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Religious houses and bishoprics (Malmesbury - Wells)
182. Malmesbury, Wilts., abbey of St. Mary V.
Fd. 10C; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in 134 (property and pension from church).
a. Bodl, MS Wood empt. 5 (Davis, no. 641): 13C cartulary; f. 55, grant of church of 134. BL, Add. MS 38009 (Davis, no. 642): 13C cartulary, 16 ff. (134). PRO, E164/24 (Davis, no. 644; Registrum Malmesburiense . . ., ed. J. S. Brewer and C. T. Martin (Rolls Ser. 1879–80), with notes on other cartularies): 13C cartulary (46, 134). BL, MS Cotton Faust. B viii, ff. 128–265 (Davis, no. 647): 14C cartulary and rental; London refs. on ff. 155–169, 239–255v (20). BL, MS Lansd. 417 (Davis, no. 645): cartulary, late 14C to 15C; London refs. on ff. 30, 85v–86, 216v–219 (20, 46, 134).
b. PRO, LR2/262, f. 22v: rental, 1546 (54, 134). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/3986– 92: a/cs, 1539–46 (20, 134, London unspec.).
183. Markyate, Herts., priory of Holy Trinity
Fd. 1145; diss. 1537. London prop. ?1291 (entry cancelled), 1392 (93).
184. Marlow, Little, Bucks., priory of St. Mary
Fd. ? later 12C; diss. 1536.
a. BL, MS Harl. 391, ff. 103v–104v (cartulary of Waltham Abbey): prioress assigns house in Garcherche (37) to Waltham c. 1200; see 241.
185. Mattersey, Notts., priory of St. Helen
In 1535 the prior of Mattersey or Mersey was said to have property in Lond', identified by the editors of the Valor Ecclesiasticus as London, but it seems more likely that this is a reference to Lound, Notts., near Mattersey.
186. Merton, Surrey, priory of St. Mary V.
Fd. 1114–17; diss. 1538. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 5, 11, 26, 37, 38, 51, 56, 62, 75, 80, 85, 88, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 112, 123, 128, 135, 137, 145, 150, 151, 152, 158.
See A. Heales, The Records of Merton Priory (1898).
a. Leases, 1491, 1502 (62), noted in Heales, Records, and then in his possession. Oxford, Magdalen Coll., Macray Deeds, misc. no. 161: rent receipt (128).
b. BL, MS Cotton Cleop. C vii (Davis, no. 662; contents noted in Heales, Records): cartulary, 13C and later (62, 88, 95, 137, 142, 145, 152, London unspec.).
c. Bodl, MS Laud Misc. 723 (Davis, no. 663): 14C register of court rolls and rentals, incl. (f. 65), valor (37). PRO, SC12/37/7; LR2/262, f. 20v: rentals, 1546 (37, 67). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/3463–7: a/cs, 1537–46 (11, 26, 27, 37, 38, 51, 62, 67, 80, 85, 88, 92, 93, 95, 96, 100, 104, 123, 128, 137, 145, 150, 151, 152, Broad Street).
187. Missenden, Bucks., abbey of St. Mary V.
Fd. 1133; diss. 1538. London prop. 1291, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 20, 41, 119, 152.
a. BL, MS Harl. 3688 (Davis, no. 670; The Cartulary of Missenden Abbey, vol. iii, ed. G. Jenkins, HMC with Bucks. Rec. Soc., 1962): cartulary, comp. c. 1330 (20, 30, 111, 116, 119, 142). BL, MS Sloane 747 (Davis, no. 672): register, 15C to 16C, of grants and leases; ff. 13v–14 (20).
b. PRO, SC12/37/7; LR2/262, f. 21v: rentals, 1546 (20). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/ 238–42: a/cs, 1539–46 (20).
188. Newark (Novus Locus), Guildford, Surrey, priory of St. Mary
Fd. 1189–99; diss. 1538. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 2, 28, 62, 83, 99, 104, 112, 131, 137, 151.
a. PRO, SC12/37/7: rental, 1546 (104, 111, Cheap, Cornhill, Shambles). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/3464–8: a/cs, 1539–46 (62, 67, 104, 111, 116, 135, 156, London unspec.).
Newark College, Leicester, see 176.
189. Newnham, Beds., priory of St. Paul
Fd. 1165, 1180; diss. 1540. London prop. 1291 (74).
a. BL, MS Harl. 3656 (Davis, no. 692): 15C cartulary; (ff. 8, 19v) grants, probably 12C, of Achisburia in London.
190. Nocton, Lincs., priory of St. Mary Magdalene
Fd. temp. Stephen; diss. 1536. London prop. 1535.
a. PRO, SC11/431: valor, c. 1540 (54). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/2006–16: a/cs, 1535–46 (54).
191. Notley, Bucks., abbey of St. Mary V. and St. John the Baptist
Fd. 1162; diss. 1538. London prop. 1392, 1535.
a. BL, Harl. Roll 0 26, m. 4: copy grant, 1298 (59, 89, 131). Oxford, Christ Church, college archives, M. 76: lease, 1538 (Friday Street).
b. PRO, SC12/37/7, LR2/262, f. 22: rentals, 1546 (Wood Street). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/237–42: a/cs, 1538–46 (131, Friday Street, Wood Street).
