the  Conventual  Church  of  Merton,  on  April  4  following. 
Bated  the  last  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1520,  and  of  his  translation  the  nineteenth. 
The  Becree  was  served  on  April  2,  by  William  Yonge,  in  the  Chapter 
House  and  in  the  Church,  and  affixed  to  the  door  of  the  Church,  towards 

1  Equivalent  to  the  "  Nolo  Episcopari." 

*  Winchester  Dioe.  Register,  fox,  iv.  fo.  35.  *  Ibid.  fo.  34.  v. 

'  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  ^Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iii.  p.  348). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  I     1520.  327 

1520.      the   Cloister,  and   left   there   affixed.     The   Seal  of  the   Official   of  the 
March  31.  Bishop's  Consistory  was  set  to -the  Certificate  of  service  on  April  3 '. 
April  4.         Before   the   Venerable    Master   John    Dowman,    Doctor   of  Laws   and 
Vicar  General  in  Spirituals  of  the  Bishop,  sitting  judicially  in  the  chapel 
of  the  Blessed  Mary  the  Virgin,  within  the  Conventual  Church,  appeared 
Sir  Walter,   Canon  of  the  said  Church,  and   humbly  presented   Letters 
Patent  of  the  most  excellent  in  Christ,  prince  and  lord,  Lord  Henry,  King 
of  England  and  France  and  Lord  of  Ireland,  sealed  with  his  great  seal. 

Which  being  read,  the  said  Walter  Burton,  in  the  name  of  the  president 
of  the  Convent,  presented  the  Decree  or  Process  of  Election  in  the 
form  of  a  public  instrument,  with  the  seal  and  subscription  of  Master 
John  Cooke,  Notary  Public,  together  with  the  Common  Seal  of  the 
Monastery,  in  red  wax,  appended,  and  signed  and  subscribed ;  and 
exhibited  a  proxy  and  made  himself  a  party  for  the  said  president  and 
Convent,  and  prayed  the  Bishop  to  examine  and  confirm  accordingly. 

Whereupon  the  said  Decree  being  exhibited,  and  the  mandate  of  the 
said  Master  John  Cooke,  Notary  Public  and  Actuary  assumed,  being  read, 
and  the  Elect,  John  Lacy,  being  present,  and  presented  by  the  Proctor, 
who  gave  in  a  Summary  Petition  and  prayed  as  therein  contained  ;  the 
same  running  to  the  effect  that  the  Priory  was  vacant  by  the  death  of 
Salyng;  the  King's  licence  having  been  obtained,  the  election  took  place; 
the  Sub-prior  being  the  person  elected  ;  the  Chapter  had  elected  Sir 
Andrew  Panell  to  be  their  president ;  the  publication  of  the  Election  ; 
the  Consent  of  the  Elected  ;  the  Royal  assent  thereto ;  the  fitness  of  the 
Elect ;  and  that  the  preceding  allegations  were  true,  public,  &c. ;  and 
praying  for  confirmation  and  installation. 

The  Bishop's  Decree  to  cite  opponents  to  attend  on  this  day,  with 
certificate  of  service,  were  exhibited  and  publicly  read.  The  Vicar  at 
petition  of  the  said  Proctor  ordered  the  precognization  at  the  door  of 
the  said  Chapel  to  be  made  by  Roger  Blocke,  calling  all  persons  desirous 
of  opposing,  to  appear  in  due  form  of  law  and  they  should  be  heard.  The 
Vicar  General  accused  the  contumacy  of  absentees,  and  decreed  to  proceed 
in  pain  of  such  contumacy ;  and  appointed  a  term  probatory  for  the 
petition. 

The  Proctor  then  produced  as  Witnesses,  Panell,  Marshall,  Sandwyche, 
and  London,  who  were  privately  and  separately  examined,  whose  deposi- 
tions were  to  the  following  effect : — 

Sir  Andrew    Panell,   third    Prior,  Canon   of  the   Monastery,  where  he 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  iv.  fo.  28.  v . 


328  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1520.  had  been  forty  years,  aged  fifty-eight,  had  known  the  Elect,  Sir  John 
April  4.  Lacy,  for  ten  years,  that  he  was  begotten  in  lawful  matrimony,  in  priest's 
orders,  of  lawful  age  (about  forty  years  of  age),  professed  of  the  Order  of 
St.  Augustine  in  the  said  Monastery  about  nine  years  past,  of  good  fame, 
unblemished  reputation  and  honest  conversation,  found  of  no  notorious 
fault,  prudent  and  discreet,  skilled  in  letters,  recommended  by  life  and 
worthy  behaviour,  circumspect  in  spiritual  and  temporal  things. 

Sir  John  Marshall,  Canon  of  the  House  for  thirty-seven  years,  aged 
fifty-three,  deposed  that  he  had  well  known  the  Elect  for  twenty  years,  and 
in  other  respects  in  accordance  with  the  preceding  evidence. 

Sir  John  Sandwyche,  Canon  of  the  House  for  twenty  seven  years,  aged 
thirty-five,  had  known  the  Elect  about  twenty  years,  and  confirmed  the 
evidence  of  the  other  Witnesses. 

Sir  John  London,  canon  of  seventeen  years'  standing,  aged  thirty,  well 
knew  the  Elect  from  the  time  of  his  entering  into  Religion,  and  proved 
the  Article  which  related  to  fitness,  &c. 

The  Vicar  General,  at  petition  of  the  Proctor,  decreed  publication  of 
the  evidence,  and  assigned  a  term  to  propound  all  things  de  facto  et  dejure 
consistentia ;  which  being  done  and  proclamation  thrice  made  at  the  door 
of  the  chapel,  and  none  appearing,  &c.,  the  Vicar  General,  at  petition  of 
the  Proctor,  gave  sentence  confirming  the  election. 

The  Elect  and  Confirmed  then,  touching  and  kissing  the  Holy  Gospels, 
in  the  presence  of  the  Vicar  General  sitting  judicially,  took  the  oath 
(drawn  up  in  writing)  of  obedience,  during  his  natural  life,  to  the  Bishop, 
as  Ordinary,  and  his  successors  in  all  things  lawful  and  canonical.  Also 
that  he  would  not  alienate  the  lands,  tenements,  or  returns  in  possession 
of  the  Monastery  or  Priory,  then  existing,  or  any  ancient  jewels.  Also, 
that  to  the  utmost  of  his  power  he  would  defend  and  protect  the  rights, 
liberties,  and  privileges  of  the  Monastery,  and  recover  or  cause  to  be 
recovered  things  lost  or  alienated,  so  far  as  he  was  able.  Also,  that 
he  would  not  give  or  grant  a  corrody  to  any  person  for  his  life  or  any 
other  term.  And  he  subscribed  his  name  to  the  Oath  Joh'es  Lacy. 

These  things  being  performed,  a  Writ  was  sent  to  the  Archdeacon  or 
his  Official  for  induction  and  installation  in  the  usual  manner '. 

April  21.  A  Writ  was  issued  to  the  Eschaetor  of  Cornwall  for  the  restoration 
of  temporalia,  on  the  election  of  John  Lacy  as  Prior,  whose  fealty  was 
ordered  to  be  taken  by  Robert  Toneys  and  William  Burbank.  Dated 
at  Westminster,  April  21. 

1   Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  fox,  iv.  fols.  24-30. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1520-1527.  329 

1520.          On  the  same  day  Writs  were  granted  for  Surrey  and  Sussex,  Essex 
April  ai.    and  Hertfordshire,  Cambridgeshire,  Berkshire,  and  Oxfordshire,  Hunting- 
donshire and  Wiltshire,  Devonshire,  Norfolk,  Bedfordshire,  Buckingham- 
shire, and  Kent '. 

1521.  The   King  granted  to  Launcelot  Lisle  and  John   Pate  (Groom  of  the 
March  9.    Wardrobe),  of  Bedfordshire,  in  survivorship,  the  corrody  in  the  Monastery 

of  Martyn   Abbey,    Surrey,    held    previously   by    Lisle   only.      Dated   at 
Newhall,  March  9,  12  Henry  VIII2. 

March  14.  The  Convent  granted  to  William  Lok  the  lease  of  two  closes  in  the 
Ville  of  Merton,  called  Brykhouse  closes,  with  other  closes  containing  one 
acre,  and  one  barn  pertaining  thereto ;  but  reserving  all  wood  and  trees  : 
to  hold  from  Michaelmas  last  for  fifty-five  years,  at  a  rental  of  405.,  payable 
by  half-yearly  portions 3. 

1522.  In  the  fourteenth  year  of  King  Henry  the  Eighth's  reign,  a  forced  loan 
was  assessed  against  all  Ecclesiastical  revenues  ;  the  amount  of  income  of 
the  Priory,  as  compared  with  others,  will  be  interesting.     The  Lord  Legate 
was  assessed  at   a  payment  of  £4,000;    the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
£1,000;  the  Bishop  of  Winchester,  £200;  the  Bishop  of  London,  £333 
6s.  8d. ;  the  Prior  of  Martyn,  £133  6s.  8d.  * 

1524.  A  debt  was  claimed  by  the  Prior,  as  due  from  Thomas  Daly,  for  "  certain 
April.      Gryssyng"  lying  in  Cornebrughe,  for  £6  35.  ^d.,  being  half  year's  rent5. 

1525.  By  Letters'  Patent  the  King  granted  pardon  to  John  Perkens  of  Ryche- 
Jan.  28.    mound,  convicted  of  salmon-poaching  on   the  grounds  of  Merton  Priory 

at  Keyoe  (Kew).     At  Westminster,  January  28,  16  Henry  VIII fi. 

The  Duke  of  Richmond  and  Somerset,  with  his  retinue,  was  staying 
in  the  house  sometime  between  the  middle  of  June  and  the  latter  part  of 
July.  Amongst  his  accounts  for  the  year  is  a  charge  of  £33  6s.  3d.  for 
five  tuns  of  wine,  of  which  two  were  sent  into  the  North  (whither  he  went), 
and  the  rest  spent  at  Durham  Place,  and  Merton  Abbey,  during  his 
stay  there  7. 

1526.  The  Duke  of  Richmond  and  Somerset  made  a  stay  here,  as  appears  by 
his  household  accounts ". 

1527.  The  Convent  granted  to  William  Muschampe  a  lease  of  the  Church  and 
Dec.  4. 

1  Letters  Patent,  n  Hen.  VIII,  p.  2.  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cal. 
iii.  p.  267). 

1  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Of.  Cal.  iii.  p.  480). 
3  Ministers'  Accounts,  Surrey,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  No.  115,  m.  5. 
*  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iii.  p.  1047). 
3  Ibid.  iv.  pt.  i,  p.  420.  6  Ibid.  iv.  p.  459. 

7  Ibid.  iv.  pp.  676  and  821.  8  Ibid.  iv.  p.  1053. 


330  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1527.  Rectory  of  Carshalton,  with  all  tithes,  lands,  meadows,  and  pastures  thereto 
Dec.  4.     belonging :   but   excepting  therefrom    gifts  and  mortuaries  to  the  Vicar, 

and  tithes  of  mills,  and  all  woods  and  trees  on  Rectory  lands.  To  hold 
from  St.  John  Baptist  next  for  thirty-one  years,  at  a  rental  of  £20*. 

1528.  The  Convent  by  Indenture  dated  April  4,  in   the  King's  twenty-ninth 
Oct.  4.     year,  let  to  William  Saunder  and  Thomas  Saunder,  the  Rectorial  rights 

and  tithes  of  the  parochial  Church  of  Merton,  to  hold  from  Michaelmas 
last  for  a  term  of  forty  years ;  but  charged  with  providing  a  fit  priest  to 
celebrate  there,  and  also  wine,  bread,  candles  (cera)  and  other  necessaries 
which  by  ancient  law  pertained  to  the  said  Church,  and  all  other  charges, 
ordinary  and  extraordinary,  in  any  way  pertaining  to  the  Rectory2. 

1529.  The  Prior  was  summoned  to  attend  the  meeting  of  Convocation  of  the 
Diocese  of  Winchester3. 

At  the  Convocation  of  the  Province  of  Canterbury,  the  Prior  of  Merton 
attended,  on  his  own  account  and  as  proxy  for  William,  Prior  of  Southwyke, 
of  the  Diocese  of  Winchester ;  Richard  Prior,  de  Parco  Nocton'  (Nocton 
or  Nocton  Park),  in  the  Archdeaconry  of  Lincoln ;  Richard,  Abbot  of 
Noteley  (Nutley  or  Noctele),  of  the  Archdeaconry  of  Buckinghamshire  ; 
and  Richard,  Abbot  de  Pratis  (St.  Mary  de  Pratis  or  de  Poe),  Leicester, 
in  the  Archdeaconry  of  Leicester4. 

1530.  Prior  John  Lacy,  the  thirtieth  in  succession,  died  6. 

Jan.  16.        The  Conge  d'elire  was  dated  this  day  at  York  Place,  and'  delivered  at 

Jan.  22.     Westminster  on  the  2;th  r>. 

Jan.  29.  A  Citation  was  issued  by  John  Ramsey,  the  Sub-prior,  as  president, 
citing  the  Canons  to  attend  the  Chapter,  which  was  held  in  the  Chapter 
House  on  the  said  twenty-ninth  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1529  (1530)',  of  the 
Indiction  the  third,  and  of  the  Pontificate  of  the  most  holy  Father  and 
Lord  in  Christ,  Lord  Clement,  by  Divine  Providence  of  that  name  the 
seventh  Pope,  the  seventh  year ;  and  after  full  deliberation,  the  morning 
of  Monday  the  last  day  of  the  same  month  was  fixed  for  proceeding 
towards  the  election  of  a  Successor  in  the  said  Priorate  *. 

1  Land  Rev.  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  187.  2  Ministers'  Accounts  (see  Appendix,  p.  ccxiii). 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VI11  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iv.  pt.  3,  p.  2697). 

4  Ibid.   iv.  pp.   2697,   2698,   2701.     This   Convocation  voted   to  the   King  £100,000  from 
the  Clergy  of  the  Province,  in  consideration  of  the  dangers  which  beset  the  Church  from  the 
Lutherans,  whose  books  were  everywhere  dispersed  with  a  view  to  bring  the  clergy  into 
hatred  and  deprive  them  of  their  possessions ;  and  for  protection  they  looked  to  the  King. 

'  Winchester  Dioc  Register,  Wolsey,  fo.  29. 

*  Patent  Rolls,  21  Hen.  VIII,  p.  a,  m.  06;  see  also  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  Vlll 
^Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iv.  p.  2781) ;  also  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wolsey,  fo.  30.  v. 
7  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wolsey,  fo.  30.  v.  e  Ibid  fo.  29.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1527^1530.  33! 

1530.  On  Monday  the  last  day  of  the  month,  William  Partryche,  a  Confrater, 
Jan.  31.  unable  from  weakness  and  in-firmity  to  appear  personally  in  Chapter,  but 
being  in  a  certain  lower  chamber  or  cell  of  the  Infirmary,  in  the  presence  of 
Master  Richard  Watkins,  Notary  Public,  and  Master  Richard  Foxforde, 
Doctor  of  Laws,  and  George  Bradshawe,  M.A.,  specially  called  as 
Witnesses,  constituted  brother  Richard  Benys,  concannon  and  confrater, 
to  act  as  his  Proctor  at  the  Election. 

A  Chapter  was  then  held  in  the  Chapter  House  for  the  purpose  of  the 
Election,  whereat  there  were  present  brothers  John  Ramsey  l,  Sub-prior 
and  President ;  Walter  Burton ;  Thomas  Godmanchestre ;  Richard 
Wyndesore,  precentor ;  George  Albyne,  Master  of  the  Chapel  of  Blessed 
Mary,  in  the  Conventual  Church ;  Thomas  Wansworth,  coquinarius ; 
John  Codyngton,  sacrist;  John  Debnam,  infirmarius ;  Henry  Hall; 
Richard  Benys,  succentor ;  John  Salcoke  and  Thomas  Mychell,  priests  ; 
John  Page,  deacon  ;  Edmund  Dowman,  John  Salyng,  John  Martyn,  sub- 
deacons;  John  Feysye,  Robert  Knyght,  Thomas  Panell,  and  John  London, 
acolytes  ;  all  being  Canons  or  Confraters  professed  of  the  Priory. 

They  nominated  and  elected  the  venerable  and  eminent  man,  Master 
Edward  Fox,  D.D.,  Provost  of  King's  College,  Cambridge,  and  one  of  the 
King's  Council,  and  Edmund  Steward,  Doctor  of  Laws,  Counsel  and 
Directors  of  the  Election;  and  Master  Richard  Watkins,  Bachelor  of 
Laws,  Notary  Public,  and  one  of  the  Procurators  General  of  the  Court 
of  Canterbury,  as  actuary  ;  and  Masters  Richard  Foxforde,  Doctor  of  Laws, 
and  Robert  Bygges,  Master  of  Arts,  as  Witnesses. 

The  various  documents  being  read,  including  the  Royal  Licence  to 
elect,  they  proceeded ;  and  at  length  it  was  determined  unanimously  and 
cordially  by  the  Sub-prior  presiding,  and  the  whole  Convent  assembled 
(except  Partriche  acting  by  Proctor),  there  being  no  others  having  right 
or  voice  in  the  Election,  to  confer  on  the  said  Master  Edward  Fox  (whom, 
on  account  of  the  benevolence  and  affection  which  he  had  towards  them 
and  the  Convent,  they  desired  to  gratify)  sufficient  and  free  power  and 
authority  to  name  and  elect  some  fit  man  at  his  own  choice,  and  his  mere 
and  free  will,  to  be  their  future  Prior  and  Pastor,  to  be  provided  within 
the  eighth  day  in  the  month  of  February  following.  He  being  asked, 
accepted  the  commission.  The  Chapter  then  adjourned  till  February  9 2. 
Feb.  i.  In  the  year  of  our  Lord,  according  to  the  computation  of  the  Anglican 
Church,  1529,  of  the  Indiction  the  third,  of  the  pontificate  of  Pope  Clement 

1  Subsequently  elected  Prior  in  February,  1530. 
*  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wolsey,  Co.  29  v. 


332  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1530.  the  seventh,  on  the  first  day  of  February,  in  a  certain  lower  parlour  (in 
Feb.  i.  quadam  bassa  parlura]  in  the  dwelling  or  mansion  of  the  venerable  and 
eminent  man,  Master  Edmund  Foxe,  S.T.P.,  Provost  of  King's  College, 
Cambridge,  one  of  the  King's  Council,  situate  as  well  known  in  the  parish 
of  Andrew  by  le  Kinge's  Wardrop  in  the  City  of  London,  in  the  presence 
of  a  Notary  and  Witnesses  pursuant  to  the  nomination  of  the  president 
and  Convent,  nominated  and  elected  the  venerable  and  religious  Brother 
John  Ramsey,  the  Sub-prior  of  the  said  Convent,  to  be  Prior,  as  fully 
appeared  by  a  paper  schedule  which  he  held  and  read  and  was  annexed 
to  the  Notarial  instrument.  The  Act  was  witnessed  by  Robert  Bigges,  M.A., 
of  London,  John  Brydges  of  Worcester,  and  Robert  Penyng  of  Norwich, 
Dioceses.  The  attestation  of  Richard  Watkins,  Notary  Public,  follows  \ 

The  paper  schedule  is  a  formal  Instrument,  wherein  Master  Edward  Fox 
recites  the  circumstances  very  fully,  and  concludes  by  the  nomination  of 
Ramsey  to  be  Prior  2. 

Feb.  2.  On  Wednesday,  February  2,  before  the  full  Chapter  assembled  (John 
Ramsey  only  being  absent),  appeared  personally  the  above-named  Edmund 
Stuard,  and  presented  an  instrument,  prepared  by  Edward  Fox,  of  election 
of  the  said  John  Ramsey  to  be  Prior,  by  virtue  of  their  authority,  which 
instrument  was  then  read  ;  and  they  empowered  Stuard  to  publish  it  abroad 
to  clerks  and  people.  And  subsequently  they  nominated  (the  nominees  not 
taking  part)  Thomas  Godmanchestre  and  Richard  Benys  to  be  Proctors,  to 
obtain  the  consent  of  the  Elect  and  do  what  was  requisite  for  his  confirmation. 

The  Elect  being  led  to  the  High  Altar,  the  usual  proceedings5  took 
place  in  the  presence  of  a  great  number  of  persons. 

About  one  o'clock  on  the  same  day,  the  Proctors  taking  with  them 
George  Brodeshawe,  M.A.,  and  John  Hylle,  Literate,  as  Witnesses, 
attended  Ramsey  in  a  certain  inner  chamber,  commonly  called  "the  priors 
chambre  "  :  he  at  first  asked  time  to  deliberate,  and  on  their  return  after 
an  interval,  consented  to  accept  the  appointment,  which  acceptance  was 
then  expressed  in  a  formal  document 4. 

These  facts  were  then  incorporated  in  letters  addressed  to  the  most 
reverend  Father  and  Lord  in  Christ,  Thomas,  by  Divine  mercy  Cardinal 
Priest  of  the  Holy  Roman  Church,  by  the  title  of  St.  Cecilia,  Archbishop 
of  York  and  Primate  of  England,  Legate  of  the  Apostolic  See,  and  Bishop 

1    Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wolsey,  fo.  33.  v.  *  Ibid. 

8  As  detailed  upon  the  elections  of  John  Gisborne  in  1485,  William  Salynge  in  1502,  and 
John  Lacy  in  1520,  as  above. 

*  Patent  Rolls,  21  Hen.  VIII,  pt.  a,  m.  22  ;  and  see  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Wolsey, 
fo.  33.  v.  to  34.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :     1530.  333 

1530.     of  Winchester1;    and   attested    by  Richard  Watkyns  of  the    Diocese  of 

Feb.  a.      Llandaff,  LL.B.,  and  Master  John  Clerke,  Notaries  Public2. 

Feb.  6.          The  King  granted  Letters  Patent  under  the  Great  Seal  confirming  the 

election.    Dated  at  Westminster,  February  6,  of  his  reign  the  twenty-first. 

A   Decree  was   issued   in   the   name  of  the  Bishop,  citing  all  persons 

desirous  of  opposing  the  confirmation  of  the  election,  to  appear  before 

his    Commissaries,    in   sacello   Beate  Marie    in    the    Conventual   Church, 

between  the  hours  of  eight  and  eleven  in  the  morning  of  the  eighth  instant. 

The  Decree  was  addressed  to  the  rectors,  vicars,  chaplains,  curates  and 

non-curates,  clerks  and  literates,  both  regular  and  secular,  in  the  Diocese 

of  Winchester.     Dated  at  his  manor  of  Asher  (Esher),  February  6,  A.  D. 

1529  (i53°)- 
Feb.  7.          The    Bishop  issued  a  Commission,   sealed  with   his  seal   in    red  wax, 

addressed  to  Master  Edward  Fox,  " Canonico prebendato"  in  the  Metropolitan 
Cathedral  Church  of  York,  and  Master  Edmund  Stuard,  LL.D.,  to  annul 
or  confirm  the  election.  Dated  at  the  Manor  of  Esher,  February  7,  1530 s. 
Feb.  8.  Before  Master  Edward  Foxe  and  Edmund  Stuarde,  appointed  as  Com- 
missaries of  the  Bishop,  and  sitting  judicially,  appeared  Godmanchestre 
and  Benys  in  the  Chapel  of  Blessed  Mary  the  Virgin,  at  Merton,  and 
presented  to  them  the  Bishop's  Commission,  which  from  reverence  to  the 
Bishop  they  accepted,  and  decreed  to  proceed  according  to  the  tenor  thereof. 

Then  appeared  Master  Robert  Birche,  Doctor  of  Laws,  and  presented 
the  King's  letters  patent,  which  were  publicly  read. 

Godmanchestre  read  the  various  documents  and  acts  above  mentioned, 
together  with  the  Decree  from  the  Bishop,  citing  all  opposers;  and  William 
Yong,  literate,  certified  the  execution  of  the  Decree. 

The  Proctor  then  propounded  eight  articles  setting  forth  the  vacancy 
and  election,  and  praying  confirmation.  Burton  and  Wansworth  (Canons), 
and  Yong  and  Hill  (Witnesses),  were  produced  as  Witnesses  and  examined 
upon  the  Articles.  A  further  Citation  was  then  decreed  by  the  Com- 
missaries, and  no  one  appearing,  after  an  interval,  Fox,  with  consent  of 
his  colleague,  read  and  promulged  a  formal  sentence  of  Confirmation 
of  the  Elect. 

Ramsey  took  the  usual  Oath  of  obedience  to  the  Bishop,  and  to  maintain 
the  possessions,  rights,  and  privileges  of  the  Priory. 

Letters  were  then  addressed  to  the  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  to  induct  and 
install  the  new  Prior  in  the  usual  and  accustomed  manner4. 

1    Winchester  Di'oc.  Register,  Wolsey,  fo.  ag.  2  Ibid.  to.  35. 

5  Ibid.  fo.  35.  *  Ibid.  fo.  35  to  38.  v. 


334  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1580.          By  Letters  Patent  of  this  date,  the  King  granted  to  Sir  Bryan  Case, 

Feb-  I4>  one  of  the  Ministers  of  the  Chapel  Royal,  to  have  the  pension  which  the 
next  Prior  of  the  Monastery  of  Marten  was  bound  to  give  to  a  clerk 
of  the  King's  nomination,  till  he  be  promoted  to  a  competent  benefice. 
Dated  at  York  Place.  Given  under  the  Privy  Seal  at  Westminster, 
February  14 '. 

Feb.  21.  The  Royal  Assent  to  the  Election  of  John  Ramsey  as  Prior,  in 
place  of  John  Lacy,  deceased,  was  dated  at  York  Place,  February  5, 
and  delivered  at  Westminster,  February  21.  With  it  is  the  preliminary 
petition. 

To  John  Ramsey,  the  thirty-first  Prior,  after  a  rule2  of  eight  years, 
fell  the  miserable  task  of  breaking  up  this  famous  establishment,  after 
a  useful,  honourable,  and  peaceful  existence  of  upwards  of  four  hundred 
years 3. 

Aug.  16.        The  Convent  granted  to  Percival  Skerne  a  tenement  called  Hardellescent 

in  the  parish  of  Blessed  Mary  in  Southwark,  to  hold  from  Michaelmas  next 

for  forty-one  years,  at  a  rental  of  455.  per  annum ;  he  repairing  the  same 

and  performing  all  services  ordinary  and  extraordinary'1. 

1532.          The   Prior  and   Convent  granted  to   Richard   Thomas  a  lease  of  the 

April  10.  Rectory  of  Kingston,  with  all  tithes  pertaining,  and  all  tithes  of  wool  and 
lambs,  and  all  returns,  services,  and  all  other  pertinents  there,  and  in 
Surbeton,  Norbeton,  Ham,  Hatche,  Petershame,  Kayo  (Kew\  and  Shene; 
but  excepting  and  reserving  all  heriots,  reliefs,  maritage,  waifs,  eschaets, 
forfeits,  fines,  &c.,  and  returns  of  Court,  land  averages,  and  returns  in 
Shene,  and  gifts,  and  mortuaries,  to  the  Vicarage  of  Kingston.  To  hold 
from  the  feast  of  the  Invention  of  the  Holy  Cross  next  (May  3),  for  the 
term  of  twenty-one  years,  at  an  annual  rent  of  £54  6s.6,  by  equal  half-yearly 
payments  at  the  feasts  of  the  Annunciation  and  Michaelmas :  and  also 
between  the  feasts  of  Easter  and  Pentecost,  six  fat  lambs  of  the  value  of  6s., 
and  also  a  fee-farm  rent  of  75.  6d.,  payable  to  the  King's  Bailiff.  The 
lessee  to  repair  and  maintain  all  walls  of  the  Rectory,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  term  to  give  up  possession  of  it  in  good  and  sufficient  repair,  and 
at  the  same  time  giving  up  to  the  Convent  a  field  called  Inholme,  well 

1  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  iv.  pt.  3,  p.  2810). 

*  Ibid.  iv.  p.  2758. 

3  Augmentation  Office,  Surrenders,  29  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  153.— See  APPENDIX  CLI. 

*  Augmentation  Office,  Particulars  of  Grants,  Surrey,  Bowie.     The  house  with  others  was 
sold  by  the  King  on  May  21,  1544,  to  Richard  Bowie  and  John  Howe. 

5  The  Land  Revenue  Sutvey  says  that  the  rent  was  £53  8s.  6d.,  and  an  annual  return  of 
IGS.  ;  the  amounts,  therefore,  slightly  differ. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :   1530-1532.  335 

1532.  supplied  with  Fallowed  and  Twyfallowed,  and  sown  with  corn ;  and  not 
April  10.  to  underlease  any  part  without  licence  from  the  House,  nor  to  commit  any 
waste  or  destruction  of  trees,  except  for  Howsebote  and  Cartebote.  The 
said  Richard  Thomas  to  have  all  tithes  of  Iambs,  in  compensation  for 
the  accustomed  mortuaries  of  the  parish  and  its  members  ;  but  if  he  receive 
the  same  he  was  to  pay  the  House  £10  per  annum  instead.  He  was 
.  also  to  pay  to  the  Vicar  of  Kingston  (in  accordance  with  a  composition 
made  with  him  by  the  House,  dated  April  2,  1352)  two  quarters  of  bread- 
corn,  valued  at  i6s.,  eight  quarters  of  mixtillio1  at  265.  8d.,  two  quarters 
of  fine  wheat  at  135.  \d.,  and  two  quarters  of  barley  at  8s. ;  making  a  total 
value  of  645.  per  annum.  The  Lessee  to  provide  for  the  Prior  and  his 
attendants,  when  they  came  to  hold  a  Court  or  to  visit  the  Rectory,  with 
good  food  and  drink,  and  hay  and  oats  for  their  horses :  and  to  hold  the 
Prior  harmless  from  all  payments  on  account  of  the  Rectory.  The  Lessee 
to  have  yearly,  by  assignment  of  the  Prior,  ten  cartloads  of  wood  from 
the  woods  at  Berwell,  Hertyngdon,  Westbarns,  or  Combe,  at  his  own  cost 
for  cutting  and  carriage;  also,  yearly,  a  gown  of  the  Official  Suit  of  the 
Prior.  All  manner  of  tithes  granted  to  the  King  were  excepted  from  this 
agreement.  The  Lessee  agreed  to  leave  in  the  hands  of  the  tenant  of  the 
Rectory  all  the  returns  due  for  the  year,  to  be  paid  to  the  use  of  the  Prior ; 
and  further,  to  lease  to  the  Prior  the  tithes  of  wool  and  hay,  arising  in 
the  parish,  in  the  last  year  of  the  term  of  the  lease ;  and  to  allow  him 
in  the  said  last  year  to  enter  on  the  premises  and  sow  the  arable  land 
with  corn  and  other  grain.  He  moreover  agreed  to  take  charge  of  and 
pasture  one  hundred  Drye  shepe  during  the  term.  The  Lease  retains 
the  right  of  distraint  in  default  of  payment  of  rent  and  performance  of 
covenants2. 

Aug.  27.  John,  Prior  of  Merton,  wrote  to  Cromwell,  begging  his  favour  to  the 
writer's  brother,  John  Bowie,  servant  to  the  late  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
to  help  him  to  the  Collectorship  of  Wingham,  then  in  the  King's  hands; 
and  stating  that  the  appointment  had  been  given  to  his  said  brother,  as 
could  be  corroborated  by  the  late  Archbishop's  Surveyor.  And  the  writer 
expressed  his  willingness  to  recompense  Cromwell's  pains 3. 
Oct.  12.  The  Convent  granted  to  William  Lok  a  lease  of  a  tenement  in  Merton, 

1  Mixtillio  is  stated  by  Tomlin  to  be  wheat  and  rye  mixed ;  Manning  and  Bray  describe  it 
as  fine  wheat 

2  Exchequer,  Ministers'  Accounts,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  115,  m.  28 ;  Augmentation, 
Ministers'  Accounts,  32  &  33  Hen.  VIII,  No.  41  ;  Land  Revenue  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  7. 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  Rec.  Off.  Cat.  v.  p.  546). 


336  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1632.      called  Merton  Holts,  and  formerly  Holts,  with  closes  and  pastures  per- 

Oct.  12.  taining,  but  reserving  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  all  wood,  underwood,  and 
trees  growing  thereon  ;  to  hold  from  Michaelmas  last  for  thirty-two  years, 
at  a  rental  of  £4  135.  4^.,  by  half-yearly  payments  at  the  feasts  of  the 
Annunciation  and  St.  Michael.  William  covenanting  to  thatch  and  to 
repair  all  walls  from  the  ground  to  the  height  of  eight  feet,  and  to  make 
good  all  injuries  done  by  him  or  his  tenants  or  cattle,  and  to  keep  in 
order  all  fences,  ditches,  and  enclosures '. 

Oct.  17.         It   appears   by   the   accounts   of  William    Cholmeley,    Cofferer   of  the 

Household  of  the  Princess  Mary2,  for  the  year  ending  September  30,  1533 

(the  accounts  being  dated  December  18  in  that  year),  that  on  Thursday, 

October  17,  1532,  the  Princess  went  to  Chertsey  to  dinner  and  to  Merton 

for  supper ;    she  evidently  remained  over   Friday  and  until  after  dinner 

on  Saturday,  when  she  left  and  went  to  Otford  (Kent),  where  she  supped  3. 

1532  or  3.      The  Churchwardens  of  Kingston  probably  attended  at  the  Convent  to 

make  some  petition,  for  we  find  from  their  accounts  that  they  expended  I2d. 

in  "a  dysshe  of  ffysshe  "  for  my  lord  of  Merton  '. 

1533.          The  Prior  and  Convent  by  Indenture  under  the  Conventual  seal,  leased 

April  20.  to  John  Hokelandis  the  Grange  situate  without  the  gates  of  the  Priory, 
viz.  the  fields  called  as  follows  :—Lyon,  containing  by  estimation  forty-nine 
acres;  Le  Vyne ;  The  Twenty  Acres;  Oxcnlcse ;  Marlese ;  Shepe-lese  ; 
Bykworth;  and  Orchard;  a  rabbit  warren,  and  fields  called  Crete  Waterderi 
and  another  called  Lytill  Waterden',  one  called  Hokelandis,  and  Oke 
busshes,  and  Blacklandis ;  two  acres  of  arable  land  lying  between  Mar/ye 
and  Mordon  on  the  west,  and  lands  of  the  Abbot  of  Westminster  on  the 
south ;  meadows  called  Redlands,  Holowe  mede,  with  another  adjoining 
on  one  side  called  Crete  Brasse  more',  another  meadow  called  Lytell 
Brassmore ;  another  meadow  called  Pyppis  meade,  together  with  a  grove 
called  Pypis  Grove ;  enclosures  called  Shepehouse  Close  and  MycheWs 
Close  ;  with  all  buildings  and  curtilages  pertaining  to  the  Grange,  with  the 
house,  being  the  residence  of  the  Farmer.  Except  that  the  Convent 
reserved  the  pigeon-house,  ponds,  fishing,  woods  and  underwood,  trees 
and  all  firewood,  and  all  other  commodities,  liberties  and  franchises  to 
them  pertaining,  with  free  ingress  and  egress  through  the  whole  of  the 
said  premises,  and  of  holding  their  Court  and  View  of  frank-pledge  within 

1  Ministers  Accounts,  Surrey,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  No.  115,  m.  5. 

2  Daughter  of  Henry  VIII  and  Katherine  of  Aragon,  and  who  became  Queen  Mary. 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Of.  Cal.  vi.  p.  621). 

1  Kingston  Churchwardens'  Accounts,  now  in  custody  of  the  Corporation  of  the  town. 


CHRONOLOGICAL:    1532-1533.  337 

1533.  the  Grange  whensoever  and  as  often  as  they  please.  To  hold  to  the  said 
John  and  his  executors  and  assigns  from  Michaelmas  next  for  a  term 
of  twenty-one  years,  at  a  rental  of  £23.  He  covenanting  to  repair  and 
maintain. 

From  a  fuller  note  of  the  same  Lease  it  appears  that  it  included 
heybot,  cartbote,  ploughbote,  and  firebote ',  to  be  spent  and  occupied  by 
the  tenant  of  the  Grange  and  tenement,  so  that  he  make  no  waste ; 
pasture  for  oxen  and  horses  by  the  assignation  of  the  Cellarer ;  every 
year  sixty  cartloads  of  dung;  also  half  the  grains  or  draffe  between 
him  and  the  Cellarer  at  every  Brewlok,  to  be  divided  between  them 
equally,  as  it  is  in  the  town.  The  tenant  to  pay  all  tithes  and  all 
ditching,  hedging,  and  enclosing  of  the  grange,  warren,  lands,  tenements 
and  pastures ;  and  covenanting  to  give  the  Convent  the  right  of  pre- 
emption in  the  purchase  of  wheat  at  8s.  per  quarter,  and  barley  at  55. 
Dated  at  Merton2. 

April  ao.  John  Ramsey,  prior,  granted  a  lease  to  John  Hiller  (in  English)  of 
the  lease  of  the  farm  of  the  Grange,  with  heybot,  cartbote,  ploughbote, 
and  firebote,  to  be  spent  and  occupied  by  the  tenant  of  the  grange  and 
tenements,  so  that  he  make  no  waste ;  and  pasture  his  oxen  and  horses 
at  the  assignment  of  the  Cellarer ;  and  every  year  to  deliver  sixty  cartloads 
of  dung ;  also  the  graynes  and  draffe  to  be  equally  divided  between  him 
and  the  Cellarer  at  every  brewlok,  during  the  term. 

The  tenant  to  pay  all  tithes,  and  hedging  and  repairs  of  enclosures  of 
the  grange,  warren  lands,  tenements  and  pastures.  The  Convent  to  have 
an  option  of  purchase  of  wheat  at  8s.  per  quarter,  and  barley  at  55. 

At  Merton  (seal  gone)3. 

On   the  same  day  the   Prior  and  Convent  leased  certain  parts  of  the 

Domain  of  Merton  pertaining  to  the  Grange  there  without  the  gates  of 

the  Priory,  by  Indenture  dated  April  20  this  year,  to  John  Hyller,  at  a  rental 

of  £23*. 

Sept.  12.       John,  Prior,  and  the  Convent,  granted  to  Thomas  Manfeld  of  Taplowe, 

1  Firebote:  fuel  for  necessary  use  allowed  to  tenants  out  of  lands  granted  to  them.  Cart- 
bote: allowance  to  tenant  of  wood  to  make  and  repair  carts.  Ploughbote:  allowance  to 
tenant  of  wood  to  make  and  repair  implements  of  husbandry.  Hedgebot :  allowance  of  wood 
for  repair  of  hedges  and  fences. 

*  Augmentation  Office,  Conventual  Leases,  Surrey,  9. 

3  Ibid.  John  Hyller  held  certain  customary  land  of  the  Prior,  charged  with  the  payment 
of  6*.  8d.  Also  a  lease  of  a  large  amount  of  land  of  the  Grange,  of  the  annual  value  of  £23 
(Ministers'  Accounts,  see  APPENDIX  CXX). 

*  Augmentation  Office,  Ministers'  Accounts,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  115,  m.  5. 


338 


RECORDS  CONCERNING  THE  PRIORY  OF  MERTON. 


1533.  Bucks,  Gentleman ',  the  Manor  of  Taplowe,  &c.,  but  excepting  the  advowson 
Sept.  12.    Of  tne  church,  and  all  mills,  woods,  homages,  fines,  heriots,  &c.,  for  a  term 

of  twenty-one  years J. 

1534.  Letters    Patent   for   the   appropriation    of   the   Church    of  Honnesdon 
(Hunsdon),  Hertfordshire,  were  granted  to  the  Priory3. 

Nov.  4.  The  Convent  let  on  lease  two  mills  lying  in  the  parish  of  Merton, 
called  Amery  mills,  together  with  a  tenement  pertaining  thereto  and 
a  garden  called  "le  Amery  gardeyn,"  to  William  Moraunt,  by  Indenture 
under  seal ;  to  hold  to  him  and  his  executors  from  the  feast  of  the 
Lord's  Nativity  next,  for  the  term  of  twenty-two  years,  at  a  rental  of 
1165.  Qd.,  by  half-yearly  payments  at  the  feast  of  the  Nativity  of  our 
Lord  and  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptist.  He  to  support  all  charges 
on  the  said  mills  at  his  own  cost 4. 

On  the  same  day  the  Prior  and  Convent  leased  to  the  said  John  Hyller 
a  close  called  ShcpchoHse  close  and  Mychells  close,  with  all  buildings  and 
curtilages  pertaining  to  the  Grange,  and  a  house  with  garden,  in  which  the 
lessee  was  accustomed  to  dwell ;  reserving  to  themselves  the  dovecote, 
fish  pond,  wood,  underwood,  trees,  and  all  firewood  and  all  other  com- 
modities and  profits,  liberties  and  franchises,  belonging  to  the  same,  with 
free  entrance  and  exit  over  the  premises,  and  for  their  court  and  view  of 
frank-pledge  within  the  grange,  whensoever,  at  will.  To  hold  to  the 
said  John  and  his  assigns  (excepting  as  above)  from  the  feast  of  St. 
Michael  next,  for  the  term  of  twenty-one  years:  paying  for  same  an 
annual  rent  of  £23,  by  equal  half-yearly  payments  at  the  Annuncia- 
tion and  Michaelmas:  and  also  during  the  said  term  both  personal 
and  predial  tithes,  any  custom  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.  He 
also  to  repair  and  maintain  all  hedges  and  ditches  of  the  said  grange  and 
its  pertinents". 

1535.  The  Convent  granted    to    Richard    Rogers  the   Lease  of  Chesyngdon 
Jan.  16.    Manor,   at    Hoke,    with    all    lands,    pastures,    heriots,    and    reliefs;    from 

Michaelmas    last   for   twenty-one  years,    at   a  rental    of  £5   os.   6d.,    but 
chargeable  with  203.  6d.  amount  of  fee  farm  rent  to  the  King6. 

1  The  Manfelds  were  an  old  Taplow  family;  in  the  church  at  Taplow  is  a  monumental 
brass  to  the  memory  of  Robert  Manfeld,  who  died  April  7,  1465,  and  his  brother  and  sister. 
The  above-named  Thomas  Manfeld  died  August  15,  1540,  and  his  monumental  brass  remains 
in  Taplow  church.  *  Recited  in  Patent  Rolls,  3  &  4  Phil,  and  Mary,  p.  10,  m.  25. 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  Vlll  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  vii.  p.  430,  amongst  Escripts  and 
Writings  which  came  to  the  custody  of  Cromwell,  in  the  twenty- first  and  twenty- third  years 
of  the  King's  reign). 

1  Augmentation  Office,  Ministers'  Accounts,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  115,  m.  5. 

8  Ibid.  *  Land  Revenue  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  123. 


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1535.         The  Convent  granted  to  John  Kempsall  the  Lease  of  the  Manor  of 

Feb.  i.  Kyngeswod,  with  all  lands,  meadows,  pastures,  commons,  and  customs  ; 
with  certain  land  called  Bowes,  and  Stubbes  wood  called  Le  Poke  ;  with 
frank-pledge  and  other  things  of  the  Court.  Also  all  lands  called  Worth- 
loase,  Northwod,  with  woods,  groves,  trees,  pastures,  and  profit  of 
pannage,  reliefs,  maritage,  waviats,  goods  and  chattels  of  fugitive  felons, 
ullage,  and  all  liberties  generally.  To  hold  from  Michaelmas  next  for 
forty  years,  at  a  rental  of  £13  6s.  8d,1 

June  4.  The  Convent  granted  to  John  Stewarde  a  Lease  of  the  Manor  of 
Tadworth  and  the  lands  called  Worthy  Lees,  and  all  meadows,  feedings, 
pastures,  tithes  and  returns  and  services  of  the  manor;  but  excepting  all 
woods  and  trees.  To  hold  for  twenty-one  years  from  Michaelmas  next 
at  a  rent  of  £12,  and  a  charge  of  125.  payable  to  the  Bailiff  of  Chalvedon 
(Chaldon)  in  Surrey,  for  Castlewarde  2. 

The  same  John  by  the  same  Indenture  received  all  fines,  heriots,  reliefs, 
eschaets,  and  forisfactures  on  account  of  the  Manor,  but  apparently  as 
agent  for  the  Convent. 

Aug.  i.  In  a  letter  from  Sir  William  Fitzwilliam  to  Cromwell,  he  says  that  he 
and  the  other  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  Surrey  have  been  making  assess- 
ment of  the  spirituality  of  the  Shire,  and  he  has  no  doubt  a  much  larger 
amount  would  be  raised  than  would  have  been  done  by  the  Bishops  ;  but 
had  done  nothing  with  Abbeys  and  Priories,  because  they  were  told  that 
Cromwell  had  appointed  his  own  Auditors  :  but  being  now  told  that  the 
Auditors  would  only  meddle  with  Martyn  Abbey,  he  and  some  others 
inquire  what  they  (the  Writer  and  companions)  were  to  do  3. 

Aug.  4.  The  Convent  granted  a  Lease  to  John  Holgate,  of  the  Manor  of 
Assheted,  excepting  liberties,  franchises,  heriots,  reliefs,  and  perquisites 
of  the  Court;  to  hold  from  Michaelmas,  1545,  for  twenty-one  years,  at 
a  rental  of  £7  6s.  * 

On  the  same  day  the  Convent  granted  to  the  said  John  Holgate  a  Lease 
of  the  Rectory  of  Effingham,  with  all  tithes  and  profits  ;  but  excepting  all 
gifts  and  mortuaries  to  the  Vicar;  to  hold  from  Midsummer,  1544,  for 
twenty-one  years,  at  a  rental  of  £12  6s.  Qd.,  chargeable  nevertheless  with 
a  pension  of  265.  Qd.  to  the  Vicar  ". 
Sept.  29.  Thomas  Legh,  in  writing  to  Cromwell,  says  that  at  Merton  Abbey  he 

1  Land  Revenue  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  5.  fo.  124.  v.  a  Ibid.  t'o.  5. 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ix.  p.  2). 

4  Land  Revenue  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  182. 

5  Ibid.  fo.  187. 

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RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 


1535. 
Sept.  29. 


Oct.  4. 

1536. 

late. 


1535. 
Jan.  22. 


Feb.  27. 


March  10. 


had  dismissed  two  canons,  and  ten  more  would  have  been  dismissed, 
but  he  would  not  consent  -without  further  orders,  for  then  only  eight 
would  have  been  left l. 

The  Convent  granted  to  Richard  Goldwyre  the  lease  of  a  tenement  in 
Carshalton,  with  garden,  for  forty  years,  at  a  rental  of  55." 

In  Cromwell's  "Remembrances"  he  twice  makes  a  note  to  inquire  of 
the  Prior's  value  of  his  lands  beside  Hampton  Court :  probably  some 
that  the  King  had  exchanged  for  others:  compulsory  exchanges  were 
not  rare3. 

A  proposal  had  been  made  to  the  Prior  and  Convent  with  reference  to 
certain  exchanges,  proposed  by  the  King,  to  be  made  with  them  (the 
student  of  the  history  of  the  period  knows  what  that  meant) ;  and  the 
King  by  a  letter  of  Richard  Ryche  to  Thomas  Cromwell,  ordered 
Warram,  the  Master  of  Corpus  Christ!  College,  Oxford 4,  and  the 
Prior  of  Merton,  to  attend  at  Kimbolton,  Northamptonshire,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  term,  that  they  might  proceed  in  the  assurance 
(conveyance  on  assignment)  of  the  King's  exchanges  with  them.  Dated 
at  Kimbolton  ". 

Amongst  the  Acts  passed  by  the  Parliament  holden  at  Westminster  at 
this  date,  was  one  to  facilitate  an  exchange  between  the  King  and  the 
Prior  of  Merton ". 

The  Prior  and  Convent  entered  into  a  bond  for  the  sum  of  £100  payable 
to  the  King,  his  Executors  or  Assigns,  at  the  feast  of  Easter  next  following, 
under  the  seal  of  the  House  and  dated  from  their  Chapter  House.  The 
condition  of  the  obligation  was  that  they  should  keep  all  conventions, 
grants,  articles,  and  agreements  contained  and  specified  in  a  pair  of 
Indentures  between  the  King  of  the  one  Partye,  and  the  Prior  and  Convent 
of  the  other  Partye,  of  equal  date  herewith. 

The  head  of  the  Bond  is  in  Latin,  and  the  Obligation  in  English.  What 
was  the  nature  of  the  Indentures  referred  to  does  not  appear7. 

1  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.   ix.    p.   154).     Dr.  Thomas   Legh 
was  one  of  the  substitutes  or  commissioners  of  Cromwell,   the   King's  Visitor-General   of 
Monasteries. 

2  Land  Revenue  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  187. 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cat.  viii.  p.  139). 
*  John  Claymond,  S.T.B.,  president. 

5  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  x.  p.  57). 

6  Probably  relating  to  the  order  made  on  January  22  preceding  (Ibid.  x.  p.  87). 

7  The  original  deed  is  in  Augmentation  Office,  Charters,  Y.  9,  with  a  fine  impression  of  the 
obverse  of  the   Seal  (the  B.  V.   Mary  and  Child)  in  brown  wax ;    instead  of  the  reverse 
(St.  Augustine)  are  three  stamps  of  the  letter  QQ.    The  Bond  is  printed  in  Madox'  Formulare, 
DCLV  (p.  367). 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :    1535-1336.  341 

1B35-6.        The  Prior  entered  into  a  Bond  for  himself  and  successors  to  the  King, 
March  10.   Defender  of  the  Faith,  and  of -the  Anglican  Church,  Supreme  head  next 
after   God  (Ecclesie  Anglicane,   immediate  post  Deum  supremo   capiti),   in 
the  sum  of  £100. 

The  head  of  the  Bond  is  in  Latin  and  the  rest  in  English.  The 
Capitular  Seal  attached  is  a  very  fine  impression  in  brown  wax '. 

By  the  Indenture  referred  to,  the  Prior  and  Convent  conveyed  to  the 
King  their  Manor  of  East  Moulsey  and  all  tithes,  &c.,  in  East  Moulsey, 
being  parcel  of  the  impropriate  parsonage  of  Kingston  2. 

This  proceeding  was  in  the  form  of  an  exchange  between  the  King 
and  Merton  Priory,  whereby  the  Manor  of  East  Moulsey  was  taken  by 
the  King  in  exchange  for  the  Church  of  Elaston  (Ellastone),  which  had 
previously  belonged  to  the  Priory  of  Calewich  (Calwich  or  Calewych 
cell),  Staffordshire  3. 

This  was  done  at  the  desire  of  the  King,  who  wished  to  make  a  Chase 
at  Hampton  Court,  and  in  pursuance  of  an  exchange  for  the  site, 
foundations,  precinct  and  perambulation  of  the  late  Priory  of  Calewiche, 
Suffolk,  and  their  Manors  and  lands  there  and  elsewhere,  and  the 
patronage  of  the  Church  of  Elaston,  Staffordshire 4.  Whether  this 
exchange  was  a  genuine  transaction  or  a  mere  sham  on  the  part  of  the 
King  is  a  matter  of  inference ;  Merton  Priory  suffered  the  fate  of 
Calewiche,  and  was  dissolved  two  years  after  this  date. 

1536.  In  a  letter  of  this  date,  forming  part  of  the  Record  Office  publications  ', 
reference  is  made  to  the  exchange  which  the  King  had  made  of  the 
Church  of  Elaston,  previously  belonging  to  the  Monastery  of  Calwich  (or 
Calewich,  Staffordshire),  with  the  Priory  for  the  Manor  of  East  Molesey, 
Surrey,  which  had  belonged  to  them  from  a  very  early  date.  They 
had  on  March  2.2,  1519,  granted  a  lease  for  sixty-six  years  from 
Michaelmas,  1518,  to  Sir  John  Hennege,  whose  interest  the  King  bought 
shortly  afterwards 6. 

June  i.  The  Convent  granted  to  John  Clerk  a  lease  of  a  tenement  in  Merton, 
called  Salyngs,  together  with  all  lands,  meadows,  grazings,  and  pastures, 
and  the  assize  of  lands  and  pastures  pertaining  to  the  tenement  in  which 
John  Randolf  lately  dwelt,  with  barn  adjoining ;  and  also  four  acres  of 

Augmentation  Office,  Charters,  Y.  9. 

Inrollment  in  Rolls  Chapel  (.Manning  and  Bray,  i.  474*). 

Tanner,  Notitia  Monastica,  p.^97. 

Manning  and  Bray,  i.  p.  474*. 

Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIU  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  563). 

Manning  and  Bray,  ii.  p.  781. 


342  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1536.      arable  land  by  the  Chapel  of  Blessed  Mary  there :  but  reserving  to  the 

June  i.     Convent  the  mansion  or  tenement  of  the  said  John  Randolph,  together 

with  the  croft  adjoining;  to  hold  from  Michaelmas,  1537,  for  forty  years, 

at  a  rental  of  £10  55.    by  half-yearly  payments  to  the  Gustos  of  the  said 

Chapel  of  Blessed  Mary  the  Virgin  . 

Aug.  31.  The  Convent  granted  to  Thomas  Bedle  and  Geoffrey  Bedle  the  lease  of 
a  certain  Mansion  called  Westbarnes,  with  all  buildings,  barns,  stables, 
curtilages,  and  gardens  pertaining ;  and  seven  small  closes  adjoining, 
containing  about  thirty  acres;  and  certain  other  parcels,  viz.  one  close  con- 
taining about  thirty-three  acres,  called  Bromsell ;  one  close  of  meadow  and 
wood  of  forty-five  acres,  called  Hoppyng  mede;  one  of  fifty-five  acres,  called 
Hoppyng;  one  of  twenty-five  acres,  called  Pules;  one  of  106  acres,  called 
Estfeld;  one  called  Canondownhyll ;  one  field  of  thirty-three  acres,  called 
Twyryfeld,  and  one  parcel  of  land  lying  in  three  closes,  called  Westfeld 
and  Bladenys,  and  containing  188  acres,  with  their  pertinents  and  all 
tithes  of  the  property  thus  let :  but  excepting  tithes  of  growing  wood, 
and  all  timber,  thorn,  and  brushwood  ;  for  a  term  of  sixty  years  from 
Michaelmas  next,  at  a  rental  of  £18,  payable  by  half-yearly  instalments. 
The  Lessees  to  repair2. 

Oct.  5.  The  Prior  wrote  to  Lord  Cromwell  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  his  letters 
dated  the  second  instant,  concerning  a  complaint  of  a  woman  called  Elene 
Bowes.  He  offered  to  produce  his  Court  Rolls  to  any  learned  man  whom 
Cromwell  or  she  might  send  ;  and  that  if  any  fault  could  be  found  against 
him,  he  would  make  recompense  as  Cromwell  might  adjudge.  Dated 
at  Merton,  and  addressed  to  the  Lord  Privy  Seal.  The  result  does 
not  appear3. 

1536.  The  Priory  of  Merton  (in  the  Deanery  of  Ewell)  was  valued  at  £957 
195.  $\d.  per  annum  ;  John  Ramsey  being  then  Prior4. 

John  Burton  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Fields,  Brewer,  petitioned  "  Lord 
Cromwell,  High  Secretary  to  the  King,"  alleging  that  Lacy,  late  Prior 
of  Merton,  had  ejected  petitioner's  wife  from  a  farm  called  Salyngs  (situated 
near  the  Priory),  which  he  rented  from  the  Abbey  from  Shrovetide, 
19  Henry  VIII,  during  his  absence  in  the  North.  There  is  no  record  of  any 
letting  to  him.  He  prays  that  Cromwell  will  obtain  restitution  for  him, 
since  he  petitioned  the  present  Prior  to  no  effect.  Attached  to  the  Petition 
is  a  slip  of  paper  bearing  the  names  of  the  following  persons,  who  pre- 

1  Ministers'  Accounts,  Surrey,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  No.  115,  m.  5. 

2  Letters  and  Papers,  temp.  Henry  VIII  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.  p.  aao). 
s  Winchester  Dioc.  Register,  Fox,  v.  fo.  172  (sed  temp.  Gardiner  . 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :    1536. 


343 


1536.  sumably  were  commissioned  to  inquire  into  the  case,  viz.  Sir  Matthew 
Browne,  Knt.,  Mr.  Stydall  of  Ham-hall,  Mr.  Warmester  of  Chobham,  and 
Mr.  Carleton  of  Walton.  The  result  does  not  appear  '.  But  the  claim  failed, 
since  the  property  appears  in  the  minister's  account  in  1538.  App.  CLII. 
1536.  The  rent  charge  of  35.  \d.  per  annum  is  referred  to  as  having  been 
payable  by  the  Priory  of  Tanridge  to  the  Priory  of  "  Mertonne  "  from 
Michaelmas,  1536,  to  Michaelmas,  1537 2. 

June  i.  The  Convent  leased  to  John  Clerk  a  tenement  in  Merton,  called  "Salyng," 
with  all  lands,  fields,  meadows,  and  pasturage  to  the  said  tenement  per- 
taining thereto,  as  also  to  the  tenement  where  John  Randolf  lately  lived, 
and  the  barn  adjoining.  Also  four  acres  of  arable  land  by  the  Chapel 
of  B.  Mary  there.  But  reserving  to  themselves  the  mansion  or  tenement 
of  the  said  John  Randolf.  They  also  let  to  the  said  John  Clerke  a 
croft  adjoining  Salyng.  The  whole  (saving  as  above  mentioned)  to  hold 
to  him  and  his  assigns  from  the  feast  of  St.  Michael,  1537,  for  the  term 
of  forty  years,  at  a  rent  of  £  10  55.,  payable  by  half-yearly  moieties  to 
the  Custodian  or  Warden  of  the  Chapel  of  B.  Mary3. 

June  7.  A  Lease  was  granted  to  Richard  Holbroke  of  a  site  in  Bcrewell,  in  the 
parish  of  Kingston,  with  all  lands,  pastures,  heriots,  reliefs,  &c.,  wood  and 
underwood  ;  from  Michaelmas,  1545,  for  thirty  years,  at  a  rental  of  £10,  and 
charged  with  a  fee-farm  rent  of  6s.  6d.  to  the  King4. 

Aug.  31.  By  Indenture  dated  the  last  day  of  August,  in  the  King's  twenty-eighth 
year,  the  Convent  let  to  Thomas  Bedle  and  Geoffrey  Bedle  the  mansion 
called  Westbarnes,  with  all  buildings,  barnes,  stables,  curtilages,  and 
gardens  pertaining,  and  seven  adjacent  closes,  about  thirty-one  acres,  and 
certain  parcels  of  land,  meadow,  and  wood,  being  about  thirty-three 
acres,  and  called  Bromsell ;  and  also  five  closes  and  a  field,  called 
respectively  Hoppyng  mede,  Hoppyng,  Pules,  Estfeld,  Canondownhill, 
and  Twyryfeld,  together  exceeding  264  acres ;  also  three  closes  in 
Westfeld,  together  188  acres,  with  their  pertinents  and  tithes  (in  Merton}, 
except  growing  wood  and  trees.  To  hold  to  the  said  Thomas  and 
Geoffrey  and  their  assigns,  from  Michaelmas  next  for  the  term  of  sixty 
years;  paying  by  half-yearly  moieties  £18  IDS.  per  annum,  and  keeping 
the  place  in  repair 5. 

'  Letters   and  Papers,    temp.  Henry  VI11  (Rec.  Off.  Cal.  ii.    p.   577).     These   letters   and 
papers  are  of  a  very  varied  and  fragmentary  nature. 

"  Ministers'  Accounts,  28  &  29  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  103. 

3  Augmentation  Office,  Ministers'  Accounts,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  115,  in.  5. 

'  Land  Revenue  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  191. 

5  Augmentation  Office,  Ministers'  Aicounts,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  115.  m.  5. 


344  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1537.  The  Prior  and  Convent  by  Indenture  of  this  date  leased  to  William 
Oct.  ia.     Saunder  and  Thomas  Saunder1  the  Rectory  of  Merton,  with  a  tenement 

and  parcel  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  the  parish  church,  with  a  barn  and 
close  called  the  parsonage  barn,  and  all  tithes,  oblations,  mortuaries,  profits, 
commodities,  and  advantages  to  the  Rectory  relating  or  pertaining.  To 
hold  to  them  and  their  assigns  from  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  last,  for  the 
term  of  forty  years,  at  an  annual  rental  of  405.,  in  equal  moieties  at  the 
feasts  of  the  Annunciation  and  St.  Michael.  Moreover,  the  Lessees  to 
provide  a  fit  priest  to  celebrate  in  the  said  parish  church,  and  also  wine, 
bread,  wax  candles,  and  all  necessaries  which  by  ancient  law  pertained 
to  the  said  church,  and  all  other  burthens,  ordinary  and  extraordinary, 
chargeable  upon  the  Rector 2. 

Dec.  26.  John  Ramsey,  Prior,  and  the  Convent,  "by  their  hole  assent  and  con- 
cent," in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  £10,  granted  to  William  Saunder, 
Gentn.,  a  lease  of  their  wood  and  underwood  called  Gosborough  Hyll  with 
a  hedgerow,  in  the  marie  by  one  Knyght's  field,  in  the  parish  of  Chesynden, 
Surrey,  late  in  the  tenure  and  farm  of  Thomas  Roger,  and  bounded  on  the 
east  by  a  wood  belonging  to  the  parsonage  of  Chesynden  called  the  Viker's 
Combe,  on  the  west  by  Moar  Lane,  on  the  north  by  Kyngston  Common, 
and  on  the  south  by  Genson's  land  called  Westcrofts,  for  the  term  of  six 
years,  with  leave  to  fell,  cut  down,  make  and  carry  away  all  the  aforesaid 
woods  and  underwoods  out  of  the  said  wood  and  hedgerow,  so  that  they 
be  felled  in  seasonable  time  of  year,  and  that  the  same  be  "clene  vyde  "  and 
carried  out  within  the  time.  And  provided  that  he  should  leave  standing 
and  growing  thirty  "  slanders  "  upon  every  acre  of  the  wood,  and  make 
a  sufficient  hedge  about  the  same  for  the  preservation  and  safeguard  of 
the  young  coppys  and  sprynges  thereof.  In  witness  they  set  their  seals 
interchangeably  at  Merton,  December  26,  1537. 

There  are  no  signatures ;  presumably  it  was  in  duplicate,  as  there  was 
but  one  seal,  and  that  is  now  wanting3. 

1538.  The  Convent  granted    to  William   Saunders  a   Lease  of  the    Meadow 
Jan.  a.     in  Ewell,  called  Enimore,  and  containing  two  acres,  to  hold  for  four  score 

years  from  Michaelmas,  at  a  rental  of  55.* 


1  These  were  evidently  the  Sir  Thomas  Saunder,  Knt.,  and  William  Satmder,  two  of  the 
commissioners  for  Church  goods  in  Surrey  (Inventories  of  Church  Goods,  temp.  Edward  VI , 
printed  by  J.  R.  Daniel  Tyssen). 

''  Augmentation  Office,  Ministers'  Accounts,  29  &  30  Hen.  VIII,  Surrey,  No.  115,  m.  5. 

3  Brit.  Mas.  Harlcian  Charters,  113,  C.  28. 

*  Land  Revenue  Survey,  Surrey,  fo.  98.  v. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :  1537-1538.  345 

1638.         The  Act  which   initiated  the  spoliation  and  destruction   of  religious 
Jan.  a.     communities  commences  thus  :— 

"  Whereas  manifest  sin  is  daily  committed  in  such  abbeys,  priories, 
and  other  religious  houses,  where  the  congregation  of  such  religious 
is  under  the  number  of  twelve  persons,  whereby  their  churches  and 
ornaments  and  property  is  wasted  ...  to  the  high  displeasure  of 
Almighty  God  ...  So  that  without  such  houses  be  utterly  suppressed 
and  the  religious  persons  therein  be  committed  to  great  and  powerful 
monasteries  of  religion  in  this  realm,  where  they  may  be  compelled 
to  live  religiously  .  .  .  there  may  be  no  redress  or  reformation 
thereof.  .  . 

"Whereupon  the  Lords  and  Commons  .  .  .  most  humbly  desire 
that  it  may  be  enacted  .  .  . 

"  That  his  majesty  shall  have  and  enjoy  to  him  and  his  heirs  for  ever 
all  and  singular  such  monasteries '." 

As  regards  the  pretence  of  the  goods  of  the  monasteries  with  incomes 
not  amounting  to  £200  per  annum  being  wasted  (in  the  very  cases  where 
they  had  least  to  waste)  and  to  the  high  displeasure  of  Almighty  God, 
was  a  needlessly  fallacious  pretence.  The  statement  that  manifest  sin 
is  daily  committed  where  the  congregation  is  under  the  number  of  twelve 
persons,  is  a  manifestly  false  scandal  with  but  little  foundation  in  history. 
No  doubt  amongst  the  thousands  of  men  and  women  living  in  community 
cases  of  frailty  happened  occasionally,  or  human  nature  would  have  been 
more  angelic  than  human,  and  also  must  have  very  seriously  deteriorated 
since  then :  nor  can  we  forget  that  it  was  in  all  ages  to  clergy  and 
members  of  religious  communities  that  the  loose  and  jocular  stories  which 
constituted  most  of  the  wit  and  humour  of  a  rough  age  were  usually  attached 
as  thereby  imparting  additional  spice. 

It  will  be  noted  that  in  order  to  include  the  vast  proportion  of  monas- 
teries within  the  net  of  them  and  their  possessions,  a  small  minimum 
of  income  and  maximum  of  number  of  inhabitants  was  fixed. 

The  mass  of  work  it  would  occasion,  had  been  anticipated  and  provided 
for  by  an  Act  placed  immediately  before  it  upon  the  Statute  Book,  and 
entitled  An  Act  for  establishing  the  Court  of  Augmentations 2. 

A  Court  of  Augmentations  with  a  special  Chancellor  with  a  great  seal 
and  a  large  staff  of  officials  and  others  under  him,  including  a  receiver 
and  accountant  under  the  name  of  the  "  Minister,"  whose  accounts  of 
revenue  were  prepared  annually  under  the  name  of  "The  Ministers' 

1  27  Hen.  VIII,  cap.  aS.  *  27  Hen.  VIII,  cap.  27. 


346  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1538.  Accounts1."    What  property  was  sold  was  sold  by,  and  what  was  retained 
was  leased  or  managed  by  this  Court  for  some  time  under  its  seal,  but 
subsequently  by  Letters    Patent   in   the   usual   course,    and   probably   at 
that  period  the  "  M inister "  became  styled  "The  King's  Farmer."     The 
Court   of  Augmentations   Act  continued   on  the    Statute    Book   until,  in 
the   course   of  a   revision    of  those   Acts  which   had   practically  become 
obsolete,  it  was  swept  away  with  many  others  by  the  Statute  Law  Repeal 
Act,  1863. 

1539.  The  evil  example  of  spoliation  of  large  property  solemnly  dedicated  to 
Spring.     the  worship  of  Almighty  God  and  applied  to  His  service  during  successive 

centuries,  which  had  been  set  in  the  case  of  the  smaller  monasteries  and  in 
the  case  of  chantries  and  smaller  foundations,  was  followed  and  ended  about 
two  years  later,  when  another  Act  of  Parliament2  passed  in  1539,  by  which 
all  monasteries  previously  surrendered  should  be  given  to  the  King,  and 
all  others  and  all  sites,  &c.,  be  surrendered  and  dissolved  and  vested 
in  the  King,  and  that  grants  made  by  the  heads  of  houses  within  a  year 
of  the  date  of  their  surrender  should  be  void.  The  surrender  of  the 
smaller  monasteries  seems  to  have  been  carried  out  very  quietly ;  and  what 
one  could  have  reasonably  anticipated,  verified  the  truth  of  the  adage 
Fappctit  vient  en  mangeant. 

One  clause  constituted  a  small  mitigation  so  far  as  the  public  was 
concerned,  viz.  a  section  (8)  which  enacted  that  in  all  monasteries  given 
to  the  King  and  sold  by  him,  rights  of  hospitality  and  husbandry  should 
be  kept  up  on  the  site  of  the  Priory  and  domain. 

"  Coming  events  cast  their  shadow  before,"  and  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  Merton  Priory  had  long  felt  the  chill  gloom  of  the  shadow  of  death 
too  rapidly  overtaking  them,  notwithstanding  the  Royal  grant  of  a  Con- 
firmation made  so  recently  as  April  i,  1514,  of  all  grants  and  charters 
from  the  charter  of  Foundation  by  King  Henry  I  in  1121  and  his 
successors  during  a  period  of  nearly  four  hundred  years.  The  Canons 
had  consequently,  we  must  assume,  in  default  of  any  other  suggestion, 
to  account  for  an  apparently  imprudent  system  of  granting  very  long 
leases  of  their  most  valuable  possessions.  In  what  way,  however,  they 
could  have  hoped  to  gain  any  advantage  or  security  by  placing  their 
property  beyond  their  own  control,  or  what  likelihood  of  saving  it  from 
the  grasp  of  the  impending  hand,  one  fails  to  see. 

The   surrender,   which  is  in   Latin,  is  very  laboured,  in  the  attempt 

1  We  print  a  copy  of  the  first  year  of  these  Accounts  relating  to  Merton  Priory  in 
Appendix  CLII.  !  31  Hen.  VIII,  cap.  13. 


CHRONOLOGICAL  :   1539.  347 

1539.      to  make  it  full  and  comprehensive,  and  follows  therein  very  closely  the 

verbiage  of  the  Act  of  Parliament. 

April  16.  The  Act  under  which  Merton  Priory  and  the  larger  or  surviving  monas- 
teries, that  is  to  say  those  which  had  revenues  in  landed  property 
exceeding  £200  per  annum,  came  next '.  Sect.  2  gave  to  the  King  all 
monasteries  previously  surrendered ;  sect.  3  directed  that  all  others  and 
all  sites,  &c.,  surrendered  and  dissolved  shall  be  vested  in  the  King;  sect.  7, 
enacts  that  grants  made  by  heads  of  houses  within  a  year  of  the  surrender 
should  be  void. 

The  surrender  very  closely  follows  the  verbosity  of  the  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment, and  is  addressed  to  all  faithful  in  Christ  to  whom  this  present 
writing  may  come  John  (Ramsey\  Prior  of  the  House  or  Priory  of  Merton 
in  the  County  of  Surrey:  otherwise  called  John,  Prior  of  the  House  or 
Priory  of  Merton,  of  the  Order  of  St.  Augustine,  in  the  County  of  Surrey, 
and  the  Convent  there,  health  in  the  Lord  Eternal.  Know  that  we  the 
aforesaid  Prior  and  Convent,  with  unanimous  consent  and  our  deliberate 
assent  of  will  and  full  understanding,  and  of  our  own  action,  for  certain  just 
and  reasonable  causes  our  minds  and  consciences  specially  moving  further 
and  freely  to  give  and  render  up  by  these  presents,  we  give,  and  render  up, 
and  render  to  the  illustrious  prince  and  our  lord  Henry  the  Eighth,  by  the 
grace  of  God,  of  England  and  France,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  Lord 
of  Ireland,  and  on  earth  supreme  head  of  the  English  Church  under 
Christ,  all  our  said  monastery,  House,  or  Priory  aforesaid,  together  with 
all  and  singular  manors,  domains,  messuages,  gardens,  curtilages,  tofts, 
lands,  tenements,  fields,  meadows,  grass-lands,  woods,  rents,  services,  mills, 
ways,  military  fees,  wards,  maritages,  natives,  villans  and  their  offspring, 
common  liberties,  franchises,  jurisdictions,  courts-leet  and  of  hundreds, 
views  of  frank-pledge,  fairs,  markets,  parks,  warrens,  waters,  fisheries, 
ways,  by-ways,  void  places,  advowsons,  nominations,  presentations,  dona- 
tions of  churches,  vicarages,  chapels,  chantries,  pensions,  portions,  annui- 
ties, tithes,  oblations,  and  all  and  singular  emoluments,  profits,  posses- 
sions, hereditaments,  and  all  the  rights  whatsoever,  as  well  within  the 
said  county  as  within  the  counties  of  Kent,  Sussex,  Buckingham,  South- 
ampton, Wilts,  Dorset,  Devon,  Somerset,  Cornwall,  Oxford,  Stafford, 
Northampton,  Hertford,  Bedford,  Huntingdon,  Norfolk,  Suffolk,  Essex, 
Middlesex,  and  elsewhere  within  the  kingdom  of  England  and  Wales, 
and  their  marches,  of  the  said  monastery,  house,  or  priory,  and  to  our 
manors,  lands,  and  houses  in  anywise  belonging,  appertaining,  or  dependent, 

1  31  Hen.  VIII,  cap.  13. 


348  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

1539.  and  all  manner  of  your  charters,  proofs,  writings,  and  muniments  to  the 
April  16.  same  monastery,  house,  or  priory,  or  your  manors,  lands,  tenements,  and 
other  premises  with  their  pertinents  or  part  thereof  in  any  way  apper- 
taining, or  concerning  the  holding  or  enjoyment  of  the  said  monastery, 
house,  or  priory,  the  site,  base,  circuit,  and  precinct  of  Merton,  together 
with  all  and  singular  domains,  manors,  tenements,  rectories,  pensions,  and 
other  the  premises,  with  all  and  singular  their  said  pertinents.  To  the 
aforesaid  unsurpassed  (invictissimo)  prince  and  lord  our  King,  to  his 
heirs  and  assigns,  for  ever  and  in  all  right  and  effect,  and  by  us  howsoever 
acquired,  as  fitting  we  give  up  and  submit.  Giving  and  granting  as  we 
give  and  grant  to  his  Royal  Majesty  his  heirs  and  assigns,  all  and  in  all 
manner  full  and  free  power  and  authority  and  property  of  the  said 
monastery,  house,  or  priory  of  Merton  aforesaid,  to  his  free  rule  and  free 
will  and  pleasure  to  whatsoever  use  in  alienating,  giving,  and  committing 
and  transferring,  and  also  all  elections  by  him  given,  together  with  all  claims 
of  rights  in  actions,  proceeding,  and  in  litigation,  and  other  dispute, 
which  by  whatever  right  and  legal  benefits  to  us  nevertheless  and  our 
successors  in  that  part  might  have  accrued.  We  warrant  in  perpetuity 
by  these  presents.  In  faith  and  testimony  we  the  said  Prior  and  Convent 
have  to  this  present  writing  caused  our  common  seal  to  be  affixed.  Given, 
the  sixteenth  day  of  the  month  of  April,  in  the  year  of  the  most  illustrious 
Lord  the  King  the  twenty-ninth  '. 


Dark  brown,  almost  black,  wax,  obverse  only  and  much  broken. 


NOTES    RESPECTING   THE   LAST   CANONS  OF   MERTON. 

JOHN  RAMSEY,  the  yst  Prior.  On  the  death  of  his  predecessor, 
John  Lacy,  on  January  16,  1530,  from  what  cause  does  not  appear,  when 
the  Royal  Licence  to  elect  a  successor  quickly  arrived,  the  Chapter 
adopted  the  unique  step  of  delegating  some  one,  an  apparent  stranger, 
to  nominate  for  them  (not  even  limiting  his  choice  to  a  member  of  the 
House):  they  nominated  Master  Edward  Fox,  S.T.P.,  Provost  of  King's 
College,  Cambridge,  who  with  little  hesitation  appointed  Canon  John 

1  Augmentation  Office,  Surrenders,  29  Hen.  VIII,  No.  152.  Printed  with  abbreviations  as 
in  the  original,  Appendix  CLI. 


SIGNATURES    TO    SURRENDER 


NOTES    OF    THE    LAST    OF    THE    CANONS.  349 

Ramsey.  This  being  reported  to  the  Bishop,  he  took  the  step  of 
causing  an  inquiry  into  the  circumstances,  and  obtained  verbal  evidence 
by  commissioners,  when  it  was  proved  that  it  was  done  with  the  unani- 
mous act  of  the  Chapter,  including  one  who  was  too  ill  to  be  present  and 
voted  by  proxy.  The  nomination  was  therefore  accepted  as  an  election,  and 
there  being  no  personal  objection,  John  Ramsey  became  Prior,  as  though 
an  election  had  actually  taken  place,  though  how  the  usual  ceremony 
of  invocation  of  the  Holy  Spirit  was  dispensed  with  does  not  appear. 

JOHN  DEBNAM,  or  Debenham,  Sub-prior.     (Infirmarius  in  1530.) 

THOMAS  GODME'CHESTER,  ordained  priest  December  21,  1504;  sacri- 
stan refectorarius  in  1520. 

JOHN  CODYNGTON,  ordained  priest  September  24,  1513;  was  a  canon 
in  1520 ;  sacristan  in  1520. 

RICHARD  WYNDESORE,  ordained  priest,  May  28,  1518;  Canon;  was 
precentor  in  1530.  In  a  list  of  the  Canons  in  the  Winchester  Diocesan 
Register  his  Christian  name  is  called  John. 

GEORGE  ALBYN,  was  ordained  priest  March  20,  1523;  succentor ;  was 
master  of  Chapel  B.  Mary,  January  31,  1532. 

JOHN  HAYWARD,  in  priest's  orders. 

RICHARD  BENESE,  or  Beneys,  was  in  priest's  orders ;  was  author  of 
A  Boke  on  measurynge  of  Lande,  which  was  published  in  1562  and  passed 
through  five  editions. 

THOMAS  MYCHELL,  mentioned  as  Canon  January  31,  1530;  in  priest's 
orders  prior  to  February  i,  1530. 

EDMUND  DOWMAN,  was  ordained  sub-deacon  prior  to  January  31, 
1530 ;  was  Tertius  Prior  and  Precentor  in  1520. 

THOMAS  PAYNELL,  PAINELL,  PEYNEL,  PANELL,  or  PANIELL  ;  acolyte 
and  sub-deacon  in  January  and  April,  1530 ;  one  of  a  family  members  of 
and  associated  with  the  Priory.  Author  of  a  book  entitled  The  Pyththy 
and  mooste  notable  sayinges  of  all  Scripture,  which  passed  through  three 
editions  in  1553 ;  also  Pandectes  of  the  Evangelicall  Laws  comprising  the 
Whole  History  of  Christe's  Gospell,  published  in  1553  ;  also  A  frutefull  booke 
of  Comen  Places  of  all  Saint  PauFs  Epistles,  published  in  1562 ;  beside 
many  translations  of  Greek  and  Latin  works  (Lowndes). 

JOHN  MARTYN,  sub-deacon  before  1530. 

ROBERT  KNICHT,  was  Canon  1530;  ordained  priest  April  i,  1536. 

JOHN  PAGE,  Scholar  of  Oxford  ;  was  Canon  January  31,  1538  ;  ordained 
Deacon  June  6,  1528. 


350  RECORDS    CONCERNING    THE    PRIORY    OF    MERTON. 

It  only  remains  to  complete  the  series  of  confiscations  by  mentioning 
the  Act  of  Parliament  on  the  Dissolution  of  Colleges  and  Chantries  ',  which 
was  absolutely  less  void  of  excuse.  The  Act  recites  that  "  there  existed 
divers  colleges  (from  which  colleges  at  the  Universities  seem  somehow 
to  have  escaped  condemnation  and  destruction),  free  chapels,  chauntries, 
hospitals,  paternities,  brotherhoods,  guilds,  and  stipendiary  priests,  having 
perpetuity,  some  of  them  by  licence  of  his  Gracious  Majesty,  or  his  noble 
progenitors,  some  of  them  by  feoffments,  wills,  &c.,  to  have  a  perpetual 
continuance  for  ever ;  but  that  divers  persons  claiming  to  be  the  donors 
or  patrons  have  taken  possession  to  themselves  "  (if  so,  following  the  King's 
example,  except  that  possibly  their  object  may  have  been  the  protection 
of  the  charity).  Therefore — (a  noteworthy  non-sequitur)  they  were  all 
handed  over  to  the  King  for  his  own  benefit,  in  consideration  of  his  great 
cost  in  the  protection  of  the  kingdom,  and  for  the  maintenance  of  his 
honour  and  dignity. 

Grants  of  the  properties  of  an  Abbey  and  Priory  were  made  by 
Letters  Patent  under  seal  of  the  Court  of  Augmentations,  but  subsequently 
in  the  usual,  course  through  the  Patent  Office,  at  which  time  (about  1541 
or  1542)  the  officer  who  prepared  the  "  Minister's  Accounts  "  became  the 
"  King's  Farmer." 

Several  of  these,  disposing  of  "property  of  the  late  monastery  of  Marten," 
may  be  mentioned  as  a  matter  of  curiosity.  King  Edward  VI  granted  to 
(his  half-sister)  the  Princess  afterwards  Queen  Mary  a  lease  for  life  of  a 
considerable  property,  at  an  annual  rental  of  £98  i8s.  6-}rf.  and  a  quarter 
of  a  farthing  *,  and  he  also  disposed  of  several  manors  and  advowsons 3. 
Philip  and  Mary  disposed  of  some  manors,  but  reserving  the  advowsons*. 
Queen  Elizabeth  sold  one  manor  and  advowson  for  the  large  sum  of 
£i,4'88  2s.  n\d.!'  King  James  I  sold  several  advowsons,  including  the 
most  valuable  one  of  Kingston,  Surrey". 

It  would  appear  for  some  reason,  or  presumably  by  special  orders,  the 
endowments  of  Merton  Priory  had  not  passed  to  the  King  by  the  Act 
37  Henry  VIII,  cap.  4,  and  in  the  first  year  of  his  successor  an  Act  was 
passed  7  giving  him  power  to  appoint  commissioners  to  appoint  property 
and  endowments,  and  to  allot  a  pension  to  each  Governor,  Fellow,  and 
Servant  of  every  Chantry  dissolved  other  than  a  college  in  the  Universities 

1  37  Hen.  VIII,  cap.  27.  »  Patent  Rolls,  2  Ed.  VI,  pt.  5. 

3  Ibid,  i  Ed.  VI,  pt.  3  ;  5  Ed.  VI,  pt.  i,  m.  so. 

1  Ibid.  3  &  4  Phil,  and  Mary,  pt.  10,  m.  25.  5  Ibid,  i  Eliz.  pt.  i,  m.  3. 

6  Ibid.  6  James  I,  pt.  17,  and  n  James  I,  pt.  17.  '  Act  i  Ed.  VI,  cap.  14. 


DISPOSAL    OF    MONASTIC    PROPERTY.  35! 

of  Oxford  and  Cambridge,  or  the  Free  Chapel  of  Saint  George  the  Martyr, 
Windsor,  or  Saint  Mary's  College  of  Winchester,  the  College  of  Eton, 
and  others  specified,  including  Lord  Cobham's  College  at  Cobham,  Kent. 

With  the  surrender  of  the  Priory,  the  Records  concerning  it  naturally 
terminate,  and  we  do  not  propose  to  follow  its  widely-spread  possessions 
situated  in  the  counties  enumerated  in  the  surrender,  which  would 
cause  a  wearisome  task  and  useless  labour  and  research  in  the  realms  of 
pure  topography  for  a  vast  number  of  scattered  fragments ;  but  we  give 
an  enumeration  in  the  copy  of  the  Ministers'  Accounts  of  the  property  and 
rental  produced  during  the  first  twelvemonth ',  the  clear  total  income 
amounting  to  £900  i6s.  6d. 2  We  intend  to  limit  ourselves  to  a  short 
note  in  the  "Introduction"  of  what  happened  to  site  and  substance. 
The  timely  profession  of  what  was  treated  as  being  surrender  of  their 
property,  of  which  in  reality  they  were  legally  only  trustees  and  had  not 
the  right  to  surrender,  saved  them  pains  and  penalties,  unlike  the  Abbots 
of  Reading,  Glastonbury,  and  Colchester,  who  were  judicially  murdered 
for  refusing  to  do  so. 

1  Augmentation  Office,  Minister's  Account  for  the  year  32-3  Hen,  f7///,  Surrey,  152,  which 
forms  Appendix  CXLI. 

J  Valor  Ecclesiasticus,  ii.  pp.  48,  5:. 


INDEX 


A.,  elemosinarius,  133. 
Aaric,  archd.  of  Surrey,  41. 
Abbeville,  Cecilia  de,  42. 
Abbot,  William,  294. 
Abbyn,  Brother  George,  324. 
Abel,  John,  214. 
Abernun,  Roger  de,  32. 
Abraham,  Thomas,  283. 
Abyndon,  Master  Peter  de,  161. 
Acclere,  Bartholomew  de,  157. 

—  Hugo  de,  157. 

—  James  de,  157. 

Act   of    Parliament    concerning 
destruction     of    monasteries, 

345- 

—  on  dissolution  of  colleges  and 
chantries,  350. 

Acwegate,   Thomas,   clerk   and 

notary,  50. 
Adam,  chaplain,  15. 

—  son  of  Robert,  32. 

• —  Master,  medicus,  54. 

—  cellarer   of   Merton,    returns 
valuables  to  king,  72. 

—  son  of  William,  97. 

—  son  of  William,  justice,  101. 
Adelicia  of  Flanders,  u. 
Adeliza,  wife  of  Henry  I,  12. 
Aette,  Roger  de,  claim  of,  123. 
Aikerel,  Richard,  76. 
Ailbricht,  15. 
Ailricheshei,  land  at,  30. 
Aiwella,  31. 

Alan,  son  of  Peter,  52. 

—  abbot  of  Chertsey,  97. 
Alard,  archd.  of  London,  45. 
Alarycham,  Richard,  286. 
Alb1,  Nigell  de,  10. 
Albans,  St.,  abbot  of,  44,  46. 
Albernun  (or   D'Abemon),  En- 

gelram  de,  gift  to  priory,  13. 
Alberun,  Jordan  de,  25. 
Albin,  Hnr'  de,  u. 
Albin',  William  de,  8. 
Albinus,  chaplain,  appointed  to 

church  of  Yelling,  39. 


Albyne,  George,  331. 
Aldeburgh,  Richard  de,  229. 
Aldcmerius,  Henry  de  Ponte,6.j. 
Aldermaricliurche,     church     of 

St.  Mary  de,  236. 
Alderyngton.   Brother   William, 

unjust  punishment  of,  275. 
Aldcwin  the  Count,  6. 
Aldintona,  27. 
Alditha,  widow,  62. 
Alexander,  archd.,  13. 

—  chaplain,  15. 

—  priest,  32. 

—  chaplain  of  Clopham,  39. 

—  Master,    composition      with, 
48. 

Alezun,    William     de,     charge 

against,  47. 
Algar  (priest   of  St.   Benedict), 

and  Saive,  grant  to,  30. 
Alinnora,  wife  of  Thomas,  duke 

of  Gloucester,  290. 
Alianore,  sister  of  Kdward  III, 

231. 

Alice,  wife  of  Michael  Velct,  78. 
Alkemundbury,  Geoffrey  de,  in- 
stalled prior  1306,  196  ;  died 

1307,  198. 
All    Hallows   de    Stannchirche, 

parish  of,  254. 
Alot,  Robert,  280. 
Alia  Ripa,  William  de,  ^4  ;  sons 

of,  ib. 
Alton  (Ker's  Aulton,  Carshalton) , 

27- 
Alured,  bp.  of  Winchester,  20. 

—  the  dyer,  127. 
Alvanechild,  16. 
Alweneschild,  77. 
Alwin,  16. 

Alwric,  seller  of  wood,  II. 
Amalius,  Peter,  canon  of  Burdeg, 

(Bordeaux),  186. 
Amberas,  William,  knight,  an. 
Ambobert,  priest,  57. 
Amery  mills,  338. 

A   a 


Amfrid,  son  of  Runld,  3. 
Ammonius,  death  of,  323. 
Andrew  of  Crikelad,  4*). 

—  the  sacristan,  4*. 

—  son  of  \Val'and,  48. 

—  vicar  of  Flore,  184. 
Anglico,  Will',  24. 
Anglo-Saxon  terms,  meaning  of, 

12  jr.,  22,  n.  5. 
j    Anselm  the  clerk,  9. 

—  sheriff  of  Rouen,  9. 
Antona,  Ralph  de,  29. 
Apeldrefeud,    Sir    William    de, 

gift  of  lands,  &c.,  to  Merton, 
by,  145. 

[  Apeklresfeld,  Henry  de,  confirms 
grant  of  lands  by  his  brother 
William,  143. 

—  convention  between,  and  con- 
vent, 143-144. 

Appclre,  Henry  de,  191. 

Appett',  Roger  de,  clerk,  140. 

Aperdele,  Roger  de,  257. 

Aperdelee,  Roger,  will  of,  246. 

Aranen',  archd.,  186. 

Arbalistarius,  W.,  deed  of,  62. 

Arbelastarius,  Simon,  25. 
j    Arbitration,  commission  of,  44. 

Archembald  of  Flanders,  n. 

Archer,  Robert  le,  85. 

Arcubj,  John  de.  141. 

Arcubus,  John  de,  261. 
;   Arden,  Ralph  de,  48. 

Argentein,  Richard  de,  89. 
j    Aries,  bp.  of,  77. 

Arnulf,  priest,  32. 
j    Arnulph,  bp.  of  Rochester,  12. 

Arundel,  Robert,  n. 

Arundell,  Hugh  de,  17. 

Asculf,  suerman,  n. 

Asted,  tenants  of,  187. 

Aston,  Richard  de,  sheriff,  173. 

Aston,    Brother    Thomas,    291, 
292. 

Aswi,  Ralph,  alderman,  114. 

Attebrok,  William,  179. 


354 


INDEX. 


Attehurst,  Richard,  169. 
Attestrete,  Alexander,  138. 
Attewelle,  John,  254. 

—  Thomas,  254. 
Aubkyn,  Richard,  114. 
Auclele,   Hugh   de,  late  earl   of 

Gloucester,  249. 
Anclom',  Richard  de  Ponte,  41. 
Augustin,  servant,  17. 
Augustine,  Brother  Thomas,  324. 
Aulton  (Ker's  Aulton,  Carshal- 

ton),  church  of,  47. 

—  vicar  of,  2 1 5. 

—  Master  Richard  de,  222. 
Aumarq,  Geoffry  de,  8;;. 
Ausgodus,  32. 
Awelton,  115. 

Awylc,  M.  of  William,  253. 
Axemuth,       William,      tempor- 
arily in  charge  of  priory,  nj. 
Axminstcr,  church  of,  179- 
Aylmeton,  A.  de,  232. 
Aylond,  Brother  Richard,  310. 
Azo,  37. 

Bailiol,  Josceline,  20. 
Baionem,  John,  10. 
Bakepu;,  Ralph  de,  124. 
Baklewyne,  Peter,  165. 
Baldock,  \Verricus  de,  211. 
Baldwin,    abp.    of    Canterbury, 

43- 

—  Peter  de,  184. 
Ball,  Sir  \\  illiam,  309. 
Jiallard,  Geoffrey,  17. 
Halle,  Thomas,  303. 

—  \Villiam,  303,  304. 
Ballon,    Master    John,   commis- 
sion addressed  to,  296. 

Bammoseye,  John  de,  144. 
Banewelle,  226. 
Bnnquello,  Sir  Johan  de,  200. 
Bardulf,  Hugh,  65. 
Hardy,  John.  311. 
Barewe,  fohn  de,  207. 
Barkar,  John,  clerk,  321. 
Bamako,  Master  Ralph,  325. 
Banebrugge,  land  at,  298. 
Barres.  John,  265. 
Barthon',  archd.  of  Surrey,  208. 
Barton,  church  of,  58. 

—  Philip  de,  181. 

—  Philip  le,  193. 
Basing,  Geoffrey  de,  29. 
Basinges,  Adam   de,   alderman, 

137- 

—  Henry  de,  elected  prior  1231, 
92-93;  died  1238,  102. 

Basset,  Jordan,  52. 
• —  Thomas,  55. 
Bassing,  Ralph  de,  163. 
Bassinglmrn,  Robert  de,  87. 
Battmanson,  John,  313. 


Bathonia,  Henry  de, Justice,  1 13. 
Batthon',  37. 
Baiulry,  William,  173. 
Beauchamp,  Cicilia,  257. 
Bee,  abbot  of,  135. 
Bekenton,    House   of  Religious 

at,  137- 

Beketon,  Serlo  de,  25. 
Belero,  Robert  de,  35. 
Belet,  John,  and  William  his 

brother,  29. 
—  Robert,  28,  40. 

—  William,  25. 
lii-lewe,  Ilur'  de,  15. 
Bell,  Sir  Thomas,  309. 
Bellamy,  John,  325. 

Bello  Campo,  Helen  de,  40. 

—  Robert  de,  108. 
liellomonte,  Thomas,  55. 
Belot,  Master  Mich.,  85'. 
BemfiVt,  South,  lands  at,  291. 
Benedict,  bp.  of  Rochester,  78, 

101. 

Bennings.  Stephen  de,  42. 
Benys,  Richard,  331. 
Berd,  John,  312,  313. 
Berdc,  John,  303. 

—  Sir  John,  309. 
licrewell,  land  at,  I  24. 
Bcrewycas'r  twedam,  207. 
Bermundsey,  Assizes  at,  127. 
Bernard,    bp.    of    St.    David's, 

12. 

—  bp.  of  Llandnff,  14. 

—  Raiif  Fitz,  226. 
Berton,  church  of,  65. 
Bcrye,  lands  in,  184. 

Bevil,  Master  John,  clerk,  304. 
Bies,  Richard  de,  20. 
Bigeswoode  (?  Biggleswade),  65. 
liirche,  Master  Robert,  333. 
Bircle,  John,  303. 
Biset.  Manas',  dapifer,  19. 

—  Mannesser,  dapifer,  18. 
Bissop,  Reginald,  29. 
Blake,  Robert  de,  225. 
Blaunchard,  John,  LL.D.,  260. 
Blerichenol,  lands  at,  37. 
Bletchingelegh,  court  of,  250. 
Blocke,  Roger,  327. 
Blossom,  Thomas,  claim  against, 

291. 

Blund,  Thomas,  claim  of  convent 
to  tenement  of,  157. 

Boale,  abbey  of,  279. 

Bochersle,  land  at,  40. 

Bochmsue,  church  of,  instituted 
by  William  (Warlwast),  bp. 
of  Exeter,  6. 

Bodeleq',  Geoffrey  de  la,  98. 

Bodo,  Rodoric,  325. 

Bohun,  Henry  de,  earl  of  Here- 
ford and  Essex,  290. 


Eokeland,  Walter,  294. 

—  (de  Bokenhulle),  Robert,  258. 
Bolebec,  Gilbert  de.  K8. 
Bolonia  (Boulogne),  Faramusde, 

27. 

Boniface,  elected  abp.  of  Canter- 
bury, 112. 

—  abp.    of    Canterbury,   grants 
church   of   Patrickbourne    to 
priory,  134. 

^Borstall,  William  de,  248. 
*Bos  the  clerk,  n. 
Bosco,   Holy  Trinity  de,  house 
of,  1 1 6. 

—  Reginald  de.  97. 
Bosevilla,  William  de,  28. 
Botailles,  Peter  de,  122. 
Botulpho,  Alan  de  Sco.,  219. 
Boulogne,  bp.  of,  i  r. 

Bowes,  Elene,  complaint  of, 
against  prior,  242. 

Bowie,  John,  335. 

Bradeburg,  Willo'  de.  73. 

Bradshawe,  George,  M.A.,  331. 

Branthon,  John  de,  priest,  makes 
convention  wilh  convent  con- 
cerning church  of  Vothmunt, 
19-20. 

Bray,  Adam  de,  212. 
-  Thomas  de,  167. 

—  William,  172,  280. 

—  William  de,  178. 
Braynford,  weir  at,  252. 
Bregge,  hundred  of,  1 58. 
Bregges,  chapel  of,  218. 
Breosa,  William  de,  59. 
Brcoso,  William  de,  60. 
Brian,  son  of  Ralph  and  Gun- 

nora,  writ  against,  61. 

—  Robert,  113. 

—  Sir   William,    complaint    of, 
against  Merton,  263. 

Brich'drus,  9. 

Bricius,  agreement  between  him 

and  Robert,  second  prior,  15. 
Bricticius  Walensis,  8. 
Briell,  Thomas,  distraint  upon, 

by  prior,  283. 
Brokesburn,  canon  William  de, 

195  ;  elected  prior  1307,  198; 

died  1335,  233. 
Brightset',  Richard  de,  85. 
Brisiston,  hundred  of,  209. 
Brito,  servant,  59. 

—  Walter,  36. 
Britticius,  land  of,  8. 
Britto,  8. 

Britwer',  William,  48. 
Brixton,  hundred  of,  161,  162. 
Brocas,  Oliver,  257. 
Brodeshawe,  George,  M.A.,  332. 
Brokesburne,  Walter  de,  acolyte, 
211,  214,  215. 


INDEX. 


355 


Brokford,  John,  295. 
Bromsull,  Henry  de,  1 16. 
Brounscomb   (or    Bronescomb), 

bp.,  132.  '37- 
Brown,  Walter,  226. 
Browne,  Sir  Matthew,  knt.,  343. 
Broynton,  Sir  Roger  de,  archd. 

of  Gloucester,  234. 
Brunus,  servant,  59. 
Brusle,  Sir  John,  called   before 

prior      concerning      Thomas 

Camerlain,  291. 
Brydges,  John,  332. 
Buckenhale,  William  de,  in. 
Buckingham,  Richard  de,  87. 
Buckland,  Master  Nicholas  de, 

131- 
Bukerel,  Andred,  96,  and  ».   2 

and  4. 

Bulnonis,  Sir  R.,  85. 
Buneton,  Estrad  de,  6S. 
Bur,  Simon  de,  suit  against,  by 

prior,  84. 

Burbank,  William,  328. 
Bureford,  John  de,  224. 
Bures,  John  de,  118. 
Burg',  Sir  H.ubert)  de,  87. 
Burgeys,  Walter,  206,  207. 
Burgh,  Hubert  de,  So,  Si,  89,  95. 

—  John  and  William  atte,  163. 

—  John  de,  206. 
Burghersh,  Lady  Margaret,  260. 
Burn,  Walter  de,  45. 
Bumell,    Robert,    king's    chan- 
cellor, 156. 

Burnes  and  Bruges  (Patrick- 
bourne  and  Bridge),  churches 
of,  4> 

Bumham,  Master  K.  de,  42. 

Burser,  Geoffrey,  41. 

Burton,  Johanne,  legacy  to,  310. 

—  John,    brewer,    petition     to 
Cromwell,  342. 

—  Brother  Walter,  309. 
• —  Sir  Walter,  327. 

-  Walter,  311,  324,  331. 
Buscelt,  Ralph,  44. 
Buttaill',  William  de,  122. 
Buttel,  land -called,  53. 
Bygges,  Robert,  331,  332. 
Byj;od  (or  Bigod),  Hugh  le,  134. 
(,Bykeman),  Stephen,  licence  to, 

29S. 

Bynchester,  Sir  Arnold,  309, 311. 
Bynedon,  suit  against  abbot  and 

convent  of,  131. 
Byrde,  Sir  John,  309. 

C.,  cellarer,  133. 
Caddeworth,  tenants  of,  188. 
Caham,  William  de,  58. 
Cahames,  Ralph  de  (or  Cheam, 
latinized),  gift  at  Petcham  to 


pi  iory,  26,  n,  4  ;  died  1 1 74. 
29. 

Calchith,  W.,  tailor,  292. 

Calentle,  Walter  de,  103. 

Calewich,  priory  uf,  341. 

Cam,  Adam,  221. 

Cama,  Hugh  de,  32. 

Cambinaco,  P.  de,  treasurer,  134. 

Cambis,  Hugh  de,  141. 

Camerlain,  Thomas,  concern- 
ing manumission  of,  291. 

Camera,  Peter  de,  17. 

Camoys,  Ralph  de.  Sheriff  of 
Surrey,  return  of  lines,  1 1 1. 

