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 SOME 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 ALIEN PRIORIES, 
 
 AND 
 
 OF SUCH LANDS 
 
 AS THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED 
 
 I N 
 
 ENGLAND AND WALES, 
 
 Colle&ed from the MSS. of John War- 
 burton, Efq. and Dr. Ducarf.l. 
 
 A NEW EDITION, 
 IN TWO VOLUMES. 
 
 VOLUME THE FIRST. 
 
 L O N D O N, 
 
 PRINTED EY AMD FOR J. NICHOLS: 
 
 AND SOLD BY C. DILLY, IN THE rOULTRY. 
 
 MDCCLXXXYI.
 
 ISX) 
 
 w, 
 
 [ iii ] <~' g f 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 AS nothing hath hitherto 
 been published which pro- 
 feffedly relates to the Alien 1 Gl- 
 ories and their PofTeflions in 
 this kingdom, it is hoped that 
 the following Collections (by a 
 Gentleman whofe name I am not 
 permitted to mention, and which 
 have fince been confiderably aug- 
 mented by fome other learned 
 friends) will prove acceptable to 
 the Lovers of Englifh Antiquity. 
 They confift of two parts : 
 
 1. Of the cathedrals and re- 
 ligious houfes in Normandy: 
 
 2. Of thofe in other parts of 
 France. 
 
 a 2 Alien 
 
 it
 
 IV P R E F A C EV 
 
 Alien Priories were cells of 
 the religious houfes in England 
 which belonged to foreign mo- 
 il afteries: for when manors or 
 tithes were given to foreign 
 convents, the monks, either to 
 increafe their own rule, or 
 rather to have faithful {rew- 
 ards of their revenues, built a 
 fm all convent here for the re- 
 ception of fuch a number as- 
 they thought proper, and con- 
 ftituted priors over them.. 
 Within thefe cells there was the 
 fame diitinclion as in thofe prio- 
 ries which were cells fubordinate 
 to fome great abbey; fome of 
 thefe were conventual, and, 
 having priors of their own 
 choofing, thereby became entire 
 
 focieties
 
 PREFACE. V 
 
 focieties within themfelves, and 
 received the revenues belonging 
 to their feveral houfes for their 
 own life and benefit, paying 
 only the ancient apport *, ac- 
 knowledgement, or obvention, 
 at firii the furplufage to the 
 foreign houfe; but others de- 
 pended entirely on the foreign 
 houfes, who appointed and re- 
 moved their priors at pleafure. 
 Thefe transmitted all their re- 
 venues to the foreign head 
 houfes; for which reafon their 
 eflates were generally feized 
 to carry on the wars between 
 England and France, and re- 
 
 * Jpportus or apportagium, (from ponare), an 
 acknowledgment, oblation, or obvention to the 
 mother houie or church. Du Cange. 
 
 a 3 ftored
 
 Vi PREFACE. 
 
 flored to them again on return 
 of peace. Thefe alien priories 
 were molt of them founded 
 by fuch as had foreign abbies 
 founded by themfelves or by 
 fonie of their family*. 
 
 The whole number is not 
 exactly afcertained; the Monaf- 
 ticon hath given a lift of ioo; 
 Weever (p. 338) fays no; an 
 account is here given of 146. A 
 few in Normandy, mentioned in 
 Neuliria Pia only, (whofe lands 
 have not yet been difcovered) 
 are fuppofed to have been 
 founded by fome of the ancient 
 Englifli nobility or their de- 
 fendants. 
 
 * Bum's Eccl. Law. art. Monajle'ies. 
 
 Some
 
 PREFACE. Vli 
 
 Some of thefe cells were made 
 indigenous or denizon, or ende- 
 nized #. 
 
 The alien priories were firft 
 feized by Edward I. 1285, on 
 the breaking out of the war be- 
 tween France and England; and 
 it appears from a roll, that Ed- 
 ward II. alio feized them, though 
 this is not mentioned by our hif- 
 torianst; and to thefe the act. of 
 
 reftitution 
 
 * See in the Appendix to vol. II. No. III. 
 two forms o f making a priory denizon, for Thet- 
 ford and Trinity priory, York. 
 
 f In the great roil of Edward III, it is faid, 
 that I dward the father of Edward III- having 
 wars with France, feized the priories of Pantfield 
 and Wells into his hands, and granted the cuf- 
 toiy thereof to Robert de Stokes then prior, of 
 Pantfield, paying the aecuftomed fum of ^.76 
 per unn. Morant, Effex, II. 407. from an ori- 
 ginal roll fuppofed to be in the hands of Sir 
 Martin Wright. Rymer has printed an inftru- 
 
 ment
 
 Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 reftitution i Ed. III. feems to 
 refer - ; . 
 