192. Nuneaton, Warwicks., priory of St. Mary V.
Fd. c. 1155; diss. 1539. London prop. 1535; prob. also 1392 (as Novo Eton).
a. PRO, LR2/182, ff. 242v, 272; LR2/181, f. 47: rentals, c. 1540 (Old Fish Street). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/3739–45: a/cs, 1538–46 (112).
193. Ogbourne, Wilts., Priory
Fd. bef. 1147; dependent on abbey of Bec, Normandy (267). London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 42, 108. In 1324 the prior had an inn in Castle Baynard ward (? 18), in which he stayed when in London, and 16s. 8d. rent in Billingsgate ward: King's College, Cambridge, Muniments, 'Oak Cartulary' (Davis, no. 146), f. 68; PRO, E106/7/18, m. 4. See M. Morgan (Chibnall), The English lands of the abbey of Bec (1946); see also 94.
194. Osney, Oxon., abbey of St. Mary V.
Fd. (as priory) 1129; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 99, 152.
a. For the records, comprising 3 cartularies (BL, MS Cotton Vitell. E xv; Oxford, Christ Church, Chapter Libr.; PRO, E164/26), and Osney charters in Bodl and Christ Church, see The Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, ed. H. E. Salter (Oxf. Hist. Soc. nos. 89–91, 97–8,100, 1929–31, 1934–5, 1936): London refs. in vols. v and vi (38, 57, 75, 103, 129, 152).
195. Ospringe, Kent, hospital of St. Mary
Fd. bef. 1234; approp. to St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1516 (392).
The estate lay in 105.
The records are at St. John's College.
a. D54. 1–4: deeds, 13C to 15C.
b. D110. 290: rental, 1470–1. D2/1/1–3: a/cs, late 13C.
196. Ottery St. Mary, Devon, College
Fd. 1337; diss. 1545. London prop. 1535 (Blossoms Inn in 11, 81), subsequently granted to St. George's College, Windsor (see 258, below).
197. Oxford, bishop
See fd. at Osney 1542; moved to Oxford 1545. Between 1547 and 1589, when the see was re-endowed, the bishop had a house in 152 (cf. 480).
a. Bodl, MS Oxf. Dioc. Papers c. 2088: register, incl. lists of the endowments (p. 92) and copies of letters patent of 1547 and 1589.
b. Bodl, MS Oxf. Dioc. Papers c. 2148: box of papers incl. valor, mid 16C, with ref. to London property.
c. PRO, SC6/Eliz/1827–61: a/cs during vacancies 1563–89.
198. Oxford, hospital of St. John the Baptist
Fd. bef. c. 1180; granted to Magdalen College, Oxford, 1457. In 1277 the hospital acquired a tenement in 18. The records are at Magdalen College (see 399).
a. Macray Deeds, Kent, London, and Somerset, nos. 140–3: 13C deeds.
199. Panfield, Essex, Priory
Fd. 1070–7, dep. on abbey of St. Stephen, Caen; diss. 1413.
Panfield's London property, in 151, recorded in 1291, was probably that granted to Caen 1069×79; see 269.
200. Peterborough, Northants., abbey of St. Peter
Fd. 655–6, c. 966; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535. In 1291 the estate lay in 63; by c. 1400 also in 46. On the foundation of the see of Peterborough in 1541, the abbey's former estate was divided between the bishop and the dean and chapter, the London properties going to the bishop; see below, 201.
The registers belonging to the dean and chapter are in CUL; accounts etc. are in Northants. RO and elsewhere. See J. D. Martin, The Cartularies and Registers of Peterborough Abbey (Northants. Rec. Soc., 28, 1978), and The Court and Account Rolls of Peterborough Abbey: a handlist (Univ. of Leicester History Dept., Occasional Publication no. 2).
a. London, Soc. of Antiquaries MS 60, 'Liber Niger' (Davis, no. 754), and BL, Add. MS 39758 (Davis, no. 758): both incl. chronicle and mid 12C list of benefactors, incl. ref. to grant by Earl Harold of land in London iuxta Paulesbiri et prope portum Headredi: see The Chronicle of Hugh Candidus, a monk of Peterborough, ed. W. T. Mellows (1949), 70, 128. CUL, Peterborough 5 (Davis, no. 756): cartulary, mid 13C; ff. 66–7, 12C–13C deeds (63, 152). CUL, Peterborough 1 (Davis, no. 757): cartulary, mid 13C; ff. 186, 196–7, 284v, 13C deeds (63). BL, MS Cotton Vesp. E xxii (Davis, no. 766): register, late 13C to early 14C; f. 89v, grant 1308 (probably 63). London, Soc. of Antiquaries MS 38 (Davis, no. 759): cartulary, comp. c. 1370: ff. 211–13, 13C–14C deeds (63). CUL, Peterborough 6 (Davis, no. 760), formerly contained London material, listed in table, but pages now missing. BL, Add. MS 25288 (Davis, no. 768): register, early 15C; f. 91v, note of taxation on abbey's lands (63); f. 139, grant, 15C (46). CUL, Peterborough 2 (Davis, no. 769): register, mid 15C; f. 29v, note of taxation on abbey's lands (63). BL, MS Cotton Vesp. A xxiv (Davis, no. 773; The Book of William Morton, ed. W. T. Mellows, P. I. King, and C. N. L. Brooke, Northants. Rec. Soc. 16, 1954): a/c and memorandum bk., c. 1448–67; incl. refs. to Fleet Street (46).