Canburystret,  298. 

Canetenk',  manor  of.  260 

Canewebury,  church  of.  220. 

Canons  of  Merton,  notes  re- 
specting the  last,  348  349. 

Canonsbryge,  sewer  at,  298. 

Cant',  Thomas,  21. 

Cantelupe,  William  de,  66. 

Cantia    (or  Kent),   Thomas 


233; 


died 


de, 
1339. 


pnur   1335, 
241. 

—  William  de,  133. 

—  William  de,  elected  prior  1439. 
299  ;   deatli  or  retirement  of, 
in  1442,  300. 

Cantilupe,  William  de,  55. 
Cany,  Nicholas,  280. 
Caperun,  Geoffery  de,  127, 
Capett,  Henry  de,  89. 
Carectarius,  Hugh,  94. 
Carew,  Sir  Nicholas,  j6o. 
Carite,  Stephen,  III. 
Carleton,  Mr.,  of  Walton,  343. 
Carlisle,  bp.  of.  87. 
Carm',  Kudo  Baron,  9. 
Carra,  William  de  la,  III. 
Cartar,  Sir  William,  311,  313. 
Cartbote,  meaning  of,  337,  «.  I. 
L'asttlton,  W.  de,  clerk,  220. 
Cate  ina,  Nicholas  de,  37. 
Catesle,  Master  John  de,  225. 
Cathell,  Robert  de,  250. 
Causton,  John  de,  219. 
Cecil,  wife  of  the  late  William 

Gyleinyn,  claim  of,  to  land  in 

Pollesdon,  162. 
Cecilia,  wile   of   Henry  son   of 

Odo,  grant  to,  30. 
Cerme,  Milo  de,  52. 
Cermt-rdyn  'Carmarthen",  166. 
Cewenb'ga.  land  in,  37. 
Chaddesdon,  Master  Henry  de, 

242. 
Chaddeslee,  Geoffrey  de,  elected 

prior  1361,  216  ;    died   1368, 
.258. 
Chaddesley,  Brother  Geoffrey  de, 

242,  254. 
Chaldene,  Dionisia  de,  1 50. 

A  a  2 


Chalveye,  123. 
Chamber!,  Mark,  92. 
Chancomb,  prior   of,    and   wife 

Cecil,  suit  against,  106. 
Charles,  Brother  John,  294. 
Charlys,  John,  290. 
Charnato,  Geoffrey  de,  16. 
Charnbrixi,  land  of,  8. 
Charter  of  confirmation  granted 

by  king,  88-89. 
Chasepore,     Peter,     legacy    to 

Merton,  130. 
Chelesham,  Roger  de,  146. 

—  Sir  Alan  de,  223. 
Cheleworth,  James  de,  and  wife 

Mabel,  suit  against,  90. 

Chelewurth  and  Crikelad',  tene- 
ments at,  48. 

Cherde,  Roger  de,  191. 

Cherdynton,  tenants  of,  188. 

Cherleton,  Thomas  de,  219. 

Chertsey,  abbot  of.  47. 

— •  Walter  de,  does  homage  for 
two  dwellings,  71. 

Cheiteseye,  John,  canon  of 
Newstead,  translated  to  Mer- 
ton, 274. 

Chester,  Peter  de,  1 70. 

—  Philip  de,  226. 
Chesyngdon,  manor,  337. 
Cheulent,  land  of,  8. 
Chevaler,  R.  de,  93. 
Chcyne,  William,  297. 
Cheyney,  William  de,  125. 
Chichester,  bp.  of,  87. 
Chipping,  land  of,  41. 
Chissendon  (Chessington),  27. 

—  Harding  de,  29. 
Chissendona  ^Chessington),  14. 
Chiuton    and    Norton,   churches 

of.  a  concord  respecting,  36- 

3». 

Cholmeley,  William,  336. 
Churches    and    chapels,    list    of, 

claim  by  Merton  as  to  rights 

over,  243-244. 
Cirencester,  church  of,  founded 

by  king  Henry,  6. 
Civesford',  William Tercii  de,4O. 
Claiputte,  28. 
Clare,  honour  of,  215. 

—  Sir  B.ogonus)  de,  164. 

-  Richard  assigns  land  to 
priory,  259-260. 

Cleindona,  Ailric  de,  9. 

Clement,  son  of  Osbert,  60. 

Clement  V,  pope,  issues  com- 
mission to  prior  of  St.  Mary 
ofSuwerk,  2J3. 

Clendon,  Edmund  de,  37. 

Cleptona,  1.5. 

Clerc,  Robert  le,  242. 

Clerk,  John,  304. 


356 


INDEX. 


Clerk,  William  le,  192. 
Clerke,  Master  John,  333. 
Cleyham,  Sir  Ingeram  de,  240. 
Cliderhou,  Robert  de,  206. 
Cliffe,   Master  Michael,  306. 
Clifford,  Roger  de,  Itinerary  of, 

91,  162. 

Clinton,  Geoffrey  de,  9. 
Clipston,  Master  John  de,  228. 
Clist  St.  George,  church  of,  226. 
Clone,  John  de,  247. 
Clopham,  church  of,  93. 
Clnia,  church  of,  10. 
Clumeling',  Thomas  de,  87. 
Clyfford,  Loves,  knight,  286. 
Clyst,  church  of,  226. 
Clyvedene,  William  de,  191. 
Clyvedon,  Geoffrey  de,  101. 
— •  Stephen  de,  101, 
Cnappe,  de  la,  chapel,  198. 
Cobeham,  Henry  de,  212. 

—  Sir  J.  de,  144. 
Cobbeham,  102. 
Coc,  Humphrey,  30. 
Cocche,  Richard,  85. 
Coco,  Ralph,  121. 
Codinton,  church  of,  166. 

—  William  de,  206. 
Codyngton,  John,  331. 
Cogil',  monks  of,  15. 
Coi',  Humfrey,  17. 

Coign'es,   William   de,    ordered 

to  give  six  oaks  to  prior,  85, 

86. 

Coke,  Master  Thomas,  304. 
Colesworth,  tenants  of,  187. 
Colevile,  Robert  de,  154. 
Colevill,  Robert  de,  161. 
Coliere,  Peter  le,  attorney,  90. 
Coliwe,  rector  of,  215. 
Colnere,  Felicia  la,  136. 
Combe,  Richard,  280. 
Condi,  Aliz.  de,  27. 
Conn',  John,  church  of  Norton 

granted  to,  26. 
Conyngesby,  Ralph  de,  chaplain, 

225. 

Conyngton,  John,  283. 
Cook,  Thomas,  parson  of  Tappe- 

lowe,  254,  255. 
Cooke,  John,  325. 

—  Thomas,    Doctor   of    Laws, 

3°9- 

Coppe'  (Coppedethorn),  hundred 
of,  167. 

Coppedethorn,  hundred  of,  209. 

Corboil,  William,  abp.  of  Can- 
terbury, 13,  ».  3. 

Corbj,  Angot.,  53. 

Cordewainer,  Thorold,  52. 

Cornburge,  land  in,  246. 

Cornehill,  Henry  de,  gift  of 
lands  by,  44. 


Corner,  Ralph  le,  225. 
Coterel,  Robert,  29. 
Cothur,  Adam  le,  178. 
Cotyngham,  Thomas  de,   clerk, 

222. 

Conrtenhale,  199. 
Coventry,  prior  of,  64. 
Crabbesthochefurlang,   land   at, 

37- 

Craia,  \\  illiam  de,  and  wife 
Margaret,  and  sons,  gift  by, 
67. 

Craye,  Simon  de,  88. 

Cren,  Adam,  III. 

Crendun'  (Bucks),  75. 

Crikelade  and  Chelewurth,  con- 
vention concerning  lands  at, 

,  24' 
Crikelade,  Andrew  de,  49. 

—  Sir  T.  de,  171. 
Crioill,  liertram  de,  124. 
Crisp,  Baldwin,  25. 
Cristiana,  wife  of  late  John   de 

Shaldeford,  claim    of  dower, 

161. 

Crok,  Robert,  96,  103. 
Crombek,  Brother  Ralph  de,  242. 
Cromwell,  335,  339,  340,  342. 

—  Sir  Ralph,  299. 
Crop,  Angoto  dc,  34. 
Cros,  John  de,  189. 
Crowelmrst,  Stephen  de,  151. 
Croydon,  John,  hshmongcr,  263. 
Croycr,  William,  257. 

Cuice,  El  ye  de,  181. 

Crudde,  Richard,  139. 

Crues,    Hugh    del,    and    Robert 

his  son,  29. 
Crnisius,  priest,  25. 
Cuddington  (Surrey),  church  of, 

,  43- 

j    Cuddinton,  church  of,  9. 
Cuddyngton,  John,  324. 
Cudington,  Gilbert  de,  III. 
Cndington  (Cuddington),  63. 
Culeworth,  William  de,  Justice, 

101 

Cumbe,  Richard  de,  171. 
Cnmbes  (Sussex),  76. 
Cumclocle,  John  de,  202. 
Cumin',  William,  8. 
Cunton  (Cuddington),  27. 
Curcell',  Roger  de,  9. 
Curtenay,    John    de,    and    wife 

Matilda,  suit  against,  101. 
Curteys,  Roger  le,  209. 
Curton',  Gillebert  de,  65. 
Curwandun',  Robert  de,  56. 
Curyman,  William,  188. 
Cusaud,  William  de  la,  116.    - 
Cuteron,  William  de,  clerk,  207. 
Cuther,  Adam  le,  173. 
Cygoinus,  Knjelram  de,  81. 


Cygorni,  Engel  de,  84. 
Cypet,  Gilbert,  217. 
Cyrencester,  Robert  de,  128,  129, 
130. 

Dacre,  Robert  de,  clerk,  130. 
Daed,  Robert,  and  Editha,  63. 
Daly,   Thomas,   claim    against, 

329- 

Dammartin,  Sir  Odo  dc,  and 
others,  admitted  to  the  frater- 
nity of  Merton,  72. 

—  Stephen  de,  1 7. 
Dane,  Simon,  16. 

Darcy,     Robert,     dispute     with 

Merton,  228. 

D.iumbeses,  William,  164. 
Daurford,  Sir  William,  309. 
David,  king  of  Scotland,  6. 

—  earl,  13. 

—  the  clerk,  87. 
Davy,  Robert,  246. 

Debnam,    Brother    John,    324, 

331- 
Dene,  Ralph  de,  3(1. 

—  Stephen  de,  202,  208. 

—  Symon  de,  61. 

-  William  de,  58,  61. 
Deneford,  34. 
Denshe,  Asketnns  de,  162. 
Derby,  Robert  de,  230. 
Dereherste,  Adam  de,  and  wife 

Matilda,  claim  of,  64. 
Derham,     Master     Helyas    de, 
114. 

—  Master  R.  de,  94. 
Derneford,  William,  311. 
Deserto,  William  de,  83. 
Despenser,  Hugh  Le,  jun.,  226. 
Deulesant,  52. 

Deveneis,  Roger  le,  92. 
Digtm,  Richard,  140. 
Din0,  Sir  Mer.  de  la,  146. 
Dioceses,  taxation  of  spiritualia 
and  temporalia  in  the  various, 

J/^1??- 

Dispenser,  Edward  le,  259. 
Ditchelade,  Robert  de,  226. 
Ditton,  Nichol  de,  54. 

—  tenants  of,  1 88. 
Dodocus,  land  of,  8. 
Dole,  John  de,  225. 
Domesday,      ecclesiastical,      of 

pope  Nicholas  IX,  177. 
Donesford,  tenants  of,  187. 
Donnecrofte,  land  in,  263. 
Donnehalle,  house  at  Kingston, 

119. 

Donnhamford,  hundred  of,  158. 
Doo,  Robert,  309,  311. 

—  William,  312. 
Dowman,  Edmund,  331. 

—  John,  315,  325,  327. 


INDEX. 


357 


Drogo  dc  Manore,  8. 

Drokensforde,  John  de,  bp.  of 
Bath  and  Wells,  issues  a  com- 
mission, 226. 

Drury,  Niel,  late  sheriff,  200. 

Duchet,  Ralph,  29. 

Dunekiton,  mill  at,  44,  54. 

Dunest,  S.  de,  20. 

Dunkcle,  Roger,  woolman,  240. 

Dunstyw,  William,  311,  312. 

Dunstywe  (Dun's  Tewe),  297. 

Dymock,  Robert,  179. 

E.,  bp.  of  Pertnons,  159. 
Eadric  and  Godewin,  tenements 

of,  32. 

Ecclesium,  Hamo  ad,  59. 
Eche,  William,  303. 
Ecton,  Nicholas  de,  67. 
Edildeb',  1 19. 
Edinghge,    Thomas    de,    clerk, 

'53. 

Edinton,  Gilbert  de,  86. 
Edmund,  James  de  St.,  32. 

—  St.,  abbot  of,  44,  46. 

—  earl  of  Cornwall,  169,  170. 

—  late  earl  of  Kent,  250. 

—  duke  of  Yoik,  289. 
Ednesbrwch  (Edinburgh),  church 

of,    built   by  David,   king   of 
Scotland,  6. 

Edward  I,  inquisition  by  precept 
°f>  '55)  I5<5;  orders  an  inquiry, 
181  ;  borrows  money  of  con- 
vent, 186  ;  entry  showing  how 
the  money  was  raised,  187- 
188. 

—  Ill,  grants  charters  to  Merton, 
and    witnesses    thereto,    238- 

239- 

—  VI,  grants  lease  to  princess 
Mary,  35°- 

Edward,  celare",  n. 

—  brother  of  William  de  Cumba, 
19. 

—  bp.  of  Callipolis,  312. 
Edyndon,    William    de,    bp.    of 

Winchester,   gift   to   convent, 

255- 

Effingham,  advowson  of  church 
of,  granted  to  Merton  by  Gil- 
bert de  Clare,  150. 

—  rectory  of,  339. 

Egidius,  or  Giles  de  Bign  (or 
Bourne),  prior  1222,  80. 

Egliston,  William,  324. 

Elton,  land  at,  50. 

Eland,  Richard,  311. 

Elaston,  church  of,  341. 

Eleanor,  married  to  Ilenry  III, 
58. 

Elias,  son  of  bp.  of  Durham, 
10. 


Elias,  son  of  William  le  Ilancs- 
well,  grant  to,  16. 

—  son  of  Alard,  88. 
Elimosinarius,  William,  n. 
Elizabeth,  queen,  sells  property 

of  Merton,  350. 
Elmedon,  50. 
Ely,  Maurice  de,  247,  and  «.  I. 

—  Sir  William  de,  treasurer,  50. 
Elynbrigge,  Thomas,  legacy  of, 

310. 

Elyngvvorth,  Richaid,  313. 
Elys,  Godfrey,  of  Iloleschete,  91. 
Emma  of  Kent,  141. 
Eotona,  Randolph  de,  28. 
Erasmus,  323. 
Ereyndon,    Stephen    de,    clerk, 

152- 

Ermite,  William,  179. 
Erpingham,  North,  hundred  of, 

155- 

Esmendene,  Stephen  de,  80. 
Espray,  Geoffrey,  157. 

—  Herbert,  157. 
Esschcr,  245. 

Essex,  Henry  de,  constable,  19. 

—  Robert  de,  28. 

Ested',  Ob'  de,  charge  against, 

66. 

Esterly,  William.  314. 
Estmulscy,  manor  ol,  323. 
Estie,  Roger  del,  29. 
Estvic,  William  de,  28. 
Estystede,  rector  of,  215. 
Esury,  William,  draper,  137. 
Eton,  Richard  de,  67. 
Eudo,  priest  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 

3°. 
Eustace,  bp.  of  London,  85,  90. 

—  elected  prior,  115;  died  1263, 
140. 

Eustachius,  bp.  of  London,  117. 
Everard,  bp.  of  Norwich,  12. 
Ewell,  Ailet  de,  222. 
Eweiste    (Ewhurst),  church   of, 

64. 

Exeter,  Robert  de,  152. 
Eyde,  Sir  Gilbert  de,  131. 
Eyton,  Adam  de,  191. 

—  Sir  Thomas  de,  sacristan,  171, 
1 80. 

—  Thomas  de,  deacon,  211. 

Falcon,  Alard  de,  16. 
Falerme,  John  de,  notary,  206. 
Farely,  William,  325. 
Faslolf,  Laurence,  219. 
Fecham,    mill    of,    granted    to 
Guamerius,  24-25. 

—  tenants  of,  187. 
Ferour,  William  le,  230. 
Ferrariis,  Robert,  n. 
Feninges,  Master  G.  dc,  133. 


Feysey,  John,  331. 

fflore,  Richard,  287. 

ffodryngehe,  Peter  de,  186. 

ffonham,  William  de,  146. 

fforster,  Richard,  295. 

ffrauncys,  John,  293. 

ffnlende,  William  de,  139. 

Fifhid,  58. 

Fifide,  land  at,  84. 

Fige,  226. 

Firebote,  meaning  of,  333,  «.  I. 

Fitzneale,  Richard,  bp.  of  Lon- 
don, 49. 

Fitzncele,  Robert  le.  231. 

Fitzwilliam,  Sir  William,  339. 

fleming,  Huclino  le,  16. 

Mexland,  laud  at.  116. 

Flore,  church  of,  5:;. 

Florence,  James  de,  archd.  of 
Winchester,  202. 

Fluricius,  priest  of  Lansant',  9. 

Fonte,  John,  144. 

Forde,  Ailwin  de  la.  41. 

—  Richard  de,  226. 
Forteshull,  Robert  de,  39. 
Fox,     Master    Edward,    I).  I)., 

?3|; 

—  William,  courier,  259. 
Foxforde,  Master  Richard,  331. 
Fo\ton,  John,  276. 

France,  king  of,  323. 

France-is,  John,  and  Wimund  de 

Dene,  dispute  between,  58. 
(Fraii9ois    I  ,    king   of   France, 

323- 

Fraxino,  Peter  de,  181. 
Fremannemadc,  land  in,  40. 
Frere,  Stephen  le,  128,  129. 
Freston,    William,    prior    1345, 

234,  246;  died  1361,  256-257. 
Frilaund,  Roger  de,  208. 
Friskeneye,  Sir  Walter  de.  228. 
Fromond,     St.,    monastery,    55, 

>!.   2. 
Frowik,    Peter    de,    goldsmith, 

114. 

Froyle,  vicar  of,  215. 
Furbur,    Bartholomew    le,    and 

wife  Anastasia,  137. 

—  Roger  le,  grants  property  to 
convent.  137. 

Fustar',    William,    of    London, 

lease  to,  72. 
Fysshe,  William,  261. 

G.,  abp.  of  York,  302. 

—  son  of  Peter,  chief  justice,  58. 
Gallon,  manor  of,  257. 
Gammyll,  Thorrus,  321. 
Ganf,  William,  152. 
Gaiden',  John  le,  of  Shene,  179. 
Gardcrobe,  N.  de  la,  245. 
Gafston,  Alice  dc  la.  in,  112. 


358 


INDEX 


Garstun,  Her'  de  la,  7.?- 
Gatesden,  John  cle,  128. 
Gallon,  Robert  cle,  128. 
Geddel,  John  de,  131. 
Geggeham,  K.  de,  77. 
Geilenlon  (or  Gellinton),  43. 
Gcldeford  (Guildford),  27. 

—  Robert  de,  56. 
Genene,  Philip  de,  127. 
Geoffrey,  son  of  Wulgaf ',  1 1 . 

—  son  of  Durant,  16,  17. 

—  brolher  of  Merlon,  36. 

—  son  of  Jordan  de  Sachcvill', 

3<S. 

—  son  of  Robeit,  41. 

—  son  of  Oki,  60. 

• —  of  London,  180. 

George,  duke  of  Clarence,  302. 

Geres,  John  de,  124. 

Germin,  William,  124. 

Gervase,  Master,  Epistle  of,  gives 
desciiption  of  work  and  end 
of  founder  of  Mellon,  -, ;  quo- 
lation  from,  7~S. 

—  Yen.    Father    John,    bp.    of 
Winchester,    certifies   election 
of    prior    Gilbert    de    Actte, 
140. 

Gestlingg,  John  de,  "8. 

Geta,  Roger  de,  seneschall,  121. 

Giffard,  William,  bp.  of  Win- 
chester, 3,  4 ;  founds  monas- 
tery of  Taunton,  4,  H.  i,  6. 

Gilbert  (de  Ashe), installed  prior 
1263,  140;  died  1292,  178. 

—  the  Knight,  founder  of  Mer- 
lon,  I,  2,  4,  5;   death  of,  5, 

13- 

—  fishmonger,  II. 

—  priest,  1 1. 

—  carl  of  Clare,  13,  35,  63. 

—  Reimund,  and  others,  convcn- 
lion  with,  24. 

—  son  of  Gilbert,  27, 

—  son  of  Pagan,  40. 

—  bp.  of  Rochester,  48. 

—  son  of  Burwald,  41. 
Gillebert,  clerk,  28. 
Gillinges,  Ralph  de,  79. 

Gis',   John   de,   chamberlain    to 

king,  130. 
Gisborne,    John,    elected    prior 

1485,  303-306;   died  1502. 
Giselham,  William  de,  159. 
Gisort,  John  de,  131. 
Gisulf,  land  of,  8. 

—  the  scriptor,  9. 
(Jlanvill,  Ralph  de,  43. 
Glaston',  William  de,  9,  10. 
Glos,  Albreda  de,  76. 

—  Albredus  de,  78. 
Glotingeham,  Ralph  de,  conven- 
tion with,  36, 


Godchep,  Philip,  137. 

Godefr.,  servant,  59. 

Godefrey  bp.  of  Winchester,  46, 

Godefrid,    bp.    of    Winchester, 

49- 

Goderic,  Robert,  15. 
Godewyne,  Ralph,  192. 
Godmanchestre,   Thomas,    324, 

33'- 

Godmay,  Walter,  139. 
Godrich,  Robert,  68. 
Godwin,  alderman,  9. 
Godyn,  \Villiam,  138. 
golde,  Elwius,  ji. 
Goldsmyth,  John,  324,  325. 
Gomschalne,  231. 
Gondom,  Gilbert,  in. 
Gorewandum,  claim  of,  57. 
Gormecestre,    Brother   Reginald 

de,  242. 
Gozo,  vintner,  grant  of  rent  by, 

20. 

GRANTS,   GIFTS,    &c.,   by  the 
convent  to — 

Acer,  Thomas,  152. 

Alexander,  clerk  of  Fecham, 
confirmation  of  grant  to,  28. 

Alice,  daughter  of  Osbert  de 
Situn,  1 1 8. 

Amicius,  Sir,  71. 

Andrew,  son  of  John  cle  Valle- 
torta,  144. 

• —  son  of  William  Morel,  170. 

Anketillus,  53. 

Apeldresfeld,    Sir   Henry   de, 

"43- 

Aquillus,  William,  knight,  76. 
Arnold  the  Vintner,  of  Suweik, 

77- 
Audcmeropolis     (St.     Omer), 

Richard  de  1'onte,  40. 
Baddtley,  Anne,  widow,  314. 
lialasham,  Thomas  de,  96. 
Uanclon,     Sir      Richard     de, 

chaplain,  118. 
Harthon,  Philip  de,  218. 
Havel,  Richard,  225. 
Bedle,  Geoffrey,  342,  343. 
-  Thomas,  342,  343. 
Benchesham,  Gilbert  de,  76. 
Bernard  the  scriptor,  8-12. 
Besant,    Richard,    citizen    of 

London,  102. 

Blund,    Robeit,   son    of   Bar- 
tholomew Blund,  52. 
Bokenhulle,  Robeit  de,  260- 

262. 
Bokland,  Robert  de,  and  wife 

Seyva,  94. 
Bowie,  John,  322. 
—  Richard,  322. 
Braliet,     Guido,     relative     of 


Grants,  &c.  (continued}. 

Master    Hugo    de    Mortuo 

Mari,  133. 

Bulepan'e,  Gilbert,  52. 
Burgh,   Sir   John   Purnel   de, 

223. 

Bussley,  Robert  de,  clerk,  74. 

Calcheth,  John,  the  younger, 
289. 

Capell,  J.,  and  wife  Matilda, 
92. 

Case,  Sir  Bryan,  334. 

Chambre,  Ralph  de  la,  of 
Kersalton,  119. 

Chelesham,  Richard  de,  140. 

Chelsham,  Sir  Alan  de,  chap- 
lain, 102. 

Clays,  servant,  an. 

Clerk,  John,  341,  343. 

Colecester,  Sir  William  de, 
199. 

Coocham,  Gilbert  de,  lai. 

Curaunt,  John  de,  288  ;  sur- 
renders the  corrody,  289. 

Cuteron,  William  de,  204. 

Cyrenccstra,  Robert  de,  clerk, 
105,  no. 

Dene,  John  de,  210-211. 

Derneford,  Nicholas  de,  159. 

Edmundo,  H.  de  Sco',  83. 

—  John  de  Sancto,  108. 
Engelram,  blacksmith,  93. 
Ewell,  Gilbert  de,  121. 
Eylward,  William,  115. 
Faucun,    Master     Alexander, 

of  Berton,  76. 
Filching,  Roger  de,  83. 
Forteshull,  William  de,  clerk, 

39- 

Fr?.nceis,  Rad'  le,  32. 

—  Richard  le,  and  wife  Mary, 

73- 
Furbur,    Roger  le,  citizen   of 

London,  120. 
Camel',  William  de,  103. 
Gavel,  William,  223. 
Gcldeford,  John  de,  105. 
Geoffrey,  chaplain  of  J.,bp.  of 

Norwich,  31. 

—  son  of  Oek,  53. 

—  son  of  Walter,  73. 

—  brother  of  Master  Andiew 
of  Winchester,  no. 

Gervase,  son  of  Margaret  de 

Bredone,  40. 
Gilbert  the  smith,  of  Kersaul- 

ton,  76-77. 

—  son  of  Gilbert  of  Wyndes- 
ham,  y3. 

—  the   chaplain,  of  London, 

94- 

Godefrid,  son  of  Matilda,  31. 
Godcsfeld,  Stephen  de,  150. 


INDEX. 


359 


Grants,  &c,  (continued}. 
Goldwyre,  Richard,  340. 
Gnarnerius,  24-25. 
Gyles,  John,  of  London,  314. 
Hallap,  William  de,  27. 
Hansard  or  Haunsard,  119. 

—  Sir  John,  and  Lady  Gundre- 
da  his  wife,  119. 

Hardres,  Luke  de,  31. 
Haremed',  Sir  G.  de,  118. 
Harington,  John  de,  221. 
Harpin,  Hugh,  83. 
Haye,  John  de  la,  104. 
Helias,  clerk   of  Cambridge, 

40. 
Hennege,  Sir  John,  341. 

—  Thomas,  323-324. 
Herbert,  son   of   William   of 

Winchester,   16. 
Hethewold     of     Schoredich' 

(Shoreditch),  83. 
Heved,    Walter,    of   Kinges- 

wode,  103. 

Hilbert,  clerk  of  Norton,  43. 
Hiller(or  Hyller),  John,  337, 

338 

Ho,  John  de  la,  102. 
Hoclegh,  Henry,  204. 
Hog,  John,  of  Kingeston,  39. 
Hoke,  Symon   de   la,  son    of 

Richard,  141. 
Hokelandis,  John,  336. 
Holbroke,  Richard,  343. 
Holgate,  John,  339. 
Holt,  Nichol  le,  84. 
Horsey,  Jaspar,  322. 
Hugh,    son    of    Goceline    of 

Maperdeshal  (Meppeishall), 

35- 

—  and  John,  sons  of  Juliana, 
daughter  of  Symon  Athele 
of  Midleton,  104. 

—  portario  suo,  139. 
Hurgano,  Theobald  de,  canon 

of  Hurg',  clerk,  149. 
James,  son  of  Martin,  52. 
Joceo,  son  of  Peter,  citizen  of 

London,  78. 
John  the  clerk,  24. 

—  clerk  of  Chisewic,  42. 

—  Roger  de  St.,  48. 

—  son  of  Richard  le  Tantnir, 

77- 

—  son  of  Roger  de  Awclton, 

«»s- 

Juliana,  Lady,  mother  of  Mas- 
ter Ralph  de  Freningham, 
138- 

Kaaimes,  William  de,  son  of 
Richard  de  Kaaimes,  53. 

Kempsall,  John,  339. 

Keten',  Henry  de,  83. 

Kingeston,   Sir    Richard  de, 


Grants,  &c.  (continued }. 

clerk,  and  his  brother  Mat- 
thew, 216. 

Lake,  Odric  Atte,  78. 

Latton,  Richard  de,  carpenter, 
41. 

Laurence,  son  of  Godard,  82. 

Lincolle,  Richard,  of  Gome- 
cester,  199. 

Lisle,  Launcelot,  329. 

Lok,  William,  329,  335. 

Luke,  son  of  William  de  la 
Dene,  30-31. 

Lunis  (or  Linus),  Richard  de, 

Manfeld,  Thomas,  337. 
Marcius  of  London,  clerk,  94. 
Maucluit,  Sir  W.,  116. 
Maugerthe  Vintner  .Mangerio 

Vinitario",  41. 

Meperteshale,  Gilbert  de,  36. 
—  Henry  de,  141. 
Merlon,  Sir  Walter  de,  clerk, 

124. 
Michael,   Sir,   the    merchant, 

94- 
Milo,  son  of  Edward  deEstwic, 

3°. 

Miiillnirst,  William  de,  95. 

Montenaro,  Emeric  de,  clerk, 
106. 

Mora,  Geoffrey  de,  clerk,  82. 

Moraunt,  William,  358. 

Morion,  William,  307. 

Muschampe,  William,  329. 

Neketon,  William  de,  96. 

Neutone,  Sir  William  de, 
chaplain,  121. 

Nicholas  of  St.  Albans,  gold- 
smith, 96. 

—  of  the  church  of  Miccham, 
ii  i. 

Normannia,  Peter,  77. 

Nuns  of  Bereking  (Balking), 

42. 

Osbert,  31. 
Page,  Richard,  321. 
Partimacho,    Master   Aimeric 

de,  clerk,  33. 
Pate,  John,  329. 
Patre,  John,  of  Polesdene,  141. 
Pelham,    Valentine    de,    and 

wife  Matilda,  103. 
Pcnmark,   Richard   de,  clerk, 

21 1. 
Peter,  son  of  Aehvid,  42. 

—  son  of  Richard  de  Kinges- 
wood,  54. 

—  called  Cule  dc  Brudcport, 

iS.o- 
Philip,  clerk,  51,  94. 
Prosser,    John,   the   elder,    of 

South  Taddesworth,  275. 


Grants,  &c.  (continued^. 

Ralph  the  doorkeeper,  24. 

—  son  of  Harding,  53, 
Reydone,  John  de,  140. 
Richard,  son  of  Bundus,   31, 

«.  6,  32. 

—  vicar  of  Kingston,  95. 
Robert,  son  of  Waldere,  17. 

—  clerk  of  Kimenton.  30. 

—  son  of  Robert  de  Mantebi, 

31- 

—  son  of  Henry.  40. 

—  son  of  Waller   de  llorle, 
81. 

—  son  of  Godwin  the  carler. 
St. 

—  son  of   Robert  de  Canter- 
bury, 1 06. 

Roger,  son  of  Adam  de 
Mechnni,  84. 

—  chaplain,  103. 
Rogeis,  Richard,  338. 

St.  Albans,  Nichol'  de,  96. 

St.  Faith,  Willinm  de,  164. 

Saunder,  Thomas,  344  and 
;/.  i. 

• —  William,  344  and  «.  I. 

Senegeie,  Sir  Walter  de,  chap- 
lain to  rector  of  Little  Chart, 

134- 
Shelwode,    Willinm    de,   and 

wife  Aceline,  103. 
Shyrefeld,  Richard  de,  clerk, 

200. 
Shorne  (or  Shornnc).  John  de, 

clerk,  102. 
Silvester,  clerk,  51. 
Skerne,  Percival,  3.14. 
Souke,  John,  83. 
Staffoul,    William    de,   clerk, 

1 06. 
Stephen,  clerk,  93. 

—  son  of  Martin,  u  freeman, 
116. 

Stcwarde,  John,  339. 
Stodfeld,  Semannus  de,  40. 
Stok',  Geoffrey  dc,  215. 
Snmerford,  William  de,  cleik, 

94. 
Button,    Richard    de,    son    of 

Sewin,  32. 
Tapevel,  R.,  83. 
Testr',  Philip  de,  222. 
Thomas,  prior  of  convent  of 

Newark,  I2r. 
• —  Richard,  334. 

—  the  smith,  and  Andrew  his 
son,  manumitted,  140. 

—  William,    of    Wynierburn' 
Martyn,  220. 

Thorrok,  Masler  Dyonisius  de, 

clerk,  1 68. 
Tinctor,  John,  216. 


36o 


INDEX. 


Grants,  &c.  (continued}. 

Tinemue,  John  cle,  clerk,  117. 

—  Master  Th.  de,  1 1 7. 
Tinemwe,  John  de,  clerk,  90. 
Tudeford,  Henry  de,  210. 
Turburt,  28. 

Wahull',  Jordan  de,  141. 

\\~akelin,  Ralph,  and  wife 
Beatrice,  118. 

Walens,  Roger,  104. 

Walter,  son  of  Giles,  84. 

Warin  the  merchant,  83. 

Wcstwode,  John,  326. 

\Vhethamsted,  Master  Geof- 
frey de,  220. 

\\  illiam,  son  of  Richard,  30. 

—  son  of  Thomas,  41. 

—  son  of  Drogo  de  Fecham, 

53- 

—  son    of    William,    son     of 
Arthur,  =4. 

—  son  of  Ilamon  Martel,  82. 

—  son  of  John  de  Balce,  141. 
Wlncyna,  Richard  de,  Si. 
Wodelok,     Master     Richard, 

201. 
Wolcherehaw,  Richard  de,  and 

wife  Kline,  iSS. 
Wrotham,  William,  clerk,  40. 
Wylesned,  Ralph  de,  77-78. 
Wynton,  Master  Andrew  de, 

cltrk,  no. 

Ymewortha,  Ralph  de,  104. 
Grapclingeham,  Klyas  de,  124. 

—  land  at,  35. 

Grns,  Stephen  .  .  .,  96, 

Great  Worldham,  vicar  of,  215. 

Gregory,     St.,     of     Canterbury. 

church     of,     made     by    abp. 

William,  6. 
Gregory  IX,  issues  commission, 

,  Sl>  . 
Grenvil,  Ralph  de,  56. 

Grimbald  medicus,  y. 

Gromchr'  (Godmanchester\ 
Godwin,  28. 

Gromoyle,  Peter  de,  202. 

Grumvill,  Peter  de,  193. 

Grutham,  rector  of,  215. 

Gualo,  Cardinal,  negotiates  peace 
between  Henry  III  and  Dau- 
phin of  France,  at  Merlon, 

73- 

Gualtelinus,  priest,  217. 
Gudintan,    Master    Robert    de, 

iiS. 
Guldeford,  Henry  de,  206,  224. 

—  Roger  de,  226. 

Gumec'  (Gumechesler,  Godman- 

chester),  74. 
Gunehestre,     Brother     Thomas, 

3io,  311. 
Gundcvill,  Hugh,  20. 


Guy,  Robert,  325. 
Gydy,  Thomas,  214. 
Gyre,  Robert,  287. 

H.,  bp.  of  Bayeux,  55,  57. 

—  bp.  of  Rochester,  49. 

—  camerarius,  133. 

—  hostelar,  133. 
Hacche,  Kustace  de,  228. 
Hache,  land  at,  103. 
Hacheder,  Saheric,  73. 
Hacton  Birrnell,  209. 
Hadleia,  Roger  de,  and  Robert 

his  brother,  28. 
Hadresham,  John,  297. 
Hadwuneland",  land  of,  36. 
Haia,  Robert  de,  9. 
llaiwud',  Ralph  de,  37. 
Hakeney,  John,  281. 
Hale,  John  atte,  229. 
Hall,  Henry,  325,  331. 
Halle,  Richard  atte,  294. 
llnmgoye,  William  dc,  rector  of 

Graundisdene,  147. 
Hamilton,  W.  de,  185. 
Hamm',  Master  Philip  de,  96. 
Ilamma,  Adam  de,  28. 
Ilamme,  Phil,  dc,  attorney,  88. 
Hamme,  251. 

Hammes,  Master  Ph.  de,  86. 
Hamo,  Master,  grants  lease  to 

convent,  43. 

Ilamon,  clerk  de  Aring,  28. 
Hansard,  John,  128. 

—  Sir  John,  146. 

—  William,  44,  53,  118. 
Ilarac't,  Robert  de,  59. 

1  lardcllescent,  a  tenement  called, 

334- 

Hardy,  Robert,  127. 
Hare.  Philip  de  la,  206. 
Ilarcm'  (Haremede),  de,  36. 
Haremed,  cliurch  of,  220. 
llarlee,    Masculinus    de,  clerk, 

171. 
Harlegh,  Maculinus  de,  180. 

—  Maculmus  de,  185. 
llannide,  church  of,  89. 
Ilarmondesworth,    R.   de,   219, 

221. 

Hartligh,  rector  of,  215. 
llarton,    Philip    de,   archd.    of 

Surrey,  202. 

Hartyngdon,  land  at,  124. 
Hasardeiinarsh,  152,  162. 
Hastynges,  William,  knight, 

3°3- 

Havele,  William  de,  200. 
Hay,  Brother  William,  294. 
Haywd',  Ralph  de,  37. 
Heche,  Kstmar  de,  144;  Avelinn 

Ms  wife,  ib. 

—  lenanls  of,  187. 


Heckfeud,  John  de,  canon,  1 1 5. 
Hedgebot,  meaning  of,  337,  «.  i. 
Heghefeld,  John  de,  79. 

—  tenants  of,  188. 
Helewys,  John,  188. 

Helyas,  treasurer  of  Hereford, 
91. 

Henry  I,  gives  Merton  to  Gilbert 
the  Knight,  I ;  founds  church 
of  Cirtncester,  6 ;  grant  of 
lands  by,  8,  9  ;  charter  granted 
by,  1 1 ;  signatures  to  the 
charter,  12-13. 

Henry  II,  charter  of  pasture  for 
horses,  and  free  pannage, 
granted  to  Merton  by,  1 7 ; 
grants  charter  of  immunity, 
1 8 ;  grant  of  lard  by,  at 
Heortlegam,  Peocam,  Hese- 
tham,and  Hupeton,  18;  grants 
Ville  of  Merton  to  priory,  18  ; 
grants  land  at  Alcmundebiry 
to  priory,  19;  grant  by,  at 
TEwella  (Ewella),  20 ;  men- 
tioned, 47,  62. 

Henry  III,  letters  of,  to  barons 
of  exchequer,  95  ;  marriage  of, 
98  ;  coronation  of,  at  Merton, 
99;  gifts  and  grants  of,  121- 
126,  131,  136,  141. 

Henry  IV,  holds  a  Privy  Council 
at  Merton,  296. 

Henry  VI,  crowned  at  Merton, 
298  ;  grants  charter  to  Merton, 
299 ;  grants  a  confirming 
charter,  300-302. 

Henry  VII,  grants  charter  of 
confirmation,  307 ;  confirms 
charter,  310. 

Henry  VIII,  grants  charter  of 
confirmation  to  Merton,  322. 

Henry,  abp.  of  Canterbury,  299. 

—  bp.  of  Lincoln,  94,  128. 

—  bp.  of  Rochester,  91. 

—  bp.  of  Winchester,  13,  n.  3, 

.i«,  '93- 

—  earl  oi  Essex,  303. 

—  earl  of  Northumberland,  299. 

—  son  of  Gerold,  chamberlain, 
20. 

—  son  of  William,  son  of  Auf- 
gict,  grant  of  land   at  Stan- 
stedde,  17. 

—  son  of  William,  83. 
Heoitlegam  (Horley),  18. 
Herbert,  abbot  of  Westminster, 

'3- 

—  archd.  of  Canterbury,  33. 
Hercleye,  parish  of,  73. 
Hereford,  Walter  de,  127. 
Hcriead,  Richard  de,  48,  58. 
Herierd,  Robert  de,  200. 
Herierde,   Edmund   de,   elected 


INDEX. 


36l 


prior  1296,  1 80;  cited  to 
appear  before  archbishop  to 
answer  charge  of  incapacity, 
192—195;  resigns  priorate,  193. 

Heriet  the  fishmonger,  30. 

Hermod',  William,  131. 

Hersthegg  at  Hamtun,  116. 

Hert,  Ripon  de,  42. 

Herteford,  Adam  de,  191. 

Hertelee,  Robert,  281. 

Herterpol,  Geoffrey  de,  158. 

Hertford,  hundred  of,  158. 

Hertindon,  160. 

Herveus,  priest   of   Hunesdon", 

17,  43,  57- 

Hervey,  bp.  of  Ely,  13. 
Herwoldesle,  domain  called,  253. 
Hesetham  (Heltham),  18. 
Hestewic,  land  in,  30. 
Hetfeld,  Master  Peter  de,  171. 
Hetfeud,  122. 
Heth,  Robert,  306. 
Iletham,  Walter  de,  141. 
Hethefeld  and  Horlefeld,  lands 

called,  253. 

Ilethlegh,  church  of,  215. 
Hcuill,  Sir  Nicholas  clc,  87. 
Heverichesh,  land  at,  1 24. 
Heyfeld,  John  dc,  82. 
Heyford,  Sir  John,  276. 
Heygefold,  villains  of,  163. 
Heyham,    Robert     de,     elected 

prior   1239,  102;   resignation 

of,  1249  or  1250,  115. 
Ilicche,  Edmund  de,  211. 
Ilida,    John   de    la,    and   wife 

Alicia,  103. 
Higheregarne  and  la  Stodfande, 

gardens,  32. 

Hilary,  bp.  of  Chichester,  18. 
Ho,  Ralph  de,  40,  104,  in. 

—  Richard  de,  141. 

—  Roger  del,  32. 

—  Walter,  151. 
Hochfeld,  Geoffrey  de,  29. 
Hodicumbe,  119. 
Iloese,  Brother  Roger,  30. 
Hog,  John,  41,  59. 
Hogmundschowes,  83. 
Hoke,  Walter  de  la,  85. 
Holebrok  in  Ockelegh,'  228. 
Holecumb,  Robert  de,  68. 
Ilolcschett,  43. 
Holeshete,  manor  of,  131. 
Holland,  Thomas  de,  and  wife 

Johanna,  255. 

—  Otto  de,  255. 
Holman,  land'  at,  102. 

Holy  Cross,  dedication  of  altar 

of,  5°- 
Holy  Trinity,  London,  prior  of, 

33- 

Ilond',  Nich.  de,  85, 


Honnesdon,  church  of,  338. 
Honorius,    pope,    mandate    of, 

132. 

Honyngton,  William  de,  225. 
Horlee,  lands  at,  246. 
Horncastr',  Alan  de,  225. 
Hors,  Wulward,  28. 
Horstede,  John  de,  219. 
Horton,  John  de,  92,  138. 
Hortune,  53. 
Hosat',  Roger,  16. 
Hose,  Brother  Roger,  32. 
Hoveneye,  William  de,  141. 
Hovile,  Geoffrey  de,  clerk,  215. 
Hubert  Walter,  bp.  of  Salisbury, 

47  ;  made  abp.  of  Canterbury, 

ib.,  48,  49. 

Huche,  Robert  de  La,  16. 
Huddeswurda'furlang,  37. 
Hugestescroft,  119. 
Hugh,  son  of  Adam,  16. 

—  son  of  Ysold,  16. 

—  priest  of  Tiwa,  1 7. 

—  son  of  David,  30. 

—  Lord,  cardinal-deacon   of  St. 
Angelo,  33. 

—  priest,  36. 

—  abbot  of  Rading,  42. 

—  bp.  of  Lincoln,  43,  55,  65. 
Hugh  ad  eccl'iam,  116. 

—  (de   Balsham),   bp.    of   Ely, 
gift  to  Merton,  146. 

Hugo,  abbot  of  St.  Augustine's, 

13- 

—  son  of  Robert  de    Wexham, 

73- 
Ilulbert,  John,  tenant  of  priory, 

2»3- 

Ilulier,  Osbert,  miles,  36. 
Iltimfrey,  cook,  16. 
Humphrey,  duke  of  Gloucester, 

299. 
Hun'  (or  Humes),  Richard  de, 

constable,  19. 

Hundeswrth,  Walter  de,  67. 
Ilungerford,  Sir  Walter,  300. 
Huntyngdon,  John,  311,  312. 
Ilupcton,  Geuffrey  de,  16. 

—  (Upton),  iS. 
Hurel,  Robert,  28. 
Husband,  Master  David,  306. 
Iluse,  Roger,  16. 

Hylary,  bp.  of  Chichester,  20. 
Ilylle,  John,  332. 
Hynkelee,  Robert  de,  251. 

Iche,  Sir  William,  309. 

Inben,  William,  314. 

Inge,  William,  archd.  of  Surrey, 

235,  236. 
Ingelram,  nephew  of  Engelram 

de  Albeniun,  confirms  gift  to 

priory,  13,  14. 


Ingelram,  son  of  Jordan  de 
Abernun,  confirms  gift  to  Mer- 
ton, 35 ;  mentioned,  63. 

Inheishull,  wood  at,  called  La 
Garstone  Regis,  granted  to 
Merton,  59. 

Innen,  Reginald,  of  Ewell,  84. 

Insula,  Master  Godefre  de,  47. 

In-the-Hale,  Roger,  259. 

Islip,  Simon,  abp.  of  Canterbury, 
grants  lands,  &c.,  to  Merton, 

257- 

Ismonger  Lane  and  West  Chep, 
land  and  houses  at,  114. 

J.,  prior  of  Huntingdon,  75. 
Jakes,  William,  clevk,  290. 
James  I,  sells  advowsons,  350. 
Jardyn,  Thomas,  279. 
Jeromias,  monk,  14. 
Jervasius,  122. 
Joceo,  son  of  Peter,  96. 
John,  bp.  of  Bath,  13. 

—  bp.  of  Rochester,  14. 

—  precentor,  27. 

—  of  Oxford,    bp.  of  Norwich, 
3'- 

—  son  of  John, 41. 

—  Master,    parson    of    Herfcld, 
composition  made  with,  43. 

—  and    Sibilla    his    wife,    suit 
n  gainst  prior,  50. 

-  kil|g>  55.  ?9.  60,  7°- 

—  abbot  of  Wavcrley,  58. 

—  and  Michael,  chaplains,  59. 

—  son  of  Elye,  85. 

—  son  of  John  le  franccys,  85. 

—  a  canon  and   brother  of  the 
house,    miraculous    cure    of, 
109. 

—  son  of  Anketill,  1 16. 

—  son  of  Edelm,  116. 

—  son  of  Nichol   Le  Ryche  of 
,  Esingdon,  120. 

—  chaplain  of  Ilaltwell,  137. 

—  (de  Pontissara),  bp.  of  Win- 
chester, 1 80,  1 88. 

—  of  Huntingdon,  clerk,  224. 

—  bp.  of  Bath  and  Wells,  299. 

—  duke  of  Norfolk,  299. 

—  earl  of  Huntingdon,  299. 
Josceline  de  Bailliol,  19. 

—  bp.  of  Bath,  89. 
Josep,  36. 

Joune,  Philip  le,  128. 
Judi',  Joce,  52. 
Jufne,  Philip  le,  127. 
Junne,  Richard  le,  140. 
Jordan,   John,  heirs  of,  tenants 

of  priory,  253. 
Juvene,  Philip  le,  139. 
Juvcnis,    Richard,   of    Michani, 

no. 


INDEX. 


Kaaimcs  =  Chcam,  Surrey,  53, «. 

I. 

Kaames,  Cnnnora  de,  94. 
Kaanes  (Caen\  church  of,  55. 
Kaham,  Ralph  dc,  55. 
Kaimis,  William  de,  28. 
Kam'echesham,  160. 
Kanchedig',  mansion,  30. 
Kanuncayne,  manor  of,  184. 
Katerinton,  John,  Sire  de,  clerk, 

265. 

Katherine,  queen,  321. 
Kayho  (Kew),  weir  of,  261. 
Kemerlon    (ftimpton,     Herts), 

church  of,  128. 
Kernel',  Bartholomew  de,  76. 
Kenardisle,  The',  280. 
Kenemsford,    Sir    Thomas    de, 

rector  of  Enolton,  244. 
Kennes,  Hugo  de,  167. 
Kent,  Brother  Thomas  de,  234- 

23.V 

Kepehannc,  John,  41. 
Kersaulton,  land  at,  103. 
Kerta,  John  de,  house  of,  252. 
Kctene,  Sir  Richard  de,  chaplain, 

240. 

Keyeo  (Kew),  329. 
Kilkennye,  Master  William  de, 

124. 
Kihvardly,   Robert,   elected    to 

see  of  Canterbury,  154. 
Kimenton  ^Kimpton),  30. 
Kingeston,  34. 

—  Hugh  de,  211. 

—  Roger  de,  226. 
Kingeswad',  land  in,  31. 
Kingeswode,  29,  34. 
Kingeswude,  wood  of,  31. 
Kingston,  Adam  de,  76. 

—  (or  Kyngeston),  John,  S.T.P., 
prior    1442,   300;    died   1485, 

3°3- 

Kingswood,  Luke  de,  54. 
Knyght,  Robert,  331. 
Koldabbe  (Cold  Abbey),  286. 
Koterel,  John,  28. 
Kuner,  John  le,  129. 
Kydenot,  Reginald,  63. 
Kynardel,  Walter  de,  128. 
Kyngeston,  John  de,  goldsmith, 

240. 

—  Richard  de,  191. 

—  tenants  of,  187. 

—  Thomas  de,  chaplain,  207. 
Kyngeswod,  tenants  of,  187. 
Kynghamford,  hundred  of,  1 58. 
K)teue,  Henry  de,  241. 

La  Byggingc,  tenants  of,  188. 

La  Heegrave.  51. 

1^  Hookc,  251. 

La  Legh  and  Ilorle,  land  at,  255. 


La    Legh   and   Thawrch'   (Tal- 

worth),  lands  of,  119. 
La  Penne,  ville  of,  50,  55. 
Laborne,  Sir  John,  309. 
Labroun,  Robert,  196. 
Labrum,  John,  311. 
Laca,  land  at,  84. 
Lacchon,  Richard  de,  96. 
Lacey  (or  Lacy),   John,  elected 

prior    1520,    324-328;    died 

1530,  33°- 

Lacy,  James  de,  279,  280. 
—  John,  323. 

—  William,  304. 
Lakenhal',  William  de,  97. 
Lalewurthe,  39. 
Lambesheued,  1 1. 
Lament  (Lambeth),  2 1 8. 
Lamme,  Thomas,  321. 
Lana,  John  de,  141. 
Landsshete,  land  called,  253. 
Lane,  Henry  de  la,  154. 
Langabulo,  Lobulus  de,  77- 
Langabulus,  16. 
Langecroft,  82. 

Langel,  G.  de,  Justiciary,   121, 

122. 

Langeland,  land  c-illed,  37. 
Langet,  Geoffrey  de,  124. 
Langlele,  William  de,  139. 
Langset  (Surrey),  81. 
Lanwyttonia,  castle  and  church 

of,  8. 

Larcher,  Robert,  85. 
Larden,  John,  280. 
Lasseles,  Thomas  de,  fee  of,  1 24. 
Latton,  Ralph  de,  93. 
Latymer,  William,  228. 
Laud,  St.,  church  of,  adorned  by 

Algar,  bp.  of  Constance,  6. 
Laurence,  chaplain,  96. 

—  Sir,  rector  of  Cobham,  146. 
Laval,  Hugo  D.,  9. 
Lawrence,  Guido,  295. 

Le    Conners,    Master    Andrew, 

239- 
Widr.,  240. 

Le  Heergrave,  54. 
Leche,  Thomas  de,  181. 
Lcddrede,  lands  at,  257. 
Lege,  Willard  de,  69. 
Legh,  Philip  de  la,  200. 

—  Thomas,  letter  to  Cromwell, 

339- 

Lcghtonslon,  hundred  of,  169. 
Lehnfwricht,  Reginald,  82. 
Leicester,  earl  of,  31. 
Lene,  E.  de,  134. 
Lenytd',  Norman  de,  76. 
j    Lepesheth.  81. 
Leschaut,  Peter,  sencschall,  56. 
Lessyngton,  John  de,  124. 
Lcuckcnor,  hundred  of,  156. 


Leukenore,  Master  Nicholas  de, 

clerk,  221. 

Lewson,  Robert,  313. 
Lexint',  Robert  de,  97. 
Lexinton,  Robert  de,  Justice,  97, 

101. 

Leycester,  William  de,  224. 
Leye,  Walter  de,  in. 
Leyton,  Master  Roger  de,  169. 
Lincoln,  bp.  of,  87. 
Linkers,  119. 
Lisle,  Launcelot,  322. 
Listen,  Godfrey  de,  122. 
Little,  Richard,  76. 
Littlebirg  (or  Littlebere),  Martin 

de,  Justice,  139. 
Locutorius,   office   of,  instituted 

by  bishop  (Henry  Wodelok), 

213. 
Lodelowe,  Edmund,  writ  against, 

288-289. 

Lokinton,  Roger  de,  124. 
London,  bp.  of,  87. 

—  Henry,  304. 

—  John,  324,  331. 

—  William  de,  91. 

—  William,  303. 

—  Sir  William,  309. 

Long  Dittune,  church  of,  dispute 

about  advowson  of,  152. 
Longfurland,  119. 
Lord,  Walter  de,  156. 
Loring,  William,  260. 
Lostede,  Robert  de,  145. 
Lovekyn,  John,  258. 
Luci,  Phillip  de,  appointment  of, 

to  perpetual  vicarage  of  Sudin- 

ton,  39. 

-  Richard  de,  fee  of,  8. 
Lucius  III,  pope,  55. 
Lude,  William  de  la,  convention 

between,  and  convent,  144. 
Lullwytha  (Lulworth),  83. 
Luthebourg,  John  de,  225. 
Lutheletoye,  Robert  de,  192. 
Lutlyngton   (or  Litelton),  John 

de,  prior  1339,  242;   deposed 

1345,  246. 

Lutwycke,  Hugh,  323. 
Lyndewode,  William,  clerk,  300. 
Lytlewyne,  Henry,  181. 

M'ke,  Vicar  de  la,  141. 

M'tofi,  Cancis,  287. 

Mabel,  daughter  of  Dionisia  de 

Chaldene,      exchanges     land 

with  Merton,   150. 
Macellis,  St.  Nicholas  de,  church 

of,  96. 

Maitingle,  Ricardus  de,  116, 
Maland,  Nicholas,  321. 
Maleherbe,  Gilbert,  in. 
Malemyns,  Nicholas,  228. 


INDEX. 


363 


Maler,  William,  54. 
Mallinge,  R.  de  Suth,  138. 
Malmesbury,  John  de,  222. 
Maltebi  (Norfolk),  tithes  of,  32. 
Malteby,  Walter  de,  155. 
Mamminot,  Hugh,  28. 

—  Walkelin,  29. 

Manasser,  brother  of  William  de 
Cumba,  19. 

—  dapifer,  20. 

Mancel',   J.,  treasurer  of  York, 

137- 

Mandelyn,  John,  264,  267. 
Mandeville,    Karl    William   de, 

43- 

Maneveto,  Adam  de  Sto.,  116. 

Maninton,  Robert  de,  27. 

Manore,  Drogo  de,  8. 

Manseis,  Thomas  It,  and  wife 
Matilda,  65. 

Mansell,  John,  provost  of  Eever- 
ley,  124. 

Manuscript,  description  of  foun- 
dation of  Merton,  1-6;  con- 
tinuation of  Manuscript  in 
Epiftle  of  Master  Geivase, 
7,  8. 

Mara,  Sir  William  de,  86. 

Marchal,  John,  of  Doutone,  224. 

Marchus,  medicus,  10. 

Mare,  John  de  la,  189. 

—  Sir  Matthew  de,  1 10. 
Marener,  Adam  Le,  119. 

—  Lefwin  Le,  119. 
Mares,  Richard  de,  145. 
Marescall',  Wiganus,  10. 
Marescallus,  John,  9. 
Marinhi,  William  de,  34. 
Marlesford,  John  de,  clerk,  244. 
Marshall,  John,  311,  324. 

—  Sir  John,  328. 

• —  William,  earl  of  Pembroke, 

55- 

Marshe,  Richard,  311. 
Martin,  scribe,  10. 
Marlon,  Sir  Ralph  de,  189. 
Martyn,  John,  331. 

—  William,  139. 
Matelasch,  church  of,  31. 
Matliam,  John  de,  216. 
Matilda,  queen,  visits  Merton,  2. 
Matrimony,    claim    concerning, 

against  a  brother  of  Merton, 

230. 

Maudon  (Maldon),  lands  at,  249. 
Mandut',  William,  97. 
Maurice,  chaplain,  222. 
Mauteby,  rector  of,  206. 
Mawdesey,  Gilbert,  322. 
May,  Ralph  le,  209. 
Mazon,  54. 

Mazonum,  land  of,  118. 
Meaudonc,  church  of,  143. 


Medeford,    Walter,    chancellor, 

296. 

Meldon,  Eudo  de,  27. 
Meldona  (Maldon),  27. 
Melefort,  Roger  de,  10. 
Melnes,  Adam  de,  68. 
Mendware,  Gerard,  72. 
Menlyng,  Sir  Ralph  de,  canon, 

121. 

Menwinnoc,  land  of,  8. 
Mepershale,  229. 

—  Gilbert  de,  230. 
Mepynesmed,  in  Stansted,  42. 
Merche,  Brother  Richard,  310. 
Merewe,  Thomas  de,  76. 
Mershall,  Sir  John,  309. 
Mertock  (Martock),  179. 
Merton    Priory,    founded    1092, 

according  to  Stow,  I  ;  1117, 
according  to  Tanner,  I ; 
manuscript  referring  to  foun- 
dation, 1-6  ;  Kpistle  of  Mas- 
ter Gervase,  7-8  ;  list  of  gifts 
to,  8-12  ;  text  of  the  docu- 
ment of  surrender,  347-348. 

—  Richard  de,  240. 

—  tenants  of,  187. 

Merwe,  Thomas  de,  suit  against, 

170. 

messat',  Parisius  le,  121. 
Messeiulen,  Roger  de,  49. 
Meyne,  Walter  de,  171. 
Miccham,  34. 
Micheham,  Arthurus  de,  28. 

—  Henry  de,  139. 
Michcnhal",  Walte',  287. 
Middleton  Brian,  church  of,  281. 
Mideldon,  lands  at,  37. 
Midleton,  land  at,  104. 
Mildecumba  =  Milcombe,  17. 
Mildenhale,  William  de,  151. 
Minthurst,  Eudo  de,  78. 
Molcseye,  34. 

—  tenants  of,  187. 
Molesie,  Robert  de,  25. 
Molle,  Hugh  de  la,  132. 
Moncell,  William  de,  106. 
Mondon,  West,  land  at,  101. 
Monte  Acuto,  William  de,  239. 
Montfort,   Simon    de,   convenes 

council  of  nobles,  &c.,  142. 

Montibus,  Emlo  de,  124. 

Moore,  Sir  John,  309. 

Moppe,  Richard,  138. 

Mora,  Adam  de,  bailiff,  120. 

Moidelac  (Mortlake),  164. 

Mordon,  Paganus  de,  28. 

More,  John,  300,  311. 

Morin,  Gilbert,  49. 

Morins,  Richard  de,  elected 
prior  of  Dunstaple,  58. 

(Morton),  John,  abp.  of  Can- 
terbury, gives  notice  of  his 


visitation,  308 ;   list  of  mem- 
bers of  convent  at  the  time, 
309. 
Morton,    William,   of  London, 

3*5- 

Mortuo  Mare,  Roger  de,  inquisi- 
tion on  death  of,  291. 
Mortuo    Mari,    Hugo    de,    133, 

'34-  A 

Moseley,  Sir  Robert,  3^! 
Mountford,    Kdmound,    knight, 

3 '4-. 

Mountjoy,  \\  alter  Blount  de,  303. 
Mulesee,  Robert  de,  51. 
Muleseia,  Samson  de,  suit  against, 

69,  70. 

Mulesham  (or  Mulsey),  43. 
Mulct',  Thomas  de,  97. 
Murtelac  (Mortlake't,  14. 
Muscegros,  Robert  de,  124. 
Mychell,  Thomas,  331. 

N.,  Richard  de,  goldsmith,  96. 
Nanctensis   Nantes),  264. 
Nasmith,  his  edition  of  Tanner's 

Notilia  Monastica  quoted,  i. 
Nether  Hardres,  209. 
Neudegate,  171. 
Neugate,  Thomas  de,  222. 
Neu port  Paniel,  113. 

—  Peter  de,  archd.  of  London, 
108. 

Nevell,  John  de,  125. 
Nevill,  H.  de,  ordered  to  supply 
ten  oaks  to  prior,  90. 

—  Jollanus  de,  Justice,  1 1 3. 
Newburgh,  Robert  de,  19. 
New  Croft,  land  at,  I  16. 
Neweport,  Walter  de,  121. 
Newlond,  Sir  James,  309. 
Newman,  William,  105. 
Neyr,  Brother  Reginald  le,  206. 
Nichol  the  scribe,  1 1. 

—  son  of  Nigell,  52. 

Nichol',  brother  of  Bernard  the 

sciiptor,  8. 
Nicholas,  chaplain,  18. 

—  of  Ditton,  41. 

—  sub-prior,  32. 

Nigell,  nephew  of  bp.  of  Salis- 
bury, 9. 

Niweport,  G.  de,  parson,  27. 
Norbelton,  251. 
Noreis,  William,  32. 
Norhamton,  John,  sheriff,  137. 
Normancross,  hundred  of,  169. 
Norreis,  William,  17. 
Norreys,  John,  fined,  298. 

—  William,  127. 
Northalle,  William,  280. 
Northon,  church  of,  43. 
Xorton,   church    of,   granted    to 

John  Conn',  26. 


364 


INDEX. 


Norton  Hibbert.jurytoapportion 
value  of  living  of,  68. 

—  John,  Esq.,  321. 
—  Robert  de,  68. 

Nortwod,  William  de,  181. 
Norwich,  Ralph  de,  Justice,  97. 

—  Walter  de,  222. 

Norwyc,  Sir  Roger  cle,  canon,  121. 
Novo  liurgo,  Robert  de,  18. 
Novum  locum  (prob.  Newstead- 
on-Ancolm),  264. 

Obset,  Philip  de,  88. 

Octobon  (orOthobon),  Constitu- 
tions of,  268,  269,  274. 

Odiham,  William,  293. 

Odo,  priest,  1 1. 

Offertum,  Augustin  de,  102. 

Ogys,  Henry,  91. 

Oillc,  Robert  de,  9. 

Olave  de  Jueria,  St.,  land  in 
parish  of,  52. 

Optone,  manor  of,  167. 

(.)rbatur,  William  le,  grants  quit- 
claim of  mansion  to  Merlon, 
126. 

Ordgar  the  priest,  31. 

Orpedeman,  Gilbert,  76. 

Osb',  37. 

Osbeit,  chaplain  of  Merlon,  39. 

—  Master,  parson  of  Ilonesdone, 
240. 

—  son  of  Wulward,  28. 
Oseney,  abbot   and  convent  of, 

agreement  with  Mcrton,  297. 

Oscneya,  complaint  ngainst  ab- 
bot and  convent  of,  89. 

Oslac,  59. 

Osmund,  chaplain,  41. 

Othbert,  fellcre,  9. 

Otterburne,  Richard,  321. 

Oulton,  William  de,  189. 

Ouvedene,  Stephen  de,  80. 

Overton,  Thomas,  297. 

Overtona,    William    de,    clerk, 

239- 

Oxschin'  (Oxney?),  42. 
Oyet,  Gilbert  de,  224. 
Oyri,  Fulco  de,  60. 
Oysel,  Richard,  140. 

rachenesham,    manor    of,    228, 

246. 
Paganus,  sheriff  of  Surrey,  19. 

—  son  of  John,  8. 
Page,  John,  331. 

Painell,  William,   215;    Payncl, 

216. 

Palton,  John  de,  37. 
1'anell,  Sir  Andrew,  309,  327. 
-  Thomas,  331. 
Panellc,  Andrew,  303,  311. 
Panntll,  Sir  Andrew.  324,  325. 


Pantekyn,  Nicholas,  distraint 
upon,  by  prior,  283. 

Parson,  Robert,  144. 

Partryche,  William,  331. 

Paslewe,  Robert,  treasurer,  98. 

Passelewe,  Robert,  112. 

Passemer,  William,  28. 

Pateshill,  Simon  de,  49. 

Pateshull,  M.  de,  87. 

• —  Simon  de,  48,  64. 

Patinal',  Walter  de,  88. 

Patrien',  John,  of  Polesden,  131. 

Paulton,  Asket  de,  16. 

Payn,  John,  181. 

Paynell,  John,  concanon,  248, 
and  a.  5. 

Pecch',  Bartholomew,  124. 

Pecham,  34. 

Peche,  Hugo,  156. 

Peckham,  John,  abp.  of  Canter- 
bury, 163 ;  dies  at  Merton,  179. 

Pcdewrda,  honor  of,  44. 

Pekbam,  Ralph  de,  151. 

Pende,  Gilbert  at,  173,  178. 

Ponton',  Roger  de,  149. 

1'eocam  (Peckham),  18. 

Peny,  William,  chaplain,  116. 

1'enyng,  Robert,  332. 

Perkens,  John,  of  Rychcmound, 

329- 

Pernell,  Thomas,  263. 
Perot.  William,  260. 
Petcham,  26,  «.  4. 
Peter,  bp.  of  Winchester,  79,  89. 

—  dean  of  Bocham,  28. 

—  priest  of  Stanstedd,  17. 
Petersham,  Geoffrey  de,  66. 
Petrichesham,  251. 
Peverewich,  John  de,  234. 
Peyure,  Master  Peter,  113. 
Pharamus  of  Boulogne,  47. 
Philebcrt,  St.,  50. 

Philip,  camerarius,  29. 

—  and  Mary,  dispose  of  manors, 

35°- 

—  and  Thomas,  deans,  68. 
Picard,   J.,  keeper  of   forest  of 

Wanbge',  166. 

—  Richard,  sheriff,  137. 
Picheford,  Geoffrey  de,  170. 
Pike,  Nichol,  late  sheriff,  200. 
Pilecroft,  land  in,  40. 
Piriford,  Rand'  de,  44. 
Plana,  Ralph  de,  128. 
Plesseto,  Ralph  de,  ambassador, 

60. 
Ploughbote,   meaning    of,   337, 

n.  i. 

Plumstedde,  church  of,  31. 
Poer,  Gilles  le,  64. 
Poitou,  archd.  of,  21. 
Polesden,  John  de,  181. 
Polferlang,  land  at,  116. 


Pollesdon,  Walter  de,  69. 
Pomeraye,  Henry  de  la,  184. 
Pomereye,  Henry  de  la,  146. 
Pomeroy,  Henry  de,  185. 
Ponte,  Robert   de,   36;    Adam, 
Ralph,  and  Godfrey,  his  sons, 

36'.    . 

—  William  de,  archarius,  9. 

Pontefract,  Master  Edmund  de, 

clerk,  244. 
Pontem  Arch'i,  59. 
(Pontissara),  Ven.  Father  John, 

181. 

Pontissera,  bp.  John  de,  213. 
Poore,  Richard,  bp.  of  Salisbury, 

74,  n.  2. 

Pope,  Walter,  295. 
Port,  Adam  de,  42. 

—  John  de,  41. 

—  Robert  de,  42. 

—  William  de,  42. 
Porta,  William  de,  66,  144. 
Portesmuth,  Walter  de,  161. 
Postell,  William,  56. 
Poterna,  James  de,  64. 
Potkyn,  William,  309. 
Preste's  Hagh  at  Ditton,  262  and 

n.  I. 
Preston,  Gilbert  de,  king's  justice, 

127. 

Priour,  Peter  le,  171. 
Profyt,  John,  chamberlain,  296. 
Prudhumme,  Gilbert,  41. 
Puill',  Walter  de,  54. 
Puille,  Walter  de  la,  34,  53. 
Purde,  John,  of  Rocheford,  clerk, 

229. 
Pycot,  Robert,  clerk,  152. 

—  William,  of  Chissindon,  171. 
Pyk,  Sir  Wm.,  182. 
Pynchen,  John,  181. 

Pyr,  church  of,  n. 

Pytle,    Nicholas    de,    and    wife 

Johanna,  suit  against,  101. 
Pytrichesham  (Petersham),  179. 

Quarere,  William  de  la,  230. 
Quareria,  Robert  de,  234. 
Quarrcre,  John  de  la,  162. 
Queshm',  John,  280. 

R.,  archd.  of  Huntingdon,  75. 

—  bp.  of  Bath  and  Wells,  302. 

—  earl  of  Leicester,  20. 

—  seneschall,  133. 
Rabaon,  Elia  de,  1 24. 
Radeford,  Hugh  de,  37. 
Radenhale,  Roger  de,  clerk,  210. 
Raghele,  Hugo  de,  179. 
Raleigh,  William  de,  97. 

Ralf,  scutiger  of  Bernard,  8. 
Ralph,  abp.  of  Canterbury,  12. 

—  archd.  of  Winchester,  33. 


INDEX. 


365 


Ralph,  1>p.  of  Chichester,  12. 

—  brother  of  William,  29. 

-  Brother,  son  of  William 
Briton,  acknowledgement  of 
debt  to,  32. 

—  chancellor,  12. 

—  earl,  13. 

—  earl  of  Gloucester  and  Here- 
ford, 184. 

—  son  of  Alan  de  Berton,  suit 
against,  127. 

—  son  of  Harding,  54. 

—  son  of  Michael,  124. 

—  son  of  Nicholas,  124. 
Ramsay,  John,  324. 

Ramsey,  John,  last  prior  of 
Merton,  election  of,  1530, 
330-334 ;  surrenders  priory 
to  king  1539,  347-34*>. 

Randolf,  John,  341,  342. 

Ranulf,  chancellor,  land  of,  8. 

— •  treasurer  of  Salisbury,  47,  50. 

Ranulfus,  42. 

Ranulph,  bp.  of  Durham,  1 2. 

Rateshull,  42. 

Raymund,  count  of  Provence, 
his  daughter  Eleanor  married 
to  Henry  III,  98. 

Reading,  abbot  of,  44,  46. 

Rede,  John,  245. 

Redeland,  land  at,  116. 

Redena,  17. 

Reger,  Richard,  91. 

Regg'  (Reigate),  hundred  of, 
167. 

Reginald,  earl  of  Cornwall,  18, 

20. 

—  the  smith,  30. 

—  a  concanon,  46. 

• —  of  Winchester,  48. 
• —  count,  earl  of  Gelders,  231. 
Reigate,  hundred  of,  161. 
Rekeneia,  Little,  field,  53. 
Renelendns,  lord  of  M attynglegh , 

and  wife  Roasia,  157. 
Rents  or  Returns,  list  of  places 

from  whence  received,  112. 
Retford,  Thomas  de,  226. 
Reyden,  Henry  de,  242. 
Reygate,  hundred  of,  209. 

—  John  de,  Justice,  159,  161. 
(Reynolds),  abp  ,  214. 

Ric.  ?  =  Richard,  the  king's  chap- 
lain, 22. 

Ric',  servant,  59. 

(Rich),  Edmund,  abp.  of  Can- 
terbury, 104,  105,  107  ;  death 
of,  at  Abbey  de  Pontigny, 
France,  107. 

Richard  I,  gift  of  charter  by,  43. 

—  II,   issues   brief    to    Merton 
concerning    John    Mandelyn, 
264,    277 ;    brief  to   Thomas 


Jardine      concerning      lands, 

279-281. 
Richard    III,  grants  charter  to 

Merton,  307. 
Richard,  abbot  of  Noteley,  330. 

—  Abbot  de  Pratis,  330. 

—  and    Agnes    his    wife,    suit 
against  prior,  50. 

—  archd.  of  Dorset,  39. 

—  bp.  of  Hereford,  12. 

—  bp.  of  London,  1 2,  45,  48. 

—  bp.  of  Salisbury,  85,  89. 

—  bp.  of  Winchester,  26. 

—  cook,  16. 

—  chaplain  of  Kiminton,  16,  30 ; 
convention  with  convent,  26. 

—  dean  of  Welwe  (?  Wells\  36. 

—  duke  of  Gloucester,  302. 

—  earl  of  Arundel  and  Surrey, 

245- 

—  earl  of  Clare,  6 1 . 

—  earl  of  Warwick  and  Salis- 
bury, 303. 

—  Master,  rector  of  Bromlee,  98. 

—  Master,  son  of  Symon  Duce, 
no. 

—  priest  of  Ilercleia,  convention 
with,  48. 

—  prior   1186,  39;    died   1198, 

45- 

—  prior  de  Parco  Nocton',  330. 
• —  son  of  Gilbert  de  Clare,  13. 

—  son  of  Thomas  de  Vfeld,  102. 
Richemonde,  Sir  John,  309. 
Richeward,  servant,  17. 
Richeward',  29. 

Richmond,  John,  304. 
Rigswod',  Roger  de,  ill. 
Robert,  abp.  of  Canterbury,  156. 

—  archd.  of  Surrey,  33. 

—  bp.  of  Bangor,  50. 

—  bp.  of  Chester,  1 2. 

—  bp.  of  Hereford,  4. 

—  bp.  of  Lincoln,  12,  113. 
• —  bp.  of  Salisbury,  240. 

—  of  Bonewell,  92. 

• —  canon    of    Suwerc'    (South- 
vvark),  30. 

—  chaplain   to   bp.  of  Luxon', 
10. 

—  clerk  of  Estedde,  41. 

—  clerk  of  Stansted,  suit  against, 
64. 

—  dean  of  Surrey,  27. 

—  earl  of  Gloucester,  13. 

—  priest  of  Hamton,  34. 

—  second  prior,  agreement   be- 
tween  him   and   Bricius,  15; 
death  of,  24. 

—  prior   1177,   27;   died    1186, 

39- 

—  rector  of  Wodeham,  suit  of, 
against  convent  of  Bee,  156.    ' 


Robert,  scribe,  TO. 

—  son  of  Hugo  de  Boveney,  54. 

—  son   of    William    Dispenser, 
123. 

—  son  of  Karing',  28. 

—  son  of  Nigel,  255. 

—  son  of  Simon,  83. 

—  son  of  Sired.  30. 

—  son  of  Turbu',  lift. 

—  son  of  Ugler,  II. 

—  son  of  Walkelin,  47. 
Rodbert,  prior,  2. 

Roger,  bp.  of  Sagiensis  (Se'ez,  in 
Savoy),  26. 

—  bp.  of  Salisbury,  1  2. 

—  rector  of  Chyoton,  92. 

—  scutiger  of  Bernard,  8. 

—  son  of  Bemfrid',  31. 

—  son  of  Coleman,  and  William 
le   Ruhe,  charter  granted  to, 
and    composition     made    be- 
tween,  29. 

—  son  of  Hugh,  16. 

—  son  of  Humphrey,  35. 

—  son  of  John,  42. 

—  son  of  Nigell,  52. 

—  son  of  Odo,  62. 

—  son  of  Ralph,  1 7. 

• —  son  of  Renifr',  76. 
Rogers,  son  of  Hugo,  i  7. 
Rohasia,  9. 
Romeney,  John,  294. 
Romcneye,  John,  290. 

—  John  de,  elected  prior  1413, 
296 ;  died  1432,  298. 

Roppel',  chapel  of,  100. 
Roppcley,  land  of,  32. 
j    Rote,  Reginald,  172,  178. 
Rotrou,    abp.    of    Rouen,    23, 

n.  2. 
Rouecestr  (?  Rochester)  Castle, 

69. 

Ruald,  son  of  Wigan',  8. 
Ruff,  Robert,  of  Waletone,  41. 
Rufus,  Edward,  relict  of,  59, 

—  Geoffrey,  16. 

—  Richard,  appointed  to  church 
of  Scirefeld,  39. 

—  Volwyn,  76. 

Rugge,  Geoffrey  de  la,  1 7. 

—  Richard  de,  116. 
Rugiton,  ill. 
Rukenhal,  William  de,  92. 
Russell,  Sir  William,  309,  311. 
Russelle,  William,  303. 
Ryche,  Richard,  340. 

S.,  prepositus  of  Beverley,  59. 

—  Simon,  archd.  of  Wells,  55. 
St.  Alban,  John  de,  207. 

St.  Albans,  Master  Nicholas  de, 

131- 
St.  Bridget,  Ralph  de,  84. 


366 


INDEX 


St.  Brigida,  Ralph  ile,  attorney, 

88. 

St.  Clare,  William  de,  9. 
St.  Dyonisius,  prior  of,  317- 
St.  Edmund,  William  de,  97. 
St.  Elena,  Michael  de,  96. 
St.  Fromund,  prior  and  monks 

°f|  55- 
St.  James  and  St.  Kybi,  churches 

of,  at  Tregony,  147-149. 
St.  Maur,  Nicholas  dc,  124. 
St.  Michael,  Lawrence  de,  108. 

—  William  de,  63. 
St.  Peter,  Eustace  de,  gift  of,  72. 

William  de,  71. 

St.    Vigore,    Thomas    de,   suit 

against,  149. 
Sabler',  Pontius  de,  134. 
Sacavill',  Robert  de, dapifer,  9. 
Sacchet,  Robert  de,  67. 
Sacristan,  allowances  to,  33,  34. 
Salamone,  rector,  209. 
Salcoke,  John,  331. 
Saldin,  Thomas,  tenant  of  priory, 

253- 
Salesman,  Roger,  and  wife  Alice, 

246. 

Salinge,  William,  304. 
Salisbury,  Richard  de,  32. 

—  Richard,  brother  of  Merton, 

3<"'. 

Salynge,  W  illiam.  elected  prior 
1502,310-313  ;  injunctions  is- 
sued by  John  Dowinanto,  315- 
317;  addresses  letters  to  prior 
of  St.  Dyonisius,  317;  receives 
injunctions  from  the  bishop  as 
to  his  conduct,  318-321  ;  dies 

1520.  324- 
Salle,  John,  303. 
Salomon,  clerk,  42. 
Salyng,  John,  331. 

—  Sir  William,  309. 
Sampford,  Ralph  de,  76. 
Sampson,  63. 

Samson,  chaplain  of  Nigell,  10. 

Sancto  Mauwco  I, St.  Maur?), 
Adam  de,  exchange  of  land 
between,  and  convent,  41. 

Sandale,  John  de,  bp.  of  Win- 
chester, 217,  219. 

Sandewiehe,  William.  303. 

Sandwiche,  Sir  William,  sub- 
prior,  309. 

Sandwyche,  John,  324. 

—  Sir  John,  328. 
Sanz,  Hugo,  76. 
Sarum,  Edward,  9. 

—  John  de,  216. 
Salt,  Sir  John,  309. 
Saunder,  Thomas,  330. 

—  William,  330. 
Saunderson,  Sir  Clement,  309. 


Saundersone,  Clement,  303. 
Saung',  canons  of,  197  and  n.  2. 
Sausinton,  Master  Peter  de,  101. 
Sautereya      (Sawtry,       Hunts), 

abbot  and  convent  of,  116. 
Sauwic,    Roger   de,    convention 

between,  and  convent,  45. 
Savage,    Robert,   tne    younger, 

283. 

• —  Roger  le,  231. 
Saxebi  and  Brondebi,    churches 

of,  in  Lindseye,  55. 
Saxilly,  Robert  de,  265. 
Scaffeld,  John  de,  ill,  112. 
Scaldeford,  Robert  de,  46. 
Scandur,  Reginald  de,  41 . 
Schaldbone,  Sir,  sub-prior,  291. 
Scheffeld,  R.  de,  226. 
Schelwood     and     Fifhid,     suit 

against  men  of,  87. 

—  called  liridelcumbe,  87. 
Schirfeld,    Thomas,    sub-earner- 

arius,  292. 

Scholaclif,  Master  Peter  de,  233. 
Schortcroft,  land  in,  40. 
Scurlagge,  Nicholas,  92. 
Seberd,  William,  138. 
Segrave,  Stephen  de,  156. 
Sellar',  Ebrard',  alderman,  II. 
Seman,    Edmund,    of   Stocfeld, 

224. 
Sene,  Simon  de,  suit  against  by 

prior,  84. 

Senescallo,  Clemente,  53. 
Sepele,  parish  of,  198. 
Sequentem,  Stephen  de,  Justice, 

105. 
Serlo,    Lord,  formerly   dean   of 

Salisbury,  5. 

Severoys,  Sir  John,  knight,  peti- 
tion concerning  will  of,  285- 

286. 

Seward,  son  of  Randolph,  17. 
Sewilde,  Wlward,  28. 
Shalden,  rector  of,  215. 
Shardelowe,  Robert  de,  91. 
Shatelina,  1 6. 
Shelfwode  (Shelwood),  92. 

—  tenants  of,  187. 
Shelwode,  34. 

SherifTof  Surrey,  return  of  account 

of,  76. 
Shirfeld,  Brother  Thomas,  294. 

—  or  Schyrfeld,  Thomas,  prior 
1432,  298;  dies  or  resigns  in 

M39>  299- 
Sibilla,    late    wife    of    Odo   de 

Dorking,    suit   against   prior, 

and   against   Edward,  son  of 

Elnene,  151. 
Sigar,  28. 
—  Richard,  137. 
Sigillo,  Robert  de,  8. 


Simon,  dean  of  Lincoln,  13. 

—  of  Echingham,  91. 

—  knight,  42. 

—  son  of  Richard,  17. 
Singlesmere,  croft,  53. 
Sireburn'  (or  Sireburne),  Thomas 

de,  25. 

Sixtinus,  John,  323. 
Skelton,  John,  287. 
Skynner,  John,  312,  313. 
Slefeld,  Thomas,  298. 
Slindon,  165. 
Smyth,    Brother   William,    310, 

3"- 

Somerai,  Hur'  de,  10. 
Somerbury,  Henry  de,  219. 
Somerford,  church  of,  an. 
Somerton,  Walter,  290. 
Somlesmere,  croft,  54. 
Somlesmire,  croft,  51. 
Sorbelton,  251. 
Sotesbrok,  Andrew,  136. 
Southwark,  William  de,  and  wife 

Theophila,  suit  against,  113. 
Spiritualia,  list  of  returns  as  to 

taxation  of,  174-175. 
Spondon,  Henry  de,  214. 
Stable,  Bartholomew,  clerk,  321. 
Stal,  Master  Simon  de,  47. 
Standon,  church  of,  51. 
Stanestedd,  Jordan  de,  42. 
Stanhurst,  land  of,  36. 
Slanton,  Adam  de,  144. 

—  Henry  de,  224. 
Stapelbrigg,  Stephen  de,  212. 
(Stapylton),     Walter,    bp.     of 

Exeter,  202. 
Staum',  Robert  de,  40. 
Staunford,  Hugh  de,  147. 
Steleburn,  vicar  of,  215. 
Stephen,    abp.    of    Canterbury, 

79- 

—  archd  ,  13. 

—  chaplain     of    Suthon',    con- 
vention between,  and  canons, 

25- 

—  count,  meritonius,  9. 

—  dapifer,  it. 

—  dean  of  Arvil;,  147. 

—  earl,  10. 

—  mercer,  1 1. 

—  prior  1 1 77;  death  of,  in  1177, 

27- 

Sterte,  Richard  de  la,  172. 
Steward,  Edmund,  331. 
Stocha,  William  de,  16. 
Stodfeld,  Ralph  de,  17. 
Stoke,  Jordan  de,  52. 
Stokes,  Ralph  de,  clerk,  202. 
Sto'my,  Donald  de,  227. 

—  Sire  John,  226. 
Stone,  Robert,  303. 

—  Sir  Robert,  309, 


INDEX 


367 


Stonestret,  tg. 
Stonhard,  Edward,  59. 
Stonore,  John  de,  Jusiice,  247. 
Storcheford,    John,     clerk    and 

notary,  50. 

Stratton,  Adam  de,  200. 
Strattone,  Robert  de,  189. 
Strodlehe,  156. 
Stuard,  Edmund,  332,  333. 
Stubbe,  Robert,  312,  313. 
Stund',  T.  de,  85. 
Sturgeon,  Brother  Robert,  309, 

3". 

Stydall,  Mr.,  of  Ham-hall,  343. 

Style,  William  atte,  192. 

Suberton  (Surbiton),  men  of, 
John  Hog  and  others,  conven- 
tion between,  35. 

Subertona,  59. 

Sublee,  Hugo,  241. 

Snci,  Richard  de,  22. 

Suet,  Master  Andrew  de,  clerk, 
150. 

Suddon  (Bishop's  Sutton),  47. 

Sudhamtonscir',  69. 

Sumerford  (Somerford  Caisnes), 
church  of,  52. 

Stimmalligg,  134. 

Surdtis,  Serlo,  10. 

Snthbrok,  Geoffrey  cle,  144. 

—  Gilbert  de,  66,  144. 
Suthon'  (Bishop's  Sutton\  25. 

—  Master  Osborne  de,  25. 
Sulhon,  Vital  de,  28. 
Suthwaltham,  294. 
Sntor,  Tabert',  28. 
Sutton  at  Hone  t^Kent),  40. 

—  land  at,  25. 
Sutton,  p'  W.,  287. 
Sutwerke,  Hel"  de,  54. 
Swaneseye,  John,  196. 
Swavcsham,    Brother   John    de, 

183. 

Taarent    Kaaynes,    church     of, 

114. 

Talesworth,  Peter  cle,  61. 
Taleworthe,  Peter  de,  153. 
- — tenants  of,  187. 
Talewrch',  Peter  de,  65. 
Talewrse,  Adam  de,  83. 
Talewurth,  Peter  de,  25. 
Talewurtha  (Tal worth-,  16. 
Tallewurth,  Peter  de,  24. 
Talun'.  17. 

Tamwyth,  John,  260. 
Tancarvill,  William  de,  8. 
Tanfeld,    William,   commission 

addressed  to,  296. 
Tankervill,  R.  Camar'  de,  59. 
Tankes,  Thomas,  181. 
Tanner,  his   Nolilia  Monastica 

quoted,  I. 


Tanrigge,  William  de,  240. 

Tanur,  Roger,  77. 

Tappelawe,    Stephen    de,    suit 

against,  68. 
Tappelawe  (Taplow\  Ville  of, 

granted  to  convent,  49. 

—  tenants  of,  1 88. 
Tapynd,  Richard,  96. 
Tarente  Kaaignes,  86. 
Tawnton,  Ambrose,  324. 
Taxation  of  ecclesiastical  bene- 
fices, 173-177. 

Tegulatore',  Walter,  121. 
Templo,  R.  dc,  1 33. 
Temporalia,  list  of  returns  as  to 

taxation  of,  175-177. 
Teoldus,  Sir,  sub-prior,  death  of, 

in  1173,  26. 

Tereinge  (Tanridge),  76. 
Testa,  Win.  de,  186. 
Tewa,  17. 
Teymec',  157. 
Teyng,  manor  of,  209. 
Th.,  abp.  of  Canterbury,  302. 

—  bp.  of  Rochester,  302. 
Thalewurch  i^Talworth),  27. 
Thalewurth,  Adam  de,  52. 
Thebing',  98. 

Theobald,  abp.   of   Canterbury, 
1 8. 

—  bp.  of  Worcester,  12. 

—  brother  of  Luke  de  Hardres, 

31- 
Theodbald,  abp.  of  Canterbury, 

20. 

Theodoric,  Master,  32. 
Theodulf,  land  of,  8. 
Thezo,  9. 

Thirold,  clerk  of  Winchester.  10. 
Thistelden,  Master  Richard  de, 

226. 

Tholy,  Peter,  128. 
Thorn',  servant,  59. 
Thomas,  chancellor,  18,  19. 

—  clerk  of  Akoll,  97. 

• — •  duke  of  Gloucester,  inquisition 
on  behalf  of,  290. 

—  son  of  Ailbric,  41. 
Thorenton,  Gilbert  cle,  168. 
Thorney,  Roger,  319. 
Thoroton,  Gilbert  de,  168. 
Thorp,  Mr.  Walter  de,  193. 
Thorpe,  Geoffery  de,  222. 
Thunclreslegh,  manor  of,  226. 
Thundresley,  parish  of,  277. 
Thurbert,  servant,  17. 
Thurkillescroft,  119. 
Thumham,  church  of,  6. 
Thurstan,  abp.  of  York,  12. 
Thwenge,  Edmund  de,  246. 
Thwinge,  Thomas,  324. 
Tichesbe,  Sir  Ralph  de,  rector  of 

Westham,  146. 


Tila,  Reineiius  cle,  17. 
Tinbrig,  Walter  de,  78. 
Tiptoft,  Sir  John,  300. 
Tiverington,  rectory  of,  217. 
Tiwa,  Walter  de,  17,  36. 

—  Peter  de,  17. 
(Toclivius),  Venerable  Richard, 

bp.  of  Winchester,  26,  «.  5,  33. 
Toleslond,  hundred  of,  156. 
Tolleswrch,  land  at,  61. 
Tonebrige,  Sir  John  de,  29. 
Toneys,  Robert,  338. 
Torre,  Gilbert  de,  209. 

—  Nicholas  de  la,  209. 
Torreville,  William  de,  arrange- 
ment between,  and  prior,  51. 

Totinges,  Ham'  de,  32. 

Totteford,  Master  John  de,  clerk, 
242. 

Touy,  Roger  cle,  59. 

Tratel,  Ilermod',  73. 

Trecharl,  land  of,  8,  II. 

Tregony,  Nicholas  de,  elected 
prior  1292,  178;  dies  1296, 
1 80. 

Tresgoz,  Robert  de,  55. 

Trethu,  land  of,  8. 

Tretteswrhd',  church  of,  94. 

Tripacy,  Hugh,  153. 

Tuglur,  Hugo  de,  bailiff,  126. 

Tulesworth,  in. 

Tunstall,  ill. 

Turci,  Robert  tie,  9. 

Turevile,  William  de,  and  Ysabel 
his  wife,  suit  of,  against  con- 
vent, 49. 

Turevill,  or  Torrevill,  William 
de,  suit  ngainst,  54,  68. 

Turgar,  68. 

Turgarton,  prior  of,  275. 

Turgisius,  servant  of  Henry  II, 

31- 

Turkelly,  Roger  de,  Justice,  113. 

Turnham,  Robert  de,  55. 

Turnur,  Roger  le,  209. 

Turr',  Jordan  de,  58. 

Turre,  William  Jordain  de,  34. 

Tiirrie,  Cecilie  de,  96. 

Turvile,    William    de,     sheriff, 

171. 

Twynham,  prior  of,  220. 
Twyseledeweye,  119. 
Tychsey,  Adam,  281. 
Tyff,  Thomas,  319. 
Tyncm',  John  de,  96. 

Ufford,  Robert  de,  239. 
Upton,  tenants  of,  188. 

—  William  de,  113. 
Uske,  John  de,  233,  242. 

Vacllet,  William,  takes  refuge  in 
church  of  Merlon,  139. 


368 


INDEX. 


Valence,  William  ile,  155. 
Valeton  (Walton),  hundred  of, 

167. 
Valle,    abbot    anil    convent    of, 

exchange  of  lands  with  Mer- 

ton,  147-149. 

Valon'  ,  prob.  Valogncs),  55. 
Vanatis,  Jordan,  52. 
Vavassor,  ?6. 
Veer,  Albredus  de,  earl  of  Oxford , 

claim  against,  291. 
Veis,  Gille  le,  85. 
Vey,  Robert  de,  Lady  Elene,  late 

wife  of,  128. 

Vien  '  Vienne,  Dauphiny^,  207. 
Vien',  William  de,  130. 
Vinet,  Richard  le,  221. 
Visitation    Articles,    issued    by 

William  of   Wykeham,   265 ; 

enumeration  of,  266-273. 
Vyleys,  Nicholas,  288. 
Vyn,  Juliana,  230. 
Vywon,  Sir  John  de,  189. 

W.,  sub-prior,  133. 

—  vicar  of  Flore.  132. 
Wacamstede,  William  de,  29. 
Wadsand,     Alan     de,     Justice, 

"3- 

Wakefeld,    Richard,     treasurer, 

283. 
\\akefield,  Ilumfrey  de,  247. 

—  Humphrey  de,  241. 
Wakelyn,  Ra.,    141  ;    RacV,  his 

brother,  141. 
VTaldebe,  82. 
Waldcn,   Lord   Roger,   abp.   of 

Canterbury,  290. 
Walecote,   Roger  de,   and  wife 

Alice,  97. 

Waleden,  abbot  of,  98. 
Walcdene,  John  de,  167. 
Waleis,  John,  32. 
Waleland  of  Crikelade,  41. 
Waleram,  Earl  Melltnt,  13. 
Walerand,  Robert,  124. 
Waleton,  John  de,  161. 

—  hundred  of,  209. 
Wraletot,    Roger    de,    and   wife 

Alice,  suit  of,  91. 
Walingeford,   Brother    Richard 

de,  91. 
Walingford,   canon   Robert    de, 

80. 
Walter  and  Gilbert,  clerks,  96. 

—  chaplain  of  Hodiham,  25. 

—  Lord,  prior  of  Bocland,  36. 

—  parson  of  Horley,  78. 

—  prior  1198,  45,  51;  vacated 
priorate  1218,  75. 

—  son  of  Adam  de  Hadresham, 
S3- 

—  son  of  Philip,  88. 


Waltham,  abbot  of,  44,  46. 

—  Ralph  de,  191,  234. 
Walton,  John  de,  169. 

—  on  the  Hill,  church  of,  298. 
Wamberghe,  Adam  de,  242,  243. 
Wanberge,  foresters  of,  ordered 

to  supply  pannage  .for.  swine, 
89-90. 

—  Robert  de,  230. 
Wanci,  Nicholas  de,  54. 

—  Osbert  de,  42. 
Wandesworth,     Thomas,     311, 

Wandlcsw'  (WandsworthJ,  Ail- 
man  de,  grant  to,  28. 

Wansworth,  Thomas,  331. 

Want',  Brother  Roger  de,  56. 

Wanton,  John  de,  128. 

Warblinton,  Thomas  de,  suit 
against,  151. 

Warenn,  earl,  91. 

Warin,  son  of  Jcrold,  chamber- 
Iain,  19. 

Warlwast,  William,  bp.  of 
Exeter,  6,  n.  i. 

Warmcster,  Mr.,  343. 

Warram,  Master  of  C.C.C., 
Oxford,  340. 

Warren,  William  de,  earl  of 
Surrey,  13. 

Warrin,  servant,  59. 

Wanm,  Henry  de,  169. 

Waspaill',  Osbert,  73. 

Watandus,  John,  claim  against, 
86. 

Watere,  John  atte,  291,  293. 

Waters,  Sir  John  at,  called 
before  prior  concerning 
Thomas  Camerlain,  291. 

Wateville,  John  dc,  and  others, 
suit  against,  154. 

Watkins,  Master  Richard,  331, 
332,  333- 

Wauerchewrda,  ville,  31. 

Wauton,  Master  Symon  de, 
Justice,  113. 

Wavescye,  John  de,  201. 

Wawcln',  Sir  Mre'  de  canon,  121. 

Waymuth,1  Hugh  de,  chaplain, 
228. 

Weleton,  freemen  of,  to  have 
rights  of  sepulture,  37-38. 

—  tithes  of,  36. 
Well1,  J.  de,  61. 
Welle,  Ralph  atte,  188. 
Wellerhers,  land  at,  68. 
Welloton,  ville  of,  92. 
Wells,  archd.  of,  59. 
Wcnden,  Richard  de,  92,  100. 
Wendl',  Lefward  de,  28. 
Wengham,  II.  de,  115. 
Weresdale,  Thomas,  321. 
Werle,  Ingeland  de,  203. 


WermetheU,  land  at,  116. 
West,  Nicholas,  312,  313. 
Westen',  Robert  de,  121. 
Westminster,  abbot  of,  44,  46. 

—  Sir  Godfrey,  309. 

—  Godfrid,  303. 

-  William  de,  181. 
Westmynster,  Godefrid,  311. 
Weugh,  H.  de,  125. 
Wexam,  land  at,  32. 
Wexham,  Walter  de,  67. 
White's     Selborne,     mentioned, 

274  and  n.  \. 

Whyr,  William,  chaplain,  225. 
Whyteleye,  Adam  de,  207. 
Whytyngton,   Richard,    mayor, 

•>95- 

Wicham,  John  de,  41. 
Wiche,  Master  Richard  de  la, 

"3- 

Wido,  prior  of  Suwich  (South- 
wark),  53. 

Wigan,  Botwei  de,  9. 

Wike,  John  de  la,  48. 

Will  of  Ledulf,  citizen  of  London, 
returns  pledgesto  Merton,  1 1 7. 

Will',  clerk  of  Nortun,  73. 

Willemescot,  Thomas  de,  71. 

William,  abp.,  made  and  decor- 
ated church  of  St.  Gregory  of 
Canterbury,  6. 

—  abp.  of  Canterbury,  99. 

—  archd.  of  York,  8. 

—  bp.  of  Exeter,  1 2. 

—  bp.  of  Lincoln,  114. 

—  bp.  of  Salisbury,  299. 

—  bp.  of  Winchester,  12. 

—  brother  and  heir  of  Thomas, 
earl  of  Stafford,  inquisition  on 
death  of,  291. 

—  chaplain  of  Tywa,  grant  to,  39. 

—  clerk  of  Comhill,  59. 

—  clerk  of  Dorkinge,  41. 

—  clerk    of    Tunbridge,    claim 
against,  62. 

—  deacon,  n. 

—  earl  of  Gloucester,  20. 

—  earl  of  Maundevil,  152,  153. 

—  earl  of  Salisbury,  55. 

—  Master,  of  Kilkenny,  1 24. 

—  nephew  of  Philip,  the  came- 
rarius  of  the  fraternity,  charter 
granted  to,  29. 

—  Nicholas,      and     Wucianus, 
nephews,  29. 

—  of    Dorking,    claim    of,    on 
behalf  of  prior,  34. 

—  of  Gloucester,  goldsmith,  130. 

—  of  Lincoln,  Brother,  131. 

—  of  the  church  of  St.  Mary,  48. 

—  of  Suffolk,  299. 

—  parson   of   Ashcombe,    pro- 
ceedings against,  290. 


INDEX. 


369 


William,  priest  of  Ditton,  35. 

—  third  prior  1167,  24;    death 
of,  in  1177,  37. 

—  prior  of  Southwyke,  330. 

—  son  of  Odo,  10. 

—  son  of  Osbert  the  priest,  36. 

—  son  of  the  priest  de  Ponte,  36. 

—  son  of  Ralph,  41. 

—  son  of  Richard  le  Franceis,  7  3. 

—  son  of  Serlo,  17,  25. 
Wimund,  39. 

Winchester,  bp.  of,  his  Articles 
of  Visitation  in  1387,  265-273. 

—  Sir  John  de,  199. 
Windesham,  William  de,  grant 

by,  34;  mentioned,  53. 
Windleshore,  31. 

—  Godefr.  de,  53. 

—  William  de,  suit  of,  60. 
Wingham,  collectorship  of,  23:;. 
Winterburn  Stikelawrum,  manor 

of,  87. 
Wiredesbir          (Wyrardisbury), 

Elias  de,  67. 

Witechurchia,  Ralph  de,  10. 
Witloc,  Stephen  and  J  lenry,  1 1 1 . 
\Vlcumeride',  37. 
Wllst,  Thomas  de,  elected  prior 

1218,  76;  died  1222,  79. 
Wodecot,  Luke  de,  54. 
Wodehalle,  William,  254. 
Wodeham,  Edward  de,  226. 
Wodelok,    Richard,   chancellor, 

202. 


