The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1

The history of the priory until the second suppression of 1559-60. Includes a chronological account of the priory, as well as information on possessions, rentals and valuations, and abstracts of charters, letters patent and related wills.

St Bartholomew's Priory, Smithfield, Records.

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E A Webb, The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1 (Oxford, 1921), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/st-barts-records/vol1 [accessed 16 April 2025].

E A Webb, The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1 (Oxford, 1921), British History Online, accessed April 16, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/st-barts-records/vol1.

E A Webb. The Records of St. Bartholomew's Priory and St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield: Volume 1 (Oxford, 1921), British History Online. Web. 16 April 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/st-barts-records/vol1.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Corrigenda to volumes 1 and 2 iii
Preface v-viii
List of figures and tables xxii
Records and Authorities: Manuscripts xxiii-xliv
Records and Authorities: Printed Books xliv-lv
Contractions used lv-lvi
List of houses lvii
Introductory: The monastery 1-18
Introductory: The Augustinian order 19-34
Introductory: Priors and rectors 35-36
The founder: To 1123 37-55
The founder: From the Royal Charter (1133) 55-75
The hospital 76-92
The twelfth century: Priors Thomas and Roger 93-100
The twelfth century: Six Royal Charters 100-105
The thirteenth century: To 1255 106-129
The thirteenth century: From 1255 onwards 129-139
The fourteenth century: Prior John de Kensington 140-149
The fourteenth century: Prior John de Pekesden 149-163
The fourteenth century: Prior Edmund de Broughyng 163-165
The fourteenth century: Prior John de Carleton 165-167
The fourteenth century: Prior Thomas de Watford 168-177
The fourteenth century: Prior William Gedeney 178-181
The fourteenth century: Prior John Eyton 181-194
The fifteenth century: Prior John Watford 195-203
The fifteenth century: Prior William Coventry 203-211
The fifteenth century: Prior Reginald Collier 211-219
The fifteenth century: Priors Pulter, Tollerton and Guy 219-222
The sixteenth century: Prior William Bolton 223-238
The sixteenth century: Prior Robert Fuller 238-252
The suppression 253-261
After the suppression (1540-53) 261-276
The resuscitation and second suppression 277-288
Sir Richard Rich 289-297
Bartholomew Fair 298-317
Conventual seals 318-320
Possessions of the priory: Outside London 321-365
Possessions of the priory: City and suburbs of London 365-377
Valuations: Taxation (1291) and Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535) 378-384
Book of Foundation in Middle English: Book 1 385-405
Book of Foundation in Middle English: Book 2 405-427
The Bodleian Rental: Outside London 428-464
The Bodleian Rental: City and suburbs of London 465-477
Royal Charters and Letters Patent 477-489
Other charters and deeds: 1137-1445 489-500
Other charters and deeds: 1539 onwards 500-528
Abstract of wills 528-557