b. BL, Add. MS 40629: valor, 1539–40 (London tenants named, locations not given). PRO, SC11/842: valor, 1541–2, of abbey lands given to bishop. Northants. RO, PDC AR/I/15: a/c of abbot's receiver, 1404–5. Ibid., PDC AR/III/11–12: a/cs of same, 1503–5. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/2787– 91: a/cs, 1541–6, incl. ref. to lands granted to bishop.
201. Peterborough, bishop
See fd. 1541. The London endowment of the former Peterborough Abbey in 46, 63 was granted to the bishop. The diocesan records, at Northants. RO, have not been examined but may contain 16C–17C leases, accounts, surveys, minutes, etc. See also PRO, SC11/842, valor of endowment of bishopric, 1541; PRO, SC6/Eliz/1656, a/c during vacancy, 1559–60. See also 462b.
202. Pipewell, Northants., abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1143; diss. 1538.
a. BL, MS Cotton Otho B xiv, ff. 150–204 (Davis, no. 778): 14C notes and extracts, apparently from cartularies; ff. 193v–194 (54). The other surviving cartularies (Davis, nos. 774–7, 779) contain no London refs.
203. Pontefract, Yorks., college of Holy Trinity and B.V.M. (Knolles Almshouse)
Fd. 1385; not suppressed. London prop. 1535.
a. Bodl, MS Barlow 49, ff. 115–65 (Davis, no. 783): cartulary, 14C to 15C (2, 4, 9, 51, 104, 108, 141, 151, 159). The later history of the property in 51 may be recorded in Duchy of Lancaster records (440).
204. Prittlewell, Essex, priory of St. Mary
Fd. 1121, dep. on Lewes; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291 (101).
In 1324 Prittlewell (counted as an alien religious house) had a void plot in Aldgate ward, worth nothing: PRO, E106/7/18, m. 4.
205. Quenington, Glos., house of Knights Hospitallers
Fd. 1144–62; diss. 1540. In 1392 the abbot (sic) of Quenyndon held property in Farringdon ward without; this presumably refers to Quenington, despite the inconsistency, but no other references are known.
206. Ramsey, Hunts., abbey of St. Mary and St. Benedict
Fd. c. 969; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 11, 19, 62, 104, 128, 148.
a. BL, MS Cotton Vesp. E ii (Davis, no. 787): cartulary, mid 13C; London refs. (unspec.) on ff. 17–18, 25v–26, 28–29v. PRO, E164/28, and Bodl, MS Rawl. B 333 (Davis, nos. 788, 790; Chronicon Abbatiae Ramesiensis, ed. W. D. Macray, Rolls Ser. 1886): 14C register and 14C cartulary (London unspec., 11C to 14C).
b. PRO, SC11/314; SC11/318; SC12/8/58; SC12/11/36: valors and rentals, c. 1540 (62). PRO, SC11/452; LR2/262, f. 16: rentals, 1543–4, 1546 (11).
c. PRO, SC6/1258/12: a/c, 13C (London rents, unspec.). BL, Add. MS 34758: a/c or rental, mid to late 13C (London rent total). PRO, SC6/1259/ 7: a/c of expenses, 1341, incl. repairs. BL, Add. MS 33446: rent bk., 1361–2 (London, no details). BL, Add. Ch. 34644: receiver's a/c, 1425–6 (11, 62, Austin Friars). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/2124: London rentgatherer's a/c, 1523–4, incl. detailed repairs. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/7287–93: a/cs, 1539– 46 (11, 62, Broad Street).
207. Reading, Berks., abbey of Trinity, St. Mary V., and St. John the Evangelist
Re-fd. 1121; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 10, 37, 39, 80, 83, 93, 94, 118, 125, 148, 156.
a. BL, MS Egerton 3031 (Davis, no. 801): cartulary, late 12C; London refs. on ff. 19, 40, 48v, 49v, 100v, 104 (80, 83, unspec.). BL, MS Harl. 1708 (Davis, no. 802): cartulary, mid 13C; London refs. on ff. 29, 111–114 (estate as in 1291). BL, Add. Roll 19617 lists charters (incl. London) from which MS Harl. 1708 was probably compiled. BL, MS Cotton Vesp. E xxv (Davis, no. 803): cartulary, 14C; London refs. on ff. 59–61, 136v– 137v, 228 (10, 39, 80, 83, unspec., probably 18).
b. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/115–23: a/cs, 1538–46 (18).