Wolknestede,  ville  of,  240. 

Wolsey,  cardinal,  323. 

Wolveley,  John  de,  242. 

Wolveleye,  John  de,  249. 

Worth,  Kyngeswode,  and  Sel- 
wode,  claim  of  prior  to  manors 
of,  159-161. 

Woulle,  chapel  of,  241. 

Woveneya,  John  de,  1 24. 

Wrenne,  William,  182. 

Wrotham,  William  de,  77. 

Wrotting,  Edmund  de,  211. 

Wudemaresthorne,  William  de, 
41. 

\\udesure,  Seric',  53. 

Wulward,  prepositus,  n. 

Wybesned  (Whipsnade,  Beds), 
church  of,  78. 

Wycester,  Roger  de,  127. 

Wycumba,  Symon  de,  144. 

Wycumbe,  Peter  de,  179. 

Wyge'ton,  Gilbert  de,  225. 

Wykeham,  William  of.  bp.  of 
Winchester,  accused  of  mis- 
management, 26^. 

Wylingbi,  P.  de,  183. 

Wymbisshe,  Andrew  de,  chap- 
lain, 211. 

Wynborne,  John,  311. 

Wynbourne,  Brother  John,  310. 

\\ynbows,  property  called, 
298. 

Wyndesore,  Richard,  331. 

—  Robert  de,  elected  prior  ]  36*, 


258-259;  statement  of  expen- 
diture from  1383-1393,  281- 
283  ;  sends  to  bishop  a  state- 
ment of  affairs,  284;  memoran- 
dum concerning  land  values, 
287-288;  died  1403,  295. 

Wyndlesor,  Thomas  de,  144. 

Wynds-or,  Richard,  324. 

Wynton,  Andrew  de,  rector,  1 10, 
132. 

—  Brother  John  de,  242. 
Wysse,  John  de  la,  138. 
Wyssh,  Henry,  249. 
Wyte,  Thomas  de,  181. 
Wyvelyngham,  Sir  Thomas  dc, 

219. 

Yakesley,  John  de, canon,  elected 

prior  of  Reigate,  288. 
Yngelram  de  Alberun,  25. 
Yong,  William,  333. 
Yonge,  Henry,  303. 

—  Master  Thomas,  256. 

—  William,  326. 
York,  Robert,  10. 

—  William  de,  Justice,  97,  101. 
Young,  John,  and  wife  Johanna, 

249. 

Ysembaid,  li. 
Ystele,  Nicholas  de,  219. 
Yvo,  chaplain,  137. 

/^uche,  W.  la,  139. 


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APPENDIX 


APPENDIX. 


LIST      OF      DOCUMENTS 


I. — Charter  of  Foundation  :    between    5th   August,    1121,    and  25th   Marcli,   1122. 

(Carta;  Antiqua;,  V.  5.) 
II. — Charter  of  ^Eiigelraiu  <le  Ahornini  granting  Lands  nt  Molcscy  :  1129-35.    (Mertou 

Cartulary,  fol.  cxcij  v.,  No.  509.) 
III. — Lease   for   Life   of  certain  Lands  to  provide  Lights   in  the  Church  :   1150-67. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Jxxxj,  No.  40.) 
IV. — Lease  to  Simon  Dane  of  Laud  ami  Ilospitiiim  in  Sontliwark  :  1150-67.     (Cart., 

fol.  Ixxxj,  No.  41.) 
V. — Grant  by  King  Henry  II  of  Freedom  from  being  impleaded   except  before  the 

King  or  his  Chief  Justice  :   1155-62.      (Cart.,  fol.  cxcviij  ?•.,  No.  5:!:!.) 
VI. — Grant    by   King    Henry  II  of    Forty  Acres  of    Assarts    in   Heortlegam,  &e.  : 

1156.     (Cartie  Antiqntc,  R.  7.) 
VII. — Charter  of  King   Henry  II  granting  the  Villc  of  Morton  to  the  Priory  :   1156 

or  1157.     (From  the  Confirmation,  5  Henry  VIII,  Mem.  1:!,  No.  1.) 
VIII. — Grant,    by    King    Henry    II    of    Fifty    Acres    of    Assarts    in    Alcmnndbirv 

(Alcoubury,  Hunts.)  :   1157.     (Cortce  Antiqnse,  KK.  5.) 
IX. — Grant  by  King  IlenrvII  of  the  Manor  of  Kwell  :   115.S.      (Cartse  Antiqnsp, 

U.  6.) 
X. — Grant  of  Liberties  by  King   Henry  II:     1161-71.     (Cart.,   fol.  cxcviij  v.,  No. 

582.) 
XL — Grant  by  King  Henry  II  of  Freedom  from  Thelonio,    &c.  :    1164-86.     (Carl., 

fol.  cxcviij  ».,  No.  5:51.) 
XII. — Charter   by  King   Henry   II  of    confirmation    of    Liberties:    1165.      (Cart re 

Antiqiw,  CC.  ij.) 

XIII.— Lease  of  Land  at  Crickhulc  :   1167-77.     (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxix,  No.  81.) 
XIV. — Presentation     of    John    the    Clerk    to    the    Church   of    Hncham    (Hitcham, 

Bucks.)  :   1167-77.     (Cart.,  fol.  cj,  No.  152.) 

XV. — Endowment  of  the  Chapel  of  Roplcy  :   1 172.     (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvj,  No.  66.) 
XVI. — Agreement  to  receive  William,  Nephew  of  the  Camerarins,  as  a  Canon,  after 

Four  Years'  Service  :   1177-86.    (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvij,  No.  71.) 
XVII. — Lease  to  Luke,  son  of  William  de  la  Done,  of  Forty-two  Acres  at  Kingswood, 

and  Pasture  and  Return  at  Gatton  :   1177-86.     (Cart.,  fol.  xcij.  No.  98.) 
XVIII. — Grant  to  Luke  de  Hardres  and  his  Heirs,  of  Right  of  Presentation  to  a 

Cauonry  :   1177-86.     (Cart.,  fol.  xcv,  No.  112.) 
XIX. — Acknowledgment  of  a  Debt  due  to  Ralph,  son   of  Brother  William  Briton  : 

between  1177  and  1186.     (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxiiij  v.,  No.  60.) 
XX. — Grant,  on  command  of  Pope  and  request  of  King,  of  Annuity  to  Confrater 

Aimeric  de  Partimacho  :  27th  March,  1178.     (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvij  v.,  No.  74.) 

*A 


11  APPENDIX:    LIST   OF   DOCUMENTS. 

XXI. — Confirmation  by  Ingelram  de  Abermm  of  the  Charter  granted  by  his  Uncle 

Ingelram  :  1178-86.     (Cart.,  fol.  cxcij  v.,  No.  510.) 
XXII. — Rations   allowed  to   a    Sacristan  and   his    Servants  :    1178.       (Cart.,   fol. 

Ixxxvij,  No.  73.) 

XXIII. — Claim  before  Justices  of  Privileges  in  Merton  and  Ewell  :  1178  or  1179. 

(Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  7  Edw.  I ;  Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  748.) 
XXIV. — Concord  with  Anschetillus,  the  Parson  of  Chivton,  and  Others,  as  to  Tithes 

of  Chivtou  and  Norton  :   1180.     (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxv  v.,  No.  64.) 
XXV. — Appointment   of    William   de   Forteslmll   to   the  Vicarage   of   Luleworth : 

1182-90.     (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvij,  No.  75.) 

XXVI. — Annuity  to  Nuns  of  Bereking  (Barking,  Essex)  during  Life  of  Cecilia  de 
Abbevill :  1186-98.  (Cart.,  fol.  xciiij  v.,  No.  108.) 

XXVII. — Agreement  with  Master  John,  Parson  of  Heifeld,  settling  disputes  about 
Tithes:  1186-98.  (Cart,,  fol.  xcviij  v.,  No.  131.) 

XXVIII. — Grant  by  King  Richard  I  to  the  Priory  of  Land  in  Ewell  and 
Mulosham  (Molesey)  :  14th  September,  1189.  (Carte  Antiquaj,  GG.  18.) 

XXIX. — Confirmation  by  King  Richard  I  of  Lands  and  Liberties:  1189-90. 
(Carte  Antiqunj,  C.  26.) 

XXX. — Final  Concord  in  the  Curia  Regis  between  the  Priory  and  Gilbert  Morin 
with  respect  to  Lands  at  Mordon  and  Awlton  (Carshalton)  :  2nd  February, 
1196.  (Pedes  Finiiim,  7  Richard  I,  No.  2.) 

XXXI. — Grant  by  King  Richard  I  confirming  Privileges  of  Freedom  from  Thelonio, 
&c. :  9th  November,  1198.  (Carte  Antique,  LL.  3.) 

XXXII. — Lease  of  Lands  at  Kingeswood  to  Peter,  son  of  Richard  de  Kingcswood  : 
1198-1218.  (Cart.,  fol.  cij  r.,  No.  159.) 

XXXIII.— Title  of  Priory  to  Property  at  Caham  (Cheam)  :  1200-16.  (Cart.,  fol. 
ciij,  No.  160.) 

XXXIV. — Lease  to  Priory  of  Land  at  Grapelingeham  :  25th  January,  1203. 
(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxiij  r.,  No.  55.) 

XXXV. — Grant  by  King  John  of  a  Wood  at  Inheishull  (Kingston,  Surrey)  : 
3rd  June,  1203.  (Cartre  Antiquaj,  QQ.  50.) 

XXXVI. — Writ  of  King  John  to  the  Bailiffs  of  Portsmouth,  concerning  the  Passage 
of  his  Ambassadors  to  Normandy  (one  of  them  a  Canon  of  Merton)  :  15th 
April,  1205.  (Rot,  Lift.  Clans.,  Record  Off.  Ed.,  p.  27.) 

XXXVII. — Charter  of  King  John  exempting  Priory  from  being  impleaded,  except 
before  himself  or  his  Chief  Justice  :  20th  May,  1205.  (Cal.  Rot.  Cart.,  Record 
Off.  Ed.,  I,  153.) 

XXXVIII. — Suit  respecting  Advowson  of  the  Church  of  Maldon  :  17th  April,  1206. 
(Placit.  7  and  8  John,  rot,  3  v.  ;  Abbrev.  Plac.,  Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  50.) 

XXXIX. — Lease  in  Perpetuity  of  Laud  at  West  Molesey  to  the  Priory  :  c.  1206. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxciij  v.,  No.  514.) 

XL. — Confirmation  of  Appointment  of  John,  their  Clerk,  to  the  living  of  Hucham 
(Hitcham,  Bucks.)  :  1210.  (Cart.,  fol.  cj,  No.  154.) 

XLI. — Estimate  of  Income  of  Church  of  Norton  Hibbert  for  Apportionment  between 
the  Priory  and  the  Vicar  :  c.  1212.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxiiij,  No.  210.) 


APPENDIX  :    LIST   OF   DOCUMENTS.  Ill 

XLII. — Finding  of  Jury  in  Dispute  between   Sampson  of  Muleseye  (Molesey)  nml 

the  Priory  as  to    Weir  :  1213.     (Placita,  Surrey,  15  John,  Mich,  and  Hilary, 

rot.  6  ;  Piacit,  Abbrev.,  Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  91.) 
XLIII. — Graut  to  Sir  Amiens,  Nephew  of  Amiens,  late  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  of  a 

Building  Site  and  Garden  within  the  Curia,  for  Life  :  26th  October,  1216.  (Cart., 

fol.  cvj  r.,  No.  170.) 
XLIV. — Corredy  granted  by  the  Priory  to  Richard  le  Francois  and  Mary,  his  wife  : 

c.  1217.     (Cart.  fol.  cvij,  No.  175.) 
XLV. — Charter    by    Walter,   Prior    of    Morton,   in    favour    of    Benefactors  to   the 

Hospital  of   St.  James,  at   Tanridge  :   17th  June,   1217.      (Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvj, 

No.  177.) 
XLVI. — Agreement  between  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury  and  the  Priory  concerning  the 

Churches  of  Climb   (Coombe),  Lulleworth,  and   Sumerford  :   1217-28.      (Cart., 

fol.  cxix,  No.  242.) 

XLVII. — Grant  by  the  Priory  to  Master  Alexander  Faucun  of  a  Bezant  annually  : 
1218-22.  (Cart.,  fol.  cix,  No.  181.) 

XLVI1I. — Lease  by  Priory,  of  Laud  and  Hospitium  iu  Southwark,  to  Arnold,  the 
Vintner  :  1218-22.  (Cart.,  fol.  cix,  No.  183.) 

XLIX. — Final  Concord  in  the  Curia  Regis  between  Alice,  widow  of  Michael 
Volet,  and  the  Priory,  concerning  her  Dowry:  17th  February,  1219.  (Pcdcs 
Finium,  Surrey.  3  lieu.  Ill,  No.  14.) 

L. — Lease  by  Priory  of  Laud  at  Kingswood,  for  Annual  Rent  and  Bcderipc,  to 
Alicia,  daughter  of  Osbert  de  Sitiiu  :  1222-31.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxv,  No.  216.) 

LI. — Pension  or  Corredy,  and  Residence  in  the  House,  granted  to  Geoffrey  de  Mora, 
Clerk  :  1222-31.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxvij,  No.  225.) 

LIT. — Corredy  to  R.  Tapcvel,  as  Servant:  1222-31.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxvij  v.,  No. 
230.) 

LIU. — Corredy  granted  by  the  Priory  to  Wariu,  the  Merchant  :  1222-31.  (Cart., 
fol.  cxviij,  No.  235.) 

L1V.— Gift  by  King  Henry  111  of  Oaks  from  Windsor  Forest:  31st  July,  1225. 
(Rot.  Lit.  Clans.,  9  Hen.  Ill  ;  Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  II,  54.) 

LV.— Claim  of  the  Prior  to  Serfs  :  1227.  (Rot.  Lit,  Clans.,  11  Hen.  Ill,  in.  20  d. ; 
Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  II,  p.  207.) 

LVL— Gift  by  King  Henry  III  of  Oaks  for  the  Church:  14th  December,  1227. 
(Close  Roll,  12  Hen.  Ill,  m.  14.) 

LVII. — Graut  by  Priory  to  John  de  Tincmwe,  Clerk,  of  Exhibition  for  .Sixteen 
Years  for  Study  in  England  or  Abroad  :  29th  November,  1228.  (Cart.,  fol. 
cxxxij  v.,  No.  294.) 

LVIII. — Assignment  by  Henry,  Prior  of  Morton,  to  Richard,  Vic  ir  of  Kingston,  of 
a  fixed  Part  of  the  Emoluments  of  the  Living:  1231-38.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxxj  v., 
No.  262.) 

LIX. — Corrody  granted  by  the  Priory  to  Robert  de  Boklaiul :  1231-38.  (Cart., 
fol.  cxix  v.,  No.  246.) 

LX. — Concord  iu  Curia  Regis  with  the  Abbey  of  Chertsey  concerning  the  Common 
Pasture  at  Sutton :  19th  July,  1233.  (Pedes  Finiiun,  17  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey, 
No.  167.) 


iv  APPENDIX:   LIST  OF  DOCUMENTS. 

LXL— Gift  of  Wine  l>y  King  Henry  III :    17th  January,  1236.      (Rot.  Lit.  Glaus., 

20  Hen.  Ill,  m.  18.) 
LXII. — Precept  to  the  Sheriff  in  the  Matter  of  (he  Dispute  concerning  (he  Patronage 

of  the  Ghapcl  of  Roplcy :  1236-37.     (Abbrev.  Plae.,  21  Hen.  Ill,  rot.  27  d. ; 

Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  113.) 

LX1II. — Corredy  of   a  Canon  granted   to  Roger  the    Chaplain:   1238-48.     (Cart., 

fol.  clxij,  No.  382.) 
LXIV.— Gift  of    Wine   by  King  Henry  III:    19th  December,   1240.       (Rot.   Lit. 

Clans.,  25  Henry  III,  m.  17.) 
LXV. — Testimonial  of   the  high  Repute  and  Works  of  Edmund,  late  Archbishop  of 

Canterbury:    25th    September,    1241.      (Archives  of   the   Peres   do   St.   Edmc, 

Poiitigny,  No.  16.) 
LXVI. — Return  of  the  Sheriff  of  Surrey  of  Fines  due  from  the  Priory  :   1242-43. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxxiiij  v.,  No.  279.) 
LXVI*. — Return  of  Lands,  &c.,  belonging  to  the  Priory  :   c.  1212.    (Cart.,  fol.  cxxv, 

No.  281.) 
LXVII. — Return  of    the   Sheriff  of    Southampton  of    Fines  due  from  the    Priory: 

1242-4;!.      (Cart.,  fol.  cxxv,  No.  281.) 
LXVIII. — Manumission    by   the    Priory   of    William    Eylward :     1249-62.       (Liber 

Niger  Scaccarii,  Ilearne's  Edition,  1771,  II,  620.) 
LX1X. — Receipt    to    Executors    of   Lcdulf   for    Silver   Vases    pawned    to    him   by 

Priorv,  but  bequeathed   to  them  by  his   Will  :    1249-62.     (Cart.,  fol.  cxxvij  v., 

No.  284.) 
LXX.— Gift    to    Walter    de     Morton    of    Land    at    Taleworth  :     19lh    May,    1252. 

(Archives  of  Merlon  College,  Oxford,  C.  4.) 
LXXI. — Suit  between   the  Prior   and  Philip   le  .lonnc  concerning  the  Boundary  of 

their    Lands    in    Ewell  :     1254-55.        (Placitii    do     Quo     Wurranto,     89    Hen. 

Ill,  m  -«}4,  in.  13,  d.) 
LXXII. — Letter   of   Assent    to    formation  of  a    Private   Oratory   in  the  Parish  of 

Kenneton  (Kimpton,  Hunts.)  :   1254-58.      (Cart.,  fol.  clxv,  No.  388.) 
LXXIII. — Agreement   by  the  Priory  not   to  interfere  with  William  de   Cantia  upon 

his  Resignation  of  the  Priorate  and  Oath  to  enter  another  House  of  the  Order  : 

3rd  June,  1258.     (Cart.,  fol.  cxxxvj  v.,  No.  310.) 

LXXIV. — Admission     of    Prior's     Right    to    set     up     Gallows    in     Merton  :     20lh 
November,  1258.     (King's  Bench,  Assize  Roll,  Surrey,  m.  ,'  j  8.) 

LXXV. — Remission  of  all  Claim  to  Presentation  to  the  House  of  Bckcnton,  Kent : 

12th  October,  1261.     (Cart.,  fol.  cxlj,  No.  322.) 
LXXVI. — Manumission    of    Thomas,  the    Smith,  and    his   son  Andrew  :    1262-93. 

(Cart,,  fol.  cxlj  v.,  No.  323.) 
LXXVII. — Robbers  taking  Sanctuary  in  the  Church:   14th  January,  1263.     (King's 

Bench,   Quo  Warranto,  47  Hen.  Ill,   Surrey,  m.  J  j   6,  in.  1.) 
LXXVIII. — Appointment   of    Proctor    to    receive    Tithes    of    Combe-caisnes   and 

Lulworth  :  30th  April,  1265.     (Cart,,  fol.  exlij,  No.  327.) 
LXXIX. — Grant   by  the    Priory  of   the  Advowson   of   the  Church  of   Maldon    to 

Sir  Walter  de  Merton  :    23rd  August,   1265.       (Archives  of  Merton  College, 

Oxford,  <&.  iij  ;   and  Cart.,  fol.  cxlij,  No.  329.) 


APPENDIX  :     LIST   OF    DOCUMENTS.  V 

LXXX. — Concord  between  Sir  Henry  do  Apeldrefeud  and  Prior  of  Merlon  :  1266. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxliiij  v.,  IS'o.  385.) 

LXXXI. — Grant  of  Lands  to  the  Priory  by  Sir  William  do  Apeldrefeud  :  1266. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxlv,  No.  336.) 

LXXXII. — Assignment  by  llio  Prior,  of  Income  to  the  Vicar  of  Kingston,  for 
Endowment  of  Petersham  Chaplain  ;  with  Schedule  of  Contributors  :  29th 
September,  1266.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxlvj,  No.  339.) 

LXXXUI. — Finding  of  Jury  that  Priory  was  bound  lo  repair  Bridge  between 
Morton  and  Newington  :  1272-73.  (Rot.  Iluud.,  Surrey,  Edw.  I,  No.  3.) 

LXXX1V. — Successful  Suit  relating  of  Right  to  Liberties  at  Patrikesbnrn  (Patrick- 
bourn,  Kent)  :  1st  Jith',  1278.  (Placita  de  Quo  Warrunto,  6  Edw.  1  ;  Kcc. 
Off.  Ed.,  pp.  313,  312.) 

LXXXV.— Right  of  Priory -to  Pannage  contested  by  King's  Verderer  for  Derby- 
shire, but  ordered  :  1280.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxcj  c.,  No.  503.) 

LXXXVI. — Letter  from  Archbishop  to  the  Abbot  of  Westminster  to  hinder  B.  de 
Clare  from  suing  the  Prior  of  Morton  in  the  Exchequer  :  Sth  June,  1282. 
(Archicp.  Register,  Pechham,  fol.  185.) 

LXXXVII. — Letter  from  Archbishop  to  Sir  13.  de  ('hire,  complaining  of  his  speaking 
against  him,  and  suing  the  Prior  of  Merlon  :  8th  June,  1282.  (Archicp. 
Register,  Pcckhfim,  fol.  185  r.) 

LXXXV1II. — Claim  by  Prior  for  Recovery  of  Cattle  and  Sheep  illegally  impounded  : 
3rd  February,  1287.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxcix,  No.  535.) 

LXXXIX.— Claim  by  Prior  for  Recovery  of  Cattle  illegally  impmin. led  :  1 1>93  91. 
(King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  Assize  Roll,  22  Edw.  I,  Surrey,  M  !:  j  I,  m.  1,  d.) 

XC. — Writ  of  Ad  quod  damnitm  on  proposed  Appropriation  of  EH'mgliam  Rcctoiy 
by  Merton  Priory  :  7th  July,  1297.  (Inquisitiones  post  mortem.  27  Edw.  1, 
Surrey,  No.  61.) 

XCI. — Episcopal  Ordinance  as  to  the  Endowment  on  formation  of  A'icarage  of 
Elfiugbam,  Surrey  :  18th  September,  1297.  (Cart.,  fol.  ccx,  No.  554.) 

XCII. — Further  Writ  of  Ad  quod  damnum  :  1st  April,  1299.  (Inqiiisiliones  post 
mortem,  27  Edward  I,  Surrey,  No.  61.) 

XCIIL— Licence  in  Mortmain  for  the  Appropriation  of  Eifingham  Church  :  10th 
April,  1299.  (Patent  Roll,  27  Edward  1,  m.  30.) 

XCIV. — Corredy  granted  by  the  Priory  to  Richard  do  Wolclierehawe  and  bis  Wife  : 
20th  November,  1300.  "  (Cart.,  fol.  cxxx  v.,  No.  291.) 

XCV. — Order  by  the  King  in  Parliament  for  Repayment  of  £50  to  the  Priory  :  27th 
February,  1301.  (Cart.,  fol.  cxcv,  No.  516.) 

XCVI. — Letter  from  Bishop  of  Winchester  absolving  Prior  and  Convent  from 
Excommunication  incurred  by  paying  Subsidy  to  King  :  4th  May,  1301.  (Win- 
chester Diocesan  Register,  Pontissara,  fol.  27  v.) 

XCVII. — Proceedings  relating  to  and  consequent  on  Enquiry  by  Episcopal  Com- 
missioners arising  from  Letters  Exhortatory  from  Archbishop  (as  Visitor,  scdc 
vacante)  ;  Resignation  of  Prior  Henry  de  llericrde  and  Answers  to  Articles  : 
11  th  August  and  25 th  September,  1305.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register, 
Wodelok,  fol.  33  v.) 


VI  APPENDIX  :     LIST    OF    DOCUMENTS. 

XCV11I. — Order  from  Bishop  on  alleged  Wandering  of  one  of  the  Canons  without 

Leave  of  Sub-prior  :  13th   November,   1305.     (Winchester  Diocesan  Register, 

Wodclok,  fol.  21.) 
XC'IX. — Sequestration  of  Goods  of  John  dc  Wiuton,  Rector  of  Shircfold,  for  Debt 

owing   to   the  Priory  :    12th  October,   1307.      (Winchester  Diocesan  Register, 

Jf'odclok,  fol.  69.) 

C. — (4 rant  of  Corredy  and   Custody   of  the  Great  Gate  to   Henry  Iloclcgh  :    28th 

October,  1310.      (Cart.,  fol.  clix  v.,  No.  374.) 
C'l. — Commission  from  the  Pope  to  Prior  of  Soutlnvark  to  check  the  Alienation  of 

the  Priory  Lands  :  29th  October,  1310.     (Cart.,  fol.  clx,  No.  375.) 
Cll. — Letter  from  Priory  to  the  Pope,  with  Names  of  their  Proctors  to  appear  at 

the  Council  of  the  Order  :   8th  September,  1311.     (Cart.,  fol.  clxx  v,  No.  407.) 
CI1L — Episcopal    Ordinance    for    Endowment    of    Vicarage    of   Codington,    on    the 

Appropriation  of  the  Living  to  the  Priory  :  20th  November,  1311.     (Cart.,  fol. 

clxxx,  No.  44o.) 

CIV. — Commutation   of  Services  granted  by  the  Priory  to  John  dc  la  Dene  :  24th 

February,  1:512.      (Cart.,  fol.  clxxix,  No.  442.) 
C  V. — Memorandum  by  Henry  dc  Tndeford  of  Amount  due  to  him  from  the  Priory  : 

19th  March,  1312"      (Cart.,  fol.  clxxviij  v.,  No.  441.) 

CVI. — Acknowledgement  of  Debt  due  to  Henry  de  Tudei'ord  :    19th  March,  1312. 
(Cart.,  fol.  clxxviij  i:,  No.  440.) 

CV11. — Injunctions    of    the    Bishop   consequent   upon   his   recent  Visitation  :    29th 

July,  1814.      (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wodclok,  fols.  24*  and  25*.) 
CV1I1.  —Letter    from    Archbishop    Raynold    to    the    Prior   recommending    Thomas 

Gydy   to  a    Place   in   the    Household:    1;-!14.       (ArcLiiep.   Register,   Raynold, 

fol.  56  r.) 
CIX. — Circular  Letter  from  the  Priory  desiring  Prayers  of    allied    Houses  for  the 

Dead,    and   especially   for    Gilbert    Cypct  :    22ud   January,    1317.      (Cart.,    fol. 

clxxxv  r.,  No.  468.) 

CX. — (<t}  Mortgage  of   Tithes   of    Effingham   by   the   Priory   to   Philip  de   Barton, 

Archdeacon  of    Surrey,   from    21st   June,    1317.      (Cart.,   fol.   clxxxiiij   v.,  No. 

463.) 
(U)     Discharge     of     Mortgage     on     Repayment.       (Cart.,    fol.    clxxxiiij    v., 

No.  461.) 
CXI. — Proxy  given  by  Priory  for  Attendance  at  Archbishop's  Visitation  :  1319  or 

1320.     (Cart.,  fol.  clxxxv j,  No.  469.) 
C'XII. — Sequestration  of  the   Oblations  of  Church    of   Kingston  :   3rd  May,  1327. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Stratford,  fol.  102.) 

CXIII. — Letter  from   the   Bishop  releasing  William  de   Ferour,  a  Canon,  from  his 

Vows,  on   account  of  a  pre-contract  to  marry  :  29th  April,  1331.     (Winchester 

Diocesan  Register,  Stratford,  fol.  55.) 
CX1V. — Rights    and  Liberties  of  Priory  at   Morton,  and  other  Places   in  Surrey, 

affirmed     by     Verdict    of     Jury  :       1333-34.        (Placita    dc     Quo     Warranto, 

7  Edw.  Ill,  Surrey  ;  Rcc.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  739.) 
CXV. — Mediation  of  Bishop  in  favour  of  Re-admission  of  John  Payuell,  a  Canon 

who  had  fled:  1st  October,  1334.     (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I, 

fol.  8.) 


APPENDIX  :    LIST  OF   DOCUMENTS.  Vll 

CXVI. — Episcopal  Sentence  consequent  upon  Visitation  of  the  Priory  :  8th  March, 
1335.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  16  v.) 

CXVII. — Citation  of  Contradictors  (if  any)  to  attend  at  Election  of  Thomas  de 
Kent  as  Prior  :  1st  April,  1335.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton, 
I,  fol.  16  r.) 

CXVIII. — Process  and  Confirmation  of  Election  of  Thomas  de  Kent  as  Prior  :  24th 
April,  1335.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fols.  xvii,  xviii.) 

CXIX. — Mandate  from  Bishop  enjoining  Obedience  to  new  Prior:  26th  April,  1335. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  17  v.) 

CXX. — Letter  from  Bishop  to  the  King  for  Restitution  of  Temporalities  to  new 
Prior  :  26th  April,  1335.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  17  ».) 

CXXI. — Confirmation  of  Election  of  new  Prior  :  26th  April,  1335.  (Winchester 
Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  17  v.) 

CXXII. — Inhibition  of  Bishop  by  Archbishop,  at  suit  of  Archdeacon  of  Surrey,  in 
reference  to  right  to  induct  Prior:  10th  August,  1:5 3 5.  (Winchester  Diocesan 
Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  23  r.) 

CXXIII. — Mandate  by  Archbishop  to  Bishop  to  induct  Prior,  or  show  Cause:  29th 
November,  1335.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  29*.) 

CXX1V. — Episcopal  Licence  to  the  Prior  to  act,  pending  Installation  :  -1th 
February,  1336.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  :!1  r.) 

CXXV.— Mandate  for  Installation  of  Prior:  17th  March,  1336.  (Winchester 
Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  34.) 

CXXYI. — Licence  by  Prior  to  Ingeram  de  Cleyham,  a  Canon,  to  act  as  an  Executor  : 
18th  January,  1337.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  49.) 

CXXVII. — Probate  of  Will  of  Richard  do  Ketene  to  a  Canon  on  Licence  of  the 
Prior :  18th  January,  1337.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  1,  fol.  49.) 

CXXVIII. — Letters  Exhortatory  from  the  Bishop  concerning  the  Administration  of 
the  Priory:  13th  January,  1341.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlelon, 

I,  fol.  100  v.,  with  additions  from  Cart.,  fol.  ccxiiij,  No.  558,  in  brackets.) 

CXXIX. — Controversy  between  the  King  and  the  Prior  of  Merton  as  to  Presentation 
to  Vicarage  of  Kingston  during  Vacancy  :  1346.  (Chaucery,  County  Placita, 
20  Edward  III,  Surrey,  No.  30.) 

CXXX. — Commission  from  Bishop  to  absolve  one  of  (lie  Canons  from  Excommuni- 
cation :  14th  December,  1347.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Edyndon, 

II,  fol.  13.) 

CXXXI. — Commission  by  Bishop  to  his  Chancellor,  to  enquire  into  Matters  rumoured 
as  needing  Correction  :  18th  January,  1350.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register, 
Edyndon,  II,  fol.  22.) 

CXXXII. — Assignment  by  Henry,  Bishop  of  Winchester,  of  Endowments  of  the 
Vicarage  of  Kingston  :  2nd  April,  1352.  (Cart.,  fol.  ccvj,  No.  550,  and  Win- 
chester Diocesan  Register,  Edyndon,  II,  fol.  9  v.) 

CXXXIII. — Episcopal  Licence  for  the  Consecration  of  Three  Altars  in  Priory  Church  : 
9th  June,  1382.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wyltcham,  II,  fol.  198.) 

CXXXIV. — Writ  from  King  Richard  II,  requiring  the  Priory  to  receive  John 
Mandelyn  as  a  Pensioner  ;  8tU  March,  1387.  (Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  62  r.) 


V111  APPENDIX  :    LIST   OF   DOCUMENTS. 

CXXXV. — Decree  of  Bishop  for  transferenca  of  Jolm  Cherteseye  from  Priory  of 
Ncwstead  to  Morton,  on  account  of  his  scandalous  Behaviour  :  25th  October, 
1387.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  JVykeham,  I,  fol.  182.) 

CXXXVI. — Episcopal  Monition  to  Priory  for  Repair  of  Chancel  of  Effingham 
Church  :  2()th  April,  1388.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wyhcliam,  II, 
fol.  236.) 

C'XXXVII. — Commission  to  enquire  into  tlie  State  of  the  Priory  of  Cireucester  : 
29th  June,  1389.  (Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  07  »'.) 

C'XXXVIII. — Petition  to  the  Kins;  for  Return  of  Wine  removed  by  his  Butler: 
1390-93.  (Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  93.) 

C'XXXIX. — Monition  of  Bishop   to  the   Priory   with  reference   to  his  Injunctions  : 

2nd  Oclohor,  1392.     (Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  77.) 

('XL. — Protest  of  Prioi-v  again-4  the  Bishop's  Injunctions  :  4th  November,  1392. 
(Laud  MS.  723,  fol. '77.) 

C'XLL— Summary  of  Expenditure  :   1383  to  1393.     (Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  101.) 

CXLII. — Petition  from  Prior  to  Bishop  of  St.  David's  concerning  the  Manor  of 
Patrikshonrne,  Kent  :  1393-94.  (Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  82.) 

CXLII  I. — Manumission  granted  by  Priory  to  John  C'alchcth  :  20th  January,  1397. 
(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  104.) 

C'XLI  V. — Proceedings  in  the  Chapter  consequent  upon  a  Dispute  between  Two  of  the 
Canons  :  8th  November,  1398.  (Land  MS.  723,  fol.  63  r.) 

CXLY. — Engagement  of  William  Calchith  as  Tailor  to  the  Priory:  April,  1399. 
(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  110  r.) 

CXLYI. — Episcopal  Licence  lo  Prior  to  appoint  a  Chaplain  and  Confessor:  17th 
September,  1471.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wayneflete,  II,  fol.  147  v.) 

C'XLVII. —  Injunctions  for  the  Rule  of  the  House  issued  by  Bishop  through  his 
Commissary  :  c.  1504.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Fox,  I,  fol.  36.) 

CXLYIII. — Xotiee  and  Citation  to  attend  Bishop's  Visitation  of  Priory:  16th  April, 
1509.  (Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Fox,  II,  fols.  149  r.  and  150.) 

CXLIX. — Injunctions  by  Bishop  to  Prior  for  Rule  of  the  House  :  1509  or  1510. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Fox,  II,  fol.  139.) 

C'L. — The  Ultimate  Confirmation  of  previous  Royal  Charters,  and  the  Lands,  Rights, 
and  Liberties  therein  contained  :  1st  April,  1514.  (Confirmation  Roll,  5  Henry 
VIII,  Mem.  13,  No.  1.) 

CLL— The  Surrender  of  the  Priory:  16th  April,  1538.  (Augmentation  Office,  29 
Henry  VIII,  No.  152.) 

CLII.— Ministers'  Accounts  :  1538.  (Ministers'  Accounts,  Co.  Surrey,  29-30  Henry 
VIII,  No.  115,  Moms.  5  and  7.) 


APPENDIX,    I,   II. 

I. 

CHARTER  OF  FOUNDATION  :  BETWEEN  STH  AUGUST,  1121,  AND  25ra  MARCH,  1122. 

(Cartffi  Antique,  U.  5.) 

In  nole  see  1  indiuiduo  fiiitatis  patrs  1  filii  1  sp9  sci  Anno  ab  icarii  d  M°C"XXI° 
regni  a  mei  xx°ij°.  Ego  Henr  di  gra  Rex  Angt  1  dux  Norn)  ad  houore  di  omipotentis 
1  glose  sempo^  nrgiuis  Marie  istiuctu  sp1  sci  actus  dedi  1  inppetuu  possidenda  c'cessi 
uilla  de  corona  mea  noie  scit  Merctonani  sita  in  comitatu  Suthrcie  canonicis  regtarit 
in  eod  loco  uiucutibj  1  uictnris  ad  c'strucndam  ccctiam  in  honore  pefate  u'ginis  mar  rt 
salute  ale  mee  t  Adelize  uxoris  mee  1  p  ulal>5  pat's  1  mat's  mce  Mathild^  Kcginc 
atque  Witti  filii  mei.  Ilac  a  uilla  ita  liBain  t  ab  omi  terrene  potestatis  cxactionc 
uexactioe  inq'etudie  absolutam  cc  c'stituo  1  c'firmo  sic'  erat  cu  cam  ad  coronam  mea 
hire  flsci  tenem'  cu  soca  1  saca  1  toll  1  theam  rt  infangenetheof  1  foresteat  1:  liasocua  1 
mundbrnchet  c' aliis  c'suetudinib5  q6  ad  ins  corone  raee  ptinebant.  Ilacl:  cctia  1  ij'  t-i 
collata  st  ut  deinceps  c'f'eutur  in  rcgia  mann  t  defensioc  p'a  retineo  t  successor!  1>3 
meis  Regib5  ia  defendendam  e'trado  u*  ulli  sctari  p'tati  liccat  mea  mauu  inannniiu'c 
ant  aliq'  iniurie  1  pfbatonis  irrogare  saluo  cp'ali  iure  Winton  ecctie  in  cui  dioccsi 
sita  ee  dinoscif.  Ego  Henricv  rex  liac  pcfatam  donatione  meam  impessione  hui  >J^ 
crncf  p'a  manu  mea  facta  c'lirmaui  1  Kcginc  baronil>5q  meis  quo^  noia  snbsc'lmnl.1' 
c'firmanda  tradidi  1  Adeliza  in  hoc  ipm  c'seiitiens  snbsc'psi.  Ego  K;ut  Cant  Arcfiep'c 
c'firmavi  1  Ego  TnrstaS  Eborac  Archepc  nnimi  1  Ego  Ktuuhilf  Cancett  Ego  Witt 
Winton  Epc  idem  sanxi  Ego  Ric  Loudonieu  Epc  c'seusi  1  Ego  Rog  Sarefjs  Epe 
corrolwraui  1  Ego  Rob  Lincoii  Epc  colluuduui  t  Ego  Randulf "  Dunelmensis  Epc 
nou  renui  1  Ego  Witt  Exonien  Epc  adq'eui  1  Ego  Ebrard"  Norwic  Ej5c  c'scnsi  T:  Ego 
Tlicold9  Wigorn  Epc  c'sc'psi  1  Ego  Arnulf'  Koffeus  Epc  c'signnui  t  Ego  Rad 
Ciccsfnsis  Epc  laudaui  1  Ego  Rot  Ccstensi.s  Epo  subnotaui  rt  Ego  Ric  Herefordens 
Epc  c'cessi  1  Ego  Bernard  Menouensis  Epc  c'scnsi  t  Ego  Ileruei9  de  Heli  fi  recusani 
1  Ego  Johes  Badcndis  Epc  uolni  1  Ego  Heberf  Atsbs  dc  Westiii  1  Ego  Hug  Abbs  Sci 
Augnstini  collaudaui  t  Ego  Witt  Com'  dc  Warenna  d  Suthreia  in'rfui  1  c'scnsi  1  Ego 
Dauid  Com  laudani  1  Ego  Waleram9  Coni  de  Mcllent  1  Ego  Randulf'  Com  t  Ego 
Rob"  Coin  de  Gloecest'a  t  Ego  Stephs  Archd  1  Ego  Sym  decan9  Linconnie  1  Ego 
Alex  Archd. 


II. 

CHARTER  OF  ENGELHAM  DE  ABERNUN  GRANTING  LANDS  AT  MOLESEY:    1129-35. 
(Merton  Cartulary,  fol.  cxcij  v.,  No.  509.) 

(G)lorioso  Regi  Anglo£  Henri9.     Witto  di  gra  archiepo  Cant9  t  Romano  sedis 

legato.     H.  ven'abili  Wynt9  epo  1  dno  suo  R.  filio  Gilb'ti  83  t  oimbj  fulelib5  tam 

p'sentib3  qam  fut  is.     Engelram   de  Abernu  quo  c    in  xpo  salutem.     Notu  sit  caritati 

nre  qd  ego  dedi  1  in  elemosiuam  in  ppetuu  possidendam  c'cessi  do  1  eccc  gtose  v'g9 

)  i  *B 


X  APPENDIX,    III,    IV. 

mar9  do  M'itoua  1  eanoic9  ibid9  rcgtarit'  uiucutib5  atq^  nict'is  t'ram  meam  Je  Moleseya 
cu  olb^  ad  cand  t'ram  lam  in  piano  qm  in  bosco  in  aq's  1  molendiii  ptinentib^  lib'am  1 
q'etam  ab  omi  s'uicio  p  redempcone  auime  mee  t  fris  mei  Jordan!  1  pfis  1  m'ris  mcc  t 
dm  inci  Gilb'ti  filii  Ricardi  1  p  salute  glosissimi  reg  Hour  qf  me  int'tuit  1  dlii  nri 
Kic  filii  p'dci  G.  hanc  donacione  t'ra  litiam  1  q'eta  al)  oi  s'nicio  lit  p'fatus  sum  .  e'cessit 
no  semcl  sj  sepi  frut  1  hcres  meus  Jordanus  t  p'us  apd  Chissendonam  postca  u°  in 
ecca  de  M'itona  ubi  ego  ipo  astantc  1  e'ccdent9  fcci  donacocm  moam  s'r  altar  beate 
mar  in  p'scntia  p'or  1  touius  c'nciit  mtto^  q5  tain  ctico£  qam  laico^  tc. 


III. 

LEASE  FOR  LIFE  OF  CERTAIN  LANDS  TO  PROVIDE  LIGHTS  IN  THE  CHURCH  : 

1150-67. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxj,  No.  40.) 

I\of>  Prior  tot'q^  c'lient  M'toii  Oibus  ad  quo*  prcsens  carta  pnen'it.  Salt  in 
dno.  Nou'itis  uniiicrsi  qcl  uos  llricio  seruicti  rt  cognato  Dni  Ilfiti  c'cessim  ad  tencnd 
de  not)  totfi  nitii  sim  tota  t'ra  ([iia  Dns  IlBt  emit  a  Bernardo  do  Paltona  ad  iueniend 
ccrcu  semp  ardenlc  in  eoctia  urn  1  duo  mortariola,  unu  in  cectia  de  Nort  alt'um  i 
cnptta  1;  do  t'ra  qil  Ailbricht  toniiit  in  Cleplona  .  x  acrs  i  lino  capo  1  x  in  nlio  quo 
ad  idC  afsignatc  sOt  1  tres  acrs  de  t'ra  Kot5  Goderici  q  simitr  .  ad  ccrcu  assignate  sut 
nicut  carta  ejns  tcstat1'.  IJeddet  aut  notis  indc  annuati  p  6i  seruicio  xxviij  sot  scit  ad 
fcstu  Sci  Jotiis  IJapt  xiiij  sot  1:  ad  festu  sci  Mich  xiiij.  Uebet  ^  in  hoc  tcncmcto 
cdificare  1  niancrc.  Do  line  nut  c'nctonc  fecit  not)  fidelitatc  in  cajito  nfo  1  nos 
rccipim''  ab  co  de  infitii  j  mare  argeti.  II.  testibj.  Alex  .  1  Ada  caprhuiis,  Asket  de 
Panlton,  Nich  de  Shatelina,  Witt  de  Stoeha  1  multis  aliis. 


IV. 

LF.ASF.  TO  SIMON  DANK.  OF  LAND  AND  Hosrmuxi  IN  SocTinvARK :  1150-67. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxj,  No.  41.) 

Notu  sit  tarn  p'sentibus  qm  futuris  quod  ego  Hot)  p'or  m'iton  ecctie  1  eiusd  loci 
c'nent9  c'cessira9  Simon  Dano  quoda  seruieti  nfo  t'ra  cu  hospitio  qua  tcnem9  in 
SudwercR  de  Auenechild  touend  de  not)  in  vita  sua  p  j  libra  cimini  reddenda  not) 
annuati  ad  pascti  ,p  6i  seruicio  ad  nos  ptinete  .  excepto  quod  ipe  adqnietabit  cam  de 
Landgabulo  j>  vij  d  1  obolu  qnos  nob"  reddct  aunuati  in  die  festi  sci  micti.  Post 
decessum  u"  Simon  heredes  eins  vj  sot  annuati  noB  dc  ead  terra  p'solvet  dimid  ad 
fest'  sci  mich  1  dimid  ad  Pasch  .  p  oi  scrnicio  ad  nos  ptinete.  P'or  aut  M'iton  1  fres 
eiusd  loci  cu  opus  fuerit  t  eis  placuerit  ibi  sicnt  prius  snnm  babebit  hospicio  sine 
Simon  ut  hcdu  ei9  granamie  p  bac  aut  c'uentoiie  p'dict9  Simon  qnietos  nos  clamanit 
de  c'uetone  q"da  tenebim9  necessaria  ei9  inuitem  1  uestitu  iueuire  .  1  carta  nram  qua 


APPENDIX,    V — VII.  XI 

hide  habuit  nob  rcsiguauit.  Hii  sut  test9  .  Frat9  Rog'  Ilosat9  .  fr'  Alwin9  .  fr'  Gaufr' 
ruf9  .  fr'  Gaufr'  tie  Hupetona  .  Gaufr'  seruieus  fris  Rog9  .  Gaufr'  do  Cliarnato  . 
Ilumfr9  coc9  T:  Ric  1  alii. 


V. 

GRANT  BY  KING  HENRY  II  OP  FREEDOM  FROJI  BEING  IMPLEADEU  EXCEPT 
BEFORE  THE  KING  OR  ins  CHIEF  JUSTICE  :   1155-62. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxcviij  v.,  No.  533.) 

Heurieu.s  Rex  Angt  1  Dux  Norman9 1  Aquit  conies  And  Justic;  uic  ft  ministris 
suis  omil>5  in  quo<5  balliis  canouici  mei  do  M'toii  toncmcutii  tcucut.  Satfin. 
Prohibeo  no  canonici  mei  de  M'ton  pontintur  iu  placitu  do  aliquo  teuemento  q^  tcucunt 
de  corona  mca  nisi  coram  me  ut  coram  capital!  justic'  niea.  T.  Nic  capHo  tc. 


VI. 

GRANT  BY  KING  HENRY  II  OK  FORTY  ACRES  OF  ASSARTS  IN  HKOKTLEGAM,  &c.  : 

1156. 
(Carlai  Autiqiiiv,  R.  7.) 

II.  di  gra  Rex  Angt  Dux  Norm  Aquit  1  Coiii  And  Justic  vie  Miuist*  "t  Forest 
suis  1  visorib^  Forcstnr(j  de  Sudhantescrc  Satt'.  .Sciiitis  me  dedi.sse  rt  coneessisse  in 
ppetuam  elemosinam  canonicis  meis  de  Mcretoii  apd  Hcortlogam  1  apd  1'cuiain  1 
apd  Ilelcham  t  apd  Hupetou  q'Vlraginta  auras  essartorc  (['elas  de  cssartis  'I  du 
j)lac  1  omibj  auxiliis  1  assissis  cssartorc  et  ampli'  num'ent1'  int  cssarta.  T. 
Thorn.  Cant,  t  Roti  de  Novo  Burgo  T;  Manncs  Bisct  Dap1'.  Apd  Rothomay. 


VII. 

CHARTER  OF  KING  HENRY  II  GRANTING  THE  VILLE  OF  MERTON  TO  TIIK 

PRIOKY  :    1156  or  1157. 
(From  the  Confirmation,  5  Henry  VIII,  Mem.  13,  No.  1.) 

II.  rex  Angt  1  Dux  Norni  1  Aequituii  T:  Comes  And  omil>5  Arcliiepis  Epis  At)bib; 
Coni  Bar  Justic  Vic  t  omibj  fidelity  suis  Franc  1  Angt  Satfin.  Sciatis  me  dedisse  1 
concessisse  deo  t  See  Marie  1  Canonicis  de  Meriton  in  ppetuam  elimosiiiam  ipam 
villain  do  Meritona  que  est  de  corona  mea  p  salute  mea  t  01111  meor^  tarn  anteccssor^ 
qm  post'or£  hanc  autem  villam  ita  liBam  t  ab  omi  t'rene  potestatis  cxaccbc  vcxacbo 
inquietudine  absolut  esse  constituo  1  confirmo  sicut  erat  cum  in  mauu  rcgis  Heiif  avi 
mei  1  in  dnio  ejus  tenebatr  cum  soca  1  sacca  1  tort  T;  team  t  infangeuthcof  T;  forstcart 
1  hamsocna  t  mundbriclic  1  cum  oniibs  aliis  consuetudiuilt5  que  ad  jus  coroue  mee 


XU  APPENDIX,   VIII,    IX. 

ptinebant  hauc  eciam  ecctiam  1;  que  ci  collata  sunt  uel  deinceps  ronabilifl  conferenf  in 
regia  clefensione  t  manu  ppria  rctiues  1  succ  meis  Regibs  ita  defendendo  contado  ut 
uulli  secular!  potestati  liceat  in  earn  manu  mittere  aut  aliquid  injiirie  uel  pturbacoibj 
surogare  salvo  jure  Winton  ecctie  cuius  epatu  sita  est  dinoscif  sicut  Rex  Henr  avus 
meus  concossit  1  carta  sua  confirmavit.  T.  T.  Arcliiepo  Cant.  H.  Epo  Wyntoii. 
Ilil  Epo  Cic.  Thoma  Caucett.  Regi  Com  Corn.  Henr  do  Essex  Const.  Ric  de 
Kun  Const.  Manu  Bisct  Dap.  War  fit  Jer  Cam.  Joscet  de  Baillot.  Apud 
Brugiani  in  obsidiouc. 


vur. 

GRANT  BY  KING  HENRY  II  OF  FIFTY  ACRES  OK  ASSARTS  IN  ALCMUNDBIRY 
(ALCONBURY,  HUNTS.)  :  1157. 

(C'artre  Antiqutc,  EE.  5.) 

II.  Rex  Angt  Dux  Noriii  1  Aqtiit  rt  Com'  And  Justic  1  uic  1  minist*  1  forestar 
siiis  do  hundrcda^  .Satt.  Sciiitis  me  dcdissc  1  c'ecssissc  canouicis  de  M'eton 
q'nq"gcsima  lies  dc  cssart  de  Alcmundbur.  Et  e'ccdo  q^  eas  colaut  ad  volnntate  sua 
1  sine  solutii  1  q'ctc  de  cssart  1  n  c'putent1'  int  essarta  1  phibeo  uc  q°s  cos  indc 
disturbet.  T.  Toiii  cauccH  rt  Rob  dc  Novo  Burgo.  Apd  Cadoni. 


IX. 

GRANT  BY  KING  HF.XRY  II  OK  THE  MANOR  OF  EWELL  :  1158. 
(Cartre  Autiqtno,  U.  6.) 

H.  rex  Angt  1  dux  Norm  rt  Aq't9 1  coiii  And  Epo  Winton  1  Jnstic9  t  uicec'  1  Bar' 
rt  miiiist's  1  oiTiili5  iidelil>5  stiis  dc  Suthrcia,  Suttm.  Hciatis  me  dcdissc  1  inppetua 
clemosinam  c'firmasso  do  1  canonieis  d  M'itona  q'«(|'  habcbam  in  JEwella  cum  omib3 
plincntiis  suis.  Et  uolo  rl  firm  it  p'eipio  (4  ipi  canonici  fiaut  1  teneant  p'dcam  t'ram 
d  ^Ewella  cu  oiiiibs  ptincntiis  suis  inppetua  elemosiam  cum  soca  t  saca  1  toll  1  tbcam 
rt  iiifaugcnctlieof  1  hfisocam  t  murdr  1  forcstat  1  cu  aliis  omib3  Iib'tatib5  t  lib'is 
c'suetudiiiibj  1  q'etanciis  snis  in  bosco  1  piano  in  patis  1  pascuis  in  aq's  1  molcnd  in 
nii.s  1  scmitis  rt  in  ofnibj  locis  1  in  omibj  reb5  soluta  t  q'etam  de  scire  t  hundr  t  placit' 
1  qerct  1  murdr  t  geld  1  danegcld  1  bydag9  t  scutag'  1  auxil  1  offiibj  c'suetud  1 
ofiii  sc'tari  sic''  aliq'  ecctia  Anglic  q'eti  t  lib'i  tenet  aliq'm  elemosiam  1  sic  t'ra  ilia 
(1'etior  fuit  in  mco  p'o  dnio.  Theodb  Cant'  archcpo  1  A.  Wigorn  epo  t  Hyt  Cicestris 
Epo  I  R  Coiii  Lciccst  1  R.  coiii  Cornub  t  Witt  coiii  Glocs  1  Ric  de  lues  t  Manses 
dapif  1  II.  fil9  Gef  caiii  t  Jos'  de  Baillot  1  Hug"  de  Gundcuitt  t  S.  de  Dunest. 
Ap  Wintonia. 


APPENDIX,   X — XII.  Xlll 

X. 

GRANT  OF  LIBERTIES'BY  KING  HENRY  II:    1161-71. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxcviij  v.,  No.  532.) 

Henricus  Rex  Angt  1  Dux  Normaf?  1  AquiP  t  Comes  And  Jnslic  1  Vic  1 
miuistris  in  qnoi'5  baillia  canonici  clc  M?ton  tcncmentii  tcucnt  Sattm.  1'rccipim  <j^ 
canonici  do  M7ton  t  omos  tcrro  1  tcncmenta  sna  1  liomics  sui  sint  quieli  ilc  sir?  t 
kundr?  t  placitis  1  qucrolis  1  omib5  cosuetudinibj  cxcepto  murdro  1  lutrocinio.  Et 
cxccpto  q,  do  capitalibs  villis  ....  cant  duo  holes  ad  cotnitutum  ad  audicnda  plncilu  1 
judicia  mea  facicnda.  Et  cxccptis  placilis  illis  dc  qnibs  corporalis  jnstiuia  faciendu 
crit.  T.  Thorn  canf  .  1e. 


XI. 

GKANT  BY  KING  HENRY  II  OP  FREEDOM  FROM  THELONIO,  &c. :    1161-86. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxcviij  v.,  No.  531.) 

Hcurictis  Rex  Angt  1  Dux  Norm  1  Aquit  1  Comes  Aiict,  Justic'  vie'  1  minislris 
suis  Angt  1  Norm  1  portmim  inaris  vSatt.  I'reeipim9  quod  omes  res  canonico^  nico^ 
de  M'toii  quas  scruientes  sni  pot'iit  afiidare  suas  ce  pp'as  siut.  quictc  de  offii  tclonio  rt 
passagio  .  1  omi  cosuctudinc  .p  to  tain  t'rani  mcam  .  in  uillis  1  extra  in  tcrris  1  in  aquis 
1  in  omib5  portubj  maris.  El  prohibeo  no  quis  eos  sup  hoc  iniuste  disturbet  sup  x 
lit)  for'factura.  T.  Rie.  tc. 


XII. 

CHARTER  BY  KING  HENRY  II  OF  CONFIRMATION  OF  LIBERTIES  :  1165. 
(Cartse  Antiqnaj,  CC.  ij.) 

II.  di  gra  Rex  Angl  1:  Dux  Noriii  1  AqU9  rt  Coili  Andeij  Archiepis,  Epis 
Coiii  Bar  Jnstic  nieec  t  oiiiibs  minist's  t  oiiiil^s  iidclibj  suis  toti  Angt  1  Noriii  (Satt. 
Sciatis  me  c'cessisse  1  jJscnti  carta  c'lirmassc  ccclie  vS.  Marie  de  M'etona  1  canonicis 
meis  ibid  do  sentient ib5  omes  donacioes  terni^  t  koium  1  clcniosina^  qc  cis  fee8 
fonabtr  tarn  in  rebj  ecctiastic9  qam  possoib5  sctaribj.  Quare  uolo  T;  rirmit  prceipio  <j 
p'dci  canonici  mei  1  omes  hoics  sen  tencntes  eornm  onies  possoes  1  elemosinas  suas  1 
tcneant  adeo  Hb'e  1  integc  plcnarie  1:  q'ete  sic  aliq11  Affiia  nel  dom'  religiosa  de  terra 
mea  lib'i9 1  meli  teneat  cu  saca  t  soeba  t  toll  1  theam  rl  infangenetli  1  hutfangencthcf 
t  cu  aliis  omibj  Iib'tatili3  1  lib'is  c'suetudinibj  snis  T:  q'etanciis  in  ecctiis  1  capctt  in 
bosco  1  piano  in  patis  T;  pastnris  in  aq's  1;  molcnd,  in  sagnis  t  niuariis,  i  mariscis  1 
piscariis  in  nineis  1  uirgultis,  in  uiis  t  semitis,  in  grangis  1  portib5,  in  citiitatibj  t 
uitt  infra  burgu  t  exa  1  in  omib3  aliis  locis  1  oniib5  aliis  reb5,  lib'as  1  solutas  t 
q'etas  d  scir  t  de  murdr  1  dc  leth  1  de  wapentac  1  de  placit'  1  q'ret  d  mnrdro  t  fnrco 


Xiv  APPENDIX,    XIII,    XIV. 

d  selling-  1  hydag  clc  assisis  t  essartis  T:  wasto  nemo£  1  uiis  j?  forestariis  d  geld  1 
danegeld  1  hornegeld  T:  forgcld  de  blodwita  1  fictwita  1  leirwita  1  hengwita  de 
flemenefrend  1  de  warpcni  1  d  auerpeni,  d  hundredpeni  1  tethinpeni,  t  d  opatioibj 
castello^  1  pontiu  1  parco£  1  uiuario£,  t  sagnojj,  de  snmagio  1  de  maireno  cariando  d 
armis  portand  d  thesauro  portnndo  ut  duccndo,  d  warda  tcnenda,  d  chacier  establi 
d  scotatt  reg'f  1  aiixiliis  sen  donis  vicec  1  ballivoj,  de  pnrprestura  1  q'etas  t  de  omi 
thclonii)  1  passagio  1  pontiigio  T:  stallagio  t  lestag  1  de  ofni  service  t  exactoe  setari  1 
ope  scruili  1  de  omibs  aliis  occasioib;  1  c'suetudinibj  sctarib3  excepta  sola  iusticia 
mortis  1  mcbrorum.  II.  omia  c'ccssi  p'dcis  canonicis  meis  in  lib'am  1  ppetuara 
clemosliim  p  amore  UI  t  gto.'se  u'g  Mar  cui  uigit  1  iuteute  fiimulant'  1  f>  aia  Keg°  H. 
uui  mei  1  p  umbs  pat's  1  mut's  nice  impatricis,  t  pucrorum  t  feedtim  nieorum.  T.  K, 
aruticpo  Koth.  AJJIK!  Rotbomagum, 


XIII. 

LEASK  OK  LAND  AT  CRICKLADE  :  1167-77. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxix,  No.  81.) 

Ilec  cst  c'nciilo  facta  int'  W.  priorcm  M'iton  1:  eanonicos  eiusd  loci  et  Gilbertum  t 
Kciinuiiduni  rt  ulios  homines  suns  de  Crikcladc  1  de  Cliclewurth  qd  p'or  1  canoici 
aeccsseiTit  cis  tota  terra  1  totu  pratu  qd  Walerannna  tcnuit  dc  eis  in  uilla  do  Crikelad 
rt  de  Cholewurth  cTi  oibj  c'suetudinibj  T;  ptineueii.s  suis  .  reddcndo  eis  hide  aimuatl  lxta 
1  dcce  sot  apd  M'itona  ad  duos  t'lnino.s  suit  ad  Ilokedai  xxxv  sot  t  ad  festum  sci 
Mit'haet  alios  xxxv  sot.  Ita  qd  pdd  GilB  1  Keimudus  p'dcis  canoicis  de  p'fata 
pccunia  ad  iam  dictos  t'minos  p'ncipalit'  debcnt  respondere  .  licet  tam  illis  qua  aliis 
bomilms  supanoiatis  pdcta  t'ra  sit  c'cessa.  Hoc  aut  c'ueto  durare  debet  tota  uita  illius 
qui  plus  uixerit  du  prcdicto  Gilb'  1  p\lco  Keimudo.  Et  p'fato  t'miuo  finite  reuertet9 
terra  ilia  ad  c'suctudiiics  1  antiqua  seruicia  qnatuc^  debuit  die  quo  ri  c'uento  facta  fuit. 
1'rcdieti  1  liofiies  p'dcani  terrain  defcudciit  T;  adquietabut  c'a  Kege  1  c'a  omnes  boincs. 
1'ro  hac  c'uetonc  biida  ded'imt  ipi  boincs  p'fatis  canonicis  xlvj  sot  T:  viij  d  t  juraucft 
laceis  sacrosanctis  Euangetiis  sc  cis  fidolitate  obaeruaturoa  .  1  prcdcm  redditu  ad  p'dictos 
t'minos  iidelitcr  reddituros.  Ad  inuiore  buj  c'lietouis  seeuritatc  p'dci  Prior  1  c'uent9 
sigillu  suu  apposuert  illi  medietati  fi  cyrognj)bi  qua  j?fati  homines  penes  se  retiuucrt. 
His  .  t'  .  Witt  Anglico.  Bru  .  Gilfi  .  Alan  .  Humfrid  .  Rog  .  1  aliis. 


XIV. 

PRESENTATION^  OF  Joiix  THE  CLERK  TO  THE  CHURCH  or  HUCHAM  (IIiTCHAM, 

BUCKS):  1167-77. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cj,  No.   152.) 

Notu  sit  oil<3  see  ecctie  fidelib5  qd  Ego  Witts  dcs  prior  'I  conueut'  Ecciie  see 
Marie  de  Merit9  dedim9  1  cocessim9  in  capto  nro  J.  etico  ecctiam  nram  de  Hucha  c 


APPENDIX,   XV,   XVI.  XV 

oib3  ptiuent  suis  in  ppetua  elemosina  habeuda  reddenclo  nob  iude  annuati  de  reeognitoe 
unu  Bisant  infra  octav  pasce.  Volum  g'  1  cocedim  ut  heat  1  p'ssid'at  p'dcam 
ecctiam  c  oib5  ad  ea  ptinent  in  t'ris  in  decimis  in  bosco  1c  q^co^  p'ca  fuerit  liBam 
t  q'etu  de  oib3  p  p\lcm  reeognicoem  n>  qd  ipe  Joh  adq'etabit  earn  erga  epm  1  miuistros 
ei  .  Hac  aut  donoemt  inuestura  p'seuti  sc'pti  1  sigilli  ecctie  nre  uppositoc  cofirmam9. 
Q<i  si  ipe  ex  line  uita  deeesserit  ut  do  ppicio  uita  sua  religioi  tadid'it  noB  ecctia  lira  c 
oibj  ptinent  suis  q'eta  remanobit.  DC  bac  a  tennra  ipe  J.  not)  in  captto  nro  fidelitttte 
fee  1  indepnitate  iurauit  qd  fidet  not)  existet  rt  uftm  iiulc  nob  inpcdmtu  qneret.  Hiis 
testibj. 


XV. 

ENDOWMENT  OF  THE  CHAPEL  OF  ROPLEY  :    1172. 
(Curt.,  fdl.  Ixxxvj,  No.  66.) 

Ileo  cst  c'veuto  int9  oanoicos  ecctic  see  Marie  de  M'itofi  1  Stfiin  capttanii  de 
Suthon  qd  id  Sifis  liabebit  ocs  dccimatoiics  captte  de  Roppcl  in  garb  1  cefis  olli^  1 
tola  terra  quo  ad  eand  captiam  ptinet.  Keddcndo  annuati  pYato  it'iientiii  iij  marc  imii  ad 
natale  .  alt'am  ad  paseh  .  terciam  ad  festu  sci  Jofi.  Ita  ()d  canoici  p'dicti  liabebut  ocs 
decimatoues  mat's  ecctie  scit  Suthon  1  in  garbis  T;  in  cct'is  t  qd  idc  Stfis  eisd  reddidit 
tota  terra  qua  de  eis  teiuiit  in  Suthon  cxccpto  mesagio  suo  qd  est  in  p'fata  villa. 
Et,  qd  ipe  obtoues  t  cet'a  q  ad  altare  ptinent  exccptis  dceimatonib^  accipiet  ct  ipe  eid 
ecelio  sufficient'  ministrabit  t  eaud  ad(|uietaljit  de  oib;  epulib^  c'snctudinib^.  Hac 
aut  c'netone  Id.  S.  se  pfato  inodo  obseruatiirfi  iurauit  .  sub  hiis  testib,  inagro  Osb'no 
de  Suthon,  Walt'o  capttuno  dc  hodiba,  Witt  fit  Serton,  Serton  de  Biketon,  1  Thoni 
de  Sireburn. 


XVI. 

AGREEMENT  TO  RECEIVE  WILLIAM,  NEPHEW  OF  THE  CAMF.RARIUS,  AS  A  CANON, 
AFTER  FOUR  YEARS'  SERVICE:    1177-86. 

(Cart,,  fol.  Ixxxvij,  No.  71.) 

Sciaut  presentes  1  futuri  qd  ego  Rob",  prior  1  c'ucnt'  ecctie  see  Mar  de  M'itofi 
c'cessimns  Witto  nepoti  Phillippi  cam'arii  frat'nitate  lira  in  hoc  modo.  Qd  ipe 
Witt  erit  uobiscum  liis  iiij"r  p'mis  auuis  in  laicali  babitu  t  seruiet  sicut  ei  procipietur 
quemadmodu  sernire  debet  illo  .  qui  seipm  dedit  ad  seruiciii  ecctie  nrc.  Finitis  aut 
illis  iiijor  annis  dabimus  ei  habita  religiouis  qualc  hut  c'uersi  nri  si  illu  recipe  uoluerit, 
et  si  noluerit,  differemus  quousq^  illu  recipe  uoluerit.  Hiis  T.  Philippo  cam'ario 
auuclo  Witt.  Nicfi  t  Winiauo  nepotib3,  Philippi,  Albino,  Rad  fro  Will,  Rad  coco, 
Reginald  Bissop. 


XVI  APPENDIX,   XVII — XIX. 

XVII. 

LEASE  TO  LUKE,  SON  OK  WILLIAM  DE  LA  DENE,  OF  FORTY-TWO  ACHES  AT 

KlNOSWOOD,  AND  PASTURE  AND  RETURN  AT  GATTON :    1177-86. 

(Cart,,  fol.  xcij,  No.  98.) 

Scifttlt  tarn  p'sentes  <|m  futiiri  qd  Ego  EoB  prior  ecctie  see  Marie  de  M'itoii  t 
eiusdc  loci  c'ncnt  c'cessim  Luce  fit  Witt  do  la  Dene  t  hedib,  eius  xlij  acras  terre 
quas  Godwiuus  Prut  amis  eius  p  nos  in  nemore  nro  do  Kingswude  assartauit  .  de 
not)  in  ppetuu  tcuudus  reddeiulo  in  nob"  aniiatl  vij  sot.  duoti  t'miis.  dimid  seit  ad  pasch  . 
1  dimid  ad  festii  sci  Mich.  Lie  p't'ea  Lucas  1  fiedes  ei  unotj  anno  cu  preces  arandi 
faeim9  cnrruca  sua  nob  accomodabit  1  in  autiipno  ad  unii  bederipa  iiijor  hoiuos  not) 
innenict.  Et  do  porcis  suis  pasnagiii  not)  oibus  minis  ad  festu  sci  Martini  in  curia  lira 
dnnabit.  Nos  u"  ei  c'ecssiin  bcstiis  suis  exceptis  capris  cofnunionc  pasture  in  forinseco 
l>osco  nro.  C'oucessin/  t  eid  Luce  hoi  nro  de  Kingeswude  X  solidatas  terre  quas 
habcm  in  Gatton  ex  dono  1  elemosina  dni  End  de  Dene  teiiendas  de  not)  in  feoad  1 
tieditatc  sibi  1  suis  reddendo  nob"  in  annati  X  sot  ad  duos  t'minos  scit  ad  pasch  V  sot  1 
ml  festfi  sci  Mich  V  sot  p  oi  scrnicio  ad  nos  plinete.  Et  qs  noluni9  hac  nram  c'cessionc 
ratam  in  ppetuu  pmancre  p'scnti  sc'pto  ^  sigillo  uro  earn  c'firmauini  .  Ilii  .  st  .  T. 


XVIII. 

GRANT  TO  LUKE  DE  HAUDRES  AND  HIS  HEIRS,  OF  RIGHT  OF  PRESENTATION 
TO  A  CANONRY  :    1174-1186. 

(Cart.,  fol.  xcv,  No.  112.) 

Notuni  sit  tain  p'sentibus  qimni  futuris  qd  ego  Rot)  Prior  M'tofi  1  eiusd  loci 
c'ueiit9  c'ccssimus  aniico  nro  Luce  de  Ilardres  intuitu  dilectonis  1  amicitie  qua  crga 
illu  1  suos  babiiini  ,  qd  finito  anno  p'  obitfi  Theobald  fris  eius  qui  tuc  tcmpis  apd  nos 
canoic  fuit  psoua  qua  ipe  Lucas  nob  p'scntauit  nt  hedos  ci  si  idonea  fucrit  i  canoieii 
rccipiemus.  Et  ita  deinccps  in  ppetuu  p'  deccssum  uiiius  transacto  anno  .  aliu 
sbstitucinus  canoicu  p  ipsius  nt  heredit  ei9  p'sentatouein  si  idoneam  psona  p'sentauit, 
si  no  nos  psonS  iueniem  idoneam  1  earn  nicholoinin9  p  illo£  p'sentacoiiem  in  canonicu 
rccipiemus.  Quod  si  Lucas  ut  h'edes  ei  psona  inuenerint  ad  illos  ptiuebit  earn  in 
p'ncipio  uestire.  Si  u°  nos  earn  iueuimus  nrm  erit  earn  uestire.  Hii  sunt  tesles.  Nichot 
supp'or.  Rog-  de  Abernnn.  magr  Theod'ic9.  Joh  dc  sco  Edmudo.  Ric  de  Saresbir. 
Fr  Rog  Hose.  Ada  fit  Rob.  Hug  de  Duuditton.  Simo  de  Ludesd'.  Petr9  de 
Badlesiri.  Ric  de  cnollti. 


XIX. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT  OF  A  DEBT  DUE  TO  RALPH,  SON  OK  BROTHER  WILLIAM 
BRITON:    BETWEEN  1177  AND  1186. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxiiij  v.,  No.  60.) 

Notu  sit  tarn  futuris  qua  |Jsentib5  qd  Ego  Rot5  prior  M'iton  1  eiusd  loci  c'ueiit9 
debemus  Rad  fit  Witti  Britouis  fris  nri.     Octo  marc  quaa  illi  dimisit  pat'  suus  de 


APPENDIX,    XX,    XXI.  XV11 

debito  qd  ei  dobuim  .  Quas  octo  marc  retinebim  I  maun  nru  quadiu.ide  Had  in  nro 
sernicio  remauebit.  Et  si  forte  c'tigit  aliquando  aut  not>  displicere  seruiciu  illius  ant 
illu  nolli  reman'e  nobcu  reddem9  ei  octo  marc  1  ibit  quo  ire  uoluerit.  Et  nos  do 
debito  ad  patr  illius  debuimus  quieti  remauebimus. 


XX. 

GRANT,  ON  COMMAND  OF  POPE  AND  REQUEST  OF  KING,  OF  ANNUITY  TO 
CONFHATER  AlMERIC  DE  PARTI-MACHO:  27TII  MARCH,  1178. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvij  r.,  No.  74.) 

Rofe  prior  M'itoii  totusq^  ciusd  loci  e'ucnt'  Omnibj  sec  mat's  ccctic  filiis  ad  quo* 
litt'e  iste  puen'int  sat  in  dno.  Present!  carta  notii  fieri  uolutn  nos  ad  maudatu  Dni 
p°p  1  ad  p'ces  dni  Rei*  dilecto  1  fidcli  ctico  1:  c'fri  nro  niagro  Aimcrico  do  Partimacho 
Ctico  Dni  Hug  sci  Augli  Diacoii  Cardinal  sexagiuta  sot  sterlingojj  de  comuni  oniniii 
assensu  atq^  c'scusn  in  uro  capto  c'cessisse.  In  fcsto  Sci  Michael  xxx  sot  1  in  fcslo 
Pasclie  alios  xxx  sot  ei  nt  certo  nucio  suo  aininati  soluciulas  de  p'mis  aut  xxxu  sot  ei 
x  sot  iii  recogiiicone  inuestiture  ante  p'mu  t'ininu  psoluini  post  c'ccssiouc  nut  Isla 
idem  A.  not)  1  ecctie  lire  rtdelitato  iuratiit  rt  nos  uersa  nice  ipi  c'cessirn9  fidolil'a 
pmisim  qd  c'cessione  pscpta  qua  ei  fccim9  iidelir'  1  sine  diilicnltatc  c'plcbimus  1  cum 
de  cero  diligcmus  .  vt  aut  ri  nra  c'ctessio  rata  1  firma  puiaiicat  earn  dc  c'lii  oniuifi 
iioluntate  p'senti  carta  duxiinus  c'firmanda.  Actu  cst  boc  anno  ab  incaniacone  dni 
M°C"LXXVII1"  vi  kat  uprit  in  e'spectu  Ucn'abit  II.  \Vinton  cpi  I  ITtm  Archid 
Cantnar  't  Rad  Archid  Wiuton  1  Rob  Archid  SUIT  1  S.  p'oris  see  Triuit  Loud  t  alio^ 
multoij. 


XXI. 

CONFIRMATION  BT  INGELRAM  DE  AUERNUN  OF  THE  CHARTER  GRANTED  BY  HIS 
UNCLE  INGELRAM:    1178-86. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxxxij   r.,  No.   510.) 

Omnil>5  fidclil)5  see  eoclesie  1  omnibs  dnis  suis  t  hoibj  suis  1  amicis  snis 
Ingelram  filius  Jordan!  do  Abernu  saint'.  Sciant  oms  tarn  p'sent9  qam  fut'i  qcl  ego 
Ingelram  ,p  salute  ale  nice  1  ale  pris  mci  Jordan!  c'cessi  1  in  ppetnam  clcmosinam 
possidencl  c'firmaui  donacoem  illam  qam  Ingelram  prims  meus  fecit  de  co  1  ecce  see 
mar  M'ton  1  canoic  regtaribj  ibid  deo  s'uicntibj  de  t'ra  de  Molescya  solutam  1  lilj'am 
t  q'etam  ab  olbj  s'uiciis  1  ab  oib5  reb3  ptincntibj  m'  T:  hedib^  meis  1  dnis  meis  t 
riedib3  eo^  de  (j°£  feodo  hee  t'ra  p'uenit  et  $  q'etationc  <j"^  s'uicioj!  It  omium 
reru  ptinentiu  m'  1  hedib3  meis  t  dnis  meis  .  ecta  p'dicta  debet  redder9  p  aim  m' 
1  hedib3  meis  xiij  s  1  iiij  d  de  qm  moeta  comitat9  soluendos  apud  (Stokes  man'iu 
men  infa  viij  dies  festi  sci  mich.  Et  g  hac  c'cessioue  Rob'tus  p'or  1  canouici  eccte 

*C 


XV111  APPENDIX,    XXII,    XXIII. 

dederiit  m'  X  marc  argent!  do  pecnnia  qam  Rog'  filing  liumfridi  dedit  secu  fifate 
ecce.  Et  ego  et  hedes  m'i  del)em'  warantizar'  hanc  t'ram  sic'  elemoiam  ufam.  Et  hni9 
c'firmacois  1  c'cessiois  sut  testes  1c. 


CONFIRMATION  OK  ABOVE  BY  GILBERT,  EARL  OF  CLARE. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxciij,  No.  511.) 

Omni!>5  fidolib3  tarn  p'seutibs  qam  fut'is  Gilb'tus  comes  de  Clar'  satt.  Sciatis 
quod  ego  j>  salute  uie  nice  rt  ,p  aiabj  pris  t  mris  niee  1  oraiu  antceesso£  meofc  c'ecssi 
rt  fJsenti  men  1  sigillo  o'nrmaui  coucessioem  illam  q»m  Ingelram9  filius  Jordan!  de 
Abernu  fecit  doo  t  ecete  sec  Mar  de  M'itoii  1  canoic9  ibid9  deo  s'uentibj  t  s'uitur'  de 
t'ra  do  Moleseya  q  est  de  feodo  meo  qilm  ipi  hut  ex  douo  Ingclrnmi  aduiiucti  cjus. 
Et  ido  uolo  1  firmit9  p'cipio  nt  ipi  t'ram  illam  tencant  1  ficant  in  ppetuam  elemosnam 
ita  lib'am  1  q'ctam  sic  p'dcs.  In  testimoio  carte  sue  eis  c'cessit.  Nee  ipc  nc  alitis  de 
t'ra  ilia  exigat  aliqd  ab  eis  p't'  hoc  qd  carta  ci9  testilicatur  liuius  mee  concessions. 
testes  sunt  tc. 


XXII. 

RATIONS  ALLOWED  TO  A  SACRISTAN  AND  ins  SERVANTS:  1178. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvij,  No.  7;!.) 

Sacrista  Jcbet  fire  duos  soruieutes  1  uuu  pueru.  Scruientes  talcin  libatone  habebunt 
qnalem  fire  solcliat  .  puer  ant  x  panes  de  panil>5  pucroj  t  talem  liKatione  q  mil  cm  pucri 
liabent  1  uuii  libationu  dc  tVia  ccruisia.  Quaiulo  am  aliq's  isto^  abseus  fucrit  si  alius 
loco  ei  interl  fuerit  ei  habebit  lifiatione  alit1'  qni  absens  erit  nullii  babebit  .  runs  de 
istis  quociens  ceruisia  portat'  ad  ccllnriu  ceruisia  portabit  .  et  si  no  fecit  ut  alius  p  eo 
pcltarius  facict  dc  eins  litiatione  vuu  isto^  debet  sac'sta  iiienire  in  augusto  ad  messem 
colligeiula  1  ocs  ibut  a<l  graugia  ad  bladu  cassaudu  in  augusto.  Item  habebit  sac'sta 
plenam  litiationc  ad  uuu  eqiiii  quando  cq"m  habnerit  sicnt  pulefrid  de  stabnlo  prio<5. 
lie  no  debet  sac'sta  magister  uel  socii  eius  dc  rcfeclorio  aliquid  portarc  ut  mitfc  .  s,  ab 
eo  qui  in  cellario  fuerit  pet'e  t  ille  l)cnignc  dare  p  gram.  Ite  firmit  phibitu  est  ne 
pessima  c'suetudo  q  in  multis  est  locis  apd  nos  aliq"  modo  esse  pmittat'  scit  ne  illi  qui 
faciunt  oblatas  n1'  cauoici  nc  seruictes  aucas  ut  gallinas  ut  deuar  nt  aliq'd  aliud  omnino 
p  se  ut  p  alios  petat  nt  accipiat  p  oblatis  ut  p  vino  a  p'sbitis  ut  aliis  qui  oblatas  ut 
vinii  petunt  q,  uere  magnu  crimeu  est  1  grauc  scaudalu  .  tale  l)cueficiu  ueiulere  vel 
minuerc  aliquid  accipiendo  p'us  ut  post. 


XXIII. 

CLAIM  BEFORE  JUSTICES  OF  PRIVILEGES  IN  MERTON  AND  EWF.LL  : 

1178  OR  1179. 

(Placita  dc  Quo  Warranto,  7  Edw.  I  ;   Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  748.) 
Idm   Prior  p  frem  Wittm  de   Dorkyng  attorn9  snu  p  div'sas  cartas  Rcgu  Angt 
clam9  fire  sok  1  sak  thol  1  them  infangeuethef  utfangenethef  fines  t  am'ciamta  holm 


APPENDIX,   XXIV.  XIX 

suojs  t  catalla  fugitivojj  qui  de  eo  tenu'ut.  Et  qct  ipe  t  holes  1  teu9  sui  siut  q'eti  de 
theolon9  passag  pontagio  pannag  1  de  pecuuia  q'ad  murdr  ptinct  1  ad  furtii  geldis 
tnrnis  vie9  seottis  com9 1  hydag  scutag9  et  de  oib3  taft  1  donis  vie'.  Et  qd  quicti  siut  do 
oib5  mis  cons  occasionibj  opacone  secular!  1  ope  s'vili.  Clam9  1  et  in  vill  de  M'ton  t 
Ewell  cu  suis  membr  vidctt  Kingeswode  t  Shehvodc  Dencford  Miuhham  Peeham 
Kingeston  1  Molescye.  Et  qd  nicti  occup  nee  usurp  sup  dnm  Rcge  iic  ant*  suos  petit 
q<t  inquirat1'  p  jSriani.  Et  milit  ad  hoc  etc!  diic  sup  saerm  suu  qd  p'dciis  Prior  1 
p'deccessor  sui  usi  suut  lib  p'dcis.  Et  qd  nich  occup9  nc  usurp9  sup  dnm  Rege  nee 
antec  suos.  16  dcm  est  ei  qd  cat  hide  sine  die  cum  lib'tatib,  suis  p'dcis.  Sulvo  scmp 
jur9  dtii  Regis  cu  iude  loqui  volu'it.  1c. 


XXIV. 

CONCORD  WITH  ANSCHETILLUS,  THE  PAKSON  OK  CHIVTON,  AND  OTHERS,  AS  TO 
TITHES  OF  CHIVTON  AND  NORTON:    1180. 

(Curt.,  fol.  Ixxxv  v.,  No.  61.) 

Notum  sit  tarn  p'sentibj  qua  futuris  qd  talis  concordia  facta  cst  int  ecctias  do 
Chivtona  1  de  Nortona  ,p  Ansclietillu  tuc  psouam  ecetic  de  Chivtona  1  ,p  fri-s  de 
M'iton.  Ric  Sarcsbr  1;  frcm  Gauff  cora  dno  Walt  priorc  de  Bocland  1  Ric  decan 
de  Wclcwc  qui  ad  ipm  a  dno  Batlion  epo  inissi  ipsius  epi  in  v"  ncgo  uiccs  agebat. 
Hoc  aut  fcm  est  anno  ab  Incarnatone  dni  M°C"LXXX.  Forma  aiil  pacis  tall.-  fnit  (|(t 
scit  ex  iift^  pte  recognitu  fuit  est  T:  c'cessfl  qd  ecctia  de  Chivton  debet  fiere  ocs 
dccimas  de  toto  dominico  dc  Wclctoii  ct  ecctia  do  Norton  ocs  alias  dccimas  de  cad 
uilla.  Dc  oib^  quid  t'ris  q  tuc  crat  i  diiiino  ([iiando  u"  c'cordia  fca  cst  nulla  fuit 
c'f'uersia  55  ecctia  dc  Chivton  de  oibj  illis  dccimas  in  pace  habcbat  1  semper  fire 
debct.  Qneda  aut  t're  scpatc  crant  a  doinio  longo  (Cpo  1  de  illis  dnbitato  t  c'f'uersia 
fuit.  Id  q,  p  iuramcntu  xij  legaliu  hoiuu  recognitu  est  q  trc  esscnt  in  doiuio  tempo 
Reg  Hiir9.  Et  nc  item  pp  tale  dubitatouc  c'tcuto  oriaf  co£  noia  \\"  ponuf.  Terra 
uidelicet  (jua  Regm  tenet  circa  claiidonam  ct  t'ra  <j  Edmud  tenet  circa  eland  1  viij 
acre  quas  Jofis  fit  Bernard  tenet  in  Clino  dc  Clentt.  Et  trcs  auras  quas  Nich  de 
Catclina  tenet  ibid.  Et  due  acret  dimid  (juas  Ost>  tenet  sup  Mideldon.  Et  due  acre 
qas  Rad  de  Haiwud  tenet  ibid  sup  Mideldon.  Et  due  acre  t  dimid  sub  Blcrichcnott 
quas  id  Rad  tenet.  Et  j  act  dimid  <j  Edmud9 de  Clend  tenet  sup  Mideldon.  Et  terra 
q  nocat  Langclaiid  in  aq'louali  ptc  de  Clend  qua  id  Edmud  tenet.  Et  ix  acre  quas 
Rad  de  Haywd  tenet  in  Crabbcsthochefnrlang  i  occidentali  pto  uic.  Et  in  lewenbga 
viij  acre  quas  Rad  de  Haywd  t  Johs  de  Palton  tenet.  Et  lnuldcswnrdsl'urlaiig  p't 
dims  acs  quas  Azo  tenet  ibi  et  de  Ht  duab^  ac's  tota  t'ra  usq^ad  fncumeride  et  tota  terra 
a  Wlcnmcride  in  occidentali  pte  nie  1  in  aq'lonali  ptc  uscj^  ad  niii  q  tcndit  Batthon  p't9 
sola  cxtema  ac'm  iuxa  uia  i  ptc  occidetali.  Et  p'ter  crofta  <j  Hug  de  Radcford  tenet 
ante  ostiu  suu.  De  oib5  istis  de  dominio  fuisse  recognite  sub  ecctia  de  Chivton  debet  hrc 
decimas  sic  1  de  aliis  que  semp  rcmanet  in  dominio.  De  oil>5  aut  reliquis  terris  oes 


XX  APPENDIX,    XXV,    XXVI. 

decline  ptinet  ad  ecctiam  do  Norton.  Quoting  oiii  pars  diiiuii  a  dominio  sepeta  uel  ps 
uillc  agii  in  domiuiu  c'ncrtatur  tame  ecctie  u5  clebciit  pp  talem  mutatoue  antiquu  ins 
sim  f?d'e  ut  mutarc.  Prct'ea  illi  libcriorcs  homes  dc  p'dca  uilla  uidelicet  de  Welctoii  q' 
fraucoleins  uocantr  cu  hac  uita  finierit  1  ipi  1  uxores  cor£  apd  ecctiam  do  Chiveton 
sopultura  habebiit.  Simlr  illi  rustici  de  ead  Welet  qui  nier  dicuntr  ipi  t  uxores  eo£ 
ub  hac  uita  dcccsscrit  apd  Chivet  scpcliciif.  Et  totii  Chcriset  de  sepcdca  Welet'  1  in 
blado  t  I  galliii  p'fata  ecctia  dc  Chivet  aiiiiuati  pcipict.  Omnia  u"  alia  parochial ia 
iiii-u  rt  de  uiuis  1  de  morluis  ad  ecctiam  de  Northoii  idubitaut  spcctare  dinoscunf. 
Qnic(jcl  aut  e'f'iiersie  ut  litis  ant  in  facto  aut  i  ucrbo  isiue  dc  dccimis  sine  dc  capella 
p'mnrtc  dTii  Ilbcrti  bone  mcmoriu  p'centoris  Wcllens  int'  p'noiatu  Anschetillu  1  fratcs 
de  M'itoii  1  scruientes  suos  suatitatu  fait.  In  hac  c'cordia  ex  utraq^  pte  pleue  remissu 
est.  Iliis  T  dfio  Walt'o  p'orc  dc  Bocland.  Ric  de  Welcwa  1  Joli  de  Hampt  decanis. 
^Sicliot  dc  Ilerpelr.  Alex.  Adii  de  Chiveton  Wiit  de  Ferut  sac'dotibj.  Joh  de 
Einnct).  Walt'  de  Hampt  cticis.  liic  dc  Waford.  Acbet  dc  Pulton.  Had  de 
Ilaywrd.  Kot>  Godrico.  jXicti  dc  Gatcliua.  Bricio.  IIuco  1  multis  aliis. 


XXV. 

APPOINTMENT  OF  WILLIAM  I>E  FOKTESHULL  TO  THE  VICAKAGE  OF  LULEAVOETII  : 

1182-90. 
(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvij,  No.  75.) 

Sciiuit  p'sentcs  t  futiiri  qd  ego  Ric  p'or  M?iton  1  eiusd  loci  c'nent9  e'cessimns 
WiHo  de  ForteshuH'  cl'ico  nro  ppctua  uicaria  cectic  life  dc  Lulowurthe  de  noB  toto 
tcj)e  uite  sue  tcncnda  cu  oibs  ptinenciis  suis  itu  lib'e  t  q'clo  1  honorificc  sieut  11111(4 
aliq's  p'decesso^  suo^i  earn  lib'ius  rt  q'elius  1  honorificen tins  noscit'  posscdisse  rcddendo 
nob  indc  i^iugtis  anuis  xl  ^ot  ail  iiij'"'  t'inios  scit  ad  festu  sci  inich  x  sot  't  ad 
Natat  x  sot  1  ad  1'ascti  x  sot  1  ad  festu  sci  Joti  x  sot.  Idem  n"  Witt  tarn  ejpo 
q"1  archid  rt  ollicialili5  eo^  p  p'dca  ccetia  p  oia  re.spondebit  1  cid  ecctie  uecessaria 
puidcbit.  Et  de  liis  in  cupitto  nro  fidelitalem  not)  iurauit.  Et  q,  uolum'  hae  c'essioue 
nrain  lirma  pman'e  cam  p'snti  sc'pto  1  sigilli  nri  testimoio  conlinnauim9.  II.  T. 
Ric  arcbid  de  Dorset.  Rofi  de  Fortcshutt.  Ost)  captto  M'iton.  Alex  cajitto  de 
Cloplia  't  multis  aliis. 

XXVI. 

ANNUITY  TO  Nuxs  OF  BEEEKIXG   (BARKING,  ESSEX)   DURING  LIFE  OF  CECILIA 

DE  ABBEVILL  :    1186-98. 

(Cart.,  fol.  xciiij  «.,  No.  108.) 

No  turn  sit  uniucrsis  xpi  fidclibus  qd  ego  Ric  prior  M'iton  1  einsd  loci  c'uent 
c'ccssimus  1  assignauim9  sacro  c'ucnttii  ancillaru  xpi  sci  monialiu  de  Bcrcking  xv  sot 


APPENDIX,    XXVII.  XXI 

eis  aunuati  reddeudos  quadiu  Cecilia  do  Abbevitt  uixcrit.  Xam  p'dcte  ancille  d'i 
candcm  Cecilia  ad  petitone  nrm  sec  .  .  ,  in  sci  moniale  suscepunt  1  nob  in  hoc  caritatis 
gram  p'stiteriit.  Et  q5  inutile  caritatis  ratio  uidet  exig'o  nt  no  patiamr  illas  occasioue 
peticonis  lire  grauari  hoc  solatia  cis  puid'e  curauim  ut  p'dictos  xv  sot  habeant  quos  p 
nmnu  elemosinarii  nostri  siugnli.s  annis  pcipiant  i  caplo  suo  ad  trcs  t'minos  Scit  ad 
pascha  v  sot  1  ad  assiipcone  be  Mario  v  sot  1  ad  Natale  dni  v  sot.  Et  ut  hui 
c'cessionis  nrc  firmior  pmaucat  ccrtitudo  se'ptu  istud  sigilll  nri  testimouio  fecini 
c'muniri.  Et  no  forte  p  obliuiouc  nt  alio  modo  jMiiorte  p'uoiatc  Cccilie  p'dict  reddit 
xv  solid  a  nob  cxigi  possit  p'fut  c'ueut9  de  Bercking  sigilli  sui  tcstiniouiu  sup  hoc 
apposuit. 


XXVII. 

AGBEEJIEXT  WITH  MASTER  JOHN,  PAKSOX  OF  HKIFELU,  SETTLING  DISPUTES 

ABOUT  TITHES:    1186-98. 

(Carl,,  fol.  xcviij  r.,  No.   1:>1.) 

Notii  sit  oibns  nd  quos  p'scns  se'ptu  pucn'it  qd  tnl'  c'po  facia  est  hit  Hie  p'orO" 
M'iton  1  eiuscl  loci  c'lientu  1  inagnn  Jotiin  psona  ecctie  dc  Ileifold  noinc  ip  ccctio 
do  Heifcld.  Cu  canoici  do  M'iton  aliquomdill  una  marc  arsjnti  annnati  tcctio  do 
Ileifcld  psoluiasent  et  j>  hoc  a  prestatone  ouiu  decimar  (['cti  csscnt  orle  sunt 
aliqu  querele  de  qnibusda  dccimis  occasionc  qiiuruda  tcnaru  (juc  aliiiu  c'uertebaut* 
in  dnicas  culturas  canonico^.  Aliqu  in  cnlturas  rusticoj.  I'iKK  iu'  sopiendtts 
qucrelas  iam  motas  t  ad  p'canCdas  in  posteru  occasiones  qnerelarii  tandC  c'ncnit 
ainicabilit  int9  p'dictos  canon  M'iton  T:  inagrin  Jofim  noic  ccctic  de  Iloifcld  qd 
canouici  dc  oibns  ton-is  suis  ubicucj^  pint  in  parochia  dc  Ileifcld  plenaric  dociinas 
dabunt  ijii  ccctie  de  Ileifcld  do  oibns  bhulis  1  dc  faliis  1  pisis  In  sup  T;  dc  pomis  rt 
ocriso  similr  T:  de  fcnis.  Onincs  qno<^  rustic!  cauonicoj  ])lcnaric  facicnt  ccctic  dc 
Iloifeld  oia  parochialia  inra  tarn  dc  tcrris  suis  rusticanis  qua  dc  aliis  si  quas  forte  do 
t'ris  dominicis  canonicoji  habuorint.  Canoici  aut  am"  ([uieti  cssc  dcbent  in  ppotuu  a 
sotone  p'dicto  marcc  qua  p  decimis  suis  ccctio  de  Ileifcld  annuatim  rcdd'e  rcdd'e 
solcbaut.  Quieti  1  esse  debent  a  sotone  dccimaru  do  cssartis  suis  1  dc  niitrimcntis 
animaliu  sno^  domini  eo£  scdm  p'uilegia  sua  in  captta  n°  (pia  habeut  infra  septa  sna 
apd  holcschett  libtatc  habeut  ministrandi  diuina  6i  tempo  p  benc  placito  sno.  Ita 
tame  qd  parochiani  dc  Ileifcld  no  debent  il>i  admitti  in  dominicis  nt  nt'l  aliis  fcstiuis 
dicbus.  Seruiontes  ant  canoico^  libe  possunt  ibi  and  ire  serniciu.  Ita  tiuncn  qd  in  die 
Natat  dni  T;  in  die  pnrificaconis  see  Marie  1  in  die  Pascfi  ad  occtia  de  Ilcifeld  nenire 
debent  ad  audiend  diuina.  Quonia  ad  ipam  ecctiam  de  Ileifold  oia  spiritualia  pcipe 
dcbent  T;  defucti  ibi  debent  sepeliri  ut  aut  h'  e'jpo  futuris  tempibus  firma  stal>it 
q3  pmaneat  ex  ima  pte  ei  p'dicti  p'or  t  o'ufit  sigillu  suu  t  ex  alt'a  pto  p'dict  magr 
Joh  sigillu  suu  fecit  apponi. 


XX11  APPENDIX,   XXVIII,   XXIX. 

XXVIII. 

GKANT  BY  KING  RICHARD  I  TO  THE  PRIORY  OF  LAND  IN  EWELL  AND 

MULESUAM  (MOLESEY)  :  14m  SEPTEMBER,  1189. 

(Cartrc  Antique,  GG.  18.) 

Ric  di  gra  Rex  Angt  Dux  Norm  Aquit.  Coni  And.  oiriibj  Jnstic  t  Vic  ministris  t 
forestariis  suis  1  visorib,  foresta£  siulcs'cra  Salt.  Sciatis  DOS  c'cessisse  in  ppctua 
eleniosina  eanouicis  nris  do  Mere-ton  iu  villa  do  Ewell  1  ptinenciis  suis  centu  t  unu 
[acras  T:  apd  Mulosii]  *  iij  aes  1  upd  Grapelingesha  iiij  acs  essartoif  quietas  de 
cssartis  t  do  placitis  1  dc  omib,  auxiliis  1  assisis  essarto£  [1  amplius  uon]  num'ent1 
iiil*  cssarta.  T.  B  arcliiepo  Cant.  II.  Epo  Line.  Raiiu  dc  Glauvitt  com.  Witto  do 
Mandevitt.  Apud  Gcitcnton  [xiiij  die  Scptemlir]. 


XXIX. 

COXFIUMATION    BY    KlXG    RlCHARD    I    OF    LANDS    AND    LIBERTIES  I     1189-90. 

(Carta-  Autiqua-,  C.  26.) 

R.  di  gra  Rex  Augt  Dux  Norni  Aquif  Coni  And  Archiepis  Epis  Abbil)5  Cora 
IJaronib;  Justicii.s  Viccuoiii  1  omilij  ininistV  1  omil)5  fidclibj  suis  totius  Angt  1  Norm 
Satt.  Sciatis  nos  conccssi.ssc  T;  jJsenti  carta  c.onfirmassc  ccclic  Sec  Marie  dc  Meretun 
rt  Ciuionicis  uris  iliidcm  dco  servicntib^  cms  donaeancs  frarum  1  hominu  T;  elemosinar^ 
q  cis  fee  sunt  tain  in  reb,  ecctasticia  qm  posscssiouibus  secularibns  quare  volum  1 
firmit  pcipiin  q  jidci  Canonic!  nri  1  oin.s  homines  sen  tenenlcs  eor^  ofns  posscssiones  t 
elemosinas  snas  b:if>ant  1  tcncant  adco  liBc  T:  intcgrc  plenarie  1  qniete  sicut  ali([iia 
Abt>ia  vcl  Donuis  Relligiosa  dc  t'ra  nra  liberius  1  inclins  tenet  cum  sacca  1  soca  t 
tliol  rt  thcam  1  infangcntlief  1  liutfangentlief  t  cum  omibj  aliis  liKtatili5  1  libis 

fOiisue(udinil>i  suis  1  quictanclis in  bosco  1  j)lano  in  pratis  1  pasturis  iu  aquis 

cl  inolcndinis  in  stngnis  1  vivariis  in  mariscis  1  piscariis  in  vincis  t  virgultis  in  viis  1 
scinitis  in  grangiis  in  portub;  1;  civitatib,  1  villis  infra  burgii  1  extra  t  in  omibj  aliis 
locis  t  omib^  aliis  rcb,  liftas  1  solutas  1  quietas  de  schiris  1  de  hundred  1  de  leth  1  de 
wapentae  1  de  placitis  1  qucret  de  .  .  .  1  furco  de  soccagio  1  bidagio  .  .  assists 
rt  de  cssarlis  rt  wasto  nenior^  1  viis  T;  forestariis  de  gcldis  ct  dauageld  1  horngeld  1 
forgcld  dc  blodwitn  1  fictwita  1  lenvita  t  hetigwita  1  flemeiiefrcnd  t  de  warpeny  1 

ancnpeny   1   de  hundredpcny 1   de  opaeouil>5   castelloris  1   pontiu  t 

parcorij  T;  vivarior^  1  stagnor^  dc  snmagio  1  de  maireno  cariando  de  armis  portandis 

dc  Tliesauro  portando  vl   duccndo  de  warda  tcncnda  de  cha de  scutellis 

Reg  1  aiixiliis  de  donis  vicccomitu  ct  BailHvor'jS  t  dc  pprcstura  T;  quietas  etiam  de  onii 
thclonio  1;  passagio  T:  poiitagio  1  stallagio  t  lestag  1  de  oiSi  servicio  t  exactone 

*  The  words  in  brackets  are  inserted  from  Harl.  MS.  85,  fol.  418  v.  KK.  10  of  Cart» 
Autiquee  is  another  copy  of  the  same  Charter,  varying  only  in  abbreviations. 


APPENDIX,    XXX,    XXXI.  XX111 

secular! 1  de  omibj  aliis  occasiouil>3  1  con*uetudiuil>5  sctaribj  cxcepta  sola 

justicia  mortis  ct  memhror£.  H.  ofnia  conccssimus  fidcis  canonicis  nris  in  liBam  1 
ppetuam  elcmosiuam  y  amore  Dei  1  glorie  Virginia  Marie  Mafs  Dei  cui  .  .  .  intente 
famulautr  t  4?  auima  Reg  H.  paPs  iiri. 