 In 1337? Edward III. confrf- 
 cated their eltates, and let out the 
 priories themfelves with all their 
 lands and tenements, at his plea- 
 fure, for 23 years f ; at the end of 
 which term peace being conclud- 
 ed between the two nations, he 
 reflored their eflates 1361, as 
 appears by his letters patents to 
 that of Montacute, c. Somerfct, 
 printed at large in Rymer, vol. 
 VI. p. 311. and tranllated in 
 
 ment whereby the king confirms the light of a 
 foreign clean and chapter to prefent to a church 
 in England. Fosd. vol. IV. p. 466. Appendix 
 to vol. 11. No. XL 
 
 *Ciofe Roils 1 E. III. 1327.— Rymer IV. 
 p. 246. Appendix to vol. II. No. IV. 
 
 f Weever, p. 338. Karnes' Hift. of Edw. 
 III. p. 113. Rymcr IV. 777. Appendix to vol. 
 II. No. V. 
 
 Weever's
 
 V R E F A C E. ix * 
 
 Weever's Funeral Monuments, 
 p. 339. and in the Appendix to 
 vol. II. No. VI. At other times 
 he granted their lands, or lay 
 peniions out of them to divers 
 noblemen"''. They were alfo 
 fequeftered during Richard IPs 
 reign, and the head monaf- 
 teries abroad had the kind's li- 
 cence to fell their lands to 
 other religious houfes here, or 
 to any particular perfons who 
 wanted to endow others t« 
 
 Henry IV. began his reign 
 with fire wing fome favour to the 
 
 * Tanner, Not. Mon. pref. x. Dugd. Bar. 
 II. 74. 
 
 + Rymer \ II. 697. Tanner, xi. Appendix 
 to vol. II. No. VII. See an extent of Alien 
 Priories 1, 2, and 3R. II. in the Remembrancer 
 of the Exchequer's office, cited Dugd. War- 
 wickfhire, 2d Edit. I. p. 37. 
 
 % alien
 
 * X PREFACE. 
 
 alien priories, reftoring all the 
 conventual ones, only referving 
 to him in time of war what 
 they paid in time of peace to 
 the foreign abbies *. 
 
 They were all difTolved by 
 act of parliament, 2 Henry V, 
 and all their eftates veiled in the 
 crown except fome lands granted 
 to the college of Fotheringhay. 
 
 The act of diflblution is not 
 printed in the ftatute books, but 
 is to be found entire in Ry- 
 mer's Fcedera IX. 283, and in 
 the Parliament Rolls, vol. IV. p. 
 22, whence it is copied in the 
 Appendix to vol. II. No. IX. 
 
 * RymerVJII. 101, Appendix to vol. II. No. VIII. 
 
 4 In
 
 PREFACE. Xi* 
 
 In general thefe lands were 
 appropriated to religious ufes. 
 
 Henry VI. endowed his foun- 
 dations at Eton and Cambridge 
 with the lands of the alien prio- 
 ries, in purfuance of his father's 
 defign to appropriate them all to 
 a noble college at Oxford--. 
 
 Others were granted in fee 
 to the prelates, nobility, or pri- 
 vate perfons t. 
 
 Such as remained in the 
 crown were granted by Henry 
 VI. 1440, to archbifhop Chich- 
 
 * Gafcoigne v. Rex. Tanner, xii. See in 
 the Appendix to vol. II. No. I. and II. a lift 
 or the lands, See. belonging to alien priories 
 and given to Eton and King's colleges. 
 
 f Pat. 19 Hen. VI. p. 1. m. 30, Rymer X. 
 802. Appendix to vol. II. No. X. 
 
 ley,
 
 * Xli PREFACE. 
 
 ley, Sec, and they became part 
 of his and the royal founda- 
 tions. 
 
 Aug. 3, 1779. 
 
 J.N. 
 
 INTRO-
 
 ( k ) 
 
 I N T R O D UCTION; 
 
 BEING 
 
 A GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
 
 O F 1 H E 
 
 SEVEN NORMAN CATHEDRALS. 
 
 ORMANDY, cue of the 
 moil fruitful provinces in 
 France > except in wine, is bound- 
 ed by the Englifli channel on 
 the North; by Picardy and the 
 ifle of France, on the Eaft : by 
 the Orleannois on the South; 
 and by Britanny and another 
 part of the Englifli channel on 
 Vol. L b the
 
 X INTRODUCTION. 
 
 the Weft: being near 200 miles 
 in length from Eaft to Well, 
 and 100 in breadth from North 
 to South. It was formerly called 
 Neuftria, and is divided in two 
 parts, Upper and Lower. 
 
 Upper Normandy compre- 
 hends the Pais de Caux, Bray, 
 Vexin, Roumais, Champagne, 
 Ouche, Lieuvin, and Auge. — 
 Lower Normandy thofe of Bef- 
 lin, Bocage, Cotentin, Avranchin, 
 and Houme. 
 