208. Reigate, Surrey, priory and hospital of B.V.M. and Holy Cross Fd. c. 1217; diss. 1536. In 1392 Reygate held a small rent in Langbourn ward.
209. Rewley (Locus Regalis), Oxford, abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1281; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in 158.
a. PRO, E303/14 (Oxon)/1: lease, 16C (155).
b. PRO, SC12/37/7; LR2/262, f. 21v: rentals, 1546 (155, 158). PRO, SC6/ Hen 8/ 2924–6: a/cs, 1536–40 (155, 158).
210. Rochester, Kent, cathedral priory of St. Andrew.
Fd. 7C, 1080; diss. 1540; reconstituted for dean and 6 prebendaries, 1541 (see 211). London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in 61, with a pension from the church of 4.
Unless otherwise stated, the records are in Kent County Archives Office, with full catalogue.
a. DRc/T63, T368–9, T370/1–3, T371/1–2, T372/1–2: deeds and leases, 12C to 16C (9, 46, 51, 53, 75).
b. DRc/R1, 'Textus Roffensis' (Davis, no. 817; Textus Roffensis, ed. T. Hearne, 1720): cartulary, 12C; London refs. (unspec.) in caps. 43, 155, 201; cap. 43 (charter of Æthelbald, 733) also transl. in D. Whitelock, English Historical Documents i, c. 500–1042 (2nd edition 1979). DRc/R3, 'Registrum Temporalium' (Davis, no. 820): 14C register; f. 7, charter of Æthelbald, 733, as above. BL, MS Cotton Domit. A x, ff. 90–208 (Davis, no. 818): cartulary, 13C; ff. 191v, 201v (157). BL, MS Cotton Faust. C v (Davis, no. 822): register of acta, 1379–1417; London refs. on ff. 7v–8, 17, 46v, 78v–9, 108–109v (61, 75, Fleet Street, Gutter Lane). DRc/Elb 1A, part 2: register, c. 1478–1504; f. 8v, will 1449 (46); ff. 10v–13v, rental, late 15C (Berkyngchurch, unspec.). See also 211b, below.
c. BL, MS Cotton Vesp. A xxii, ff. 56v–129 (Davis, no. 821): 13C register, incl. (ff. 92–94v) rental of sacrist (Berkingechirche).
d. DRc/F12: cellarer's a/c, 1383–4 (London unspec.). DRc/F17: treasurer's receipts, 1511–12, of rents, repairs (Fleet Street, unspec.).
e. DRc/L12, 13: records of legal proceedings, 1373, 1378 (46, unspec.).
211. Rochester, Kent, dean and chapter
Fd. 1541, and endowed with lands of Rochester Cathedral Priory (46; quit-rent from 61) and Leeds Priory (74); see 174, 210; see also 462b.
Unless otherwise stated, the records are in Kent County Archives Office.
a. For pre-Reformation deeds, see 174 and 210. DRc/Ele 243–4: leases, 1552–1610 (46).
b. DRc/Els 1: composite vol. comp. ? 18C; incl. abstracts of leases, c. 1340–16C (46, 74, 75); memoranda of 16C–17C leases from registers; rentals 1632, 1640, 1707. PRO, E135/3/7: memorandum of leases, 1543– 1605 (46, 74). DRc/Elb 1–4: registers of leases, 1575–1640, contents listed. DRc/Arb 1: register of leases, 1660–72, no contents list. DRc/Els 3: abs. of leases, comp. c. 1667. DRc/Elr 15, 'The Dean's Old Book': memoranda of lease renewals, 1627–1718. DRc/Elr 19: similar to preceding, with additional notes on fines. CCRc/E1/1, 2: 19C copy of estate bk., listing leases and details from 1661.
c. PRO, E315/389, f. 42: valor of lands for bishopric of Rochester, mid 16C (74). DRc/Els 2, 4: rentals, c. 1635, 1667 (46, 74). DRc/FRb 1–15: incomplete series of a/c bks., 1550–1668 (46, 61, 74). BL, Cotton Ch. v. 25: memorandum of rents, 17C (46).
d. DRc/ESp 1/2, ff. 1–40; ESp 1/4, ff. 1–28: parliamentary surveys, 1649 (46, 74). CCRc/E 4/2: (duplicate) parliamentary surveys, 1649 (46, 74).
e. DRc/LP 19/1/29: plan, probably 1670s (Fleet Ditch). DRc/EP 26: plan, 1689 (46).
212. Royston, Herts., priory of St. John the Baptist and St. Thomas the Martyr
Fd. 1173–9; diss. 1537. London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in 54.
a. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/1606–15, 1632–3: a/cs, 1536–46 (54).