XXX. 

FINAL    CONCORD    IN    TIIK    CUUIA   REGIS    IJKTWEEX    THE    PRIORY    AND    GILP.ERT 
MORIN  WITH  RESPECT  TO  LANDS  AT  MoRDON  AND  AwLTOX  (CARSII ALTON") : 

2ND  FEHRUAlir,   119C. 

(Pedes  Fininni,  7  Richard  I,  No.  2.) 

Ilec  ~  finalis  c'cordia  fta  in  Curia  diii  Regis  ap  Wcstiii  die  Martis  proximn  p't 
octavas  Purificois  See  Marie  anno  regni  regis  Ric  vii  Cora  II  Cant  Arcli  R  Lontt  1 
H  Roff  Epis  Witto  do  See  Marie  ceelia  R  Ilerforditi  1  R  Elien  ArchicI  Witto  do 
Wurcn  Ric  Suet  Ost5  fil  H'Jvei  Sim  de  Pateshitt  Jnstie  dni  regis  1  plnribns  aliis 
lideliljus  dui  Regis  1e  ibidem  presentil)^.  Intv  P'orem  de.Mereton  pctcntein  1  Gilbin 
Morin  teuete  de  tota  t'ra  qne  v  int  p'ma  Pocelose  1  t'ram  (["in  Sedmar'  de  Lathorn 
tennit  intv  Mordon  1  Walton  uii  placitu  fuit  inl  cos  in  cadein  Curia.  Sil^  qd  idem 
Gilfi  c'cessit  p'dco  l^'ori  1  ejusdem  loci  c'ventiii  totani  illam  pteni  dc  p'dra  'tra  qnc  t 
infra  viam  v'sus  nort  que  via  protcdif  a  Mordon  v'su.s  Awlton  tcncnd  ipi  P'ori  1  p'dco 
c'ventiii  de  ipo  Gilb'to  1  de  h'cd  snis  i  ppetnam  clemosinam  tibam  T  qnielii  ab  ofni 
sectari  cxaceone.  Et  idem  p'or  q'ctu  elanian  totn  jns  t  clamiu  qd  finit  in  tota  alta 
pte  1  de  p'dca  ira  sup  pMcam  diem  v'sus  Sud  ipi  Gilt>o  1  herect  suis  in  perpctuii. 


XXXI. 

GRANT  BY  KING  RICHARD  I  CONFIRMING  PRIVILEGES  OK  FREEDOM  FROM 
TIIELONIO,  &c. :  9Tii  NOVEMBER,  1198. 

(Carta-  Autiqua?,  LL.  3.) 

Riciis  dei  gra  Rex  Angt  Dnx  Norm  1  Aquitan  t  Coin  Andegar'  Jnstie'  vie9  1 
omib5  ministris  suis  Angt  1  Noriii  sattin.  Precipim9  qd  omes  res  canoico^  nror  de 
Merton  1  hoiuu  1  tenentiu  eo^  quas  s'vientes  sni  t  holes  1  tenentes  eo^  pot'imt 
affidare  esse  ppias  sint  qniete  de  oirii  thelonio  passagio  pontagio  1  pannagio  1  oiiii 
consuetudine  qne  ad  nos  ptinet.  Et  p'hibemus  ne  qnis  cos  snp  hoc  injuste  vixet  vt 
distnrbet  sup  forisfacture  X  II.  Teste  me  ipo  apcl  Rupcn  Audet  ix  die  Novembr 
Anno  r  n  X°. 


XXIV  APPENDIX,   XXXII,   XXXIII. 

XXXII. 

LEASE  OF  LANDS  AT  KINGESWOOD  TO  PETER,  SON  OF  RICHARD  DE 
KIXGESWOOD:  1198-1218. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cij  v.,  No.  159.) 

Notii  sit  ofnib5  xpi  fidelibs  ad  q°s  p'sens  sc'pP  p'uen'it  qd  ego  Walt'  prior  M'ton  t 
eiusde  loci  convent  conccssim  Pet  h'l9  Ric  do  Kingeswd  uigiiiti  quiq^  ace™  t're  cu 
p'tifi  apd  Kingcswd  quo  iacct  int  terra  quain  Witt  Malet  teur  de  prioret  Le  Hoal  etc 
ex  ima  p'te  1  ex  alt'a  p'te  iut9  t'ra  Rad  n'l  Hardig  t  t'ra  Mazon  habndas  1  teuend  de 
nob  P  1  hedibj  suis  in  feudo  1  heditate  bn  t  in  pace  lific  1  qniete  reddenda  iude  not) 
singtis  aun  iliinid  marc  argti  p  omni  s'uicio  ad  nos  p'tinente.  Ad  quatnor  termios 
nidelics  infra  octaii  Natat  dm  uiginti  den  1  infra  octaii  Pascfi  alios  uigiuti  den  1  infra 
octaii  sci  .lotus  15apt  alios  uiginti  dent  infra  octaii  sci  michact  alios  uiginti  den.  Saluo 
ecia  forinseco  s'uitio  q"  lit  p'tinet  ad  tanta  tram  in  jJdca  nilla  qd  ipe  1  heredes  ej  p 
man  nram  facient.  Et  ta  ipo  Petr9  qm  licredes  ej  .singtis  aun  cum  ptes  arandi  fectm' 
carrucam  suam  quam  habniut  noB  c'modabut  rt  in  autupno  ad  unam  bederipam  holes 
quos  liuint  meteutes  not)  inncnient  't  de  porcis  suis  q"s  huint  sup  t'ram  nram  pannagiu 
dabnt.  Predcs  aut  Pctr9  tac'cis  sac"scis  euuaiigriis  iurauit  noB  fidelitate  de  p\lco 
tenemento  1  de  jidco  redditu  ad  t'mios  fldetr  reddiido  1  simitr  iurabut  oms  heredes  ej  . 
Et  nos  pVlcin  tenement9  ipi  rt  fiedib  ei9  concessim  de  noli  tenend  q"dm  ipi  fideles  noB 
extiterit  1  pMcm  redditu  ad  t'mios  fiderr  reddid'int  .  ut  aut  hec  concessio  nra  rata  1 
c'cnssa  sop  pmaneat  ea  presnti  sc'pto  1  sigillo  uro  duxim9  confirmandam.  His  testib 
inagro  He!  de  Sutwerke.  Luc  do  Wdecot.  Nichot  de  Ditton.  Watt9  de  Puitt. 
Luc  de  Kyngswd.  Rad  h'l9  Harding.  Gilleti  le  Poor.  Witt  Bruni.  Godefr  de 
Crocs.  Rog  de  Kingeswd.  RoB  Cret  t  multis  aliis. 


XXXIII. 

TITLE  OK  PRIORY  TO  PROPERTY  AT  CAIIAM  (CIIEAM)  :    1200-16. 
(Cart.,  fol.  ciij,  No.  160.) 

Quidam  vanassor  cui9  uom  excidit  q'  tenuit  quMam  vauassariam  t're  in  uilla  de 
Kaliani  de  Rad  de  Caham  exh'edat9  fnit  de  ilia  t'ra  p  q°dam  homic.  Hie  liabnit 
qnadam  c'sanguinea  cni9  nom'  excidit  qnam  Witt  Postett  q1  tune  fuit  psona  ecciie  de 
Cahani  amanit  t  genuit  ex  ea  qHnor  filias  qaru  tres  maritate  fuert  1  q"rta  remansit 
innupta.  Predcs  Witt  postett  accepat  ad  firma  annua  p'dictam  t'ra  predci  vauassoris 
cxhe'dnti  i  villa  de  Kaham  dc  Rad  dc  Caham.  P'ea  venit  q'da  capttan9  c'sangnine9 
predci  militis  exh'edati  t  posuit  p'dcm  Witt  postett  i  placitu  coram  Had  de  Caham 
de  p'dca  t'ra  p'dci  militis  exhe'dati  .  tanqu  de  jure  1  heditato  sna  1  tantu  .pcessit 
placitu  qd  bellu  inadiatu  fuit  inter  illos  de  predca  t'ra  i  curia  Rad  de  Kaham.  Sed  Witt 
Postett  dedit  unu  Bosketu  plenum  denar  manset.  Rad  de  Kaham  1  ipe  Rad  j>  itt  denaf 
aduocauit  Witt  postett  ptestans  qd  ipe  ei  ded'at  p'dcam  t'ram  militis  extiedati  i  ppetua 


APPENDIX,   XXXIV,   XXXV.  XXV 

elemosina  simt  cu  ecctia  do  Kahani  1  itn  sopitu  est  illd  placitu.  P'ea  q'dam  RoB  do 
Curwimdun  cosanguine9  p'dci  capttani  1  p'dci  militis  cxho'dati  monit  placitu  de  cade 
t'ra  de  aduocationo  ecctie  dc  Kahani  T:  hoc  placitu  c'cordatu  fuit  I  curia  dm  Reg  p 
Cyrographu  dc  adiiocatione  ecctio  dc  Kahani  iiir5  ipm  RoB  1  canon  do  M'iton  p  frem 
Regiii  de  Want  qni  fuit  eo£  attornat'.  Postea  q'dii  miles  Rail  de  Grenuitt  noie  cui 
uxor  langucbat  spreuit  uxore  ppt  lauguore  ci9  1  accessit  ad  p'dcam  flliam  q"ntfi  Witti 
postett  quo  remanscrat  iuuptu  i  uiiicnto  uxorc  gcimit  duos  fllio.s  i  adulterio  dc  p'dca 
filia  Witti  postctt  q"rum  un9  RoB  alt  diet9  cst  Racl.  TjV  t  ipe  1  ipa  sumouiti  fucrt 
ad  capitulum  T;  mulicr  ilia  p  adult'io  cxc'nuinicata  fuit  1  I  excomunicatioc  1  i  adult'io 
niortna  cst.  Praia  u"  RoB  1  Had  fres  adult'io  tcporc  Reg''  Ilcnr  scdi  mouert  placitu  dc 
ncditate  sua  ex  parte  pris  Rad  dc  GreuuiH:  ut  dicebant  (|ilm  de  ficditatc  sua  ex  partc 
aui  sui  Witt  Postctt  1  p  prcceptu  dni  Regv  p  unain  junitam  rccupaiicrut  ticditatc  pris 
sui  R  lin'q's^  S  portionc  suam  1  p  aliam  jnratii  quo  p  cis  fecit  de  adiiocatione  ccctic 
do  Kahani  n'  q,  olijcctu  cst  cis  ab  adncrsariis  co^  suite  jnratfi  1  p  iuratfi  qd  l>astanli 
fnert  1  in  adult'io  gcniti  ita  qd  mat  eo<5  i  adult'io  °t  i  exc'mnnicatioe  niortna  cst. 


XXXIV. 

LEASE  TO  PUIORY  OF  LANK  AT  GRAI-ELIXGEIIAJI  :    SOTII  JANUAKY,  120o. 
(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxiij  r.,  No.  o5.) 

Anno  dnicc  incarnacois  M"CC"iij"  facta  t'uit  fi  c'ucto  int9  W  p'orc  1  o'licnf  do 
M'iton  ex  una  ptc  1  hoines  de  .SuBton  ex  alPa  nidelic'  (jtt  jidCi  lioincs  c'cesserunt  pdco 
c'liotni  tottim  t'ram  dc  Grapeligcha  cu  ptinctiis  cj"1  canuiei  de  eisct  hoil)5  lenoro 
solcbant  haliend  T:  tenend  dc  eis  p  viij  annos  c.'tiiiiios  liBo  1  q'etc  sib  6i  scruicio  t 
cxactonc  reddenda  in  eis  annuati  ad  festu  sci  micti  v  sot  ,p  oi  scruicio.  Pro  hue  am 
c'ccssione  canoici  dcdcrunt  jifatis  lioinibj  in  uersnm  j  marc  argnti.  Ipsi  v"  c'iii 
assonsu  hac  c'lientonc  ten'e  fidei  sacameto  se  obligau'unt.  In  die  suit  c'uersioni.s 
sci  Pauli  in  anno  snpilsc'pto  receput  scpcdicti  hoiucs  jJnoinati  mrc  argfit  in  eceiia  de 
Kingcston  cora  parochianU  eiusd  uillc  mcdietato  ccia  jiscntis  cyrogaphi  in  huj  rci 
tcstimoniu  facti  cad  die  receput.  Alt'a  u"  mcdietas  penes  canoicos  remansit.  Sigilla 
lira  sunt  appoita  fjil  jJdci  hoines  sigilla  no  habucrt.  Ilii  sunt  T.  Joh  Mich  ca])ttani 
de  Kingeston.  Witt  ciic9  dc  Cornhutt.  Joh  hog.  Brunus.  Godcfr.  Kit-.  Thuni.  Urito. 
Warin".  scruietcs  M'iton. 

XXXV. 

GRANT  BY  KING  JOHN  OF  A  WOOD  AT  INIIEISIIULI,  (KINGSTON,  SURREY)  : 

3RD  JUNE,  1203.       (Cartaj  Antiquno,  QQ.  50.) 
(Also  in  Karl.  MS.  85,  fol.  552,  and  Cal.  Rot,  Chart.,  p.  1046.) 
Johes  dei  gra  1c.    Sciatis  nos  y  amore  dci  1  salute  auime  nre  t  p  aTabs  antecesso^  1 
successor^  nro^  dcdisse  t  couccssisso  t  hac  carta  nra  confirmasse  deo  t  ecctie  de 

*D 


XXVI  APPENDIX,   XXXVI — XXXVIII. 

M'tone  1  canoic  ibidem  cleo  s'vientib3  iu  liBam  purara  1  ppetuam  elemosinnm  boscum 
nrm  de  Inheishutt  qui  vocaf  In  Garstoii  Regis  cum  omil>5  ptiii  suis  ad  essartand 
vel  fossand  vt  excolend  vt  p  voluntate  sua  indefaciend  solutum  1  quietum  de  vastis  1 
assartis  t  regard  fores  to  1  foresta£  1  clrirninag9  1  pauag9  t  omib5  rebus  ad  forest*  vt 
forestar  ptinentil>5.  Snlva  nob1?  venacoc  ura  si  iu  ca  fuerint.  Ts  lc.  Dat  p  man 
S.  jipositi  Beu'lac  t  Areliiii  Wellcn  apiul  Pontcm  Arctii  iij  die  Juu9  anno  r  n  q'uto. 


XXXVI. 

WRIT    OF    KING    JOHN    TO    THE    BAILIFFS    OF    PORTSMOUTH,  CONCERNING    THE 

PASSAGE  OF  HIS  AMBASSADORS  TO  NORMANDY  (ONE  OF  THEM 

A   CANON   OF  MERTON)  :    IOTII   APRIL,    1205. 

(Hot.  Lift.  Clans.,  Record  Off.  Ed.,  p.  27.) 

Rex  battis  Port  dc  Portesmuca  le.  Invenilc  passixsj  sn  jico  Rad  do  Plesscto  1  socio 
sno  Canon  dc  M'eton  nuciis  uris  q"s  mittini  I  Noriii  p  negociis  nris.  Acccpta  ab  eis 
sccritatc  qd  p  if>os  main  no  cvenict  regno  nro  Angl  1  qd  ncmiein  secu  ducct  qui  no 
sit  dc  manu  pastu  suo  1:  qd  nee  anna  ducct  nc  dcxiliu  1  passaif  co^  q*ntu  pot'itis 
pmovcatis  1  co  rtc.  T  me  ijk>  up  Roll'?  xv  die  Apr. 


XXXVII. 

CHARTER  OF  KING   JOHN  EXEMPTING-  PRIORY   FROM   BEING   IMPLEADED,   EXCEPT 
REFOKK  HIMSELF  OR  HIS  ClIIEF  Jl'STICK  :   20TII  MAY,  1205. 

(Ctil.  Rot.  Cart.,  Record  Off.  Ed.,  I,  153.) 

J  di  gra  tc  justic  vie  1  omil>5  mistris  suis  i  quoq,  battis  canonic!  de  M'etun  fint 
t'ras  1  reddit  sues  satt.  iPhibem  vot>  nc  canonici  nfi  de  M'eton  ponaf  I  placitii  de 
aliq"  teuenito  suo  qd  tcneiit  i  duico  suo  nl  cora  noB  vcl  cora  capital!  justic  nro  nee 
patiamini  qd  ijii  i  aliqas  ponanf  c'suetudines  vl  s'vitia  <i  fac'e  no  defiant  vl  soleant  sic 
carta  Reg-  H  pris  nri  qa  in  fiiit  fonabili?  test!itr.  T  dno  II  Cant  archiepo.  diio  W 
Lond  epo.  G  fit  Pet'  coni  Essex.  W  com  Sar.  Dat  p  man  J  de  Wett  apJ  Wintou 
xx  die  Maii  anno  1c  vij". 


XXXVIII. 

SUIT    RESPECTING   ADVOWSON    OF    THE    CHURCH    OF    MALDON  :     17TII  APRIL,  1206. 

(Placit.  7  and  8  John,  rot.  3  v. :    Abbrev.  Plac.,  Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  50.) 

W  Prior  de  Mereton  petit  v'sus  Brian9  filium  Radi  1  Gunnoram  uxorem  cj9 
advocacoem  ecctie  de  Meldoii  sicut  jus  ecciie  sue  1c.  Et  sicut  illam  qnam  Eudo 
de  Meldon  declit  cum  corporc  suo  ecctic  de  Mereton  in  puram  t  ppetuam  elemosinam 


APPENDIX,    XXXIX,    XL.  XXV11 

1  nude  Hugo  cleric9  quondam  p'sona  ecctie  illi9  se  dimisit  ad  peticonem  ipsi9  Eudonis 
1  reddidit  ecctic  do  Mcrcton  dimid  marc  nomine  pencois  1c.  Brian'  t  uxor  oj  ven 
1  defend  jus  suum  1  qd  nuuquam  seisin  liabuit  do  advocacoc  ilia  1  pou'  so  iu  magnam 
assisam  1c.  Prior  fifcrt  oartam  ipsi  Eudonis  testantcm  ipsum  Eudonem  dcdissc 
ccctie  do  Mereton  ccctiam  de  Meldoii  1«.  1  confirmac9  lien  Reg  patris  1c.  Brian  veil 
1  dicit  qd  carta  Eudonis  quam  jjfert  non  fuit  legaliter  facta  quia  postquam  pMictus 
Eudo  se  reddidit  religioni  T:  habitum  suscepit  fecit  cartam  illam  1  ideo  est  min  legalis 


XXXIX. 

LEASE  IN  PERPETUITY  OF  LAND  AT  WEST  MOLESEY  TO  THE  PRIORY:  c.  1206. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxciij  v.,  No.  oil.) 

Sciant  p'sent'  1:  fut'i  qd  ego  W  Arbalist'  de  Westmoles9  p  mca  magna  necessitate 
ueiulidi  1  concessi  canoic  M'ton  de  meo  dnieo  in  Westmoles  xxxvij  acr  t're  arrabit 
t  vj  acr  prati  1  unii  messagiu  q  Juga  tennit  cu  oibj  ptincntiis  suis.  Et  unii  messuag 
qd  Eob'tus  Dacd  1  Editha  pua  tcii'iint  cu  oib5  ptiuentiis  suis  p  xiij  marc  argent'  1  un 
palef'do.  X  sot  tenend  de  me  T:  hedib,  meis  imppetuu  heditaqne1  lif>c  1  q'cte  1  solute 
ab  omi  s'uicio  1  sclari  exactone  ad  me  1  ad  fiedes  mcos  ptincntc  ita  tu  qd  ipi  can 
debcut  rcdd'c  in'  T:  fiedilij  meis  annuali  xij  d  1  j  li brain  cimiui  p  oi  s'uicio  sctari.  Ad 
Natat  vj  d  1  lifiam  cimini  T:  nd  pascfi  vj  d  has  itac^  oiiis  p'dcas  t'ras  dcbcnt  ipi  can 
defende  p  ij  uirgat  t're  c'a  dnm  lleg  1  comite  do  Clar  t  c'*  ofiis  alios  dnos  mcos  ubi 
egol  fiud  mei  dnm  nrm  defcude  delem  .  Et  p  hlis  xiij  marc  argent  1  paleff  x  sot  q"s 
ipi  can  dcdut  in'  in  tanta  ilin  ucstatc.  Ego  W  'I  lied  nil  dcbcni  waranlizar  fidcis  can 
oiiis  jidcas  t'ras  c'1'  oiiis  holes.  Et  lit  bee  iiia  ucuditio  1  c'cessio  firma  t  stabil  imppetuu 
pmaneat  cam  p'senti  sc'pto  1  sigillo  nro  c'iirmaui.  T.  Sampson. 


XL. 

CONFIRMATION  OF  APPOINTMENT  OF  JOHN,  THEIU  CLERK,  TO  THE  LIVING  OF 
IIUCHAM  (HlTCHAM,  BUCKS.)  :  1210. 

(Cart.,  fol.  ci,  No.  154.) 

Omuib3  Xpi  fldclibj  ad  q°s  p'scns  sc'ptum  pucu'it  Walt  Prior  M'itonie  1  ei  dem 
loci  conuent  et'nam  in  dno  salt.  Ad  uniu'sitatis  vre  noticiam  uolum  puenire  uos 
cartam  bone  memorie  WiHi  Prioris  p'deccssoris  nri  1  con\icnt  M'iton  sub  hac  forma 
cocepta  ispexisse.  Notu  sit  <3ib5  see  ccctie  fidelili5  q°d  ego  Witts  dcs  prior  1  conuciit 
ccctie  sec  marie  do  M'iton  dedim  t  concessim  in  capitto  nro  Johi  ctico  ccctiam  nram 
de  Hucn  cum  6ib5  ptincnt  suis  i  ppetuam  elcmosynam  hiidam  reddendo  nob  in  annual! 
de  recognicone  unu  bisautu  infra  octab"  pascc.  Uolum  q,  1  cScedim  1  ut  bat  t 
possidcat  p'dcam  ccctiam  cu  oib5  ad  ea  ptineiitib5  i  tris  i  decimis  i  bosco  1  cum  quib5- 
postea  creiat  libera  1  q'eta  de  6il>3  p  p'dcam  recogniconem  n1  q"d  ipe  Johes 


XXV111  APPENDIX,    XLI,    XLII. 

adq'etabit  cam  crga  epm  1  ministros  ci  .  Ilanc  aut  donacone  1  iuestitura  p'seuti  se'pto 
t  sigilli  ecctie  nre  apposiconc  cofirmauim  .  Qd  si  ipe  ex  hac  uita  dcccssorit  nt  dco 
ppicio  uita  sua  religioni  tadidorit  nofi  ccetia  lira  cu  oib,  ptinent  suis  q'eta  rcnianebit. 
DC  hac  aut  teiiura  ipe  Johes  not>  in  Capitto  nro  fidelitatc  fco  1  idepnitate  iuranit  qd 
iidct  not)  existet  V  iirhn  not)  in  Ipedimcutu  querit. 


XLI. 

ESTIMATE  OF  INCOME  OF  Cnuifcn  OF  NORTON  IIiitiiERT  FOR  APPORTIONMENT 

liETAVEEN    THE    PlUOKY    AND    THE    VlCAU  :    C.   1212. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxiiij,  No.  210.) 

Pti  Thorn  Decani  l{ot>  do  Ilolcciimb  Ada  de  Melnes  UoK  dc  Norton  p'tiri  iurati 
diit  f|d  niciirin  ccctic  do  Norton  IIil)'ti  estimate  lit  infills  dicetur  ualcliit  annuali  C  sot 
1  co  ainpli  .  Et  dnl  cum  sctl  co^  c'scientia  rectc  cssc  estimata  rt  qcl  nicari  Ijn  pot'it 
siistin'c  ornia  ou'n  ecctie  dcbita  1  c'sueta.  Ad  dcam  siquicl  uicaria  spettabut  ofiis 
dccimo  tain  niagnc  qani  minute  dc  diiab^  carucis  t'rc  cjs  tencnt  Rot>  Godricti  1  Extract 
de  linncton  '\.  onis  dccimo  minute  rt  oiiis  obncntones  de  tola  pochia  dc  Norton  pucnicntes 
exccptis  dccimis  agno^  1  fcui  rt  excepto  chnrhscto  qcl  rctinebi  canoici  cu  dnco  ccctic 
'I  rcdditib  1  s'niclis  hoinin  ccctic  ctiil  cu  deccmis  garbaru  bladi.  Estimate  aut  sunt 
ptictc  nicaric  sic  festtnitas  sci  Jori  Bap'tc  j  marc.  Confessioncs  dies  pascfi  T;  paraclionon 
i  omibj  j  iiic.  Dies  natat  dni  viij  solid.  Dies  purificatouis  be  marie  iij  s  laua  ij  m 
lini  ilifii  iii  caseus  diiii  ni  tic  uitullis  rt  pullis  iij  s.  I'nrilicatoes  rt  petonus  x  s  Icgata  1 
trcututt  j  iii.  >Sma  ciiij  s. 


XLII. 

FINDING  OF  JURY  IN  DISPUTE  ISETWEEN  SAMPSON  OF  MULESKYE  (MOLESEY) 
AM)  THE  I'RIOHY  AS  TO  \VEIR  I   1213. 

(Placita,   Surrey,    l.j  John,  Mich,  and  Ilil.,  rot.  6:    Placit.  Abbrcv., 
Kcc.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  91.) 

Jur  vcn  rccogu  qnalitcr  cursns  aque  iuter  molcndinu  Sampson  dc  Mulcseye  1 
molcndiiiu  prioris  de  Morton  in  Mulescyc  essc  debet  1  solet  tc.  Dicut  qd  licet  priori 
de  Merlon  obstrucre  aqua  quo  currit  p  Mcnelac  de  vj  pedil>5  1  dimid  ap  caput  de 
Mcnclakc  v'sus  aquilone.  Et  in  longu  illi  Mcnclakc  debet  ide  Prior  obstrnere  quanta 
illud  vadu  durat  usq^  ad  augulu  vadi  v'sus  oricntc.  Dicut  etia  qd  retro  molcndinu 
cjusdc  Sampson  quod  vocatur  ITllpmilne  habetnr  queda  infnla  qne  debet  ibi  rcmancrc 
qd  babel  in  longitudinc  xvi  pcdes  1  in  latitudinc  x  pcdcs  ad  caput  cjusde  insulc  v'sus 
oricnte  1  caput  supius  cjusdc  inside  debet  csse  acutnin  1  in  aqnilonali  p'te  illi  inside 
debet  esse  cursus  aque  ita  qd  aqua  sit  ex  ilia  partc  uno  pcde  pfiindior  qua  alia  parte. 
Dicut  etia  qd  ide  prior  debet  mundaro  cursum  aque  sue  a  p'dicto  molendino  ojusde 


APPENDIX,    XLIII,    XLIV.  XXIX 

Sampson   uscj^  ad  moleudinii  ejiisde  prior  cu  opus  fucrit  1  quando  op  fuerit.    Salvis 


vudis  scitt  qd  carctc  transire  possint.  -Et  dicut  qd  hit  insulat  pontcm  dcbct  ide  prior 
curaro  cursu  aquc  usq^  ad  interioris  grossas  salices  sepis  quo  fuit  \Vitti  filii  Aihviu  . 
Dicut  etia  qd  licet  eide  Sampsoui  de  Mulcseya  facerc  I  apire  vctere  eursum  aquc 
contra  gardinfi  sufi  in  coia  pas  turn  prioris  T;  Sampsonis  sicut  fuit  autiquit  1  solot.  I(a 
qd  molcudinii  pdicti  prioris  11011  inipciliatur  vcl  pciorctur.  Dicunt  etia  qd  idem  prior 
debet  obstrucrc  aqua  quo  currit  hit  augulii  sepis  quo  fuit  Robti  moloiidiu  rt  certa 
t'ram  in  longii  aque  v'sus  occideute  ad  equal!  tate  rt  altitadinc  ejusde  ccrte  terrc.  Dicut 
etia  qd  ide  prior  11011  potost  nee  debet  exaltarc  stiignu  suu  apud  Sliepeneford  magis  ux 
parte  aquiloiiali  qua  certa  terra  est  ex  parte  australi. 


XLIII. 

GKAXT  TO    SIR  AMICUS,  XEPIIEW   OF  AMICUS,   LATE   AKCIIDKACOX  OF   SUUIJEV, 
OF  A  BUILDING  SITE  AND  GAKDEN  WITHIN  THE  CUIUA,  FOK  LIFE  : 

26TH  OfTOUER,    121(i. 

(Carl.,  fol.  cvi  c.,  No.  170.) 

Omiiili;  xpi  iidelil);  p'seus  gcriptu  iiispcoturis  \V  prior  Mcritou  ct  ei  dc  loci 
c'ucnt  snlut  in  diio.  Nouit  uniu'sitaa  lira  nos  uuaniuii  asseiisu  c'cessisse  rt  hac  rarta 
lira  c'finnassc  duo  Amico  uepnti  bone  memorie  A  (|"uda  Surf  Arcliidi  ortu  illu.  In 
curia  lira  dc  Meriton  In  q"  Amict'  ij5i  memornt  doiios  s'  c'stru'at  que  pmodu  icendio 
c'supto  fucr't  huda  s1  cunde  ortu  tola  uita  sna  cu  doimb;  ([ils  ibi  ^uptib,  suis  c'strux"it. 
•Ita  quide  qd  illas  douios  n0  ortu  illu  alicui  dare  uec  assignarc  n1'  a  doino  de  ilcriton 
alienare  pot'it  s5  pMeces.su  ei  lota  mclinratio  <["  ibi  i'ec"it  la  in  domib;  <["  in  aliis  ud 
nos  sine  alic  c'tradcbne  rev"te(ur.  Et  in  b  rci  testimouiu  huic  sc'plo  siyillu  unu 
duxim  apponendCi.  Daf  Anno  ab  incarnaf  dm  M"CC"XVI"  vii  kt  XnuCli. 


XLIV. 

CORREDY    GRANTED    BY    THE    I'RIORY    TO    KlCIIAHI)    I.E    FlJAM'EIS    AND    MAHY, 

ins  WIFE  :    c.  1217. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cvii,  No.  17<^.) 

Not  sit  ofnil),  X'  fidclilij  ad  q"s  p'scns  sc'plii  puin'it  <[d  Ego  Watt  p'or  M'ton  t 
ei  de  loci  cducut''  coucessim''  Ilic  le  f*nceis  1  uxori  ei  p  die  q"  aduixcrit  unu  corrediu 
scirt  una  micha  1  duos  panes  do  aula  1  duos  gallones  dc  e'uis  milit  de  cellar  1  duo 
f'cula  libor  c'uent  de  cocina  t  quatuor  sol  p  amiu  de  cett  ad  vcstit  cor^dem  ad  fcst 
Sci  Mich  1  si  forte  p'dicus  R  supuixcrit  eii  liel)it  p  die  q"  aduix'it  imam  micba  1  iiij 
gallones  T;  unu  f'culu  1  duos  sot  p  annii  ad  fcstii  Sci  Midi.  Si  auf  ipa  supuix'it  p'dciiin 
1{  hebit  p  dies  q°  aduix'it  ij  panes  dc  aula  T;  iiuu  gallon  t  iiuu  f'eulu  1  duos  sot  p  aim 
ad  vestitu  sliu  t  scicud  qd  ide  R  tola  t'ram  sua  qin  de  not)  tenuit  i  Wescba  cu  carta 

sua    qm nob   rcddidit   1   in  ppetuu  q'etu  clamauil.     Nos   ant   ad   res   q'eta 

clamatoem  p'dicli  R  1  eiusdum  petitione  medietate  p'dci  qiii  nob  rcddidit  Witto  iilio 
suo  1  fiedil>5  cius  habiida  1  tcnenda  de  nofi  concessim   sicut  carta  qfn  de  norj  testatur. 


XXX  APPENDIX,   XLV — XLVII. 

XLV. 

CHARTER  BY  WALTER,  PRIOR  OF  MERTON,  IN  FAVOUR  OF  BENEFACTORS  TO  THE 
HOSPITAL  OF  ST.  JAMES,  AT  TANRIDGE:    17xii  JUNK,  1217. 

(Cart.,  fol.  Ixxxvj,  No.  177.) 

W[ALTERUS]  Prior  Mcriton  1  cjusde  loci  c'vet9  nnivsis  Xjn  fidelibus  fJsntcs  lifas 
insp''tris  stt  in  duo.  Novit  uuivsitas  vra  DOS  divine  pietatis  iiituitu  dnm  Odoue  de 
Dammarti  fiidatore  T:  oes  fres  t  sorores  1  oes  bencfactorcs  hospitalis  sci  Jacobi  de 
tunrij^  in  friiitule  Join  fire  <le  M?eton  spatr  suscepisse  t  cocessisse  in  ipi  pte  t 
coniiiionc  uoticiim  faint  i  oibs  oronib^  elemosiiiis  jejimiis  vigiliis  disciplinis  ill 
missing  celebratonibj  in  religionis  1  ordinis  obscrvatonibj  1  I  oib^  aliis  bonis  t 
bonciiciis  epic  I  doino  nru  1  in  omnibus  domibus  religiosis  fucri  t  in  ppetnu  ficut.  In 
huj  'Frnilutis  testinioniu  sigillu  nrni  jtacnti  scripto  duximus  uppoiieudu.  Vatt.  Dat 
anno  Dni  M.CC.xvij"  xv  fct  Julii. 


XLVI. 

AGREEMENT  ISETWEEN  THE  BISHOP  OF  SALISBURY  AND  THE  PRIORY  CONCERNING 
THE  CHURCHES  OF  CUMI;  (COOMHE),  LULLKWORTII,  AND  SUJIERFOKD  : 

1217-28. 

(Cart.,  fol.  oxix,  No.  212.) 

Omuil>5  ml  qs  pVcs  sc'ptu  pncn'it.  II  j>rior  M'itoii  et  ci'dc  loci  couent9  et'na  iij 
duo  sattin.  Nou'it  tmiu'aitfts  nra  (jcl  n"  mott  cct  c'f'u'sia  it  ucn'abilc  j>'rcm  11  di  gra 
Sun-  upm  ex  una  ptu  1  nos  ex  iilt'a  auctoritntc  Kicc'a^  dni  pp  cora  sBdccauo  Wcllnsi  1 
sui.s  collcfriis.  S;  ordinatoo  qada  fca  sr  ccctiis  do  CumT)  dc  Lnllewrth  t  do  Sum'ford 
auctoritatc  iicn'uljil  pris  Kic  Sarr  cpi  p'decessoris  1  ci'dc  capitti  c'munibj  ct'neiontib,, 
ainieis  tade  p'fula  cofn'sia  i  hui  modu  cogcnil.  Silics  ij5  nos  p  bono  pacis  sup 
j^fata  cof'ti'sia  ippcluu  obseriiande  psolucmus  ecctic  Sarr  siugtis  annis  ap  Sarr  i 
capitto  in  c'Vtino  ijsi  in"  geniti  uigiti  1  q'tuor  solid  ob  obligatone  bnficio^  q  hem9  in 
dco  cpatu.  I  la  q1  dc  q^  si  aliijm  cessatu  sit  in  dee  pocuuic  solutone.  Liceat  ei  qc  j> 
tfiipc  fn'it  epc  Sarr  ad  kligna  solutoiii  p'dca  bnficia  chohtere  ut  au  fi  rata  firm*  1  ppetua 
dccet'o  pmaneat.  Iluic  sc'pto  sigillu  capituli  nostri  apposnim. 


XLVII. 

GRANT  BY  THE  PRIORY  TO  MASTER  ALEXANDER  FAUCUN  OF  A  BEZANT 

ANNUALLY:    1218-22. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cix,  No.  181.) 

Sciant  p'sentes  t  fut'i  qd  ego  Th.  prior  Meriton  eiusde  loci  conuent  c'cessim 
mgro  Alex  Fancnn  de  Berton  unu  bisentiu  de  cam'a  nra  ei  i  aliqno  cccliastico 
beuefico  puidim  .  In  hc  rei  testimoniii  p'scnti  sc'pto  sigiH'  nrm  duxim  apponend. 


APPENDIX,   XLVIII — L.  XXXI 

XL  VIII. 

LEASE  BY  PRIORY,  OF  LAND  AND  HOSPITIUM  IN  SOUTHWARK,  TO  ARNOLD,  THE 

VINTNER:    1218-22. 


(Cart.,  fol.  cix,  No.  183.) 


NotCi  sit  p'scntilij  1  futuris  qd  ego  Tfi.  prior  Meriton  1  ejusile  loci  eonuent 
demisim  1  concessim"  Arnald9  vinetar9  dc  Suwerkf  tra  nram  cii  hospitio  qm  habem9 
in  Suwerkf  do  Alwewecbiltt  babend  1  tencnd  dc  nob  1  hedibj  suis  lifte  1  quiet 
reddendo  nobis  anuuati  sex  sot  sett  ad  festu  sci  Mich  tres  sot  1  ad  Pasch  tres  sot  j> 
oini  s'vico  ad  nos  ptiueutc.  Excepto  1  qcl  ipe  1  hedes  ejus  lit  quicuq,  pdcam  t'ra 
tenu'it  1  rcddiiit  not)  annuati  die  sci  Mich  septe  defi  1  obulu  dc  Langabnlo  q°s  dno 
illi  feodi  pacabiin  et  seiend  qd  nos  semp  rctinem  nob  hospitiu  nnn  ibidc  hospitandi 
cu  opus  fu'it  1  nobv  placu'it. 


XL1X. 

FINAL    COXOOKD   IN   TIIK    CUIUA    KEGIS    UETWKEN    ALICE,    WIDOW  ov   MICHAEL 
VELET,  AND  THE  PRIORY,  CONCERNING  HER  DOWRY:   17'ni  FEISRUARY,  1219. 

(Pcdes  Finium,  Surrey,  3  lien.'  Ill,  No.  14.) 

Hec  est  finalis  concord  fca  in  Cur  Dni  Reg  apud  Bermnndes  a  die  pnrific  be 
Marie  in  q'ndecim  dies  anno  regui  Keg  Ilcnf  fit  Reg  Johis  tercio  corani  Dno 
B  Roil'  Ejk)  .  Joho  do  Gestlingg  .  Jacobo  le  Sauvag  .  Ilcnr  dc  Cobeham  .  Rad 
Tablet  .  Gilebto  de  Abigeworh  Justic  Itinerantibs  1  aliis  iidelilij  Dni  Reg  tune  ihi 
presentibns.  Inter  Aliciam  quo  fuit  ux  Michaclis  Vclct  pctcnte  p  Walter  ilc  tinlirig 
positu  loco  ipius  Alic  ad  lucrndum  vt  pdendu  1  Tboina  Priori;  de  Mercton  tencute 
p  from  Ilugone  positnm  loco  ipius  Prioris  ad  luc'udum  vt  pdcdum  de  sex  acris  terre  1 
tribus  acris  prati  cum  ptineuc  in  Scenes  qas  ipa  clani  csse  ronabilem  dotcni  suain  do 
lib~o  teneiiito  quod  fuit  p'dci  Michffilis  q'nilam  juri  sui  in  cade  villa  rt  un  placitu  fuit 
int  eos  in  p'fata  curia  sett  quod  predicta  Alicia  reinisit  1  quietu  clamavit  predco 
Priori  1  succcssorib5  suis  totum  jus  ct  clamiu  quod  hint  in  tota  predca  terra  noic  dotis 
in  ppetuum.  Et  j?  b"c  quieta  clam  fin  1  concord  idem  Prior  dabit  predco  Alic  tota 
vita  sua  quolibet  anno  q'nq,  solid  solvend  ad  d-uos  terminos  anni  sett  ad  pasch  duos 
solid  t  sex  den  1  ad  festum  sci  Michaelis  duos  solid  t  sex  denar.  Et  prcterea  idem 
Prior  dedit  predce  Alic  dims  marcas  argent.  Et  post  decessum  predce  Alic  idem 
Prior  1  successores  sui  quieti  erunt  de  prodictis.  Quiiiq^  solid  redditus. 


L. 

LEASE  BY  PRIORY  ov  LAND  AT  KINGSWOOD,  FOR  ANNUAL  RENT  AND  BEDERIPE, 
TO  ALICIA,  DAUGHTER  OF  OSBERT  DE  SITUN  :    1222-31. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxv,  No.  216.) 

NotQ   sit  oil>3  x'  fidelili3   ad   q°s  p'sens  sc'pt  puen'it  qd  ego    E  prior  M'iton  1 
eiusdc  loci  couet    cocessim    Alic  fit  Osb'ti  de  Situn  dcce  1  septc  acr8  1  dimid  ap 


XXX11  APPENDIX,    LI,    LII. 

Kingeswde  q  iacet  it9  t'ra  Osb'ti  forestarii  1  t'ra  mazoiiu  ncno  1  t'ra  que  uocat9  t'ru 
mazoiiu  scit  q'nqginta  1  una  acrm  cii  ptinentiis  habendii  1  tonendu  de  nobis  1  fiedibs 
suis  in  feudo  ct  fieditate  1m  1  i  pace  liEe  1  q'ete  reddendo.  lude  nob"  singut  annis  dims 
marciis  argent  p  omi  s'uicio  ad  no.s  ptinciite  ad  q'Huor  t'minos  scit  inf"  octauas  sci 
Michelis  dlmid  marca  1  if"  oetaii  Natat  diii  dimid  marc  et  i  f  octaui  Pascft  dimid 
marc  et  I  f  Joh  15apt  dimid  marc  saluo  1  forinscco  s'uico  q*ntu  ptinet  ad  tautam  t'ra 
i  p'dca  nilla  qd  ipa  't  hcdcs  ci  p  manii  uram  facient.  Et  ta  ipa  Alicia  qam  hedes  ei 
singut  minis  cu  p'ccs  arandi  fecim  cai'iica  sua  q"le  tiuiiit  nob"  bis  i  anno  ad  cibu  urm 
c'modabunt.  Kt  in  untiipno  holes  q"s  fiuiut  metctcs  ad  uua  bcderipa  ad  cibO  iirm  nob 
c'modabut.  Et  eu  Kuint  porcos  bosco  nro  pannagiu  nob"  hide  dabut.  Predca  au  Aliza 
tactis  sai;°s':tis  Eiuiangcliis  iurauit  nut)  fidelit'  de  p'dco  teneivito  1  de  p'dco  redditu  ad 
t'niios  fidetr  rcddeudo.  Et  simtr  iurabut  oms  ficdcs  ei  et  nos  pdcm  teneiiitn  ijSi  1 
fiedib  ei  c'cessim  dc  not)  tencnd  (inidin  ipi  nob"  fulcles  extit'int  1  p'dcm  redditu  ad 
t'mios  fidelit'  rcddidcrint  nt  auto  h  concessio  lira  rata  1  inconciissa  scmp  pmaneat. 
C'u  p'scnti  sc.'pto  ct  sigillo  nro  diixim  c'lirmanda.  Iliis  tcstil>3  Witto  Hansard 
magro  Koti  do  Gudintau  John  de  Burcs  1'etro  de  Bcrge  Luc  dc  Kingeswde  Pet0  dc 
Kingeswd  K<>5  dc  Kinseswd  (iilb'ti  Poor  1  alii^. 


LI. 

PENSION  01;   COUKF.DY,  AND  KESIDEXCK  ix  THE   HOUSE,  <IKANTED  TO  GEOFFHEY 

DE  MOISA,  CLERK:    1222-31. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxvij,  No.  225.) 

Not  sit  oiml>5  cj  ego  E  p'or  M'it'?  1  eiusdem  loci  c'uent  dedim  1  c'ccssim  diuine 
pictatis  intiiitu  Gall'F  de  Mora  cl'ico  X  nir  stcrt  annuati  ap  M'ton  q"mdiu  uix'it  ad 
iiij"r  aiini  t'  psolueiidas  s.  ad  Nat'  diii  II  mr  1  dimid  ad  pascfi  II  mr  1  dim  ad  f''  S 
Johis  l>ap(  II  ui  rt  dim  ad  1  S  Mich  II  nir  t  dimid  sine  noficum  ap  int  sine  alibi 
inorain  1'uc'e  uolu'it  cu  habitu  scctari.  C'onccssim  1  ci  doniii  illam  I  qn  conu'si  nri 
man'e  solcbant  cu  gardino  ut  ibi  maneat  eu  sola  honesta  familia  sua  qn  nob"eu  moram 
fac'e  uoln'it  rt  hcbit  de  cellario  nro  duas  miclias  1  tres  galon  de  c'uisia  conueilt'  in  die 
't  de  co([iiina  sic  canoicus  plenaric  i  ofnib,  t  ad  cquos  suos  sex  p'bendar  c'muncs  i  die 
1  coc  foragiu  rt  stabulu  c'petens  tribus  cqnis  suis.  Concessim  1  uni  s'uientu  suo^  duos 
panes  in  die  scit  iinu  'p'keling  't  unu  pane  de  aula  1  alti  s'uientu  suo^  duos  pan  de 
aula  rt  illis  duo1>5  tres  gat  dc  tina  in  die  I  unu  f'culu  gen'ale  de  aula  t  alt'm  cj  dicity 
scdm  f'cnlu  de  aula.  Hee  ornia  hebnt  qn  mora  noBcu  I  curia  lira  fac'e  uolu'iut.  In  h' 
rei  test  sigilla  nrm  huic  sc'pto  apposuim9. 


LII. 

CORKEDY  TO  li.  TAPEVEL,  AS  SERVANT:   1222-31. 

(Cart,  fol.  cxvij  v.,  No,  230.) 

Notu  sit  oibus  qd  Ego  E  p'or  M'itofi  1  eiusde  loci  c'lient"  c'cessim9  E  Tapevcl 
c'siietum  corrediu  uni   can  i  domo  nra  de  M'ton  qmdiu  uix'it  1  x  sot  annuati  recipiend 


APPENDIX,   LIII — LVI.  XXXlii 

scil  ad  festu  sci  Mich  medietate  1  medietate  ad  pascha.  Ide  E  s'uiet  not)  in  s'uico 
honesto  qamdiu  pot'it  j?pt'  inf  mitate  ut  senctute  t  h'  fidetr  se  obs'naturu  i  capkto  nro 
tactis  sacroscis  jnrauit.  In  h9  r'  test'  p'seuti  sc'pto  sigillii  nrm  apposuimus. 


LIII. 

CORREDY  GRANTED  isy  THE  PRIORY  TO  WARIN,  THE  MKRCHAXT  :  1222-31. 

(Cart.,  ful.  cxviij,  Xo.  235.) 

Not  sit  omil>5  qd  ego  E  Prior  M'iton  1  c  c'cessim  Warino  m'catori  quoad  nix'it 
in  domo  nfa  qlllil)13  1  die  miclmm  una  panis  1  unu  f^alone  1  dimid  dc  c'uis  ponucnt  1 
unu  fjj'nalc  f'ctm  o'lientnalc  1  foragiu  c'niue  ad  cq"  suu  1  ad  op'  sii'iont  sui  nuii  ])ane 
de  aula  1  aliu  pane  q1  nocaf  riifige  1:  galone  unu  de  c'uis  q  nocaf  iiassnlur  1  c'panagiu 

sic  tit  nil9  garcionCi in  aula.     Et  in  h9  rci   tcstini  te  1  fi  p'dca  habeliit  qu 

morii  fac  in  doino  nra. 


LIV. 

GIFT  ISY  KING  HENRY  III  OF  OAKS  FROM  WINDSOR  FOREST  :  :UsT  JULY,   122o. 
(Rot.  Lit.  Clans.,  9  Hen.  Ill,  Kcc.  Oil.  Ed.,  II,  5-1.) 

Mandatu  cst  WiHo  dc  Coign'es  qd  hrc  faciat  Priori  do  McrtOM  do  dono  dfii  K 
sex  vet'a  robora  i  forcsta  de  Windlcs  nbi  c'pefncius  capi  possint  rt  ad  inin  nocunilu 
foreste  dni  R  ad  unu  rogu  faciendu  ad  opacbcm  ccctie  sue.  T.  R.  ap  Kingcston  xxxj 
die  Jnl.  Cora  Justic. 


LV. 

OF  THE  PRIOR  TO  SERFS:  1227. 
(Rot.  Lit.  Clans.,  11  Hen.  Ill,  m.  20  d.;  Ree.  Off.  Ed.,  II,  p.  207.) 

Surr.    Prior  de  Mertoii  attor  Philip  de  Hamme  c'a  Walt  fit  Philip  1:  IIui>  frem  suu 
1  Philip  de  Obset  1  Elyam  fit  Alard  qnos  idc  P'or  die  natives  snos. 


LVI. 

GIFT  BY  KINO,  HENRY  III  OF  OAKS  FOR  THE  CHURCH:    HTII  DECEMBER,  1227. 
(Close  Roll,  12  Henry  III,  m.  14.) 

Mand  est  H  de  Nevill  qd  hre  faciat  Priori  de  Mertoii  x  qrc9  i  foresta  de  Ganct 
ad  fabrica  ecctie  sue  dc  dono  dni  H.     T.  R.  apud  Crok  xiiij  Dec. 

*E 


XXXIV  APPENDIX,    LVII,    LVIII. 

LVII. 

GRANT  BY  PRIORY  TO  JOHN  DE  TINEMWE,  CLERK,  OF  EXHIBITION  FOR  SIXTEEN 
YEARS  FOR  STUDY  IN  ENGLAND  OR  ABROAD  :   29Tn  NOVEMBER,  1228. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxxxij  v.,  No.  294.) 

Omib5  has  lit'as  nisuris  11}  audituris  E  p'or  M'ton  t  ei'd  loci  c'uet'  et'na  in  dno 
salt.  Nou'it  nnincrsitas  uras  qd  nos  unnnimi  c'slisnt  uoluntate  toci  capti  nri  caritatis 
intuitu  1  p'tioe  mag?i  Th  do  Tineinwc  c'cessim  1  donauim  Jofi  de  Tinerawe  ctico 


ad  line  xvi  anno£  copleto^  dims  marcus  p  annii  ad  scolas  in  Anglia  ex'ceudas  eid  hiis 
t'niinis  exoluendis  ad  festii  sci  Micti  x  sot  ad  natali  dni  x  sot  ad  pascha  d'mid  m" 
l)iel>5  pnsclmlib^  rt  antupnalibj  nt  aliis  tepib,  natationii  si  id  Johes  ad  domii  nram  de 
M'ton  uclit  dcclinurc  infra  iam  dcos  xvi  aunos  ipm  rccolligom  1  sic  nnii  de  nostris 
exhiberi  faeicm  1  i  ueslifiilis  egeat  pniduliini  .  Si  no  c'tingat  dcin  J.  ca.  studii  ncllc 
fansmigrare  quo^  anno  infra  dcni  t'niinu  dco  J.  int;'nsmarinis  ta  stndii  existnti  p  toci9 
anni  exlubicoe  iij  ina  dari  fucioni  .  Libros  no  logalcs  dcc'ta  T:  dcc'tales  magri  Tfi  de 
Tineinwc  cii  suinis  rt  oils  legality  postq"  tunplius  nti  eisd  uoln'it  dcs  Tfi  de  Tincmwc 
tradenf  dco  J.  ad  totii  nila  snam  p'stito  p'us  i"amto  a  dco  J.  qd  dcos  libros  n  alicnabit 
S3  cos  ad  usii  suu  fidct  obscnmbit.  Et  si  c'tingat  eu  nelle  ced'e  nt  decedcrc  ipos  libros 
intcgrtr  rcstitnet  donini  de  M'ton.  Qni  p  uisu  capti  de  Mert  sub  dca  forma  tradcnf 
alicui  bono  scoluri  jianpi  1  in  scolis  dilignti  1  q"diu  dnrure  posst  dci  libri  it  tenor 
seniet1'  i  ei.<d.  Et  in  kui  rei  testiiii  bc  sc'pto  sigillu  nnn  apposuim  ,  .Si  no  c'tigerit. 
qd  dcs  J.  ex  cui  q^  largitione  sen  pia  .puisione  bnticin  ali(jd  sit  adept  ex  quo  possit  i 
scolis  idonce  snstiitari  1  stndifi  exercere  ex  eo  tprc  relaxabimn  ...  .ex  h'  dono 
nc  eid  J.  in  sup'  sc'[)ta  c'cessione  erinius  obligati.  Temp  aut  ho^  xvi  anuo£  de  quib^ 
mencio  snpr  lea  ?  incep  in  nigilia  sci  Audrcc  apti  pxima  post  dccessn  bone  memorie 
Eustacfi  Epi  Loud.  Vatl. 


LVIII. 

ASSIGNMENT  BY  HENRY,  PRIOR  OK  MEUTON,  TO  RICHARD,  VICAR  OF  KINGSTON, 
OF  A  FIXED  PART  OF  THE  EMOLUMENTS  OF  THE  LIVING  :    1231-3H. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxxj  r.,  No.  262.-) 

Oiiiilij  has  tras  visiiris  vt  audifis  II.  P'or  MftoFi  T;  eiusde  loci  convet'  ePna 
in  dno  Satt.  Consiil^ata  ditli  not)  Kici  vicarii  nri  de  Kyngston  bonestate  1  allccoc 
qam  idS  erga  nos  t  nri  juris  cnstodia  haetcnus  huit  T:  Iposrum  fiuitetis  est  nos  ipi 
devoconc  T:  intuitu  volentes  erig'Je  simt  eu  vicaria  qua  a  lougis  ret"  tpil)3  p  Epm 
ordiuata  idc  in  autectca  ecetia  asseent  est  ijii  gram  intendim  fnfe  spalem.  Nos 
g1  nnanimi  capitli  uri  cseusn  T:  voluntate  eidc  K.  concedim  1  assigam  s1  In  sno 
ppetno  habend  xxh  solid  aiiuos  q°s  ipe  de  obvencbibj  (Ice  ecctie  noB  p  aiiu  reddle 
csucvit.  Similr  1  cide  decimas  sex  molendinorf  in  pochia  de  Kyngeston  I  tpe  quo  fca 
fuit  h  ccessio  csf'cta  erant  in  cade  poeliia.  Qnor'  scitt  deeimas  ad  cstimac'oe  xiju  sot 


APPENDIX,    LIX,    LX.  XXXV 

eide  assiguam  p'dca  1  eide  assignam9  i  estimacoe  sex  solid.  Ilhul  qd  quida  f'marii 
uoB  p  anu  reddfe  csuevut  dc  qatuor  g'gitib,  i  clca  pochin  cxistentibv  Assigam  t 
eide  oblacocs  duarp  festivitaP  in  ecctia  do  Kyngeston  scitt  pcntecosr1  1  dcdieacois  cj  dc 
ccctic.  In  diraid  marc  estimacoe.  Ad  li  1  eide  assig*ni  q'lideci  sot  t  qatuor  denaf 
s'  reddeudos  p  manu  cellarii  nri  ad  Pmine  pascn.  Ilanc  g'  assig:lcbe  sup  ptictariP 
desigatam  q  insimt  1  totatr  csid?ata  sexnginta  solidorf  nuirlu  pficit  T:  adimplet  voluni 
1  ccedim  qd  jamclcs  K.  s1  habcat  1  teneat  in  suo  ppetuo  lite  1  (['etc  sii  molestia  aut 
cadictoe  1  casdem  porcoues  scdm  qd  i  indcis  rob,  s1  cstitutc  sut  angeat  T;  s'  .subiciat  ad 
iiiccnitu  ita  1  qd  ad  lesioue  iiram  i  aliis  qia  uuc  nri  juris  st  vt  fuFis  t])il)i  de  novo  f flint 
c»tuenda  in  <Jea  pocliia  lira  niau^n  ii  extendat  nc  ptextu  sup'ldmtc  assigcois  p'sit  jus 
aliq5  (Jtcndere  vt  s1  ali(i"ton  vendicare  Ut,  aut  ti  nfa  cccssio  sit  rt  firina  liuic  sc'pto 
sigillu  capitli  nri  duxim  appendendu. 


LIX. 

COKKEDY    GRANTED    BY    THE    PlSIOUY    TO    IvOMERT    1>E    BORLAND  :     12;)l-8. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxix  c.,  No.  246.) 

Not  sit  611^5  qd  ego  II.  p'or  M'ton  't  ci  d  loci  c'  (.''cessini  Eotjfo  dc  Bokland 
c'suet  corrcdiu  uni  can  pcipi'  toto  tnipe  uitc  sue  du  fu'it  iuf"  septa  e°ic  lire  cu  si  t'ifit 
ex*  septa  ccie  lire  i  s'uico  nro  cocessim  eide  corrediu  ad  viitucia  corredii  uni  can 
cocessim  1  Seyve  ux  sue  p  nuiiqaqs  cbdonr1  <i:ldiu  ipa  uix'it  C'.s  panes  dc  pane  q'  die1' 
inicha  eanoicoij  1  qatuor  galnnes  dc  e'uis  q1'  die1'  c'uis  militu  rt  unoq"^  die  f'eliini  iinii 
de  coq'na  lira  sic  uni  de  s'uicntili;  ccie  in:e.  Ita  scit  <[,  p'dci  KoU'l  rt  Seyua  not)  in 
s'uico  honesto  infa  septa  c('ie  nre  ut  exn  si  not)  placu'it  fidett  s'uient.  Kt  ita  <jd 
si  p'dca  Scyua  I  aliq™  min  fidctr  de  net'  sc  liucrit  un  counia  possit  nos  ipi  ex  liic  in 
nllo  tciicbim  .  Predci  Uotit''  t  Seyua  uotu  castitatis  publice  eniiteutes  1  do  puiilctes 
tactis  s»c°scis  jurav'ut  toto  tpo  uite  sue  ,p  sua  possibtitate  i  domo  nfa  se  lidetr 
s'uic'os  et  si  amodo  aliqam  qstu  in  bonis  1'ee'int  empalib;  illd  tot  domui  life  saltin 
dimittot  1  q'et.  Et  si  forte  all  eo£  ut  uf'q^  ad  e'nale  cohtaeoem  e'il  li  voti  rt  [iniissiois 
emissioem  rcdire  volu'it  ex  illo  tpe  in  utto  eisd  tcncbim  .  In  cui  rei  t  le. 


LX. 

CONCOKI)    IN    CUKIA    IlEfilS    WITH    THE    AlUlEY    OF    ClIEHTSKY    COXCEKXIXG    THE 

COMMON  PASTURE  AT  SUTTON  :  19-rn  JTLY,  123;!. 
(Pedes  Finiuni,  17  Hen.  IJI,  Surrey,  No.  167.) 

Hee  est  finat  coucordia  fca  in  Cur  Dni  Ke§  apct  Wcstiii  a  die  Sci  Johis  Bapt  in 
q'ndici  dies  auno  regui  Eeg-  Ilenf  filii  Reg  Johis  septimo-dccimo  Cora  Witto  de  Eat 
Eobto  do  Sexuiton  Witto  de  Ebojs  Eadto  de  Norwic  Ada  fit  Witti  1  Witto  de  Sco 
Edmundo  Justic  1  aliis  dni  Reg  fidelib5  tuc  ibi  p'sntib5  Int*  Heiir  Priorem  M'iton 


XXXVI  APPENDIX,    LXI,    LXII. 

querente  1  Alanum  AEbem  dc  Certesey  deforcieute  p  Radhn  do  Certesey  positu  loco 
suo  nd  lucrndum  vel  pdendu  de  coinune  pasture  ipius  P'oris  in  Sutton  usq^  ad  qddam 
fossata  qd  vocaf  Middcldich.  Qua  cofnuno  pasture  idem  Prior  exigebat  ab  code  Ablie 
racone  t'rarij  1:  tcnomtor£  quo  idem  Prior  tenet  de  feodo  de  Kersaulton  et  undo  plaeitu 
fuit  int  cos  in  eadni  curia.  Suit  qd  {ides  Abbas  reeognovit  t  cocessit  p  set  successor!!^ 
bins  qd  idem  Prior  1  successores  sui  rieant  comuue  pasture  in  Sutton  ubiq^  ubi  hoines 
dc  Kersaulton  coinunicat  scdm  qiiantitatein  t'rar£  t  tencnito^  quo  ide  P'or  habet  vel 
ticrc  pot'it  dc  feodo  dc  Kersaulton  sine  impcdiniento  ipius  Abtis  1  succcssoij  suoS 
ippetuii.  Et  p  hilc  reeognicbc  eonccssioc  fine  1  concordia  Idem  Prior  remisit  ct  (j'ctu 
uliimavit  de  sc  rt  successoribj  suis  1  ccctia  sua  de  M'tuii  ifn  ABbi  t  sucocssoribs  suis 
rt  ccctic  sue  dc  Certesey  omia  dapua  (juo  liuit  p  districtoem  ci  fuam  p  pMca  comuue 
pasture  us<j^  iu  die  quo  lice  cocordia  fca  fuit. 


LXJ. 

GIFT  OK  WINK  r.v  Kixc;  HEXKV  III:    1  TTII  JAXUAUV,  1236. 
(Kol.  Lit.  Clans.,  20  Hen.  Ill,  m.  18.) 

Maud  csl  Jolii  de  Calofiie  (jd  de  vinis  ij  in  pxiiuo  cmpt^s  est  ad  op    II  fae  tire 
P'ori  dc  M'etoii  unu  doliu  vini  VVascon  de  doiio  K.  T.  K.  up  Morton  xxvij  die  Jan. 


LXII. 

PKKCEPX    TO    TIIK   SUKHIFF   IN  THE  MATTER  OK  THE  DISPUTE  CONCERNING  THE 
PATRONAGE  or  THE  CHAPEL  OF  KOPLEV  :    1236-37. 

(Abbrcr.  J'lac.,  21  lien.  Ill,  rot.  27  d.  :  Roc.  Off.  Ed.,  p.  113.) 

Precept  fuit  vie  qd  amoveri  faeeret  laicii  vim  p  qua  homines  prioris  de  Merlon 
obscssi  sut  in  capella  dc  Roppet  ita  qd  liThim  habcat  ingressfi  rt  egress  in  candc  eapella 
en  voluorit.  Precept  ecoifl.  fuit  eide  vie  qd  pon'et  p  vad  1  salvos  pleg  oiiies  illos  qui 
homines  jjdiet  prioris  in  pMiet  eapella  contra  pace  Dm  Keg  obsederut  deesse  cor  Dno 
reg  tc  ad  respond  dc  p'diet  violentia.  Pretere^  pVept'  fuit  eide  vie  qd  attacri  p  salvos 
pleg  magistrii  Albericu  officialem  archidi  Wynton  deesse  eor  Dno  Reg  tc  ad  respond 
quare  contulit  ]Alict  capella  t  in  ea  psona  instituit  contra  clam9  Diii  Reg  qd  in 
advocacone  cjusdO  capelle  j)osuit  racone  epatus  Wynton  vacantis  1  in  man9  ipsi'  Dfii 
Reg  cxistentis.  Et  vie  mandavit  qd  non  fuit  invcnta  laica  vis  t  qd  magist9  Alberic9 
non  habuit  Jsiicu  fcodu  ncc  voluit  invenirc  pleg.  Et  quia  tcstat  fuit  qd  ctici  obsederut 
holes  p'dicti  prioris  in  p'diet  capella  p'eept  fuit  vie  qd  amoveri  fac9  oinem  vim  tarn 
ctieo^  qua  laieojj  p  qua  te  ita  qd  HBura  habcat  Ic.  Et  qd  habcat  corpora  oinium 
illo£  qui  homines  pdict  prioris  in  pMict  capella  obsederut  contra  pace  tc  cor  dno  Reg 
to  a  die  1c  ad  respond  de  p'dict  violenc  . 


APPENDIX,    LXIII — LXV.  XXXVH 

LXIII. 

CORREDY  OF  A  CANON  GRANTED'  TO  RoGEK  THE  CHAPLAIN  :  1238--18. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxij,  No.  382.) 

Nolu  sit  oiiiil>5  qd  ego  Rob'ttis  p'or  M'iton  T:  eiusde  loci  coiiuctus  conccssim  dno 
Rog'o  cappto  qd  ipe  quoad  uix'it  pcipiat  de  domo  nfa  do  M'iton  q"lib,  die  unfi  pane 
qui  iiocntnr  micha  coiuient'  1  uiiu  pane  qni  uocaf  pani.s  dc  capita  1:  Una  pane  qui 
uocaf  paiii.s  de  aula  1  duos  galoncs  de  c'uisia  coueut  T  uiiu  galouc  de  ilia  c'ui.sia 
quo  uocatur  c'uisia  militu  t  uiiu  f'culu  de  eo  quod  uocatur  geu'alc  coiinct9  cfi  potagio. 
Et  in  omibi  festis  <iuo  p  more  duplicia  cclebftutnr  iu  ecca  de  M'iton  quo  conuet9  fit  duo 
iju'uliii  f'culii  de  uno  gu'ali  conuCtus  habebit  unu  f'culu  1  de  alio  gu'ali  coueut 
habebit  aliud  f'eulu  t  ad  s'uietcin  suu  uuu  fculu  de  eo  ((nod  iiouiitiir  p'inu  feulu 
gcn'alc  de  aula  et  aliud  f'culu  de  co  quod  uocatur  scdm  de  aula.  1'rel'ca  in  omib; 
festis  p'me  T:  scde  dignitatis  <juo  couuetus  fit  tria  tju'alia  f'eula  dc  ((uoli;  illoi  iju'aliu 
pcipiet  unu  f'cnlu  1  qatuor  diel)^  iu  anno  habebit  uuu  uidel;  die  uatalis  dni  nnu 
potellu  die  pasche  uuu  potcllu  die  assupcbis  lieate  marie  uuu  potellu  die  pcutecost' 
unu  potellu.  Pret'ca  habcbit  q"lib5  anno  poiidus  trium  lifi^  de  easco  et  a  festivilate 
oini  scoj  usq^  ad  purificacon  bcate  marie  habebit  vij  candolas  dc  se[i'  q"I;  ebdonioda. 
Et  habcbit  cofiic  foragiu  dom  nrc  ad  unu  equfi  .si  liabu'it  iu  doiuo  lira.  Pret'ea 
qamdiu  iu  domo  lira  maiicbit  de  M'ilou  ill  inan'e  disposu'it  illaui  domu  assig;lini'  ci  ad 
maiiCdu  ad  cui  edificacom  copctCtc  port'oin  de  pp'ii  pccuuiii  apponit.  Et  scicucl  qd 
uicliil  supadcto^  pcipiet  nciio  psouatr  i'u'it  iucuria  lira  de  M'ilou  qiio  absens  fu'it 
dccus  R  us<k  aduetu.  Ad  R  duin  in"  ueiiiat  q  c'auotata  silt  s.  unu  pane  de  capHa  rt 
uuu  pane  de  aula  1  unu  galoue  de  e'uisia  militu  'I  p'uiu  f'eulu  rt  sccuiidu  f'culu  dc 
aula  pcipiet. 

LXIV. 

GIFT  01    WINE  uv  Kixu  HKXKY  111 :    19'nt  DKCEMUF.I!,  12-10. 
(Rot.  Lit   Clans.,  2,3  Henry  111,  m.  17.) 

Maudatum  cst  cafiar  R  Loud  qd  libari  facial  vic''5  Loud  duo  dolia  viui  carianda 
usq,  Morton.     T.  R.  apnd  Wiudl  xix  die  Dec. 


LXV. 

TESTIMONIAL  OF  THE  HIGH  REPUTE  AND  WORKS  OF  EDMUND,  LATE  ARCHBISHOP 
OF  CANTERBURY  :   25TH  SEPTEMBER,  12-11. 

(Archives  of  the  Peres  de  St.  Edmc,  Pontigny,  No.  16.) 

Patri  suo  clemeutissimo  1  dno  senip  rev'endo  di  gra  sumo  poutifici  frum  monast'ii 
de  M'tona  ordinis  sci  aug'tini  Roli't    humil    minist    ac  ejusdcm  loci  c'vcnt    q1  scrap 


XXXV1U  APPENDIX,    LXV. 

bumil  1  devot  devota  pcduin  oseta  bcatojj.  Qumvis  s'citatem  v'ram  felicis  recordatiois 
ven'abilis  p'r  E  Cant9  archiepi  univ'sa  fidelium  plebe  pclamante  vita  beata  finis 
beatior  ac  ei9de  act9  1  m'ita  noB  credim9  lat'e  qui  ve9  luc'na  crat  noB  absconsa  sub 
modio  s^  sup  caudelab£  poita  omibj  q1  i  domo  erant  luce  elaruit  p'fulgcnti  vmqr 
se'ptum  est  clama  neccsses  ro  sufficientes  ipm  ad  plenii  c'mendare  qs  suo£  c'mdant 
m'ito£  p'mia  tain  ut  cum  q'  fide  1  ope  gl'osus  cxtitit  gloriosi  ven'emur  i  t'ris 
q'  ut  credim9  diis  nr  vit9  sccte  snofc  gloriosissime  collocare  dignat9  e  i  eel9  no  solum 

99 

div'sa  miraclo£  gria  q  p'iisqam  migravit  a  scto  dum  audivim  t  firmit  credim  pro 
co  fecissc  Si  qd  dc  fco  scim  T;  oc'lata  fide  vidim  testamur.  Nam  id  vcu'abil  pr 
an  qui  tbeologie  public  rector  existcret  p  aiinu  rt  ampli  i  domo  nra  ingit  morabaf  et 
p'ea  p  longum  tfie  q"  uu  ex  nris  scpi  iutravit  1  cxivit  q£  q'dam  frum  nro<5  i  ipius 
scis  valdc  delectabant*  colloquiis  1  fovebantur  c'siliis  c'n'sationem  ipius  incflabilit 
adiuvautcs,  nil  i  miindo  c'u'sans  miitid  c'culcav'at  t  ctate  juvcnis  q°soB  seuex  fide 
doct'na  sco  c'silio  cxcedebat  t  ([d  mirabte  dcu  vit  sctario£  gradiens  no  solum  religios 
s;  eciam  forma  loci  religionis  iut  nos  vidcbat'".  Erat  cni  I  Iectionib5  1  mcditationibj 
assiduus  I  or  one  dcvotissim  scmp  i  iciuuiis  T:  vigiliis  c'tinuns  boram  nllam  matutina<5 
dorniicndo  ]>'iiens  s^  ad  omis  noBcum  qm  dcdit  c?c"iS  accedens.  Nee  solnm  gcst 
cxt'iorcs  religionis  gcrebat  s,  eciam  sccretissimos  q"s  spu  sco  dedisc'at  p'tcndebat 
clavcui  scilicet  loci  religionis  hoib,  qr  sed';  in  t'rm  cum  ocut  propogaverat  ut,  q'dam 
frcin  p  annu  ei  i  msa  mistraiitem  minima  cognosc'et.  E([iiid  (jualitas  dc  v'tute  i 
v'tutem  ccl'it  cxc'vit.  I't  dni  deoi  i  Syon  vidcrct  no  solum  nob  s,  oiiiibs  enituit. 
Idco  brevit  de  sea  ipius  c'u'satoiie  dixini  omiltcndo  ineffabile  bonitate  ei  qm  multi 
1'ritm  al>  cod  oculis  vidcrut  1  pccp'uut  et  <[illit  dus  m'itis  ipius  q'  amavim  i  t'ris  p't 
morte  opal  sil  brevi  stilo  pstriiigim  .  Acccdit  cni  psqiii  idem  sauct  carnis  ergastulum 
est  cg'ssus  (jd  q'dam  canonic  ex  fribs  ufs  <['ii(jugenari  cni  noiii  Johes  morbo  palitico 
gravit'  p'cussus  v'tute  mel)ro^  1  actu  penit'  destitut  ita  (|d  (jdam  mcdici  q'  ad  cum 
accesscrat  curandi  causa  ieurabtcm  cum  crcdcbant.  Cuncj,  q'dam  ex  fr'ib,  nris  (j*  cum 
eo  crat  i  domo  infirmn£  audicutes  (["lit  dus  scm  suum  gl'ificavit  I  cct  T:  mirificavit 
i  t'ris  p  eo  deum  m'itis  iam  dci  glosi  archip  sul  dcp'cabantur.  Et  qiii  desid'ium 
paupiim  suo<5  exaudit  de  a  desid'io  suo  116  suut  fraudati  nam  post  paucos  dies 
iuteg'ni  ide  frat  assccut  o  sanitate.  Cum  q<^  pdcus  sanct  iut  nos  i  vita  sna 
boncstissimc  T;  seissime  c'v'sationis  cxistens  tanti  miracnli  ac  alio^  plnrimu  v'tute 
refulgntibj  i  sc  m'itis  morib5  ac  vita  cornsca\9it  scitati  vre  placeat  ad  houorem  t  gliam 
cecHc  see  dni  1  glose  scmp  v'ginis  marie  euud  I  seo^  cathologo  c'numorarc.  U t  quem 
dcus  glorificavit  I  cells  vcn'ari  dcbeam  in  t'ris  ad  eiusdem  dni  nri  t  univ'sal  ecctie 
gt'am  't  honorem.  Ecctie  suo  see  pastorcm  c'sertiet  vos  omuipotcns  p  tp'a  longa. 
Uat  aimo  gre  M"CC°  qnadragcsimo  primo  die  Jovis  pxima  p't  festum  saucti  Mathie. 


APPENDIX,    LXVI,    LXVI*.  XXxix 

LXVI. 

RETURN  OF  THE  SHERIFF  OF  SURREY  OF  FINES  DUE  FROM  THE  PRIORY:  1242-43. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxxiiij  v.,  No.  279.) 

Anno  /  i'9  II  fil9  Reg"  Jofiis  xxvij8  reddidit  Rads  de  Camoys  uie9  SUIT  copot  do 
ij  mrc  de  ptib5  am'ciam'tis  Radi  do  Ho.  Et  do  dimid  mrc  de  decena  ci  de  Radi  qr  no 
tinit  qiii  pt.  Et  de  dim  mr  de  Amic  do  Tuncstatt  p  noiia  diss.  Et  de  dim  mrc  de 
Gilb'to  Malhbc  dim  mrc  p  q°dam  fugito.  Et  do  dim  mfc  de  decena  Gilb'tl  Godoni 
p  fugito.  Et  de  dim  mrc  de  decena  Stephi  Carito  ,p  i'ngito.  Et  de  xiij  s  t  viij  d  do 
catallis  ei'd  fugiti.  Et  de  dini  mrc  de  Wiilt'o  de  Leye  p  fiisg'.  Et  de  dini  mrc  do 
doccn  do  Tulcswrth  p  dof.  Et  de  diiii  mrc  de  Rog'o  do  Rigwd  p  dcf.  Et  do  x  s  do 
Gilb'to  de  Cudington  p  fusg'.  Et  de  v  mr  de  Witto  do  Bnckenbale  do  fine  p  trnsg'. 
Et  de  v  mr  do  Witto  do  Buckenbalo  do  tine  p  trnsg'.  Et  de  dini  mrc  do  Stcptio  rt 
Henr  Willoc  p  pl'eg".  Et  do  nn:i  mrc  de  Witto  do  hi  1'iirra  qr  no  hnit  Id.  Et  do 
x  s  de  Adam  Crcu  p  fnsg1. 


LXVI*. 
RETURN  OF  LANDS,  &o.,  ISELONCIIXG  TO  THE  PRIORY:  c.  1212. 

(Cart.,  i.  cxxv,  No.  2S1.) 

T  Reddit   ilom   M'ton 
T.  Snrrcya.     De  Morton 

De  Ewcllo 

Emma  de  Bntoillcs  xx"  sol  die  sci  Michael 
Mcldon  .  do  t'ra  Ade  Blundi  iiij"r  sol  ad  festii  sci  Mich 
Kyngeswnd 
Gatton 
Langset 

T'ra  Ailric  ile  la  Lake  iij  d  ad  fcsl"  sci  Micfi 
Selwnd  .  In  pificacoc  Be  Mar  x  sol  1  in  assnmpcoe  ci  d  x  sol 
It  Selwnd 
Feccham 

Molciuliu  de  la  Hale 

Polesdcn  .  T'ra  ij  sot  ad  festnm  ominm  sco^  p  manu  Witti  Juiicu 
It  Polesden  .  In  f"  sci  Thorn  Apli  xij  d 
Adam  Drogo 
Estedo 

Pachenesham  .  xxtl  sot  die  s  Mich 
Bercwellc 
Mnlcseya 


.\1  APPENDIX,    LXV1*. 

T.  Surreyu  : — Westinnleseya 
Ilau'kesham 
Ymewurth 
Dittoii 

Ecetia  de  Dittoii 
Ecctia  de  Longa  Dittoii  xx11  sot  ad  Pasch  1  ad  fest9  sci  Michi  p  man  magri 

Nich  dc  Farnha 

Yicaria  de  Kyngest'  xx*1  sot  ad  dcos  t'mios  p  man  Alani  uicar 
Kyngesloii 

Ilaccho  .  xxj  s  rt  iiij  d  ad  pasha  1  ad  f   sci  Mich 
Ecetia  cii  t'ra  de  Schenes  xx'1  sot  ad  dcos  t'mios 
T'rn  del  hoe  v  sot  ad  fcst    sci  Mich  p  inanii  Johis  del  hoc 
Talewurth  .   de   t'ra  vij   sot   ad   pascti  1  ad  f*  sci   Micfi  p  manu  Rici  de 

Wilesdon  ij  s  p  nmiiii  Rog'i  fil   Iltigelin  v  sot 
Wendleswurth 

DC  Simon  ditto  iij  s  ad  pasch  1  ad  t'cstii  sci  Mich 
Quoddani  p'tmn   ibidem  xviij  d     In  ad  uiucla  bi  Peti. 
Eeclia  de  C'lopham  .   Infirmar 
T'ra  de  Toting  .   C'am'ur 
Ecetia  dc  Aulton  vj  m1'1 
De  ten'tib,  in  Aulton  iij    sot  1  iiij  d  ad  pasch  1  ad  i    sci  Micli  1  in  diic 

xij  d 

Waletofi  .  de  c°t'ta  ij  d  ad  festy  sci  Johis  Bamloii.     T'ra  refecto^ 
Ecetia  de  Cudintoii  xx'1  s  ad  pasch  1  ad  f   sci  Mich  p  man  magri  Rob'li 
T'ra  de  Cudingtoii  xvj  d  ad  iiijor  t'mios  p  man  Jnon  ctici 
Warlingham  .  de  t'ra  v  s  ad  f   sci  Mich  p  man  Johis  le  Croes 
Tcnrugg  .  dc  t'ra  t  molndin  xl  sot  t  .    .  .    .  d  ad  f   s  Joh  t  ad  Natat  p  man 

Odonis  de  C"hurst 

Cruhurst    .  dc  t'ra  v  sot  ud  fest   sci  Mich  p  man  Godiue  uidne 
Sellingci'eud  .  Dc  t'ra  v  s  ad  f  sci  Mich  p  man  Agnet'  uidue 
Blescinget  .  dc  Burgag  vj  s  ad  f"  sci  Mich  p  man  tenentiu 
Tnleswurth  .  de  ten'entil>5 
Dlggeliurst    .  de  t'ra 

Guldeford  .  de  domo  iij  s  ad  iiatat  t  ad  test9  s  Johis  p  man  Ailric  fil9  Edward 
Ecctie  de  Guldeford  .   Cam'ar 

Ecetie  de  Ywehnrst   .    Ix  s  ad  pasch  1  ad  f  s  Mich  p  Dionis  cticiim 
Kngbne    .   x  s  ad  fest9  sci  Johis  t  ad  natat  apd  M'eton  p  Petr9  fil9  Pet1 
Holebroc  .  dc  t'ra  dimid  mc  ad  f   sci  Johis  p  Osb'tum  de  Holebroc 
Miccham  .  do  t'ra  q  fnit  Witti  de  Walton  v  5  ad  f9  sci  Mich  p  man  Witti 

Marescalli  t  berednm  sno^ 
Effingeham  .  ij  mcl      Cam'ar 
Osellingeha  .  v  sot  ad  f9  s  Mich 


APPENDIX,    LXVI*.  xli 

Cane.       Molcndin  de  Geuewit  jm  ad  f9  sci  Mich  1  ad  Pasch  p  man  Rog'i  de  geneford 
Craya  .  de  molendiuo  xx°  sot- ad  iiijor  t'mios  p  Phillippu  molndn 
Stitton  .  de  ten'entibs 
Horton  .  de  t'ra  1  pato  xx"  sot  ad  pasch  1  ad  f'  sci  Mich  p  Riccu   do 

Miissenden  1  hedii  suojs  1  de  menemed  pound  vj  d  ad  f   sci  Mich 
.  Dcrteford  .  de  pato  xviij  d  ad  pasch  1  ad  I  sci  Mich  p  man  Edceliri  Kob'ti 

Hiir  fil"  Ade  de  la  Gore 

Eynesford  .  de  t'ra  1  p*to  j  mc  ad  iiij"*  t'mios  p  man  Cecit  de  Gcceners 
G'obeham  .  de  ten'tibs  iiij"1'  s  t  ij  d  ad  iiijor  t'mios  1  duas  gallinas  ad  natat  1 

p  t'ra  ilia  Hiirico  de  Cobeham  xj  sot  1  viij  d  aumios 
Graucnet  .  de  salina  nich  q5  p'paratur 
Douoria  .  de  molndiuo  nich  q5  omino  pstatur 

Ecctia,  de  Burn  xx1'  m"  ad  pasch  1  ad  festii  sci  Mich  p  inafi  Juoii  ctici 
Ecctia  dc  Ilardres  xl  s  ad  eosd  t'mios  p  man  magri  Simon  de  Talinton 
Eeetia  de  Kibers  ij  mci  1  dimid  ad  eostlem  t'mios  pet'm  de  Sauseton 
Tunebnigge  .  dc  t'ra  dc  Hauckeswurth  xx*1  5  ad  dcos  t'mios  p  man  Witti 

Sprot 

T'ra  Jxichot  c'nersi  v  s  ad  cosd  t'mios  p  man  Baldewin  ctici 
T'ra   Mauric    de   Ocket  xviij  d  ad   f    sci   Mich  p  man  cid  Baldewin  1  ad 

claudeildO  pen  comit9  xij  d.     De  t'ra  qm  Kog'ns  de  Tunebriig^  dedit 

iiich  q^  Johs  fil    Simouis  hes  ill    t're  est  in  Warda  llugon  de  Pekham 

q'  de  redditu  ij  s  recipaude  t  illu  deforc 

Snud'her  .  de  t'ra  Esgar9  molndiu9  iiij"r  s  ad  iiij"1'  t'mios  peiuid 
De  t'ra  Johis  ad  fontcm  ij  s  ad  eosd  t'mios  T;  p  enndc 
De  t'ra  Lioueis  xx*1  d  ad  eosde  t'mios  rt  ij  galliu   ad  Xatat  1  p  eimde 
Lullingeston  .  de  molcndin  .  nich  q5  uenditur 
Pechle  .  de  vj  s  t  t'l)3  deuar  reddit   q"s  Basit  de  Cnston  dedit  2\ich  q5  Hugo 

peissim  mtto  tpe  rcdditum  illu  deforc 

Sutton  .  de  tcn'tibj  lix  s  ad  iiij"r  t'mios.     De  Ilospitalar  j  mc  ad  eosdm  t'mios 
De  Eustachio  de  Sutton  vj  d  ad  f'  sci  Mich.     De  Stepho  de  schafcya  ij  s  ad 

eundm  t'min 

Sussex.     Cicestr  .  De  Rob'to  capttno  comit   Arundett  vij  d  p  anum 

Dunekenton  .  de  molendino  do  Bikcwctt  xviij  s  ad  pasch  1  ad  f9  sci  Mich  p 

mainim  Laur  Arcur 

Tortinton  .  de  canoicis  p  decima  de  Tigcham  ij  3  in  octaii  sci  Mich  ap  M'iton 
Preston  .  de  molendino  de  Cu\vemed  ij  s  ad  f   sci  Johis  p  man  dcojj  canoicoji 
De  j  acre  t're  in  P'ston  xij  d  p  manu  Eiiie  de  Haugelton 
Ferring    .  de  t'ra  xv  s  ad  Natat  1  ad  f'  sci  Johis  p  maii  Witti  de  Friers 
Bradewat'e  .  de  salina  .  nich  q^  mare  earn  dcuastauit 
Cumbes  .  de  t'ra  vj  mcl  1  dimid  ad  iiijur  t'mios  p  man  Gilib'ti  de  Benchesham 
Punig  .  de  moleudin  .  nich  q5  Mich  de  Ptming  mtto  fpe  reddit  deforo* 

*F 


Xlii  APPENDIX,    LXV1*. 

Sussex : — 

Pcing  .  de  inolendiii  ij  5  inf11  octaii  sci  Michi  ap  M'itoii  p  Wittm  agnilim 

Ouiudenn  .  do  t'ra  xx'1  s  ad  natat  t  ad  f9  sci  Johis  p  man  Richt 

Cliitingct  .  do  ten'tibs  xiiij  s  ad  Pasch  t  ad  f9  sci  Mich 

Sorttuol   .  dc  t'ra  iij  s  ad  f   sci  Mieti  p  man  Alex  de  Sortnol 

Ilertfeld  .  de  xxx  d  nnnuis  ex  dono  Hug  de  Fokantoii  .  nich  q3  hes  ei9  inf* 

elate  1  c  in  cnstodia  Walt'i  de  Wiliuton  q'  reddit  deforc9 
De  Rob'to  de  Deuton  ij  s  ad  f9  sci  Mich  t  ad  Pasch 

Wiltesur.     Crickelad  .  de  t'ra  Ixx  s.     Sac'ste. 

Eblcsburn  .  do  t'ra  iij  s  ad  pasch  ap  M'iton  p  Wnlfric  fil   Alic 

Aldinton   .  de  t'ra  xxu  sot  ad  pasen  1  ad  fest9  sci  Mich  p  IJoJ  fil9  Witti  de 

Ecctia  do  Sinn'forct  xl  s  ad  eosdm  t'mlos  p  man  magri  Ph  [Wilhopp 

Dorescf.     Ecctia  dc  Cinnbc  .   Ca'inar  rt  t'ra 
Ecctia  de  Lulleswiirth  .  Cam'af 

It  Lulle.swiirlh   .  do  t'ra  viij  s  ad  pasefi  t  ad  f'  sci  Micti  p 
Ecctia  de  Turin  ton  .   xl  s  ad  cnsdem  t'inios  p  man  magri  Ilnmfr 
]>era  .   de  molndin  x  s  ad  eosdc  t'inios  j)  monach  dc  I5inend 
Bradeforde   .  de  moleiid  ad  eosdc  t'mios.     Infirmar 
Wintburii  .  clc  t'i-a  j"11'  ad  eosdc  t'mlos  p  Jolini  Longu 
ForteshuH  .  dc  Gaufro  de  Forteshutt  xij  d  ad  f  sci  Micti 

Snm'sct  .     Ecctia  de  Norton   .   nicli 

De  teu'tili^  de  Norton  .  xxxiiij  s  ad  iiij"r  t'mios 
J)e  rcdilitu  Bricii   .  xvj  d  ad  cosdm  t'os 

Lincolnesir.     Ilorkestone  .  de  t'ra  xx  s  ad  pent   t  ad  f   sci  Martini  p  man  magri  Johis 
Alcmimdebur  .  de  tcn'tili,  p  anu  x  s  t  vij  d 
Hiiiitedon  .  dc  ten'til>5  t  molnd  xxviij  5  t  vij  d  ad   Hokcday  t  ad  f9  sci 

Mich^t  in  ij  d  t  oTi  canoicis  de  Iliintindofi  ad  liokeday  p  qadam  uia 
Cuinccestr  .  de  uicar  x  mcl  ad  pasch  t  ad  f9  sci  Mich  p  man  Kob'ti 

dc  teu'tib5  xvj  s  t  x  d  ad  eosdm  t'mios 
Ecetia  dc  Gilliug-  .  rndj  cam'ar 
Gamelingeya  .  dc  ten'tibj  xx  s  ad  iiij"r  t'inios 

Cautuligsir.     CanteCriig  .  de   domo   iu  pochia  fee  Mar  q"m  Kicbolda   tenet  xvj   d   t 

ol5  ad  hokeday  t  ad  f   sci  Mich  ix  d 
Ecctia  de  Berton  xx  s  ad  pasch  t  ad  f   sci  Mich  p  man  Magri  Johis. 

Bedfordsif.     Middelton  .  de  t'ra  qm  monaclii  de  Wobnrn  tent  xxij  s  ad  pasch  t  ail  I 
svi  Mich  11  n  xx  s  recipit  cam'ar  t  ij  s  celler 


APPENDIX,    LXVI'". 

Bedfordsi? : — 

It  Middoltoii  .  do  t'ra  vj  s  ad  -pascti  1  nil  fcst   sci  Micti  p  man  Silliest1  ctici 

I  uita  sua 
Ecetia  ilc  Middeltoii  .  dimid  mc  ad  pascti  t  ad  Test'  sci  Mich  p  Witt  dc  la 

M'k('  .   Cam'ar 
It  Middelt  .  Witts  fil9  Rad  1  Agii  ux9  ci9  in"  tent    mcsag  1  una   c"ftii   q 

solebat  redd'e  xvj  d  p  anu  meret9  ut  carta  die  1;  m"  n  rcddit  pp  uicar 
Stodfold  .  de  t'ra  dimid  mc  ad  pash  1  ad  f9  s  Micti  p  man  Witt  lil9  Semaii 
Estxvic   .  de  t'ra  ij  s  ad  eosdem  t'mios  p  man  Simon  de  Estwic 
Ecctia  dc  Standoii  .  viij  s  ad  eosdem  t'mios  p  man  Silliest   ctici 
Mcpdesliat  .  dc  t'ra  Kog'i  talun  xliiij  s  ad  eosd  t'mios  p  man  Walt'i  Tallin 
It  Mepdeshat   .  de  t'ra  q"1  Rog9  Walt''  fit  Tlioni  lenr£  de  lieu  xj  s  rt  viij  d  ad 

eosde  t'mios 

Rankedicfi  .  de  t'ra  de  Alrichescya  x  s  rt  iiij"'   d  ad  cosd    t'mio.s  1  Hog 
Ecciia  dc  Bedeford  v  m1'1  ad  eosdem  t'mios  [Biirnard  iij  s 

Dunton  .  do  t'ra  v  s  ad  eosd  t'mios  p  man  Jofiis  fil    Aug    do  Miltieliou 
It  Bedet'ord  .  dc  pagano  fil    Brieutii   .   nicti  dc  xij  d  (jj  n  cst  in  c'l'malo 
Eytoii  .  de  Lacbeucya  .   nicfi  q,  Witts  dc  Cuiitilnp  cam  deforc 
It  Evton  .  dc  uicaf  xl  s  p  man  Nicfi  uicar  ad  eosd  t'mlos 
Wybbcsncd  .   dc  captta  j  mc  ad  eosd  t'mios  p  man  1\.  capttani 
Canoici  de  Dimstapt  rcddut  uicar  ilc  Wiblicsned  ij  s  afiuos  p  q"da  assarlo  q"n 

dom9  M'it  detij  recipe 

Hefordsirc.     Staustcd  .   de  t'ra  qm  Rot)  ctie    ten_;  i  Staustcd  1  s  ad  pasefi  T:  ad  i'    sci 

Mich 

It  de  dimid  uirgat    t're  in  Ilunesdon  p  eimd  R.  dimid  m"  ad  eosd  t'mios 
It  de  q"dam  p'tc  qd  Pete's  carbonari    ten^  vij  s  ad  eosd  t'mios 
Dc  dnab;  domibs  ad  pontc  Tcgte  xviij  d  t  ad  cosd  t'mios  p  man  Gerard  lil9 

Rici 
It  de  pnto  qd  nocat1"  Milncholiii  1  ij  ac'3  ij   s  ad  eosd  t'mios   p  man  Rog'i 

duch 

Ecctia  de  Hunesdon  c  s  ad  eosd  t'mios  p  man  Jocelin  uicar 
It  in  Ilunesdon  dc  t'ra  Guaf  vj  .  ad  f9  sci  Micti 

Villa  sci  Alban  de  domo  Ilnr  dc  (jorha  de  ten'til>5  dimid  m1'1  ad  iii'"r  t'mios 
Kymeton  .  do   t'ra  qm  Rob9  otic  1  fiedes  ei9  tenet  xij  d  ad  f   sci  Mich  q's 

uicar  recip 
It  decima  molcndin  de  Staustcd  v  sot  ad  pasclia  t  ad  fcst9  sci  Micti 

Essex.     Ecctia  de  Twinstcd  j  mc  ad  pascft  1  ad  f'  sci  Micti  p  mail  R.  de  Bulem 

Coin  .  de  ten'tib5  xx  s  t  ij  d  ad  eosde  t'mios  Uii  una  mcdietas  ptin,  ad  aulS 

1  alia  ad  cett 

la  marisc   de  Turesleg  iiijor  mci  ad  eosd  t'mios  p  man  Rofci  Wntris  1  tiedu 
Thorleg  .  de  tenentil>3  x  s  1  xi  d  p  anum.  [suo^i 


APPENDIX,    LXVI*. 

Norfolch  t  Stiff.     De  Molend  do  Lyus  xij  s  ad  iiij  t'mios  p  man  Margef  dc  Croyssi 
De  moliidin  dc  Blikeling  dimid  me  ad  f'  sci  Mich  p  man  cj'de  Marg  ' 
Ecctia  do  Pliisted  1  Mathelask5  v  mci  ad  pasch  1  ad  f9  sci  Mich  p  man 

W.  rector' 

Muuccby  .  dc  dccimis  ij  md  ad  f   sci  Mich  p  man  Eofci  p"  de  Mauccby 
It  in  Matelaskj  dc  q°dam  mcsagio  ij  s  ad  eiind  t'mlos  p  man  Th  de  Norfolk(' 
Dc  Tboiii  de  Wabrun  ij  s  iuf*  xv  dies  sci  Micti  de  qadam  t'ra 
If  de  t'ra  T:  moliidin  in  Saltus  v  md  infa  xv  dies  pasch  1  s  Mich  apd  M'iton 

a[>d  p  man  Th  de  Wabrun  1  hedii  suo£ 
It  iu  Saltus  de  G'uasio  ad  uita  sua  vj  d  de  domo  sua 
Ibide  de  Est'ld  iiidua  de  dono  suo  in  uita  sua  iij  d 
Hingham  dc  Censii  Ilugon  lit  Endoii  xx  s  ad  f9  sci  Mich 
Acre  .   Witts  Bardulf    dedit  x  s  uiiuati  recipiend  ad  pascti  1  lid  f'  sci  Mich 

dc  molndio  suo  in  Acre  un  nch  umq^ 

Kyllyng  .  de  IInl)'to  de  Kyllyng  xij  d  ad  f   sci  Mich  dc  douo  suo  I  uita  sua 
Kog'us  Arcbids  subir  legauit  qHndam  doiii  in  Nonvic  doniui  de  M'iton   .  un 

nich  p  mouach  q5  cst  de  feodo  eo^i 

Spicbcswufth  dc  ij  uc's  vj  d  ad  f  sci  Mich  p  man  Wirti  s'uieut  pe  de  Ewell 
CloptoM  .  dc  t'ra  ad  lumen  iu  ecctia  de  M'iton 

Pciilton  .  dc   t'ra  xl  s  ad  fest''  sci  Johis   Bapt  rt  sci   Mich  p  man  Brit  dc 
Marist   i  uita  siui 

Sudhatesir.     Wintoii  .  dc  icn'entibj  xxix  s  ft  iiij  d  p  anu  ad  pasch  rt  ad  i'"  s  Mich  . 
Ecctia  de  Ilctle  .   Cam'ar 

De  t'ra  de  Alreford  p  man  relictc  Daniet  j  m1'  ad  pasch  1  ad  i'9  sci  Mich 
iSutton  .  dc  Ada  de  Sutton  xx  s  ad  cosdem  t'mios 
De  domibus  p'oris  do  Sutton  iij  s  ad  cosde  t'mios 

Pua  Upton  .  dc  t'ra  xxiiij  s  ad  cosdem  t'mios  85  ad  W.  de  Stiuekl  ptiiit 
Ecctia  dc  Scbircfcld  .   Cam'ar 
Stretfckl  .  dc  t'ra  xxiiij  s  ad  pasch  1  ad  f'  sci  Mich  p  man  Th  milit°  q°s 

W.  |idcs  recip 
Dc  t'ra  ad  Longu  ponte  t  Hertloya  iij  ti  1  xj  s  1  viij  d  q°s  recip  dcs  W. 

De  Mattinget  1  de  Hcgfeld  ) 

T-V     TT      i    11,  ^    i     11    i        i  responds  »'  l'e  Stiuckt 

De  Ilorsburr  t  dc   Putliam  ) 

De  t'ra  de  La  Bedeii  ij  sot  ad  pasca.  s.  de  pua  Upton 

Bukigeluunsir.      Upton 
Merke 

Horton  .  xv  s  ad  pasch  1  ad  f'  sci  Mich  p  man     .     .     . 
Jt  Horton  .   xij  d  ad  fest   sci  Mich  p  man 

Wcxbam  .  de  ten'eutib3  de  JRat  xj  s  1  iiij  d  ad  i9  sci  Mich  t  ad  pasch 
Ecctia  de  Hucbam  .  j  bizanc  ad  pasch  p  manii  Johis 


APPENDIX,    LXVI* — LXVIII.  xlv 

It  Iliiclifi  .  do  t'ra  xvj  d  ml  eosdein  t'mlos  p  manu     .     .     . 

Etoii  .  dc  t'ra  v  s  nd  pasch  1  ad  f'  sci  Mich  p  niaii  llob'ti  do  Buuenay 

Tappclawe  .  Do  teu'tibs 

Ilengstem9e  .  ad  pasch  T;  ad  f9  sci  Mich  xx  sot 

Do  Stepho  do  Cliucdcn  xx  s  ad  f9  sci  Johis  1  ad  Xatat 

Wicumbo  .  do  Burgag  xxviij  s  1  viij  cl  ad  anuc'ocm  b9  mar  1  ad  f'  s  Mich 

p  man  Witti  fil    Ilerney 

Iluurc  .  do  t'ra  xij  cl  ad  fest9  sci  Mich  |)  man  Witti  furnito  .  Arnold  do 
Wuxebnigg  .  do  t'ra  xij  cl  ad  f'  sci  Mich  p  man  Witti  furnitc  [Sntlon 

Harerned  .  do  t'ra  x  s  in  annuc'oe  Be  Mar  t  ad  f   sci  Mich  p  man  Mich 
Ecctia  do  Ilaremocl  .   xx'1  s  ad  pasch  1  ail  f   sci  Mich 

Oxcncfordsh.     Sf'dleya  .  do  t'ra  x  s  ad  p:isi;h  1  ad  i    sci  Mich  p  man  hiir 

Wcston  .  dc  molndin  dimid  marc  set  ad  pasch  mcdiclatc  t  ml  fcstu  sci  Mich 

modietate 
Oxoii  .  do  tcu'tibj  Ivj  s  1  j  ct  ad   hokcday  rt  ad  i''  sci   Mich  't  in  honor!  do 

Wallingef9  p  nnu  vj  s  1  xj  d  1  ad  Gabnt  uille  vij  d 

Sum'tou  .  do  molcnd  ad  pasch  xij  s  1  iiij  d  rt  ad  fcstu  sci  Mich  xij  s  1  iii j"1'  d 
Wankewnrth  .  do  t'ra  xvj  s  ad  pasch  1  ad   fest'  sci  Mich  p  manu  Rog'i  do 

Lynns 
Middclcumt)  .  do  t'ra  xxiiij  s  ad  cosdem  t'mios  p  man  Ado  do  Middolcf) 

Norlhainp.     Flore  .  do  t'ra  ccctic  iiij  s  ad  pasch  t  ad  f9  sci  Mich  p  man  Kici  S-hiuol 
Ecctia  do  Grettewurth  noic  pensiois  ij  s  ad  f9  sci  Mich  p  man  llngon 
Ecctia  do  Clyne  xx  s  ad  f9  sci  Mich  I  ad  pasch  p  man  l\otn  dc  Piry 
Edunaltou   .  do  tcu'tib,  xxxta  s  ad  pasch  1  ad  f''  sci  Mich 


LXVII. 