 The French geographers fub- 
 divide this province into juris- 
 dictions, generalities, govern- 
 ments, and diocefes; but I fhall 
 confine myfelf to the latter, 
 which are feven in number; 
 
 Rouen,
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. XI 
 
 Rouen, Bayeux, Avranch.es, Ev- 
 reux, Seez, Liiieux, and Cou- 
 tanccs. 
 
 The diocefc of Rouen is one 
 of the largeft and moft confi- 
 derable in the kingdom of France. 
 It is 35 leagues in length, and 
 20 in width, bounded by the fea 
 on the North fide, and within 
 land contiguous to the diocefes 
 of Amiens, Beativais, Paris, 
 Chartres, Evreux, and Liiieux. 
 In that extent are comprehended 
 the Pa'is de Gaux, de Roumois, 
 de Vexin, and de Bray. The 
 city of Rouen, and towns of Di- 
 eppe, Gifors, Caudebec, Havre 
 b 2 de
 
 XU INTRODUCTION. 
 
 de Grace, Montiviiliers, Fefcamp, 
 Andely, Meulan, Pontoiie, Mag- 
 ny, Chaumont, Gournay, Lions, 
 Eu, Aumale, Neufchate:, Arques, 
 Elbeuf, Quillebeuf, and Har- 
 fleur; above 60 bourgs, or bo- 
 roughs ; 1388 pariihes ; fix arch- 
 deaconries; 30 rural deanries ; 
 1 o chapters of canons ; 2 8 ab- 
 beys; and above 100 religious 
 houfes of both fexes. The arch- 
 bifhop of Rouen is primate of 
 Normandy, earl of Dieppe and 
 Louviers, and lord of Gaillon, 
 Frefne, and Deville ; having in 
 thole places Haute Juftice, /. e. 
 a power to judge and determine 
 all civil and criminal caufes 
 (except high treaibn) arifing 
 
 within
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. Xlli 
 
 within the liberty or precindts 
 of thefe places. He collates to 
 nine dignities in the cathedral of 
 Rouen, and to near 60 canonries 
 as well in that chapter as thofe 
 of Andely and St. George. He 
 prefents or nominates to 120 
 churches, 40 chapels, and feveral 
 other benefices, and his annual 
 income is about 50,000 livres. 
 The bilhops of Bayeux, Av- 
 ranches, Evreux, Seez, Lifieux, 
 and Coutances, are his fuffra- 
 gans. 
 
 The fee of Rouen owes its 
 foundation to Mellon, a native 
 of Cardiff in Glamorganfhire, 
 who planted Chriftianity here 
 about the middle of the third 
 b 3 century
 
 XIV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 century. The fird cathedral 
 
 dedicated to the Virgin Mary, 
 
 was built by him about A.D. 
 
 270 ; the prefent by St. Roniain 
 
 about 633, enlarged by Richard 
 
 I. duke of Normandy, 942, b^ 
 
 archbilhop Robert, furnamed 
 
 the Magnificent, 1030, and 
 
 lied by Maurile 1055. The 
 
 2 is in length 210 feet, the 
 
 ir 1 10, and Lady chapel 88 : 
 
 total length from Eaft to Weft 
 
 408 feet: the breadth of the 
 
 e and ailes 03 feet, and the 
 
 length from the pavement to 
 
 the vaulting 94 feet; the tran- 
 
 iept 164 feet from North to 
 
 South ; the center tower, 152 
 
 feet high, rcfts on four pillars, 
 
 each
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. XV 
 
 each 31 feet in circumference, 
 and compofed of 3 1 fmaller pil- 
 lars, and fupports a fpire 380 
 feet high, afcended by 500 fteps, 
 erected 15 14; it has 130 win- 
 dows, three of them in form 
 of rofes or marigolds, and 
 many of them beautifully paint- 
 ed. The archbiihop's throne and 
 the flails are very magnificent, 
 and built t 467. The fcreen be- 
 fore the choir has two handfome 
 chapels, that on the right hand 
 dedicated to our Lady of the 
 Vow by the citizens, in a great 
 plague, about the middle of the 
 14th century. There are 23 
 other chapels. The Lady chapel 
 behind the choir was built by 
 b 4 the
 
 XVI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 the chapter 1302 ; it is 57 feet 
 high, well lighted, and full of 
 magnificent tombs, 
 