213. St. Albans, Herts., Abbey
Fd. c. 793, c. 970; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 1, 2, 15, 36, 38, 75, 105, 124, 129, 132, 135, 148, 152, 156, 162.
a. Chatsworth Library, Derbyshire (Davis, no. 832): late 14C cartulary; London refs. on ff. 160–71, 176–93v (1, 2, 10, 32, 36, 38, 42, 45, 48, 67, 88, 92, 101, 124, 129, 132, 135, 138, 148, 151, 152, 156). BL, MS Cotton Nero D vii (Davis, no. 844): catalogue of benefactors, 14C and 15C; London refs. on ff. 29v, 34r-v, 39v, 93, 95v, 96v (2, 42, 129, 148, unspec.). BL, MS Harl. 602 (Davis, no. 839): register incl. rentals, acquittances, 14C and 15C; London refs. on ff. 55, 58, 60, 61 (2, 38, Old Fish Street). College of Arms, MS Arundel 3 (Davis, no. 841): 15C acta; ff. 96v–97v (10, 132, unspec.). BL, MS Arundel 34 (Davis, no. 835): 16C register, incl. deeds and rentals; London refs. on ff. 17–19, 63, 73v (42, 148).
b. PRO, LR2/262, f. 24; SC11/1027: rentals, c. 1540 (London unspec.).
PRO, SC11/452: rental of quit-rents, 1543–4 (2, 24, 38, 148, Lothbury, Shepe Alley).
c. PRO, E315/272, f. 23: a/cs, 1525–6 (London total only). PRO, E315/ 274, f. 23: a/cs, 1529–31 (London total, repairs to 148). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/ 1619–24, 1626–31: a/cs, 1540–6 (2, 36, 38, 42, 92, 129, 148, 151).
214. St. Davids, bishop
In 1392 the bishop of St. Davids had shops in the ward of Farringdon without.
215. St. Osyth (Chich), Essex, abbey of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Osyth
Fd. (as priory) 1121; diss. 1537. London prop. 1291 (32).
a. PRO, SC11/200: valor, 1491–2 (Coleman Street). PRO, SC11/984; SC12/23/25: valors, c. 1540 (113). PRO, LR2/262, f. 16v: rental, 1546 (113). PRO, SC12/37/11: part valor, n.d., of possessions of unknown monastery, possibly St. Osyth (113).
216. Salisbury, bishop
London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in 46 and 54, but the records noted below apparently refer only to 46. The property was lost in 1564. The principal records are in Wilts. RO.
a. Wilts. RO, Bishoprick 109: letters patent of 1564 concerning surrender of the London property.
b. Copies of 12C and 13C deeds concerning the London estate are to be found in Salisbury Chapter Records, 'Liber Evidentiarum C' (late 13C; Davis, no. 869), ff. 61v, 67, 96v; Wilts. RO, D1/1/2 ('Liber Evidentiarum B', early 14C; Davis, no. 864), ff. 54, 59, 75; Wilts. RO, D1/1/3 ('Registrum Rubrum', early 14C; Davis, no. 865), ff. 45v, 50r-v, 65, 73v. Texts of some, but not all, of these deeds are printed in Charters and documents illustrating the history of the cathedral, city and diocese of Salisbury, ed. W. R. Jones and W. D. Macray (Rolls Ser. 1890). Wilts. RO, D1/1/5 ('Liber Niger', 15C; Davis, no. 866) incl. 14C and 15C deeds (ff. 51–57v), 15C leases (ff. 9, 37), 15C and 16C rentals (ff. 57v, 230v). Copies of 16C episcopal leases confirmed by the dean and chapter are in the first surviving Chapter Lease Book: Wilts. RO, Bishoprick 460 (c. 1502 to 1561). The bishops' registers (see D. M. Smith, Guide to Bishops' Registers (RHS, 1981), 188–99) contain numerous incidental refs. to the bishop's house and chapel in 46.
c. Rentals: see above, b.
217. Salisbury, Wilts., Trinity Hospital
Fd. c. 1350; not suppressed.
The archive incl. 14C deeds concerning 123: Wilts. RO, 1446/82–94 (see W. Smith, 'A medieval archive from Trinity Hospital, Salisbury', Archives 16 (1983), 39–46). The 15C and later a/cs and rentals of the hospital (Wilts. RO, 1446/unsorted boxes) do not record income from London property.
218. Sawtry, Hunts., abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1147; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291, 1391, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 127, 136. See also 500.
a. PRO, SC11/313: valor, n.d. (Bread Street). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/1666–74: a/cs, 1535–45 (Bread Street).
219. Sempringham, Lincs., priory of St. Mary
Fd. c. 1139; diss. 1538. London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in 152.
a. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/2018–26, 2029: a/cs, 1537–46 (152).
220. Sheen, Surrey, priory of Jesus of Bethlehem
Fd. 1414; diss. 1539. London prop. 1535.
a. BL, MS Cotton Otho B xiv, ff. 5–149 (Davis, no. 891): 15C inventory of muniments, mostly from suppressed alien priories; f. 83, Lewisham Priory, dep. of Ghent (156); ff. 122, 125, Ware Priory, dep. of St. Ávroul (51). See 179, 243.
b. PRO, SC12/18/54: rental, ? late 15C (Brok Key, London unspec.). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/3464–8: a/cs, 1539–46 (51).