RETURN  OF  THE  SHERIFF  OF  SOUTHAMPTON  OF  FINES  DUE  FROM  THE  Piuonv : 

1242-3. 
(Carl.,  fol.  cxxv,  No.  281.) 

Eode  aimo  redd  vie  Sntliant'  do  x  s  de  Joho  dc  Scffcld  p  trnsg    .  et  do  duo  mfc  de 
Alie'  de  la  Garston  p  trnsg9. 


LXVIII. 
MANUMISSION  BY  JHE  PRIORY  OF  WILLIAM  EYLAVARD  :   1249-62. 

(Liber  Niger  Scaccarii,  Hearne's  Edition,  1771,  II,  620.) 

Omnibus    hoe    scriptum    visuris    vol   audituris    Eustacliius    Prior   dc    Meriton   1 
ejusdem    loci   conventns   eternam  in  domino  salutem.     Noveritis  nos   pro  nobis  1 


xlvi  APPENDIX,    LXIX,    LXX. 

successoribus  nostris  1  ccclesia  uostni  de  Morton  remisissc  1  qnietum  clamassc 
Willclmo  Eylwunl  1  hiis  qui  de  suo  corpore  exierint  totum  jus  t  clamium  quod 
dieebamus  nos  habere  in  scrvitutc  ejusdcm  Willelini.  Itn  quod  predict!  Willelmus  et 
hii  qui  do  suo  corpore  exierint  1  qni  de  eorum  corporibns  exibunt  qno  ad  nos  1 
success-ores  noslros  conditionem  libenun  babeant  in  perpetuum.  Et  quod  dimiditim 
virgntam  terra;  cum  pertincnciis  qnnin  de  nobis  tenuit  per  scrvitium  trium  solidorum 
rt  undecuin  donariorum  tcncat  de  cetero  ipsc  t  successores  sui  per  libcrum  scrvitium 
qiiinquo  solidorum  1  faciendo  imam  precariam  in  antiimno  ad  cibum  nostrum  t 
faitieiido  pannagium  du  porcis  suis  amuiatim  scilicet  de  porco  supcranuato  uiuim 
deiuirium  1  do  porco  inferloris  ctatis  iinnm  obolum  simul  cum  curia;  nostra?  sccta 
coiisuela  1  dubita  pro  omnibus  scrvlciis  1  consiictudinibus  qua;  inde  poterunt  eveniro 
et  nt  nostril  remissio  rt  quicta  clamancia  perpetual  optineant  iirmitatis.  Prsescns 
scripliun  si<;-illo  noslro  i'ecimiis  cominuniri.  IIiijus  rei  testes  sunt  Adam  dc  Sancto 
Maneveto,  Ilenriciis  de  Bromsutt,  Willelmus  dc  la  Cusaud,  Kicardus  de  Maitingle, 
Kicardus  de  IJuggt',  Willelmus  dc  Evcroslegh,  Ilenricus  Turgis,  Henricus  Fabiani 
1  aliis. 


LXIX. 

liECKH'T    TO    ExKCl'TOIiS    OF    LEDULI'    FOIl    SlLVKIl    \'ASKS    PAWNED    TO    HIM    11Y 
PliloItV,    I'.UT    DKQUE.VTIIKI)    TO    THEM    15Y    HIS    WlLL  :     1249-62. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxxvij  r.,  No.  284.) 

()mil>5  xfii  fidulili;  ad  (|iios  p'sens  sc'ptu  pven'it  Enstach  Prior  M'iton  1  ei'de  loci 
c'vel  satin  in  diio.  Nov'ilis  nos  rcccpissc  ab  exccutoribj  testamti  Lcdulfi  civis  Lontl 
(Iffiincti  plgiiora  lira  scit  vusa  argcla  1  cartiim  nrani  qnibj  p'i'ato  Ledulf  obliga 
fiiiiii  p  qiiiiK)^  marc  noliis  rcceptis  ab  code  Led  qam  q'de  pccunia  idc  Ledulf  in 
tostanito  noliis  nt  in  duabj  missis  p  canoicos  nros  in  domo  lira  siugut  dielij  ei  fiat 
special  mcmoria.  In  cnj  rei  testimoniu  p'senti  sc'pto  sigillu  urm  couentualc  duxim 
appoiiendu. 

LXX. 

Gii'T  TO  WALTER  I>E  MERTON  OF  LAND  AT  TALEWORTII  :  19-ni  MAT,  1252. 

(Archives  of  Morton  College,  Oxford,  (E.  4.) 

Omnibi  ad  quos  p'scntcs  litt'e  pven'unt.  Eustachi  Prior  M'ton  Saltni  in  dno. 
Nov'itis  nos  de  voluntate  t  conseusu  capit'li  nro  reddidis.se  t  q'etu  clamasse  clico  1 
amico  nro  dilco  dno  Walt'o  de  M'ton  illam  piclam  prti  in  Taleworth  qua  Elyas  de 
Grapelingcham  noti  1  domni  nrc  aliq"ndo  dimisit  ad  firma  t  qua  idem  Elyas  p'fato 
Walt'o  iuf  t'minu  nrm  in  feodii  rt  hcreditate  concessit.  Ilabcuda  1  teuenda  eide 
^  alt'o  t  he'dibj  suis  scdm  forma  donaconis  qua  eidem  Walt'o  fecit  dcs  Elyas  de  prto 
supMco  1  aliis  tenemetis  suis  in  villa  p'dca.  In  cuj9  rei  testimon  p'senti  sc'pto 
sigillum  nrm  fecim9  appoui.  Dat  apd  M'ton  in  festo  Pentecost'  Anno  dm  millcs0 
duceutes0  L  ii. 


APPENDIX,   LXXI,    LXXII.  xlvii 

LXXI. 

SUIT  BETWEEN*  THE  PRIOR  AND   PHILIP  LE  JONNK  CONCERNING   THE  BOUNDARY 
OF  THEIR  LANDS  IN  EWELL  :  125-1-55. 

(Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  39  Henry  III,  m.  J  j  4,  in.  13,  d.) 

Eadem  assisa  p  eosdem  ret  ven  ret  si  Prior  de  M'toii  injuste  tc  lovavit  qnoddam 
fossatum  iu  Ewcll  ad  nocumtu  libi  ten  Pfii  le  Jonne  in  eailein  villa  post  paia  1c. 
Et  nii  quer  qd  cum  t'rc  ipor  Prioris  1  Pfii  jaceaut  vicine  in  p'dca  villa  de  Ewelle  1 
ipe  Jofis  COUSUevit  qii  arrabat  t'ram  suam  tornarc  cam  cam  snain  t  rev'ti  sup  t'ram 
f/dci  Prioris  p'dcs  Prior  levavit  qnoddam  fossatum  i  eadem  villa  q  miu  carucam 
s;iam  pot  ternare  1  rev'ti  sup  t'ram  pdci  Prioris  sic  eonsuevit.  Et  prior  11011  ven  sed 
Rob's  de  M'toii  Ballivus  ipius  ven  T;  respond  p  eo  1  nichil  die  qnaro  assisa  reni  nisi 
tiiii  qd  die  qd  ipe  tenet  p'dcm  fossatum  in  codein  statu  in  quo  orris  p'decessorc.s  sui 
illud  tenu  nut.  Et  qd  ita  sic  poii  se  sup  assHm.  Jur  dnt  de  p'ma  nssis  (jd  p'dcs  Phs 
non  disscis  pdcm  Wittm  de  p'dea  eomnnia  qam  ]>osint  in  visu  siio  injuste  lc  sicut  tire 
ilicit  qd  p'dcs  VViHs  nunqa  i'uit  in  seis  command  in  p'dcis  t'ris  nisi  forte  aliqando  essct 
p  escapiuni.  Et  tune  divadaf  fnit  p  p'dcm  1'lini.  Et  10  cons  cst  qd  p'dcs  Pfis  in<le 
sine  die.  Et  Witt's  in  mla  p  fh>  etani.  Et  do  scda  assls'1  dicnnt  qd  p'dcs  Prior  non 
levavit  aliquod  fossatum  in  Ewell  ad  nocniiitnm  HBi  tenenta  p'dci  1'hi  injuste  V 
sicnt  Kre  die  quia  diet  qd  idem  Prior  semp  tcnuit  p'dcm  fossatum  in  codem  statu  in 
quo  p'decessores  sui  illud  tenu  avit.  Et  ideo  consider  cst  qd  p'dcs  Prior  hide  sine 
die  1  Pfis  nichil  capiat  p  assiii  istam  t  sic  in  mla  p  fto  clani. 


LXXII. 

LETTER  OF  ASSENT  TO  FORMATION  OF  A  PRIVATE   ORATORY  IN   THE   PARISH  OF 
KENNETON  (KiMi-rox,  HUNTS.):    12oi-o«. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxv,  No.  :)88.) 

P'ri  in  xpo  reu'enilo  t  Dno  II.  di  gra  Line  Epo  sui  liumit  ac  deuoti  E.  Prior  de 
M'toii  T;  einsdem  loci  conent  Salt  1  tanto  p''i  en  subieccone  denota  obedieneiam  1 
honorem  bonis  benifacere  cupientes  1  de  sua  lionitate  gandeant  ac  alii  ad  eo^ 
imitatouem  auidius  animant  nos  ditto  parocchiane  nre  Dne  Elene  quondam  nxoris 
Diii  Rot5  de  Vey,  considerantes  vita  laudabilem  corpisc^  invalitudinem,  p'cil>5  suis  lit 
asscnsnm  p'berem  ad  quoddam  ei  oratorium  sine  strepitu  ut  campana  construendu 
vbicum  libera  familia  sua  1  hospitib'  suis,  diebj  ferialib,  rt  festinis,  1  qd  ad  se  extaneos 
no  innocet  n°  uieinos  diuina  audiat,  duxim  iuclinandum.  Ita  fn  qd  ab  ca  Sacramento 
p'stito  cle  eccte  matricis  de  Kemetoii  indcpnitate  in  ornibj,  capellanu  suu  nro  vicario 
preseutabil.  Ut  similir  ei  sacament  faciat  de  p'missis  t  si  matrix  cccta  p  ipm  aliqno 
auariuic  geu'e  p'g*uatnr  ticcat  eidem  vicario  nro  celebraconem  suspendere  sup-\lcam 
vicario  eidem  de  dampuis  eccte  roiiabiliP  satisfaciat  1  qd  eidem  eccte  lire  do 


xlviii  APPENDIX,    LXXI1I,    LXXIV. 

Kyinetoii  tie  tril>5  acri.s  iYe  cu  ptiii  q°s  eidem  eccte  contulit  cauconem  facial  competente 
quo  quidcm  acre  ccdent  in  HSUS  vicarii  salua  nobis  decima  Je  eisdem  si  site  suit  in  lira 
parochia  supadca.  Ilunc  autem  asseusmn  ririh  uolumus  extend!  ad  heredes  p'dci  Rotiti 
dumodo  in  omib^  1  singulis  caneant  snpadcis. 


LXXIII. 

AGREEMENT    I;Y   THE   PRIORV   NOT    TO    INTERFERE    WITH    WILLIAM    DE    CANTIA 

UPON  HIS  RESIGNATION  OF  THE  PHIORATE  AND  OATH  TO  ENTER 

ANOTHER  HOUSE  OF  THE  ORDER  :    3l!D  JUNE,  1258. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxxxvj  r.,  No.  310.) 

Memoranda  quod  :nuio  dni  M"CC°Lln"  octauo  in  crastino  sc<>£  Marcellini  1  Pet'  cu 
Wilts  de  Cantia  q°nda  canoicus  do  M'toii  nbsq^  cosensu  p'oris  1  couentus  p'dcm 
nionast'iiiin  clam  ingressns  fuisset  iatendciis  s'  ijii  locu  1  statfi  p'stiuu  pp'a  tem'itate 
refonnarc  tande  adiiciiicnte  ibidem  magro  G.  de  ferriugcs  offic9  dni  Winton  clci  f> 
laiiq'llitate  monast'ii  p'dci  T:  tantc  tcm'itatis  ac  p'supcois  enicndacoe  post  tactatu  snp 
hoc  habitn  pMcs  W.  de  Cant  lil>cre  t  spontanca  iiolnntate  orni  juri  1  bnficio  quod 
lialmit  nel  lire  potuit  in  dco  monast'io  ucl  conta  dcm  monasteries  renucians.  Inspcctis 
sacroscis  ewaiigcliis  corporalit'  p'.stito  sacamcnto  fimisit  qnod  infra  festum  sci  Eadwardi 
pxiii  uentiiru  aliud  ingredief  nionast'iiiin  eiusdcm  ordinis  si  q"modo  poFit  1  qcl  ad  hoc 
lidolit'  1  diligent'  luborabit  no  cu  scaudalo  ordinis  ult*  t'iniiiu  p'dcm  uagabundiis 
inucniat1'.  Et  sub  eodcm  sacamento  .pmisit  p'dcm  monast'ium  de  M'toii  decet'o 
nulhiten  molestare  ant  grauure  fca  sunt  bee  omia  p'dca  die  supradco  apud  M'ton  in 
p'scncia  testinm  iufrascriptOjS  magr?  G.  de  fferriug'?  tune  offic  dni  Winton  elci  W. 
supprior?  dc  M'ton  A.  clemosinar?,  R.  do  Templo,-  C.  cellerar?,  H.  Cam'ar?,  H. 
hostilar?,  R.  Seuescallo  de  M'ton. 


LXXIV. 

ADMISSION  OF  PRIOR'S  RIGHT  TO  SET  UP  GALLOWS  ix  MERTON  : 
20'rn  NOVEMBER,  1258. 

(King's  Bench,  Assize  Roll,  Surrey,  .   [  8.) 

r  ) 

Assise  1  Jurate  capte  coram  II.  le  Bygod  Jtistic  Auglie  apnd  Bermund  in  Com 
SUIT  in  crastino  Sci  Edmnndi  Regis  anno  xliii0  H.  3. 

Hundrm  de  Brixiston.  Jur  p'sentant  qd  Abbas  de  Becko  de  novo  levavit  furcas 
in  Toting  set  uesciiit  quo  waranto.  Et  similit  Prior  de  Merton  levavit  furcas  de  novo 
in  M'ton  set  uesciiit  quo  waranto.  Post  ven  P'or  de  Merton  1  ostendit  warantu. 


APPENDIX,   LXXV,   LXXVI.  xlix 

LXXV. 

REMISSION  OF  ALL  CLAIM  TO  PRESENTATION  TO  THE  HOUSE  OF  BEKENTON, 
KENT:  12m  OCTOBER,  1261. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxlj,  No.  322.) 

Omnil>5  xpi  iidelibj  ail  qs  p'sentes  littcre  piicu'int  E.  p'or  M'ton  1  ei'dem  loci 
coniient  salute  ct'nivm  in  ilno.  Lie,  ncn'abilis  nir  tins  J.  Mangel  Thesaur  Eborac 
pat'nns  don/  religiose  de  Bekentoii,  Cantnar  Dioc,  tres  domus  lire  canouieos  ad  dcam 
iloinii  de  Bekenton  sncciue  p'seutanit  1  ipos  canoii  p  snam  p'sentacoem  p'fici  fec'it  in 
p'ores  dom  sue  p'dcte.  Nos  p  nubis  1  successoribj  nris  p'sentilt5  ptestam1'  pmittiin9  1 
c'sentim9  exp'sse  (j  ea  occone  J.  p'textn  millam  indicia  demo  sua  aut  ei'dem  p'ore  sen 
canonicis  q1  p  tepe  fnerint  1'  in  aliq'l>3  ad  dcam  domu  spectantibj  snbicctonein,  ins  ant 
iuridacoiiem  in  posteru  do  iure  ant  de  facto  ncdica  set  ucdicave  pot'ini  q"q"m°  nee  in 
ea  nel  ex  ea  son  1  a  p'ore  nt  canonic  p'dcis  sen  aliq"l>5  ad  dcam  domu  spctantil>5  qq 
petem  set  ali<i'  faeiem  quo  minus  dcs  tins  J.  1  snccessorcs  sni  jiafni  dee  dom 
p'scntare  naleant  ad  candem  p  sue  libitu  nolututis,  ffem  t  R.  de  Snth  Mallige 
e'  canonicu  nnn  q  ultimo  p'fici  fecit  ibidem.  Ab  obedieneia  qna  domni  lire  fnit  astrict 
totalit  dnxim  absolucndnm  renflcmntes  oial  absolute  p  nobis  ecctia  nral  snpcessorib, 
nris  in  ppctnu  Si  uiri  set  q^  nobis  ecctie  urc  t  snccessoribs  nris  in  p'dcta  doino  de 
Bekenton  ex  eo  q,  p'dci  p'ores  de  domo  lira  ill  p'dctu  est  nsiipti  erant  eompetcre  uideret* 
nl  c'pet'e  possit  in  p'teru  hn9  rci  te.stimoniu  tarn  uos  p'or  qa  e'nentns  p'dci  duxim 
sigilla  lira  p'seutib5  apponcda.  Dat  apcl  M'iton  iiij  id  Octobris  ann  gre  iI"CC"lxj". 


LXXVI. 

MANUMISSION  OF  THOMAS,  THE  SMITH,  AND  ins  SON  ANDREW  :  1262-93. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxlj  v.,  No.  323.) 

Vnin'sis  p'sens  se'ptum  insp°tnrQ  nl  anditiir"  G.  Prior  Men  ton  1  eiusdem  loci 
connentns  et'nam  in  dno  sattm.  Ad  nuiu'sitatis  lire  notitiam  nolnmus  puenirc  nos 
nnanimi  cousensu  dedi.sse  Thoiri  fabj  1  Andr  filinm  ipins  TlioiTi  p'mogenitnm  q"ndam 
natiuos  nros  Kog'o  dc  Apett  clico  nt  ipe  eosdem  mannmittat9  t  liberos  cnm  snis 
catallis  dimittat.  ita  nt  nos  nee  succcssores  nri  nee  aliqnis  nomine  nro  in  dcis  Thoiii  1 
And?  fil  ipius  Thoni  1  sequela  ipius  Andr  1  catatt  eo$cl  nichil  iuris  racone  natinitatis 
ut  s'uilis  condiconis  possimus  exig'e  iu  futuro.  In  cnius  rei  testimoniu  1c. 


*G 


1  APPENDIX,    LXXVII— LXXIX. 

LXXVII. 

RODDERS    TAKING    SANCTUARY    IN    THE    ClIURCH  1    14TII    JANUARY,    1263. 

(King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  47  Hen.  Ill,  Surrey,  "„  |  6,  m.  1.) 

WiHino  Vaillet  posnit  se  in  ccctiam  cle  Mcrton  t  cogii  se  occidisse  quiJam  Ricm 
C'rndde  1  abjnf  regn  coram  coroii.  Cattta  ejus  ij"  iiij'1  uii  W.  la  Zuclie  vie  rcsp.  Et 
fnit  in  decefia  Walter  Godmay  in  Merton.  15  in  mm.  Et  testatum  esf  p  rotnlos 
coron  <jcl  cattta  ilia  tradita  i'u'ul  Wirhno  Martyn  1  Wall  c  Goclmay  qui  modo  no 
respond  de  eis.  15  in  mm. 

Ilenr  ile  Micheluim  posuit  so  in  capella  hospitat  de  Merton  1  cogii  so  furat 
fuissc  qfiidiii  calici;  in  elimosinar  de  Merlon  1  ahjur  regn  eoram  coron.  Xulla  fit 
cat  ucc  fTiiit  in  deccna  set  rcccptatns  fnit  in  villa  do  Merlon  cx(,a  decenam.  15  in  mla 
cl  comitin  esl  p  rottos  coron  1  p  xii  qd  dnm  p'dcs  Ilcnr  fnit  in  p'dfa  captta  indictavit 
([Riilfii  WiHin  dc  Toting  dr:  socictate  p'dci  hit  rat  ct  p'ccplfi  fnit  vie  (|d  atlacfi  pdcin 
AViHin  1  non  attach.  Ici  ndjudiein  de  co,  1o. 


Lxxviir. 

AlTOINTMF.NT    OF    PltOCTOli    TO    liKCEIVE    TlTIIKS    OK    COMBE-CAISKES    AND 

LUJ.WOUTH  :  :i()TH  Ai'Uii,,  ]26o. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxlij,  No.  327.) 

Oniili}  xpi  fidelili^  ad  qno^  notitiil  p' scutes  litt'e  pnen'iut  G.  p'or  de  M'iton  1  ei'd 
loci  c'ncnt  ct'na  iu  dno  satt.  Ad  colli'1  fnict  ccc^  dc  Cfil>  1  Lollewiirth  Sa^  dioc  ad 
nos  noie  dcciC  sprtate  dilc1"  not)  I  x"  nugr1"  S  de  miclia  penr  nr1"  c'stitnini  dispodi  de 
his  p  liliito  sue  nolut'13  litia  tide  t'hncte8  facttate  ann  ifr  eid  p'atc  age.li  1  pseqndi  oia 
noie  nro  si  uid'it.  expcdirc  q  ad  utilitc  dea^  ccea£  q°qnm°  ptin'e  noscut  ])'sentc 
pcuratoria  rata  hitur  1  q'ta  douc  dnxim  eani  renodft.  In  e  rei  testni  |Jseiitil)T  sigm 
iirm  appo"'us.  Dat  i  uig  Applo^  1'hilipp  1  Jac.  Ann  U.M"CC"LXV". 


LXXIX. 

GHANT  r.v  THE  PIUOUY  OF  THE  ADVOWSON  OF  THE  Ciiuncii  OF  MALDON  TO 

SIR  WALTER  DE  MEUTON  :  23RD  AUGUST,  1265. 

(Archives  of  Merton  College,  Oxford,  ffi.  iij,  and  Cart.,  fol.  cxlij,  No.  329.) 
Omnibus  ad  quos  prcsens  se'ptum  p'ven'it  Gileb'tus  Prior  de  Meritona  1  ejnsdem 
loci  conventiis  et'nain  Diio  Sattm.  Xov'itis  nos,  ad  instauciam  dilecli  clici  fidelis  ac 
familiaris  nri  dni  Walt'i  de  Meritona,  remisissc  et  qnielu  clanias.se  dormii  scoliarium  de 
Meritona  qnam  idem  Walt'iis  in  mancrio  sno  de  Maudone  ad  ppetnam  snstentaeonem 
scolariu  in  scolis  degeneiu  1  ministroru  altaris  xpi  in  ipa  dorao  comoranciuin  pia 


APPENDIX,    LXXX,    LXXXI. 


li 


considerucoe  fuudavit.  Nccnon  cnstodi  dec  domus  t  seohiribs  ac  miiiistris  predeis 
quicquid  juris  lire  potuimus  sen  uos  lire  .dicebamus  in  advocacone  ecctio  de  Meaudoiie. 
Et  volumus  conccdimus  quod  ipi  dcam  advocaconcm  cum  omnib3  ptiueuciis  suis 
nee  no  ecctiam  ipam  qiitum  iu  not?  cat  suis  usibus  prout  eis  a  venerabili  pro  diio  J. 
Wiuton  epo  dc  consilio  1  cousensu  capituli  sui  ordinata  est  t  cocessa  sive  impedimeto 
nri  intcgre  ac  pacifice  fieant  1  tcneaut  ippetuu.  Salvis  nob"  1  sccessorib3  uris  T:  eectie 
lire  ornib3  t'ris  1  teuemetis  nris  cu  omnibus  rebus  ad  ipa  spectantib5  que  in  pochia  dee 
ecctie  de  Meaiidouo  liuiinus  die  eiiiifectioiiis  preseutis  sc'pturc.  Iu  cuj  rei  testimoniu 
prcfieiiti  se'pto  sigillum  nfm  covciituale  apiwsuiinu.s.  Da't  dccimo  Kt  vSeptcti^  Auuo 
dni  M"CC°  sexagesimo  qninto. 


LXXX. 

C'ONCOllD    BETWEEN'    SlK    llENUV    DE    Al'ELUr.El-'EUD    .VXD    PuiOK    Ml     MEltTi.i.V  : 

1266. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxliilj  r.,  No.  33o.) 

Anno  regu  Reg  Henr9  fit  Keg  Joliis  (j'ii(|agesimo  ad  paseti.  Jta  c'ncuit  iui  diim 
Henr  de  Apeldrct'  T;  Gilbert  p'ore  de  M'ton  T:  ci'dcm  loei  e'licntu  uidett  q^  idc  Ilcnr 
c'cessit  p  se  1  herecl  f-uis  q,  ipc  1  hcredes  sui  acq'etabut  p'dcos  p'ore  1  c'ueiit  T;  eo^ 
suoce.ssores  de  xij  sot  ij  den  j  angiio  iiij  galliii  1  q'uq*giuta  ouis  annui  rcddit  uisiis 
dnam  Jobanua  de  Apeldref  mntrc  p'dci  Ilcnr  quo  rcdditu  cade  Johanna  recipe  e'sueu' 
p  annii  note  dotis  de  quib5ila  t'ris  t  tcncnitis  (["s  p'dcs  p'or  1  c'ueut  fint  de  dono  diii 
W.  de  Apeldref9  iu  Apeldrcf'  1  Lostcd  dc  1'codo  p'dci  Ilenr.  Et  si  c'tiugat  qd  p'dcs 
Henr  ut  hered  sui  p'dcos  p'ore  1  conucntu  sui  co<5  sueeessores  de  p'dcis  s'uic  1  c'suel 
uors'  p'dciim  domiua  Joriani  aliq"  cusu  acMi'ctare  u  pot'ut  e'cessit  p'dcs  Hour  p  se  't 
hered  suisq^  ipel  hered  sui  p'dcta  s'uicia  1  e'suct  p'dcis  p'ori  1  c'ucntui  ut  successorib, 
eo^  sine  s'tiienti  suo  de  Lostcd  q'  ,p  tpe  fu'it  toto  tpo  uite  p'dce  Jofie  apd  Losted  ad 
t'minos  statutos  plene  psoluet.  In  c  rei  tcstimoii  hiiie  se'pto  eirogilphato  p'dcs  Ilcni' 
t  pd'ci  p'or  1  e'ueiit'  sigilla  sua  u}>po»>ucrut  hiis  testib;. 


LXXXI. 

GUAXT  OF  LANDS  TO  THE  PIUOUY  nv  Sm  WILLIAM  DE  AI-ELDKEFELD  :  1266. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxlv,  No.  336.) 

Seiant  p'seutcs  et  fut'i  q  ego  Witts  de  Apeldrefeud  miles  dedi  1  coucessi  rt  p  me  1 
p  heredib5  meis  et  p'senti  hac  carfa  mea  eoiiflrmuui  dco  1  eccte  bcate  Marie  de  M'itona 
et  canoiiicis  ibidem  deo  s'uieiitil>5  rt  iu  ppetuuin  s'uilur.  Iu  liberuiu  rt  ppetuam 
elcuiosiiiam  to  tain  t'rain  meam  quain  mil  in  pochia  do  Chodhaiu  de  feudo  dni  II.  de 
Apeldrefeud  cu  omnib5  suis  ptinent9  et  tola  terrain  qHm  hui  iu  pochia  de  Tecclefeud 


lii  APPENDIX,    LXXXII. 

qam  quidem  t'ram  litii  do  douo  Rob'ti  de  Lostedet  do  dono  Ricardi  de  Mures  put  carte 
iut  iios  c'focte  speeificant  1  tcstantnr.  Dedi  ecium  dels  ecce  1  eanouicis  totum  redditum 
qum  hui  ex  dimissione  Galfridi  le  pker  in  pochitt  de  Orpiuton  apud  la  dune  t  in 
pochia  de  Codfim  simt  cum  redditu  que  Walt'ns  Mansepe  m1  redd'c  eosueuit  cii  tot 
redditibj  aliis  t  omnib5  esceat  ad  p'dcas  t'ras  seu  ad  man'iii  de  lostedc  ptinentil>3 
tcuend  1  habend  dels  ecce  1  canonic9  1  eo£  successorib5  totas  t'ras  pdcas  1  tenemeta 
una  cu  redditibj  supadcis  liberc  quicte  iure  benc  in  pace  in  libera  1  ppetuam  elemosinam 
nt  p'dcin  est  in  ppetuu  ffaciendo  p  me  t  p  ficdibj  meis  dnis  ffenodo£  tota  s'uicia  dcbita 
1  c'sueta.  Pro  liac  uero  donaconc  T;  c'cessionc  hui'  q5  p'sentis  carte  mee  confirinacone 
inneuient  dci  canouici  m1  1  hercdibj  meis  in  ppetuu  g  me  1  f>  Amicia  uxor  men  1  p 
nninmbs  anteccsso^  uroj  duos  canouicos  scdm  teuore  sc'pti  inter  uos  confci  celel)atnros. 
In  cui9  rei  testni  huic  carte  sigillnm  meii  apposni.  Testily  dno  Jofic  bansard  dno  Mer 
dc  In  Din  dno  I\ad  dc  Tichcsbc  rector  de  Westliiii,  dTw  Lanr  rcct  eccie  de  Codhiii 
Witto  de  fl'toiilr'm  I?OK'O  dc  Cliclesham  1  multis  aliis. 


LXXXII. 

ASSIGNMENT    J:Y    THE    1'jiioi!,   OF    IXCDME    TO    THE    VICAK    OF    KINGSTON,    FOK 
ENDOWMENT  OF  PETKUSIIAJI  CHAPLAIN  ;  WITH  SCHEDULE  OF  CONTRIBUTORS  : 

29TH  SEPTEMBER,  1266. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxlvj,  No.  339.) 

Notu  sit  omil>5  qd  nuuo  dni  M"  CC°  sexagesiino  sexto  in  festo  sci  Michis  omis 
censa  ft  cofv'sia  sup  celcbacoc  divinof  in  Captta  de  Pei:1clieshain  inP  P'ore  t  Co*3 
M'fton  ex  pte  tuia  1  Willni  de  poxia  Gilb'tu  do  Sulhbrok  Gaff  de  Suthbrok  Audr7  de 
cade  Johem  de  Fonte  Rob'tu  p.sone  1  ocs  alios  de  villa  seu  coitate  de  Petchesbam 
pochiauos  ecctie  de  Kyng'  ex  alFa  mota  in  Cur'  dni  Legati  vt  alibi  qacuinq,  anc'te 
p?seute  dno  Rico  ppetuo  Yicario  ecctie  p?dce  1  coseutieto  co'erut  in  hue  mod  v<5  qd 
ptibj  p?dcis  ofnibj  censis  litil>5  1  cofvsiis  sr?  celebacbe  diviuorf  in  dca  capella  motis 
vt  moveiid  hie  iude  penitns  renuciatibv  Dei  P'or  1  covt8  pietatis  ituitii  T:  ad  salute 
aiarf  poch  suorf  cocesscruut  p  se  1  succ  snis  dco  vicar'  suo  1  succ  suis  ad  snstentat' 
uni  capelti  qui  tcr  in  ebdo"  in  dca  capella  celebabit  dm,  vj  die  dnca  qarta  feria  1  sextn. 
Et  qui  ibide  baptismi  sacrtri  libcre  ipendet,  dno  qarPa  siliginis  unu  qart  Ordei  1  nnu 
Avene  in  f'to  omi  scorf  aiiuati  solvcnd,  iure  dee  mat'cis  ecctie  de  Kyngeston  integro 
remanetc.  Dei  1  pochiani  y  sc  1  hercd  snis  de  assu  1  voluntate  Abb's  t  covent"  de 
Certe?  diiorp  suor(J  ad  sustetacoem  dei  divi  obscquii  m°  p*?deo  in  dca  captta  facial 
cocesscrut  deo  vicai'7  1  succ('  snis  de  q"libet  virgata  ire  dc  villa  seu  coitate  p?dca  niui 

bj  silig'  1c.  sic  continetr  in  ccdla  cosuta  folio  px  scqntf dc  Kyngeston 

pcipiet  annua  de  pocti  apd.  Petriclicsham  silg  subs,  aim:  In  subsidiu  tridnanc 
cautarie  qiiifacit  qnib5  obed"  in  capclt  dicti  loci  dc  Petrecheslrtn  videlt  de  x  acris  j 
bj  siligin. 


APPENDIX,    LXXXIII,    LXXXIV.  Hii 

D  Rico  Rcyucir  hike  xxx  a& iij  1)5 

D  Rico  Tuth  hut  xx  a« ij  l->5 

D  Jolinc  Est  liiite  xx  acs ij  bj 

D  Willmo  WatFe  de  Suthbrokf ij  1>5 

D  Audi1  do  Suthbrokf j  1>3 

D  Giilffo  de  Suthbrokf j  bj 

1)  Rencred  uuderhold j  b, 

D  Johne  undcrhold j  b; 

D  Cecilia  Alayu  1  Walto  ad  octavi ij  b, 

D  Jolinc  Robto j  b, 

D  Rico  Ay  1  wyuc j  b; 

D  Juliana  Reyncrs j  b5 

D  Johnc  de  ffore j  bi 

D  Rogo  Ayhmd j  b_, 

D  Dyanisia  North j  b; 

D  Gcnnanneslaud ij  b; 

D  Phelippo  ad  Ecciam  tintc  xv  aer  j  b;  dj 


LXXXIII. 

FINDING  OF  JURY  THAT  PRIORY  AVAS  BOUND  TO  REPAIR  BRIDGE  BETWEEN 
MERTOX  AND  NEAVIXGTON  :  1272-3. 

(Rot.  Huiul.,  Surrey,  Edw.  I,  No.  •>.) 

f)  pontibs  1  calcctis  fractis  lc.  Dicut  qcl  Prior  1  convet  dc  il'toii  dclicrOL 
sustetare  de  jure  1;  consiietiidie  q'hidam  archain  dc  pet"  fabricntam  cii  calccto  in 
Hassardesin'sh  int  M'toii  T:  Newcthou  qtic  no  cst  sustcutata  sicut  solita  fu'it. 


LXXXIV. 

SUCCESSFUL  SUIT  RELATING  OF  RIGHT  TO  LIBERTIES  AT  PATRIKESUURN 
(PATRICKHOURX,  KENT)  :  IST  JULY,  1278. 

(Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  6  Edw.  I. ;    Rec.  Off.  Ed.,  pp.  313,  312.) 

Prior  dc  Morton'  sum9  fuit  ad  respondend  tlno  Regi  dc  plito  quo  \varraulo  clam 
ticre  litmm  cur'  do  tenentibs  ecctis  sue  de  Patrikesburii  do  tribj  scptiais  in  tres 
septiiis  1  eineudas  assie  pauis  1  c'visic  fracte  ibidem  de  teueuti!>5  suis  ct  q(J  siut  quieti 
de  turnis  vie  t  coiii.  Et  prior  veil'.  Et  quo  ad  prectcam  cur9  dicit  qd  huj  modi  cur 
no  est  libtas  nee  regale  p  qd  dicit  qd  ipe  11011  debet  dno  Regi  inde  ad  hoc  brc 
respondere  tc.  Et  quo  ad  alias  lib'tates  lc.  dicit  qd  ipe  hweuit  ecctiam  suam  inde 


liv  APPENDIX,    LXXXV. 

scisitam.  El  qd  ipe  1  ofncs  prcdcccssorcs  sui  Priorcs  dc  Morton  semp  hucusq^  a 
tempo  quo  memoria  11011  existit  continue  seisiti  fucruut  clc  libertatibj  illis  to.  Et  co 
warranto  te.  Et  diis  Rex  p  Galfriii  dc  Ilertcrpol  qui  sequitr  p  eo  dicit  qd  pdcs 
1'rior  1  predecessorcs  sui  uou  fueruut  hucusqj  coutiuue  seisiti  de  pdcis  Hfctatibj  sicut 
p'dcs  Prior  dicit.  Et  hoc  petit  qd  iuqniratr  p  priam.  Et  Prior  simitr.  lo  fiat  iiulo 
jurata  1c.  Jur  hundro£  de  Breggc,  Kynghamford,  t  Downhamford  dicut  sup  sacrm 
suu  qd  p'dcs  Prior  1  ofncs  p'deccssores  sui  semp  liucusq^  a  tempe  quo  11011  extat 
memoria  liTitates  p'dcns  huerunt  ct  eis  sine  iiit'riipcoue  usi  siint.  16  pdcs  Prior  hide 
sine  die  salvo  jure  Reg  rtc. 

[]>.  312.]  Prior  dc  M'toii  elamat  lire  lifitates  supscriptas  sine  carta  ptincutcs  ad 
ccutiam  suam  Patricburn  q'Mn  quidcni  ccctia  p'dee  sui  impefverunt  in  pprios  usus. 
Et  invenit  ecctiam  sitam  seisitam  vidett  lirxim  cur  dc  teiicutib^  ecclie  predce  de  trili^ 
tcplis  in  trcs  sept'1*  T:  cmendacom  panis  T;  c'vis  predcojj  ten.  Et  qd  sint  qnieti  de 
tiirnis  vie  1  comit  .  El  dieit  qd  ipe  1  jiredec  sui  a  tempo  quo  no  exstat  memoria 
pleni  usi  siint  ofnib;  liKtatibi  predeis  t  qd  nttam  usurpacbcin  vf  occupacom  fecit  sup 
dfmi  Rege  vt  ])'dec  suos.  Et  qd  ita  sit  pouit  se  sup  priam.  Et  p'dci  milit  ad  hoc 
etci  dnt  sup  sacnn  suu  (jd  pdcs.  Prior  1  ofncs.  p'dec'  sui  a  tempe  quo  no  exstat 
mcmor  pleue  usi  suut  ofnil);  _lif>  fxlcis.  Et  qd  nttam  occupacom  sen  usurpacom 
i'ec'unt  sup  p'dcam  rogcm  vt  j)'dcc  suos,  Et  io  dcm  est  p'dci  Priori  qd  eat  hide  sine 
die  cu  lit)  suis  p'dcis  salvo  semp  jure  diii  Reg  rt  her  suo^  rtc. 


LXXXV. 

RIGHT  01   PHIOKY  TO  PAXXAGE  CONTESTED  IIY  KING'S  VEKDEUEU  Foil 
DKUISYSIIIRE,  WUT  OUDEKF.!)  :   1280. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxcj  r.,  No.  ot):1,.) 

Presentatnm  e  p  uirida^  1  forest)?  ....  a  rcge  qd  Prior  de  M'toii  t  omes  hoies,  1 
tentes  sui  tain  de  hoc  coin  q:1m  de  aliis  adiacentib^  uen'unt  in  foresta  quoh;  anno  qfii 
])cssona  accidit  cum  omib,  porcis  suis  t  supon'ant  totius  prie  eo  qd  hut  ptcs  ad  pessona 
in  i'oresfa  (j"iii  siut  sigistati  p  ngistat9  Reg.  Et  idm  Prior  urhuri  t'ram  nee  aliqm 
boscum  ht  in  foresta  p  (jno  p'cursum  debcat  fire  ut  possit  nee  agistairitum  in  foresta. 
Set  quidam  ex  pte  Prioris  ostendit  carta  Reg9  Ric9  qd  omes  res  Candico$  de  M'ton  t 
hofii  1  tenentium  eo^  quas  s'nientes  sni  1  holes  eo^  pot'it  affidcre  suas  ee  pp'as  quieti 
sint  de  omib^  theolon  passag  pontag  T:  pnniiag  t  ofni  cousuetudie  quo  ad  ipm  Regem 
ptinet.  Et  ,pliil)et  lie  quis  cos  sup  hoc  iniuste  nexet  ^c.  unde  sup  hoc  loqnend  coram 
regc.  Et  hut  diem  die  Luii  ppa  an  ffii  sci  Dunstani. 

Postca  hut  diem  coram  Rege  in  pliamento  London  a  die  Pasch  in  qiiq,  septs.  Qui 
uenit.  Et  p'ccptu  cst  p  Regcm  qd  p'dcis.  Prior  1  omes  holes  1  tenetes  sui  heant 
porcos  suos  quietos  de  pannag9  in  foresta  p'dca  scdm  tcnurem  carte  p'dce  put  fire 
consueucrunt. 


APPENDIX,    LXXXVI,    LXXXVII.  lv 

LXXXVI. 

LETTER  FROM  ARCHBISHOP  TO   THE  ABBOT  OF  WESTMINSTER  TO  HINDER  B.  PE 

CLARE  FROM  SUING  THE  PRIOR  OF  MERTON  IN  THE  EXCHEQUER  : 

STH  JUNE,  1282. 

(Archiep.  Register,  Pcckliani,  fol.  18o.) 

Frat  J.  pniissiouc  diualc.  Ycu'amle  religionis  pat  ctiio  diio  R  tlT  gfa  Atibi  Westni 
Siittm  I  sinccra  in  diio  caritate.  Illo  agentc  qui  tempcstatu  molestiis  sercniores  auras 
solot  subiung'e  ad  nos  intcndim  rccurrerc  ut  aniicum  ucc  ad  aliud  possem  cor  nrm 
cog'e  nonit  ds.  Et  magnii  couta  uos  qucrelfuvi  uos  habere  crodimua  solo  uro  iiiuiccin 
dyalogo  t'minaudam.  S,  li  hactenus  ut  p't'ita  sit  sopita  ad  Ti  nou'itis  nos  intclloxisse 
niip'ima  diim  R  do  Clare  sue  salntis  inmemorem  dilectissiinu  not)  in  xpo  p'orc  de  M'lon 
taherc  ad  cxaincu  uotitii  coram  notj  1  cct'is  Barouibj  de  sehaocar  in  casn  p  spin  sfm  in 
cnnouil>5  codcpnato  Quoc'ca  nrani  rogani  ex  cordis  intiino  oaritntc  (]:ltcn  ipra  no 
satellites  suis  inxta  qct  lire  congruit  honestati  a  tein'itate  hi  repellatis.  Xou  sola  (jiiia 
in  hoc  siiajj  iininct  piculu  auiina^  ueiTi  1  q;  lini'  occoue  forsitan  p  insidiosos  iniinieos 
quo^  aliquo.s  fietis  in  Roniana  curia  poss;  rout"  psone  nro  reu'entifi  oriri  cxropto  ut 
calfipnia  quod  nollein  . 

Valete  in  xpo  1  iiirgine  gl'iosa.  Not)  bnplacita  lira  cfi  seouritatc  oiSioda  inip'anirs. 
Dat  ap  Ilindon  vj  Id.  Junii  consecrcbis  nre  anno  (("rto. 


LXXXVII. 

LETTER  FROM  ARCHBISHOP  TO  SIR  15.  I>E  CLARE,  COMPLAINING  OF  ins  SPEAKING 

AGAINST    HIM,    AM)    SUING    THE    PRIOR    OF    MERTON  :     STH    JUNE,    1282. 

(Archiep.  Register,  Pcckhain,  fol.  185  »•.) 

Fr  J.  1c.  Nobili  uiro  dni  B.  de  Clare  multis  cccasticis  tittis  utina  tarn  re  qam 
noie  insigni  sanioris  consilii  spin  in  agendis.  Jut  illos  p'elari  regni  Aiigt  cticos 
illustres  quos  nite  inuudicia  trajj  Innien  1;  eccastic  honor  extollut  nobis  credimus 
co'pet'e  p'ncipatii.  Si  gra  nobis  data  nti  inediteniini  cu  eil  tii  q(J  nos  teste  couscifi 
optamns  afE'tu  intenso  p  eo  p'cipue  qd  nobillissiirnis  g'nianus  uest  Comes  Glou'nie  not) 
cst  amicissimus  sui  gra  1  Cant  ecce  refngin  spate.  Vcruptii  qcl  cfi  dolore  rcferim 
pro  zelo  que  ad  nram  g'imns  p'sonfii  multiplici  fide  digna  asseu'atore  pcepira  Ling^in 
« ram  i  nram  frequent9  laxastis  iuiuriam  uerbi  uri  advocantes  adiuratorc  queda  sec 
romane  ecce  cardinal^  de  quo  scim  nos  posse  confidero  sicnt  pro  cuiforsau  sc'psisscm 
audita  n1  uos  amor  honoris  uri  a  talibj  retaxisset.  Ilec  niit  modice  pond'antes 
plaugim  amari  qd  nos  p  quasdii  uras  sen  u'erius  nro  uoie  possessas  fnsitfi  facientes 
eccas  inuenim  nos  ibi  relatu  pluriu  minime  suspector^  rectoris  in  eis  ut  plurimn  no 
fungi  offc  set  raptoris  q5  bona  paupu  metentes  carualia  mi] la  eis  ut  modica  suffragia 
ministratis.  Tandm  ad  mcmoria  reduc'e  uos  rogam9  eaque  uobis  dixim9  cora  Adjl  de 


Ivi  APPENDIX,   LXXXVIII,    LXXXIX. 

ffylcby  nre  1  xpi  eece  ut  dr  iuimico  que  una  cu  p'sona  nra  noiatim  p  indices  delegates 
ab  olim  in  qnada  Ira  aptica  qua  habem9  uidim9  exois  seut'a  q<l  p  nobis  araarissime 
plangim  inuodatu.  Postremo  nostris  aceedit  angustiis  qd  nos  frequent  ut  p  niltos 
didicimus  p  satellites  nros  ad  exameii  uetitu  tahitis  cticos  1  psonas  eecasticas  ref'endas 
qni  corii  suis  ordinariis  parcre  proptissime  sut  pati  t  nouissime  religiosu  uiru  p'orc 
piissimi  collegii  de  M'tone  que  1  quod  pclarus  comes  g'mau  uester  amplectif  i  uis'ib5 
caritatis.  Quo  circa  urnm  hortain1'  prndeiicia  qatcu  oia  pdca  studeatis  celerit  I  melius 
reformare.  Alioqnl  p'ter  indignacoem  dei  1  penas  canoicas  quas  si  ita  cst  effug'e  116 
ualetis  excepcoes  nobis  obcrut  ganissime  qd  nollomus  tcste  beatissima  t'nitate.  Et 
lice  oi:i  nobis  dixisscmus  ornctn  uiue  uocis  n1  nram  fngissetis  aut  speuissetis  psentia 
occoe  fci  Lyncolnieii  in  quo  ut  erediin  quida  falsidicus  cl'icus  uester  conta  nos 
mendacit'  ifonnauit  1  nri  saluti  p  ficua  p  sue  bnp'noito  pietatis. 


LXXXVIII. 

C'L.VIM  i;v  PRIOR  FOU  HECOVKKY  OF  CATTLE  AND  SHEEP  ILLEGALLY 

iMPOUXDKi) :  SRI>  FEBRUARY,  1287. 

(Cart.,  fol.  cxcix,  No.  5:5.j.) 

E.  II.  Ic.  vie  SUIT  tc.  Si  p'or  de  M'ton  fec'it  te  secur9  de  clam  ps  tune  pone  p 
uadiii  1;  saluo.s  pleg  Jofiin  do  Walton,  Kicin  Attehurst  1  Henf  de  Ward  qd  sint  coram 
Justic  nrs  n pd  Westiii  a  die  pascfi  in  trcs  sei>tias  ostensur  gre  tii  ad  coem  utilitatein 
regui  nri  statu'iin  qd  ntls  distingat1'  p  an'ia  caruco^  sua^  ut  p  ones  suos  p  debito  nro 
iiul  alieno  lit  alia  qatuiiKjs  det'a  p  liattios  nros  aut  aliojs  qamdm  alia  fieat  au'ia  p  c' 
ronabilis  dist'ieio  sup  ij5in  fieri  possit  p  deldtus  illis  leiinndis  exceptis  duin  taxat  au'iis 
illis  que  in  dampno  alicui9  iuuenta  scdm  consnetudinem  Angt  imp'tari  contig'it  pdci 
Jolis.  Kictis.  Ileur  ones  p'dci  p'oris  apd  Walton  cepernnt  1  inipartauerunt  conta  formam 
statuti  pdci  1  cus  ad  hue  inptatos  detincnt  cout"  legcm  1  consnetudinem  regni  nri  1 
eoiit1*  pacem  iirm  et  heas  ibi  noia  pleg  t  boc  brc  et  interim  eidem  p'ori  ones  illas 
delib'ari  fac.  T.  Edm  coni  Cornubie  consang9  nro  apd  Westiii  iij  die  ffebr  anno  r9  n  xv. 


LXXXIX. 

CLAIM  KY  PRIOR  FOR  RECOVERY  OF   CATTLE  ILLEGALLY  IMPOUNDED  :    1293-4. 
(King's  Bench,  Quo  Warranto,  Assize  Roll,  22  Edw.  I,  Surrey,  M  Jjj  1,  m.  1,  d.) 

Prior  de  Morton  op.  se  iiijto  die  v'sus  Robin  Dymok  de  p'lito  quare  ipe  smt  cu 
PC  fro  de  Wycumbe  1  Johne  le  Garden''  de  Shenes  au'ia  rt  catalla  ipius  Prioris  in  regia 
strata  apud  Shenc  juxta  Pytricheshm  cepunt  1  impcau'iit  lea  ad  hue  im|Jcata  detineut 
1c.  Et  ipe  no  uen.  Et  p'ceptu  fuit  vie  qd  attach  eii  le.  Et  vie  nicti  inde  fecit  set 
testaf  qd  p'dcns  Rofes  cl'icus  1  no  hct  laicu  feodum  le.  Et  testatu  est  qd  Bnficiat9 
est  in  epatu  London.  Ido  maudatu  est  epo  London  qd  venire  fac  eu  hie  in  OctaB  see 
Trinitat  lc.  Et  unde  vie  testatr  1c. 


APPENDIX,   XC.  Ivii 

xc. 

WRIT  OF  AD  QUOD  DAMNUM  ON  PROPOSED  APPROPRIATION  OF  EFFIKGIIAM 
RECTORY  HY  MERTON  PRIORY  :  TTH  JULY,  1297. 

(Inquisitiones  post  mortem,  27  Edward  I,  Surrey,  No.  61.) 

Edwardus  Dei  gra]  Rex  Angt  Dns  Hifen  1  Dux  Aquit  Vic  SUIT  satt'm.  Pre- 
cipimus  tibi  qd  p  sacrament  Ci  pbo<5  1  legaliu  hominii  de  Corn  tuo  p  qnos  rei  veritas 
melius  sciri  pofit  diligeuP  inquiras  si  sit  :ul  dampnu  sen  j?judiciu  nrm  ant  alio£  si 
eonoedam  ditcis  not)  in  Xpo  Priori  1  Conventiii  de  M?ton  qd  ecctiam  de  Effyiigbnni 
iu  Coin  p\lco  quo  est  de  patronatu  sup  p,p'o,  ut  dicitur,  sibi  appriare  t  earn  nsib^  suis 
appriatam  tenere  possint  sibi  1  snccessoribj  suis  inippetnu  nee  no  1  si  sit  ad  dampnu 
sen  jjjudiciu  nrm  vcl  alio^  tue  ad  quod  dampnu  1  quod  prejudieiu  nnn  vel  alio^  1 
quoX  1  qnalit1  1  quo  modo  1  si  ecctia  ilia  sit  de  patronatn  suo  proprio  aut  altering  1  si 
sit  de  patronatu  alfius  tuc  de  cujus,  et  quanti  valoris  ecctia  pdca  sit  p  annii.  Et 
inciuisicionem  ilia  distincte  1  aptc  fcam  not)  sub  sigillo  tuo  1  sigilli.s  eo£  p  quos  fca 
f8it  sine  dilacionc  mittns  1  boc  fire.  T.  me  ipo  apud  Westm  vij"  die  Julii  anno  f  n 
vicesimo  qninto. 

(In  dorso) 
Alias  fuit  concessu  p  R  t  consigri. 


RETURN  TO  THE  WRIT. 
(Inqnisitiones  post  mortem,  27  Edward  I.  Surrey,  No.  61.) 

Inq's  capta  coram  vie  SUIT  p  sacnn  Jom's  de  Polesden,  Jacob!  Hansard,  WiHi  de 
Nortwod,  Johis  Payn,  Elyc  de  Criicc,  Tbome  Faukes,  Thome  le  Wyte,  WiHi  de 
WestiWe,  Pet'  de  Fraxino,  Johis  Pyncben,  Tbome  le  Lecbe,  1  Hen?  Lytlewyne,  qni 
dicut  sup  sacrm  snu  qd  116  est  ad  dampnu  seu  p'jnchn  dm  Reg  vel  alio^  q°£cuq^  si  idem 
dns  Rex  coneedat  Priori  1  Convcntui  de  M?tOn  qd  eccliam  de  Effynggeham  q  est  in 
Com  SUIT  sibi  app'are  1  cam  in  nsili5  suis  af)p'ata  teSe  possint  sibi  1  snccessoribj  suis 
impptm.  Dicut  etiam  qd  ecctia  j^dca  est  dc  £>p'o  pafnatu  P'oris  p\lci.  In  cni  rei 
testimouiu  fJdci  Jur  sigilla  sua  huic  inquisicoi  upposuerut. 

(In  dorso) 
Inqur  de  valore  1 
solvat  valor  uni'  ann. 


*H 


Iviii  APPENDIX,  xci,  xcn. 

XCI. 

EPISCOPAL  ORDINANCE  AS  TO  THE  ENDOWMENT  ON  FORMATION  OF  VICARAGE  OP 
EFFINGIIAM,  SURREY  :  13TH  SEPTEMBER,  1297. 

(Cart.,  fol.  ccx,  No.  554.) 

[U]nivsis  Xpi  fidelity  ad  quos  p'sentes  Ire  pvcfiint  Philippus  de  Bertoii  vcfiabilis 
patris  dni  Jufiis  Dei  gra  Wyntou  epi  offic  1  in  ipus  abscncia  vie  gerenti  salntcm  in  diio 
scmpiPnam.  Ad  conscrvand  habile  homin  rt  rerum  gcstaru  memoriam  sc'pture  fJsidiu 
lib  antiq's  extitit  adinvcntu.  Ilinc  cst  qct  p  psens  sc'ptii  ad  imivso$  iioticiam.volnm 
dcvenir  qcl  nos  xiij"  fcl'  Septembris  anno  dni  m°  ccmo  nonagesimo  septimo  ad  ecctiam 
de  Effynglrtn  Wyntr.n  dioc  psonalir  acccdentes  porciones  vicario  ipins  ecctie  rclig 
viris  jiriori  1  convc'iitni  do  Molon  p  veHabilc  palrcin  snpadcm  ctis  decimis  legitimo 
,-ipp'ate  p  viros  fidcilignos  cticos  rt  laicos  jnratos  ct  diligenP  cxaminatos  jidfo^  reliij 
acecdcnle  consc'iisu  jidci  pris  aiicale  taxaviin  ct  ordinavim  in  Ininc  modu  vidett  qct 
\  icurii  dec  ecctie  (jui  y  tenipc  fuorint.  EJJO  loci  j?scn(andi  p  snstentaeione  sna  totii 
alterngin  dec  ecctie  pcipicnt  ri  oiTic.s  niiniilas  dccimns  1  alios  .pvcnt  ad  dcm  alteragili 
pliucntcs  cu  deeinia  garbuj^  croftaj  1  orto^  qui  in  dca  pochia  pedc  1  vaugn  fodeunt 
lic'bnnt  cciain  dcoimam  toci  fcni  rt  garli:i5  oiiii  ir:i<5  Witti  Wrcnne  (jnas  tit  in  dca 
pochia  ad  qiio^tTKj^  mail  dfas  Proa  contig'fit  devenir  ct  oetodeci  acras  trc  arabit  1  di  en 
eomnna  pasture  ad  dcam  ccetiam  ptincntcs  liTic  T:  qnictc  T:  absqs  decimc  ^stacoo  sicnt 
Kector  loci  cas  tcnere  consnevit  cii  tibiigio  ciinirii  ecctie  f/notate  fiebunt  eciam  vicarii 
jVdci  avcam  coinpctenlem  ppc  ccctiani  p  ipos  relig  assignand  t  houorificc  p  statn  sno 
infa  ann  edificandani. 

Dicti  cciani  relit;  ipi'  ecctie  rcctorcs  dei^imas  garbais  1  fcni  tocins  pochie  cxccptis 
gart)  1  ft- no  finolat'  intcgrc  pcijiient,  rt  cancclln  dee  ecetic  rcpabnnt  T:  snstinebimt  ac 
pcnciimem  dtia^  inarcaij  qnain  Keetor  dee  ecctie  solve  consnevit  psolvent  Vicarii  q"q^ 
(jui  p  tcinpe  fUint  libros  1  ornamcta  dec  ecctie  invenient,  et  ofia  ordinaria  tarn  epalia 
q!lni  ar'clalia  snbibiint  1  snstincbnnt.  Ex,aordinnria  vcro  qnatt  prata  sne  porcois  tarn 
rclitj  jidci  qani  vicarii  sustincliut.  Jn  cnjp  rei  test  sigillnm  dci  patris  quo  |isens  utebatr 
niia  cum  sigillo  offieialitatis  Wynton  psentibj  est  appens.  Dat  die  loco  1  anno 
8iipadictis. 


XCII. 

FURTHER  Wi;rr  or  AD  QUOD  DAMNUM.  :  IST  APRIL,  1299. 
(Inqiiisitioncs  post  mortem,  27  Edward  I,  Surrey,  No.  61.) 

Edwardns  Dei  gra  Rex  Angt  Dii.s  Ilitin  T:  Dnx  Aqnit  Vie  SUIT  sattm.  Cum  imp 
tibi  Pcepimus  qcl  p  sacrm  |>bo^  t  leg  liominn  de  Com  tno  p  qnos  rei  vcritas  melins 
scire  pofit  diligeut  iuqnirercs  si  csset  ad  dampnn  sen  jJindiciu  nrm  ant  aliojs  si  con- 
cederimns  ditcis  not  in  Xpo  Priori  T;  Conventni  de  M'Jton  qcl  ccctiam  de  EiKngbam 
in  Com  jktco  qne  cst  de  patronatn  sno  pprio  ut  dicitr  sibi  appriare  t  cam  usil>3  snis 


APPENDIX,  XCIII.  lix 

appriata  tencre  possciit  sibi  1  succcssoribj  suis  imppetuu  riec  ue,  et  si  esset  ail 
dampnu  sen  piudiciu  nrm  vl  alio£  tuuc  ad  quod  dampuu  1  quod  prejudiciu  nfin  1  alio£ 
1  qualiP  1  quo  moilo,  ct  si  ecctia  ilia  f8it  do  patronatn  suo  pprio  aut  altering,  1  cuj ,  1 
quanti  valoris  ceetia  p\lca  csset  p  anuii  ae  inquisicb  ilia  p  to  nob  rctornata  insufficieiia 
existat  eo  quod  nulla  facta  est  mencio  in  eadem  de  valore  ecctie  p\lce,  tibi  jfcipimus 
sicut  alias  jicepiinus  qcl  p  sacrm  .pboij  ct  Ie2  hominu  do  Coiii  tuo  p  quos  rei  veritas 
melius  scire  poterit  tain  do  valore  ecctie  pMce  qam  do  aliis  artieulis  pnotatia  diligent 
iuquiras  plenius  veritatem.  Et  inqiiisicoiiem  iudc  distiucto  1  aptc  faulain  not)  sub 
sigillo  tuo  t  sigiH"  eo£  p  quos  facta  fucrit  sine  ditonc  niittas  1  hoc  Ere.  T  me  ipo 

apud  Wcslm  p'mo  die  April  anno  r  n  vicesimo  septimo. 

Waiubgc. 
(In  dorso) 

p  W.  de  Ilameltoii 
Inquis  patet  in  ccdula 
luiic  bfi  auucxa  te. 


IvETL'KN    TO    THE    WjIIT. 

(Inquisitiouos  post  mortem,  27  Edward  I,  Surrey,  No.  61.) 

Inquisicb  capla  corii  vie  Surr  utrfi  sil  ad  dampnu  sen  jiiudiciu  dni  Uegis  mil  ;iliu>>. 
si  idem  dns  Kcx  conecdat  Priori  1  Coin  cnlui  dc  M?ton  ([d  eucliani  dc  EfEynghani  in 
Cofii  ]Jdco  quo  cst  de  pafnatu  suo  pp'o  sibi  a.ppr'arc  1  earn  usib,  suis  pp's  iipp'ataiu 
tcnere  sibi  1  successorilr^  snis  iiipptm,  nee  no  p  sacrin  Jotiis  de  Polosdenc,  Witti  de 
Xort\vod,  Jacob!  Hansard,  Ilenr  de  Berglie,  Gilbi  le  CarPc,  Gilbi  Atto  ilershe,  \ViHi 
de  Westfie,  Ivici  lo  Warenyr,  Pet1  de  Fraxiuo,  Tlioiii  Faukons,  Joliis  Payn  1  Elie  de 
Cruce  qui  dicut  sup  sacrin  suu  qd  no  est  ad  danipnu  sen  pjudm  dni  Keg  vcl  alioj^ 
q°«Scut^  si  idem  dns  Rex  concedat  pdcia  P'ori  rt  Conventui  i!e  M^ton  qd  ecctiam  dc 
I']llynghrim  quo  est  in  Coni  Surr  sibi  a.pp'arc  rt  earn  in  usib,  suis  app'uta  tenerc  possint 
i.ibi  1  succcssoril>5  suis  inpptiii.  Dicut  cciil  qd  ecetia  pdca  cst  dc  pp'o  pafnatu  suo, 
dicut  eciil  qd  pdca  ccctia  valet  p  auii  scdm  vcrii  valorem  viginti  marcas.  Iledieut  qd 
jidci  Prior  1  Couvcntus  aunualim  pcipc  cosucvcriit  ile  jnlca  ccctia  qaiidam  pcnsionG 
duaji  marca^.  In  cuj  rei  testimoniu  \Sdili  Jur  luiic  iuquisicoi  sigilla  sua  apposuerui. 


XCIII. 

LICENCE  ix  MORTMAIN  FOU  THE  AITKOI'IUATION*  OF  EFFIXUUAJI  Cnuucii  : 

lOrit  AVKIL,  1299. 

(Patent  Roll,  27  Edward  I,  in.  30.) 

9?  Priore  de  [        R  omibj  ad  quos  le.  sattm.     Licet  dc  communi   consilio  regni  ufi 

Mertoii.      )  statuerimus  qd  no  liccat  viris  religiosis  sen  aliis  ingrcdi  feodu  alieujus, 

ita  qd  ad  manu  mortuam  deveniat  sine  licencia  nra  t  capital  dni  de  quo  res   ilia 


l.X  APPENDIX,   XCIV,   XCV. 

inraediate  voleiites  ;  tameu  ditcis  nob  in  Xpo  Priori  1  Conventui  dc  M?ton  gram  face 
spalem  dedim9  eis  liceucia  qantum  in  nob  est  qd  ipi  ecetiam  de  Effingham  que  ost  dc 
patronatu  suo  pp'o  ct  quo  ad  vigiuti  marcas  p  annu  scdtn  verum  valorem  cjnsdom 
cxtendif  sicut  p  extentam  do  p\:epto  nro  indo  fcam  nob  constat  sibi  app'are  1  earn 
usib5  suis  app'atam  tenero  possint  sibi  1  snccessorib5  snis  imppetuu.  Nolentes  qd 
p\lci  Prior  1  Convening  aut  succcssorcs  sui  fonc  statuti  p\lci  p  nos  vt  hered  nros  indc 
occonenf  in  aliquo  sen  gHvcntr.  In  cui9  tc.  T.  R  apd  Westm  x  die  Apt. 

p  ipm  Regem. 


XCIV. 

COHREDY    GRANTED    UY    THE    PlUORY    TO    RlCIIAKD    DE    WoLCHEREHAWK 

AND  ms  WIFE  :   20TH  NOVEMBER,  1300. 
(Curt.,  fol.  cxxx  v,  No.  291.) 

Uiiiu's  x1  fulelib  P'scns  sc'ptii  uisur  ul  audit'is  EJmimd  p'or  M'ton  1  ei'd  loci 
couet  satt  in  dno.  Nou'it  untu'sitas  nni  nos  unaimi  cosensu  coeessiisse  Rico  do 
Wolcherehawe  1  Kline  uxori  ei  ad  tota  uila  ipo^  Rici  1  Eline  sen  alt'i9  eoji  qf 
supuix'it  totu  corrcdiu  subsc'ptu  in  doino  nra  dc  M'ton  plena$  pcipied  1  inde  ad 
uolutate  sna  disponed  uidols  dc  cellar'  nFo  duns  panes  q'  nocat9  michc  couet9  1  tcs 
galoii  de  c'uisia  couet  cotidie  cii  lifio  itroitu  T;  exten  ut  una  die  I  septiana  recipd  1  de 
coqua  nra  singtis  diebs  sicut  duo  canoici  nfi  pcipict  (a  in  gcn'alibus  ferc'lis  q  in  special 
pitaciis  q  fient  |?nidebut  suptib5  coilatis.  Kt  dca  fcrc'la  sen  pitacias  iiif"  inugnu 
hostiu  coque  nre  cottas  ut  erudas  plonar  pcipict.  Cocessim  ecia  eisd  Rico  1  Eline 
sen  eo<j  alt'i  q'm  supstite  cc  cotig'it  ad  op  duo£  garconu  singtis  dicb^  ({:ltuor  panes 
scil,  duos  de  capella  t  duos  ex  aula  1  t°s  gallonc.s  de  c'uisia  militu  t  de  coq'ua  nra 
fercula  dc  aula  sic  duobus  gurcoib,  nris  duratib,  prauis  pdcor  Rico  1  Eline.  Concessin/ 
ctia  eisd  Rico  1  Eline  masionc  infi4  clausu  nrm  cu  edifico  cSpetnti  qd  q°nd  fnit  Wirti 
de  Ou'ton  cu  gardino  1  cisianito  ad  p'dcm  euificiu  ptineti9.  Ita  tii  qd  pdci  Ricus  t 
Elina  p'dcam  masione  domos  T;  edificia  muros  1  hayas  1  gardinii  in  uasto  1  destrnctoe 
1  sine  ruina  donio^  sen  num>£  coseruabat  sicuti  ilia  rcceput  abscj^  cofdco  n°  heredu  sen 
cxecnto^  suo£.  la  eiii'  rei  testini  p'senti  sc'pto  sigillu  capitti  nri  e  appesu.  Dal  apd 
M'ton  die  sci  Ednuidi  Reg  anuo  rcgni  regis  Edward!  t'cesimo. 


XCV. 
ORDER  uv  THE  KING  IN  PARLIAMENT  FOR  REPAYMENT  OF  £50  TO  THE  PRIORY: 

27Tii  FEBRUARY,  1301. 
(Cart.,  fol.  cxcv,  No.  516.) 

R.  Thes  t  Bar  suis  de  »ccaro  Satin.     Ditci  uoB  iu  xpo  p'or  t  c'vent9  de  M'ton  p 
petitioem  sua  corii  nob  t  c'silio  uro  in  pliamto  nro  line  exhrta  supplicarut  q^  c  ipi  mip 


APPENDIX,    XCVI.  Ixi 

p  Iras  SUBS  patetes  sigillo  suo  c'niuui  signatas  p  not>  in  q'ngntis  lib's  st'ligo£  q  ad 
mamis  nras  de  pecunia  decimo  in  subsidiu  t're  see  I  regno  ufo  c'cessc  devcn'iit.  Erga 
dnm  sumu  politico  obligav'ut  nosq5  p'lras  nras  pateulea  obligav'im9  nos  h'edcs  1 
successores  uros  p'fatis  p'ori  1  c'vetui  1  successoribs  sui.s  ad  plena  1  integam  ei'd 
pccimie  soloem  iuf*  duos  irises  p'qm  ab  cisd  p'ore  1  c'vetu  sup  li.  req'siti  fu'im9  facieda 
ncno  ad  ipos  iude  c's'uados  indepnes  et  idem  p'or  1  c'vent'  v'tuti  obligois  p'dci  dc 
p'dcis  q'ngutis  libris  collecorib3  dee  decline  p  p'fatu  sumu  pStifice  spalit9  deputatis  ia 
satisfec'iit  siuut  dicut  vclim  eis  i  satisfacone  p'dicajs  q'ngnto£  libra  in  dcbitis  q  noB 
debut  ad  sccam  p'dcm  debita  fac'e  allocacom  vi  ulio  c'petenti  in  eis  sup  h°  j?viderc. 
Nos  igif  supplicom  eo^  p'oris  1  c'vet9  in  hae  pte  aniuiere  ijio^  qj  indempnitate  pspic'e 
volutes  ut  tenemur  voB  madam9  q5  insc'ptis  Iris  nris  j)'deis  tiitacj,  c  cod  p'orc  super 
p'missis  dilignti  tractatn  de  nliq"  boua  t  c'pctuti  forma  p  qam  de  p'dcii  pecuie  suuia 
exou'ent  et  eisd  p'ori  1  c'ventui  in  debitis  p'dcis  debita  alloeato  ut  alio  in"  debita 
satisfacco  iude  fiat  pvideatis  put  iuxil  disc'cbem  iirm  voB  videbit1'  meli'  fauiendu  t  put 
p  uos  1  c'siliu  nrm  vot>  prefate  Thes9  pleui"  c  iniuctfi.  T.  II.  npud  Line  xxvij"  die 
ffebr  auno  f  u  xxix". 


XCVI. 

LETTEU  KKOM  Bisnor   OF  WIXCHESTEK  AISSOLVIXC;   PRIOR  AXD  COXVKXT   FI;OM 
EXCOMMUNICATION  INCURRED  BY  PAYING   SUBSIDY  TO  KING  :   ITU  MAY,   1301. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Pontissara,  ful.  27,  c.) 

Johes  dei  gra  Wintoii  ejJiis  diteis  liliis  Edmudo  priori  ilo  Mcrtona  1  ejusdem  loci 
conventui,  satt  gram  t  bn.  Litt'as  ven':il)it  pris  ffis  Geutilis  tt  Sci  Martini  in  montib^ 
l^sbfi  Card  seissimi  pris  d-ii  Bouifacii  diviua  pvidencia  pp°  octavi  pcnitenciarii, 
recepim9  tenore  c'tinentes  infrasc'ptu.  Ven'aljili  in  Xpo  pfi  .  .  .  dei  gra  ipo  Wynton 
vl  ej  vicar  in  spualib,,  frat9  Gentilis  miseraeoe  diviua  tt  Sei  Martini  in  montib5  I>t5r 
Card  sahni  t  sinccra  in  Dno  raritatc.  Ex  parte  fris  Edrnudi  prioris  de  Mertoii  t  loci 
ejusdem  convcntus  vre  dice  ordis  Sei  Augustiui  not)  oblata  petitio  c'tiiiebat,  qd  ipi  olim 
c'H  costitucois  tenore  Seissimi  pris  nri  dni  Bonifacii  diviua  .pvideiicia  sumi  pontiKcis 
unnciis  vl  miuist's  sen  collcetorib^  illnstr.  Regis  Angt  timore  amissiouis  bonornm 
snoij  tpalium  subsidiu  t'bucrut  ppt9  qd  excois  incurrcrunt  suiam  ex  ipius  constitueoi.- 
tenore  in  onies  c'*  facicntes  geu'alit9  pmulgatam.  Et  sup  biis  absolucois  bcueh'eio  no 
obtento.  Sup  quib5  snpplicari  fec'uut  humilit9  eis  p  sedem  aplicam  salubrit9  de  ipius 
misericordia  pvideri.  Nos  igif  aiiet'le  t  mandate  Dui  ppe  cuj'  peuitentiarie  curam 
gorim9,  vre  pat'nitati  c'mittim'  qnatinus  ijkis  .  .  .  priore  T;  convcutu  a  p'fata  excois 
sententia  jnxa  forma  ecctie  absolvatis,  et  ij5is  ad  tempns  |>ut  cxpedire  videritis  a  suo^ 
ordiuu  execucoe  snspensis,  tandem  si  bone  fu'int  eonv'sacois  t  vice  aliudq,  canoicum 
no  obsistat  sup  irreglaritate  deo  modo  c'tracta  cii  eis  misericordit  dispensetis,  pviso 
attente  qd  sup  hoc  sedis  aplica  t  dni  ppc  mandatis  semp  parebut  1  facient  illam  pniam 

sedes  ipa  eisdem  dux'it  injiigeudam.    Dat  Lat  an  xiiii  kahi  Febr,  pout  dui  Bouifacii 


Ixii  APPENDIX,   XCVII. 

ppe  octavi  anno  sexto.  Nos  igit1'  auc"te  mimdati  p'dci  cofessione  vram  nob  put  in  dco 
niandalo  c'tiiietr  expoitam,  cotricbcm^  vram  attendeutis  vos  t  quemlibet  vrm  a  p'fata 
excels  siiia  injucta  voti  sup  hiis  piiia  saluturi  in  forma  ccctie  duxim9  absolvendos  sup 
irreglaritate  quam  ca  occbe  c'axistis  diuis  vos  iumiscendo  da  "erastis  sic  legati,  pnia  voB 
injucta  vel  saltim  ej  parte  pacta  vitc  vfa  m'itis  1  morib3  siiffrageutib5  vobiscnm 
miaericorditer  dispeusantes,  pviso  p  nos  nicnomiu9  qil  sup  p'missis  mandatis  sedis 
aptiec  peliet is  I  piiiam  p  dcam  scdein  vobis  injungendam  humilit'  faciotis.  In  cuj9 
rte.  Diit  apd  tSmverk(j  iiii4"  noii  Mali,  anno  dni  M°CCCmu  p'mo,  consecr  nro  XIX0. 


XCVII. 

PKOCEEDIXGS  IJULATIXG  TO  AND  COXSE^UENT  ON  IXQUIKY  BY  EPISCOPAL  COM- 
3IISSIOXE1SS  AUISIXO  VKOJ1  Lld'TJiRS  EXIIOKTATOKY  FKOM  AliCHBISHOP  (AS 
VISITOR,  WEDE  VACANTE)  ;  KESIGXATIOX  OF  PEIOU  HENKY  DE  HEUIEHDE 

AXD    AXSWEKS    TO    AltTICI.ES  :     llTII    AUGUST    AND    2oTH     SEPTEMBER,     1305. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wodeloh,  fol.  33,  ?•.) 

ilurloii.  Acla  in  capitnlo  conventuat  eece  Beate  Mar  dc  Morton  die  Mercur 
.pxia  post  t'cstum  sci  Laiirencii  anno  Domini  M°CCCm"  ([iiinto  coram  not  Pctro  do 
(iniinvirl  ollic  Wynt  rt  Ptio  dc  15:ir(on  Archido  Sinf  Ven  pris  dni  Ilenr  dei  gra 
Wynt<in  K]i\  c'oiniss  in  hue  pte  epalit  deputatis,  vidett  leis  tra  Ven  pris  dni  IloB  dei 
gr;i  Cant  Arebiepi  totins  Angt  p'matus  cxcitatoria,  dco  dno  nro  VVyuton  Epo  dirccta  t 
coinissionc'  p  cnndcin  dnm  iirm  Wyiil  Epm  not)  fca  exfiitac^  Ira  ccrtificatoria  ilcojs 
1'rioris  1  Convent  1  conun  not)  reeitata  p  qnnm  evident  constabat.  Eosdem  priorem 
rt  convent  inn  ad  dcos  diem  rt  locum  coram  dco  dno  nro  vl  suis  comiss  fnisse  pemptor 
vocatos  put  in  cad  litt'a  certifieatoria  plcni  continetr.  Nos  t'ginta  septem  articles  iu 
visitacoe  dei  dni  Cant  Archiepi  eunde  p'oratu  tune  sedc  Wynton  vaeante,  jure 
dioce.-ano,  sen  tatiKj11;  dyocesaillis  visitantis  inventos,  ac  pcessnm  Spins  vice  1  aiicte 
dei  dni  nri  Wynton  epi,  ad  ([iicm  in  ipa  visitacoc  inveta,  corrigenda  corrigcre  ptiuet  T; 
in  meliii^  reformare  seqntes  1  peessum  nrm  pccssui  p  dem  dnm  Arehiepin  fiito  cou- 
tinnarc  voleutes  eosde  articles  qni  iu  quodam  rotlo  seriosi  et  pleuius  contiuetr.  P'ori 
dei  loci  qucin  ipi  artieuli  eontingebant  exposuim  siiignllatim  seriatim  1  exp'sse. 
C^ua^  quidein  litt'ajs  dei  dni  Arehicpi  1  cofnissionis  p  dcm  dnm  Wynton  Epum  nob  fee 
rt  articuloj?  hi  p  dcm  dnm  CanV.  Ar'epi  fee  p  dem  p'orem,  copia  petita  't  decrcta 
quatciins  earn  here  debn'at  rt  comissionis  ure  ae  artictojs  p'dieo^  s1  fca  idm  p'or 
articlos  ipos  1  iu  eis  eoiiteuta,  orris  1  singles,  uno  tu  dumtaxat  excepto,  sicnt  p'us 
coram  dco  pro  diio  Cant  Arehiepo  coram  nob  ucgav'.  Hita  itacj^  sup  ipis  articutis  t 
co^  effcii  discncoe  aliqnali  quibjdam  do  Convcntu  p'dco  ipm  .  .  p'orem  snp  eisdem 
iirticlis  rcuin  1  culpablcm  ce  ail'mautib5,  qnib^da  v°  cotrariu  asscrentibj  nos  volentes 
su|>  ppoitis  hiuc  inde  1  articlis  p'missis  ult'ins  cum  dicto  dno  nro  Wynton  cpo 
deliberare  p'fixim  eidm  Priori  1  conventui  diem  in  pxio  adveiitu  dei  dni  uri  WynP  ad 
dcm  prioratum,  ad  audieud  faciend  't  recipient!  sup  eisdem  quod  justum  fu'it  t 
consouu  roi.  Sup  attemptatis  vere  p  dcm  priore  c'a  iubibicom  dei  dni  Cant  Archiepi 


APPENDIX,   XCVII.  Ixiii 

in  visitacoe  sna  imp  in  dco  p'oratu  m'ta  foam  p'oii  1  couvcntui  supadci.s,  ibidem  dco  die 
inqiiirere  volcutes  p'fat  p'or  coram  nofi. in  capitlo  dee  cece  p'sente  coiivontu  p'dco, 
fatebaf  se  vocatis  baltis  suis  ad  cam'am  snam,  reqnisivit  eos  sb  hac  vel  consimli  for1* 
v'bojs.  Adjuro  vos  sfi  obtestatacoe  diviui  jiulieii  ct  iu  piclo  aiajj  vra£  ut  v'itatem 
dicatis  coram  liic  p'sentibus,  si  miclii  qui  eq"m  nmqaq^  dederitis  vel  pmiseritis  j> 
s'vieudo  not)  qui  responderut  sub  piclo  eis  impoito  nichil  pcnit  dedisse  vel  promisisso 
occoe  p'rnissa  1  nichil  alind  asseruit  se  dixisse  ppt  quod  tain  sup  confessatis  p  dcm 
p'orcm  qaik  aliis  omib,  1  singlis  in  iiih'bicoo  del  [iris  c'tcutis  inquisiviin  diligent  p 
dee  ecce  canoicos  sup  p'missis  singullatim  examinatos  eo£  qd  depoes  in  sc'plis  rodigi 
fecimus  put  in  quodam  rotulo  super  inquisicoc  hi  cofecto  pleniiis  conlinetur. 

[2orm  SEPTEMBER,  1305.]  Morton.  Acta  in  capitulo  ccce  Coiivoiituat  Be  Mar  do 
M'itoii  die  SaHii  vi;  vii  ktn  Octobr  anno  Dni  M°  CCC1""  Q'nto,  coram  not)  Fre  Ilenr 
piniss  divina  Wj-ut  epo.  Ex  oflicio  nro  anc;ltc  onlinaria  procedciitibus  couta  Fn  in 
Edinundum  de  ITerierd  dee  ccce  P'oro  sup  xxxvii  urlis  inventis  conta  ipm  in  visifacoo 
rev'endi  pri.s  dni  Kofi.  Dei  gra  Cant  archiopi  totius  Anglic  p'iniitis  sede  Wyiit  imp 
vaeante  dcm  p'oratum  (amqil;  dyoccsanus  visitatis  videl";  cu  i-onstaret  nofi  p  retroacta, 
coram  discretis  viris,  Magro  Petro  de  (irumvitt  oliic  nro  t  PKo  de  Barton  urchido  nro 
SUIT  C'ofnissaf  nris  spalit  deputatis,  m'ta  eisdcm  p'ori  1  conveiitui  diem  fiiisse  p'lixnm 
in  pxio  adventni  nro  ad  p'oratum  p'dcm,  ad  faciencl  1  rocipiend  sujidictis  articulis  qd 
justicia  suaderet,  put  in  eisdem  retroactis  plenius  eontine(r.  Constaretq^  not)  p  tras 
certiflcatorias  dco^  P'oris  rt  conventus,  ipos  p  tras  iiras  Tuisse  p'mnnitos  qd  dco  Saul/i 
ad  P'oratum  ipm  psonalit'  deelinarem  causa  ptieiendi  rt  udimplendi  ult'iuscj^  corrigendi 
statuendi  1  ordinandi  qd  p  eosdein  nros  Coiriiss  inchoatuin  extitit  in  hac  ptc  scclin  qd 
canoicn  exignnt  institnta,  recital  is  it'ato  dels  ar'13  coram  p'fat  is  P'ore  rt  conventu 
auditisq^  responsonibj  sou  jnstiflcacSibiiB  dci  P'oris  in  se'ptis  redactis  1  nofi  lifiatis  rt 
e'adcoibus  qi'.o^dam  de  coiivcntu,  ac  eo^  confessionib;  dcas  responsiones, sou  jufilincacocs 
seqntil)5,  put  in  eadcm  se'pta  penes  nos  remanente  pleni  T;  seriosius  contine!''.  Tandem 
id  p'or  p'hita  ptcstaciie  pu1'1'  de  .pbandis  hi  responsionibj,  sou  jiistilicacoib;  suis, 
quatcnus  de  jure  pbari  possent  rt  debcrent  1:  do  p'gando  so  sup  qiiib^hun  articulis 
statnm  siium  infamantibus  dc  q'bns  in  eisdem  ar'ls  1  resjwnsioiiil^  sou  jnstifieaconihus 
jilenior  sit  mencio,  asseruit  so  non  posse  ueq^  vello  nllo  modo  P'oratum  ipm  ull'ius 
gubernare,  s^  gati.s  voluit  ac  sponte  ejusdem  rcgiiiiini  cedere  salva  dcclaracoe  status 
sni  lit  p'mittitr  t  statim  ccssit  tratorie,  sub  hac  for".  Ego  Fr  Edmundns  dc  Ilerierde 
.pspiciens  ex  dissensionil>5  multa  picula  aiab;  posse  iminerc  1  maxie  hit'  religiosos, 
nolens  qantu  in  me  est  1  quatcims  miclu  est  possifile  aliciij  mali  cc  occasio,  s^  optans 
t  cupiens  in  pace  sibi  deservire,  cui  me  optuii  totalit"  Ifiu  Xpo  T;  a  oura  quo  hiis 
dieb^  est  piculosa  me  exuero,  non  timore  pfioniim,  11°  conscientia  reatns  objcctoij 
rcgimini  p'oratns  de  M'toii  cui  p'sum,  spoiite,  pure,  cedo  t  rennncio,  sb  hac  condicioo 
hi  t  jnxta  eflcm  iunocencia  mca  p  legittima  documenta  sup  michi  objeetis  valcat 
declarari.  Rogans  qatin  hi  cessionem  meam  sub  m°  p'dco  admitt'e  velid  vra  pat'nitas 
rev'enda.  Qua  quidem  cessione  sc  fca  eandem  appbavim  usq,  ad  ilia  v'ba  sb  hac 


Ixiv  APPENDIX,   XCVII. 

condicoe  hi  tc.  Quia  condicoin  admitt'e  non  clecrevim  in  hac  pto.  Nosq>  de  ipius 
statu  de  discrete^  virojs  Magro£  Walt'i  de  Thorp,  decani  ecce  Be  Mar  de  Arcubj 
Londonia£,  Pet'  t  Ph'  p'dico£  1  aliojs  juris  pito£  not)  assidenciii  consilio  cousentientibiis 
subp'orc  1  coiiventu  dci  loci,  tuc  ibidem  ordinavim  in  liunc  rnodu.  Ordinavim  qd  Fr 
Kdniundiis  de  Herierd,  qni  gatis  cessit  regimi  P'oratus  de  M'toii  heat  cara'am  quam 
P'or  Gilb'tus  construxit  juxa  Benin,  1  cum  eo  iiinuii  socium  quern  eleg'it  de  Conventu 
t  unu  armigcru  que  elig'it  de  familia  1  iiiinm  fa  in  tin  quern  simtr  eligerit,  t  pcipiet  p 
sc  in  singlis  q"utum  t  duo  cauonici  p  armigero  qautu  pcipiet  vel  pcipe  consuevit 
armigcr  P'oris  1  p  famto  q*utnin  faints  de  familia.  Salva  noB  potestate  hi  ordinacom 
minuendi,  augcndi,  t  de  novo  ordinandi  jux"  condicoes  1  mores  tempis  p'titi  1  fntri,  1 
evcntii  {miiciacois  faciende  sup  iuvciitis.  Subseqnt9  v°  ad  install tcm  peticom  Ffis 
EdmudialiqHndo  P'oris  dci  loci  discretis  viris  Magi-is  Walt'o  Petro  1  Pho  supanoiatis  ad 
pleuius  rt  uberius  inqiiireudum  sup  articulis  p  eunde  Edmnndum  negatis  1  respon- 
sionibus  ac  jnstificacolbj  ad  articulos  p'dcs  fcis,  ac  coutadcoibus  p  qnosdam  de  Conventu 
predca  ad  dcas  responsiones  sen  justificacbes  tiitis,  v'balit9  comissimus  specialit'  vices 
uras  u*  ipi  oms  vl  duo  eo^  quid  p  inquisicoiu  lii  faciendam  inveu'it  in  hac  pte  nos 
redderent  jilcnius  cercorcs.  Qnil>5  quidcm  forme  cessois  nt  p'mittir  p  nos  appbate  t 
ordiuatoi  nre,  iclm  Edmuudus  ibidem  iucoiitiiieti  adquicvit. 

M'toii.  Memo  qd  cum  nos  Ff  Hour  pmiss  divina  Wyni  epus,  discretis  viris 
magris  Wnlt'o  dc  Thorp,  decano  ecce  15e  Mar  de  Arcnbj,  London,  Petro  de  Grumville 
oflic  uro,  t  Pho  de  Burton  a  re  hi  do  nro  SUIT,  comissem9  v'balit9  vices  nras  ad  inquirend 
])lenius  sup  quib3dam  arlia,  c'a  frem  Edm  de  Ilerierd  cunoicu  ecce  Be  Marie  de  M'ton 
quondam  ejusdein  loci  p'orem,  ppoitis  t  p  ipm  uegalis  ac  resposionibv  Ad  hi' 
articlos,  fcis,  ac  c'Mconibj,  p  quosdam  de  conventu  ad  dcas  respSsiones  tiitis,  et  ad  nos 
certificand,  quid  inven'int  1  fec'int  in  p'missis  put  in  retroactis  coram  noB  inter  cet'a 
sup  lioc  confectis  pleni  contiuet1  iidem  Magri  coffiiss  nri  capithn  dee  ecce  de  M'ton, 
die  Satifti,  \-$  xxvto  die  meus  Heptembr  anno  Domini  M°  CCC1110  quinto,  psonalit' 
ing'dieutes  sup  scdo,  septimo,  viii",  ix",  xv",  xxv",  xxvi",  1  xxvii0  articulis,  int9  cet'os 
ar'08  c'a  dcm  Edni  ppoitos  ut  p'mitti1"  c'teutis  p  p'centore  1  sac'stam  dee  ecce  diligent9 
inquisiverunt,  rt  quid  p  dcpocs  eo^dem  p'ccntoris  1  sac'ste  inveuerunt  in  sc'ptis  redigi 
feceruut  sb  hac  fora.  P'ceutor  dc  Mertoii  p  pfcssionem  suam  t  in  piclo  ale  sue  et  in 
v'bo  sac'docii  ad  jurat  us  t  diligent  requisitus  ad  dcclaracom  dcpois  sue,  quo  ad  scdm 
articulu  con"  dcm  Edmundu  ppoitum,  qui  tat  cst.  Itm  P'or  est  ita  crudet  tc.  Dixit 
t  respondit,  qd  qando  ffcs  deliuquerunt  corripiebat  cos  juxa  observautiam  regie  t  no 
alio  modo  1  dicit  qd  si  fuiss5  etatis  xxiiij  anno^  no  movaretr  in  eadem  dono,  tempibs 
se  fintil)5  utn  uc.  Sup  septimo  ar'°  qui  tat  est.  It  fril)5  inf'mis  lc.  simtr  requisitus, 
dicit  qd  visitavit  fres  inf'mos  debito  m°  n°  sit  recolere  de  aliquo,  quern  no  visitav'it  nt 
deceret.  Sup  octavo  ar1"  qui  tat  est  Ponit  in  mane'iis  1c.  dicit  se  nescire  pon'e  in 
t'minis,  de  aliquo  mistro  in  man'iis  malo  vl  amocoe  alic9  boni.  Sup  nono  articlo  qui 
tat  est.  It  opatr  oia  ex  capite  pp'o  tc.  simtr  requisitus,  dieit  qd  oia  tractat  de  consilio 
convent ,  nc  sit  pou'e  in  t'minis  de  aliquo  casu  de  hi9  fco,  in  quo  uo  requisiv'it 


APPENDIX,  XCVIII.  xV 

consensum  eojsd  1  f>  hoc  responde'  ad  x  arhlm  sup  undecimo  ar10  qui  tat  est.  It  net 
on'osnm  familiam  lc.  simtr  reqnisitiis,  dicit  se  nescire  pon'e  exemplum  de  aliqa  familia 
on'osa  immo  solito  minor!.  Sup  xiii°  ar'°  qni  tat  est.  It  nimis  e  elat  ,  sr  reg's 
rcsponsum  est  supa.  Sup  xv°  ar'°  qui  tat  est.  It  quoscumq^  s'  rcsistentes  lc.  simitr 
reqnisitus,  rcsponsnm  est  supa.  Sup  xvi  qui  tat  est.  It  nllos  canoicos  tc.  simitr 
rcquisitus,  responsum  est  sup*.  Sup  xxv  ar'°  qui  tat  est.  It  levis  1  vacilluus 
reputaf  tc.  simitr  requisit',  dicit  qd  nichil  se  repoii'e  in  t'minis.  Sup.  xxxvi  ar'°  qui 
tat  est.  It  P'or  no  scqnit1  'tc.  simlit9  requisites  responsum  est  ut  sup".  Sup  xxxvii 
articulo  qui  tat  est.  Itm  Prior  removet  'tc.  simtr  rcquisitus,  dicit  qd  nichil  scit  ponero 
in  terminis  nc  recolit  cum  amovisse  aliqnc  fiimuhim  obedienciar. 

Sac'sta  dee  ecce  sup  scdo  article  ut  sup11  sinitr  reqiiisit  concordat  cii  P'centore. 
Item  sup  scplimo  articulo  nt  snp"  similit  re([iiisitus,  (licit  qd  noluit  psonalit'  visitare 
iuf'mos,  nuqa5  in  cos  excaudesccns.  In  aliis  necessariis  eo£  visitando.  It  sup  octavo 
articnlo  ut  sup"  simitr  reqnisilus  dicit  sc  nc  scire  pon'e  in  t'niiuis  1  concordat  cum 
prccentorc.  Itm  sup  110110  articto  ut  sup"  siintr  rcquisitus,  ponit  in  t'ris  de  qnodam 
oreo  de  Sutton  sine  conscnsu  eonventns  vendito,  nescit  tnfn  estimacom  vendicois.  Itiii 
sup  undccinio  articulo  ut  sir1  simtit  rcquisitus,  concordat  cum  p'ccntore.  It  sup  xiii° 
arliculo  ut  sup"  sinitr  rcquisitus  dicit  se  nichil  scir  pon'e  in.  ('minis.  It  sup  xv°  ar1" 
ut  snpa  siiiilit9  reqni.sitns  dicit  qd  no  piinit  frcs  nit"  observant-lam  rcjflc.  Itm  sup  xvi" 
ar'°  ut  supa  siiiilit9  rcquisitus,  dicit  qd  saniores  1  discrecoea  vocat  ad  rocinium 
audienduin.  It  sup  xxv  ar1"  ut  slip"  simtr  rcquisitus,  die-it  qd  mutat  voluntatem  suam 
aliqnando.  Item  sup  xxxvi  ar"  ut  sujr1  sinitit  reqiiisit  responsum  est  sup".  If  sup 
xxxvii  ar'°  ut  sup*  simliter  rcquisitus  respons  est  sup11. 


XCVIII. 

ORDEII  FROM  Bisnoi-  ON  ALLEGED  WANDERING  OF  ONE  OF  THE  CANONS 
WITHOUT  LEAVE  OF  Suii-i'itiOR  :    13Tii  NOVEMBEK,  1305. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wodelok,  fol.  21.) 

Frat9  Ilenr  pmiss  divina  Wynt  Epns  ditco  filio  .  .  suppriori  ecce  coiiventualis  de 
M'toii,  sattm  gram  et  ben.  Ad  anres  nras  fuma  rcferente  pvenit  cjd  q'dain  coufrni 
vro^  rupto  obedie  vinc'lo  abscj^  sui  supio^  liceucia  in  vris  maner'  1  locis  aliis  vicinis 
veld  sue  salutis  imemores  evaganl1'.  Q'V'ca  voB  firmit9  p'cipiendo  mandam9  qats 
c'frib^  vfis  audcis  vice  t  uuctc  nra  sb  pea  excois  qua  i  cou"venientcs  ferim  in  hiis 
sc'ptis  dist'ctiis  inhibeatis  ne  absq^  petita  licecia  t  opteta  |>  ca  evideti  et  exp'ssa 
clanstru  vrm  egedi  p'sumat  sou  alicnbi  ex  domii  vram  do  M'ton  nliq"Iit  iinorari.  Qd 
si  q1  hnic  madato  nro  perc  c'tepscrit  nos  reddatis  de  eo«5  noib-  c'tiores  ut  c'a  cos 
possim9  pcedere  q*tcn  Deeded  fu'it  juxil  canoicas  saucocs.  Ail  hec  si  electo  sen 
electones  it"  vos  de  futuro  priore  fu'int  celcbrc"  volum  qd  ptes  si  qe  fu'iut  liberc  su 
vra  ant  alt'i9  c'adiccoo  signo  vro  coi  deccta  sue  elece^ois  1  alia  hoc  negiu  c'tlgclia  valeat 
c'signare.  Ita  qd  p'textn  illi9  dcm  sigillu  p  c'signadis  aliis  no  t"ctetr.  Dat  upd 
M'ewett,  Id  Novebf  a°  dHi  M°CCC'n°Vto  cons  5  p'mo. 

*I 


Ixvi  APPENDIX,   XCIX,   C. 

XCIX. 

SEQUESTRATION  OP  GOODS  OF  JOHN  r>E  WINTON,  RECTOU  OP  SHIRKFELD, 
FOR  DEBT  OWING  TO  THE  PKIORY  :    12m  OCTOBER,  1307. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  JVodclok,  fol.  69.) 

[Frater  Ilcnrieus  pennissione  divina  Wyutoii  Ejius]  1c.  sattm  gram  1  bfi.  Cum 
dns  Juries  do  Wintoii  imp  rector  de  Sbircfeld  nrc  dioc,  qui  vinm  nn'ivse  carnis  est 
ing'ssns,  relig-  viro  .  .  .  cam'ario  Mon  Be  Mar  de  M'ton  in  Ix  s  ,p  arreragiis  annnc 
pensionia  ab  eccia  p'fata  debite  eide  dfi  vixit  tenebaf  ac  id  .  .  Camcrarius  timens  de 
dilapidacoe  bono£  dci  Jonis  in  nra  dioc  existentiu,  p  executores  cjusdem  Jotiis 
defimcti  facienda,  nob"  humilit  snpplicavit  qatin  sr  hiis  pat'ne  sollieitudis  studio  de 
oportnno  rcincdio  sibi  dignaremr  pvidcre  volentes  igif  eide  in  p'missis  sicnt,  nro 
incnmbit  officio  justicie  faccro  complementu,  vobis  inandamns  qatin9  moneatis  1 
eflicacir  indncatis  aue"te  lira  os  T:  sinijlos  executores  p'fati  Jonis  qd  abso^  qalibct 
ditlicultate  inon'e  et  iiuluccrc  pot'itis,  qd  de  dca  pecuia  sine  aliq"  ulteriori  dilacoe  satis- 
faciat  .  .  Caincr  memorato.  Et  nicho  cu  debito  p'dco  noB  notorie  eonstet  ad  plena 
't  dc  p'tacta  dilapidacoe  p  eosdein  exec  facieuda  verisimilit9  timeat1',  vob  injiingendo 
inandamns  q"tin  bona  dci  dcfnncti  apnd  Shirefcld  existecia  T:  ad  quoijcnnio^  maims 
deven'inr,  seqstretis  t  sb°  arto  seqstro  custodiri  facialis,  qiion^  dci  exec  p'fato  .  . 
camerario  de  ji'dca  pccfiic  siima,  satisfeceriut  coinpclent"  vl  saltim  aliqnod  eanoicn 
cxbibu'int  qni-e  ad  solncciin  hi''  minime  teneanf.  Dal  apnd  Conrtenhale,  iiij  Id 
Oclobris  [anno  Dni  M0CCC"'0  scptimo]. 


C. 

GlJANT    OF    CoriT!F,r>Y   AND    CUSTODY    OF   THE    GREAT    GATE    TO    IlENRY    IIOCI.EGIl  : 

28Tii  OCTOIIEI;,  1310. 
(Cart.,  fol.  dix  r,  No.  374.) 

Non'int  nnin'si  qd  nos  fr?  Witts  p'or  de  M'ton  t  ci'dm  loci  couct9  tradidim  1 
c'cessim  bnrico  ho^lcgri  cnstodiii  magne  porte  monasfii  nri  cu  cam'is  ancxis  eidrn  1 
corrediu  sRae'ptu  diati  q°  adiiix'it  de  non'  pcipied  ;  videft,  nnu  pane  q'  vocaf  magna 
miclia  c'l'.ct  1  nnu  galone  1  dimid  e'nisie  c'net  1  dc  coq'na  unu  ferctu  g'nale  sic  mi* 
canoic  T;  p  garcone  sno  q''m  fidefn  ;  h  p  ncgociis  dom  lire  e'ligit  absntnre  fidelem  1 
snfficicnle  pvidcbit,  dnos  panes  de  anla  1  nnu  galone  do  c'uisia  inilitu  1  de  coq'im  nnu 
ferctu  sit  datr  garcoil)3  et  si  cotig'at  qd  id  in  h  i  aliq0  office  exfiori  p  nos  posiP  fncrit 
p  negotiis  dom  lire,  expediend  ibidrn  ad  top9  inoralur?  supt9  necessarios  de  bonis  nris 
betiil  1  ipo  tcpe  de  p'fato  corredio  sno  nicfi  pcipiet  n  corrediu  garcois  sni  remanelis  p 
dca  porte  cnstodia  facienda.  Concedim9  tarn  qd  dls  h  .  dc  cnstodia  ag'cttnrc  man'io£ 
ni:o^  c'tl  uoluntate  sna  no  on'abit.  uc  de  eisdffi  ag'cnltis  nc  eas  de  coseiisn  sao 
c  todiendos  sascepit  compatalnt  set  taclis  sac°scis  cnang'liis  iurabit  qd  dee  porle 


APPENDIX,    CI,   CII.  Ixvii 

c  totlia  1  oia  alia  p  p'orcm  c'r  ronabtiP  in  iucta  bn  1  fidetr  ailimplebit.  Et  ad  fi  oia 
obligat  se  t  oia  bona  sna  mob'lia  1  imoblia  ubicutj^  fu'int  ineta.  In  cui  rci  tcstirS  sig 
urm  coc  p'sent  duxi  appoii.  DaP  ajxl  M'ton  die  veflis  ,pxa  autc  fin  sci  Simom  Apl  Aimo 
f  r  E.  fit  R  E.  iiij". 