 The Weft porch, with its 
 towers, is 170 feet wide ; the 
 three portals loaded with bas- 
 reliefs and niches ftript of their 
 ftatues by the Hugonots 1562: 
 over the middle door was the 
 genealogy of the Virgin. This 
 front being ruinous was taken 
 down 1509, and rebuilt by Cardi- 
 nal d'Amboife, then archbimop. 
 Three of its turrets were blown 
 down in a moft violent hail- 
 ftorm on Midfummer day 1683, 
 which did other damage to this 
 church to a considerable amount. 
 The tour de Beurre, or Butter 
 3 tozcsr.
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. XV11 
 
 tower, on the right hand of the 
 portal, lb called from a papal dif- 
 penfation permitting the contri- 
 butors towards it to rife butter 
 and milk meats during Lent, was 
 begun 1485, and finilhed 1507, 
 near 230 feet high, and contains 
 the great bell called Georges d*Am- 
 boife, cad 1 5 o 1 . The correfpond- 
 ing tower of St. Romain was built 
 as at prefent about 1470, and 
 contains eight bells and a large 
 one. Before the Weft front is 
 an inclofure nearly fquare, called 
 the Porch or Court of our Lady, 
 with a fountain. The two tran- 
 fepts have alfo rich porches 
 with two towers. One of thefe 
 is called the Bookfellers Porch, 
 
 becaufe
 
 XV111 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 becaufe their ill ops were for- 
 merly in it. The other, Portail 
 de la Galende. 
 
 The chapter confifts of the 
 archbifhop, dean, chanter, trea- 
 furer, fix archdeacons, a chancel-* 
 lor, and 50 canons. 
 
 In the middle of the choir is 
 the tomb of Charles V of France, 
 1380, with his figure holding 
 in his hand his heart which is 
 buried here : on the fide of the 
 high altar, the figure of Richard 
 J, king of England, whole heart 
 was alfo buried here: and oppo- 
 fite to him Henry, fon of Hen- 
 ry II, king of England; William 
 his uncle, fan of Geoffrey Plan-* 
 
 tagenet
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. xix 
 
 tagenet and the emprefs Matilda* : 
 John, duke of Bedford, regent 
 of France 1435. In the Lady 
 chapel are monuments of the two 
 Cardinals d'Amboile, uncle and 
 nephew ; Louis de Breze, grand 
 fenefchal of Normandy, and his 
 wife Diana de Poitiers, who had 
 been miftrefs of Henry IV. 
 Card. Defchamps, biiliop of Cou- 
 tances, 141 3; archbifhops Mau- 
 rile 1067, Card. Eftoteville 
 1483, John de Bayeux 1087, 
 William Bonne Ame 1 1 10, Wil- 
 liam de Flavacour 1306, Ralph 
 Rouffei 1452. In the old choir 
 
 * The churches nnd lands in England given 
 to this cathedra] by feveral of our early kings, 
 may be ieen in the Monafticon, vol. Il» p. 1017. 
 See alio Dr. Ducarei's Anglo-Noiinan Anti- 
 quities, p. 23. 
 
 lay
 
 XX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 lay Rollo, firft duke of Nor- 
 mandy, and his fon William 
 Longfpe, the fecond duke, and 
 in the preient nave Sybilla, wife 
 of duke Robert II, 1102. In 
 the choir of this church, the 
 dukes of Normandy were 
 crowned by the archbifhops. 
 
 Rouen has had a mccefiion 
 of upwards of 90 archbifhops. 
 
 See " Les antiquitez 8c fingu- 
 laritez de la vilie de Rouen, par 
 N. Taillepied. Rouen 1587," 
 8°. 8c 1 610, 12 . 
 
 " Chronologic hiftoriale des 
 archeveques de Rouen, par Jean 
 Dadre, ib. 161 8," 8°. 
 
 " Hiftoire des archeveques de 
 Rouen. Rouen 1667," 8c "Hif- 
 toire
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN'. XXI 
 
 toire de Teglife cathedrale de 
 Rouen:" both by P. Pomeraye, 
 1678, 4 . 
 
 "Hiftiore de laville de Rouen. 
 Rouen 1738," 4 vols. 1 2 m °. 
 
 " Hiftoire abregee de Rouen, 
 lb, 1759, " I2 °- 
 
 " Cart^ particuliere du diocefe 
 de Rouen, drefTee fur les lieux, 
 par M. Fremont de Dieppe, fous 
 les yeux et par les ordres de feu 
 M. Jacques Nicolas Colbert ar- 
 cheveque de Rouen ; a Paris, 
 chez le S. Taillot, Geographe du 
 Roy, joignant les Grands Auguf- 
 tins, 1 7 15." In fix large lheets* 
 
 The
 
 XX11 INTRODUCTION, 
 
 The diocefe of Bayeux is 
 above 20 leagues in length, and 
 17 in width, comprehending 
 fome parts of it included with- 
 in other neighbouring ones. It 
 is bounded by the ocean on 
 the North, and furrounded on 
 the other fides by the dioceies of 
 Lifieux, Seez, Avranches, and 
 Coutances, In it are contained 
 the Pais de Berlin, de Bocage, 
 the Gampagne de Caen: the 
 towns of Bayeux, Caen, and 
 Vire, Conde fur Noireau, To- 
 rigny, Tinchebray, and 20 other 
 boroughs; four archdeaconries, 
 17 rural deanries, 14 abbeys, 
 above 40 mon after ies and reli- 
 gious
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. XX1I1 
 
 gious houfes, and 615 parifhes. 
 The income of this biflioprick 
 is above 80,000 livres per an- 
 num. The bifhops of Bayeux 
 are always deans of Caen, and 
 call themfelves prototrones, and 
 fay they are the firft bifhops of 
 Normandy, and that as fuch 
 they have a right to prefide in 
 provincial councils in the abfence 
 of the archbifhop of Rouen. 
 