221. Shottesbrook, Berks., college of St. John the Baptist
Fd. 1337; diss. 1547. London prop. 1392.
a. Berks. RO, D/Eos T.1: charter, 15C (56).
b. BL, MS Egerton 3029 (Davis, no. 894): late 14C cartulary; ff. 57v–66 (56).
222. Shouldham, Norf., priory of Holy Cross and B.V.M.
Fd. after 1183; diss. 1538. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 105, 132.
a. Deed, c. 1200 (105, 132), printed in F. Blomefield (and C. Parkin), An essay towards a topographical history of the County of Norfolk vii (1807), 418–19.
b. PRO, SC11/985: valor, c. 1540 (105, 132). PRO, LR2/262, f. 17: rental, 1546 (105). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/2632–8: a/cs, 1539–46 (105, 132).
223. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul
Fd. 1083×6; diss. 1540.
The abbey acquired a house in 58 c. 1275: National Library of Wales, MS 7851 (Davis, no. 895; The Cartulary of Shrewsbury Abbey, ed. Una Rees (Aberystwyth, 1975), no. 381).
224. Sopwell, Herts., priory of St. Mary
Fd. 1140; diss. 1537. London prop. 1291; possibly also 1392 (as 'Stapwell Abbey').
In 1291 the estate lay in 156.
a. PRO, LR2/262, f. 17v: rental, 1546 (Walbrook).
225. Southwark, Surrey, priory of St. Mary Overy
Fd. 1106; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535. See VCH London i, 480–4.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 6, 10, 11, 12, 20, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 53, 61, 71, 74, 80, 83, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104, 108, 111, 112, 116, 118, 120, 123, 126, 127, 128, 135, 138, 144, 145, 151, 152, 159, 162: also churches of 32, 132. At other dates it also incl.: 2, 9, 37, 39, 54, 67, 124, 131, 132, ?148, 'St. Margaret Broad Street'.
a. BL, Add. MS 6040 (Davis, no. 908): fragments of cartulary, 13C to ?14C (44, 93, 96, 116, 118). BL, MS Cotton Faust. A viii, ff. 151–78 (Davis, no. 909): part of 14C register of deeds, pleas, etc. (9, 37, 80, 83, 108, 112, 127, 151, Candlewick Street).
b. PRO, SC12/37/7, rental 1546 (Southwark, illegible). PRO, LR2/262, f. 21: rental, 1546–7 (unspec.).
c. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/3464–8: a/cs, 1539–46 (most of estate above).
226. Southwark, Surrey, hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr
A. The medieval hospital. Fd. 1173, 1215; diss. 1540. London prop. 1392, 1535.
a. Bodl, MS Rawl. D 763, ff. 1–31 (Davis, no. 910): part cartulary, 15C (4, 29, 43, 45, 96, 127, 137, Stanyngchurch (probably 13), unspec.). BL, MS Stowe 942 (Davis, no. 911; Chartulary of the Hospital of St. Thomas the Martyr, Southwark, ed. L. Drucker, 1932): 16C cartulary (4, 13, 37, 43, 45, 53, 59, 63, 80, 82, 85, 87, 90, 93, 96, 103, 114, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 134, 135, 137, 141, 151, 152, 157). PRO, E315/400, f. 114: survey, 1540 (as in MS Stowe 942, except for 37, 59, 82, 87, 93, 96, 103, 135, 157).
B. The Royal Hospital. Fd. 1553.
The estate (incl. that of former Savoy Hospital; see 105, above) lay in: 11, 12, 19, 21, 26, 36, 39, 44, 47, 61, 78, 80, 112, 126, 128, 135, 141, 152, 159. The records are in GLRO.
a. H1/ST/E65: deeds and leases, 15C to 20C (4, 12, 26, 43, 44, 59, 61, 78, 98, 112, 135; also refs. to 75, 89). H1/ST/E67/1–6, E68/1–4: leases, 16C and 17C (12, 19, 21, 26, 36, 39, 44, 47, 74, 126, 128, 152, 153, 159).
b. H1/ST/E14, 'Foundation Book': register, comp. 16C to 18C, incl. surrender, grant, and rental of Savoy Hospital lands, 1553 (11, 19, 26, 30, 36, 46, 128, 152, 153, 159); memoranda of gifts, 16C (21, 47, 85, 120, Aldersgate Street, Bucklersbury, Distaff Lane, Holborn). H1/ST/E65/ 89/1: bk. of copy deeds, 16C and 17C (12, 61, 135, 141). H1/ST/E16: 19C memorandum bk. of deeds and leases, 16C to 19C (estate above, except for 12, 21, 47, 112, 126, 135; also incl. 59, 74, 153). H1/ST/E15: lease bk., 1536–66 (estate above, except for 12, 21, 39, 61, 78, 80, 112, 126, 141; also incl. 153). H1/ST/E33: abstract of leases, 1638 (estate above).