CI. 

COMMISSION  FROM  THE  POPE  TO  PRIOR  OF  SOUTH WARK  TO  CHECK  THE 
ALIENATION'  OF  THE  PRIORY  LANDS  :  29m  OCTOBER,  1310. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clx,  No.  375.) 

Clcmes  cps  s'nus  s'no£  di.  Dilco  filio  ....  p'ori  sec  mar  do  Suwert  Wint  dioc 
satlm  i  apticil  bn.  Ad  audiccia  nfni  pncnt  qd  ta  ditci  iilii  ....  p'or  1  c'lict  p'orut 
t<cc  Marie  do  M'ton  ord'is  sci  Aug'ti  Winton  dioc  ({;lm  p'docessoS  eo^  deeiaa  domoa 
t'ras  posa'oues  pilta  pascua  ncmora  molndia  iura  iurisdcoes  rt  qcta  alia  boa  ipi  p'orat 
datis  sr  h  tris  costis  exinde  publicis  isfmctis  it'pcrtis  inrom'tis  fci.s  r'uutiocoibj  t 
pcni.-j  aditis  in  gane  ipi  p'orat  lesione  ii  nttis  ctieis  I  luicis  uliq'b^  eojj  ad  nita 
q'bsda  n°  ad  n  inodicu  tep  t  aliis  ppetuo  ad  firma  ut  st>  censu  anno  c'ccssut  q^  op 
aliq  snp  hiis  cotirmacois  Iras  i  foi"*  eoi  a  sedc  aptica  ipct'ssc  dicut1'.  Q'a  u"  lira  it'est 
sup  h  dc  opportune  r'inedio  pnid'e.  Disc°t5i  tuc  p  iiptica  sc'pta  madam  q'Hin''  ea  y  do 
bois  ipi  p'orat  p  coccssoes  hi  alienata  inen'is  illicitc  ut  dist'cta  n  olj.sliitib^  tris 
isfiiitis  iuramtis  penis  r'nutiacbibj  rt  confirmacoibj  snpMcis.  Ad  ins  'I  ppetuto  ei'dni 
p'orat  legitie  r'uocarc  p'tcs  coir'dcorcs  pccsurii  cccsli^a.  tippellacoc  ppoita  copef-ccdo. 
Testes  ante  q  fn'it  noiati  si  se  (jr  odio  vt  trore  sfitaxerit  i-csura  siti  appelloe  cessalo 
e'pellas  n'itati  testimoiu  phlb'e.  Da't  Anenion  iiij1"  Kat.  Nou,  Pontil'  nri  anno 


CII. 

LETTER    FROM    PRIORY    TO    THE    POPE,    WITH    NAMES    m-    THEIR  PROCTORS 

APPEAR    AT    THE    COUNCIL    OF    THE    ORDER  :     8'HI    SEPTEMBER,    1311. 

(Cart.,  fol.  elxx  v.,  No.  407.) 

Scissimo  i  xpo  pri  ac  duo  Clenili  di  pnidneia  sae°sco  Romane  ae  niiiu'salis  ecco 
sumo  potilici  suo  obedie  filii  ff  Witts  p'or  monasterii  be  Mar  de  M'ton  ord'is  sci  Ang'ti 
Wint  dioe  i  p'uieia  Cant  1  ei'dfii  loci  conet  hiiilis  pedn  oscta  beato<5  cu  6i  snbieoe  1 
rcu'eucia  filial!.  Ad  cop'eiidu  i  p'sentia  lira  fca  p'mo  die  meus'  Octobf  in  cinitc  ura 
Yien  ut  alibi  ubiciit^  eociliu  urm  iiniu'sale  dnxeritis  celebndu  cu  cotumacbe  1  progatonu 
dier^  snbseqntiu  ns<^  ad  finale  expeditonc  cocilin  vfi  pdii  Ivnios  not)  in  x°  ITres 
Johem  de  Barewe  Ada  de  Whiteleiii  Johem  de  Sco  Albano  monast'ioji  de  Thorntoii 
Cireucestr  t  Waltham  cauoicos  1  c'fres  ord'is  nri  pcuratores  uros  legitiinos  ordiam 
facim'  t  c'stituim  p  p'sent'. 


Ixviii  APPENDIX,  cm. 

CHI. 

EPISCOPAL  ORDINANCE  FOR  ENDOWMENT  OF  VICARAGE  OF  CODINGTON,  ON  THE 
APPROPRIATION  OF  THE  LIVING  TO  THE  PRIORY:   20TU  NOVEMBER,  1311. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxx,  No.  445.) 

Oil>5  see  mris  ecce  filiis  ad  q°£  notitia  p'sent9  Ire  p'ueu'int  Plis  do  Barthon  archid 
SUIT  et  Stcplis  de  Den  comissaf  gn'at  ucn'abil  pris  doni  Hnrici  d!  gra  Wint  epi  nil 
ordiaud  1  taxand  portones  uicar  ecce  dc  Codintoii  Wint  dioc  ad  qtri  diis  Thomas  de 

Kingcstoii  p'bit    p  relig   niros p'ore  t  c'uetu  do  M'toii  dcam  ecctiam  I  p'p'os 

us9  tiutes  eanoicc  iien'abili  patri  p\lco  extitit  p'seutat  1  cud  dim  Thoma  in  ead  uicar 
iiistitiicud  1  i  corpalc  p'scssione  cid  iuducftd  comissarii  ci'd  uen'abit  pris  pdci  spcciales 
Satdn  in  dn  scpitna.  Cii  in  ecciis  pochiat  ,ppris  usil)5  rclig  quor  Icgitie  dcputat9  pseipos 
nt  assigiis  ipo£  popts  rcgi  n  debcat  s^  p  ydoncu  iiicurm  ppctuu  canoice  institutu  i 
cisd  (['  dc  ipar  occur  jiuentibj  c6g"ente  dobj  here  port  one  habeat  subneiri.  Nos  i£ 
comissarii  p'dci  <j'  auc'i'te  dci  jiris  in  h;lc  ptc  not)  comissa  pfatu  dnm  T  dc  King 
p'sbrm  Pdcos  rclig  p'or  1  concnlu  do  M'tona  dcu,  ccciain  dc  Coditon  I  pp'os  us  nutcs 
ncn'abti  pri  p'dco  canoice  p'scntalu  adinisim  1  uicariu  i  for  inr  institnim  in  ead 
anc'i'tc  dioccsana  not)  i  fr't  pte  spiilr  comissa  dcum  uicar  1  portoes  ci'dni  p  ipm  dniu 
T.  iiirarifi  rt  successor  suos  uicar  q  ,p  tcpc  fuerit  pcipied  de  jinctibT  dee  eccc  aniuiali 
imaimi  assensu  ipi  T;  door  rclig  sK  for1  q'  seq'tnr  pfiita  p'niit  spati  t  sollepm  i  for  iur 
iq'siloc  dc  portoibs  1  ualorc  ipi  ccctie  .sl  dnxini  ordiand  nidcl,  qd  p'fat  'J'homas  p'sbr 
rt  sui  succ  q'  p  tcpe  crt  oTodas  oblatocs  obucloiics  alturiu  ecee  p'uoie  1  ad  dcam  ccciain 
pueient*  1  oiiis  miniitas  dcclas  itege  pcipiet  1  pcipict  infcrius  expmcd  nidel,  dcciain 
lane  casci  lact  iigno^  n'nlo^  porco^  pullano^  aui^'ti^  colubarioij  mctt  orto^  curalagio^ 
poni  gardin  ffeni  lini  canali  1  cuk^  gnis  bladi  in  locis  scrib^  uinis  clausis  pcdib^ 
ffodiat  t  onis  alias  miniitas  dccias  q'cj^  noie  ceseat  exceptis  q'b^  de  dnicis  deor  relig 
pucicntibi  (['  q'dfii  dnica  tcpc  coscbis  liuj  ordiacois  p'i'atc  ccce  dc  Coditon  fuerut  anexa 
pcipiot  1  dcus  uicari  t  sui  succ  q1  ,p  tepc  fuciit  a  p'oro  ct  couent  q1  p  tcpe  fu'iut 
.singtis  ann  qad;lginta  solid  st'lingojS  ad  iiij  aim  tmios  p'ucipat  nidcls  ad  p.  x.  ad  fm  sci 
J.  x.  ad  fui  sci  m.  x.  ad  i'iii  Nattis  dece  sot.  Et  idiii  uicar  1  sni  snce  ut  p'mitit  q1  ,p 
tcpc  fii'int  liebt  illiii  tencm'tu  in  Coditon  qd  fuit  Ilog'i  de  ilriland  p'fate  ecce  ab 
iint'uiuo  aiiexum  cu  oi  t'ra  eid  tencm'to  adiacnte  1  ou'c  eid  t're  icnbiite  ac  i  cod 

9  9 

tcuem'to  domos  cdpctntes  deo  llicaf  1  ei  succ  if!l  unu  and  a  tepc  ordiaeois  p'dce  costcnt 
relig  meorati.  Et  int'im  morabitr  dens  uicar  t  succ  sui  in  domib5  ad  r'toria  ptinetib^ 
pdcas  11°  domos  s'jJdcOS  rclig  q  ad  dcam  uicaria  ptiuetcs.  Idm  uicar  t  sui  succ  snis 
suptibj  s'tiuebt  jidei  rt  rclig  caccllu  dec  ecce  s'lincbt  1  suis  suptibs  repabt  lib"s  u°  t 
oia  alia  ornam'la  ad  caccllu  plinccia  q"teu  ou'ibs  r'tor  tcpib,  ref'actis  icuberc  cosueu'ut. 
Cu  fu'it  netc  idni  uicar  1  sui  succ  q1  p  tcpe  fii'int  ineicnt  1  Iiicient  repabit  t  repabt 
siipportabit  1  supportabt  on'a  1  cx'ordiaria  dee  cccc  icubncia  ta  relig9  qm  vicar9  t  sui 
sncc  q'  p  tepe  fu'int  snbibit  1  subibt  agnoscet  t  signoscet  i  futuru.  In  cu9  rei  testim9 

p'or  1  conet  ac  p\lcus  uicar  p  se  t  suce  suis  sigilla  sua  alt'nati  p'senti  sc'pto 

identato.  Et  nos,  comissar  spates  p'dci  ad  ppetua  Inn  ordiaeois  meoriam  sigilla  nra 
p'sent  tris  si>;  imlntat  dnxim  append.  Dat  apd  M'ton  xij  kt  Decebr  anno  dni 
M°CCC°  iindccimo. 


APPENDIX,    CIV,    CV. 

CIV. 

COMMUTATION  OF  SEKVICES  GUANTED  BY  THE  PUIOKY  TO  JOHN  I>E  LA  DENE  : 

24in  FEBRUARY,  1312. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxix,  No.  4-12.) 

Uniu'sis  x'  1  1o.  Witt.s  de  Drokcsbunie  p'or  do  M'tofi  sattm.  Cu  Jotics  dc  Deno 
tones  fir  apd  Shehvodc  rt  Fisbide  tenebatur  1  dc  iuro  debebat  nob  fac'c  c'suetildles  1 
scruitia  subso'pta  p  tenem'tis  q  dc  nob"  tonct  ibide  nidels  ad  patiend  qmla  domii  q  dicif 
Som9  bus  nt  daro  sex  dcnar  nil  etcom  nrain.  Et  ad  pst'iicnd  clan.sf'am  npcl  Sbelwode 
1  illnm  claiistra  ppo  t'stu  duciidam  u.sq,  sup  motem  q'  uocaf  Bridelccubo  ct  ml  claudnda 
nua  rodam  circa  curiam  do  Ewi-lle.  Et  (((J  no  possit  filiii  lit  iiliain  siia  maritar  cxa 
nillus  p'dcas  sii  nfa  licna.  Ncc  equ  snii  masctm  s1  pitllcuntu  n°  bone  «'  uitnlatu  ucnd'o 
uc  boscu  suu  in  Shchvode  pst'ncr  .  Et  qd  idni  Jones  dcbuit  (["  s,  talliari  (^'iulo  boles 
de  Ewelle  talliatur  no  de  gra  s^  dc  consnetudic.  Et  qd  idin  Jones  ucniret  titiare  apd 
Ewelle  don9  attig'it  Caracas  nrus  arantcs  apd  E\vello.  Xou'ilis  uos  ,p  nobis  1  succ 
nfis  onis  cosuetudies  1  s'nicia  ji'sc'pta  cidin  Johi  rt  bercdil>5  suis  reniisissc  1  q'ctu 
clainasse  ippctuu.  Sett],  tain  qd  idin  Johcs  1  ticdcs  sui  reddciit  nob  rt  slice  nris 
aimnatl  p  dci.s  tenem'tis  nndccl  sot  1  qiltnor  den  argnti  dc  reddiil  agg  ad  q"tnor  ani 
t'mios  p'ncipat  p  cqillili,  portoib;  ct  dc  inl'in'lo  redd  p  pMetis  eVuctndib^  relaxat  octo 
den  ad  t'mios  p'dcos  p  oib_i  aliis  s'uieiis  c'snctudili^  scutarH>5  deinadis  rt  hietiis  cu 
accid'int.  Et  panagio  de  porcis  suis  ut  anea  fac'c  consueiiit  p  liac  a  i-'inissionc  rt 
q'cta  clamatoc  dcdit  nob  p'dFs  Jones  ilece  liliras  st'ling  p'inail>_,.  In  cnj  rei  testi- 
inoiu  bniu  sc'pto  indnlato  sigilla  ni'a  alt'natiin  sut  appcnsa.  Dat  apd  M'ton  die  sti 
Matbie  apli  anno  r  r  E.  lilii  reg  E.  v'". 


CV. 

M  uv  UENUY  DK  TUDEFOHD  or  AMUUXT  DTK  TO  HIM  KI;OM  THE 
PKIOKV  :   19-rn  JlAucn,  1312. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxviij  v.,  No.  -111.) 

Uniu'sis  p'scnt  tras  nisnr  Hiir  dc  Tudcford  ctii:  dcs  le  Marescal  cl'na  I  diio  :-atl. 
Non'itis  qd  c'pntacoc  fen  hit  diim  Willni  p'orc  de  M'toii  1  eid  loc  c'nctu  1  me  II fir 
au'dcm  't  allocatis  liiclindc  oil>5  dcbitis  debebat  del  ]>'or  1;  e't  in'  q'Mrigntas  sexaglla 
1  sex  HBr  sexdeci  sot  1  octo  den  die  c'pntaeois  1  constois  p'sent  1  coccdo  qd  si  aliq 
tallia  vt  obligate  penes  mo  bed  vt  exci'iito^  nicos  q'scuq^  dc  anriorc  daf  inetii  fn'it  p 
irHa  lieaf.  In  cni9  rci  tostiin9  sigillu  men  p'scnt9  appoi  1'eci.  Dai  tipd  M'tuii  i  eildtio 
sei.  Edi  martir  anno  r  r  Edwardi  fit  reg  E.  v'". 


1XX  APPENDIX,   CVI,   CVII. 

CVI. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  OF  DEBT  DUE  TO  HENRY  BE  TUUEFORU  : 
19m  MARCH,  1312. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxviij  ».,  No.  440.) 

Univ'sis  p'sentcs  litt'as  insp'txir  Fr  Witts  p'or  cle  M'ton  1  ei'dm  loci  couet  et'nam 
in  diio  sattm.  Nou'it  nnin'sitas  vra  nos  tcneri  1  bona  fide  obligari  p  psent  diio  Iliir  do 
Tudeford  ctico  dco  lo  ilareschat  in  qu  q'rigntis  sexagita  1  sex  HBr  sexdeei  sot  1  octo 
den  st'lingoij  ab  co  I  argiito  t  in  allocacbibj  ,p  nobis  t  pnsionc  s'  {>  nos  debit  de  toto 
tcpe  ref'acto  nitis  1  rccoptis.  Soluend  eicJm  in  festo  Xat'lis  diii  fixio  fut'ro  sii  nlt'ior 
a  latone  sen  c'l'Honc.  Et  .id  hoc  fidelit  faeies  obligaui  nos  t  snccessores  nostros  t 
ocetiam  nrain  1  ola  bona  lira  ubicucj,  fii'int  iuucta.  In  eni  rci  testim  sigillu  nrin  coo 
pVcnt  c  appCsu.  Dat  aj>d  M'loti  die  dnica  I  c"stio  sci  Edi  reg  1  martiris  Anno  dm 
!M"CCC"  undccio  1  anno  r  r  E.  lit  reg  E.  v'". 


CVII. 

IXJUXCTIOXS    OF    THE    IllSlIOr    CONSEQUENT    Ul'ON    HIS    RECENT    VISITATION  : 

i'9-rii  JL-LY,  1314. 
(\Vinchcs!er  Diocesan  Register,  Wodcloh,  fols.  24*  and  25*.) 

Frater  II[cnriciis  pennissioiie  divina  Wyntoii  cpiscopns]  diteis  filiis  Priori  T; 
conventui  do  ilertonc,  fire  dice,  sutdn  grain  rt  bn.  Condicois  humane  fragilitas  vieia 
gcrininans  p  lapsinn  teinpis  in  c'miiia  majora  dcflneret  nisi  virtutcs  moderainen  cam 
sul)  certis  limitib;  continens,  ipius  motiis  snpfluos  raconc  previa  arcius  cobibcrct. 
Ilinc  ad  reforinacom  inor'p  succcssiis  tempoj  varia  statuuntr.  Hiiic  p  offieii  pastoralis 
exereitiu  subdito^  cxccssns  vigilauti  sollicitudie  salnbrit  rep1mnntr.  Sane  occtiam 
vrani  imp  in  capitc  T:  in  inenibris  ,p  nt  ad  nos  ptinet  visitautcs,  quedam  vieiosa  eont" 
vre  pfessionis  rey-la  vre  (|s  Keligionis  diseiplinam  pnlnlasse  reppimns  ex  qnib5  ne 
majora  snecrescant,  ea  ptim  dnximns  repare  ptim  informa  qne  seqiiif  eradieitus 
cxtirparc.  In  p'inis  ([ilia  invcnimns  qd  ehor9  in  divinis  nt  decet  obseqniiss  minime 
freqncntatis  cum  dietet  regla  vni  qil  den  honorare  debetis  in  vice  tempib3  constitutis. 
Statuimus  t  ordinamus  qd  onics  irapedimentu  legitimu  no  hntos,  di'viuis  offieiis,  die 
noctiiq,  intersint  nee  aliquis  ab  boris  canonicis  ant  missis  in  conventu  sine  causa 
raconabili  t  liceneia  sni  snpioris  petita  1  opteuta  aliqnalit9  se  absentet.  Q(l  si  quis 
in  hoe  rens  dep'hensns  fn'it  1  corrept  cu  miuori  pena  se  emeudare  noln'it  p 
subtactiouem  sui  fercnli  puniaf.  Qd  si  nee  sic  emendav'it  juxa  reglam  vram, 
scdni  arbit'nm  presidentis  ad  cnjns  disposicione  ptinet  gaviorem  volnm  emendatoria 
Bllbire  vindietam.  Item  statuim9  1  ordiuam  nt  siletiu  iut  vos  in  locis  debitis 
melins  solito  observe!1'  t  qd  hostia  elanst'  p  frem  aliquem  timentem  Deu  custodiant1', 
qui  cnstodie  vre  locntorii  depntef  p  qne  seculares  nt'nsq,  sexns  ab  ingressu  in 


APPENDIX,   CVII. 

claustru  1  loca  cet'a  infra  claustru  qautum  fieri  pot'it  arccantr,  no  p  cos  prostef  occasio 
prevaricois  regie  tucifuitatis  ant  ffes  sc'pfe  vel  cotemplaconi  intendentes  gilit 
aliqualiter  hnpediti. 

Item  cum  scdm  docl'uam  Beat!  Aiigustini  rcgulam  vram  dietantis  in  incessu  statu. 
hitu  aut  cet'is  motibj  vris  nich  fnc'e  debeatis  qd  cujusqsm  offcndat  aspcetu  flrmit 
inbibemus,  ne  qui  fres  cum  vadunt  de  supio^  licencia  spaciatum  inccdant  in  couspcctu 
seculariu  cu  arcub5  t  balistis  aut  alias  dissolute,  nee  exeat  aliqnis  clior  clanstrum 
aut  septa  mouasterii  sine  presidentis  licencia  pctita  speciulit  1  obteuta.  Et  septa 
monasterii  exenntcs  comitc  honestum  neant  ct  tiiu  t'mino  sibi  statnto  redeant  sine 
mora.  Qd  si  qtiis  sine  licencia  clanstrum  cxire  prcsnmpscrit,  ad  sui  prcsidentis 
arbit'um  puniatr.  Si  vcro  causo  spaciandi  modo  p'misso  incesserit,  dissolute,  exitus 
infra  annu,  si  suo  p'sidcnti  videbit1'  cxpcdirc  a  septis  monasterii  totalit9  int  dieaf  snp 
quo  ipius  presidentis  conscientiam  coram  ultissiiii  onerannis.  Item  cu  regla  vfa 
dictante  iut  vos  116  carnalis,  set  spualis  debeat  cssc  dilectio,  et  p'latus  vester  abs<j^ 
psonajs  aceepcioue  corripa  debeat  inquietos,  1  piisillainincs  consolari.  1'recipim  T: 
ordinamus  qd  Prior  T:  sujip'or  cct'itj^  custodcs  onlinis  equalit"  corripiant  cqalit'  (js 
piniiant  qnos  equates  iuvcn'int  in  dulictis.  Gravius  v"  rt  ex  consuetudie  delinquuutcs 
pena  ferant  gaviori.  Qd  si  q's  ordis  custodic  p  priorem  deputatus  aliquos  coufratru 
puniens  aliqnos  p  indiscretu  favorein  dimittat  inpnnitos  lit'Ct  in  eonsimilibj 
dep'Lensos,  ipum  suspend!  essc  ab  cxecucbe  oflicii  custodic  ordis  volumus  ilia  vice. 
Qd  nisi  se  correxerit  ab  officio  suo  totalit  amoveat1'.  Ite  cu  paupes  in  spu  debeant 
de  pauptun  frm  societate  rt  multitudie  scdm  regie  vrc  scntentiam  gtari,  voK  in 
v'tnte  obedie  p'cipiendo  niandam  nt  nuin'um  collegii  vri  ([iicin  vehement  invenim 
inmunitu  qa5  cito  ad  hoc  psouas  ydoncas  invenire  pot'itis  augere  faciatis.  Item  <j; 
invenim  cona  injnnccSas  bone  memorie  J[ohanuis]  predcccssoris  nri  qd  de  l>ois  ad 
ecctiam  vram  spectantibj  racoes  tempibj  debitis  n5  redduf  stat  t  ordinam  qd  singlis 
annis  ab  in  castino  aia^  audiaf  compot  p'posito^  cct'o^cj^  ministro^  q1  sunt  coitatis 
vre  custodie  depntati  statimq,  seq''tnr  compotns  aliojs  p  ordiem  q1  sut  in  officiis 
costituti  quosq,  omes  ministantes  de  suis  administationili5  plenaria  reddidcrit  racom  p 
quod  excludere  no  intcudimus,  q'n  scdm  ordinacoes  dci  ji'deccssoris  nri  1  consnctndiem 
int  vos  aliquocieus  appbatam  si  possibile  fu'it  eopotv  adminisfcionis  bono^  domus  vre 
quac  in  anno  reddat1"  set  volum  qd  udmin  semcl  in  anno  copot  onm  audiatr  fidelit9 
et  reddaf.  Quo  audito  status  coitatis  oflicioj  in  cap"  publico  corii  omnil>5  recitet1' 
et  scdm  statu  domns  1  offico^  de  niim'o  familie  in  Prioratn  1  officiis  ac  'J  de  cxpcii  ,p 
fufis  tpibj  qantnm  fieri  pot'it  disponaf.  Ista  quo  ad  compotu  fidelc  audiend  annis 
singlis  t  reddeud  a  Priore  t  cet'is  in  officiis  constitutis  in  v'tute  obedie  precipim 
firmit  observari.  Item  quia  scdm  rcgulam  vram  ille  qui  p'est  no  se  debet  estimarc 
potestate  dnante  set  caritate  servieute  felicem  ut  caritatc  foreat  1  potestate  inordinate 
non  exc'teat.  Stat  t  ordinam  qd  in  vendicoibj  corrod,  silva^  feodojj  pcnsionn 
faciendis  1  concedendis  Prior  >itatr  cousilio  convent  ant  saltim  ptis  majoris  1  sanioris 
ejusdem,  nee  talia  faciat  sine  raconabili  cii.  Item  statuimus  t  ordinam  qd  prior  in 


Ix.xii 


APPENDIX,    CVIII,   CIX. 


peccuia  de  pvcntil^  prioratus  pveniente  recipienda  et  expendenda  ufaf  cousilio 
fidediguo£  confratrnm  scdm  consuetudiem  apud  vos  bactenus  appbatam  1  optentam. 
Item  bone  memorie  J[obaiiuis]  predecessoris  uri  vestigiis  inhontes,  statuim9  1 
ordinam  qd  bona  elemos  antiq't9  assiguata  in  nsus  ejusdem  1  no  alios  covertantr  et  qd 
clemosiua  dist'bnaf  panpil>5  modo  quo  distribui  cousueverat  ab  antiquo  quandocuq,  t 
quociensciiq,  ad  boc  sufficere  pot'uut  facilitates,  et  qct  frangmcnta  paupib;  t  no  aliis 
])lenaric  distribuanf .  Item  decreto  \ -re  rcgulc  initcntcs  volum9  1  mandam9,  qd  debiles 
1  intirmi  conffes  vri  p  offieiales  ad  quos  spectat  victualiu  .pvidencia  T:  dist'bnco 
melius  solito  de  cet'o  visitenf  1  .pcurent1'.  Ita  qd  no  scdm  condicom  eojj  qui  sut  saui 
set  scdm  status  co^  indigeuciani  quaten  facilitates  domns  suffic'e  pot'unt  eisdem 
victualia  niinistreiif.  Item  inhibemiis  ne  ali<j's  vrm  oecasione  eoi  quo  in  visitacone 
nra  acla  sut  sivc  dca  alt'i  iuppet  vl  contiimeliam  inferat  sou  noccat  sive  fufis  tempib^ 
ali(j'llit  pssquaf.  Premissa  oTa  1  singla  sigilli  i:ri  munimiuc  roborata  voE  tansmittim 
sub  penis  eis  adjectis  f'ufis  tempib,  iidelit''  observanda.  Qd  si  q's  vrm  facere 
p'sumpserit  ccnsuram  cxcois  suie  p  nos  in  visitacoe  nra  predicta  pmulgatam  no 
iiimerilo  pot'it  formidare.  Dat  apud  Essere  iiijtn  ktn  August  anno  dni  M"CCC'"° 
(]uarto  dccio  et  eons  nre  deciino. 


CVIII. 

LETTER  KKOM  Aitcnnisiior  UAYNOI.D  TO  THE  PRIOK  RKCOMMENDIXG  THOMAS 

GVDY  TO  A  PLACE  IN  THE  HOUSEHOLD:  1314. 

(Archiep.  Ucgister,  Rnytiolcl,  fol.  5tt,  r.) 

Walt's  tc  ditco  filio  ....  priori  do  Morton  sattm,  graiii  1  ben.  Thos  Gj'dy 
latori?  p'senciu  q'ut  testam  aliquant  uris  obseq'ia  inf'udauit  seq5  dili'  a  fideli  in  biis 
gcssit  rogatil>5  excitali  nos  ini'ius  affectib;  dcpcamnr  qnatin  ipm  in  aliquo  stalu 
....  ntt  nrani  i'amilia  aggregare  uelitis  1  institncrc  s'uitorc  ncc  rcpn'sam  in  hoe 
qncsim  patia  felicit  in  diio  ualeatis.  Dat  1e. 


CIX. 

CIRCULAU   LETTER    FROM   THE    PRIORY   DESIRING   PRAYERS  OF   ALLIED    HOUSES 
FOR  THE  DEAD,  AND  ESPECIALLY  FOR  GILISERT  CYPET  :  22.\D  JANUARY,  1317. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxxv  v.,  Xo.  468.) 

Univ'.sis  xpi  fidclibj  p'sens  se'plu  visnr  v  auditr.r  Williris  p'or  M'ton  1  ejusdiii 
loci  convent  orclis  sci  Augustiui  Winton  dioc  sattm  in  duo  scmpit'na.  Qm  sPa  1 
salubris  est  cogitaco  p  defuctis  cxorare  caritatis  vre  humilit  supplicam'  ut  p  defuctis 
uris  pie  copassionis  aff'tu  orarc  vclitis  T;  nos  deo  ppicio  pati  orim  orarc  p  vris  Laccer 
p'sonon  Gilb'to  Cypet  iirajs  dedim  testiinouiu  litt'a<>  devole  petentes  nt  necessitas 
ipius  purns  senciat  misericordie  vre  obsidiu.  P'sentib5  post  annu  imnne  valitis.  Dat 
apd  M'ton  die  sci  Vincentii  mart  A°  dni  M"CCCm°XVIJ°. 


APPENDIX,  cx,  cxi.  Ixxiii 

ex. 

MORTGAGE  OF  TITHES  OF  EFFINGIIAM  BY  THE  PKIOIIY  TO  PHILIP  DE  BARTON, 
ARCHDEACON  OF  SURREY  :  FROM  21si  JUNE,  1317. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxxiiij  v.,  No.  463.) 

Univsis  See  Mat's  ecctie  filiis  pateat  p  p'sentes  qd  nos  Witts  P'or  do  Mfton  Wynt 
dice  1  c'd  loci  coventns  ecctiam  de  Effingham  I  dice  Wint  in  pp'os  usns  hikes,  nnanimi 
volutate  1  concensu,  cocessim9  1  dimisim  dilco  noti  in  Xpo  magro  Phs  do  Barton 
Archid  SUIT  oes  declas  garba^  sou  fruetiis  dcciais  maio£  I  pochia  do  Eiringliain 
pvenietes  1  ad  dcam  eectiam  sen  uos  rone  ejnsd  ecctie  q^ucucj^  spectantes  una  fu  cur 
sen  manso  ac  domibj  I  cisd  existctibj,  a  fcsto  Sci  Barnabe  Apli  anno  Dni  innccc°xvij° 
usq^  ad  fine  sex  anoif  px°  scqnecium  plenar  complete^  p  sex  viginti  libris  nob  jnnanibj 
solutis.  Et  nos  toto  tempe  j]dco  oia  exilordinar  siint  cu  peusioo  Lta  solid  Abt)i  1 
couvetui  de  cert  annati  solved  suptib^  snpportabim  nris,  Idm  v"  Archid  oia  ordinar, 
ac  1  domos  1  oia  alia  edificia  sliptibj  suis  sustentab*  1  ropab1.  Et  si  cotingat,  q  absit, 
q  dco  Archid  iufil  jidcm  Fniinn  I  fata  decesser4,  coced'  idem  Archid  q  liceliit  j]dcis 
P'ori  t  coveutui  frctus  dee  ecctie  in  man  pp'as  reassumerc  du  tn  pdca  solnco  dci  debit! 
cxecntoril>5  ejnsd  fiat.  In  cnj  rei  tcstiiri. 


DISCHARGE  or  MORTGAGE  ON  REPAYMENT. 
(Cart.,  fol.  clxxxiiij  v.,  No.  464.) 

Pateat  nniv.sis  p  psentes  qd  ego  Pns  do  Barton  Archid  Surf  recepi  a  religiosis 
viris  P'ore  1  Coventn  de  M?toii  sex  viginti  libras  stlingo^  in  q'li;  m1  tcnebau1'  p  divsa 
sc'pta  de  q'bus  fateor  me  plenar  pacatu  T;  dcos  p'orc  t  coventu  ce  q'etos.     Si  c1'"  \" 
sc'pta  pones  me  vt  executores  meos  iveniain1'  p  nuttis  habenn1'  totatr  innitenr.     In  cuj 
rei  tcstini. 


CXI. 

PROXY   GIVEN   BY    PlUORY    FOR    ATTENDANCE    AT    ARCIIHISHOp's    VISITATION"  : 

1319  or  1320. 

(Cart.,  fol.  clxxxvj,  No.  469.) 

Pateat  univsis  p  p'sent9  qd  nos  p'or  t  coVent9  inon  Ee  Mar  de  M'ton,  Wynton  dioc 
ad  copend  p  noB  in  visitacoe  Rev  pris  dni  W.  dci  gra  Cant9  Arcli  toci  Angt  p'mat 
in  dioc  Liucot  in  c'stino  see  fidis  px  p't  inchoat  cu  cotinuacoe  1  progacoo  dies 
oBseqnes  dilan  not>  in  x°  magr  A.  de  B.  clicu  p'senciu  exhibico^  peat9  nrin  ordinam9 
facim9  1  costitui9  p  p'sent9  iiit"  eidm  special9  potestat9  noie  uro  I  eceiaij  nra!^  in  dea 
dioc  mon  nfo  ac  pcnsionu  approp'ata^  instr"mcnta  sup  approp'acoe  carte  exhibes 
pponeud  respond  juramet  licitu  c'°slib3  in  aias  nra  p'stand  1  oia  alia  faciend  que 
officio  visitacois  p'fate  de  jnr  iucubut.  Venit'  iusup  madatu  gn'ale  iu  oinib3  cais  t 

*K 


Ixxiv 


APPENDIX,   CXII,   CXIII. 


ncgociis  cona  nos  vt  p  nob  motus  vel  movend  eora  q'buseiiq^  indicibj  ordinajj  delegat9 
sou  eo£  comissaj?  q'buscuq^  dieb5  1  locis  uos  adee  vel  abee  c'cig'te  noia  nro  1  mon  uri 
agend  defendencl  excipiencl  rcplicad  jurainetu  de  calupuia  t  v'itate  clicend  in  alas  nras 
p'stand  stat  nfi  1  cui'lib5  iirm  v9  for*cbem  expens'  dapna  ac  in  iuteg™  restitucoein 
petend  r'cipiend  1  appelland  appellacois  cas  psequend  abu  pcm9  sou  pcur9  loco  suo. 
Abstituend  sbstitiitii  sen  sbstitucbes  r'vocand'  pcato£  officiu  cu  s1  vid'it  oxpcdire 
r'assumendia  omia  alia  facicnd  que  p  v'u  1  legitimu  pcur9  pot'ut  expediri.  Rect9  t 
q"tu  pour  qcq'J  idiii  peat9  nr  p'dcs  noie  uro  vel  mon  nri  spec!9  vel  gn'alit9  dux'it 
facicnd.  In  cuj  rci  test9  .sigiH:  nrm  eoe  p'sent9  e  appoitu.  Dat  1c. 


CXII. 

SEQUESTRATION   OF   THE   OP.LATIONS   OF  CHUUCII   OF  KINGSTON  : 

SRD  MAY,  1327. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Stratford,  fol.  102.) 

WyKrns  1e.  diio  .  .  .  arcliido  SUIT  ut  eiiis  ofiic  .  salt.  Per  inquisiconem  sup 
vaeac^oue  vicarie  ecctie  pocli  do  Kyngeston  Wynton  dioc  imp  captain,  aliisq3  uiis  T: 
modis  legis  not)  constat,  qd  porco  viear9  ccce  p?dce  ita  tennis  est  et  exilis,  qd  exinde, 
vi'tiriiis  cinsdem  non  valet  jura  cpatiti  solv'Je,  conguamq5  sustentatone  here  t  on'Ja 
sil>i  inciimbcncia  supportare.  Nos  igif  dee  eeetie  fi  aliis  quo<5  infest  in  bac  pte  cQ 
oiiii  C([iiitatc  psjiice,  vuti  comiltim  1  inandam9  qaiiu  oblacones  1  obvencones  minores 
ad  dca in  ecciiain  ,pv  ien'j,  quas  vicarii  eiiisdem  hactcnus  uullatea  j)crcipunt,  vice  t 
auc*1'  ni-'a  sequcstret('  1  sb"  salvo  1  arto  CUStodir9  faciatis  sequestr'o  si  ad  id  dcorf  P'oris 
1  Covent  c'sensiis  acces?it  1  assensus,  quoiisq^  duo  Walio  de  Friskeneye  pbro  uuc 
vicario  eiiisdem  per  nos  do  nouo  canouicc  instituto,  de  pucutib5  ipsi^  ecce  aucte 
diocesnna  fufit  sufficiens  porco  assignala,  eund  vicariu  in  corpalem  possoem  dee 
vicarie  an  sequcstru  liuinsinoi  infpoituni  nullateii?  iuducentes.  ICt  quid  fceltis  1 
iidem  Relig  feeint  in  hao  pte,  dem  pat°m  uos  ant  aliu  ipsius  pat's  vicar?  gii?alem 
expedito  nego  distincte  T:  apto  ftific  1v.  Dat(>  apd  Farnham  q'nto  nou?  Maij  anno 
dni  Mittio  CCCmo  vicesimo  septimo. 


CXIII. 

LF.TTEII  FROM   THE  Bisnor   RELEASING   WILLIAM   DE   FEROUR,   A   CAXON,   FROM 

HIS    VOWS,    ON    ACCOUNT    OF    A    riiE-CONTRACT    TO    MARRY:     29TII    APRIL,    1331. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Stratford,  fol.  55.) 

Univ'sis  quo^  int'est  vl  int'esse  pot'it  in  futuru  Johs  pmissione  dia  Wynton  epus 
sattm  in  Xpo.  Cum  nuper  Juliana  Vyn  de  Ebo^  coram  comissario  nro  spiali  petivissit 
Wittm  le  Ferour  frem  conv'sum  in  mon  de  M'ton  ordis  sei  Augiistini  nre  dioc  de  feo 


APPENDIX,   CXIV,   CXV.  Ixxv 

pfess'um  occasaionc  cuj'dam  contracts  matimouialis  iut  cos  iiiiti  an  ing'ssum  t 
pfessioncm  in  ordinc  et  monasfio  supadeis  sibi  in  viru  legittimii  adjudicari  ac 
pfessionem  hi9  uon  tcn'e  vt  de  jure  subsist'e  posse  suialit  jmiictari.  Idem  .  .  . 
coffiissarius  iir  vocatis  vocandis  in  hi  ca  pcedes  juris  ordine  qui  in  ea  ptc  rcquirebatr 
in  omibus  obs'vato  jJfatu  Wittm  dec  Juliana;  in  viril  logittimu  suialit  T;  definitive 
adjudicavit  .pfessionemq^  snbsecntam  in  ordinc  et  mon  sup'Mcis  nou  ten'e,  nee  de 
jure  sbsist'e  posse  puuciavit  ao  etiam  deularavit  j>  ut  p'missa  ofnia  et  singula  p 
peessum  in  ea  pte  hitum  penes  nos  rcmancute  oinibus  quo£  iut'cst  cum  oporteat 
cxhibcud  liqiiide  pot'it  apparere.  Et  ut  p'missa  vofe  plenaric  iiiotestant,  has  Iras 
patentes  fieri  fecimus  nro  sigillo  signatas  in  testimoniu  p'misso^.  Dat  ap  Sutheworkf 
iij°  kal.  Mail  anno  Ufii  miiHo  CCC1""  trice.simo  p'mo  ct  cons  nre  octavo. 


RIGHTS  AND  LIBERTIES  OF  PEIOUY  AT  MERTOX,  AXU  OTHER  PLACES  ix  SURREY, 

AFFIRMED    BY    ArERDICT    OF    JURY  :      13:53-3-l. 

(Placita  de  Quo  Warranto,  7  Edw.  Ill,  Surrey  ;  Rec.  OIL  Ed.,  p.  739.) 

Idem  Prior  p  ffem  WiHm  de  Dorkyng  attorn  suu  p  div'sas  cartas  Regu  Angt 
clam  tiere  sok  T;  sak,  thol  1  them,  infongeuethcf  iiHongencthcf  fines  't  nm'ciamtn 
lionim  snor^  1  catalla  fngitivo^.  quo  de  eo  tcnu'ut.  Et  qct  ipe  t  hoics  rt  ten'''  sni  sint 
q'eti  de  thelon  passag  pontagio  pannng  t  de  pccunia  q  ad  mimlr  ptincl  rt  ad  furlu 
geldis  turnis  vie  scottis  cofii  1  hundr'  de  purprestiir'  dc  repacoe  pontiu  stagno^  vi\  ;\^ 
de  hydag  scutng  et  de  oib5  tall  1  donis  vie9  et  q(l  quieti  sint  de  oib;  mis  cons''' 
occasionib5  opacoue  scculari  1  ope  s'vili.  Clafn  1  in  vill9  de  M'toii  1  Ewell  cii  suis 
rneml/  vidctt  Kingeswodc  1  Shehvode,  Dcneford,  Michham,  Pcclr'in,  Kinge.stoii  1; 
Moleseye.  Et  qd  uieh  occnp9  nee  usurp9  sup  diim  Rcge  n°  ant'  suos  petil  ad  iuquiratr 
p  priam  et  milit9  ad  hoc  ett'i  dnt  sup  sacriii  suu  qd  p'dcus  Prior  1  p'dcccssoj  sui  utl 
sunt  liB  p'dcis.  Et  qd  nich  occup'  nc  usurp9  sup  dnm  Rcge  nee  ante9  suos.  15  dcm 
est  ei  qd  eat  hide  siue  die  cum  Iib'tatib5  suis  p'dicis.  Salvo  scmp  jur9  dni  Regis  cu 
inde  loqui  volu'it  Ic. 


CXV. 

MEDIATION  OF  BISHOP  IN  FAVOUR  OF  RE-ADJIISSIOX  OF  JOHX  PAYXELL,  A  CAXON 
wuo  HAD  FLED:    IST  OCTOBER,  1334. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  8.) 

Adam  .  [permissione  divina  Wyutoniensis  episcopus]  ditcis  in  Xpo  fit.  Priori  et 
couventui  de  M'Jtoue  nre  dioc  sattm  cu  bn  et  gra  salvatoris.  Solent  fiducialit  et 
efficacif  ^ces  porrigi  qnas  rogatis  informat  auctoritas  et  milicordic  viscera  p  sequut. 


1-XXvi  APPENDIX,    CXVI,    CXVII. 

Ad  opa  igr  pictatis  quo£da  caroS  nro£  p'cib3  excitnti  devocoem  vram  pleuo  clcsiderio 
invitam9  obuisce  rogautes  qnatin  casu  et  causa  Fris  Johis  Paynet  cocaiioici  vfi  ad  vre 
frat'nitatia  gremiu  humit  rev'tentis  benigui  favoris  affcu  et  debita  caritate  tactetis 
pcna  si  qua  meruit  liac  vice  p'cu  nra£  p'mitiis  mediantib,  rclaxantes  vl  si  forte 
exigente  ordis  disciplina  plena  plectect  fuerit  ipam  nro  arbit'o  et  vro  consilio  moderanda 
don1'  ad  vos  veflim  relvetis.  Sc'p't  apud  Snthewerkf  p'ma  die  meusis  Octob  [1334], 


CXVI. 

EPISCOPAL  SENTENCE  CONSEQUENT  UPON  VISITATION  OF  THE  PRIORY  : 

8'rn  MAIICH,  13:55. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlclon,  fol.  16  f.) 

M<J  qd  die  Lime  vj«"  die  M'Vcii  anno  Dm  mitto  CCCmo  XXXIIIJtu  vfn  pr  dfis. 
A  .  Di  gra  Kp's  \Vyni  visitavit  Prioralu  dc  llertou  in  capite  t  in  mcmbris  t  die  M'cnrii 
viij"  die  ejusdc  mes  fecit  correctoes  il>ide  sup  comptis  in  dca  visitatoe  in  loco  caplari 
dei  priorat  cor  toto  convclu  rt  sniam  ptnlit  iufrasc'ptara  lecla  1  rccitata  p  dnm  A  .  do 
Ayhneton  dccanTi  do  Westb'i  que  ide  vcu  pf  organu  ad  ipam  sniam  Icgenda  constituit 
vocis  sue  cuj  (juide  snie  tenor  tat  est.  Nos  Ada  pmissione  divina,  Wynt  Eps  die 
JM'cnrii  ([atnor  lepii  in  p'mu  cbdoa  -\1°  anno  Dni  mitto  CCC°XXXIIIJto  in  caplo 
moHstii  do  M'toii  nre  dioc  visitatiois  lire  offin  executes  inliibem  omibus  et  singtis  1  in 
v'tntc  obedle  injugim  ne  q's  occone  accnsatis  sou  dcnuciatis  aliqarjj  calpar^  ct  defctuum 
in  visitatoe  nra  rcptoij  qnecuq^  confrcin  molestet  vl  molestare  jjsnmat  in  futuru  sen 
quieqiiid  attPjitet  v'bo  vl  fco  in  lesionc  sen  infamia  c'fris  vl  alfi  defbat  sen  ei  inferat 
vl  pcnret  dampnu  rixas  vel  vl>a  cotumcliosa  aut  in  visitatoe  lira  compta  alicui  sclari 
ctico  sen  laico  vbo  vl  signo  qnovismodo  rcvelet,  et  omues  in  c'ariu  venientes  canoicam 
nioicoe  jlniissa  excoicam9  in  biis  sc'ptis  biifico  absolntois  eorjs  not)  spaliP  res  vato. 
In  dca  visitatoe  rccociliavit  diis  ct  rcstituit  ad  suu  statu  pristinu  inf  canoicos 

del  p'orat  convsandnm  Johem  Paynel  canonicu  dci  p'orat  qni  fnit  p  magnii  tempns 
untea  vagabnndus  ail  instantia  devota  et  rogatu  Jotiis  de  llegliani  dcm  dnm  epum 
p  cod  instiinti  in'tpellantr'  res'vavit  c  dns  pniam  dco  canoico  p  clpa  sua  hi9  infligeuda 
sibi  sb  spe  vitc  mclioris  ot  gestis  sui  ub'ioris. 


CXVII. 

CITATION  OF  CONTRADICTORS  (IF  ANY)  TO  ATTEND  AT  ELECTION  OF  THOMAS  HE 
KENT  AS  PRIOU  :    IST  APRIL,  1335. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  16  v.) 

Adam  pmissiono  divina  Wynton  Eps  discrete  viro  magro  J.  de  Uske  ofTIc  nro 
sat  tin  grain  t  bn.  Significavut  not)  dilci  fllii  ff  Joties  snpp'or  et  c't9  mona  Be  Marie 
dc  M'ton  nre  dioc  qd  vacate  dco  mona  p  obitu  boua  memoriai  ffis  Witti  ntti  prioris 


APPENDIX,    CXVIII.  IxXVli 

ejusd  defuncti  die  Luiife  f>x  an  f  fii  Annutiaconis  Bte  Marie  fix  p't'it'  videt  xiij  khi. 
Apt  p  elecione  fiituri  p'or9  in  domo  caplari  dci  mona  cauoce  faci'da  assignarut  qa  die 
invocata  sps  sci  gra  s'vatjs  solepnis  requisites  ditcm  c'ffern  suu  frem  Thorn H  do  Kent 
in  suu  1  dci  moil*  p'ore  pit  et  pastore  concordit  elegcrut  qui  p'sentata  sibi  eleccone 
hi  demii  cide  licet  cu  difficultate  c'sensit  ct  post  h  diis  fir  Rex  Angt  illustris  eide 
eleccoi  regiu  assensu  p'buit  et  favore.  Volentcs  igitr  in  nego  eleccois  hi9  juris  online 
obs'vare  voB  tenere  p'sentiu  comittim  et  madam9  qat  publieo  citacbis  edcb  in  ecctia 
monasrii  p'dci  pnblice  fJpoito  noiati  appoitore  sen  c'Bdicore  si  q's  appeat  alioquiu 
gn  alit  omnes  et  singles  si  qui  dee  cleccom  sen  otco  so  oppoffe  volu'int  citetf  sen 
citari  faciatf  pemptor  qcl  corii  noTi  sen  comissar  nris  in  ecctia  pocnli  dc  Bnrghclure 
dee  lire  dioc  px  die  jnridico  post  oct  Pasc'he  qr.e  die  eis  p  c'peteti  ct  pemptorio  fmio 
assignam  c'peat  quieq'd  in  dee  eleccois  forma  sen  otti  psoiiam  obie'c  volu'int  ppoituri 
ult'i  q5  fctnri  t  recepturi  cu  cotiiiuacone  1  progaccic  die£  tune  seqtiu  (jnod  jux" 
q*litate  cjnsde  negotii  justu  i'ii]it  1  c'sonu  roi.  Do  die  v°  recepcois  p'sentiu  t  quid 
fcfitis  in  ^missis,  nos  vt  dcos  nfos  comissarios  dcis  die  et  loco  certi licet (3  ATIS  litt'is 
pate  til  15  hbentibs  liiuic  tcnore.  Dat  ap  Xotyngham  pr  die  Ap't  anno  dni  mitt  CCC° 
XXXVU  et  t»ust  nrc  scdo. 


CXVIII. 

PllOCESS    AND    CoXFIRMATlOX    OF    ELECTION    OF    TlIOMAS    DK    KlJNT    AS    PlilOK  : 

21iii  APRIL,   13;!o. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Kegistcr,  Orlcton,  I,  fols.  xvii,  xviii.) 

Acta  coram  not>  A[dii]  piiiissione  diviua  Wynt  Epo  die  Luna?  px  post  Dnicam  qa 
cantatr,  Offiu  "  Quasi  modo  geniti  "  vidctt  xxiiij1"  die  Aprit  anno  Dni  mitto  CCC1"" 
XXXVto  in  ecctia  proctili  do  Bnrghclerc  nrc  dioc  in  nego  elecconis  do  fro  Tlioma  de 
Kent  canoico  mona  sv  ecctie  couvcntt  Bte  ilarise  de  M'tofi  nre  dioc  ]Sf:i(c  p  triliuuali 
scdentib^  hi  eleccois  nego  prim  it  p  veil  viru  magrm  I'etru  de  Bcholuclif,  Tlics 
Cicestren  elegant  jJpoito  lecto  postmod  c'tificatorio  discreli  viri  ^Ingri  J[oliannis]  de 
Uske  offic  nri  Wynton,  p  quod  costabat  noiatim  oppoitorc  sen  c'*dictore  ac  appoitores 
sou  c'Mcores  necno  omnes  alios  in  geffe  q'  so  oppon'e  voliiiut  e''1  hi  elecconis  forma 
vl  etti  psona  cor  not)  vt  nfis  coiiiiss  dcis  die  1  loco  p  t'mino  pemptor  c'percut  q'cquid 
p  pofle  vl  obi?e  volfiint  c'a  dee  elecconis  forma  scu  elccti  psona  si  sibi  viderint 
expedirc  f?cise  1  pemptor  p'poitur  onsiir9  factur  t  receptnr  in  code  nego  cum 
continuatoe  rt  progoe  die^  seqentiu  quod  jus  dictarct  fuisse  1  csse  legittie  eA'ocatos, 
exfiitoc^  p  fres  Radulplm  dc  Waltham  et  Wittm  dc  Freston  dee  ecctie  cocanonicos  rt 
capli  ejnsde  pcures  litt'atorie  c'astitutos  decreto  eleccois  jJfate  T;  eo  pblice  tune  plccto 
litfis  1  regiis  sup  etigendi  licentia  1  assensn  unacu  quibsda  aliis  litFis  1  instris  j? 
inforacoe  1  instruccoe  elecconis  memorate  cor  noB  exnitis  suppriorc  iusnp  eaplo 
monasfii  sive  eectie  fJfate  de  M'toii  p  dcos  pcnres  1  p'bato  electo  psonalit  eisde  die  1 
loco  cor  nob  c'pentil>3,  petitoq,  p  ipos  pcures  ut  oppoitores  sen  c'adicores  hi  si  qni 


Ixxviii  APPENDIX,  cxix. 

ffiint  juxa  juris  exigentia  p\:onizarentr 1  q  ultius  pcederof  in  nego  elecconis  memorat. 
Nos  oppoitores  sen  c'Mictores  hi  in  foribj  ccctie  do  Burghclorc  jJfato  1  in  coemit'io 
ejusde  pblice  ffconizari  fecimus,  ac  c  pclamari  ipisqne  legie  sepius  pcouizats  1  dint 
cxpcclat  nullisq^  c'pentib,  eisde  viam  nlt'ius  qnicqam  pponedi  sen  obiiciendi  in  liac 
pic  p'chtsimus  p  dccrctu.  Postmodii  v°  trili,  instructor^  videlt  RoBto  dc  Qnareria 
Ivadulpho  do  Walt-ham  I  Joh  dc  Pcvercwicri  dee  ecclie  cocanonicis  cor  not>  j?dnctis 
qnil>5  admissis,  juratis  1  examinatis  et  ipornm  dels  1  depositoib;  pblicatis,  petita  1  p 
p'noiatos  pciircs  ipo^  dcponnm  copia  1  eisdc  decrota,  prefixinms  oisdem  olecto  1 
j>enrib3  diem  M'eurii  ,px  post  firi  sci  Marci  evangliste  in  capclla  man'ii  nfi  de  Alta 
Clera,  ad  nlt'ius  pccdencl  facicl  et  recipid  in  toto  hi9  clcccbnis  ncgo  quod  dictav'int 
canocc  sancconcs.  (Juo  die  M'onrii  pxa  post  fin  sci  Marci  ev"ngliste  adveiente,  cor 
not)  A[da]  pmissionc  diua  Wynt  epo  in  capclla  mafia  nri  dc  Alta  Clera  anno  Dni 
sildco  dco  etco  1  ,pcuril)5  p'fatis  nt  pi-ins  c'pentibns  petitoq^  p  nos  ab  eisde  si  pta  inslfa 
in  nego  eleccois  jifate  rt  in  subsidiii  cjusde  pdiice  vellent,  qnibj  rndentib5  so  nolle 
pi nra  .pdiice  sen  exhibe  in  nego  hi  examinata  iusnp  psona  elect  p  nos  ipaq^  c'petentc 
tratur  inventa  ct  Ln  morig'J'i'ta  fiitis  1  discnssionibi  sr  cxhibitis  1  prodnctis  ad  plenu 
tolins  ncgotii  eleecois  p'dcc  t  sbscquent  concluso  in  code,  tande  ad  pnutiacbem  finale 
ejusdu  pcessimus  in  hnnc  modum. 

PKONUXTIATIO.  In  Dei  nomine  Anic.  Xos,  Adam,  pmissioue  diviua,  Wynton 
Epus  auditis  et  intetttis  mitis  cause  1  ncgotii  eleccois  dc  religiose  viro  fre  Tha  do 
Kent  cauoico  inonastii  sive  ecetie  coventuai  Biie  Marian  dc  M'toii  n?e  dioc  vacantis, 
in  priorC  monasfii  cjusde  ctto  imp  fee  1:  coram  not)  sufficient9  examiatc  solepnit  T; 
discnsscD,  (J5  invenim  ipam  elcccoem  dc  psona  ydonea  coc'retib,  omnibj  q  de  jure  in 
hac  pte  reqiiirnf  rite  ct  canouicc  celebrala  ipam  clcccxicm  invocata  spns  sci  gra 
cofirmam'  eiile  elccto  cura  1  admisfcocm  dci  monasfii  plenarie  c'mittedo  qua  q'de 
puuciacbem,  yen  pat  p'dcs  4?  dfim  Kog'nm  de  Broynton  ar'ctm  Glonc  qne  c'stituit 
organu  vocis  sue  pblioe  legi  fecit.  Et  statim  inecpto  ps  Tc  Dcnm  laudam9  1  so^epnit 
dccantato,  dcaq^  oroe  p  dcm  dim  cpm  sup  ipm  p'orc,  ad  altarc  gennflectente,  dutuq^ 
bndiccbo  epali,  idem  pr  dcm  p'ore  crcxit  et  osclatus  cst  eum  ipm  bii  dicendo. 
Quo  finito,  ide  prior  statim  ibidc  canonica  obedlam  in  licitis  t  canonicis  mandatis 
dco  .  .  duo  Wynton  epo  T;  succcssoribs  snis  cauoice  iutantib3,  ac  suis  t  eo£  offic  1 
ministris  p'stitit  nt  cst  moris  1:  iaspcctis  sacroscis  evangliis  solepnit  1  publice  hoc 
juravit  in  p'seutia  tcstiu  in  imiltitudie  copiosa. 


CXIX. 

MANDATE  FHOM  BISHOP  ENJOINING  OUEDIENCE  TO  NEW  PRIOR  : 

26xit  APRIL,  1335. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlefon,  I,  fol.  17  v.) 

Adam  tc.  Rclig  viris  filiis  in  xpo  ditcis  ....  snpp'ori  'I  conventui  moua  bfo 
Marie  do  M'toii  nre  dioc,  saltm.  Vacante  imp  moiia  vro  p  obitu  bone  memorie  ffis 
Witti  ult  prioris  ejusde  eleccoem  de  relig  viro  fre  Tha  de  Kent  concauoico  vro  in 


APPENDIX,   CXX,  CXXI.  Ixxi.X 

p'ore  vrm  1  dci  monasfii  etto  p  vos  concordit9  ct  cauoice  celebnita  t  cor  nofe  sufficient9 
examinata  solcmpnit9  1  discussara,  conc'rentibus  ofnib5  q  de  jure  in  hac  pte  req'rebaf 
pontificali  c'f'mavim9  aucHe  legittie  pcedentes  1  ipm  etcm  in  p'ore  vrm  1  dci  monastii 
p'flcim9  1  pastore  cura  1  admlsfcbem  ejusde  sibi  plena?  comittcdo  f'ma  concepta  fiducia 
qd  gra  sibi  suffragente  divina  fifatu  mona  p  sue  c'cuspeccois  indust'a  suuq,  miuist'iu 
frctuosu  salutis  1  pspitat9  votiva  suscipiet  increm'ta.  Quo  circa  devocbi  vre  firmit9 
injugcdo  mandam'  qat  eide  The  tanqa5  patri  T:  pastori  anima^  vra£  pleue  ac  humilit9 
iutendetes  obediam  1  rcveutia  debitas  s1  exhiBe  curctis  ejus  salubria  mouitii  T;  mandata 
suscipiendo  devote  ac  effieacit  adimplendo.  Ita  qd  ijso  et  voti  devocbis  fllios  reperi.sse 
letetur,  vos  qd  in  eo  patre  habeatis  assidue  grosum.  Dut  npd  Alta  Clcril  XX VJ" 
die  mens  Aprit  anno  dni  mitto  CCC'n°XXXVto  ct  t*nstonis  lire  secundo. 


CXX. 

LETTER  FROM  BISHOP  TO  THE  KING-  FOR  RESTITUTION  OF  TF.MPORALTIES  TO 

NEW  PRIOR  :  26Tii  APRIL,   1335, 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlcton,  I,  fol.  17  r.) 

Excelleutissio  principi  t  dno  suo  rev'endo  dfio  E[(hvardo]  Dei  gra  rcgi  Angt  dfio 
Ilifiji  1  due  Aquit  illust1.  Ada,  ejusde  pmissione  Wynt  eps  satlm  in  co  p  que  regcs 
rcgnat  et  p'ucipcs  dnanf.  Q'a  nos,  religiosu  viru  1'rem  Tlionui  de  Kent  eoneanonicu 
mona  Beate  Marie  de  M'toii  nre  dioc  in  p'orem  ejusde  p  obitu  fris  Witti  do  Brokc- 
iiesburno  nnp  p'oris  ipitis  vacanlis,  concordit  et  canoice  etmn  1  p  nos  confirmatu,  cujn.s 
q'de  eleccoi  regiu  adhibuistis  assensu  concrrentibus  omnil)5  q  in  hac  pte  de  jure 
req'runtr  anctae  pontificali  in  p'orem  ilci  monasfii  p'licimus  et  pastore,  cura  1 
administacoem  ej'd  sibi  in  spualib3  comittcdo,  vro  majcstati  regie  siipplicamus  q:lt 
p'dcm  frem  Tboma  del  intuitu  1  m'itoj?  suo^  obtetu,  hntcs  ppensius  coiiicndatu,  quod 
vrm  est,  in  hac  pte  eide  impcnd'e  clign'me  cu  gra  et  favorc.  Cclestiuline  \  ram  rcgiam 
c's'uet  Altissimns  in  pspitate  votivsi.  Dnt  ut  »a. 


CXXI. 

CONFIRMATION  OF  ELECTION  OF  NEW  TRion :  26in  APRIL,  1335. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlcton,  I,  fol.  17  «'.) 

Adam  Ic.  Relig  viro  filio  in  x°  ditco  fri  Thome  de  Kent  priori  mona  Be  Marie  de 
Mertoii  nre  dioc,  sattm,  giv  1  tin.  Vacante  nup  dco  monasfio  p  obitu  boo  mcorie  fris 
W[illielmi]  de  B[rokencsburne]  q°nda  p'or  ejusde  eleccoem  de  te  in  p'ore  ipius 
monasfii  etto  concordit  et  canoice  celebrata,  pontificali  cofirmavim9  aucatc  legio 
pcedentes  1  te  in  priore  ejnsde  mon*  p'fecin/  1  pastore  cura  et  adminislacbem  ejusde 
tibi  plenarie  committenda,  fiima  concepta  fiducia  qd  gra  tibi  sufiragate  divina  predcm 
monasfium  pptue  c'cuspecconis  industria  tnuq^  minist'ium  fructuosu  salutis  1  pperitatis 
votiva  suscipiet  incrementa.  Dat  ap  Alta  Clerani  xxvj°  die  April  anno  Dni  sadco  t 
tanstonis  nre  scdo. 


1XXX  APPENDIX,   CXXII. 

CXX1I. 

INHIBITION  OF  Bisnor  I;Y  ARCHBISHOP,  AT  SUIT  OF  ARCHDEACON  OF  SURRF.Y, 

IN   REFERENCE    TO   ElGIIT    TO    INDUCT    PRIOR  :    lOTII    AUGUST,    1335. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlcton,  I,  fol.  23  v.) 

Yen  in  Xpo  pri  duo  .  .  Ade  Dei  gni  Wyntoii  .  .  Epo  .  .  Offic  cur  Cam  sattm  cu 
rev'eutia  1  honor9  dcbito  tuuto  pri.  Petitio  discreti  viri  magri  Witti  Inge,  archi  SUIT 
vre  dioc,  not)  exhibita  contiebat,  qd  lie  ad  archid  Surf,  qui  j?  tempo  fuerit  11010 
archidiaconat  p'dci,  installacoes,  imlHccbnes,  sen  corpales  institutones,  quo^cuc^ 
prio£  Priorat9  de  Merton,  abbatem  sup"  se  no  ficutiu  p'dci  archidiaconat9,  elccto£  1 
aue'He  diocesana,  coiifirmutn^  q'hidociio^  et  quotienscuo^  iiniuet  facieude  solu  T;  insolidu 
nb  antiqo  ptinerit,  1  notoric  ptincre  noscantr,  fuissetqs  qnivis  archids  hi  ,  qni  p 
tempo  fuerat,  noi'o  ipius  Archidiaconnt9  in  possessione  vt  qasi  jur9  hi9  installacones 
inducciones  ac  corpales  institiicones,  p  se  1  suos  jur  suo  rone  archidiaconat  officii 
fiicicudi  qaiidocumc^  ft  quocieusciKj^  iminubant  inibi  facieude,  a  tempo  1  per  tempus 
cuj  coiifrii  mcmoria  holm  no  cxistit,  j>acitice  rt  quiete  fuisset  q5  ex  pte  ejusdc  arctii  in 
jjossessioiio  m'9  uoie  sui  archidiaeonat9  boua  fide  cxistent('  metuent(J  ex  quibnsda  cais 
pbabilihs  et  v'isiiib,  conjcturis,  sibi  et  suo  arcliidiacouatui  c'ca  p'missa  posse  iufutur 
grave  p'judm  gen'ari.  No  quis  in  ipius  sen  dci  Archidiacouat  T:  officii  sui  p'judin 
c.'ta  p'missa  vel  eo^  aliquod  quicqa  attemptaret  sen  facet  nttcmptari  ad  sede  Aplicam, 
1  p  tuiconc  c>ir  Cant  pala  1  publice  teie  pvocata.  Vos  tu  dca  pvocacoue  qne  vos 
v'isiiit  no  latuit  no  obstaute  post  et  conta  cam  iustallacoue,  iudacconc  et  corpale 
institucouc,  hi9,  no  ad  dcm  arctim,  85  minus  volutarie  p'tendentcs,  iiistallaconem  fris 
Thorn  11  fie  prioris  priorat  de  Merton,  dci  archidiaconat  canoice  electi,  1  afibsm  supa  so 
ill  p'mittit1'  no  lient9,  1  auc'He  vra  diocesaua  adui  cst  confirmati  t  ij5ius  induccone  sive 
corpale  institucoue  qne  ja  notorie  iiniiient  faciend  j)'t  1  conta  volutatc  1  cousensu 
ejusdc  arclidi  ipotj^  t  ipius  officii  in  hue  ptc  spretis  pit  et  contemptis.  Licet  reva 
nichil  sibi  obviet  dc  canoicis  institiitis,  quare  jJmissa  suo  jure  1  ex  officii  sui  debito  p 
se  vel  p  suos  face  no  debcrat,  p  vos,  vl  p  alios  aucate  t  mandato  vris  fa&  velle  sepi 
absq^  ca  rouabili  fuistis  et  cstis  puce  cominati  cuude  arehidm  in  sno  officio  1 
ipius  archidiaconatii  in  possessionc  vl  quasi  jur  p'missojs  sic  ut  p'mittit1"  existent^ 
circa  jus  1  possessionem  suit  de  quib,  p'mittif  p  cominacoues  hi ,  ac  modis  aliis 
mttiplicit9  molest(J  inq'etastf  et  conta  justicia  pturbastf  in  ipius  t  dci  archidiaconat 
sui  p'judm  no  modicu  1  gravame,  nude  ex  pte  ejusdc  archi  sentientis  se  ex  hiis  1  eo<j 
quolitit  indebite  p'gavari,  ad  dcas  sede  I  cur  fie  extitit  appellatii.  Quare  vofi  cu  ea 
qua  decct  rcv'cntia  inhibem  1  p  vos  oibj  et  singlis  quibj  jus  exigit  inhiberi,  volum  t 
mandam  ne  pendcnte  in  cur  Cant  hi  tuitor('  appcrtonis  ncgo  quicq^  hac  occione  in 
dee  ptis  appellantis  p'judiciu  attcmptetf  vl  tittemptent  faciatf  aut  faciant  aliq"lit9 
attcmptari,  q°min  lioam  heant  appettonis  sue  psecuconem,  put  justu  fuerit  ut'nsq^. 
Teuore  etia  p'sent  pemptor  vos  citam9  qd  compeatf  cor  not  aut  nfo  .  .  coinissar  in 
ecctia  Be  Marie  do  Aldermarichurche,  London,  septio  die  juridico  post  fm  see  Fidis, 


APPENDIX,   CXXIII,   CXXIV.  Ixxxi 

v'ginis,  in  dco  tuitorio  appellacois  nego  pcessur  f cur9  1  receptur9  qd  justicia  suadebit. 
De  die  v°  recepcones  p'sentiu  et  quid  fecitf  in  p'miss  ,  nos  vl  nrm  comissar  dcis  die 
et  loco  c'tiflcetp  p  tras  vras  patentes  ha£  siem  contientes.  Dat  London  quarto  idus 
August!  anno  Dni  mittio  CCC'no  t'eesimo  qninto. 


CXXIII. 

MANDATE  BY  ARCHBISHOP  TO  BISHOP  TO  INDUCT  PRIOR,  on  snow  CAUSE  : 

29TH  NOVEMBER,  1335. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  29*.) 

Veil  in  Xpo  patri  diio  A[ile],  Dei  gra  Wyuton  Epo,  offic  cur  Cant  sattm,  cu 
rev'entia  et  honore  debitf  tato  pri.  Querela  relig  viri  ffis  The  de  Kent,  in  priore  inon11 
Bte  Marie  de  M'ton  Ar'diat  Surr  vre  dioc,  clecti  et  c'firmati,  gavem,  recipim  ,  c'tincte, 
qd  cu  ide  frat9  Thas  p  convetu  dci  mona  de  jure  et  de  fco  tune  vacantf,  in  p'ore  ejusde 
concordit  ct  cano'ce  fuisset  eleetus,  et  sBseqnet  adiu  est  hi  de  ipo  fca  elecio  p  vos 
aucate  diocesaua  extitiss3  cano'ce  c'fir'Ha,  idem  frat  Thas  p  so  T;  alios  nomie  suo  voB 
sepi  supplicavit  humilit9  1  instant  qat  ipm  in  corpale  possoem  dci  mon,  juriu  1  ptiu 
ejusde,  p  eum  ad  qne  de  jure  sen  do  cosuetiulie  hacteu'  pacifice  obsvata  ab  autiquo 
hoc  ptinnit  et  ptifte  solebat,  mandaret(>  et  effciialit9  fafitis  iuduci  h.  in  eode  put  nioris 
est  corpalit  installari,  85  vos  pte  dci  p'oris  sic  petete  exaudire,  et  justicia  debits  eidc 
in  hac  pte  fa^e  no  curastf  quin  v'ins  in  gave  ipins  prioris  1  dci  mon  sui  dispeudiu  plus 
debito  distulistis,  ppt  quod  ps  ipius  prioris  ad  nos  accedes  t  p'missa  noB  exponcs 
de  remedio  in  hac  pte  optuno  p  uos  sibi  pctiit  pvideri.  Noletes  igitr  eide  priori  in  sua 
deesse  justitia  sicuti  nee  debem9  vot5  cum  ea  qa  decet  rev'entia  flrmit9  injiigeudo 
madam  ,  qat  si  est  ita,  infra  quindeci  die<5  spaciu,  a  die  recepcois  p'sentium  cotinue 
nuffland,  p'fato  p'ori  faciatis  sup  p'missis  justitic  coplcmetu.  Alioq'n  tenore  p'sentium 
petorie  vos  citam  qat  vicesio  die  a  lapsu  dco^  q'ndecim  die^  cotinue  nurriaiid  si 
juridic  sic  in  cur  supradicta,  alioq'n  px  die  jur'dico  tuc  sequete,  cor  not)  vl  nio 
comissario,  iu  ecclia  Bte  Marie  de  Arcubj  London,  compeatf  in  dee  qrele  nego  juxa 
epi9  qalitate  1  natram  ac  dee  curie  consuetudine  pcessur'  factur9  ult'i9  receptur^quod 
justitia  suadebit.  De  die  vero  recepcois  p'seutiu  1  quid  fefitis  in  p'missis,  nos  vl  nrm 
comissariu  dcis  die  1  loco  c'tificetis  p  tras  vras  patentes  ha£  s'iam  continetes.  Dat 
London  t'tio  ktn  Decembr  anno  Dni  mitt  CCCm°XXXV°. 


CXXIV. 

EPISCOPAL  LICENCE  TO  THE  PRIOR  TO  ACT,  PENDING  INSTALLATION  : 

4TH  FEBRUARY,  1336. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Registry,  Orleton,  I,  fol.  31  v.) 

Adam  tc.  ditco  filio  fri  Thome  Priori  prioratus  Be  Marie  de  M'ton,  lire  dioc,  sattm 
1  bn.     Ut  de  negociis  c'ib5  p'orat9  tui  spualibus  1  tepalibs  cu  c'veutu  tuo  c'modi9 

*L 


APPENDIX,   CXXV,   CXXVI.  . 

fctare,  et  clc  eisde  coi  delifcacoe  int'veniente  valcas  ordiiiare,  obedietiariosq^  1  at 
officiates  miu  utiles  a  suis  officiis  amov'o  1  alios  loco  eo£  magis  ydoneos  p'fic'e  put 
discrecoi  tuo  videbif  expedire,  tibi  p  sano  consilio  suadom  lit  ad  domu  elemosinar9  et 
ad  mansione  qui  df  bellus  locus  infra  septa  ejusde  priorat  c'stitutos  no  omittas  licj 
installat9  ad  hue  no  ffiis,  quotics  cxpodit  f>alit  declinarc  liceatqs  tibi  in  eisdem  locis 
morii  face  1  ad  cade  fres  tuos  optunis  tcpib5  cu  res  exigit  convocare,  ad  que  oiiiia 
facid8,  litiam  tibi  tcnore  p'scntiii  concedimus  facultat .  Dat  apnd  Faniham  tc. 
ut  supra. 


CXXV. 

MANDATE  FOR  INSTALLATION  OF  PRIOR  :    iTxn  MARCIT,  1336. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlcton,  I,  fol.  34.) 

Adam  [pcrmi.ssione  divina  Wyntoniensis  episcopus]  ditco  filio  offic  nro,  sahm 
gram  1  bii.  Cu  magr  Witts  Inge  ar'diatm  Surr  nre  dioc  de  fco  1  no  de  jure  occnpas, 
t  cide  de  fco  iucubens,  sit  1  adm  est  fuit  ni;ijor(;  excoi11"  siiiis  f>  suis  notor 
excessib'i  delictis  ct  crimibns,  rite  et  legie  per  nos  innodat,  1  p  sic  excoi*"  pubce  in 
dioc  nra  1  aliis  dioc  coviciuis  nfitiut  ,  ad  inslallancl  put  moris  est  in  p'oratu  do  M'toii, 
nru  dioc  from  Thomii  dc  Kent,  in  ]>'orc  ejusde  moir1,  ctcm  1  p  nos  e'fii^tuni,  ae  ad 
nssiguancJ  cidc  stallu  in  chore  ct  locfi  in  caplo  hacte  p'oribj  qni  f>  tempo  fii'lnt 
assignatc  ncno  nil  fucicnd  1  cx'ccnda  ea  q  in  p'miss(j  1:  c'ca  p'missa  ncc^ia  fiierint  sive 
optima  et  ad  copescend  c'adictores  et  rebelles,  si  qui  fn'int  in  liac  pte,  vote  comittimus 
vices  nras  cum  cohconis  canoice  potesto.  Dat  apud  Snthwerkf  xvii"  die  mens  M*rcii 
anno  Dni  M°CCCm"XXXVto  et  nre  tilntonis  t'cio. 


CXXVI. 

LICENCE  i;y  PRIOR  TO  IXGEUAM  DE  CLEYIIAM,  A  CANON,  TO  ACT  AS  AN 
EXECUTOI;  :  18rrn  JANUARY,  1337. 

(Wincliester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlcton,  I,  fol.  49.) 

Univ'sis  see  mris  ecctie  filiis  quo^  int'est  vl  iut'esse  pot'it,  uos  Thas  p'missione 
divina  p'or  mon  de  M'ton,  Wyntofi  dioc,  notu  fieri  volnm  p  p'sentes,  qd  dns  Ingeram 
de  Cleybam  cauoicus  moii  nri  p'dci  rcglaris,  executor  testi  dni  Rici  de  Keteue  eapclii 
dcfuncti,  noiat9  1  Spins  ultima  voluntato  deputat9,  licecia  ad  hi9  ofliciu  suscipiend  1 
exeqdii,  sibi  a  nob"  dari  et  concedi  humiliter  potuissj.  nos  nedu  sua  hi  petitocm  imo 
etia  quod  utilitas  dci  moii  nri,  hoc  suadet  et  exposcit  diligent  attendentes,  eide  sup 
hoc  licencia  exp'ssam  cocessim  1  lit>am  facttate.  Dai  apud  M'ton  die  Sat5b"i  in  fo  sea 
Prisce  vir^is  anno  Dni  mitt  CCCm°XXXVIto. 


APPENDIX,  cxxvn,  cxxvui.  Ixxxiii 

CXXVII. 

PROBATE  OF  WILL  OF  RICHAKD  DE  KETBNB  TO  A  CANON  ON  LICENCE  OF  THE 
PUIOII  :  18rni  JANUAHV,  1337. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlcton,  I,  fol.  49.) 

Md.  Qd  xv°  Kiit  Febr  auno  Dai  mitto  CCCm°XXXVI,  apud  Essen,  coram  yen 
pre  dno  A[da]  Wynton  Epo,  pbatu  fuit  testiii  diii  Rici  do  Ketcnc,  capctt  1  legic 
pnuciatii  p  code,  1  comissa  administaco  bono£  ejusde  capeli  defnncli,  dins  Ing'amo, 
canoico  do  M'ton,  offieiu  hi  administaconis  do  liceueia  sui  prioris  do  M'ton  suscipieti, 
ut  f>3  in  px  tra  p'sc'pta  et  Thome  de  Kyngcstou,  executorib;  in  dco  testo  nomiuatis  in 
forma  juris. 


CXXVUI. 

LETTEKS  EXIIOKTATORY  FROM  THE  Bisnor  COXCEEXIXG  THE  AUMINISTKATIOX 

OF    THE    PUIOKY  :     loTH    JANUARY,     1311. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Orlcton,  I,  fol.  100  v,  with  additions  from  Carl., 
fol.  ccxiiii,  No.  558,  in  brackets.) 

Adam  [permissions  divina  Wyntoiiicnsis  episcopus]  ret  vir  fit  in  Xpo  ditci.s  .  .  . 
p'ori  t  convetni  [Btc  Mar]  de  M'ton  lire  dioc  sattm  gram  1  bn.  Dolcntcs  refcrimus 
qd  mon  vrm  olim  in  t'ris  1  redditib;;  1  aliis  ecctiar('  pVetibs  opulent  dotatu  ac  dccorc 
see  Religiois  p'cet'is  ordinis  vri  monast'iis  vcnnstatu  p  negligctiii  1  ineuria  admistalo^ 
ejnsdc  tempibj  retroactis,  a  snc  originis  integ'tate  ja  .pthdolor  fpitcr  clandicat  rt  a 
religionis  tamitc  mnltip'1'  exorbitat  1  io  uimiru  in  snis  facultatibs  g:vvc  snstinet  lesione 
adeo  qd  ad  es  alieuu  quibj  indies  p'initr  psolvend  vix  int  vos  aliq's  invenitr  qui  manu 
cousilii  vl  anxilii  velit  appon'e  adjntrioe  s;  torpetcs  1  tcpidi  ct  qasi  vicio  quoda  naf'ali 
corrnpti,  negligitis  q  cbit  possi<letis.  Un  fit  ut  multa  dampna  gavia  q'bns  in  tempo 
sauis  consiliis  occrcre  potuistis,  post  cam  vuln'ata  ob  diflicnllate  rcmedii  cogamiiii 
sustincrc.  Nos  igitr  vris  nccita''3  pio  compati*03  cilcii  devocxicm  vram  hortamr  in  Diio 
voB  etia  pat'no  consilio  suadentes,  nt  sr  hiis  et  aliis  q  mon  vrm  c'custaut  incomodis 
siugtiretat9  cnjus  lib9  sen  inordinati  zeli  vico  ppnlsato,  in  carite  j]fia  simul  c'veientes 
diliget9  tactetis  I  coi  delitiacoe  cetit9  pvidere  nullatcnus  omittatis,  qnibj  auxiliis 
iuevitabilib5  et  urgetibj  exaccon'b^  dcbit<>£  coinodius  occrrere  valeatis.  De  hiis  auto 
que  in  hac  pte  dux'itis  faci1^  p  vos  p'orc  ct  unu  vl  duos  canocos  [nole  toci  convt]  ad 
lios  f>pt  hoc  destinados  cita  talc  fiii  [instans  festu  sancti  vinccntii  plcne]  o'tificari 
volum  et  mandamus  f  c'to  teuentcs,  qd  si  in  cxccucbo  p'misso^  negligcntcs  fu'itis  vl 
rcmissi  severi*"  cauoc;l  dcbelis  no  imm'ito  formidarc.  [Dat  ap  Essche  xiii"  die  mcns' 
Jauuarii,  a°  dni  M°CCCmoXL°  1  nrc  translat9  octavo.] 


APPENDIX,   CXXIX. 

CXXIX. 

CONTROVERSY  BETWEEN  THE  KING  AND  THE  PRIOR  OF  MERTON  AS  TO  PRESEN- 
TATION TO  VICARAGE  OF  KINGSTON  DURING  VACANCY  :  1346. 

(Chancery,  County  Placita,  20  Edward  III,  Surrey,  No.  30.) 

Ptita  apud  Westin  coram  J.  de  Stonore  1  Socijs  suis  Justic  dni  Regis  de  Banco 
in  octtibis  Sci  Hillaf  anno  regui  E.  Regis  Angt.  Pcii  a  conquestu  decimo  nono 
et  rcgni  sui  ffranc  sexto. 

SUIT.  Prior  de  Morton  in  mm  $  plur  dcfult  tc.  Idem  Prior  sum  fuit  ad  respon- 
dendu  dno  Regi  dc  ptito  qd  pmittat  ipm  f?sentare  idoneam  psonam  ad  vicariam  ecctte 
de  Kyngestou  sup  Thamis  que  vacat  1  ad  Regis  spectat  douacoem  tc.  Et  nnde 
Jofies  de  Clone  qui  sequif  <p  duo  Rege  dicit  qd  quidam  Thomas  de  Kent  quondam 
Prior,  tc.,  processor  tc.  fuit  seisitus  de  Advocacoe  vi curie  p\l  lit  de  jure  Prioratus  sui 
pdci  tempore  pacis  tempore  dni  Reg  mine  qui  ad  eaudem  p'seutavit  quemdnm  Humfrm 
de  Wakefcld  crieum  suu  qui  ad  p'sentat  suam  fuit  admissus  1  institutus  tempore  pacis 
tempore  ejusdem  dni  Regis  mine  post  cujus  resignacoem  jJdca  viearia  modo  vacat  tc. 
qui  quidem  Thomas  de  Kent  Prior  tc.  obijt  p  quod  idem  Dns  Rex  nuc  seisivit  in 
nianu  suam  tempalia  Prioratus  p\lci  .simul  cii  feodis  militu  t  advocacbibs  ecciiur  ad 
euiulem  Prioratu  spectant  t  tempalia  ilia  dimisit  suppriori  de  M'ton  qui  tune  fuit  1 
cjusdem  loci  conventni  tenend  durantc  vacacoe  Prioratus  |ktci  1  reddend  hide  extent 
dno  Regi  tc.  Salvis  semp  eidem  dno  Regi  1  heredibs  suis  feodis  1  advocacoibs  1c. 
Et  post  modu  quidam  Jotics  do  Lutlyngton  ctcus  fuit  in  Priore  tc.  t  installatus  in. 
eodem  Prioratu  ac  in  tcmpalib,  cjusdem  Prioratus  f^fatis  Suppriori  t  conventui  ut 
{imittif  sio  dimissis  se  intrusit.  Et  post  modu  vacaute  eodem  Prioratu  p  cessiouem 
/]dci  Johis  de  Lutlyngtoii  Prioris  tc.  dno  Rex  seis  in  mauu  suam  tepalia  Prioratus 
jjdci  t  ea  dimisit  jifatus  Suppriori  1  conventui  tenend  de  dno  Rege  in  forma  |Jdca  1c. 
Et  f?fatus  Prior  nuuc  electus  fuit  in  Priorem  tc.  Et  in  tempalibj  tc.  fttatis  Sup- 
priori  t  Conveutui  in  fonna  supadca  p  dum  Regem  dimissis  se  iiitrusit  advocacoib3 
supftdcis  in  mauu  Reg  adhuc  existentibj  p  co  qd  nee  fidcus  Johcs  de  Lutlyngtou 
quondam  Prior  tc.  nee  fJdcus  Prior  mine  easdem  advocacoes  seisitus  fuit  exta  posses- 
sionem  dni  Reg  usq,  ad  deeimu  diem  Novembr  px  jJPitu  tc.  infra  quod  tempus  jJdca 
viearia  vacavit  post  resignacbem  jidci  Humfri  tc.  p  quod  ad  ipm  dnm  Regem  mine 
ptinet  ad  fJdcam  vicariam  fisentare  |?dcus  Prior  ipm  injuste  impedit  tc.  ad  dampnu 
dni  Reg  mille  lib?.  Et  hoc  patus  est  v'ificare  p  dno  Rege  tc.  Et  Prior  dicit  qd 
tempe  quo  advocacoes  tc.  extiterunt  in  manu  dni  Reg  post  morte  ^fati  Thome  de 
Kent  quondam  Prioris  tc.,  usq^  fAlcm  deeimu  diem  Novembr  fidca  viearia  non  fuit 
vacans  put  jJdcus  dns  Rex  in  demonstracbe  sua  suppon.  Et  hoc  patus  est  v'ificare 
unde  pet  judicin  tc.  Et  Jories  qui  sequit  tc.,  dicit  qd  in  vigilia  Pasche  anno  regni 
Reg  nuc  Peio  decimo  Humfrus  de  Wakefeld  fuit  inductns  in  jJdca  viearia  de  Kynge- 
stou t  fuit  vicarius  ibidem  usq,  ad  undecimu  diem  Junij  anno  regni  ejusdem  Regis  nunc 
cjuiuto  decimo  quo  die  idem  Humfrus  resignavit  pMcam  vicariam  ex  causa  pmutacoia 


APPENDIX,    CXXX.  1XXXV 

faciende  iiif  ipm  Humffm  1:  quendam  Nichm  de  Lyoniis  tune  psonam  ecclie  de  Parva 
Childerle  qui  quidem  Nichus  fuit  vicariug  ibidem  p  tres  annos  t  post  morte  eiusdem 
Nictri  quida  Mauricius  de  Ely  fuit  p'sentatus  ad  vicariam  p'dcam  qui  nunc  occupat  tc. 
Et  sic  die  q<J  (lea  vicaria  vacavit  bis  tempo  quod  dns  Hex  huit  jus  fJsentandi  1  ea 
rone  tc.  Et  hoc  petit  qd  iuquirat  p  priam,  1  Prior  similit.  15  p*ceptu  est  qd  venire 
fac  hie  a  die  Pasche  in  xv  dies  xij  tc.  p  quos  tc.  Et  qui  nee  tc.  ad  recognoscend  tc. 
Quia  tarn  lc.  Postea  continuato  iude  ficessu  usq,  ad  hunc  diem  scitt  in  octab  See 
Trinitatis  px  seqii.  Et  moclo  veil  tarn  pMcus  Jofics  qui  seqnit  lc.  qam  p\lcus  Prior 
p  attorn  suu.  Et  similt  Jur  ven  qui  dicnut  sup  sacrm  suu  qd  inr  p'dcam  vigiliam 
Pasche  1  f^fatu  decimu  diem  Novembr  jVdcu  vicaria  bis  vacavit  vidett  seinel  p 
resignacoem  |Jdci  Humfri  de  Wakefeld,  et  iPum  p  mortc  [Jdci  Niclii.  13  cons  est  qd 
dns  Ilex  recnpet  j^sentacoem  snam  ad  vicariam  p\lcam.  Et  fieat  Bre  Epo  Wyuton  loci 
dioc  qd  non  obstante  reclam  |?dci  Prioris  ad  jJsentacbem  dni  Rc§  ad  vicariam  pdcam 
idoneam  psonam  admittat.  Et  idem  Prior  in  mia. 

Edwardxis  dei  gra  Rex  AngJ  1  ftranc  t  Dns  Hifcn  ditco  1  fideli  suo  Jofiis  de 
Stonore  sattm.  Volentes  ftis  do  causis  ctiorari  sup  tenore  record!  t  pcessus  lo(jncl 
....  que  fuit  coram  vot5  t  socijs  vris  Justic  nris  de  Bunco  p  bre  nrm  inf  nos  et 
Priorem  de  Merton  de  eo  qd  idem  Prior  pmittat  nos  j?sentare  idoneam  psonam  ad 
vicariam  occtie  de  Kyngeston  sup  Thamis.  Vot)  mandamus  qd  teuorem  recordi  1 
f>ccssus  j?dcor^  noB  in  Cancellar  lira  sub  sigillo  vro  distincte  1  aptc  sine  diionc 
mittatis  t  hoc  Bre.  T.  me  ipo  apiul  Porcestr  xxvj  die  Jun  anno  f  n  Angl.  viecsimo  r 
vero  n  fEranc  septimo. 

(Endorsed)  Teiiorom  record!  1  pcessus  und  ....  fit  meuco 
....  mitos  huic  Bri  eonsut. 


CXXX. 

COMMISSION  B'ROM  BISHOP  TO  ABSOLVE  ONE  OF  THE  CANONS  FKOM 

EXCOMMUNICATION  :    HTII  DECEMBER,  1347. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Edyndon,  II,  fol.  13.) 

Witt's  pmissione  divina  epus  Wynton  dtco  fit  in  Xpu  .  .  P'ori  de  M'ton,  lire  dioc, 
satt  gram  1  bii.  Ad  absolved  in  fnia  jur9  from  Joh  Paynel,  vrm  cocanoie  a  major' 
excofnuicois  sententia,  q*m  f>pt9  injectionem  lem'aria  violcnta^  manu  i  Joh  diet  le 
Barber,  cl'icu  serviete  vrm  ausu  sacrlcgio  ^supta,  dicitr  dapn.abilit  incurrisse, 
examinata  p  YOS  cotracti  scl'is  qalitate  si  absolved!  potestate  ad  nos  in  hoc  casu  de 
jure  nov'itis  p'tin'e  p'stita  p'us  pti  lese  sufficient!  emcda  ac  injucta  sibi  p  modo  ciilpc 
1  enormitate  delicti  penitetia  salutari,  voB  comittim9  vices  nras  eu  cohercois  potestate. 
Dat  ap  Suthwerkf  xiiii0  die  Decebris  anno  dni  M"CCCn")XLVIJ°  et  nrc  cous  secudo. 


Ixxxvi  APPENDIX,  cxxxi,  cxxxn. 


CXXXI. 

COMMISSION  BY  BISHOP  TO   ins   CHANCELLOR,  TO  ENQUIRE  INTO  MATTERS 

RUMOURED  AS  NEEDING  CORRECTION  :  18TH  JANUARY,  1350. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Edynton,  II,  fol.  22.) 

Witts  [permissione  diviua  Wyutoniensis  Episcopus]  disceto  viro  magro  Johi  do 
Wolveleye,  cauoco  S;ir(',  cauccllario  nro  saltm  gram  1  bii.  Quia  ad  nrm  fama  pub'ca 
rcfcrcntes  pvcriit  aiulitu  qd  quedii  in  ecct  conventi  Be  Marie  do  M'toii  nre  dice  1 
cjusdc  collcgio,  illicilc  snnt  p'sumpta  quo  nisi  linca  correc11'3  debite  cici  reformed 
gilvia  in  religionis  oppbriu  1  dci  collegii  ignominia  maclosam  ut  v'isimilit  teiief, 
picla  1  scfulala  gr'abunt,  nos  volentes  put  nos  cxcitat  offiii  pastorale  de  cell  in  hac  ptc 
.pvid'e  medcla,  ac  de  vra  c'eumspcc110  1  industria,  plena  in  Diio  fiducia  optites  ad 
inquired  hue  install  die  Martis,  in  ccctia  p'dca  t  domo  caplari  ejusd  ac  cognosd  ct 
.peed  in  p'missis  net-no  corrig^  1  puni^  oiTiia  t  singla  in  hi?  inqnisi"6  copta  correccoo 
ilignii,  eaij^  difflni^  net-no  sr  cisd  ofnibj  t  singlis  ordiuad  1  statueiid  nlt'inst^  faci^ 
quod  in  hue  pte  rcqnirut  1  exigut  cauoce  sant-coes  vot>  coiSittim  vices  nras  cu  cohma 
i-anoco  potesttu.  Uat  aj)  Sutlnvcrkc  xviii"  die  mcs  Januarii  anno  Dni  mitto  CCCmo 
XL1X"  ct  nro  cons  q"rto. 


CXXXII. 

ASSIGNMENT    BY    HEN  in-,    Bisiior   OF    WIXCHESTEU,    OF    ENDOWMENTS    OF    THE 
VICARAGE  or  KINGSTON:  2ND  APRIL,  1352. 

(Cart.,  ful.  ccvj,  No.  550,  and  Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Edyndon,  II,  fol.  9  ».) 

Uni\'sis  inspectnris  JJsentes.  Nos  Willfis  pmissione  Divina  Ecctie  Wynton 
min'tcr  liiimilis,  volum  essc  noin  qd  cu  dudu  inP  dmii  Ilob'tu  de  Hynkelee  ppuum 
vicar  dc  Kyngeston  ecclie  pochiat  nrc  dioc?  ex  pte  una  T;  Relig  viros  Priorem  t 
convent  Mon'  Beatc  Marie  de  Mfton,  ordiuis  .Sci  Angustini  eiusdm  nre  dioc?  ccctiam 
do  Kyngeston  pfai?  cu  capclt  de  Dytton,  Moleseye,  1  Schene  ab  ecctia  p'dca  tanq^n 
marcis  depeudentibj  sen  annexis  eidm  ipis  Relig9 1  corf  Mon'  jidco  ut  assif  unicam  1 
corporatam  1  I  iporf  nsns  pp'os  concessam  pptno  possideudam,  ex  alfa :  sup  nonnutt 
porcoes  dci  vicar  1  eiusdm  vicarie  contingent'  fuisset  gauis  snscitata  mafia  questionis 
dcmu  pte  sp'^dci  litis  amfracc  abhorrentes  sup  oibj  1  singlis  porcionibs  que  ad  dcam 
spcctare  debcant  vicariam  ac  eo^  ordinacoe  assignacoo  moderacoe  imutacoe  totali 
pure  spoil tc  absolute  alto  1  basse  so  nris  ordinacoi  voluntati  dicto  laudo  sen  arbit'o 
submisserunt  ut  nos  rcservata  noB  lira  potestate  ordinaria  ipi  anctoritato  cout°versie 
luii  finem  laudabilcm  imponam .  Nosqs  dea£  ptia  tanquillitati  1  ut  ea£  Iaborib3 
pteaf  1  sumptib5  pspc  cupientes  consideratis  in  hac  pte  cousiderand  t  pleni'  receusius 
nd  ipius  vicarie  ordinacoem  iuxa  submissionem  |?dicP  pcessim'  iu  hunc  modu. 


APPENDIX,   CXXXII. 

In  Dei  note  amen.  Nos  Wittus  pmissione  diviua  Wynton  epus  ptia  fJdcarjj 
expsso  ad  id  accedent  concensu  ordinam9  dicim9  laudam9  1  arbit'm'  de  nra  ordinaria 
potestate  iuxa  submissionem  p'dcam  qd  vicar*?  ecctie  do  Kyngcstoii  qrii  uunc  est 
1  sui  snccessores  porcoes  infrascriptas  quas  dco  vicario  1  successorib5  suis  nomine 
vicarie  p'dce  exunc  aucte  pontifical!  assignam  diitaxat  pcipiaut  t  ofla  subseripta 
eubportent  1  subeant  infuturQ  ipamq,  vicariam  in  In  porcoib^  ppctuo  cousistere  debere- 
pnunciam  1  declaram  vidett  in  quibuscuq,  oblacoilrj  ad  ecetiam  1  capelt  {ideas  ac  ad 
capellam  Beate  Mar1}  Magdalene  in  dca  pochia  de  Kyngestoii  novit1  constructam  1 
alias  deinceps  constrnend  sen  alibi  inf"  eande  poehiam  qlifcua  obvenientibv  Item 
in  legatis  T:  reqnestis  qnibuscuq^  nc  emolumentis  de  confessionib5  tempo  quadagesimali 
1  die  pasceves  pveaientibs,  ovis  ad  pascha  ac  redcpeione  oblaconnm  no  factar?  p  a"1. 
Itm  in  obvencoib5  do  decis  vacca£  T;  vitulo£  en  caseo  lactc  1  mclle  1  decimif,  omi 
porcello^  ville  de  Kyngeston.  Itm  in  decla  Colubn^  1  piscaria^  quatnor  ggitu 
piscacois  toci  Thamisie  fere  us<^  ad  Westschene  gardino^  curtilagio^  1  omnium  quo 
foduntur  pede  cu  lino  canabo  1  wunintia  apnd  Kyngcston  Pclricliesli^m  Ilannne 
Norbcltou  Sorbcltou  Combo  Ilaeclic  1  la  Iloke.  Jtiii  in  decia  quo^euc^  molendino^ 
infa  (Icam  poehiam  existcnliu  extis  molcndinis  infraspriptis.  Itni  in  clecia  iricato^  do 
Kyngeston  de  singlls  negociat  p  cos  fact.  Itiii  in  dccui  ouii  ancajs  dicte  ville  I 
mortuacs  mortuis  tooi9  pochio  de  Kyugcston  jMce.  Itm  in  oTb^  obvcncoili^  t 
pvcncoibj  ad  Capellus  de  Dytton,  Moleseye  t  Schene  cidm  ecctic  de  Kyngestou 
nnnexas  pveuientib,  dccis  blad  exa  dca  gard  rt  cnrtilagia  crcscenlis  1  feni  :ie  silvo 
secdne  n°non  gnrgitf  diuto^  Kelig  inxa  Braynford  1  molcndino<5  siio^  iuxa  Shcnc  1 
Moleseye  jJdcis  necno  oiL'5  t  singt  decls  maiorib;  t  minor  oiTiiu  mafiioS  t  ctnieoS 
ij5o^  Relig  in  dicta  pocbia  de  Kyngeston  in  ipo<$  manibj  existenf  dfitaxut  exceptis. 
Itm  in  X  qVl1  blad  vidett,  qahior  quarf  mixtilionis  duolij  qarP  ffrn  diiol>5  qarf  silig'  rt 
duobj  qarf  ordei  qnc  dicti  Religjosi  singt  annis  in  ppctua  in  fcstis  Sci  Micfi  NnP  Dni 
Pnscho  t  Nat  Sci  Joliis  Baptistc  p  Eqas  porcoes  vicario  cni'cfiq,  jicteo  in  posteru 
apnd  Kyngeston  in  ptc  sustentacois  CivpeHi  celebraturi  ct  scrvitnri  capellc  de 
Moleseye  ponend  amovcndi  ac  sustendand  p  dcin  vicar  1  eius  sptili^  in  residuo  solv'e 
unacu  qantitate  blad  duo  Eobto  nuc  vicar  p  tempo  quo  itim  vicar  extitit  snbt;Vti 
iutegr  teneant1'.  Volum  insnp  1:  ecia  ordiuam  qd  dci  Kclig  mansu  p  tiitacoe  vicar 
ecctie  anteclce  copetent  in  qnadam  placea  inxa  rivulii  pvii  t  viain  rcgiani  ex  pte 
oriental!  dee  Ecctio  quo  sita  est  int  dcm  rivulu  1  ten  1  clansii  Johis  de  Kent  videlt 
aulam  cu  duob5  solar?  nno  sctct  ad  uuu  fine  aule  t  alio  ad  aliii  fine  eiusdiii  cu  cloaca 
ad  utruq^  ac  1  unam  coqniiiil  competent1  cu  furno  1  ust'na  stabnlu  1  p  sex  equis 
tegnlis  coopto  in  ipa  villa  de  Kyngcston  fieri  faciant  1  constr"m  infa  anuu  a  confectoc 
jisenciu  px  fntur?  snis  suptibj  1  expens  1  dicta  placeam  sic  edificaP  dco  duo  Rob'to 
vicario  1  vicarie  sue  suisq^  successorilij  in  cadiii  vicaria  assiguent  t  vacuam  dimittant 
p  ipm  vicariu  1  successores  suos  ppetuo  possidcnd.  Ordinam  T:  qd  dci  Rclig 
cancellu  dci  ecctie  reparent  coopiaut  1  cu  necesse  f9it  do  novo  constrnaut  qdtj^  vicari 
qni  nuc  est  1  sui  snccessoros  curara  toti  pochie  V5  ville  de  Kyngeston  t  omiu  capellak 
anncxa£  eidiii  ac  ola  1  singta  orfa  libro^  vestiineuto^  1  cePo£  ornamento^  ecctie  t 


Ixxxviii  APPENDIX,  cxxxin,  cxxxiv. 

capella£  jidca  quojj  refecto  1  invencio  ad  dcos  Relig?  de  consuetudine  vel  jure 
p'mit9  ptinebant  necno  omnia  alia  offa  ordinaria  quocuq^  noie  censeantr  infutu£ 
supportent  suit*  suptib5  1  agnoscant  1  domos  vicarie  pMce  sustentabut,  volentes  ut  p 
rata  porcois  emolumento£  scdm  uPusq^  porcois  taxacoe  fiat  exaordinario£  supportacio 
hinc  1  iiide.  Ipsara  igif  vicar  in  hiis  porcib3  p^noinatis  ad  hospitalitatem  tenenct  ac 
cciara  iura  epalia  solvend  cefaq^  ofta  quo  eidm  iucubunt  supportanda  sufficiente  esse 
pmlcian)  ipos  qiete  Relig  p  hanc  ordinacoem  nram  ppetuis  tempibj  valituram  ab 
inquietacbo  jMoi  vicar  absolvim9  quascuq^  alias  ordinacoes  dee  vicarie  porcionDqj 
eisdm  assignacoes  quoscuq^  jidccessores  sen  |icessores  ufos  Epos  Wynton  alicui'  ve 
co£  Official  vel  p  quecuq^  aliu  hacteuus  fcas  1  habitas  revocantes  (cassantes) 
cassasq^  1  nullas  1  onii  robore  firmitatis  teuore  deber  puuciantes  ut  ante  hec  nra 
ordinatio  ppctue  firmitatis  robore  optincat  earn  |J.senti  scripto  in  modu  cirogaphi 
confeeto,  sigillo  iiro  ac  sigilli.s  ptiu  j'Jdcaru  fecimus  comuniri.  Dar  apud  Essch'e  scdo 
die  nicns9  Aprilis  Anno  dni  mifto  triceutesimo  quinquag  scdo,  Et  con!  nre  sexto. 