 " The city of Bayeux, firu- 
 ated on the banks of the little 
 river Aufe, and about a league 
 and an half from the fea, is old 
 and very indifferently built, hav- 
 ing for many years pail been 
 greatly neglected, and is now 
 daily falling to decay. This 
 misfortune is in great meafure 
 
 owing
 
 XXiV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 owing to the flourifhing condi- 
 tion of its neighbour Caen, from 
 whence the diftance is not above 
 eight leagues. At prefent it 
 contains 1 7 parifh churches, in- 
 cluding thofe in the fuburbs, and 
 feven convents, of which three 
 are appropriated for men and 
 four for women. 
 
 " The prefent cathedral, which 
 was erected in the year 1159? 
 by bifhop Philip de Harcourt, 
 and dedicated to the Holy Vir- 
 gin, is large, and built in the 
 form of a crofs, with pointed 
 arches. In the center of the 
 tranfepts is a handfome fquare 
 tower, of a more modern date, 
 furmounted by a light and ele- 
 gant fpire. The portail at the 
 
 Weft 
 
 §'•
 
 
 /><</» ,m oriifthal Drnnina in the po/j-r/j-ton o/'l-'.itm. Turrwr fun." F/b'
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. XXV 
 
 Well end is flanked by two 
 fquare towers, each of which 
 terminates in a very lofty fpire; 
 and the lower part of the whole 
 is formed by five porches. That 
 which is in the middle has a 
 pointed arch formed by five 
 ogives, the reins and mouldings 
 whereof are inriched with carv- 
 ings, reprefenting the figures of 
 mofl of the principal perfons 
 mentioned in the Old and New 
 Teftament The mouldings of 
 the fweeps of all the other 
 porches are plain. In the cen- 
 tre pier of this portail flands a 
 flatue of the Virgin Mary; and 
 on each fide thereof are fix figures 
 of the apo files as large as life. 
 This portail, together with the 
 Vol. I. c ilatues
 
 XXvi INTRODUCTION. 
 
 flatues thereon, appears to be 
 coeval with the prefent cathedral. 
 " The interior part of the 
 church is not adorned with any 
 itatues, or other ornaments ; and 
 the choir, pictures, and painted 
 glafs, are very indifferent. Ac- 
 cording to an old regifler-book 
 of the church, there flood, in 
 the year 1499, juft within the 
 entrance, and on each fide of the 
 portail, two colofTal ftatues ; one, 
 of William the Conqueror, op- 
 pofite to the chapel of St. Giles; 
 the other, of St. Chriitopher, 
 fronting the chapel of the Holy 
 Sepulchre ; but both of them dis- 
 appeared during the ravages made 
 by the Calvinift s. In one of the 
 6 windows,
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. XXVll 
 
 windows, under a figure in 
 painted glafs which reprefents 
 St. Exuperius, who is faid to 
 have founded this bifhoprick fo 
 early as the middle of the third 
 century, are the following ver- 
 fes : 
 
 Primitus hie paftor templi fuit hujus et autor, 
 Catholicamque fidem Northmannis attulit idem. 
 
 " I could not meet with a lin- 
 gle monument or epitaph in this 
 church ; but hiftory tells us, that 
 Agatha, the younger!: daughter 
 of William the Conqueror, dy- 
 ing upon her journey to Spain, 
 whither fhe was going in order 
 to be married to Alphonfo king 
 of Galicia, her body was brought 
 c 2 back
 
 XXviii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 back to her native country, and 
 depofited in this cathedral*. 
 
 u Overagainft the Weft door 
 is a crofs, greatly refembling our 
 Waltham crofs, and erected, as I 
 was informed, upon the very fpot 
 where the Proteftant mob burnt 
 the reliques in 1562. It is or- 
 namented with the ftatues of St. 
 John, St. Malo, and St. Lo. 
 