c. H1/ST/A24/1, 'Book of Government of the Hospital': bk. comp. 1556– 82, incl. statutes, treasurers' a/cs (incl. fines for leases), renters' a/cs and rentals, 1562–82. H1/ST/E29/2–5, 'Rentals': treasurers', rent-collectors', and stewards' a/cs, 1582–1694. H1/ST/E35/1, 2: rough a/cs, 1615–21, 1629–35, with memoranda of arrears. H1/ST/D3/1: treasurers' daily receipt bk., 1613–21, incl. fines for leases. H1/ST/D7/1, 'Hospital cash book': treasurers' daily receipts and payments, 1649–55, incl. rents. H1/ ST/E26/1, 'Debt book': incl. memoranda of payments of fines for leases, c. 1572–1750. H1/ST/D33/1: building a/cs for hospital, also incl. repairs to city properties, 1565–86.
d. H1/ST/A1/1–5: min. bks. of governors, 1556–1608, 1619–77, incl. grants of leases; index to A1/5.
e. H1/ST/E102: view bk., 1622–71, with detailed views and measured surveys.
227. Spinney, Cambs., priory of St. Mary and Holy Cross
Fd. bef. 1227–8; united with Ely, 1449. Its property in 104 passed to Ely; above, 152.
228. Stanley, Wilts., abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1154; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291 (54). BL, MS Harl. 6716 (Davis, no. 929) contains no London material.
229. Stratford-at-Bow, Middx., priory of St. Leonard
Fd. bef. 1122; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 135, 150.
The records are in PRO.
a. E315/397, f. 133: survey, c. 1540 (London total; ref. to Ivy Lane). LR2/ 262, f. 23v: rental, 1546 (Bucklersbury). SC6/Hen 8/2343–55, 2424–8: a/cs, 1535–46 (19, 83, 94, 157, Broad Street, Bucklersbury, Budge Row, Candlewick Street, Eastcheap, Friday Street, Gutter Lane, Ivy Lane, Knightrider Street, Kyrone Lane, St. Lawrence Lane).
230. Stratford Langhthorne (Ham), Essex, abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1135; diss. 1538. London prop. 1392. Property in 2 for a short period in 13C: HR 2 (74).
a. PRO, LR2/262, f. 16: rental, 1546 (19, 49, 119). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/962– 71: a/cs, 1537–46 (19, 49, 119).
231. Sudbury, Suff., college of St. Gregory
Fd. 1375; diss. 1544. London prop. 1392, 1535.
a. BL, Add. Ch. 26693: rental, 1538 (Cornhill).
232. Syon, Middx., abbey of St. Saviour, St. Mary, and St. Bridget Fd. (at Twickenham) 1415; moved 1431; diss. 1539. London prop. 1535.
The estate lay in 38.
The records are in PRO.
a. E303/11 Middx.)/53, 77: leases, 16C.
b. SC12/19/31, E36/152: valors, c. 1540. SC6/1100/1, 8, 9, 14, 17; SC6/ 1101/13, 14, 20; SC6/Hen 7/383, 390, 1296–1304; SC6/Hen 8/2126–31: a/cs, series nearly complete, 1467–1536.
233. Takeley, Essex, Priory
Fd. 1066×86; cell of abbey of St. Valéry, Picardy (274); suppressed 1391. The London property, formerly held by St. Valéry, lay in 144; transferred subsequently to New College, Oxford (401).
a. Deeds, late 12C–14C: Oxford, New College Archives, 11911–15. Copies of these and of a lost deed of c. 1200 are in New College Archives: 9745 ('Registrum Secundum'), f. 2r-v; 9791 ('Registrum Evidenciarum', vol. 5), pp. 343–6; 11916.
234. Tewkesbury, Glos., abbey of St. Mary
Fd. c. 980 (as priory); diss. 1540. London prop. 1291 (church of 10).
a. BL, MS Cotton Cleop. A vii (Davis, no. 953; printed in Mon. Angl. ii, 67–83): calendar of charters, 13C; f. 78, note of grant of Semannescirce (10), 12C. For a confirmation of this grant, see Earldom of Gloucester Charters: the charters and scribes of the earls and countesses of Gloucester to A.D. 1217, ed. R. B. Patterson (1973), no. 179.
235. Thame, Oxon., abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. c. 1140; diss. 1539. London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in 126.
a. Marquess of Bath, Longleat MS 44 (Davis, no. 957; The Thame Cartulary, ed. H. E. Salter, Oxf. Rec. Soc. 25–6, 1943): cartulary, 13C (152).
b. Bodl, MS Christ Church MM R. 3: receipt bk., 1544–8, of Christ Church, Oxford (see 398, below); notes rent in 152 as former property of Thame.
236. Tilty, Essex, abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1153; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in 124.
a. See W. C. Waller, 'Records of Tiltey Abbey . . . preserved at Easton Lodge', Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. 8 (1903), pp. 353–62, for description of lost 15C registers (Davis, no. 971; translation in Essex RO, T/B3): incl. deeds, rentals (Milk Street, Wood Street).
b. PRO, LR2/262, f. 16: rental, 1546 (129). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/952–61: a/c, 1536–46 (Milk Street, Wood Street).
