Prebendaries: Stow St Mary

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 3, Lincoln. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1977.

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Prebendaries

PREBEND

Manor and church of Stow St. Mary (Lincs.) belonged to bp. of Dorchester in 11th cent. (R.A.L. I no. 247); monastery founded there before 1055 (Cart. Eynsham I no. 1A); bp.'s manor 1086 (D.B. I 344a); monastery refounded c. 1092 (Cart. Eynsham I nos. 5, 26) and transf. to Eynsham (Oxon.) c. 1094 (ibid. no. 6). Manor in bp.'s hands from c. 1094 (cf. R.A.L. I no. 135), conf. to bp. by pope 30 Jan. 1126 (ibid. no. 248), 28 Apr. 1139 (ibid. no. 249), 9 Feb. 1146 (ibid. no. 251), 13 Apr. 1149 (ibid. no. 250), and 6 June 1163 (ibid. no. 254). Called preb. of Stow in Lindsey in 1254 Val. Norwich p. 279).

Tithes of bp.'s demesne and two-thirds of parishioners' tithes in 'Stou' (? Stow St. Mary or Stow Longa) conf. as preb. by pope 6 Feb. 1146 (ibid. no. 252 p. 199), and of 'Lestou', certainly Stow St. Mary, 5 June 1163 (ibid. no. 255 p. 206); but preb. Stow had only third of tithes, the remainder held by preb. Corringham, who in 1277 was bound to provide a pr. in Stow church (Rot. Gravesend p. 95; and see below pp. 171-2).

Valuations

1254 100s.; 1291 £20

PREBENDARIES

For a possible gr. of this preb. (or Stow Longa), 25 March 1203, see below pp. 121, 129.

William of Ingham (fn. 1)

First occ. as can. 2 Feb. 1248 × 22 March 1254 (R.A.L. VI no. 1803). (fn. 2) Last occ. 30 Apr. 1275 (A/1/8 no. 369), and Michaelmas 1273 × Michaelmas 1275 (R.A.L. X no. 2816). Called preb. Stow in Schalby's obit. roll (obit II p. ccxliii). Commem. 24 Sept. (R.L. I). Prob. to be identified with William de Essendine, parson of Ingham from Nov. 1240 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 56), who occ. as can. Michaelmas 1274 × Michaelmas 1275 (R.A.L. X no. 2875).

Simon de Worth

First occ. as can. 12 Dec. 1276 (Dij/73/3/13). Last occ. 4 Nov. 1297 (Reg. Sutton VI 39). D. as this preb. by 8 Feb. 1300 (C.P.R. 1292-1301 p. 491). (fn. 3)

Footnotes

  • 1. Presum. Ingham, Lincs., about 5 miles from Stow.
  • 2. Temp. M. Hugh de Hocton, subdean (list 6), and M. Ralph of Leicester, treas. (list 5).
  • 3. He is wrongly called preb. Caistor in L.S. II(2) p. ccviii.