 " Here I had the fatisfadtion 
 of feeing the famous hiftorical 
 tapeftry, which with great ex- 
 actnefs, though in barbarous 
 needle-work, reprefents the hif- 
 
 * She is reported to have fpent her time fo 
 much in prayer, that her knees were brawned; 
 and that, being affianced to Alphonio, fhe prayed 
 that ihe might die a virgin, which came to pais. 
 Ord. Vitalis. Rob. of Gloucefter. 
 
 tory
 
 DIOCESE OF EAYEUX. XXIX 
 
 tory of Harold king of England, 
 and William duke of Normandy, 
 from the embaiiy of the for- 
 mer to duke William at the 
 command of Edward the Con- 
 feflbr, to his overthrow and 
 death at the battle fought near 
 Haiti ngs ; in which, as appears 
 by the Latin infcriptipn, which 
 ranges in Gothic capitals over the 
 heads of the figures, Odo bifhop 
 of Bayeux*, half-brother to the 
 Conqueror, fought armed cap- 
 a-pie, and behaved very manfully. 
 The ground of this piece of work 
 
 * His great Teal, reprefenting him as a bifhop 
 on one fide, and as an ear! on the other, is en- 
 graved in plate VII. of Dr. Ducarel's Anglc- 
 N-rman Antiquities, p. 75. an J in the Archaeo- 
 lo^ia, vol I. p. 335. 
 
 c 3 is
 
 XXX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 is a white linen cloth or canvas, 
 one foot 1 1 inches in depth, 
 and 212 feet in length. The 
 figures of men, horfes, &:c. are 
 in their proper colours, worked 
 in the manner of famplers, in 
 worried, and in a Gothic ftyle, 
 the human figures being with- 
 out the leaf! fymmetry or pro- 
 portion. 
 
 " There is a received tradi- 
 tion, that queen Matilda, wife of 
 the Conqueror, and the ladies of 
 her court, wove this tapeftry 
 with their own hands. It is an- 
 nually hung up on St. John's 
 day, and goes exactly round the 
 nave of the church, where it 
 continues eight days. At all 
 
 other
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. XXxi 
 
 other times it is carefully locked 
 up in a ftrong wainfcot prefs in 
 a chapel on the South fide of the 
 cathedral dedicated to Thomas 
 Becket, whofe death is there re- 
 prefented in a very indifferent old 
 picture. 
 
 " In an old inventory of the 
 goods of the cathedral of Ba- 
 yeux, taken in the year 1476, 
 this piece of needle-work is en- 
 tered thus: " Une tente tres 
 " longue et etroite, de telle a 
 " broderie de ymages et eferp- 
 " teaulx * faifans reprefentations 
 " du conqueft d'Angleterre ; le- 
 " quelle eft tendue environ la 
 " nef de l'eglife le jour et par 
 " les octaves des reliques." 
 
 * Quaere efcripteau'x, writing, or infcriptions. 
 
 c 4 « The
 
 XXX11 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 " The priefts of this cathedral, 
 to whom I addrefled myfelf for 
 a fight of this remarkable piece 
 of antiquity, knew nothing of it. 
 The circumftance only of its be- 
 ing annually hung up in their 
 church led them to underftand 
 what I wanted: no nerfon there 
 knowing that the object, of my 
 enquiry any ways related to Wil- 
 liam the Conqueror, whom they 
 to this day call duke William." 
 DucarePs Anglo-Norman Anti- 
 quities, p. 70, 80. 
 
 A particular defcription of this 
 curious piece of antiquity may 
 be feen in Montfaucon's Monu- 
 mens de la Monarchic Francoife, 
 torn. I. p. 371 — 3/4* pi. xxxv 
 
 — XLIX.
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. XXXlll 
 XLIX. II. p. I 29. pi. I 
 
 viii. Memoiresde FAcad. des In- 
 fcriptions, &C.IX. 535. XII. 369. 
 1 2 '. where it is ilhiftrated by 
 Monf. Lancelot, and in the ap- 
 pendix to Dr. Ducarei's Anglo- 
 Norman A ntiquities* . 
 
 " Carte Topograph! que da 
 diocefe de Eayeux diviie en fes 
 quatre archdiacones et fes dix- 
 fept doyennes, dedie a Monfig- 
 neur Fillufhiffime et reveren- 
 diffime Paul d' Alert du Luynes, 
 eveque de Bayeux, par Bernard 
 Jaillot;aParis, 1736." It contains 
 alfo " Plan de la ville et faux- 
 bourgs de Caen :" and u Plan et 
 environs de la ville de Bayeux." 
 In two large fheets, 
 
 * This laft account was drawn up by the late 
 Smart Lethieullier, efq; f . R. and A. S. 
 