237. Tonbridge, Kent, priory of St. Mary Magdalene
Fd. late 12C; diss. 1525. In 1392 the prior of Troubrigge had a rent of 1d. in Walbrook ward. There was no house at Trowbridge, Wilts., at this date, and possibly Tonbridge is meant; no further references known.
238. Tortington, Sussex, priory of St. Mary Magdalene
Fd. c. 1180; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 29, 85, 156, 157.
a. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/3674–81, 7442: a/cs, 1536–46 (85, 157, Bearbinder Lane, Candlewick Street).
'Trowbridge Priory', see 237.
239. Vale Royal, Cheshire, abbey of St. Mary V., St. Nicholas, and St. Nicasius
Fd. 1281; diss. 1539. London prop. 1535.
a. BL, MS Harl. 2064, ff. 4–64 (Davis, no. 983; The Ledger-Book of Vale Royal Abbey, ed. J. Brownbill, Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. 68, 1914): 17C transcript of lost register, 13C to 15C, incl. valor 1336 (London unspec.). BL, MS Harl. 2060, ff. 110v–111: extract from preceding.
b. PRO, E315/397, f. 51: survey, c. 1540 (62, but possibly recte 46). PRO SC6/Hen 8/7384–9, 7392–7405: a/cs, 1539–46 (46).
240. Walden, Essex, abbey of St. Mary and St. James
Fd. (as priory) 1136–44; diss. 1538. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in: 42, 75.
a. BL, MS Harl. 3697 (Davis, no. 984): cartulary, late 14C; London refs. on ff. 212v–221, 298 (39, 42, 74, 85, 103, 134).
b. PRO, SC11/202: valor, c. 1540 (London unspec.).
241. Waltham, Essex, abbey of Holy Cross
Fd. (as church) bef. 1060; diss. 1540. London prop. 1392. See R. W. Ransford, 'The Early Charters of Waltham Abbey, Essex, 1062–1230', London Ph.D. thesis, 1983; incl. transcripts from cartularies and PRO Ancient Deeds.
a. BL, MS Harl. 391 (Davis, no. 989): cartulary, c. 1220, with additions; London refs. on ff. 17v, 23, 25v, 80–104v, 120v (21, 37, 108, London unspec.). BL, MS Cotton Tib. C ix, ff. 48–260 (Davis, no. 990): cartulary, 13C with additions, of deeds (21, 37, 53, 108, 142, Kattenelane, London unspec.); f. 229r-v, rental, 13C (as deeds, also 19, 48, 58, Baynards Castle). BL, MS Harl. 3739 (Davis, no. 992): cartulary, 16C, incl. transfer of lands late of Blackmore Priory (diss. 1525) to Waltham (60, 105); see 119, above.
b. PRO, SC12/6/64: valor, c. 1540 (108, London unspec.). PRO, SC11/ 452: valor, 1543–4 (4, 90, 108). PRO, LR2/262, f. 17: rental, 1546 (4, 90, 108). PRO, SC6/Hen 8/964–70, 972–3: a/cs, 1539–46 (4, 90, 108).
242. Warden, Beds., abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1136; diss. 1537. London prop. 1291, 1392, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in 75.
a. Manchester, John Rylands Library, Lat. MS 223 (Davis, no. 998; Cartulary of the Abbey of Old Wardon, ed. G. H. Fowler, Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. 13, 1930): part of 13C cartulary (St. Martin le Grand, Gutter Lane).
b. PRO, SC6/Hen 8/14–29: a/cs, 1537–46 (75).
243. Ware, Herts., priory of St. Mary
Fd. bef. 1081, dep. on abbey of St. Ávroul, Normandy; diss. 1414, and lands transferred to Sheen (220). London prop. 1291, 1392.
In 1291 the estate lay in 51. In 1324 Ware (counted as an alien religious house) had a house in Aldgate ward: PRO, E106/7/18, m. 4.
a. BL, MS Cotton Otho B xiv, ff. 5–149v (Davis, no. 891): 15C inventory of muniments of Sheen, incl. (f. 125) properties formerly bel. to Ware (51).
244. Warwick, hospital
The brothers of the hospital of Warwick (Warr') held land in 54 in 1291; it is not clear which of the 2 or 3 hospitals there was meant.
245. Waverley, Surrey, abbey of B.V.M.
Fd. 1128; diss. 1536. London prop. 1291, 1535.
In 1291 the estate lay in 20.
a. PRO, E315/406, f. 50: valor, prob. c. 1540 (London unspec.).
246. Wells, Dean and chapter
Did not own property in London, but the muniments (not seen) incl. records of the bishop's estates (see 111) and some additional material: see Calendar [of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells (2 vols., HMC, 1907–14)].
a. Wells, Charters 377, 500 (Calendar ii, 628–9, 652): 14C and 15C deeds (149, London unspec.).