CXXXIII. 

EPISCOPAL  LICENCE  i-oit  THE  CONSECKATIOX  OF  THREE  ALTARS  IN"  PRIOKY 

CHURCH  :  9rni  JUNE,  1:582. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wykeham,  II,  fol.  198.) 

M'1  Qd  ixnn  die  mensis  Junii  anno  Dni  miHiino  CCCnl°  lxxxija"  apud  Essher  diis 
concessit,  religiosis  viris  dnis  priori  et  conveiitni  mon  de  Merton,  Wyntonieii  dioc 
facultatem  libain  ad  fuciendii  consec^ri  sive  dedicari  tria  altaria  in  ecctia  mon  p'dci 
situuta  ncnon  duo  altaria  portatilia  sive  sup  ultaria  eo^dem  p  rev'cudu  j5rem  dnm  Wittm 
Dei  grit  Xavcten  in  forma  ecctie  consueta  tc. 


CXXXIV. 

WRIT  FROM  KING  RICHARD  II,  REQUIRING  THE  PRIORY  TO  RECEIVE  JOHN 
MANDELYN  AS  A  PENSIONER  :  STH  MARCH,  1387. 

(Laud.  MS.  723,  fol.  62  v.) 

Ricardus  di  gra  Rex  Anglie  1  ffranc  1  dns  hibn  dilcis  sibi  in  Xpo  Priori  1  convent 
de  M'ton  sattm.     Volentes  de  gra  nra  spati  dilci  s'vieuti  nre  Jofim  Mandelyn  valens 
nro^  de  snstentacoe  congrua  pvider9  ipm  ad  vos  auxim   fnsmittend.    Rogantes 


qutin9  ipud  Johm  in  domu  vram  p'dicta  admittentes  ei  talem  sustentacone  in  oil)5  qalem 
Edniniidus  Tcttesworth  iam  defunct  du  vixit  huit  in  eadm  de  mandate  coqissi  mi  dni 
1  avi  nri  Reg  defuncti  ministrari  1  tras  vras  patentee  coi  sigillo  dom  vfe  signatas 
mencouem  de  liiis  que  de  eadm  domo  vra  sic  pcipiet  facientes  sibi  sup  hoc  fieri  fac  p 
quo  voB  in  agend  dom  vfe  p'dict  teneri  volum  spatius  in  futur  .  Et  quid  ind  ad 
hue  rogatu  nrm  anx'itis  faciend  not)  rescribat9  p  p'sent9  portitore.  T.  me  ipo  apd 
Westni  viij  die  mart'  A°  r  n  decimo. 


APPENDIX,   CXXXV.  IxXXlX 

cxxxv. 

DECREE  OF  BISHOP  FOR  TRANSFERENCE  OF  JOHN  CHERTESEYE  FROM  PRIORY  OF 
NE\VSTEAT>  TO  MERTON,  ON  ACCOUNT  OF  HIS  SCANDALOUS  BEHAVIOUR  : 

25TH  OCTOBER,  1387. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  JVykeham,  I,  fol.  182.) 

Item  vicesimo  quinto  die  mcnsis  Octobr  t  anno  dni  M°CCC'no  octogesimo  septimo, 
discretus  vir  Magr  Nichus  Stokct,  cofnissarius  rev'endi  pris  p'dci  subscripta  sub  hac 
forma.  Wittmus  pmissione  divina  Wyntoii  Epus,  veil  viro  magro  Nicfio  Stoket, 
licenciato  in  legibj,  sattm,  gram  1  ben.  Ad  cognoscenti  t  p*cedend  ex  oflicio  nro  mero 
contra  frem  Johannem  Cherteseye  canonicnm  prioratus  dc  Novo  Loco  nostro^ 
patronatus  t  dioc  necnon  contra  alios  quoscumc^  concanonicos  1  conffes  prioratus 
ejusdem  super  criminil^  rt  excessibj  in  visitationc  nra  ordinaria  quam  imp  fecimus  in 
prioratu  jJdco  comptis,  detectis  t  delatis  ad  anima£  sua£  correctionem  ad  omem  alium 
juris  effectiim  qui  ex  liujusmodi  comptis  T:  detectis  sequi  pot'it  aut  debebit  etiam  si  do 
translatione  psoiiaruni  sua£  de  illo  prioratu  ad  nliuni  prioratum  agatr  criininaq^ 
ac  excessus  liujusmodi  corrigend  rt  canonicc  punieiid.  Et  in  evcntum  quo  aliquas 
psonas  liujusmodi  duxcritis  transferend  priorem  sou  prcsidentcm  loci  vol  loco^  uuu 
vel  plures  ad  qncm  vel  ad  quos  personas  ipas  transferre  duxeritis  auc^te  lira  monond  1 
dcbite  requirend  qd  ipi  persouas  easdem  recipiant  1  admittant  ac  salvo  custodiant 
juxta  juris  exigeutiam  vimq^  formani  1  elTcctum  constutionis  edite  in  liac  parte  priorem 
ac  p'sideutem  liujusmodi  quemcuimj^  ad  hoc  si  opus  fucrit  canonice  eompcllend. 
Cet'aq^  omnia  t  singula  facicnd  1  etiam  ex'eend  quo  in  p'missis  1  circa  ea  iiccaia 
fu'int  sen  etiam  opoi-tuna.  Vobis  de  cujus  circnmspectioue  plcnc  confidimus  tenore 
p'seutium  comittimus  vices  nras  cum  cujiislibet  cobcrciouis  t  executionis  canonice 
potestate.  Ccrtiflcantes  nos  de  toto  pcessu  vro  sup  hiis  fiendo  tris  vris  patentibj 
fieiitil),  hunc  teuorem.  Dat  in  inamo  nro  de  Sutliwerk(>  xxii  die  mens9  Octobr  anno 
dni  miHimo  CCC"10  octogesimo  septimo,  et  lire  cons  anno  vicesimo  primo.  Spialit9 
deputatus  in  domo  capitulari  ilci  prioratus  y  trilinnali  scdens  p'dcm  frem  Johem 
Cherteseye  coram  co  iBm  psonalr  compeutem  recitatf  sibi  pnce  criminib;  T:  excessib,  p 
eundcm  frem  Jofiem  cofhlss  1  p  cum  judicialit  coram  dco  rev'endo  pre  in  visitationo 
sna  ordinar  alias  eonfessatf  a  dco  prioratu  ad  prioratum  de  Merton  ejusdem  ordinis 
Sci  Angiistini  decrevit  transferend  sub  hac  forma.  In  Dei  nomine,  Amen.  Nos  Nichus 
Stoket  rev'endi  in  Xpo  pris  lc  cornissarius  in  hac  parte  spialit9  deputat  te  fratrem 
Johannem  Cherteseye  caiioiiicum  istius  prioratus  de  Novo  Loco,  ordinis  sci  Angustiiii 
Wynton  dioc  ppt9  varia  excessus  1  crimina  pte  cofiiiss  1  p  te  judicialit9  at  coram  dco 
rev'endo  pre  judicialit9  eonfessatf  necnon  ppt"  scandala  quo  ex  factis  tnis  liujusmodi 
illicitis  t  enormibj  dco  prioratui  uotorio  pvenerunt  t  quia  in  prioratu  eodem  non  pot'is 
cmendari  nee  scandalnm  ex  hiis  exortnm  cessari,  ad  prioratum  de  Merton  ejusdem 
ordinis  sancti  Augustini  juxta  constitutioues  edit  in  hac  parte  decernini9  transferend 
T:  ibidem  ad  tempus  salvo  ciistodiendum  necnon  ad  faciendum  ibidem  qnem  in  hac 
parte  canonica  sen  regularia  p'cipiuiit  instituta. 

*M 


XC  APPENDIX,   CXXXVI,   CXXXVII. 

CXXXVI. 

EPISCOPAL  MONITION  TO  PRIORY  FOR  REPAIR  OP  CHANCEL  OF  EFFINGIIAM 
CHURCH  :   20-rn  APRIL,  1388. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Wykeliam,  II,  fol.  236.) 

Wirhnus  pmi.ssione  divina  Wyntonieii  Epus  ditco  filio  Priori  Jo  Merton  onlinis  Sci 
Augustini  fire  dioc,  satfm,  gram  1  ben.  Cum  in  singulis  visitationiLnis  nris  detectnm 
f nerat  1  comptiun,  qd  Cancel! us  ecciie  <le  Effyngham  lire  dioc,  vobis  in  mon  vro  jJdco, 
nt  dicit1',  appriatc  in  cjns  co-optnra  pietibj  1  fenostris  tarn  maguam  1  patentem  notorie 
]>atitr  rninam,  put  etiam  g'Vis  pochiano£  ipins  eccte  querela  jam  tarde  uobis  iunotuit, 
qd  in  ipo  caucello  nnllus  potnit  adiu  neq^  potest  divina  officia  celebrare,  p  quorum 
repatione  defectuu  contra  vos  pcedere  liactenus  distulimus  sub  spe  repatiouis  debite 
dofcctiiii  cojdcm.  Xos  igit1  pdcc  ccctie  dispendits  in  hac  pte  oceurrere,  ac 
constitucbm  bone  niemorie  dm  Ottoboii  quondam  sedis  apce,  iu  Angt  legati,  quo 
incipif  sic,  Improbam  quondam  religiosojj  avariciam,  qni  lie,  do  ecctiis  eis  appropriatia 
multa  bona  suscijiiant,  eanccllos  tamen  eectia£  car^dem  atq,  domos  in  qnibus  houeste 
possont  rccipi  visitantes  rcpare  1  conscrvare  negligunt  pscqnentis,  editam  in  hac  pte 
cxcciitioni  debite  demandere,  volcntes,  vobis  (Ino  Priori  pYlco  flrmiP  injuiigendo 
maiidam  ,  ac  vos  tenore  psentiu  moiicm9  primo,  secuudo,  T:  tercio,  ac  pemptor,  qnatinus 
cancellutn  pdco  ecctie  de  Effyngham  citra  festum  Sci  Michis  archangeli  px  futnr  put 
indigflit  refici  faciatis  coiicedeni?,  alioquin  lapso  liuj9  Fmino  dcm  cancelln  vris  1  ipius 
eccfic  fructib5  auc'He  constitiitionis  jAlce  rcpari  debite  faciemus,  necnon  ulterius  contiv 
vos  pcedere  canonice  intendim9  p  conteniptu  in  hac  pte.  Dat  apnd  Suthwerk',  XX 
die  Aprilis,  anno  Dni  mittimo  C'C'C1""  octogesimo  octavo,  et  iire  cons  auuo  viccsimo 
primo. 


CXXXVII. 

COMMISSION  TO  ENQUIRE  INTO  THE   STATE  OF  THE  PRIORY  OF  CIRENCESTER  : 

29TH  JUNE,  1389. 

(Land  MS.  723,  fol.  67  r.) 

Nichus  pmissione  diva  Abbas  exempt  moii  see  crucis  de  Waltham  Robins  eadm 
p'missione  Prior  be  Marie  dc  M'ton  ordinis  sci  Angnstini  London  t  Wynton  dioc  uua 
cu  rev'endo  pre  ilno  Priore  de  Turgarton  Ebor  dioc  ordinis  antedci  canoico^  regnlariu 
in  Cantna?  Ebo^  pvinc  p'sident  capto  gen'uli.  Ven'iibtibj  patribj  Abbi  see  Marie  de 
Oseneye  1  Priori  de  Lautoii  jnxa  Gloucesf  Lincoln  1  Wigorii  dioc  Saltm  1  sincera  in 
dno  caritatem.  Qnia  rclatu  qnernlo  nob  in  capitto  uro  gen'ali  lamentabilit  est 
suggestu  qd  noiiiilli  canoiiici  mon  Cireucestr  Wigorii  dioc  religionis  1  ordis  supMict 
gravia  crimina  1  enormia  eoffiiserut  in  mon  pdcn  dedicns  1  scandala  manifesto  ac  alio£ 
frm  eisdin  doiii  pessimu,1  puiciosu  exemplQ.  Et  ta  Abbas  qum  Prior  aliiq3  canoici 
eis  adfient'  qued  freni  VVittra  Alderynton  ej'din  loci  canonicu  nim'  juste  punierunt 


APPENDIX,   CXXXVIII,   CXXXIX.  XC1 

1  puniet'  laborant9  sup  hiis  publica  voce  1  puca  fama.  Quocirca  vot5  de  qno£ 
circumspectoe  1  industria  pseno  eofidim9  auc'te  nra  qua  fungim9  in  hac  pio  comitim 
1  mandam  furuut  iujungent  quatin9  intr  triginta  die£  spaciu  post  p'seus  ure 
comissionis  recepcoem  Iris  dc  visitacoe  vra  dcis  Abbi  1  couventui  congruo  1  sufficient! 
tempo  pmissis. 

In  cuj'  rei  testimoniu  sigilla  lira  fJsentibj  sunt  appensa.  Dat  apud  Norhamptoii  in 
capitulo  nfo  gen'ali  viccsimo  nouo  die  meusis  Junii  anno  diii  inillmo  Trecentesimo 
octogesimo  nono.  Et  si  coiitingat  qd  infra  p'dcm  spaciu  xxx  die£  inuiulatum  nrm 
exequi  no  pot'itis  extuiit  volmn9  qd  cita  fni  Nichil  px  futur'  vt  post  p  qumdeiia  post 
dat  p'sent  id  execncoi  deinandetis. 


CXXXVIII. 

PETITION  TO  THE  KING  iron  RETURN  OF  WINE  REMOVED  UY  ins  BUTLEK  : 

1390-93. 

(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  93.) 

Tresredoute  rt  Esgrcous  nre  S1'  le  Roy  suppliout  I's  huinblcmcut  ses  povrcs 
chiipelcins  t  assiduls  orat'os  de  iov  1  unit  les  Priour  T;  Convent  de  vre  inaison  do 
Mertoii  quest  de  vre  patronage  ql  come  en  Tun  pchien  passe  feureiit  mandel^  deux 
tonellcs  de  vyn  a  vre  dit  inaison  dc  M'ton  cnconntro  \TC  venu  illocqs  les  ciuenx 
reinejndrenit  vicnt  dcspcndus  1  pnis  adonques  a  la  request  dc  Sire  William  Damuidett 
t  lo  Prior  de  vre  dit5  chapcllcyns  vous  les  gu'tiisse,  a  enx  pr  celebrer  pr  vons  1  les 
almes  de  tontj  vo,  pgcnitos.  Et  depnis  vcnait  John  Sley  vr  liotclcr  1  fcisoit  caricr 
les  ditj  deux  tonelles  dc  vyn  hors  de  vre  maison  issi  q  vres  dil,  cliapelcins  t  orators 
nanoycut  mye  pfit  dc  cux  q  please  a  vre  trosdonte  1  t'sgcious  liautiessc  pur  coiuander 
vre  dit  botclcr  q  rostituton  ont  soit  fait  a  vre  ditj  chapcllcins  t  orators  assiduellcs  pr 
deux  rt  en  oeucre  de  charite. 


CXXXIX. 

MONITION  OF  BISHOP  TO  THE  PKIOKY  WITH  UEFERENCE  TO  HIS  INJUNCTIONS  : 

2ND  OCTOIJEI:,   1392. 

(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  77.) 

Scdo  die  mens  Octobr  Anno  diii  millmo  CCC'no  nonagesiino  scdo  Rev'endiis  pr 
W.  cpiis  Wynton  mon  bte  Mario  de  M'ton  psonalit'  t  actualit9  inrc  sno  ordinario 
visitans  1  in  domo  capittri  ejusdm  mon  p  tribunal!  scdcns  cora  Priore  t  frili5  dci  mon 
in  domo  capitnlari  ad  audiend  compta  1  detecta  in  visitacoc  pdca  in  ipa  domo 
capitulari  congrgat  iuP  alia  pntc  legi  fecit  1  exponi  articulu  quoin"  fuit  coruptu  1 
detectu  in  visitacoe  sua  p'dcu  qd  injucioes  sue  quas  alias  misit  eisdrii  uon  fucrut 


XC11  APPENDIX,    CXL. 

obs'vate  quo  articulo  sic  pleno  Prior  1  convent  puto  recoguoverut  1  fatebanf  tune 
ibin  p'clcis  injucoes  nb  eis  hacten  no  fuisse  obs'vatas  t  dix'unt  exp'sse  se  nolle  in 
futur  s'vare  easdfn  eo  qd  ut  ass'veriit  dee  iujiincioes  sut  contarie  regule  constitucoibs 
p'vilegiis  1  consuetudinib3  moii  eojjdm.  Undo  p'fatus  tins  Epus  pn*6  monuit  eosdm 
Priori;  1  conventii  ac  cis  in  v'tute  obie  firmit'  injunxit  qtin'si  aliqtia  sc'pla  fn'int  vt 
contcnta  injimcoibj  cis  fnsmissis  que  obviant  eo£  regale  constitucoibi  p'vilegiis  sen 
consuetiuliiii  laudabilc  mon  p'dicti  qtl  ea  exp'mnnt  T:  declarent  ac  sibi  vt  offic  suo 
ubiciiq,  ipo  vl  offic  suns  fu'it  in  dioc  Wynt9  f'dant  infa  xlta  dies  a  p'dco  scdo  die 
Octobr  continue  uum'and  p  tras  co^  palen  1  clausas,  ut  sic  si  de  jure  fu'it  fiiciond  ca 
reformare,  valcat  mutare  tollcre  sen  at  dcclarare.  Et  ad  hoc  facicncl  idfii  tins  Epus 
dcis  Priori  t  Coiivcntui  p'fixit  T;  assignavit  tlieij  spaciu  supadcm  que  quidfn  und  ad 
facicnd  p'niisse  Prior  1  Convent  p'dci  admiserunt  gucaur  ut  tliccbunt. 


CXL. 

PltOTEST    OF    PlilOKY    AliAIXST    THE    BlSIIOr's    INJUNCTIONS:    illl  NOVEMBER,   1392. 

(Land  MS.  723,  fol.  77.) 

Kev'cntlo  in  xpo  pri  uc  duo  divino  Wiiiiao  dei  gra  Wyntonieu  epo  sui  humiles  1 
dcvoti  oratorcs  ussnidi  Priori  et  convcntus  mon  sive  prioratus  do  M'ton  ordinis  sancti 
August ini  vrc  Wyntouicu  dioc  obedieulia  tain  dcbitam  q:lm  devotam  cum  ofniodis 
reverencia  T:  lionore  cum  diidinn  Rev'ende  pr  ^  diic  qamphira  p'cepta  injuncoes  t 
mandata  in  \TS  privitat  Iris  pnlcn  st  apud  VVynton  viccsimo  septimo  die  mensis 
Scptcmbr  anno  dni  1I"CCC111U  octogcsimo  septimo  et  vre  cons  anno  viccsimo  sigillat 
1  diet9  priori  1  conventui  postmodu  tlirectis  1  libcratis  ind'ta  ips  rcligiosis  fecist  in 
qainplurib,  suis  ptib^  ut  ois  videbaf  et  videtr  nimis  onerosa  ct  eorii  regnl  const'oibj 
privilcgiis  1  consuctudinibj  laiulabit  liactcu9  ex  scia  t  tollcrancia  vre  patcruitat  1 
p'dece.ssoru  A'cstroru  cp'orum  Wynton  in  dicto  prioratu  obs'vat  rcpugnancia  et 
polestati  prioris  1  p'siucnt  ibitlni  uiiniu  derogancia  quo  in  p'inis  scdis  terciis  qartis 
nonis  decimis  1  undecimis  injuctonibj  in  online  vrarum  h\aru  prcdcar  in  s'g'  plenis 
contincntr  (iiiatenns  in  ei.sdm  certe  pene  cont"  deducta  in  dcis  injuctionibs  sen  in  earii 
alicjua  delinquentibj  sumtantr  q5  huj  delinquentes  c'tis  diebj  in  p'fat  inj'tonibj 
cxj>rcssat'7  in  pane  t  aqua  sive  pane  t  servisia  aut  pane  t  servisia  cum  legumine 
ieiunarent  prout  in  n'nib^  dictoru  articnloru  ad  quos  diet!  Relig9  viri  se  referut  plenius 
est  exp'ssu  cum  corrcctocs  ct  punitoes  omi  et  singuloiTi  canouicoru  dci  Prioratus  tarn 
in  cornitendo  i^m  in  omittendo  delinqucu  spectent  ad  Priorem  t  p'sidente  in  capto 
totiano  penas  sen  piiias  salutares  scdm  coru  arbitriu  dclinquentibj  inju'gendo  qdc^  p'or 
dci  mon  1  p'sidcns  in  dco  capto  totidiano  fueiTit  t  sut  vra  p'cepta  ofriia  1  singta  prout 
convcnit  quatinus  tcntent'  obs'varo  t  ab  aliis  faccrc  obs'vari  iporii  rcgut  privilegiis  1 
Btatut9 1  eorjj  approbat  consuctudinibs  laudabilib,  in  oil>5  temp  salvis  et  cum  correctoes 
in  psonis  dicti  convent  inuucant  faciendo  prout  ad  cos  accuiet  abst^  acccptoe  qualibet 
p'sonaru  juxta  quantitate  delictoru  exp'sonaru  qualitate  cum  maturitate  debita  et 
discrecoe  p'ma  pati  prout  covenit  delinqnentes  scdm  eoru  regtam  debite  corrig'e  1 


APPENDIX,    CXL.  XC111 

punire  ct  pen.as  pro  moilo  calpe  arbitrias  injiigerc  salutares  in  qiiibuscfu^  caibj  cis  a 
jure  pmissis.  Qua  fpt9  vram  pat'nitate  rev'cndam  dieti  Prior  1  convent  nnanimit 
toto  cordc  humil  cum  instantia  dcprecanf  qnatin.  dcas  penitencias  in  racmorat  VT18 
injiictonibs  in  spie  limitatas  revocare  I  eas  relhiqucre  arbitrio  Prioris  ipo  in  capto 
p'sente  vt  ipo  absente  p'sidenti  cuienmque  in  capto  pro  tempore  existeii.  Itiii  cidiii 
p'rintati  do  supra  devote  supplictmtes  qtiatcnus  ofnes  alias  pcnas  in  singut  aliis 
monicbib,  sive  injiictionibj  in  p'l'atis  vris  Ms  content  in  qnibj  seu  in  earn  aliq"  qnicq, 
p'cipitr  fiernnt  fieri  prohibet  sub  pcna  amocionis  vt  suspcncionis  ab  oOicio  dicti 
Prioratus  sacristie  rt  alioru  ofliciorii  canonicoiTi  dicti  p'oratns  facicnde  qnas  pcnas  nobis 
salva  semp  rev'encia  tanti  patris  nimis  rigidas  t  aspas  repntnmns  tollerc  1  a  talibs  sen 
consimilib5  monicbib,  sen  injiictoibj  de  cctero  penit  abstinerc  ac  cciam  q5  contenta  in 
scptimo  articto  quatenus  fit  incnco  in  eoilui  q,  constitucoes  sive  decrctales  Romanorii 
Pontificu  de  qnibs  in  constitnciob;  lionc  meniorie  Octoljoni  q°ndam  sedis  aptice  legati 
fit  menco  in  qnodam  quatcnio  scribant1  1  bis  in  anno  Icjrauf  11011  obs'vcuf  nccj^ 
contenta  in  viij"  articto  qnatenus  fit  inencio  in  codni  c|;  nnllns  canonic  dccct'o  aliqiii 
pecuniam  pro  vestiinent  snis  pcipiat  rt  c  olis'vcnt  pat  liaetenus  non  obs'varuni  nco 
constitncbes  prcfati  Icgati  ant  alioru  scoruni  patru  admittent  [iront  luictcn  ipo 
admiss'rut  ne(^  obs'varut  nee  adinitterc  sen  obs'vare  intcnilunt  nisi  si  et  (piatenns  in 
eonstitucoib5  dicti  legati  seu  alioru  soiru  priu  ins'ta  in  coru  rcgulis  ct  constitucoibj  sen 
statiit  exprimanf  obs'vanda  per  religiosos  cosdiii  dignet9  vra  clcnicncia  tollcrarc  pront 
hactenns  tolleravit  aliiq,  vri  p'ecssores  t  prcdecessorcs  Kpi  Wynlonicn  a  Archiepi 
Cautuarien  in  visitucbib^  suis  ordinal1'  inetropoliticis  scient'  rcliqnerut  absliuuerfit  1 
tollerarut  benigne  adutcs  si  placet  T:  adv'tcntcs  diet  Rcligiosis  viris  ftiisse  rt  ee  satis 
difficile  istis  temporil),  iporu  regularia  p'cepta  1  inundata  oia  1  slgiila  quo  tain  aii 
constitncbes  Octonis  t  Octoboni  seilis  aptices  in  Angliu  (("ndiii  IcgatorCi  q,  post 
provide  ffacta  et  edicta  fncrant  in  iporii  captis  geii'alib^  1  (pic  in  caru  regut  1  statnt 
coutinentr  in  oil  15  obs'vare  qaininus  ad  alias  movas  p's'tim  asp'iora  innuune  aslringiint1' 
vre  pat'nitati  predce  nicholoiniu9  cum  oib^  qnibj  decot  obediencia  T;  rev'encia  intimantes 
q5  omia  1  sigula  in  actoru  logatoru  1  alioru  sanctoru  patrnin  costitncoib^  et  sen  vris 
monicoibj  sive  iniucbibj  contenta  qnatenns  in  iporu  roligiosoru  regulis  constitucoib^  et 
statut9  reppianf  obs'vanda  ipi  religiosi  vigore  regularu  constituconu  1  statntoru  ac 
laudabil  ct  approbate  consnetudinis  int*  eosdm  liaetenus  pacifiee  et  inconeusse 
obs'vato  volut  T;  intendunt  ut  tencuf  hnmano  more  in  ofnib^  diligent  iporu  tainen 
regulis  privilegiis  constitutionibj  et  regularibj  obs'vanciis  ct  laudabilib;  et  approbat 
coiisnetudinibj  in  omib^  semp  salvis  vram  rev'cndam  pat'ilatem  uobis  omib; 
carissimam  ad  vfe  ecctie  nriq^  prioratu.s  salnbre  regimen  et  cons' vare  dignet9  ut 
optam  trinitas  mereata  felicitcr  1  longene  pignoru  omniu  testimouiu  has  tras  nras 
supplicatorias  paten  clans9  sigilli  nri  coes  ad  causas  appcnsioncl  apposicionc  iniunctas 
vre  pat'nitati  auxim  cum  ea  qua  dccet.  rev'encia  dcstinandas  iina  cum  vris  trs  paten 
p'fatas  injuctioues  vras  contincutes  supplicantes  cum  humilitatc  ct  rev'encia  quibs 
decet  in  ornibj  ut  supr.  Dat  in  clomo  nfa  capitular!  dci  nri  priorat  quarto  die  nicns 
November9  anuo  dni  millimo  CCCmo  nonagesimo  scdo. 


XC1V  APPENDIX,   CXLI. 

CXLI. 

SUMMARY  OF  EXPENDITURE  :  1383  TO  1393. 
(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  101.) 

In  xvmo  anno.     In.  adquisiconib3  tre  1  ten  .  u" 
lu  cmpcbe  stauri  vivu  1  mortuu  .  xxix1'  viij8  xid 
In  rcpacoe  eeciia£  1  domoij  .  Vclxiju  xiij8  vjd  ob 

Sm*  istius  anni  .  Vciiijxxxijli  ij8  vd  ob 
In  xvi"  anno.     In  adquisiconi!>5  trc  1  ten   .   u1' 
In  cmpcbe  stauri  vivu  1  mortuu  .  xxxij1'  xiij8  iiijd 
In  rcpacxic  ecilia£  rt  domo£  .  Ixxj1'  xjd  06 

Sma  hujus  anui  .  ciij1'  xiiij8  iijd  ob 
In  xvij"  anno.     In  adquisiconii>5  terr  t  ten  .  u1' 
In  cmpcbc  stauri  vivu  1  mortuu   .  x1'  viijd 
In  repacoc  ecctia£  1  domois   .  xxvij1'  xiij8  xid  ot> 

Sina  islius  anni  .  xxxvij1'  xiiij8  viid  oB 

In  xviij"  anno.  In  iulquisiconil)5  ^'°  1  tc»  •  u'' 
In  cinpcoc  stauri  vivu  T:  mortuu  .  xxu  xiiij8  ijd 
In  repacoc  domo^  T;  ccclia^  .  Ivij1'  xj'1  06  q* 

Sma  istius  auni  .  Ixxvij1'  xvs  j'1  ob  qil 

In  xix"  anno.     In  adquisiconihj  tr  1  ten  .  viij1'  xiiij8  viij'1  ob" 
In  empcoe  stauri  vivu  1  mortuu  .  Ixvj1'  v9 
lu  rcpactie  ecctia£  1  domoij  .  ij°xliiijli  x8  iiijd 

Sma  istius  anni  .  iijcxixu  x8  ob 
In  xx"  anno.     In  adquisiconibj  tr  ct  leu   .  n1' 
In  empcoe  stauri  \[\u  1  mortuu   .  ]iijs 
In  repacoe  eceiia^  T:  domo^   .  ciiij^v1'  xvii8  vd 

Sma  istius  anni  .  ciiij*xviij"  x8  vd 
In  xxi"  a".     In  adquisiconib5  tcr  rt  ten  .  u1' 
In  empcoe  stauri  vivu  1  mortuu  .  xlviij"  viijd 
In  repaclie  ccctia^  rt  domo^   .  xxxiiij1'  xv8  ijd 

Sm*  huj   auni  .  xxxvij1'  iij8  xd 

In  xxij"  a".     In  adquisiconil>5  tcr  et  ten  .  xlju  xj8  iiij'1 
In  empcbo  stauri  vivu  t  mortuu  .  xj1'  xvj8  xjd  ob 
In  repacoe  cctlia^  t  domo£  .  Iv1'  xvj8  xjd 

Sma  istius  anni  .  cix1'  v8  ijd  ob 
In  xxiij0  anno.     In  adquisicoibj  ter  et  ten  .  n1' 
In  empcoe  stauri  vivu  1  mortuu  .  cxxju  vij8  iijd 
In  repacoe  ecctia£  1  domo<5  .  Ix1'  xiij8  vijd 

Sin"  istius  auni  .  ciiijxxijh  xd 


APPENDIX,  CXLII.  XCV 

In  xxiiij0  anno.     In  adquisiconib5  ter  et  ten  .  n1' 
In  empcoe  stanri  vivu  t  mortnu  .  xliij1'  vij8  iiijd 
In  repacoe  ecctia£  t  domo£  .  cxxxix'1  viijs  viijd 

Sma  istius  anni  .  ciiij1"1!]1'  xvj8 

Desuut  de  xxvj  annis  supius  noiat  t  infra  an  p'sentem  .  ij  compot9  de  ij  anuis. 
Et  10  non  constat  ad  p'sens  de  adquisiconil>5  t'ni£  .  de  emptoe  stauri  vivu  1  inert  .  ncq^ 
de  repacoib5  ecetiajj  1  domo£  1  10  1  t  . 

Sma  omi  expeus9  supi9  exp'ssa£  .  VM  ixcxviij!i  xij'  iij'1 

In  marc    .  viiju  viijclxxvij  marc    xij"  iijl1  ([''' 

Et  s°  p  a"  in  coi  in  nv'rc    .  V°lxxviij  marc   iij3  iij'1  miu   in  toto  q   .   .   .   . 

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Unde  In  ompcoib3  stauri  yivii  't  mort  .  M  iiijrxijh  vs  vj'1.  In  marc  ijM  fxviij 
marc  v8  vj'1 

In  repacoe  ecctia£  T;  domop  .  iijM  viij°lxxviiju  ijs  of>  (j'1'.  In  m'h'c  VM  viijcxvij 
marc  ija  of)  q'1'. 


CXLII. 

PETITION  FROM  PUIOR  TO  Bisnoi'  OF    ST.  DAVID'S   coxcEuxixr;  THE  ]M.\X(ii:  OF 
PATRIKSBOURNE,  KENT  :  139:5-4. 

(Lnud  MS.  723,  fol.  82.) 

A  soli  t's  honorable  1  rev'ent  Pere  en  dieux  levesqc  dc  seiut  dauie  S''nirio  del 
testament  sire  John  Severoys  chivalr  t  as  ces  hono'ables  cxecutors  suppliu  le  Prior  del 
maison  de  M'ton  q  come  il  avoit  del  g'nt  lire  sv  le  Roy  q  ore  est  q  dieux  save  p  patent 
q  t'me  dnrant5  les  guerres  peutre  nous  1  les  gcnt^  de  fraunce  le  manoir  de  Patrikbofle 
en  le  coinite  de  Kent  pceH"  a  la  maysou  de  Beuleu  religiouso  en  Normaudie  le  quel 
manoir  valoit  a  le  dit  Priour  1  a  sa  maison  auuelcment  centj  south  de  clare  outre  tout 
la  reprise  et  ore  autroys  ans  pcheni5  passe  le  dit  S  Jofiu  q  dienx  lalme  assoile  mandast 
a  le  dit  Priour  de  lui  venir  t  one  luy  pier  a  son  hostil  koldabbe  en  loundres  et  la  p'ast 
mesme  le  Prionr  en  p'sence  S  loves  Clyfford  chivul3  qil  vondroyt  grantor  1  relesser 
tout  son  droit  t  estat  qil  avoit  eu  le  dit  manoir  a  1111  esquier  appelle  Richard  Alaiychiii 
pronnnciant  1  assurant  fiablement  a  mesme  le  Prior  p  mayn  en  mayn  adomr's  luy  fairc 
double  rewarde  pcycell  en  brief  temps  si  dieux  luy  ordeyneroit  la  vie  S1'  guelle  punssc 
t  pr  gnt  afiiannce  q  le  dit  Prior  avoit  en  le  dit  S*  Jofiii  guntastt  relassa  a  ledit  Richard 
tout  son  droit  et  estat  q'il  avoit  en  le  dit  mauoir  a  gnt  damage  de  sa  maisoii  qc  rewar 
neent  soit  fait  a  luy  1  a  sa  maison.  Plese  a  vie  t's  hono'able  t  rev'ente  pat'nito  p 
bone  discrccion  1  conscience  de  vo1  1  les  ditj  hono'ables  execute's  et  en  descharge  de 
lalme  de  dit  S'  John  prordeyn  q  le  reward  soit  fait  a  le  dit  Priour  solone  bone  fay  et 
conscience  pur  dieux  t  en  oovre  de  charite. 


XCV1  APPENDIX,   CXLIII,   CXLIV. 

CXLIII. 

MANUMISSION  GRANTED  r.v  PRIORY  TO  JOHN  CALCIIETH  :  20xn  JANUARY,  1397. 

(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  104.) 

Oinil>5  ad  quos  p'sentes  Ire  pvcu'iiit  ffrat9  llofctus  Prior  mon  bte  Marie  de  Merton 
in  com  SUIT  T:  eiusdm  loci  convent  sattm  in  duo.  Nov'it  nos  nuanimi  assensu  1 
volnntate  totins  capitli  ufi  mauumississe  1  ab  ofni  iugo  servitut  t  villenagii  lib'asse 
Johciu  Calclicth  jiiuiorciu  h'lium  Ado  Ciilchcth  nati"1  de  ffcch*m  in  Com  pdce  cu  tota 
sequela  sua  .pcreata  1  pcreanda.  Ita  qs  dens  J.  1  tota  sequela  sua  tarn  pcrcata  qm 
.pcruanda  HBi  1  absoluti  pmancnut  inippctuu  alisq^  impdueoe  pturbacoe  ant  impedimento 
iii-'i  vl  succss9  nro^  nut  alio^  noie  nro  quo^cuinq^  in  fiituniin.  In  cuj  rei  1c.  Dai  in 


ca"  vice'"'"  die  inens  Jaiiuar  Anno  rcfjni  ro^    Kici  scdi  A'iccsimo. 


9 


CXLIV. 

l>IK)CEKDINCis    IN    THE  ClIAI'TKR    CONSEQUENT    UI'ON    A    DlSPUTK    1JETWKEX  TWO    OF 

THE  CANONS  :  STII  NOVEMBER,  1398. 

(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  6;5  v.) 

M(1  qcl  anno  dni  miH'mo  CCC"  nonag  viijv"  die  octavo  mens  Novembf  dns  Joh  Brusle 
vocal'  in  capitulo  cora  dno  II.  V/ynd  priorc  t  dno  Johns  Schaldbone  supp'iore  p'scntc 
toto  con111'  1  interogat  sup  mm  inat'ia  publicata  in  coiitl"  vidett  q'1  Thorns  Cam'lan 
diii  p  fierct  Iras  luannniissiuas  sais  ussensu  contul  sub  coi  sigillo.  llespondit  dicens  q'1 
(j"d"in  vice  ipo  sedunte  in  claust"  ad  sede  sufi  vcnit  dns  Jofies  at  Wars  dicens  p'dco 
John  Brusle  vides  no  inquit  Thonia  Cam'lanu  in  alia  pte  claust  1  quid  portat  in 
maim  vidcs  iuqnit,  j)'dict  dns  Brusle  qued"m  cedilla  est  1  quu  signal  cui  dns  Joties  at 
Wale  ait  jam  hot  Iras  manumissioia  1  dns  Joh  Brusle  no  intellixit  huj  termini  s. 
manumissf  mterrogaus  a  dno  Joti  at  Wale  quid  significaret  ille  t'minus  .  ille  respondit 
fuit  feus  liber  a  Ijond'gio.  Hanc  imrracon  dns  Joli  Brusle  asseruit  esse  v'am  1 
ccoutario  dns  Joh  at  Wate  negabat  omino  t  sic  nt'q^  alti  aliq"mdm  cout-'Vlicente  t 
maiori  pte  contui  ut  vi<lcbatr  favcnti  pti  dni  Johi  Brusle  1  quasi  pati  ad  contestant:!  cu 
co.  Dns  Prior  p'dciis  iniposuit.  ut  p  sileuc  sup  bac  mat'ia  monendo  sub  pena  excois 
uc  uuqam  nlt'ius  iude  manifesto  nee  occulte  aliquid  monerc.  Et  sitit  animonuit  oib3 
cancis  iKm  congregati  ne  quid  de  bac  mafia  alP  ....  renf  Anno  die  1  loco  sup 
p'cipieus  ifriv  Thome  Aston  tiic  Tbos  q5  uim  v'nm  n>d  iude  const'beret  1  liuj9  md 
sfpsit  in  fidem  fl  lestioui  p'misso^  p  supvisione  dni  J.  Scbalcl  suppor  sup'dci. 


APPENDIX,   CXLV,   CXLVI.  XCV11 

CXLV. 

ENGAGEMENT  OF  WILLIAM  CALCHITH  AS  TAILOR  TO  THE  PRIORT  : 

APRIL,  1399. 
(Laud  MS.  723,  fol.  110  r.) 

Hec  est  convenco  facta  int9  Thoma  Aston  thes  1  Thoma  Schirfcld  suboam'arifi  1 
W.  Calchith  scissore  mense  Ap'l  a"  reg  Rici  scit  vicesimo  sccJo.  In  p'mo  idm 
Wittmus  i  saerm  q5  dess'uiet  p'ori  1  convent;  Im  1  fidelit9  t  q5  non  pmittet  opus 

eo^dfn  impf'tm  alio£  opa  q5tu  op hois  valet  op'ari  1  q^  innoviet  omiviseu 

filio£  eo£  cu  laneo  ex1*  scpto  1  q^  serviet  scniorihs  1  oflicin£  p'mo  't  qs  hfltit*  1 
modeste  se  gcret  p'sensia  can0"1'9  T:  p'cipnc  in  rcspons9  1  qj  celabit9  consillu  eojjdm  t 

q5  non  loqn'ct  ncc  fa ne  pmittet  loqm  fieri  in  pntu  potest  illiquid  p  posset 

i-edundare  iu  det'mentu  dom  1  volnrit  forte  exire  de  s'vico  sno  p'nuncbe  thes  qui  p 
tempe  fu'it  inde  ita  p  in  defectn  sue  no  sit  destitnt'  de  alio  scissore  subrogaudo.  Et 
omia  1  singta  p  sacrm  se  facere  liii  1  fidelit9  inxa  sc-ire  1  posse  snu.  Recipiendo  p 

stipendia  p  aii  viij  s.  p  filo  T:  pann  p  sna  toga  de  secta  offic  1  pticienda  in 

ube  volu'it  p  iiijor  tept  1  peipiendo  singnt  diel>5  qu  in  ope  diet9  p  i.  o.  extit  de  Cett  1 
eoq'na  lib"acom  consneta. 


CXLVI. 

EriscorAi.  LICENCE  TO  PRIOR  TO  APPOINT  A  CHAPLAIN  AND  CONFESSOR  : 

17TH  SEPTEMHKI:,  1471. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  H'ayneffefe,  II,  fol.  147  ».) 

Willelmiis  [pennissione  Divina  Wyntoniensis  episcopus]  ditco  nobis  in  Xpo  filio 
fratri  .Johaniii  Kyngestoii,  sacre  theologie  professori,  ac  priori  enctie  eonventualis  de 
Mertoii  nre  Wynton  dioc  sattm  1c.  Senectntis  tue  inconiodis  pat  no  compatientes 
affectn,  ac  ale  tne  saluti  prospieer1  cupienr  ut  cuicucj^  capellano  ydoueo  seculari  vel 
regular!,  qnem  tilii  in  confessornm  tiiu  duxis  eligendu,  tua  valeas  ([iiotiens  opus  fflit 
pcta  confiteri.  Tibi  eligeiidi  et  confitendi  ac  capellano  birioi  tua  confessione  andiendi 
et  pro  coinissis  puiam  sallltarem  injugendt  nc"no  absolucois  bnficiu  impendendi,  etia  in 
casibj  nobis  de  jure  spocialir  reservatf  liberam  tenore  jjsentiuni  concedim  facultatem  et 
lieeciam  in  Dno  spalein.  Daf  iu  maflio  nro  de  Waltbam,  sub  nro  sigillo,  die  septimo 
decimo  mensis  Septembr  anno  Diii  mirHmo  CCCC"'°  septuagesimo  primo  Et  nfe 
consecftV  anno  vicesimo  qniuto. 


*N 


xpvni  ,.      APPENDIX,  CXLVII. 

CXLVJI. 

INJUNCTIONS  FOR  THE  RULE  OF  THE  HOUSE  ISSUED  BY  BISHOP  THROUGH 
ins  COMMISSARY  :   c.  1504. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Fox,  I,  fol.  36.) 

In  Dei  nole,  Amen.  Nos  Johannes  Bowman  legit  doctor 'tc.  infrascript  injuctioncs 
oiries  et  singli>s  tibi  dno  Wittmo  Stiyling,  prior  domus  sivc  prioratus  Bte  Marie  virginis 
de  Morton  ordinis  Sci  Angiistini  Winton  dioc  ex  officio  nro  tibi  damns  ct  injiigimus, 
quns  a  to  respective  quatns  te  couc'uiit  in  virtnte  obedie  qua  nobis  astrict  es  1  tin 
jura'1  nobis  dc  sup  p'stiti  obs'vari  mandamus  ct  dec'vimns. 

///  priinis,  tibi  dno  Willnio  priori  domns  sivc  prioratus  p'dicte  aucte  qua  fungi mr  in 
hac  pte  rt  in  virtute  canoee  obcdicntic  1  jura1'  tui  ats  p'stiti  injugimns  qd  tn  de  cefo 
rone  alictijus  dctectionis  sivc  dcponis  rev1'10  pri  cpo  Winton  p'dict  vcl  nobis  in  ejus 
visital"0  sive  inquisicoc  in  domo  tun  p'dict  cx'cit  ant  dPeend  p  itjm  reformand  p 
aliquc  confrcm  sivc  subditu  iuii  h'end  cidm  confratri  tno  sive  snbdito  molestns  non  sis 
nr  cos  sub  uliquo  colorc  p  tc  vcl  media  psona  e:i  occione  corrigas  vel  rigor  punias  n° 
aliquc  eoij  dc  ccVo  offeudcre  conlil  te  contingen  occione  p'missor^  crudeliori  inodo  solito 
s;  jux"  tue  rcligio"  rogulus  't  regulares  obsvantias  castigas  ct  qd  tu  ,p  psona  injuction 
sequeti  oines  1  sing1*8  obsves  1  p  alios  coufres  't  subditos  tuos  quantu  eos  conc'nit 
obs'vari  facias. 

Item,  t'  iiijugim  nt  sup"  ac  sub  pea  p'va"  ab  officio  qd  tn  infra  domu  sive  prioratu 
tuu  p'dict  psont  resideus,  ct  tc  a  domo  tua  hmoi  ultra  mc'iisem  non  abseutcs  abscj^  cii 
fonabili  1  Itiina  p  nos  aut  ofliciarios  approband. 

Item,  in  vim  jura'1  p  tc  in  hac  pte  p'stiti  I1  priori  injugiinns,  qd  tn  de  ceto  quotit 
anno  nna  vice  sub  pca  p'dict  1  c'temptus  ac  p'vals  ab  officio  sno  et  sub  pe19  in  constitut 
pvin  1  Icgutiii  in  ea  pte  cdit(j  1  lat(J,  ver(j  de  reddit  1:  pven  diet  domns  ac  de  statu 
ejusdiii  in  domo  capi'1  cora  coufribus  tuis  vel  saltern  saniori  rt  major!  pte  ejusdni,  put 
do  jnr  ac  sarcis  canoc(j  institute  'eneris,  redda.s,  compotu  in  script  rcdactu  1  statu 
domns  hnioi  ei.s  constari,  iBm  facias. 

Item,  V  priori  nt  supa  injugiinns  qd  tu  prior  p'dict  de  cetO'UUlla  bona  res  sive 
jocalia  ipins  domus  in  detriments  ipius  domns  tnc  nc  aliqnas  t'ras  sive  tenta  diet 
domui  sivc  prioratu!  ptinefi,  indctrimcntu  sive  p'jndiciu  diet  domns  sive  confratu  tuois 
absq^  consensu  noticia  ant  scia  co^dm,  sni  saltern  majoris  1  sanioris  pt(j  eo^dm,  alienes 
ant  veudas,  nc  ultra  iiij01'  annos  ad  firma  loces,  nc  aliqnas  mnlieres  suspect  infra 
interiorc  domu  tr.a  accessu  ad  te  ficrc  pmittas  ant  facias. 

Item,  tibi  injiingimus  nt  supa  qd  tn  dc  cePo  ill  castigandis  confPibns  tuis  ad 
alicujUB  s'vien  tno^  laico^  ant  alio^  laico^  castigatioes  qnerclas  psuasiones  sive  bn 
placita  in  mia  te  anstcru  ostendas  neq^  de  cefo  aliqnos  confres  tuos  1  p's'tim  in 
ordine  sac'do1'  constitut  jnx*  Ic  Talbottf  tabj'tt  sup  t'rain  nudis  limbis  sedere  facias  85 
modesto  ct  mi?abili  modo  jnxa  cancas  sanction  1  cii  mansuetiidiue  et  mia  confres  tuos 
castigcs  1  reformes  put  tu  in  consiti  casn  si  esses  castigari  1  refomiari  vclles,  1  hoc  cu 
cousillio  sanio^  1  senio^  confratru  tuo^  vel  majoris  pt(j  eo^dm. 


APPENDIX,    CXLVIII.  XC1X 

Item,  tibi  injugimus  ut  supa  qd  tu  tie  cefo  mantles  Ivien  tuis  ut  ipi  se  con*  coufres 
tuos  modesto  modo  1  put  tlecet  se  geran-t  1  eis  uti  juxa  regulas  tui  ordiuis  obetliro 
deberent  obediet.  Ita  qd  eisde  confribus  tuis  milla  causa  murmuris  adliibeat  neq,  eosdm 
confres  tuos  ad  co£dm  Ivien  tuoij  accusation  sive  querela  sive  ca  evideii  T:  hima 
indebit  punias  sed  eosdm  ?vien  tuos  ut  covenit  eisdm  coufribus  tuis  obcdire  in  omibus 
licitf  mandes. 

Item,  tibi  injugimus  ut  supa  qd  tu  de  ceVo  sum*  ac  juxa  vires  1  facilitates  dicte 
domus  atq^  put  bonestati  1  religioui  tne  couveiiit  p  confribus  tuis,  qui  dfl  sanitate 
gavisi  fflunt  deo  ot  ejus  scis  itiin  fainularut  ,p\ritleas  ac  eis  egrotautibus,  tarn  in  cibis, 
potubus  quum  medicinis  dcbitc  subvciiia  vcl  subveniri  facias  sumptibus  doraus  sive 
prioratus  p'dict. 

Item,  tibi  Priori  ut  sup:v  injugimus  qd  tu  dc  cePo  fi:cs  tuos  cu  comodc  possis  ct  put 
res  id  tibi  videf  expos tularo  pabulo  sacrc  doctrine  instrucs  et  pasces  vcl  sic  instrui 
ot  pasci  facics  attj^  semel  vcl  bis  in  mcnsc  tcmpc  nocturuo  niatutiuis  et  aliis  divinis 
officiis  tuc  celebrand  una  cu  confribus  tuis  in  cno  couven'18  ccctic  p'dict  nisi  impediineto 
ttimo  ant  iufirinitate  dotcntus  fflis  pso4  intcrsis. 


CXLVI1I. 

NOTICE  AXD  CITATION  TO  ATTKXD  BISIIOI-'.-J  VISITATION  01-  1'iuouv : 

IGxii  Ai-KiL,  1509. 

(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Fox,  II,  1'ols.  M9  r,  and  150.) 

Ricardus  pmissione  tlivia  Wintoii  Epus  religiosis  viris  priori  et  conventui  priorutus 
dc  Mcrton  ordinis  Sci  Augustini  nro^  dioc  ct  jur('"'s  sidtin  grain  et  ben.  Susccpti 
regiminis  cura  nos  compellit  ut  vicia  cxtirpando  et  virtutes  plautaudo  officii  uri  debitu 
quautu  cu  Deo  possimus  implere  ni(amr.  Et  quia  nos  tlomu  sive  prioratii  vrm  ac  vos 
et  cePos  conversautcs  in  codem  pso1  suit  p  nnn  vicariu  in  spualibus  geSalem  Dno 
annucnte  visitarc  et  si  quo  fuiut  corrigenda  corrigere  put  ex  debito  officii  nri  dinoscif 
ptinere  intciidinuis  tenore  pntiQ  \-os  citamus  et  p  vos  ofncs  ot  singlos  concanonicos  et 
coufres  vros  qui  bnioi  nrc  visitaconi  tie  jure  vcl  consuctudine  inFesse  tencntr  pernp0 
citari  volnm  1  mandam'  quatin'  die  Sabfcti  post  feslu  Asceusiois  Dili  j?x  futur 
cu  continuacoiie  t  progatione  die^  tune  sequcn  in  domo  vra  caplari  compeatf  et 
compeant  cora  nobis  nut  nro  vicario  in  spualibus  geflali  visitacoue  hirioi  juxil  juris 
cxigcntiam  1  temporis  p't'iti  morcm  bniliP  subitur  factur  ult'ius  ct  rcceptur  quod 
sacris  in  liac  pte  coveuit  institutf.  Et  quid  in  pViissis  fcceritf  nos  ant  vicariu  nnn 
kmol  dictis  die  1  loco  unacu  noibus  et  cognoibus  omiuni  1  singlo^  qui  visitation  lire 
j?dicte  ex'cend  inPesse  teneanf  distincte  certificare  curetis  p  h-ns  vras  paten  haj> 
seriem  continent  una  cu  jJntibus  auce  sigillat.  Dat  sub  nro  sigillo  sexto  decimo  die 
mensis  Aprilis  anno  Dni  mittimo  quingentesimo  nono  et  nre  trans  anno  octavo. 


C  APPENDIX,   CXLIX. 

CXLIX. 

INJUNCTIONS  BY  BISHOP  TO  PRIOR  FOR  RULE  OF  THE  HOUSE  :  1509  oit  1510. 
(Winchester  Diocesan  Register,  Fox,  II,  fol.  139.) 

Inprimis,  cu  ]%itus  doctus,  sit  pplo  in  speculatore  doctorfi  et  pMicatorem  ut  pplm 
sibi  comissu  corpis  et  men?  oculis  jugiP  intueatur  et  ut  v^bo  doctrine  et  bone 
convsationis  exemplo  in  spualibus  doceat  jnxa  illud  diviui  eloquii.  Ego  eligi  vos  eatf 
ct  fructu  afferat(>  et  frtictus  vesP  maneat  id  est  firmetur  in  cordibj  audientiu  meritf  et 
exemplis  p'fccto^  et  cu  doctus  sic  in  mrm  piu  et  prein  pVipiu,  ut  rcformet  et  iuformet 
in  hiis  quo  ptinent  ad  gregc  sni  corporis  ct  aie  salute,  sed  non  in  diim  jnx"  et  sedm 
regnla  divi  Augustini.  Ipe  v°o  qni  vobis  {Jest  ]%est  non  se  existimet  plate  dniante, 
sed  caritate  svieute  felice.  Igitur  cu  tu  P'or  sis  sacre  theologie  .pfessor,  tibi  in 
virtutc  obedie  et  jtiramenti  p  te  patiti(  ac  sub  pena  contemptus,  injugimus  qd  tn  bis 
singlis  annis  in  doino  capi"  vl  pnce  in  ccctia  conventual!  prioratus  tui,  in  psoua,  tun 
,ppria,  et  singulis  annis  quatcr  in  cadm  domo  capi"  p  alique  cxtraneu  sclarem  vel 
religiosu  confrcs  tuos  pabulo  sacre  doct'ni  iustruas  et  pascas. 

Item,  cii  ignorautia  mat  erroris,  ita  in  intcntrii  ducat  ut  cccus  ambulaus  in  tenebris, 
illius  non  prius  dampuu  sen  tint  qs"  iucurrit,  igitur  tibi  priori  nt  sup'1  injugimns,  qd 
coiicionariu  ac  consuetndinariii,  et  libri  constituc  diet  prioratus  et  religionis  tripliceuf 
et  (]5'*  unu  eo£  remancat  in  custodia  tui,  ipius  alio^  in  cnstodia  supprioris,  et  tertiu  in 
custodia  magistri  ordinis. 

Item,  cu  bonus  et  discretns  mr  ct  pa?  se  here  debcat  in  corrcctioibus  sine 
acceptation:  psona^,  igitur  cu  tu  prior  sis  magisP  ct  paf  diet  prioratus,  tibi  ut  suptt 
injugimns,  qd  in  corrcctioibus  confratru  tuo£  sine  acceptatione  psouaruni,  te  fieas  ct 
qd  correctioncs  quecuq^  vel  ex  quacuq^  causa  p  suppriorc  tui  prioratus,  religiose  et 
discrete  facta  I'lJint  nuIlo  modo  nbolebis  vel  remittes  vel  cu  eisdm  dispeusabis,  ut  p  te 
solebat  fieri  <iuosdam  ex  affectione  singular!,  exaltando,  et  alios  ex  odio  vel  invidia, 
vel  quia  En  vivut  et  En  adniistraut  opprimendo. 

Item,  cu  sea  religio  diet  prioratus  ob  tua  absentia  fitcxtu  p'oratus  studentiu  in 
Oxon,  ct  ob  alias  causas  frivolas,  ad  excusand  excusation^in  peccaf  soluP  aliquibus 
conscie  modos  in  luxu  liabente  ad  tramitem  latitudinis  qui  ducut  ad  mortem  mi?abiliP 
declinavit,  ct  in  spiilibus  ct  temporulibus  no  minimu  paciebaf  detrimentnm  cu  vadens 
pastor  et  veniens  sepe  no  invenit  quod  reliquit,  eo  qd  advsarius  no  recedens  neq^ 
dyrmiens  asportavit.  Tibi  igif  priori,  ut  sup"  injugimus,  qd  deiuceps  nullo  modo  te 
iutromittas  de  diet  prioratu  atudeutiu  in  Oxon,  neq^  de  negociis  ejusdm,  neq^  deinceps 
uccedes  in,  ant  ad  villain  Oxon,  uisi  ex  causa  p  nos  prius  approbat  et  ex  licencia  urn, 
ad  hoc  prius  obtcnta.  Et  qd  no  eris  abseus  a  capP  prioratus  tui  ex  quacuq^  causa 
volimtaria  vel  voluptuosa,  et  si  ex  causa  aliqua  y  negociis  diet  prioratus  tui  sis  uccio 
fntiirus  absens  tuc  et  in  co  casu  ultra  xv  dies  ad  siimu,  te  non  absentabis  nisi 
ex  ca  aliqua  aliP  te  liceuciavimus. 


APPENDIX,    CXL1X.  Cl 

Item,  qnia  tu  prior  es  Jiffamatus  cu  divsis  mulieribus  apd  acta  spceificaP  ct  tibi 
noTati  dcclarar,  inr  quas  et  to  suspicio  non  minima  p  p'us  orta  fuit,  tibi  sub  pcna 
privacois  injugimus,  qd  deiuceps  ipa£  mulie)s,  p  tc  vel  per  iuPmedia  psona,  convsatione 
heas  vel  colloquiu  quoqne  modo  subventioem  tn  bouestam  no  deuegamiis. 

Item,  quia  tu  prior  p  accessu  cujusda  canoei  novi,  hospitalis  Btc  Marie,  ex" 
Bysshoppysgate,  London,  ail  te  varie  diffamatns  existis,  (ibi  ut  sup*  injiigimus,  qd 
deiuceps  nullam  ueq^  p  tc  ueq,  p  inPmedia  psona  ficas  cu  p\lict  canoco  covWione 
vel  colloquiu.  Et  qd  idm  canocus  deinecps  ad  prioratu  tuu  pMictu  nullu  neat 
accessum. 

Item,  tibi  priori  pViict  injugimus  ut  snp:l,  qd  nullii  licliis  capcllanu,  nisi  diserciii 
et  honestu,  et  qd  sing1'3  quartcriis  mini  cundm  mulabis  cap""  tuu. 

Item,  tibi  [iriori  ut  sup11  iujuginius,  qil  tu  Tiubis  in  can^a  tua,  in  Icslioini  vite  die, 
nullos  nisi  viros  bone  vitc  ct  convsationis  boucstc,  ct  qd  inl'ninatos  spiali't  Kogeru 
Thoruey,  Thoma  Fyff,  et  alio.s  quoscuq,,  aptul  lionos  et  gaves  qualiPcuq,  Jiflimato.s,  a 
cohitatione,  conv.sationc  hospitio  ct  fnmilia  mis  ubitit  loeo^  penit'.is  excludies. 

Item,  cu  singlis  aniiis  pterit  ffiit,  tilii  pricri,  aiietc  nra  injui'tu,  sulj  variis  ponis, 
qd  tu  sin'18  annis,  scmel  in  anno,  veru,  ])Ienu  el  jilunu  compotu  do  admlstnilione  tua, 
coram  coutu,  in  domo  tna  capi"  ostendcrcs,  ct  linioi  injuctiouibiis  nullo  niu^1  tempo 
hactenus  panieris  33  eisdm  omio  contaveneris.  Til>i  jiriori,  sub  peiia  juris  injugimus, 
qd  tu  sing'18  aunis  redilos  veru,  plcnu  ct  plaiiu  coinjiotu  de  adinislratioc  tua,  cora. 
contu  tuo  in  domo  capi"  pMicf,  ct  qd  tune  ct  itnn  trades  conventui  Ino  lilnTi  coinpoti 
tui,  ot  eunchn  libru  penes  ipm  coutu  dimittcs  p  spaeiu  nuiiis  inensis  ut  indc  plena 
delibcrationcm  cape  posset.  Et  qd  infra  duos  incuses  exiudi  ,px  sequeri  exhibcbisi  et 
trades  nobis,  A'cl  vicario  nro  in  spualibu.s  geSali  cundm  compotu  tuu  p  nos  vel  ipm 
vicariu  nrm  iuspiciend,  ct  sup  eodm  deliberand. 

Item,  tibi  priori  sub  peiia  suspeusionis  ab  offirio  tuo  injugimus,  qd  (11  citra  festu 
Natalis  Diii  j?x  futur  confieics  veru  plcuu  et  pfectfi  iuveiitarifi  oim  ct.  siu'°?  bonoj^ 
rcru  ct  jocalifi  diet  prioratus  tui  et  ca  contu8  tui  visui  siijipones  et  Linioi  invcutariu 
couttui  tuo  in  domo  capi"  Juliet  effectualif  ondcs  ct  cxhibebis,  ct.  penes  cundm  eoutu  ,j? 
spaeiu  unius  inensis  diuiittes  ut  indc  plena  deliBatione  cape  posset  ct  qd  siuglis  aunis 
iuP  festa  Sci  Miehis  arcfii  et  nativit(j  Dnicc  renovubis  inventarium  hiiioi  ac  boua  res  ct 
jocalia  hnioi  tui  coutlls  visui  siippoues  ct  invcutariu  linioi  tuo  con'"'  sili  modo  ut  supa 
ondcs  et  sie  cxbibebis  ut  posset  confri  tuis  eonstarc  dc  statu  domus  tuc  ct  postea 
nobis  aut  nro  in  spualibus  vicario  gcfiali  cxhibebis  p  uos  vel  ipm  inspiciend  et  sup 
eodm  deliberand. 

Item,  tibi  priori  sub  pena  contemptiis  injugimus  qd  quocieuscuq,  fueris  absens  a 
prioratu  tuo,  dimittes  elavcs  tbesaurario  ct  alios  oflicio  tuo  ptiucn  cu  suppriorc  qui 
post  te  tiet  curam  domus. 

Item,  tibi  priori  sub  pena  suspensionis  ab  offlcio  tuo  injugimus  qd  no  vcndcs  ucc 
aliouabis  alique  boscu  vl  aliqua  ncmora  sivo  silvas  ptiuen  prioratui  tuo  ncc  joealia 
ipius  prioratus  sine  tractatu  consilio  ct  consensu  exfissis  supprioris  ac  majoris  et 
sauioris  ptf  coufratru  tiiOjS  salvo  subbosco  ad  valore  cs. 


Cll  APPENDIX,    CXLIX. 

Item,  injugimus  tibi  priori  ut  sup*  q'1  aliqna  Pras  tenenieuta  aut  diiica  no  climittes 
ad  firma  ultra  tres  anuos  sine  tractatu  cu  confribus  hiis  in  ea  pto  ffruto  ct  sine  consilio 
ct  cxp'sso  coiiseusu  supprioris  1  majoris  ac  sauioris  pt(>  coufratru  tuoij. 

Item,  tibi  priori  iujiigimus  ut  sup"  qd  seniores  ct  saniores  confres  tuos  Alices  in 
olliciarios  prioratus  tui.  Et  qd  deiuccps  in  majoribus  officiis  nullu  substitues  vel 
dcstues  sine  consilio  et  asseiisu  supprioris  et  duorum  canocor£  coufratru  tuo£  scuioj? 
inaturio£  ct  sanio£. 

Item,  injugimua  ut  supa  tibi  priori  qd  discretes  et  maxime  iustructos  de  confribus 
tuis  ordinabis  in  confessores  et  inillos  alios. 

Item,  ut  sup"  libi  priori  injugimus  qd  no  eris  impedimenta  qni  boni  sacerdotis 
exi"ut'i  rcL'giosi  ct  sclares  possent  tempibus  debit  covenientibus  visitarc  confres  tuos 
iu  eama  supprioris  prioratus  tui  uiidicti  si  quos  tn  eo£  ex  aliqua  causa  habucris 
suspcbis  liccbit  tibi  inhibcr  snppriori  tuo  nc  tales  (juoquo  modo  caifiam  sua  ingrediant1' 
iujugiinus  etia  eictin  siippriori  lie  tales  visitantes  cu  confribus  suis  colloquiu  vt 
tractatu  heant  nisi  puci;  ct  aptc. 

Jtc/ii,  cu  juxa  snpicn((j  doctrina  in  multitudine  ppli  sit  dignitas  regf  ot  in  paucitate 
]ilul)i.s  iguoniinia  principis  niilla  debet  a\'uricia  uulla  dc  fidia  vel  contcmptus  arripe  ut 
regis  regu  cultu  attcnuct  paucilas  colcntiu  et  contra  multii'onnis  nequitie  hostem 
injiinatnr  cxevcitus  bellato^.  Itjiliir  tibi  priori  ut  supa  iujugiinus  ut  in  tuo  prioratu 
citra  px  visitations  iinuu  plcne  ct  pfcctc  impleafur  antiquus  nurflus  caiioco^  v^  usq,  ad 
xxviij  inclusive.  Et  qd  iidui  omcs  canod  subsint  correctioni  supprioris  et  sin1'8 
iioetilms  dorminnt  in  donnitorio  et  in  nullo  alio  loco. 

Item,  tibi  priori  subpena  conteniptus  injugimus  qd  tu  nullu  dc  confribus  tuis  occionc 
depositionu  in  visitation  in  tuo  prioratu  aucte  lira  c\'cit('  aut  cx'ccudf  facta^  sen 
faciend  aut  tansmission  traj;  nobis  sen  nro  vicario  in  spualilms  geflali  p  eosdm  confres 
tuos  aut  aliqu  eoj  fact  sou  faciend  sou  alia  quaciiq,  dc  cu  sub  quocuq^  colore  in 
p'judiciu  visitation  p  nos  sou  aucte  nni  cxcit  sen  excend  molestabis  puuies  aut 
iucarccrabis  et  qd  no  impcdies  alique  cojdm  (jm  posset  libere  ct  sine  impedimcnto 
scribe-re  ct  mittcre  ad  nos  vicariu  nrm  hfiioi  ,p  ibm  reformadis  ctiam  si  inveflint  eos  in 
uli([iio  gravatos. 

Item,  tibi  priori  injiigiiniis  qd  tu  nc-du  istas  injuctiones  veru  etiam  oines  alias 
injfictiones  tibi  aucte  lira  ante  hoc  qimlircQq,  factas  ob?ves  et  obs'vari  facies  et  hoc 
sub  penis  in  cisdm  respective  limitatis. 

Item,  tibi  priori  in  virtutc  obie  juramenti  p  te  fistiti  injugimus  qd  infsis  diviuis  in 
choro  vi^  horis  matutinalibus  a  principio  iifq^  in  fine  sing1'8  septimanis  ter  missc  et 
vespis  eodm  modo  sin1'"  diebus  Dnic  ct  festivis  mcditatiouibus  in  claustro  eodem  modo 
sin1'8  scptimanis  tcr  correctionibus  ct  tractationibus  capitularibus  eodm  modo  sing1'*' 
septiinauis  tcr  ct  incuse  in  rcfectorio  eodm  modo  sing1'6  septimanis  bis. 


APPENDIX,   CL.  Clll 

CL. 

THE  ULTIMATE  CONFIRMATION  OF  PREVIOUS  ROYAL  CHARTERS,  AND  THE  LANDS, 
RIGHTS,  AND  LIBERTIES  THEREIN  CONTAINED:    IST  APRIL,  loM. 

(Confirmation  Roll,  5  Henry  VIII,  Mem.  18,  No.  1.) 

D  confirmacbe  p  Priorc  1  Convent  de  Morton. 

Rex  Omibj  ad  quos  T:c.  saltm.  Inspexim  Iras  putontos  diii  II.  nup  Regis  Angt 
septimi  pris  nri  de  confirmacbe  fcas  in  hoc  vba  Hcnricus  del  gra  Rex  Angt  T:  Franc  t 
Diis  Hifenie  Omib;  ad  quos  psentes  Ire  pvera'nt,  .saltm.  Inspexim'  Cartam  confirmacois 
dni  E.  nnp  Regis  Angt  quart!  fcam  in  bee  vba  Edwardus  del  gra  Rox  Augt  I  Franc 
rt  Dfis  Hifin  Archiepis  Epis  Afibibj  Priorib^  Dueib,  Comitib;  Baronibj  Jnstic  Vic 
Preposit  Ministris  'I  ofnib;  Ballivis  rt  fideTib5  suis,  saltm.  Inspexim'  Cartam  dni 
Henrioi  nnp  Regis  Angt  scdi  pgenitoris  nfi  fact  in  bee  vba  II.  Rex  Angt  t  Dux  Norfii 
1  Acqnitan  t  Comes  And  Ofnib,  Archiepis  Epis  Abljib;  Coiii  Bur  Jnstic  Vic  T:  oinib^ 
lidelibs  snis  Franc  1  Angt,  saltrn.  Sciatis  me  dedisse  t  oonccssisse  deo  1  see  Marie  t 
Canonicis  de  Meriton  in  ppetuam  elimosinani  ipum  villain  de  Moritona  (pic  est  do 
corona  mea  p  salute  mea  't  oim  meo^  tarn  antecessoij  <|ilni  posro^  bane  aiileni  villain  ila 
litnun  1  ab  omi  Irene  potestatis  exaucoe  vexacbe  iiiquictudinc  absolut  esse  constitiid  1 
confirmo  sicut  erat  cum  in  maim  Regis  Hour  Avi  mei  rt  in  Dfiio  ejiis  teneliat1'  cum 
soca  1  sacca  t  tolt  1  team  1  infangcntbeof  1  Forstealt  rt  liainsoona  T.  mnudbriche  1  cum 
oinibj  aliis  consuetudinibj  quo  ad  jus  corono  mee  ptinobant  lianc  eciam  ccotiam  T;  (pie 
ei  collata  sunt  vel  deinceps  ronabilit  confereaf  in  rcgia  defensione  rt  maun  ,p])ria 
retines  1  succ  meis  Regib5  ita  defcndeudo  coutMo  ut  nulli  seculari  potestati  liceat  in 
earn  manii  mittere  ant  illiquid  injurio  vel  pttirbacoibj  irrogaro.  Salvo  jure  \Vinton  ecctio 
cujus  Epatu  sita  csse  diuosiuf  sicut  Rex  Hour  avus  mens  concessit  rt  earla  sna  confir- 
mavit  T.  T.  Arcliiepo  Cant,  II.  Epo  Wynton,  Hit  Epo  Cic,  '1'lioina  Cancett,  Regin  Coiii 
Corn,  lien?  de  Essex  Const,  Ric  de  Ilun  Const,  Manu  15iset  Dap,  War  fit  Jer  Cum, 
Joscet  de  Bailliot,  apud  Urugiam  in  obsidione.  Inspexim  eciam  Cartam  Dni  Rici  imp 
Regis  Angt  primi  pgenitoris  nri  fact  in  bee  vba  Ricus  del  gra  Rex  Angt  Dux  NorPn 
Acquit  Coni  And  Archiepis  Epis  Abbil>5  Coiii  Baronil),  Jnstic  Vic  1  omibj  ministris  1 
omib^  fidelib;  suis  tocius  Angt  1  Norman  saltm.  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  1  present!  carta 
confirmasse  ecctie  sec  Marie  de  Mcreton  T;  Canonicis  nris  ibidem  dco  s'vien  omcs  donacoc-s 
fra^  1  holm  elemosinajs  (|iie  eis  fee  snnt  tarn  in  reb^  eccliasticis  qam  possessiouibj 
secularib,  Quare  volum  t  firmit  pcipim  qd  pdci  Canonic!  nri  t  oines  holes  1  tenon 
eoX  omes  possessiones  1  elemosinas  suas  heant  1:  (encant  adeo  lifie  1  integre  plena?  t 
quiete  sicut  aliqua  Aljbacia  vel  domus  religiosa  de  fra  lira  Irtiius  1  melius  tenet  cum 
sacca  1  soca  t  thot  1  theam  1  infangenthef  1  cum  omil>5  aliis  Ii1)tatil>5  1  libis  consue- 
tudinib5  suis  I  quietanciis  in  ecctiis  T:  eapellis  in  bosco  T;  piano  in  prat  1  pastuf  in 
aquis  1  molendinis  in  staguis  1  vivar  in  mariscis  t  piscar  in  vineis  T:  virgultis  in  viis  1 
semitis  in  grangiis  1  portubj  1  civitatibs  1  villis  infra  Burgum  1  exta  1  in  oinibj  aliis 
locis  t  omibj  aliis  rel>5  lifcas  1  soluc  1  quiet  de  Shires  1  de  hundred  1  de  leth  1 


CIV  APPENDIX,   CL. 

wapentach  1  cle  pHtis  1  qneref  de  murdr  1  furto  de  scutag  1  hidag  1  de  assisis  1  de 
assartis  1  wasto  nomo£  1  viis  j?  forestariis  de  geldis  1  dauegeld  1  horuegeld  1  forgeld 
1  blodwita  1  futwita  1  leirwita  1  liengwitn  de  flemensfreude  1  de  wardpeny  t 
avcrpcny  1  de  hundredespeny  rt  tethenpeny  1  de  opac"oib3  castelloj;  1  pontiu  t  pare 
1  vivar  t  stagno£  de  sumagio  1  maeremio  cariand  de  annis  portaud  de  thesauro 
portand  vcl  ducend  de  warda  tenend  de  cliacier  a  establie  dc  scotalt  Regis  1  auxiliis  sen 
donis  vicccomilum  t  balliojj  1  de  purp'stnra  1  quiet  eciam  ab  ofni  thcolonio  1  passagio  t 
pontagio  1  stallagio  1  lestagio  t  de  omi  svicio  1  exaccoe  seculari  1  ope  Svili  t  de  oinib3 
aliis  occonib,  1  consuetudinib5  scciilaril>5.  Excepta  sola  justicia  mortis  1  membro£  hec 
ofnia  conecssim  pMcis  canoiiicis  uris  in  litSam  1  ppctuam  elimosinani  p  amore  dei  1 
gloriose  virginis  Marie  matris  dei  cnjns  urgif  1  iutente  famulanf  1  j?  aia  Kegis  H. 
[iris  nri  T  hiis  Wnlto  Hotlioma^  Archiepo,  IlniJ  Diiiielni  Epo,  Jofie  Ebroic  Epo,  G. 
liophenc  Epn,  K(it>  do  Willes.  WiHo  Marcsc.  Dat  p  maim  Witti  de  Longo  Campo 
Cancctt  nri  1  Elicii  Etc!  xxiv  die  Oetobr  apnd  Wyiiton.  Inspcxim  eciam  Cartam  Dni 
llcnrici  imp  Kegis  Angt  Fcii  pgenitoris  nri  fact  in  hec  vba  Henricus  dei  grii  Rex 
Angt  DTis  niton  Dux  Xonnan  Acquit  1  Comes  Andes*  Arcliiepis  Epis  Abbili3  Priori  b5 
Comitib^  UaroniliT  Justic  Forrestar  Vic  1'repositis  Ministris  1  omibj  Ballivis  t 
iidelili^  suis,  attltm.  Sciatis  nos  intiiitu  dei  rt  p  salute  ale  nrc  t  am^  antecesso£  rt  hered 
nro^  concessisse  1  present!  carta  nfa  confirmasse  in  puram  1  HBam  1  ppetuam 
(•limosinam  cleric  see  Marie  de  Meriton  1  Canonicis  nris  ibidem  deo  ifvien  ofnes 
donacoea  ronabiles  rrajs  1  hoim  rt  elimosina^  quo  cis  fee  suut,  tarn  in  rebus  ecctiasticis 
q"m  possessiouibj  sccnliiribv  (Juare  volum  1  iirinit  qd  j]dci  Canonic!  nri  t  omes 
holes  t  tencnt  eo£  ofnes  posscs.sioncs  1;  climosinas  suas  ricant  t  tcneant  adeo  liKe  1 
integre  plcnar  t  quiet  sii-iit  aliqua  Abtiia  vel  domus  religiosa  de  fra  nra  litmis  t 
mclius  tenet  cum  succa  t  soca  rt  tot  1  tlieam  1  infangcnethef  t  outfangenethef  1  cum 
omibj  aliis  lifitatibj  "\  libis  cousuetudinibj  suis  T:  quietauciis  in  ccctiis  1  capellis  in 
bosco  t  piano  in  pratis  1  pastur  in  aquis  1  molendinis  in  stagnis  1  vivar  in  marisc  1 
piscar  in  viucis  1  virgnltis  in  viis  1  semitis  in  grangeis  1  portubs  t  civitatib3  t  villis 
infra  Bnrgnm  1  extra  t  in  omib^  aliis  locis  t  in  oinib';  aliis  rcl>3  lib"as  1  solut  t  quiet  de 
shires  rt  de  hiindr  rt  de  Icth  ^  de  Avapentacli  t  de  ptitis  1  querelis  t  de  pecunia  qne 
ad  murdriim  ptinct  1  ad  fnrtiim  de  scutag  1  hidag  1  de  assisis  1  asertis  1  de  vasto 
Ita  tamen  qd  si  dampnu  feccrint  in  forcsta  nra  ulta  lifitatem  eis  concessam  p 


cartam  nram  volum  qd  ronabilit  emeudef  t  de  viis  4?  forestariis  de  geldis  1 
dancgeldis  't  horngcld  1  fotgeld  1  de  blodwita  futwita  1  lercwita  t  hcngewita  de 
liemenfreud  't  de  wardepeny  t  avcrpeny  t  de  hundredespeny  1  tcdynpeny  1  de 
opacoib3  castello^  1  ponciu  rt  parco^  T:  viva^  1  stagn  de  sumagio  1  de  maeremio 
cariand  de  armis  portand  de  thesauro  portand  vel  ducend  de  ward  teucud  de  chac 
a  establie  de  scotallis  Regis  1  auxiliis  sen  donis  vie  t  ballivo£  1  dc  purprestur  1 
quiet  eciam  de  omi  theolonio  t  passagio  T;  pontag  1:  pannag  1  stallag  t  lestag  I  de 
ofni  §vic  1  exaccoe  seculari  1  ope  Svili  que  ad  nos  ptinent  1  de  omib5  aliis  occouib3  t 
consuetudinibj  secnlarib3  except  sola  justicia  mortis  t  membro^  sicut  carta  dm  Riei 
Regis  Aviuiculi  mei  quam  iude  fient  rouabilif  testaf  hiis  testibs  Dnis  Petro  Winton 


APPENDIX,   CL.  CV 

Josceliuo  Bathoii  1  Rico  Sars  Epis,  Hufcto  de  Burgo  Comite  Kane  Justic  nro,  Rado 
fit  Nichi  1  Ric  de  Argentine  Senescaft  uris,  Hiir  de  Capett  1  aliis.  Dat  p  maim 
veftabilis  pris  Rad  CicesPr  Epi  Caneellarii  nri  apud  Westiii  vicesimo  sexto  die  Marcii 
Anno  regui  nri  inidccimo.  Inspexim  cciam  alias  tras  paten  ejnsdem  diii  Hcnr  nup 
Regis  Angt  fcii  fact  in  hec  verba.  Ilenricus  dei  gra  Rex  Angt  1  Dns  Hifin  Dux 
Norm  Acquit  1  Comes  Andeg  Archiepis  Epis  Abbib3  Prioril)5  Comitib3  Baronib, 
Justic  Vic  Prepositis  Miuistris  1  omibs  Ballivis  1  fidelib}  suis,  saltm.  Juspexim9 
Cartam  qiiam  Ilenf  Rex  Angt  senior  jjdccessor  nr  fecit  deo  t  ecctio  lito  Marie  do 
Meritoii  1  Canonicis  regnlariP  in  eodcm  loco  vivcnt  1  victnf  de  villa  de  Moriton  in 
Corn  Surr  qne  fuit  de  corona  nra.  Tenenct  adoo  lifcc  1  ab  omi  Prene  potestatis 
cxacoo  vexacoo  1  itiqiiictudinc  absolute  sicut  idem  Rex  candem  villain  tonuit  jure 
fisti  cum  omili5  HBtatibs  in  carta  ilia  i-onti-ntis.  Inspexim  ccitmi  Cartam  Hour 
quondam  Regis  Angt  Jnn  Avi  nri  p  qnam  idc'm  Rex  eisdem  Canonicis  concessit  1; 
conilrmavit  qd  omes  res  qnas  s'viuii  sni  poFiut  aflidare  suas  csse  proprias  sint  quieti  do 
omi  theolonio  I  passagio  1  omi  consuetiidiuo  p  totam  tVain  Angt  in  villis  T:  ext;l  in 
t'ris  1  in  nqnis  1  in  ofnib,  portul>5  maris.  Item  vidimus  Cartam  ejusdem  Henr  Regis 
eoiitinen  qd  jJdci  Canonic!  feeant  pastur  equubi  snis  in  forestis  nris  Angt  1  panuagiu 
suii  quietum.  Itm  vidim  Cartam  ejusdem  Henr  Regis  continen  qd  iidem  Canouici 
noil  ponant1'  in  ptitnm  do  aliqno  ten  sno  quod  teneant  in  dnico  suo  nisi  ooram  Rego 
vel  Capital!  Jnstic  suo.  Itm  vidim  Cartam  ejusdem  Hcnr  Regis  contineu  qd  del 
Canonic!  fieant  quadraginta  acras  essartoij  apud  Ilertelg  1  Pechafii  1  Hecfeud  1 
Upton  quiet  do  essart  T:  ptit  1  ornib5  auxiliis  1  assisis  essartojs  'I  ampt  non  nurSentr 
inP  essarta.  Itm  vidim  Cartam  ejusdem  Henr  Regis  continen  qd  fide!  Canonic! 
quinquaginta  acras  de  asscrtis  in  Alcumdebnr  colaut  ad  voluntatem  suam  1  si  lit 
absolute  1  quiete  de  essartis  1:  non  computentr  iuf  essarta.  Prefea  inspexim9  cart 
Rici  quondam  Regis  Angt  Avnnculi  nri  in  qua  continef  qd  idem  Rex  cone  1 
conh'rmavit  eisdem  Canonicis  orncs  donacoes  ronabilis  Pra^  1  holm  t  elimosinaX  quo 
eis  fee  sunt  tarn  in  rebj  ecctiasticis,  qam  in  possessionibj  secnlaril)5  fiend  t  tenend  adeo 
liBe  1  integrc  plena?  t  quiete  sicut  aliqua  Abbacia  vel  domus  religiosa  de  Pra  nra 
lifiius  t  melius  tenet  cum  sacca  t  soca  thot  t  theam  t  iufangenethef  1  oiitfaugeuctlief 
1  cum  aliis  lititatibj  1  Iit5is  consuetudiuib,  snis  1  qnictanc  in  ecctiis  1  capelt  in 
bosco  T;  piano  in  pratis  T;  pasturis  in  aqnis  T:  moleudinis  in  stagnis  t  iu  vivariis 
in  mariscis  1  piscariis  in  vineis  T;  in  virgllltis  in  viis  1  semitis  1  grangiis  in  portub-; 
in  civitatili5  1  villis  infra  Bnrgum  1  extra  T:  in  omib,  aliis  locis  1  ofnib^  aliis 
re  1)3  liBas  1  solutas  1  qnietas  do  shires  T;  hundr  de  leth  t  de  wapentac  1  de 
ptitis  1  querclis  1  do  pecunm  que  ad  mnrdrnm  ptinet  1  ad  fur  turn  de  scutagio  't 
hidagio  1  de  assisis  1  assartis  1  vasto  nemo^.  Ita  tamen  q<J  si  dampnfi  fecerint  in 
foresta  nra  nit*  lifetatem  eis  concessam  p  Cartam  nrnni,  Volum  qd  ronabiliP  emendetr 
T;  de  viis  {>  forestariis  de  denegeld  1  horngeld  1  fotgeld  1  de  bludwite  1  futwite 
1  lierewite  T;  hyngwite  de  flemeucfrith  wardepeny  averpeny  hundredispeny 
tethyngpeny  t  de  opacbib3  castello^  1  poneiu  t  parco£  1  vivariojj  t  stagno^  de 
sumagio  t  de  maheremio  cariaud  de  armis  portand  de  thesauro  portand  vel  ducend  de 

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CV1  APPENDIX,   CL. 

•\varda  teiiend  tie  cliac  a  estaht  de  scotatt  Regis  1  auxiliis  sen  donis  Vic  1  Batt  t 
de  purffatur  1  quiet  eciam  de  omi  theolouio  1  passagio  1  pontagio  1  pnnnagio  1  stallagio 
1  lastagio  de  omi  IVicio  1  opacoe  secular!  1  ope  Svili  que  ad  nos  ptineiit  1  de  orhib5 
uliis  occonil>5  1  consuetudiuibj  secularib,.  Excepta  sola  justicia  mortis  t  membro£ 
gicut  in  pVlicta  Carta  plenius  contiiietr.  Nos  autem  pVlcas  concessiones  1  confirmacoes 
ratas  fientes  1  grtas  eas  p  not)  1  hered  nfis  coucedim9  T;  coufirmavim9  sicnt  pMce  carto 
ronabilir  testnntr.  Pretea  ad  declaracocm  p\lcar£  lifctatum  concessim9 1  liac  fJsenti  carta 
lira  coufirmavim  p  not>  rt  hered  nfis  qd  ipi  Canonic!  1  eor£  succ  heaut  imppm  fines  1 
aficiamenta  fioim  suo£  1  catalla  fugit  qui  de  ipis  tenucruntt  imppetuu  heant  T;  teneant 
illas  centum  ticras  fro  cum  plin  in  Mcpcrteshall  que  sunt  de  serjantia  lira  1  quas 
fient  de  douo  Kotiti  fit  WirH  Dispcnsar  p  confirmacoem  jfdci  Henr  Kegis  Avi  nri  et  qd 
nulhis  pisccf  deceto  ante  gurgitem  dco^  canonic  in  Braynford  aliP  q"m  temporib3 
jVdecesso<j  nn>£  licguin  Augt  fieri  consuevit,  et  qd  ipi  1  hoies  sui  p  omes  forestas  nras 
Angt  qnieti  ,siut  imppm  de  expcditacoe  canu  suojj,  et  qd  quieti  sint  de  sect  Com  1 
Ilundr  nro^  t  turnis  vie,  et  qd  lioics  sui  teneii  ten  que  eis  collata  fnerunt  temporc  Eici 
Kegis  Avuneuli  nri  1  ante  11011  ponanf  in  assisis  juratis  vel  recognicoib5,  et  qd  illas 
tres  acras  bosci  quas  nnit  in  Alkmuudbir  includcrc  possint  fossato  t  baia  1  clansas 
tcncre  imppm.  Ita  taincn  qd  fere  lire  lifce  possint  ingredi  t  cxire.  Et  si  fnsgressi  fflint 
in  forestis  nfis  ulla  liTitatcs  cis  concess  p  cartas  predeoessojs  nro^  Kegum  Angt  t  nram 
volum9  qd  cmeudet1'  coram  noti  vel  Capital!  Justic  nfo  foreste.  Et  si  Iifitatib5  eisdem 
Canonicis  concessis  in  jjilcis  Curtis  nimis  plene  usi  fifint.  Volum  1  concedim  qd 
ei.sdcm  decero  litie  1  plene  utautr.  Iliis  tcstibus  Jone  Mansetl  Preposito  Bevert,  Rado 
fit  Niefii,  Bertramo  de  Croytl,  Magro  Witto  de  Kilkcimi  Arched  Coventr,  Galfro  do 
Langet],  RoBlo  Walraud,  Elia  de  Rabair),  Rotito  do  Mustegros,  Bartho  l\-cfi,  Niclio  de 
Sco  Mauro,  Rado  de  Bakeplir,  Witlo  Gerum,  Rog?o  de  Lokyngton,  Jotii  de  Geres  1  aliis. 
Dat  p  nianii  nram  ajnul  Wyndesore  nono  die  Aprilis  Anno  regni  nri  tricesimo  sexto. 
Inspexim  eciam  cartam  ejtisdcm  Dni  Hcnr  imp  Regis  Augt  rcii  fact  in  hec  \9ba. 
Ilenricns  del  gra  Rex  Angt  Diis  HiBu  Dux  Noriii  Acquitan  1  Comes  Andeg  Archiepis 
Epis  ABt)ib5  Prioribj  Comitibj  Baronib5  Justic  Forestar  Vic  Prepositis  Minis tris  t 
omil>5  Ballivis  1  fidelibj  suis  saltni.  Sciatis  nos  concessisse  1  hae  Carta  lira  confirmasse 
ditcis  nob"  in  Xpo  Piiori  1  Conventui  dc  Mori  ton  qd  ipi  1  co£  snccessorcs  heant  liBam 
warennam  in  omibs  dnicis  ^ris  de  Meriton  Ewett  Kyngeswode  Shehvode  Grapclyngham 
Berewett  Ilartyugdon  Havericheaham  Taplawe  Fecham  Wexhani  t  Micham  dnm- 
tamen  tre  ille  non  siut  infra  metas  foreste  lire.  Ita  qd  uiillus  intret  f ras  illas  ad  f ugand 
in  eis  vel  ad  aliquid  capieiid  quod  ad  warennam  ptineat  sine  licencia  1  voluntate  ipoij 
Priori s  1  Conventual  successors  suo^  sup  forisfact  nram  decem  libra£.  Quarc  volum  t 
firmir  jJcipim  p  nob"  1  hered  nris  qd  p\lci  Prior  1  Couventus  t  eo£  succ  imppm  heant 
libam  warennam  in  omib^  dnicis  tris  suis  de  Merton  Ewett  Kyngeswode  Shelwode 
Grapelyugham  Berewetl  Hertyngedon  Haverichesham  Taplawe  Fecham  Wexhaiii 
1  Michehaiii  dumtamen  Pre  ille  non  sint  infra  metas  foreste  nre.  Ita  qd  nnllus  intret 
fras  illas  ad  fugaud  in  eis  vel  ad  aliquod  capiend  quod  ad  warenuam  ptiueat  sine 
liceucia  t  voluntate  ipo£  Prioris  t  Conveutus  vel  succ  suoif  sup  forisfact  uram  deceni 


APPENDIX,    CL.  CV11 

librajj  sicut  p\lcm  est.  Hiis  testily  Rado  fit  Nichi,  Bcrtramo  de  Croyoitt,  Johe  de 
Lessyngtoii,  Magro  Wirro  de  Kilkcnnye  Archid  Covcntr,  Bartfio  Pecch,  Elmlouc  do 
Montib5,  Joho  de  Novell,  Witto  de  Cheyny,  Nicno  de  Sco  Mauro,  Anketiuo  Malore, 
Rogero  de  Lokyntoii,  Jorie  de  Geres  1  aliis.  Dat  p  manu  nram  apud  Merton  viccsimo 
scdo  die  Maii  Anno  regni  nri  tricesimo  sexto.  Inspexim  echini  dni  Edwardi  nup  Regis 
Angt  tcii  pgenitoris  nris  fact  in  hec  \sba.  Edwardus  dei  gra  Rex  Angt  Diis  HiTm  1 
Dux  Acquitan  Archiepis  Epis  Atfcibj  Priori  b^  Comitibs  Baronib,  Justic  Vic  Prepositia 
Ministris  T:  omib^  Ballivis  1  fidelity  suis,  saltm.  Inspexim  Cartam  Celebris  memorie  dni 
Rici  quondam  Regis  Angt  pgenitoris  nri  in  lice  v'ba.  Riciis  dei  gra  Rex  Augt  Dux  Norm 
Acquit  Com  And  Justic  Vic  T:  oniib^  Ministris  suis  Angt  I  Norm,  saltm.  Precipim  qd 
oihes  res  Canonic  nrojs  de  Merton  t  holm  1  tenen  eo£  quas  Sv'iun  sui  1  hoies  1  tenentcs 
eo^  potint  aflidare  suas  esse  pprins  sint  quieti  do  omi  thcolouio  passagio  1  pontagio  1 
pannagio  1  omi  coiisuetudine  que  ad  nos  ptinct.  Et  .phibcni  no  quis  cos  sup  hoc  injuste 
vexet  vel  disturbet  sup  deccm  libra^  forisfuct.  T  me  ijio  apud  Rnpcm  Andctl  nono  die 
Novembf  Anno  regni  nri  dccimo.  Inspexim9  eciam  Cartum  confirmacbis  Celebris 
memorie  dni  II  quondam  Regis  Anglic  pavi  nri  in  lice  vba.  Ilcnricus  dei  gra  Rex 
Angt  Dns  HiBn  Dux  Norman  Acquit  Comes  And  Archiepis  Epis  ArjbiljT  Priori!)^ 
Comit  Baron  Justic  Vic  Prcpositis  Ministris  T:  oiiiibs  Ballivis  rt  fidelib;  suis,  saltm. 
Inspexim  Cartam  quam  Ilcnr  Rex  Angt  senior  processor  nr  fecit  deo  rt  ccctic  Be 
Marie  de  Merton  1  Canonic  rcgulut  codem  loco  viven  T;  victur  dc  villa  do  Merton 
in  Com  SUIT  que  fuit  dc  Corona  lira.  Tcnend  adeo  litic  T  ab  omi  trene  potestatis 
exaccoe  vexacoe  1  inquietudiue  absolute  idem  Rex  candcm  villain  tenuit  jure  fisti 
cum  omil>5  litjtatil),  in  carta  ilia  content.  Inspexim  eciiun  Cartam  Ilenr  quondam 
Regis  Angt  Juii  avi  nri  p  quam  idem  Rex  cisdcm  Canonicis  conccssit  t  confirmavit 
qd  ofnes  res  quas  ?vientes  sui  potint  affidare  suas  csse  pprias  sint  quiet  de  omi 
theolonio  1  passagio  rt  omi  cousuetudine  p  totam  tram  Angt  in  villis  1  ext^  in  rris  t 
in  aquis  1  omibj  portubj  maris.  Itni  vidim  Cartam  ejusdem  Ilenr  Regis  continent  qd 
jidci  Canonici  heant  pasturam  cqnab5  suis  in  forestis  nris  Angt  1  pannagiuin  suu 
quietum.  Itm  vidim  Cartam  ejusdem  Ilenr  Regis  continen  qd  iidem  Canouici  non 
ponautr  in  ptit  dc  aliquo  ten  suo  quod  tencant  in  dnico  suo  nisi  coriun  Rege  vel 
Capitale  Justic  sno.  Itiri  vidim9  Cartam  Ilenr  Regis  continen  qd  dei  Canonici  licant 
quadragiuta  acras  cssarto^  apud  Ilerteleger  1  Petham  t  Ilecfeud  1  Upton  quiet  de 
essartis  tptitis  1  oiiiibj  auxiliis  T:  assisis  essarto^  I  ampt  non  nuiTientr  in  essarta.  Itiri 
vidim  Cartam  ejusdem  Ilenr  Regis  continen  qd  p\lci  Cauonici  quinquaginta  acras 
do  essartis  in  Alcumudeburyc  colant  ad  volnntatcin  suam  t  sint  solute  rt  quieto  do 
essartia  1  non  compnteutr  inP  essarla.  ProPea  inspcxim11  Cartam  Rici  quondam  Regis 
Angt  avunculi  nri  in  qua  continctr  qd  idem  Rex  concessit  1  confirmavit  cisdem 
Canonicis  oifies  donacoes  ronabiles  Fr  I  holm  1  elimosinajj  que  eis  fci  sunt  tarn  in  rebj 
ecctiasticis  qam  in  possessionibj  secularib,.  Ilend  1  tenend  adeo  litie  integre  plenar  1 
qnicte  sicut  nliqua  At5bia  vel  domus  religiosa  dc  Pra  nra  libius  T;  raelins  tenet  cum 
sacca  1  soca  thot  1  theam  t  infangeiietlief  1  ntfangenotlief  1  cum  aliis  liBtatib^  t 
consxietudinib5  t  quietanc  in  ecctiis  capellis  in  bosco  1  piano  in  prat  t  pastnr  iu 


CV111  APPENDIX,   CL. 

aqnis  1  molendiuis  in  stagnis  1  vivariis  in  mariscis  1  piscnriis  in  vineis  t  virgultla 
in  viis  1  semitis  in  grangeis  1  portnl)5  in  civitatib3  1  villis  infra  Btirgnm  t  exta  1  in 
omil>3  uliis  locis  1  in  oiriib5  aliis  rel)5  liBas  1  solutas  1;  qnietas  de  shir  1  hundr 
de  let  1  de  wapentacfi  1  de  ptitis  t  ijueret  1  dc  pecunia  qne  ad  murdr  ptinet  1  ad 
furtutn  do  scntagio  1  liidagio  1  de  nssisis  1  de  essartis  1  vasto  nemo£.  Ita  tameu 
qd  si  danipnu  fecerint  in  foresta  nra  nil*  HBtatem  eis  concess  p  Cartam  nram. 
Volnm  qd  ronabilif  cmcndef  1  dc  viis  f>  fore-star  de  dcncgcld  1  horngcld  fotgelct 
1  de  blodcwite  1  fithevitc  t  de  leirewitc  1  de  flemenefrith  wardepeny  averpeny 
1  bnndredespeny  tbctbyngpeiiy  t  de  opacionib,.  caste] lo^  1  pontiu  1  parcojj  t 
vivurio^  1  stagno^  de  sumagio  1  maeremio  cariand  de  armis  portnud  de  thcsauro 
portand  vcl  duccnd  dc  warda  teucnd  de  chac  t  cstabt  de  scotallis  Ivegis  1  anxiliis  sen 
donis  vie  1  ImH"  1  de  purpVtur  t  quiet  cuiam  de  cmi  tlicolouio  1  passag  1  pontag 
punnng  1  stalag  t  Icstag  1  de  omi  svicio  t  opac5oc  secuhiri  1  ope  sVili  quo  ad  nos 
ptincut  rt  de  ofnib5  aliis  occonili,  1  eoiisuetudiiiib5  sccnluribj,  cxcepta  sola  jnstioia 
mortis  1  niembrojj  sicut  in  fJdca  carta  plcuius  coutiuet1'.  Nos  autcni  pdcas  concessiones 
rt  confinnacbes  ratas  ncntcs  t  grtas  eas  p  nob  1  liered  nris  conecdim  1  confirmavim 

O  * 

sicut  carte  jidce  ronabilit  tcstant1'.  PrePea  ad  declaracoem  pMcaj!  libtatum  concessim9  1 
liac  carta  nra  confirmavim'  f>  nob  t  licrcd  iiris  qd  ipi  Canonic!  1  eo£  succ  imppm 
licant  fines  rt  aiSciameuta  noim  snoS  t  catalla  fngitivo^  qni  dc  ipis  tcSunt  rt  inippin 
lieaut  t  tcncaut  illas  centum  acras  trc  cum  ptin  in  Mepertiahaft  quo  sunt  de  serjancia 
lira  1  quas  hcnt  de  dono  Kobti  fit  Witti  Dispcnsar  p  confirmacbem  pdci  Ilcnr  Kcgis 
avi  nri  et  qd  nullus  dccofo  piscct1'  ante  gurgitem  dcojs  Canonic  in  Brainford  aliP  qllm 
Icmporibs  antccesso^  nro^  Kcguni  Augt  fieri  cousuevit,  et  (jd  ipi  1  lioTes  svii  p  oiries 
forestas  iiras  Angt  qnicti  sint  imppm  de  cxpcditacoe  cajiu  sno^  ct  qd  quicti  sint 
de  Com  sect  t  hundred  uro^  1  turnis  vicecomitum  ct  qd  h cries  sui  tenen  ten  qne 
cis  collata  fuerunt  tcmpore  Rici  Regis  avnncnli  nri  1  ante  non  ponautr  in  assisis 
juratis  vel  iccognicoib;,  ct  qd  illas  Ires  acras  bosci  quas  lient  in  Alkunindcbiri 
iucliidcre  possint  fossato  1  haia  1  clausas  tcncrc  imppm.  Ita  tamcu  qd  fcrc  life 
lite  possiut  ingredi  't  cxirc.  Et  si  tilnsgre!-si  {flint  in  forest  is  nris  ult*  libtates  cis 
concess  p  Cartas  f?decesso^  urojs  Rcgnm  Augt  1  nram.  Volum  (]d  cmendctr  coram 
nob  vcl  Capital!  Justie  nro  forcste.  Et  si  liblat  cisdem  Canonicis  coucess  in  jJdcis 
cartis  minus  plcuc  usi  firint.  Volum''  T;  concedim9  qd  eis  decePo  lit>e  1  plene  utanf, 
liiis  tcstib5  Join  Mnnsselle  Preposito  Bevcrt,  IJado  fit  Jsictio,  Bartamo  de  Cryatt, 
Magro  Witto  dc  Kilkcnii  Arcliid  Covenlr,  Galfro  de  Langctt,  Robto  Walrand,  Elia  de 
Uabaiii,  Rofeto  de  Mustegros,  Bartfio  Pccche,  Xictio  dc  Sco  Mauro,  Rado  de  Bakeptir, 
Witto  Gernm,  Rogo  de  Lokyngton,  Jone  de  Geres  1  aliis.  Dai  p  mauu  uram  apnd 
Wyndcsore  nouo  die  Aprilis  Anno  regni  nri  tricesimo  sexto. 