 The
 
 XXXI V INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The diocefe of Avranches 
 is of no great extent, in length 
 only 14 leagues, and in width 
 eight leagues. It has the fea on 
 the Weft fide, and on the others 
 is contiguous to the diocefes of 
 Coutances, Bayeux, Mans, Ren- 
 nes, and Dol. This diocefe con- 
 tains the Pais d'Avranchin and 
 the environs of Mortain, and is 
 part of the bailywick of Co- 
 tentin. After Avranches, its 
 principal towns are Mortain, le 
 Mont S. Michael, Pontarfon, and 
 St. James. There are 1 2 bo- 
 roughs, two archdeaconries, lix 
 rural deanries, five abbeys, feven 
 other monafleries and religious 
 
 houfes,
 
 DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. XXXV 
 
 houfes, and 180 parifhes. The 
 annual income of the bifhop is 
 about 65,000 livres. The ca- 
 thedral is dedicated to St. An- 
 drew, and was confecrated 1121, 
 by bifhop Turgis, in the pre- 
 fence of Henry II, king of En- 
 gland, and a kind of council ; and 
 its chapter confifls of a dean, 
 chanter, treafurer, fchoolm after, 
 two archdeacons, and 25 canons. 
 [De la Force, Defer, de la France, 
 IX. 61. 519.] 
 
 The learned Huet was bifliop 
 of Avranches. 
 
 The
 
 XXXVI INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The diocefe of Evreux is 
 above 20 leagues in length, and 
 15 in width. It is furrouhded 
 by the archbiQioprick of Rouen, 
 and the bifhopricks of Chartres, 
 Seez, and Lifieux. It contains 
 the Pa'is d'Ouche, de Champagne, 
 and the diilricts called la Cam- 
 pagne de Newbourg, and la 
 Campagne de' St. Andre ; and the 
 towns of Evreux, Vernon, Lou- 
 viers, Pont de L'arche, Elbeuf, 
 Conches, L'Aigle, Brcteiiil, Ver- 
 neiiil, Nonancourt, Ivry, and 
 Pacy : three archdeaconries, T 2 ru- 
 ral deanries, 480 pariflies, 10 ab- 
 beys, and many religious houfes. 
 The annual income of this bi- 
 
 fhoprick
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. XXXVii 
 
 fhoprick is 16,000 livres, and 
 the bifhop is earl of Brofville, 
 Illiers, and Conde fur Iton. 
 
 " Evreux, the Mediolanum of 
 Ptolemy, Ammianus Marcelli- 
 nus, Antoninus, and the Peutin- 
 gerian tables, but called Ebroicum 
 by more modern writers, is con- 
 fidered as one of the moil an- 
 cient cities of Normandy. Un- 
 der the dominion of the Romans, 
 it made part of the fecond Ly- 
 onnoife ; and under the French 
 kings it was included within the 
 kingdom of Neuftria, and there- 
 with ceded by Charles the Sim- 
 ple to duke Rollo. Richard I, 
 duke of Normandy, erected it into 
 an earldom in favour of his fon 
 
 Robert;
 
 XXXV111 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Robert ; upon the failure of whofe 
 heirs male it defcended to Alme- 
 ric, earl of Montfort, fon of Si- 
 mon de Montfort, by Agnes, 
 daughter of Richard, eldeft fon 
 of the before-mentioned Robert, 
 the firft earl of Evreux. Simon, 
 the eldeft fon of this Almeric, 
 earl of Montfort and Evreux, 
 coming into England, married 
 Amicia, one of the filters and 
 coheirs of Robert Fitz-Painel, 
 earl of Leicefter, and in her right 
 obtained that earldom, together 
 with the ftewardfhip of England, 
 in addition to his other titles of 
 earl of Montfort and Evreux. It 
 at prefent belongs to the duke of 
 Bouillon, who took it in exchange 
 for the principality of Sedan. 
 
 " The
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. XXXix 
 
 " The city is iituated in a 
 moil pleafant and fruitful valley, 
 fcreened on the North and South 
 fides by fteep hills, and plenti- 
 fully watered by the river Iton, 
 which divides itfelf into three 
 banches at a fmall diflance from 
 the walls. One of thefe branches 
 turns away North from the city ; 
 another runs on the out fide of 
 the walls, and at a very fmall 
 diftance from them ; and the 
 third, which is an artificial canal, 
 cut at the expence of Joan of 
 France, daughter of Lewis Hutin, 
 and wife of Philip count of Ev- 
 reux, afterwards king of Navarre, 
 panes through the midft of the 
 city. Evreux, including the 
 
 fauxbourgs
 
 Xl INTRODUCTION. 
 
 fauxbourgs, contains nine pa- 
 rishes *, and feveral religious 
 houfes ; of the latter of which the 
 moil remarkable are, the Bene- 
 dictine abbey of St. Taurinus, 
 belonging to the monks of the 
 congregation of St. Maur, and the 
 abbey of the Holy Trinity, and 
 our Saviour in the myftery of the 
 transfiguration, founded for Be- 
 nedictine nuns. 
 
 a The prefent cathedral is de- 
 dicated to the Holy Virgin, and 
 efteemed one of the fmeif. ftruc- 
 tures of its kind in France. It 
 