Nos  antem  donacocs  concess  1  confinnacbes  (ideas  ratas  hentes  1  gratas  eas  p  not 
1  hered  nris  quantum  in  not)  est  ditcis  nob  in  Xjx>  mine  Priori  1  Conventni  ejusdem 
loci  1  eo£  succ  concedim  T;  confirmavim'  sicut  Carte  j'Jdce  ronabiliP  testanf.  PrePea 
voleutes  eisdcm  Priori  1  Conventui  gram  in  hac  parte  fai"e  ubiorem  concessim  eis  g 


APPEN'DIX,    CL.  C1X 

nob  1  hered  nris  1  hac  carta  lira  confirmavim  qd  licet  ipi  vcl  eo£  p\lcecssores  aliqua 
vel  aliqnibj  libtatum  in  dcis  cartis  content  aliquo  casu  erSgentc  hacteuus  usi  11011 
ftu'nt  ipi  tameu  Prior  1  Conveiitus  1  eo£  succ  liBtatibj  illis  ^  ea£  quatt  decero  pleno 
gaudeant  t  utanf  sine  occone  vel  impediraento  nil  vel  h'ered  nfo<5  Justie  Escaet  Vic 
aut  alio£  Ballivo£  sen  Ministro£  uroij  quo^cumc^,  hiis  testily  veflabilibj  pril>5  Jotie 
Cantiia^  Archiepo  tocins  Angt  Primal0  Caucellar  nro,  Ileur  Lincoln  Epo  The's  nro, 
Stcpfio  London  Epo,  Jofie  Coinitc  Cornnb  fre  nro  carissimo,  Witto  de  Monte  Acnlo, 
Robto  de  Ufiord  Scnescatt  Ilospicii  nri  1  aliis.  Dat  p  mauu  nrain  apud  Walthatn 
duodecimo  die  Aprilis  Anno  regni  uri  decimo.  Inspexim  eclam  Car  turn  ejusdcm  imp 
Regis  Edwardi  Pcii  fact  in  hec  vba.  Edwardus  dei  gra  Rex  Angt  Diis  Ilitiu  rt  Dnx 
Acquitan  Escaetori  sno  citil  Trciitliam  qni  mine  e^t  t  qni  ,p  tempo  crit  sultni.  vSciatis 
qd  cum  imp  compto  p  inqnis  post  mortem  frin  WiHi  nup  Pi-ioris  dc  Morton  p  divs  Esc 
nros  in  Coni  Sntht  VViltss  Oxon  Berk  Norl'f  Suff  Csintcbr  Hunt  Essex  Herlf  Soils' 
Dors  Devon  CornuB  Kane  SUIT  Sussex  Midd  Norrit  Rutt  Lincoln  t  Civitatc  London 
citra  trentham  de  mandate  nro  fact  ft  iu  Cancellar  urn  retoruat  qd  Supprior  t 
Couventus  dci  loci  in  singnlis  vacucoils  Priorat  pdict  a  tempo  re  cuj  conl:lriis  niemoria 
nou  existit  lincusq^  de  temporalils  doinus  pdict  ,p  voluntato  sna  disposucrnnt  1  umes 
exitns  iude  pvenien  scmp  pcepnnt  1  liuertint  aljsij^  co  <^d  nos  ant  pgcnitores  nri  nut 
ministri  nri  vcl  ip<i^  pgcnito^  nfo£  (|iiicq"in  de  c'cis  tomporalil)3  liuim  sen  rccepim 
vel  inde  in  aliquo  intromisim  nisi  tni  qd  Esc  uri  t  ipo^  pgenito^  nmij  qui  n  tcmpore 
fitint  statim  post  morlcm  cnjuslt  Prioiis  dci  loci  e;:ndein  Pi-iorat  inv'vef  1  (piendani 
hoicni  ad  custodiend  cx'tiorem  portam  quo  vocalr  niagna  1'orta  Prioratns  iliins  uoic 
Regii  diiii  posner  ibidem  durantc  vacacbe  ilia  absc^  aliquo  puijiiend  ]V't  ronabilcm 
snstontacbem  snam  moratur  mandavim  pi'atis  Esc  nris  qd  dc  tompalib;  prioraf  pdict 
nit  ins  so  non  intromit'tent  1  exit  inde  p  ipos  pcept  pdcis  Suppriori  rt  Convenlui 
liBarcnt.  Nos  securitati  diet  SuBprioris  rt  Conventus  no  ipi  vel  eo£  succ  temporibj 
vncacois  Prioratns  iliins  fnturis  temporib5  sup  disposicoc  temporaliu  Priorat  pMict  sen 
de  aliis  bouis  vel  catallis  aul  cxitili5  inde  .pvenien  duratnf  liujusmodi  vacacoili^  p 
Ministros  nros  vel  hcrcd  nro^  imlebite  impediant1'.  Volentcs  .pvidere  voT>  mandam  (jtt 
do  temporalib,  Prioratns  jldc'i  vel  do  bonis  caialiis  ant  exit  ijnsdeni  qnaildocum^ 
dcus  Prioratns  p  mortem  vel  cessioncm  alicnjus  Prioratus  sen  allcjuo  qnovismodo 
vacare  contig?it  uullatenus  iutromittatis  ip<js  Subpriorem  1  Convent mn.  1  success  suos 
in  vacac  Prioratns  illius  futur  tcmporili;  de  tcmpali!)5  prioratus  Juliet  liberc  dispoHo 
ac  bona  catalla  1  exit  inde  .pvcnicn  abse^  impedimento  pcipe  piniltatis  put  scmp 
liactenus  extitit  nsitat  t  ipi  1  pMeccssores  sui  |?dci  ea  temporib;  ret  rone  t  is  pcipe 
consuevcruut  hoc  semp  salvo  qd  in  qnalt  vacacbe  dci  Prioratus  aliquis  noie  regii 
dnii  uri  p  nos  ad  custodiam  porte  jidco  depntetr  ibidem  dnrant  vacacoibj  illis  moratur 
in  forma  supadca  salva  not)  cnstod  tr  1  ten  qne  domni  jJdicf  ex  mine  conlig^it  ndqniri 
si  qne  dc  not)  tcncantr  in  capitc.  T.  me  i[io  apnd  Wallham  see  Crucis  xij  die  Aprilis 
Anno  regni  nri  decimo.  Nos  autcni  oniia  1  singula  donacoes  conccssiones  voluntatcs 
mandata  jpcepta  rt  ceta  alia  in  Cards  1  tris  pVlcis  content  rata  lientes  1;  grata  ca  p 
uoB  1  hered  iiris  quantum  iu  nob  aeceptam'  iipprobam'  ac  dilco  nob  in  Xpo  Johi 


CX  APPENDIX,   CL. 

Kyngestoii  mine  Priori  loci  p\lci  de  Merton  qui  est  fundacoe  dni  H.  nup  Regis  Angt 
primi  pgenitoris  nri  1  uro  pronatn  existit  1  Convent  ejusdem  loci  1  eo£  sncc  necnon 
omibi  hoibj  T:  tenen  snis  uc  hcrecl  t  succ  suis  juxta  effcm  carta£  t  tra£  p\lca£  de  gra 
urn  spali  concedim9 1  confirmavim  .  P*?Pea  concessim  j>  nofc  1  hered  nris  t  liac  carta  nra 
confirmavim9  qd  licet  iidcm  Prior  T:  Conveiitus  vel  eo£  pVlecessorcs  lirjtntil>5  imunitatib5 
sivc  quietanc  in  Curtis  1  tris  pMcis  content  vel  ea£  aliqna  casn  aliqna  eflgcnf 
liactcnns  plenc  nsi  uon  ffiint  ant  abnsi  ipi  taincn  Prior  1  Conventns  1  co£  succ  Iit>tatib5 
Iiniinitatil>5  't  quietanc  illis  1  caj?  qualt  dccefo  pleue  gandeant  1  iitanf  sine  occone  vel 
iinpedimento  nri  vel  hcrecl  nro£  Justic  Escaet  Vic  ant  aliojj  Ballivo^  sou  Ministro£  uro^ 
1  herctl  nro£  quo^cninc^  imppin.  Cnnic^  fjfati  mine  Prior  1  Conveiitus  1  omcs  {idecessores 
sni  viilutc  ctoj5  vho£  dc  dels  vliis  gcftilibs  in  dca  Carta  clci  dni  Kegis  Rici  specificat 
tiucrnnt  a  tcinpore  confcccois  cjiisdem  Carte  inP  alia  ofnimoct  dcodancl  tbesaurnm 
iuvciitinn  1  catalla  onn  lioini  1  tcncnciu  suo<5  felonu  fugitive^  dampnat  convict  snspens 
utlugat  rt  waiviat  ,p  fulonia  nut  ex  alia  quadnm^  causa  honn  1  tenen  suo^  qui  regnu 
Angt  abjiiravint  rt  siniilit  catalla  vocat  inanuopa  eo^dem  holm  "\  tenen  suo^  1  escapia 
sive  eviisioncs  felonu  necnon  fines  1  ainYiamenta  p  hlljusmodi  eseapiis  sive  evasionibj 
tic  catalla  vocat  Waif  1  Stray  infra  mania  banielett  villat  tor  I  food  dco£  nnnc  Prioris 
rt  Conveiitus  rt  dc«^  jJilcccssciJ  sno£  aut  Pi'iomt  jJdict  eiTigen  sive  contingen  necnon 
ofnimod  fines  redempcoes  T:  airiciamenta  oim  boun  1  tenenciu  ipo^  Prioris  t  Couventiis 
1  jAlecesso^  suo<5  ^dcoj  tain  de  sive  in  ptitis  eansis  t  mafiis  coronam  tangeii  qllm  de 
fine  in  oiSibj  aliis  jititis  causis  rt  tuatiis  reulib^  T:  psonalib^  in  qnibuscuc^  Cur  regiis 
quuliPcnm^  mot  eiflgen  sive  pcmlcii  pvenien  (i"mq"m  iidem  teucntes  integre  tcnentcs 
ilcojj  nnnc  Prioris  1  Conveiitus  sen  aliquo^  p\lecesso£  suo^  j]dco^  non  fnissent  1  similiP 
pannagiu  in  forestis  Regiis  quibuscumq,  p  poreis  't  pastuf  p  ecinubj  diet  Prioris  t 
Coiiveiitus  loci  pdci  1  hoiin  suo<5  q"m  tcncnc  suo^  oim  1  singulo^  quiet  huernnt  t 
eeiam  assaisam  1  assisam  mensnr  1  ponder  ac  victuat  quo^cumq^  infra  omia  1  singnla 
niiiin'u  villut  hamelett  {r  1  feocl  qne  Prioris  t  Convent  dci  loci  de  Merton  fnerunt 
tcinpore  confeecois  dee  Carte  p'fati  Regis  Rici  ac  punicoem  1  correccoem  eo^dem 
necnon  fines  airiciamenta  rt  alia  pficuu  indc  pvenien  similii:1  hneriiut  tenentosq,  Prioris 
1  Conveiitus  Prioratus  fjdict  oines  1  singnli  tenentes  aliqna  ten  qne  fidce  dco^  mine 
Prioris  T;  Conveiitus  collata  fiieruut  tcmporc  dci  Regis  Rici  aut  untca  virtute  dca£  trajs 
dci  imp  Regis  II.  fit  Jofus  ut  pmittit1  fact  a  tcmpore  coufeccois  ea^dem  hucusq,  in 
assisis  jnratis  sen  recognicbibj  tanq"m  de  liujusmodi  exempt  posit  minime  fuerunt. 
Ac  eciam  dci  mine  Prior  t  Conveiitus  1  succ  sui  pMci  do  pecunia  furti  1  mnrdri  infra 
niafiia  villat  1  liamelett  fras  t  feoda  sna  jJdca  quiet  ffiint  ut  accepim9.  Nos  volentes 
ipos  Priorem  1  Conventurn  ant  succ  suos  ppP  aliquam  ambignitatem  sen  obscnritatem 
vbo^  uliqno^  sen  tmino£  jidco^  ant  eo  qd  liBtatcs  ille  in  vbis  expssis  in  Cnrtis  f?dcis 
minime  speeifieantr  de  eisdem  lihtatib;  impediri  ullatenns  sed  volentes  eo£dcm  mine 
Prioris  t  Conveiitus  1  successo^  sno^  securitati  in  hac  parto  ut  ipi  divinis  qniccins 
obseqniis  vacare  t  dno  devocius  famulari  ac  j>  not)  1  licred  nris  attencius  exortare 
valeant  astringantr  pvideri  ofnemq^  ambiguitatem  t  obscuritatem  geflaliu  i?bo£  1  Pmino^ 
liujusmodi  inde  penitus  deleri  de  gra  spjili  1  eta  sciencia  cris  concessim  1  declaram  p 


APPENDIX,   CL.  CXI 

nofc  1  heredibj  nris  p  Rentes  1  liac  carta  nfa  confirmavim  ]3fatis  nunc  Priori  1  Convent 
qd  ipi  1  eo£  succossores  imppm  fieant  omia  catalla  oim  hoTm  1  teneue  suo£  felonu  fugi- 
tivo£  ac  dampnato£  convict  1  suspeus  ac  utlagato^  1  waiviat  ac  coudempand  comucend 
mispeudend  utlagand  1  waiviand  p  fclouia  T:  ex  quaeumq^  alia  causa  necnon  oim  holm 
1  teuenc  sno£  qui  regnu  Angt  abjuraverunt  infra  mafiia  ipo<5  Prioris  t  Convent  do 
Morton  Dunnesford  in  Wandeworth  Miccham  Feccham  Asshestede  1  Mulsey  in  Com 
Surrey  ac  infra  villat  1;  hamlett  sna  de  Thamcsdittou  Westmolsey  Thorpe  lane  Apse 
Walton  sup  Thamis  t  Havycchesham  que  siuit  membra  dci  mam'i  de  Mnlsey  ut  dicif 
necuon  infra  mam'u  suu  de  Kyngestoii  sup  Thamis  in  eodcm  Cum  1  infra  villat 
Sims  de  Hertyngton  Ilacche  Ilammc  T:  Berewelle  quo  snnt  membra  dci  mafiii  sui  in 
Kyngeston  nt  asserif  t  similif  infra  mafu'ii  snu  de  Ewell  in  codem  Coni  I  infra  villat 
snas  de  Shelwode  Legh  Horlegh  Cherhvode  Newdegate  Langesbot  Kyngeswode 
Pachensham  Codyngton  Tahvorth  Tullesworth  1  Ilukc  ({iic  sunt  membra  ejusdem 
maffli  de  Ewell  ut  diuitr.  Ac  eciam  maSiu  snu  de  Patrikesbourne  in  Coni  Kane  ac 
villat  de  Brigg  quo  est  membrum  dci  maSii  de  Patrikesbonrnc  ut  asseritnr  necnon 
infra  mafiiu  snu  de  Upton  in  Com  Bnfc  ac  -\  illsit  T;  hnmeletf  sua  de  Chalvey  Miehelmyl- 
wardesey  vSloo  Lcgh  Wexhain  Ilorton  1  C'olbroke  qnc  snnt  membra  dci  mam'i  de  Upton 
ut  asserit1'.  Ac  eciam  infra  maSiu  snu  de  Ilolshot  in  Com  Sutlit  a(^  villat  1  hamelett 
sua  de  Mattinglcgh  Heysett  Bromsbitt  Ilegbfeld  Hartlegh  Pnccham  1  Stratfeld 
Tnrgeys  qne  sunt  membra  ejusdem  mam'i  de  Ilolsliot  ut  dicil1'  necnon  infra  omia  alia 
mama  tras  1  feod  dco^  mine  Prioris  1  Convcntus  locti  jidci  dc  Merton  1  sncc  sno<5  tain 
infra  villam  nram  de  Wyudesore  in  Coiii  Berk  q"m  alibi  nbicnmc^  infra  regnu  nnn 
Angt  {>  tempore  existcn  sen  invonicnd  oc  omia  escupia  t  evasiones  felonu  qno^cmiK^ 
ac  omia  catalla  vocat  Wayf  1  Stray  infra  ornimod  candem  mafiia  villat  hamelett  tras  t 
feod  supius  expWit  1  non  expressat  sive  aliqnam  partcm  eo<sdem  p  tempore  acciden  sivc 
fore  contingen.  Ita  qd  si  aliquis  eo^dem  holm  1  tenenc  ac  cu  maimope  capt  ,p  dilicto 
sno  vitam  vel  membrum  debeat  amilfe  vel  fug?it  vcl  jndicio  stare  nolfiit  vel  aliud 
qnodcumo^  dilictnm  fecit  p  quod  catalla  sua  debeat  pdere  ubicnmo^  justic  de  co  fieri 
debeat  sive  in  Cur  nra  vel  liered  nfo£  sive  in  aliis  Cur  ipa  catalla  sint  jidco^  mine 
Prioris  1  Convent  1  sncc  sno£  et  qd  liceat  eis  p  so  t  ministros  snos  sine  impcdimeuto 
nri  vel  hercd  nfo^  vie  nut  alio£  Ballivojs  nro^  tint  liered  nroij  qno^cumcj^  por?o  so 
ill  seisinam  de  omib^  t  singnlis  catatt  t  deodand  aut  tbesaiiris  pMcis  I  co^  quoit  t 
ea  ad  usus  eo^dem  Prioris  1  Convcntus  1  succ  suo^  pMco£  retiuere  licet  p  ministros 
nros  t  hered  nro<5  fSiut  jiantea  capt  sive  seisit  et  similir  qd  ipi  Prior  T;  Conventus 
t  successores  sui  lieant  imppm  omes  fines  p  tansgressiouil)5  1  aliis  delictis  quibuscumq, 
ac  omimod  afflciament  1  redempcoes  de  omil>5  hoib5  I  teiient  suis  in  mam'is  villat 
hamelett  fris  1  feod  suis  pMcis  quibnscumo^  tarn  supius  exjJssat  qam  non  expssat  sive 
aliqua  1  qualt  inde  parcclla  p  tempore  existen  ubicumq^  't  in  quibuscumq^  Cur  nfis  1 
heredum  nro^  holes  1  teiient  illos  tarn  coram  not)  t  hered  nris  1  in  Cancellar  lira 
t  hered  nro£  de  sccio  nro  t  hered  nfo£  ac  coram  Justic  nfis  T:  hered  nfo^  dc  Banco 
necnon  coram  Justic  pacis  laboranc  1  artificial  nris  1  hered  iifo£  as  coram  Senescatt 
1  Marescatt  sen  clico  flcati  hospicii  nfi  t  hered  uro<j  qui  p  tempore  fflint  1  aliis 


Cxii  APPENDIX,   CL. 

Cur  nris  1  hercd  nfo£  qam  coram  Justic  itiSantibj  ad  coia  ptita  1  ptita  foreste  nc 
qiiibuseumq^  aliis  Justic  t  Ministris  nris  1  hercd  nro£  tarn  in  p'sonc  nra  1  hered  nrOjS 
qam  in  abseucia  nra  1  hored  nro£  fines  sou  redempcoes  fa&  vel  antaiari  coutigfit  q»e 
fines  amVmmeuta  1  redempcoes  ad  nos  vel  hered  nros  possent  ptinere  si  fjfatis  mine 
Priori  1  Convcntiii  coucessa  non  fuissent  et  qd  iidem  Prior  t  Convent  t  succ  sui  p 
se  vel  p  bait  1  ministros  suos  omia  supMca  fines  arriciament  1  redempcoes  oim 
hujusmodi  holm  rt  tcnenc  Icvare  pcipe  1  nere  possiut  sine  occone  vel  impcdimento  nri 
vel  hered  nro£  Justic  Escnot  Vic  Coronat  ant  alio£  Batt  sen  miniatroji  nfo£  aut  hered 
nro£  qno^cumq^  qamqam  dci  holes  1  tenent  aut  eo£  manucapt  non  siint  integre  tenent 
ant  cojs  aliqnis  non  sit  iiileg"}  tenens  dco£  Prioris  t  Convent  1  succ  suoij  t  non 
ohstantih;  aliquihs  statnis  sive  ordiuacbibj  ,p  sive  contra  hujusmodi  lahornt  1  arlifie 
ante  hec  tempora  edilis.  Et  insup  qd  iidem  Prior  t  Convent  1  succ  sui  p  se  T: 
ministros  suos  t:un  in  pscncia  nra  1  hercd  nroS  (["in  in  absencia  nra  T:  hered  nrojj  assis 
jianis  vini  rt  svicie  ac  alioij  victual  quojjcumo^  necnon  assisam  mensura<5  T:  pondejs  infra 
oia  1  singnla  inan'iu  villat  hamelctt  Iras  1  fcod  snpius  exjJssat  1:  non  cxjJssat  de 
torn  pore  in  tempns  lieaiit  fac  1  exirennt  imppm  1  tansgrcssores  inde  debite  puniant  ac 
def'cns  mcnsnra^  rt  poiulerum  in  eisdem  quociens  t  qnando  expcdicns  fflit  ccrrigant  rt 
emendeiit.  Ac  eciam  pcipinnt  1  tieant  oiiiia  piicua  inde  pvenien.  Et  iiisup  qd  iidem 
Prior  rt  Convent  1  succ  sui  ac  ofnes  holes  t  tcnentes  sui  infra  omia  rt  singnla  maBia 
villut  hamelctt  tras  1  fcod  j^lca  dc  pccunia  quo  ad  murdrum  ptinet  rt  ad  fiirtum  quieti 
sint  imppm  Iplq^  Prior  1  Convent  rt  sncc  sui  jidci  ac  holes  T:  tenentes  sui  qnicumq, 
similit  sint  quieti  dc  paunagio  p  qiiibnscumo^  porcis  suis  1  eo^  cnjuslt  1  de  pastnra  p 
eiiuab,  suis  't  tieant  pastur  ad  oiiiia  aialia  1  poreos  jidco^  mine  Prioris  t  Conventus  t 
succ  suo>;  t  (enenc  suo^  hujusmodi  in  quibuscnmq,  forestia  nris  T:  hered  nroji  depascend 
abscj^  aliquo  p  pastnra  sive  pnnnagio  inde  ad  opus  urin  vel  hered  nro^  feend  sivo 
capiend  licet  dci  tenentes  integre  tenentes  dco£  Prioris  't  Conventns  aut  succ  snoij  non 
cxistant  sen  non  fiiint.  Et  insup  qd  tarn  omes  tenentes  qam  hoies  ipoS  Prioris 
1  Conveni  rt  succ  suo£  1  hered  1  succ  sui  tcnentes  aliqua  ten  sive  aliqnod  ten 
que  dci  Canonic  collata  Mint  tcmporc  dci  Regis  Rici  t  autea  in  assisis  juratis 
vel  recognicoibj  ali(iuil)5  non  ponantr  nee  iinpanellentr  nee  ad  aliqnod  veredcm 
dicend  sive  triiscnnd£  aut  alii  i'aeiend  in  eisdem  sive  ea£  aliqna  nnllatenus  com- 
pellant1'  nee  eo^  aliquis  compcllatr  quovismodo  nee  aliquid  de  eis  sive  eo£  aliquo  p 
non  comparand  aut  non  fnscundo  in  hujusmodi  assisis  juratis  t  recognicoib3  sive 
ca^  aliqua  ad  opus  nrm  sive  hercd  nro^  exigat1'  nut  levcf  set  ipi  t  eo<5  quilt  de 
oinibs  exitib;  aflciamentis  penis  forisfturis  1  depditis  que  ipi  sive  eo£  aliquis  not)  aut 
hered  nris  pdcia  forisface  pdere  sive  amitPe  .pinde  ullo  modo  debeant  aut  valeant 
quovismodo  crga  nos  t  heretics  nros  cxoflentr  1  acquietenf.  Et  insup  do  utSiori  gra 
nra  ac  ex  fta  sciencia  1  motu  nris  |]dcis  concessim9  p  not)  1  hered  nris  |}fatis  mine 
Priori  ac  Suppriori  dci  loci  de  Morton  t  ejusdem  loci  Convent  t  succ  suis  t  eojj 
cujuslibet  qd  in  singnlis  vacacoili5  Prioratus  |?dci  quondocuracj,  Prioratum  ilium  dc 
qnocum^  Priore  ejnsdem  exniinc  vacare  contig'Jit.  Snpprior  ejusdem  Prioratus  sive 
loci  de  Mertoii  p  tempore  existcus  I  Conventus  ejusdem  loci  de  omib3  tcmporalib3 


APPENDIX,   CL.  CXiii 

reb3  1  possession^  ejusdem  p  voluntate   sua   administrare  possiut  1  disponere  1 

custodiam  oim  temporaliu  re£  1  possession!!  illojs  in  singnlis  hujusmodi  vacacoib5  heant 

t  teueaut  1  ofnia  exit  t  f>fic  de  temporalibj  possessionib^  1  reb5  illis  durant  singulis 

hujusmodi  vacacoibj  pvoiiien  heant  t  pcipiant  1  in  expensis  ejusdera  Prioratus  1  aliP 

ad  usnni  ejusdem  apponant  absq,  compoto  sou  aliquo  alio  uoB  hered  aut  snccessoril)5 

nris  inde  quovismodo  reddeudo  sou  solvendo  1  absq^  impeticoe  nri  uut  hered  nfojj  nut 

EsceatoJj  Vic  seu  alio£  Ministro^  nro£  1  hered  nro£  quo^cuq^.     Eo  qd  exjJssa  moucio 

de  vero  valoro  pWisso^  aut  de   aliis    donis    sive  concessiouib,  p  nos  aut  aliquem 

pgenito^   nro£  cisdem  Priori  1   Conventui  aut   pVleccssorib^  suis  ante  hec   tempora 

fact    in    fJsent    fact    non    existit    aut    aliquo    statute    actu    ordinacoe    sive    restriecoo 

incontariu  inde  fact  edit  sive  p.  vis  in  ali([iio  non  obstant  hiis  testily  veflabilibj  pribj 

Th  Cardinal!  Cantuar  tocius  Angt  primate  t  G.  Ebor  Angt  primate  Consanguineis 

nris  pcariseimis  Archiepis,  R.  Buthou  1;  \Vellen   Cancellar  nro  Angt  1   Th  Koffen 

Cnstode   private    Sigilli   nri  Epis  pcarissimia,  ffib^  nris   Georgio   Clarencie  't  Kico 

Gloucestr    Dncibj  carissimis   Consanguineia  nris,  Rico  Comite  Warr  1  Sar  magno 

Cafiario  nro  Angt  t  Henr  Comite  Essex  Sencscallo    hospicii  nri  ditcisq^  t   ndelil>5 

nris,  Witto  Hastyngys  de  Hastynges  Caflario  nro  1  Waltero  Blount  de  Mountjoy 

militiljs   t   aliis.     Dat   p   inanii    nram   apud    palaciu    nrm    Westiii    scdo   die   August! 

Anno  regui  nri  octavo.     Inspcxim    cciam  quandam  Cartam  dni  H.  nup  Regis  Angt 

sexti   fcam  in   hec  verba.      Ilenricus  dei  gra  Hex  Angt  1    Franc  1   Dns    HiBnie 

Archiepis    Epis    Abfiibj    Prioribj    Ducibj    Comitibj    Baronib3    Justic    Vic    Majoribs 

Ballivis  Prepositis  Ministris  T:  omibj  fidelib,  nris  saltm.     Sciatis  qd  do  gra  nra  spali 

coneessim9  Priori  T:  Conventui  do  Morton  ,p  not)  1  hered  ufis  qd  Supprior  T;  Conventus 

Prioratus   jidci   t   co£  sueccssores   in   singulis   vacacbibj   Prioratus   ejusdem  quocieus 

videlt  ipm  vacare  contig'Jit  p  mortem  cessionem  resignacoem  vel  quovis  alio  inodo 

heaut  t  teneant  custodiam  Prioratus  illius  1  oim  tcinporaliu  ejusdem  cum  omib5  rebus 

t  bonis  ad  eundem  Prioratum   qualifcumc^  spectantibj  adeo    plene  t  integre  sicut 

aliquis  Prior  loei  illius  Prioratum  p\lict  1  temporalia  ejusdom  cum  omib5  rebj  1  bouis 

ad  eundem  ptinent  sede  plena  aliquib5  temporibj  retroactis  here  1  tenere  consuevit  vel 

nos  vel  hered  uri  custodiam  illam  cum  oinib^  rebj  1  bouis  jidcis  temporib5  vacacionu 

illa^  here  possem   vel  deberem   si  in  maun  nra  vel  heredum  nro^  retenta  essent.     Ita 

qd  dci   Supprior  1  Conveutus  de  temporalib5  rebus  t  bonis  pMcis  plenam  t  lifiam 

administracbem   heaut  1  omimoda  emolumenta   feed   militant  1  advocacoes  ecetia^ 

ejusdem  Prioratus  hujusmodi  vacacoibj  durantibj  pcipiant  ac  hide  dispose  t  ordinare 

possint  put  eis  melius  1  utilius  videbit1'  facicnd  abscj^  aliquo  inde  not)  vel  heredib5  nris 

reddeud.   Volum9  eciam  t  concedim'p  not)  1  hered  nris  qd  p\lci  Supprior  t  Conventus 

t  eojj  successores  imppm  heant  t  teneant  custodiam  Prioratus  fJdci  singulis  temporib5 

vacacionu  ejusdem  in  forma  pMca  p  quantum  tempus  duraverunt  vacacoes  ejusdem 

Prioratus.     Ita  qd  nullus  Esceator  Viceeomes  aut  alius  Ballivus  vel  Minister  ur  vel 

heredum  nro£  de  custodia  Prioratus  illius  Marh'o£  Grangco<5  aut  alia£  re]>  sen  bonojs 

quo^cumq,  ad  dcm  Prioratum   spectant  quoqno  modo  roue  vacacois  illius  se  in  aliquo 

intromittat  hoc  tamen  excepto  qd  Esceator  vel  alius  Minister  nri  vel  heredum  nro£ 


CXIV  APPENDIX,   CL. 

qui  j?  tcmpore  fttit  infra  maguam  portam  tantura  Prioratus  p\lci  in  principio  cujuslt 
vaciicois  ejnsdem  quaudam  simplicem  seisinam  noie  nri  regii  dominii  eapiat  1  ea  sic 
capta  statim  cxiudo  recedat  abs(^  fidelitate  sou  recognicoc  ab  aliquo  tenente  dci 
Prioratus  vel  aliquo  alio  modo  iude  capiend  sou  eeiam  asportaudo.  Ita  q<l  ulta  unu 
diem  occonc  scisiiic  pMco  moram  ibidem  11011  facial  uec  aliquem  ibidem  substituat  loco 
sui.  Iliis  testib5  veftabilibj  pfibj  II.  Cuntuar  Archicpo  tocins  Angl  primate  t  aptiee 
scdis  logato,  J.  Bathoii  1  Welleii  Caucellar  Angt  T;  W.  Sar'  Epis,  Carissimo  Avuncnlo 
nro  Ilumfro  Glouccstr,  carissimo  COUSanguilieo  nfo  Johe  Norff,  Ducib,,  Johe  Hunt- 
ingdon, Ilcnr  Northumbr  t  Witto  Suff  Scncscallo  liospicii  nri  Consanguineis  nris, 
C'oniitib;,  Kudo  Cromwell  Thes  Angt,  Walfo  Ilungcrford  1  Jorie  Tiptoft  Militil)5 
t  Witto  Lyiidcwodc  ctico  Custodc  privat  sigilli  iiri  t  aliis.  Dat  p  manu  nrain  apud 
Westui  viccsimo  die  Octobr  Anno  rcgni  nfi  vicesimo.  Nos  an  tern  cartas  t  Iras  pdcas 
ac  omia  t  singula  in  cisdcni  contcnta  rata  heutcs  1  grata  ea  f>  noB  t  heredibj  uris 
quantum  in  not)  est  acccptani  t  approbam  ac  ditcis  nob  in  Xpo  mine  Priori  t 
Conventui  loci  jldci  1  eo^  succcssoribj  imppm  tenore  j^senciu  rutificarnus  t  confirmain 
put  carte  1  tre  p\lco  ronabilit'  testanf.  In  cujus  rei  testimoniu  has  tras  uras  fieri 
fcciin9  patentes  T.  me  ipo  apud  Wcstni  sexto  die  Fcbruarii  anno  rcgni  nri  Pcio.  Nos 
antcm  tras  prcdcas  ac  oinia  1:  singula  in  eisdem  contcnta  rata  hentes  1  grata  ea  j>  nob" 
1  hcrcdil)5  nris  quantum  in  not)  est  acccptani  t  approbam  ac  ditci.s  not)  in  Xpo 
WiHo  Salyng  mine  Priori  1  Convent  loci  p\lci  't  eo^  succcssorib5  imppm  tenore 
p'scneiii  ratificam*  1  confirmam  .put  trc  f^dce  fonal)iliP  tcstautr.  In  cujns  1c.  T.  K. 
apud  Westui  primo  die  Aprilin. 

p  viginti  marcis  solnt  in  hauapio. 


THE  Svxorsis  or  THE  ULTIMATE  CONFUTATION. 


P. — 5  Henry  VIII  (1st  April,  1514,  Westminster),  reciting 

O.— 3    Henry    VII    (Gth    February,    1488,    Westminster),    Letters    Patent, 
reciting  Charter  of  Confirmation  of 

N . — 8  Edward  IV  (2nd  August,  1 468,  Westminster),  reciting  Charter  of 

B. — Henry    II   (c.    1156-57,  "Apud  Bnigiam  in  obsidione "), 
reciting  and  granting,  as  in  grant  of  Charter  of 

Henry  I  (c.  1121-22).  Ville  of  Meritona  with  sac  and 
soe,  toll  and  team,  infangenetheoff,  forestall, 
hamsocna  and  mnndbricke,  and  all  other 
customs  of  Crown  right,  saving  rights  of  the 
Bishop  of  Winchester,  and  confirming  the  same. 


APPENDIX,   CL.  CXV 

C.— 1  Richard  I  (20th  October,  1189,  Winchester).  Charter 
confirming  donations  of  lauds,  men  and  alms, 
ecclesiastical  and  secular,  and  soc  and  sac,  &c. 
(specified  very  fully),  excepting  justice  of  life 
and  member. 

G.— 11  Henry  III  (26th  March,  1227,  Westminster).  Charter 
confirming  donations  &c.  as  of  any  Abbey,  and, 
as  before,  in  sac  and  soc,  thelouio,  &c.  (very 
fully). 

H.— 36  Henry  III  (9th  April,  1252,  Windsor).  Letters  Patent, 
reciting 

A.        Henry  I.         Charter  granting  villc  of  Meritomv. 
I)1.        Henry  11.        Charter  granting  freedom  from  the- 

lonio,  &c. 
B2.  ,,  Charter   granting  pasture  of   horses 

and  pannage. 

B3.  ,,  Charter   granting   right   only   (o  be 

impleaded    before    the    King    or 
Chief  Justice. 

B4.  ,,  Charter  granting  -10  acres  of  assarts 

at  Heortlcgani,  Pccham,  Hecfeud, 
and  Upton. 
B''.  ,,  Charter  granting  50  acres  of  iissarls 

at  Alcumdbury. 

C.  1  Kichard  I.  Charter  confirming  previous  grants 
very  fully,  and  100  acres  at 
Meperteshall  held  by  confirmation 
of  Henry  II,  and  the  fishery  of 
Braynford. 

I.— 36  Henry  III  (22nd  May,  1252,  Merton).  Charter  of  grant 
and  confirmation  of  free  warren  in  all  domains 
of  Merton,  Ewcll,  Kyngcswod,  Shehvod,  Grape- 
lyngham,  Bcrewell,  Hartyngdon,  Ilaveriches- 
ham,  Taplawc,  Fetcham,  Wcxham,  and 
Michani,  and  prohibiting  trespass  under 
penalty  of  £10. 

L.— 10  Edward  III  (12th  April,  1336,  Waltham),  reciting  and 
confirming 

CC.  10  Richard  I  (9th  November,  1199,  Rupcn-Audel). 
Charter  granting  freedom  from 
thelonio,  and  forbidding  infringe- 
ment under  penalty  of  £10. 


CXV1  APPENDIX,   CL. 

H.— 36   Henry   III  (9th  April,  1252,  Windsor).      Charter  of 

confirmation,  reciting 

A.        Henry  I.         Concerning  grant  of  ville. 
B1.       Henry  II.       Charter      granting      freedom      from 

thelonio. 
B2.  „  Charter  granting  pasture  and  pannage 

in  forests. 
B3.  „  Charter  as  to  Pleas  iu  Royal  Courts 

only. 
B4.  „  Charter   of    40   acres   of   assarts    at 

Ilertcleg,  &c. 
B5.  „  Charter   of   50   acres   of   assarts   at 

Alcmundbury. 
C.          Richard  I.     Charter  of   liberties,  and  .sac  and  soc, 

&c.  (fully). 

L— 10  Edward  III  (12th  April,  1:336,  Waltham  Cross).     Charter  granting  to 

Sub-prior,  during  vacancy,  to  manage  estates  without 

reference  to  cseheators,  but  the  great  door  to  be  iu  the 

King's  custody — referring  to  John  Kyiigeston  "  now 

Prior,"  and  confirming  very  fully,  and  as  to  manors  of 

Mcrton,  Dunncsford,  Waudsworth,  Micham,  Fccham, 

Ashtcd,  and   Molescy,  and  villes  of  Thames  Dittou, 

Thorpe  Lane,  Apse,  \Valtou-on-Thames,  and  Ilavery- 

cham,  also  within  the  manor  of  Kingston. 

Villes    of   Ilcrtyngton,    Ilatchc,    Ilamme   and    Berewell, 

manor  of  Ewell,  villes   of  Shelwood,  Legli,  Horlegh, 

Charlwood,  Newdegate,  Laiigeshot,  Kingswood,  Paghc- 

ncslium,  Codyngton,  Talworth,  Tullesworth  and  Hoke. 

Manor  of  Patrieksbourn,  villc  of  Brigg,  manor  of  Upton. 

Villc     of     Chalvcy,     Mijchelmilwardsey,     Stov,    Lcgh, 

VV'exham,  Horton,  Colebrooke. 
Assize  of  the  manor  of  Holshot  (Hants). 
Villes    of    Mattinglegh,    Ileysell,    Bromshill,    Heghfeld, 

Hartlegh,  Pcccham  and  Stratfeld  Turgeys. 
And  manors,  lands  and  fends  as  well  within  onr  ville  of 

\Yydesore  as  elsewhere. 

And    assizes    of    wine,    beer    and    weights — also   as   to 
pannage — Juries — temporalities  during  vacation  of  the 
Prior,  rights  of  which  there  is  no  previous  mention. 
M. — 20  Henry  VI  (20th   October,    1442,  Westminster).     Confirming 
that,    in    time    of    vacant   Prior,    Sub-prior   and 
Convent  may  fully  enjoy  temporals  and  custody 
of  the  Priory  without  interference  of    escheators 
— except  as  to  the  great  door. 


APPENDIX,    CLI.  ,  CXV11 

CLI. 

THE  SURRENDER  or  THE  PRIORY  :    16m  APRIL,  1538. 
(Augmentation  Office,  29  Henry  VIII,  Surrenders,  Surrey  No.  152.) 

Dominf  Joa'mes  Ramsey  Omnibus    Christ!    fidelibus    ad    quoes   presens 

prior  ifcm  scriptum   perueuerit  Johannes   Prior   Domus   sine 

Df  Johes  Debnam  Supp'or  Monasterij    bte    Marie    de    Merton     in     Comitatu 

Df  Thomas  Godme  Surr  :     ars    dicf     Johannes     Prior    domus     sine 

Chester  sacra  prioratus  de  Merton  ordinis  Sci  Augnstini  in  Com 

Df  Jofies  Codyngton  Surf    et   eiusdem    loci    coiiueutiis    Sattm    in    Dno 

Dp  Richardf  Wyndesore  p'cetor  sempiterua.  Noneritis  nos  prefaP  priorcm  et 
DC  Georgs  Hayward  conuetum  unanimi  cousensu  et  assensu  nris  animis 

Dof  Ricardus  Benese  deliberatis    certa    scTa    et     mero    motu     nris    ex 

Diis  Thomas  MycheH  quibusda  causis  iustis  et  racionabilibus  nos  aias  et 

Df  Edmud   Dowma  coscientias  nras  spialiter  mouetibus  ultro  et  spontc 

D  Thomas  Payuell  dedisse  cocessis.se  ac  per  pntes  damns  concedimus 

D  Jofies  Salyng  rcddimns    et   cofirmamus  illustrissimo  principi   et 

D  Jofies  Martyn  dno  nro  Ilenrico  octauo  dei  gra  Anglic  et  Francie 

D  Robert^  Knyglit  Regi    fidei    Defensori  Duo   Hybernie  ac  in   terris 

D  Joh'nes  Page  Scholar  supremo  ecctic  Anglicaue  sub  Christo  capiti  Totum 

Oxonii.  dcm  monasteriu  Donm  sine  PrioratD  nrm  de  Merton 

pdcm  necno  omia  et  singra  maneria  dnia  messuagia 

gardina  curtilagia  tofta  terras  tenta  prata  pascua  pasturas  boscos  redditus  reu'sioues 
luicia  moleudia  passagia  feoda  militum  wardas  maritagia  natiuos  villanos  cu  eorum 
sequelis  comunas  libertates  franchesias  jurisdictoes  officia  curias  letas  hundred  uisus 
fraucipleg  ferias  mercat  parcos  warrena  vivaria  aquas  piscarias  vias  chimiuia  vacuas 
fudas  aduocatoes  noiacoes  pntacoes  douacbes  ecclia^  vicaria^  capella£cantaria£  hospitatm 
et  alio^  ecclesiastico^  beneficio^  quorumcuc^rectorias  viearias  cantarias  pcsioncs  portoes 
afiuitates  decimas  obtacoes  ac  omia  et  singta  emolumeta  pticua  possessiones  hereditameta 
et  iura  nra  quecunq^  tarn  infradictum  comitatu  Surr  q^™  infra  Com  Kane  Sussex  Bucfe 
Southampton  Wiltes5  DorssDevoii  Som'set  Cornnbie  Oxon  Stafford  Northampton  Hartf 
Bedford  Huntingdon  Norff  Snffolc  Essex  Midd  et  alibi  infra  regnu  Anglic  Wallie  et 
mrch  eo^clm  eide  monasterio  domui  sine  prioratu  nro  manerijs  terris  et  teiitis  nris 
quoquomodo  spectaii  appenden  sine  incQben  ac  oiniodas  chartas  evidencias  scripta  et 
munimeta  vra  quecnq^  eidem  monasterio  domni  sine  prioratu  nro  manerijs  terris 
et  tends  ac  ceteris  premissis  cu  suis  ptineii  sen  alicui  inde  parcello  qnoquomodo 
spectan  siue  cocernen  habend  tenend  et  guadend  dictu  monasteriu  domnm  sine 
p\>ratu  situm  fundum  circuitam  |?cinctum  de  Merton  necno  omia  et  singhi  dn5a 
maneria  tenta  rectorias  pensiones  et  cetera  p'missa  cu  Sibns  et  singtis  suis  ptinen 
pfato  Inuictissimo  principi  et  dno  nro  Regi  heredibus  et  assign  suis  imperpm  in  hac 
parte  ac  ad  oem  iuris  effectum  qm  exinde  seqni  poterit  aut  potest  nos  et  dcm  mori 


CXV111  .  APPENDIX,    CLI. 

domu  siue  prioratum  do  Mertoii  p'dict  ac  ofnia  iura  nobis  qualitercuq^  acquisita  vt  decet 
subiicimus  ot  submittimns.  Dantes  ct  coceden  put  per  pntes  damus  et-cocedimus  eide 
regie  maiestati  hered  et  assign  suis  oem  et  ofniodam  plena^  vt  liberam  facilitate 
auctem  et  ptatem  nos  et  dcm  monasteriu  domu  siue  prioratu  de  Mertoii  pMict  unaeu 
omib3  et  singfis  manerijs  terris  teiitis  redditibua  reuersionibns  seruicijs  et  singtis 
fJmissis  cum  suis  iurilms  et  ptinen  quibuscuq^  disponeiid  et  j>  suo  libero  regie  volun- 
tatis  libito  ad  qiioscuq,  vsus  maiestati  sue  placeri  alienand  donand  comitand  et 
transfcrend  hnioi  disposicoes  alienncoes  douaciones  couersiones  et  translatoes  predctas 
per  dcam  mai estate  sua  quosmodo  fiend  extuc  ratifican  rat  et  grat  ac  perpetuo  firmas 
nos  habituros  pmittiinus  per  putes  et  vt  |?missa  ofnia  et  singta  suu  debita  sortiri 
valeat  effcctum  elcctoibus  insuper  nobis  et  successoribus  nris  necno  omnibus  querelis 
p  vocatoibus  actoibus  litibus  et  infratiis  aliis  q,  quibuscuq,  iuris  remediis  et  beneficiis 
nobis  forsan  et  snccessoribus  nris  in  ca  parte  pretextu  disposicois  alienacois  translacois 
et  couersioii  predict'  ct  ceteroru  j}misso^  qualitercriq^  copeten  ct  copetituris  omnibus 
q^  doll  erroris  metus  ignoratic  vel  alterius  materie  siue  disposicois  exceptoibus 
obiectoibus  et  allegac&ibus  prorsus  seniotis  t  postpositis  pala  publics  et  ex^sse  ex 
corta  ura  scicnlia  animis  spotaneis  renuciauimus  et  cessimns  jut  per  pntes  renuciamua 
ct  codimus  et  ab  cisde  reccdimus  in  his  scriptis  et  nos  fJfati  Prior  et  Couentus 
successoresq^  nfi  dictum  monasteriu  domu  siue  prioratu  fJcinctu  situm  mansioem  et 
ecctiam  de  Morton  predict  ac  ornia  ct  singt  maneria  diiia  messuagia  gardina  curtilagia 
tofta  prata  pascua  pasturas  boscos  subboscos  terras  tenta  ac  ofnia  et  singta  cetera 
p'missa  cu  suis  ptinen  ynifi^  |}fato  dno  uro  Kegi  bered  et  assigB  suis  cotra  omnes 
gentes  warati;abimns  Imperpm  per  pntes.  In  quorum  fide  ct  testionum  nos  prefati  Prior 
et  Couentus  huic  scripto  sigillu  nrm  comuuc  appoui  fecimus.  Daf  sexto  decimo  die 
mcnsis  Aprilis  anno  dci  illustrissimi  Dni  nri  Regis  viccsimo  nono. 


APPENDIX,   CLII.  Cxix 

CLII. 

MINISTEUS"  ACCOUNTS  :    1538. 
(Ministers'  Accounts,  Co.  Surrey,  29-30  Henry  VIII,  No.  115,  Mem.  5.) 

Terr  1  possession  imp  P'orat  de  Marten  ptineii  1110°  racone  sursum  reddic  nnp  P'of 
et  Convent  itim  in  man  Dili  Regis  cxisteii. 

I. — Mafiiii  do  Marton. 

Compus  Within  YonsJ  Colt  rcikt  itim  ,p  temp9  pMcm. 
Arrerag. 

Nu  Ha  quia  primus  compus  ipi    mine  Computau  ad  iisfi  Dfii  K. 

Snr! mitt 

II. — Redd  Custum  tenenc  1  ad  vot  in  M?toii. 

8cd  r  compm  dc x  s  do  rcddu  uni  mcs  cu  gardin  adjacefi  1  uni  acr  (err  cu 

ptineii  in  Marten  })d  q  Thomas  Mason  rt  Elizabeth  ux  cjus  tenet  p  copiam  euf  ut 
p;  Ren*  inde  fact  penes  Audit  reman  solvend  ad  fin  sci  Mi^  arehi  tiii. 

Et  do iiij  s  do  redd  uni9  tcnemen  it5m  cum  gardino  voc  Dumgers  sic  dimiss 

Elianor  Mittis  vidue  p  copiam  cur  sot  c  f. 

Et  de  •  xij  s  dc  redd  uni  tenement!  itim  eu  gardin  adjacen  vocat  or  ladyc^lionsc 

t  ij  acr  teif  jacen  jux"  terr  voc  Bakers  ex  p!o  boriat  ejusdem  q  Joties  Andrewe^ 
tenet  p  copiam  cur  jure  ux  sue  sot  c  t. 

Et  do  vj  d  dc  redd  cujiisdni  pcclt  tcir  itim  vocat  Galleys  q  Idiii  Johcs 

tenet  ad  voluntatem  sot  e  t. 

Et  dc  — —  xvj  d  de  redd  uui  Cotag  vocat  Chetford  jacen  in  Churchstrete 
t  uni9  tofti  iBm  vocat  Mydelliam  q  Nicluis  Symth  tenet  p  copiam  cur  sot  F  t. 

Et  de  viij  d  de  redd  uni9  cotag  itim  cu  curtilag  1  gardin  vocat  leg§  at 

braggf  q  Idm  Nichus  tenet  p  copiam  cur  sot  C  t. 

Et  de x  I  de  redd  unius  tenement!  cu  gardin  itm  sic  dimiss  Rico  Payne 

ad  voluntatem  sot  e  t. 

Et  de  xxvj  5  viij  d  de  redd  uni  teneiii  cu  gardin  itim  q  Johes  Byett  tenet 

ad  voluut  sot  c  t. 

Et  de vj  5  viij  d  dc  redd  uni  cotaij  cu  gardin  itim  q  Joties  Power!  tenet 

ad  voluut  sot  e  t. 

Et  de  xxvj  s  viij  d  de  redd  uni  cotag  cu  gardin  itim  q  Jofics  Cleydon 

tenet  ad  voluut  sot  e  f. 

Et  de  xiij  s  iiij  d  de  redd  uni  cotag  cfi  gardin  itim  sic  dimiss  Wittmo 

Gurdeler  ad  voluutatem  sot  c  I. 

Et  de  — — —  xij  d  de  redd  uni  tenement!  cu  croft  terr  adjacen  contincn  circir 
imam  acr  terr  q  Jacobus  Revcll  tenet  p  copiam  cur  sot  e  f. 

Et  de x  s  de  redd  uni  tenement!  sive  cotag  cum  gardin  itim  q  Idm  Jacobus 

t  ux  s  tenet  p  copiam  cur  sot  e  t. 


CXX  APPENDIX,   CLII, 

Et  de  xiiij  d  Jo  redd  uui   cotag  cu  curtilag  toif  jacefi  ifcm  imp  Marger 

Briggis  q  mo  Johes  Leffchbond  tenet  p  oopiam  cur  so}  e  t. 

Et  de vj  s  vij  d  ob  de  redd  q  Wittm'  Lockey 

tenet  p  copiuin  cur  sot  e  t. 

Et  de  vj  s  viij  d  de  redd  iini   tenement!  cu  gardin  t  x  acr  exoppoit  ccctie 

ifcm  q  pVlcus  Wittm9  tenet  lifce  sot  e  t. 

Et  de ij  s  iiij  d  de  redd  uni   cotag  cum  gardino  T;  croft  vocat  Brastones  q 

Stephan   Poleii  tenet  jur  ux  sue  p  copiam  cur  sol  e  t. 

Et  do  x  s  dc  redd  uni    cotng  cu  elans  cont  unit  acr  terf  q  Gilfit9  Lyveudeii 

tenet  ail  voluutatcm  sot  ad  iiij"r  unni  finios  nsuat. 

Er  do  vij  s  dc  redd  uni    cotn»   cii  clans  contineii  una  acr  tcrr  q  Wittm9 

Parkyns  tenet  ad  vohmtiUcm  sot  ad  fiii  Sci  Michis  archi  tin. 

Et  de  •  ij  s  do  redd  uni    cotag  cum  gardin  contin  iij  virgaf  terr  q  Johes 

Bryggc  tenet  ad  vot  sot  c  t. 

Et  ile  vj  s  de  redd  uni    tenement!  cu  gardin  vocat  Grenffeldf  1  uni9  croft 

tcrr  eidni  tcnfo  adjacen  ac  i  j  acr  terr  simnt  jacen  in  cliurchfiirlong  q  Witts  Morraut  1 
Agnes  ux  eju.s  tenet  p  copiam  cur  sot  c  f. 

Et  de  iiij  s  de  redd  uui9  inesuag  1  uni9  acr  terr  in  Bereforlong  q  Jacob9 

Reveft  tenet  p  copiam  cur  sot  c  t. 

Et  do ij  s  xj  d  de  redd  cert  tor  1  tent  q  Edmudus  Bowe5  tenet  jur  ux  sue 

sot  c  t. 

Et  do vij  s  iiij  d  dc  redd  cert  terr  q  Jofies  Ilyllcr  tenet  p  copiam  cur 

sot  c  f. 

Et  dc A-   s  pro    redd   ecu   tcrr   itim  voc  Chappell  laudf  iu  tcnura  Jofinis 

Clarke  sic  sibi  dimiss  ad  volunt  sot  ad  e  t. 

Et  do  ij  s  viij  d  de  reddu  cert  terr  iKm  \'0c  Chappell  loud('  q  Thrust 

Blackwcll  tenet  ad  voluut  sot  ad  e  t. 

Sma ix  ti  vj  s  d  oB. 

III. — Firma  Grallug  i'fim. 

Et  do  xx'ij  ^i  do  Firma  cert  pcelt  Dnii   de  Mertou  ptincu  Grating  il>m 

scituat  exa  portas  dci  imp  P'orat  de  Morton  sic  dimiss  Jofii  Ilyller  p  Indeutur  sigillo 
conventiiat  de  Morton  j'Jd  sigillnt  dat  xx"  die  MODS  Aplis  anno  if  Ilenr  viij  xxiiijto 
vi,  de  finna. 

Uni   campi  vocat  Lyon  eoiitinen  p  cstimacoem  xlix  acr. 

Unius  campi  voc  le  vyne. 

Unius  camjii  vocat  xx'1  acres. 

Unins  campi  vocat  Oxenlcse. 

Uuius  campi  vocat  Marlcse. 

Uui   campi  vocat  Shepelese. 

Uni   campi  vocat  grete  Bykworth. 

Uui9  capi  vocat  Orchard. 

Uui   Warren  cunicut. 


APPENDIX,   CLII.  CXX1 

Uui9  campi  vocat  grete  Waterden. 

Uni  at  campi  vocat  lytitt  Waterden. 

Uni9  campi.  vocat  hokelandis  t  oke  busshej! 

Uni   campi  vocat  Blaklaudis. 

Ij  acr  terr  arabit  jacen  hit  Marlye  1  Mordoii  ex  pte  boriat  t  teif  abbat  Westni  ex 
pte  austral'. 

Uui9  campi  vocat  Redlandf. 

Uni9  campi  vocat  Holowe  mode  cu  at  campo  eidm  adjacen. 

Uni   pati  vocat  grete  brasse. 

Mor  at  pati  vocat  lytell  brassmore. 

Uui  pati  vocat  pyppis  meade. 

Una  cu  groua  vocat  pypis  grove. 

Uni9  clans  vocat  Shepehouse  close  t  myeliellp  close  cu  omil>5  cdificiis  T:  curtilag 
eidm  grang  ptinen  cu  quadm  domo  cu  gardiii  q  Firmar  iBm  iufiitare  solet5  except  1 
p'ori  convent  de  Merton  p*d  1  success  snis  oinio  reKvat  columbar  stagn  piscifi  bosc  t 
stibbosc  arboribj  1  omiocl  focat  ac  omil>5  at  commodit  1  f>fic  libertat  1  Fraimchies  diet 
p'or  1  conven  t  success  suis  racbe  j^miss  ptiiien  cu  liBis  introit  t  exit  tam  p  totis 
{Jmiss  recipiend  q"m  $  cnr  t  vis  fraunc  pleg  infra  diet  graung  teneiicl  quociens  rt 
quaudoctiuq^  diet  p'or  1  convent  t  success  suis  placSit.  Hend  1  teneud  oifii!i 
1  singula  fimiss  |?fat  Johi  execut  1  assign  suis  except  {^except  a  festo  sci  Micfiis 
archi  (ix  futiif  post  dat  pnciu  usq^  ad  fineni  fmini  xxj  anuo^.  Reddend  inde 
annuatim  ut  supa  ad  fest  aiinunc  bto  marie  virgin  1  sci  Micfiis  archi  cquatr.  Et 
tlcus  Jofies  solvet  anmiati  diet  p'or  't  success  suis  durante  Vmio  jsMco  omiod 
decim  tam  psonat  qam  prediatt  sibi  racbe  jJmiss  debit,  aliqna  consuetud  in  confriu 
uon  obstante.  Et  Idirl  Johes  repabit  1  manutcueb  omia  fossat  t  sepes  diet  graung 
cu  ptinen  ut  iu  dcis  Indentur  plenius  deelaraf. 

Snv* xxiij  ti. 

IV. — Firma  motio£  iBm. 

Et  de cxvj  s  viij  d  de  Firma  duoj  molend  jacenc  et  existenc  in  pochia  de 

Merton  vocat  Amery  millf  uua  cu  11110  tenemento  eisdm  ptinen  necnon  cu  nno  gardino 
vocat  le  Amery  gardeyn  sic  dimiss  p  Indentnr  Witto  Moraunt  sigillo  conventuat  de 
Merton  sigillat  dat  iiij1  die  Novembr  anno  rr  Henr  viij'  xxvj^.  Hend  1  tenend  ]9fat 
Wittmo  hered't  execut  suis  a  festo  Nativitat  Dili  ,px  seqii  post  dat  pnciu  usq^  ad  finem 
1  Pmiii  xxij  anuoj  plenar  complend.  Reddend  hide  anuuati  ut  sup"  ad  fest  Natat 
Dni  1  Nativtat  Sci  Johis  Bapte  equatr  et  Idm  Wittm'  supportabit  oinia  ofia  dcoij 
Molend  sumpt  suis  ppr  t  epen  ut  in  dcis  Indeutur  pleni9  continef. 

Sma cxvj  s  viij  d. 


*Q 


CXXli  APPENDIX,   CLII. 

V. — Terr  vocat  Salyng-. 

Et  de x  ti  v  s  de  Firma  uni   tenement!  in  Mertoti  voc  Salyng. 

Una  cii  omib^  terr  prat  pascuis  1  pastnr  ad  dcm  mesnagiu  quatrcunq^  ptinen 
ac  eciam  cu  omil>5  1  singtis  terr  pftt  1  pastur  ptiuen  ad  teiitu  iu  quo  Jofies  Randolf  imp 
inhitavit  cu  qnodm  orreo  eidm  tent  adjacen. 

Simul  cum  qiiatnor  acr  terr  ar  jacen  apud  capellam  bte  Marie  iBm  sic  dimiss  p 
Indentur  Johi  Clerk  sigillo  conventual  de  Mertoii  sigillat  dai  p'mo  die  Junii  anno  if 
Ilenr  viij  xxviij0  except  1  p'or  t  convent  t  success  snis  omio  re^vat  mansioue  sivo 
teneiii  dci  Johis  Randolf. 

Una  cum  crofto  eidm  tento  adjacen  tc.  Hend  1  tenend  dcm  tenemen  cu  ptinen 
j%u  Jom'  Clerke  hcred  1  assign  snis  except  jJexcept  a  festo  sci  Micm's  arcm'  a°  dni 
m^°  quingent  xxxvij"  nstj^  ad  finem  T:  fminum  xl  anno£  extnuc  f>x  seqii  1  plenar 
complend.  Reddcnd  inde  annuatim  ad  festa.  annnnc  bte  Marie  1  sci  Micfiis  arcfii 
equatr  x  ti  ato^  qiiinque  solid  annuati  solvend  Custod  capett  bte  Marie  Virgin  eqnis 
porcoibj  ad  festa  p*d  vs  ut  in  dels  Indentur  plenins  continef. 

8ma x  ti  v  s. 

VI. — Firma  vocat  Westbarnes. 

Et  de  — — —  xviij  ti  x  s  dc  Firma  cnjusd  mansion  ifim  vocat  Westbarnes  cu 
omib5  domibj  orreis  stabut  curtilag  1  gardin  eidm  mansion  ptineii  sive  spectan  ac 
eciam  vij  pv  clansur  jacen  jux"  dcam  mansion  q  contin  circi^  xxxj  acr  ac  cu  at  cert 
pcett  terr  prat  1  bosc  vi3  j  claus  continen  circif  xxxiij  acr  voc  bromsell. 

Uni   clans  p^ti  T:  bosci  continen  xlv  acr  vocat  hoppyng  inede. 

Uni   clans  coutiuen  Iv  acr  t  di  vocat  hoppyng. 

I'ni    clans  continen  xxv  acr  vocat  pules. 

Uni9  clans  continen  cvj  acr  vocat  Estfeld. 

Uni    clans  vocat  canondownliyll. 

Uui    campi  continen  xxxiij  acr  vocat  Twyryfold. 

xx  Uni  pcctt  terr  simul  jacen  in  iij"5  clans  vocat  Westfeld  1:  blaldenys  coutiuen 
ciiij  viij  acr  cu  omibj  snis  ptineii  ac  cum  omib5  decimis  infa  dcam  firm  sic  dimiss  p 
Indentur  Thome  Bedle  1  Galfr  Bedle  sigillo  conventuat  de  Morton  sigillat  Dat  nltio 
die  August  anno  rr  Ilenr  viij1  xxviij"  except  decimis  bosci  crescen  infra  dcam  Firma 
ac  eciam  omiod  bosc  arbor  spin  1  dumis  crescen  in  1  snp  terr  jJdict  tc.  Hend  t  tenend 
jifat  Thome  t  Galfr  cxecnt  t  assign  snis  a  festo  sci  Michis  arcfii  (>x  futur  post  dat 
piiciu  iiscj^  ad  fincm  Pmin  Ix  annox  extuuc  ,px  sequ  t  plenar  complend.  Reddend  inde 
numiati  ut  snpa  ad  festa  annunc  bte  Mario  Virgin  1  sci  Micm's  equatr.  Et  diet  Firmar 
execnf  T:  assign  sui  onnod  repac  sup  diet  terr  1  firm  faciend  sumpt  suis  f>pr  et  expen 
facient  1  snpportabnnt  ut  in  dcis  Indentur  pleui9  coutinef. 

Sm" 


APPENDIX,   CLII.  CXX111 

Firma  vocat  Holt's  tenement. 

Et  de  iiij  ti  xiij  s    iiij  d  de  Firma  cnjusdm  tcnemeuti  jaceii  in  Merton 

vocat  Merton  holtf  qiiondm  holtf  cu  omib5  clans  1  pastnr  eidm  ptineii  sive  spect 
except  t  omio  resvat  p'or  t  convent  de  Merton  1  success  suis  oimod  boscis  subbosc  t 
arbor  sup  diet  clans  1:  pastnr  crescen  sic  dimiss  Wittmo  Lok  p  Indentnr  sigillo  cou- 
ventuat  de  Merton  p\lict  sigillaf  dat  xij°  die  Octobr  anno  if  Henr  viij1  xxiiij*".  Head 
1  tenend  ofnia  pWss  eidm  Wittmo  Loke  1  execut  except  ^except  a  festo  sci  Michis 
archi  ultime  pfit  an  dat  pnciu  nsq^  ad  finem  Pmi  xxxij  anno£  cxtuiic  px  seqneii  1 
plenaf  complend.  Eeddend  iude  annual  ut  supiv  ad  fest  annuuc  bte  Marie  virgin  1  sci 
Michis  archi  equatr.  Et  dcus  Wittms  execnt  1  assign  sui  ornes  doivi  eidm  tenern  ptiu 
stramin  cooptas  bn  1  sufficient  rcpat)  1  sustciit  et  omcs  pietos  ejusdein  a  terra  ust^ 
altitnd  octo  ped  et  quicquid  de  diet  tenern  cu  ptincn  snis  pdcm  Wittm  cxcctit  assign  s 
svioii  ant  catatt  s  pejorat  sivc  dampuificaf  ftiit  uc  eciam  omia  sepes  fossat  1  clausnr 
ejnsdm  pMcUB  Wittms  execut  t  assign  sui  duraute  fmio  jidco  bn  1  sufficieut  repab  rcfic 
t  manuteueB  put  in  dcis  Indentur  satis  constat. 

SmR iiij  ti   xiij  s   iiij  d. 

Firma  vocat  Brykehonse. 

Et  dc xl  s  de  Firma  ija^  clans  jacen  in  villa   de  Merton  voc   Brykhouse 

closis  cu  at  clans  contiii  j  acr  1  j  orr  eidm  ptincn  sic  dimiss  p  Indentur  Wittmo  Lok 
sigillo  conventuat  de  Merton  sigillat  dat  xiiij"  do  inure ii  anno  if  Henr  viij'  xij°  except 
T:  resvat  oimod  bosc  1  arbor  sup  diet  tcif  crescen.  Ilend  1  ten  jjfat  Witto  t  execnt  suis 
omia  jimissa  except  pexcept  a  festo  sci  Michis  arctii  ultimo  jitito  ante  dat  pnciu  ustj^ 
ad  iiuem  Fmin  Iv  anno^  extunc  px  secjn  1  plcnar  complend.  Keddend  inde  anuuatim 
ut  snp*  ad  fest  annunc  bte  Marie  virgin  1  sci  Micfiis  archi  cquis  porcbibj  ut  in  dcis 
Indentur  plenius  coutinef. 

Smil xl  s. 

Firma  Ecor  de  Merton. 

Et  do xl  s  de  Firma   Rector  dc  Merton  cum  uno  tcnemento  1  pcett  tcif 

jacen  ex  pte  occidental  ecctie  pocti  dc  Merton  ac  cum  uno  orreo  et  clans  iBm  vocat  le 
psonage  barne  necnon  cum  omib3  decimis  oblacoil)5  mortuar  pficuis  commoditat  1 
advanntag  ad  eandem  Rcor  aliquo  moa  spcctan  sive  ptinen  sic  di  p  Indentur  Wittmo 
Saunder  t  Thome  Saunder  sigillo  conventuat  de  Merton  f?d  sigillat  dat  iiij*0  die 
Octobr  anno  if  Henr  viij1  xxixno.  fiend  j?dcis  Wittmo  T;  Thome  I  assign  s  a  festo  sci 
Michis  ultimo  f$it  aii  dat  pnciu  nsq^  ad  finem  1  Pmin  xl  anno^  reddend  inde  ut  sup" 
ad  fest  anuunc  Bte  Marie  virgin  T:  sci  Michis  Archi  equatr.  Et  iiisup  dci  Wittms  I 
Thomas  invenient  unu  ydoneu  prcsbiteru  cclebrantem  in  dca  ecctia  pochiat  de  Merton 
neenou  vinu  panem  ceram  1  at  neccia  que  ex  jure  antiquo  ptinebant  ad  dcam  ecctiam 
1  ornia  at  ofla  ordinar  et  exfordinar  diet  Rector  aliquo  moa  ptin  ut  in  diet  Indentur 

plenius  continef. 

Sma  — —  xl  s. 


CXX1V  APPENDIX,    CLII. 

Cois  Finis. 

Et  de  ••"  x  s  de  cto  sive  do  Coi  flue  tent  ibm  hoc  Anno  ut  in  p\;ed. 

Sma  ^— —  x  s. 

Vcndic  bosci. 

D  aliqno  profiouo  provciiieiit  dc  vcndic  Bosc  sive  subboscibm  hoc  anno.     Nou  r. 
Eo  qd  uulla  hujoi  vcndic  fact  fuit  infra  tempus  huj9  Com  pi  ex  sacro  Comput. 

Sm* mitt. 

Pquis  Cur. 

>Scd  r  de v  S  viij  d  de  pquis  Cur  ibm  hoc  uiiuo  tent  put  in  Rotut  Cur  ifcm 

dc  codm  Auno  pleni   couf. 

Siua v  s  viij  d. 


8miV Ixxvj  K  vij  s  ij  d  oti          tie  quibj. 


l-'cod. 


Idiu  coinputtit  in  stipend  dci  CompuUiii  ca  offic  ifini  hoc  iinno  cxcrccn  ad  xiij  s 
iiij  d  j>  aunu  v'i5  dimid  iiun  finit  ad  fm  sci  Mietis  arctii  hoc  anno  ex  discrecoe  offieiar 

vj  s    viij   d.     Et  in  stipend  etici   Auditor  scribciit  hune  com  pin  put  eiicis 

Auditor  Dni  R  Ducat  sui  Laucustr  allucaf  eonsucvit ij  s. 

Siua viij  s  viij  d. 

Litjac  denar. 

Et  ill  denar  p  dcm  Computaii  lifeut  Johi  Mores  Rec  Dni  ii  augnienlaconu 
reveiicbuu  corouc  dci  Dni  11  in  Coni  Surf  de  exit  offic  sui  debit  ad  fin  sci  Michis  hoc 
anno  xxx°  ut  p^  bitt  dci  Receptor  penes  Auditor  reman ]j  ti  ij  s  viij  d. 

Sma Ij  ti  ij  s  viij  d. 

Sma   oi'm  alloc   ct   libac  f?d  Ij  ti    xj  s    iiij  d.      Et  debct  xxiiij  ii 

xv  s  x  d  ot5.  Qui  exofianf  hie.  Eo  qd  Jofies  Bowie  imp  Prior  nup  Prioratus  de  Marlon 
j^d  candm  surnain  rccepit  de  tenet  iBm  ad  nsiini  et  pro  cxpeus  hospic  ejusdin  imp 
1'riorat  aute  dissolnc  ejusdin. 

Et  eq5- 


APPENDIX,    CLII.  CXXV 

(Ministers'  Accounts,  Co.  Surrey,  29-30  Henry  VIII,  No.  115,  Mem.  7.) 

Belonging  to  Morton  Monastery. 
Manerium  de  Shelwood. 

Account  of  James  Skinner,  Collector  of  the  Rents  there. 

Arreragia nulla. 

Redd  assis  tam  liboij  q*m  Custuni  teneuc  ibin.      Sma xj  ti  ix  s  x  d  ob  cj. 

Firma  Maflii  de  Shelwod.     Sma x  ti. 

Firma  cert  terr  voc  Deneland.     Sma vij  ti. 

Firma  Pi  terr  ibm  voc  Ryvcslond.     Sin* xl  s. 

Firma  minis  ten  itim  voc  Iloke  Fermc.     Sin" Ix  s. 

Firma  ct  terr  ibm  voc  Fyncheland.     Sma xxvj  s  viij  d. 

Vendico  bosci.     Sma null. 

•Pquis  Cur.     Sma xlvj  s  viij  d. 

Sma  to*  Rete xxxvij  ti  iij  s  ij  d  ob  q       D  quibj. 

Feod.     Sma xlij  s. 

LiBac  Denar.     Sma xxvj  ti  iiij  s  vj  d  of). 

Sma  oim  nlloc  et  litiac  j?d xxviij  ti  vj  s  vj  d  06. 

Et  debt viij  ti  xvj  s  viij  d  q. 

1)  quibus  allor  ei xxiij  s  xj  d. 

Et  debt vij  ti  xij  s  ix  d  q.     Qui  exofiantr  liic.     Et  c(^. 


MaSiu  de  Byggyng  in  Hicham. 

Compus  Jofiis  Bowlaud  Colt  Redd  ibm. 

Arreragia nulla. 

Redd  tam  litio<5  tenon  qam  Custuni  ibm.     Sin1 iiij  ti  ix  s  ot>. 

Firma  MaS  dc  Byggyng  T;  Tamworth.     Sma vij  ti. 

Firma  ct  terr  voc  Amery  landp.     Sma iiij  ti. 

Firma  Si  terr  vocat  Mareshland.     Sma Ixxj  s  viij  d. 

Vendico  bosc.     Sma nutt. 

Pquis  Cur.     Sm* xliiij  s  viij  d. 

Sma  to^  Re^ xxj  ti  v  s  iiij  d  oB.     D  quib5. 

Feod.     Sma  — — —  xv  s  iiij  d. 

LiBac  Denar.     Sma xv  ti  ob. 

Sma  oim  alloc  et  libac  $d xv  ti  xv  s  iiij  d  ob. 

Et  debet ex  s.     Qui  exoflant1'  hie.     Et  eqj. 


CXXV1  APPENDIX,    CLII. 

Mancria  de  Ewett  et  Kyngeswod. 

Compus  Wittmi  Saunders  Cott  redd  ifcm. 

Arreragia uulla. 

Redd  tain  litk>£  qam  Custum  teucn  itim.     8iua x  ti  xix  s  iiij  d 

Firma  Maflii  do  Ewett      Sm;l xij  ii. 

Firma  Maflii  dc  Kyngswod.     Sma xiij  ti  vj  s  viij  d. 

Firma  tor?  voe  Holbrokc.      Sin*  — —  vj  s  viij  d. 

Pquis  Cur.      Sma vj  s  x  d. 

Vendieo  bosci.     SmH mitt. 

Sin"  tot  Rci xxxv j  ti  xix  s  vj  d  oti.     D  quib3. 

Food.     SmH xxxv  5  iiij   d. 

Lifoac  Denaf.     Si)iil xxviij  ti  vij  s  ij  d. 

Sin"  oim  ulloc  't  litSac  |Jd xxx  ti   ij  s  vj  d. 

Et  dcbct vj  ti   xvij  s  ot).     Qui  cxoflanf  hie.     Et  eq,. 


Kcdd  1  Firm  in  London  T.  Soiithwcrk. 

Com  pus  Rici  Bowie  Cott  redd  iTnn. 

Arrcrag uulla. 

IJedd  T;  Firni  i»fa  pocfi  See  Triuitat.     Sin"  exix  s  iiij  d. 

Redd  iufil  pochiam  See  Margarctc  Lothliury.      >Sinil x  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Redd  iufa  poehiam  Sei  Benedict!  Graceehurcli.     Sm" xiij  fi. 

Redd  1  Firiii  inf"  pocti  See  1'ancrae.     Sina xj  ti  vj  s  viij  d. 

Redd  inf*  poch  Sei  Margaretc  Sontlnverk.      Sin" xj  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Redd  inf'1  poeJi  Sei  Georgii  Soutlnverk.      Sin" ix  ti  xvj  s  viij  d. 

Redd  Hhoij  tcncn  in  London  1  Soutlnverk.      Sma xxiij  ti  viij  s  vj  d. 

|  XX 

Sma  to    ]{etc iiijv  ti  xvij  s  xd.      L)  quib5. 

Feod.     Sma lij  s. 

Redd  resot.     Sma x  s. 

Repae"oe?.     Sma  ——  Ivj  s  iiij  d. 

Lifcac  Dcnar.     Sin" xxxvj  ti  xvj  s  iiij  d  oTi. 

Sma  oim  ulloe  et  litiac  ]Jd xiij  ti  xiiij  s  viij  d  oB. 

Et  debt xliij  ti  iij  s  j  d  of). 

D  qnibj  alloer  ei  vj  s  viij  d. 

Et  debt xiij  ti  xvj  s  v  d  ofc.     Qui  cxorJauf  hie. 

Et  eqs. 


APPENDIX,    CLI.  CXXVH 

Dh9s  Firm  jaceii  1  existen  in  divs  locis  et  poch  iufra  Com  Sinf. 

Compus  Witti  Yong  Cott  Redd  iBin. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Firma  terr  voc  Magna  Bykney.     Sm* xxvj  s  viij  d. 

Terr  vocat  Crosse  landis.     Sin" xl  s. 

Firmu  cert  terr  vocat  Capellund.     Sma xx  5. 

Firma  voc  Bowett.     Sm* xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Firma  pati  vocat  Pcrsyngmedc.     Sma xx\'j  5  viij  d. 

Firma  cert  terr  vocat  Loudshot.     Sma Ixvj  s  viij  d. 

Firma  cert  terr  in  Maldon.     Sma ij  s. 

Firma  cert  terr  in  Totyng  Gravenoy.     Sin* xx  s. 

Firma  quarr  in  Tulleswortli.     Sma •  xxxvj  s. 

Terr  et  tenem  vocal  Hertyngtou  pryst('  et  keyomede.     Sma nuH. 

Finna  vocat  Lervng  Crofte.      Smil iij  s  viij  d. 

Terr  in  \Varlyngh*m.     Sin" v  s. 

Firma  cert  terr  in  Bedyngton.     Sin" vj  S  viij  d. 

Firma  cert  terr  in  Sutton.     Sm11 xj  S  viij  d. 

Firma  cert  terr  in  Tanrydgc.     8ma xv  s  iiij  d. 

Eeddus  Assis  in  Kyugestou  Dytton  Tahvorth  Chcsyngdi-n  Ilokc  1  ;it  loc.     Smil 

Ixx  s  ix  d  ot>. 

Reddus  in  Clielsh*m.     Sm-'1 xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Reddus  in  Crowherste.     Sm" x  5  j  d. 

Reddus  in  Letlierbed.     Sma xxj  s  vj  d. 

Reddus  in  Rowbarnc.     Sm* x  S. 

Firma  scit   moti  in  Walyngtoii.     Sma ij  s. 

Ten  in  Carsaltou.     Sin* v  s. 

Sma  to^  Ret xxj  ti  vj  s  iiij  d  ot). 

D  q'b5  exofiaiif  liic  de Ix  5. 

Et  debt xviij  ti  vj  s  iiij  d  ot>.     De  qnili5  allocat  ci xiij  s  iiij  d  ;> 

feed  dci  Compnt  Cott  il5m. 

Et  debt xvij  ti  xiij  s  ot>.     Q;ios  liKavit  Johi  Morres  Rec. 

Et  e5- 


Maneriu  de  Berewell. 

Compus  Petri  Taylor  Firmar  itjm. 

Arrerag uulla. 

Firma.     Sma x  ti. 

Vendico  bosc.     Sm* nutt. 

Pquis  Cnr.     Sm* nnrl-. 

Sm*  Rei x  ti.     Quas  liBavit  Johi  Morres.     Et  eq3- 


CXXVIU  APPENDIX,    CLII. 

Terr  Diiicat. 

Compus  Thome  Hennage  Milit  Firmar  ibm. 

Arrerag mitt. 

Firma.     Sma xxvj  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Sma  Firme xxvj  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d.    D  quibus  exoffaf  hie  de xiij  ti  vj  s 

viij  d  p  prima  mediet  diet  firmo. 
Et  debt xiij  ti  vj  s  viij  cl.     Qui  exommtr  hie.     Et  cq3- 


Terr  voc  Hydefeld  et  Balam  mede. 

Compus  Raudolf  Dodde  Firmar  itim. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Firma.     Sma iiij  ti  vj  s  viij  d. 

Sma  Firme iiij  ti  vj  s  viij  d.     Quos  litiavit  Rec  Dui  K  ifim. 

Et 


MaSiu  de  Cliessyiigdoii. 

Compus  Thome  Rogers  Finnar  itmi. 

Arrerag ]iulla. 

Firma.      Sma iiij  ti. 

Sm"  Firme iiij  ti  Jj  liKavit  Johui  Mores  Rec  DM  ii  itm. 

Et 


Firma  Mansion  vocat  Iloblmldis. 

Compus  Thome  Fremondis  Firmar  itm. 

Arrerng1 nu'la. 

Firma.     Sma x  ti. 

Sma  Firme x  ti.     Qui  exoflanf  liic.     Et 


Firm  mansion  vocat  le  Spyttell. 

Compus  Johis  Clerk  Firmar  ifem. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Firma.     Sma vj  ti  v  s. 

Sma  Firme vj  ti  v  s.     D  quib5  cxoSatr  hie  de Ixij  s  vj  d  pro  prima 

me1^  Firme  j^dict. 
Et  debt  — — —  Ixij  s  vj  d  q  lifcavit  Jofii  Mores.     Et  eq3- 


APPENDIX,    CLII.  CXX1X 

Mafliu  de  Tullesworth. 

Compus  Rici  Aync  Firma?  iBm. 

Arrerag uulla. 

Firma  — — —  vij  ti  do  Firma  Maffii  do  Tullesworth  in  tcnura  Rici  Ay  113  sic  silii 

dimiss  p  Indent. 
Sma  Firme vij  ti.     Quo  cxoflunl1'  liio.     Et  045. 


Coiii  Northern. 

Compus  Jom's  Coope  Firmar  iBm. 

Arrerag uulla. 

Firma  Rcor  de  Flowre.      Sin" xvij  ti. 

Pencio  de  Kygselyff.      Snr1 uiitt. 

Smn  to'  Re1  xvij  ti.     (,)ims  litiavit  Johi  Mores.     Et  cq> 


Coin  BcdcJ, 

Compus  Johi.-i  Knyght  Cott  redct  if):n. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Redd  assis  in  Myddelton  Bryan  iiij  ti  iij  5  v  cl  ofniU  teneiiC  iBin. 

Firma  Rcor  de  Eyton.     Sin" xx  ti. 

Pencio  de  Mylton  Bryan.     Sma vj  s  viij  d. 

Sma  to*  Re' xxiiij  ti  x  s  j  d.     D  quilms  allo1'  ei x  ti. 

Et  debt xiiij  ti  x  s  j  d  q  liBavit  Kcc  Dm  R  iBin.     Et  eq5. 


Com  Cant. 

Compus  Johis  Knyglitc  Collector  Redd  iBin. 

Arreragia nulla. 

Reddus  in  Gamlyngny xvj  s  iiij  d  oiriin  tenenc  in  Gamlygay  p  ann. 

Firma  Rector  de  Barton.     Smn xiij  ti  vj  s  viij  d. 

Sma  to^  Ret  xiiij  ti  iij  s.     De   qnil>;  alloc>antr  ci  Ixvj  s  viij  d  41 

quadm  pcnconc  debit  vicar  do  Barton. 
Et  debt x  ti  xvj  s  iiij  d.     Quo  exoflant1'  liic.     Et  cqj. 


CXXX  APPENDIX,   CLII. 

C'oiii  Hunt. 

Compus  pdci  Jo  his  Knyglite  Cott  redd  iCm. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Finna  Rector  tie  Godmanehcster.     Sm!l 1  ti. 

Finna  Rector  de  Alciibery  Weston.     Sm* xxiiij  ti. 

Pencio  do  Elyug.     Sin* iiij  ti. 

Sin"  to^  Re' Ixxviij  ti.     D  tjuiliv 

Feod  et  vad.     Sma xlij  s. 

Repacbes.     Sm11 liiij  s  x  d. 

Sin*  oiin  alloc  p\t iiij  ti   xvj  S  x  d.     Et  debt Ixxiij  ti  iij  s  ij  d.     D 

quili;  exofiat1'  liic  de  1  ti.     Et  debt xxiij  ti  iij  s  ij  d.     Et  eq5. 


Cum  Southampton. 

Maffiu  dc  ITollcsliote  cu  at  in  Cofii  South^iipton. 
Compus  Wiltini  Yonge  C<'tt  redd  iT>in. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Firnui  ilafiii  de  Ilollcsholtc.      Sin" xxxviij  ti   xiij  s   iiij  d. 

Finna  Ret-t  de  Sutton  Epi.     Snv1  xij  ti. 

Rector  de  Roplcy.      Snr1 xij  ti. 

Redd  cert  teif  in  Sutton  pilca.      Sin* xxxvij  s  iiij  d. 

Pt-ncocs.     Siu!l Ixxiij  s  iiij  d. 

Pijuis  Cnr.      Sur1 xiij  s  viij  d. 

Snv1  tot  jjet Ixviij  ti  xvij  s  iiij  d. 

Food  1  vad.     Sin* xv  s  iiij  d. 

Libac  denar lxyij  ti  ij  s  iiij  d. 

S;n*  allot;  ct  libuc  j9d  lxvl'j  ti  xvij  s  viij  d.     Et  debt  xx  s. 

Qui  allooant1'  ei  p  divs  rcpac  p  ipm  fact.     Et  eij  v 


Com  Oxon. 

Compii.s  Wiltmi  Yong  Cott  Redd  ibm. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Redd  in  Alvlcombe.     Smn xxiiij  s. 

Rector  tie  Dnnstewe.     Sma x  ti. 

Sm*  tot  Rct  xj  };  jiij  ;_     j)  quibj  allor  ei  xxvj  5   viij  d  p  pore 

deeimaj;  exeunt  dc  Rect  jJd.     Et  debt ix  ti  xvij  s  iiij  d.     Et  eqj. 


APPENDIX,    CLII.  CXXX1 

Coin  SonSs. 

Conipus  jJfati  VVirrini  Yoiig  Cott  redd  'Am. 

Arrcrag imlla. 

Firma  Rect  do  Mydsoffl  Xorlon  eu  peuc  do  Mcrlok  HC  quiet  red  do  Pulton.     Sin* 

— —  xxiij  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d. 
Sin"  Finne  — —  xxiij  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d.     Qiii  exoftuit1'  lac  co  qd  onanf  iu  compo 

Roc  iBin.     Et  eqj. 


CoTii  Dors. 

Compus  \Yirrmi  You§  Cutt  redd  itim. 

Arrerag nulla. 

licctoria  de  Estlulworth.     Sma iiij  ti. 

Rectoria  de  Combecaynes.     Sma iiij  ti. 

Keddus  in  Wyntl>orne  Morton.     Sin1' xij  s. 

1'eucio  do  Byudon.     Sin" x  ?. 

Sm-1  tot  Ixcccpt ix  li   ij  5.     Qui  exonant1'  hie.     El 


fii  Wilier. 


Conipns  WiHmi  Yong  Corl  redd  ibm. 

Arrerag nnlla. 

Rcddns  in  Aldyneton.     Sin" 


Firma  MaS  de  Cliehvorth  magn  cu  iit  redd  ihni.     Sin-1 viij  ti. 

Hector  de  Sofiford  Keyncv     Smil xl  s. 

Sma  to*  Ret xj  ti.     DC  quiK,  allowuU1'  ei xl  s. 

Et  debt ix  ti.     Qni  exoSanf  bio.     Et  cq^. 


Cum  CornnB. 

Reetoria  de  Tregouy  in  Coni  Coruufi. 
Compus  Nichi  Prcdianx  Firmaf  iTjiu. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Firma.     Sm" vj  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Do  quib5  exon'atr  bic  do  Ixvj  s   viii  d   pro  prima  mediet  lirfii  j?d.      El  d, 

— — —  Ixvj  s  viij  d.     Et  eqj. 


CXXX11  APPENDIX,   CLII. 

Coiii  Devon. 
Maneriii  de  Caiiontengc  cii  at  in  Com  Devon. 

Comptis  Wittmi  Yong  Colt  redd  ifcm. 

Arrerag mil  hi. 

Rcddus  assis  in  Forde.     Sin" v  5  vj  d. 

Firma  Mail  do  Canon tenge.     >Smil xiiij  ti. 

Firmn  Root  do  Burypoffley.     Sin11 xix  ti. 

I'eiicoes-.     Sina xxxix  s  iiij  d. 

Sin"  (ot  Recept xxxv  ti  iiij  3  x  d.     D  quili,   allocant1'  ei  xl  s    j? 

quadm  pcnc  dcliit  vicario  do  Burypoffley.     Et   debt   xxxiij  ti    iiij  s 

x  d.     Qni  exuftuit1'  hie.     Kt  eqs. 


Rcctorin  de  Cursalton. 

Conifiiis  \\'iHnii  Jlnseliiiinpe  Finnar  ifiin. 

Arrerag iinlla. 

Firnia.     Sm"  xx  ti.      Qrie  uxoSant1'  hie.     El  ei|;. 


lieeluria  de  L'iVvnglr'ni. 

Coinpus  Thome  Dudley  Finnar  ifiin. 

Arrerag  milla. 

Finna.     Sinil x  ti.     Que  exoflanf  liie.     Et  cq;. 


Rcctoria  dc  Codyngtoii. 

•> Finnar  ifnn. 


Arrcrug iiulhi. 

Firma.     ,Sma x  ti.     (^iic  exoiVant1'  hie.     Et  cqj. 


ilaueriii  de  Duunford. 

Compii.s  Joliis  Ilervy  Cott  redd  itim. 

Arreragia nulla. 

Rcddus  assis.     Sin*  xij  ti  vj  s  xj  d  oti. 

Firma  cujnsdra  tenl  voc  Ic  Garret t.     Sma iiij  ti. 

Firma  Mariii  de  Dunnford.      8raa vj  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Sma  to'  Ret xxiij  ti  iij  d  ot>.     D  quib,. 


APPENDIX,    CLII.  CXXX111 


Feod  1  vad.     Sma xv  s  iiij  d. 

Redd  reset.     Sma xxiiij  s  x  d. 

LiBac  Denar.     Sma xv  ti  xiij  s  v  d  oft. 

8ma  omiu  alloc  et  lifeac  j?d xvij  ti  xiij  s  vij  d  ofi. 

Et  debt cvj  s  viij  d.     Qui  exoflaiif  ci.     Et  eqj. 


Cum  Herlf. 

Compus  Wirhni  Yong  Colt  redd  ibm. 

Arrerag mil  la. 

Eeddus  iu  Stansted.     Sma Ij  s  iiij  d. 

Firma  Reef  do  Kympton.     Sin" xj  ti  x  s. 

Firma  Rect  de  Stansted.     Sma vij  ti. 

Firma  de  Moreliall.     vSina cvj  s  viij  d. 

vSm*  tot  Re' xxvj  ti  viij  s.     D 

Feod  et  vad.     Sni!l xv  5  iiij  d. 

Teuc  t  pore.     Sma cvj  s  viij  d. 

LiBac  den.      Sin" xx  ti   vj  s. 

Sin"  oifiiu  alloc  et  liBac  jfct xxvj 


Coiii  Sll£8CX. 

s  Jotns  Dowyer  Cort  redd  ibm. 

Arrerag  • mil  la. 

Redd'  assis  in  Cliuddynlyglic.     vSina xiiij  s. 

Reddus  in  Northorseyirislie.     Sin11 x  s. 

Reddus  in  Denton.     Sma xij  d. 

Reddus  iu  Ilertfeld.     Sma ij  s. 

Reddus  iu  Ovynden.     Sma x  s. 

Reddus  in  Combes.     Sma liiij  S  viij  d. 

Reddus  in  Goryug.     Sma xiiij  s  iiij  d. 

Donketoii  Molend.     Sma  •  xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Sma  tot  Ret cxix  s  iiij  d.      1)  quil>5  allo1  ei  lix  s  viij  d. 

Et  debt lix  s  viij  d.     Et  cfjj. 


Peiicoes  cu  pore  xmar  • 

Compus  VV'ittmi  Yong  Cott  diet  peiic  cum  pore. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Pencoes  ct  poreoes.     Sma iiij  ti  xv  s  viij  d. 

Sma  tot  Rel  — — -  iiij  ti  xv  s  viij  d.     Qui  exoflat1'  Lie.     Et 


CXXX1V  APPENDIX,    CLII. 

Rectoria  do  Kyngeston. 

Compus  Rici  Thomas  Firmaf  ibm. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Finna.     Sma liiij  ti  viij  s  vj  cJ. 

Sin"  Firme  liiij  ti    viij  s   vj  d.      1)   quibus  allor  ci  — — —  xxvij  ti   iiij  s 

iij  d.     Et  dji xxvij  ti  iiij  s  iij  d.      Et  cq5. 


Mafiiu  dc  Culihvich. 

Compus  Radnlf  Longforth  Mil  Firmar  itini. 

Arrerag  nulla. 

Finna.     Sin"  xliij  ti.     Quo  cxufiant1'  hie.     Et 


iiniu  de  Upton  cum  Membris. 

Compus  Rogcri  Erhvyn  Cott  redd  ibm. 

Arrcrag  iiuH1. 

Reddus  (:'m  liKoj;  q"m  Cusluiii  tcucri  ifim.      Sma  xxxv  ti   ij  s  vij  d  ofi. 

Maniu  dc  Upton.     Snr1 xx  ti. 

Finna  uni    ])astiii;  voc  \Vyoilho\vifc  cum  qilJiii  lent.     Sma  Ixxij  *• 

ilaniu  tic  Taplowe.      Snr1 xiij  ti   \-j  s  viij  d. 

JMolcnd  dc  Taplowe.      Sin"  viij  ti   x  s. 

Milhvard  Have.      Siiv1 c  s. 

Kcddus  in  Col  broke.     Sin" xvii  j  d. 

Firma  divls  ]5osc  ct  subbosc  Xecno  Ic;  Copies  ct  hedgcrowcs  crescent  infra  lirmam 

de  Woodhousc.     Sma ij  s. 

Ilorreu  dccimat  et  Grang  de  Upton.     vSm:l x  ti. 

Pencones.     Sma viij  s  viij  d. 

l'([iiis  Cui:.     Snr1 xiij  s  iiij  d. 

XX  ~j 

Sma  Tottis  Retc iiij  xvj  ti  xvj  s  ix  d  ot>.     D  quilij. 

Food  ct  vad.     Sma xv  s  iiij  d. 

Pcnc  cu  pcnr  1  sinod.      Sma  -^——  xxxiiij  s  ij  d. 

Libnc  Uenariojj.     >Sma Ix  ti  vj  d. 

Sma  oim  alloc  et  lifiac  jJdief Ixij  ti  x  5.     Et  debt xxxiiij  ti   vj  s 

ix  d  ob.     Qui  exofianf  Lie.     Et  eqj. 


Mafiin  de  Combnevell  in  Kyngeston. 

Compus  Dni  Henrici  Merques  Exoft  Firm  ibm. 

Arr nnlla. 

Finna.     Sma xvj  ti.     Que  exoSanf  Lie.     Et  eq5. 


APPENDIX,    CLII.  CXXXV 

Maueriu  de  Feccham. 

Compus  Johis  Dene  ft  Johnis  RiSlaon  firm  itin. 
Arreragia  — —  nulln. 

Firma.     Sma xiij  ti  vj  s  viij  d. 

D  quibj  oxoflat1"  hie  de vj  ti  xiij  5  iiij  d  4?  prima  mcJiet. 

Firme  pMicf. 

Et  debt  — —  vj  1i  xiij  s  iiij  d.     Et  eq,. 


Maftiii  de  Pollesdon  Lacy. 

Compus  Thome  at  Woode  firm  itim. 

Arreragia mitt. 

Firma.     Sin" vj  ti  xiij  s  iiij  d. 

Qui  oxoftanf  hie.     Et  eq,. 


Taihvorth  MaSiu. 

Compns  JoTinis  Stcwarde  firm  il5m. 

Arrerag nulla. 

Firma.     Sm" xij  ti. 

D  quib,  exoflatr  hie  dc  vj  ti  dc  prima  mcdiet  dee  Finnc 

Et  debt vj  li.     Quas  litiavit  Jofini  Mores.     Et  cqs. 


Mam'u  de  Cliartington. 

Compus  Rogeri  Erhvyn  Firm  itim. 

Arrerag nnlla. 

Firma.     Sma x  ti. 

D  quil>us  exoflat1'  hie  dc c  s. 

J}t  debt c  s  q  HBavit  Rec.     Et  cqj. 


Asshestede  Mafiiu. 

Compus  Alicie  Arnold  vid  Firm  itim. 

Arreragia nulla. 

Firma.     Siu!V vj  ti.     Quo  exoftantr  hie. 

Et 


CXXXV1  APPENDIX,    CLII. 


Com  Kane. 
Mam'u  de  Ptitrikesbornc  cu  Rector  ifim  necno  di\85  at  Terr  in  Com  Kane. 

Compus  Jofinis  Bowie  Firm  ac  Cott  reddus  it5m. 

Arrcrai* nulla. 

Rcdctus  Asms  in  Patrikesbornc.     Siua ciiij  s  iiij  ct. 

Situs  Maria  cu  Rector  do  Patricksborno.     Sm" xxviij  ti. 

Rector  do  Ryersbe.     Sma iiij  ti. 

Lustede.     Sm" c  s. 

Reddus  Assis  in  Lymbonroilgb.     Sin" xviij  s  vij  d  oft. 

Reddus  Assis  in  Tollbridge.     Sin" xxi'j  5  iiij  d. 

Aniuint  Reddus.     Sm" viij  ti. 

Veiulic  bose.      Sin* mitt. 

Pqiiis  Cur.      Sm" mitt. 

Sma  Tottis  Re'1' lij  ti  v  j  s  iij  d  ofi.     D  quibj. 

Feod  1  vud.     Snv1  xlv  s  iiij  d. 

Peue  cu  procnr.     Sin"  xxvij  s  vj  d. 

LiBacio  Denario<5.      Smil xxx  ti  iij  s  v  d  ot). 

Sm-'1  oim  alloe  1  liBae  predict xxxiij  ti  xvj  s  ot>. 

Kt  debt  xvi'j  ti  x  s.     Qui  exofi;inlr  liic.     Kt  cqj. 


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