 * That is, within the city, the parifhesof St. 
 Peter and Sr. Nicholas; and in the fauxbourgs, 
 thofe of Sr. Thomas, St. Dcnys, St. Leger, 
 Notre Dame de la Ronde, St. Aguiline, St. 
 Giles, and St. Germain. 
 
 was
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. xli 
 
 was built by Henry I, king of 
 England, inftead of that laid to 
 have been founded by St. Tauri- 
 nus, bifhop of Evreux, about the 
 year 412, and which, together 
 with rnoft of the churches and 
 public edifices in the place, king 
 Henry, at the time of the con- 
 tefts between him and earl Al- 
 meric, had, in the year 11 19, 
 with the approbation of Ouen, 
 bifhop of the diocefe, caufed to 
 be burnt down, in order to re- 
 duce the city to the neceffity of 
 furrendering to his forces, which 
 had long laid fiege thereto. This 
 cathedral is built in the form of 
 a crofs. The nave and choir 
 are feparated from the chapels 
 Vol. I. d and
 
 Xlii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 and fide ailes by 3 1 elegant pil- 
 lars, 16 on each fide; and the 
 tranfept of the crofs forms an 
 octagonal dome, or lantern ; over 
 which rifes a lofty turret, ter- 
 minated by a fpire, which was 
 erected by Lewis XI, at the in- 
 ftance and under the immediate 
 inflection of the famous cardi- 
 nal Bailie, whilft he was bifhop. 
 At the back of the chancel, and 
 adjoining to the church-yard, 
 are three figures (landing againfc. 
 a pillar, and reprefenting canons 
 of the cathedral, having their 
 heads covered with their amefTes, 
 according to the cuflom of for- 
 mer times. At a little diftance 
 from them, againft another pil- 
 lar,
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. Xliii 
 
 lar, Hands the figure of a fourth 
 canon, bare-headed, and holding 
 his hand upon his heart, in token 
 of repentance. Tradition fays 
 that this laft figure was deligned 
 to reprefent a canon, who, being 
 convicted of herefy, was excom- 
 municated, and deprived of his 
 ecclefiaflical benefices, but hav- 
 ing afterwards abjured his errors, 
 was reconciled to the church, 
 and reftored to his former rights 
 and privileges. To this it is ad- 
 ded, that the chapter, in order to 
 perpetuate the memory of that 
 tranfadtion, infifted, at the time 
 of the rebuilding of the cathe- 
 dral, by Henry I, king of En- 
 gland, that thefe figures fhould 
 d 2 continue
 
 XHV INTRODUCTION. 
 
 continue fixed to the pillars of 
 the church. 
 
 " The chapter of this cathe- 
 dral confifts of 3 1 canons, among 
 which they reckon feven digni- 
 taries, viz. the dean, the grand 
 chanter, the three archdeacons of 
 Evreux, Newbourg, and Ouche; 
 the treafurer, and the peniten- 
 tiary *. Eight of thefe canons 
 being eftablifhed upon the old 
 foundation are ftyled barons, on 
 account of the barony of Anger- 
 ville which belongs to them. 
 Next in rank to the dignitaries, 
 is the abbat of Bee; to whofe 
 
 * The dean is ele&ed by the chapter; but all 
 the other dignitaries and canons are in the col- 
 lation of the bifhop. 
 
 office
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. xlv 
 
 office a canonry in this cathedral 
 is perpetually annexed. 
 
 " The abbey dedicated to St. 
 Taurinus ltands near the fpot 
 where that fainted bifhop was 
 interred. Behind the chancel 
 of the abbey-church, at the 
 depth of about eight feet from 
 the furface, is a vault to which 
 you defcend by two flights of 
 flairs, each confiding of fix lteps ; 
 and within it is a tomb, which, 
 as the monks aver, was the de- 
 pofitory of St. Taurinus. It is 
 continually vifited with great de- 
 votion by the neighbouring in- 
 habitants, who are fully per- 
 fuaded, that by the interceflion 
 of the faint they lhall receive a 
 d 3 cure
 
 Xlvi INTRODUCTION* 
 
 cure for every diforder where- 
 with they are afflicted." Duca- 
 rel's Anglo-Norm. Antiq. p. 85. 
 
 The diocefe of Seez is 25 
 leagues in length, and between 
 eight and 10 in breadth. It is 
 furrounded by the bifhopricks of 
 Lifieux, Evreux, Mans, and Bay- 
 eux. It contains the Pa'is du 
 Houme and des Marches, and 
 part of the country of Perche : 
 the towns of Seez, Alencon, Ar- 
 gentan, Falaife, Hiefmes, Mor- 
 tagne, and Belleme, Trim, Ecou- 
 chey, Carrouge, EfTey, Moulins, 
 and feveral other boroughs ; five 
 archdeaconries, fix rural dean- 
 
 ries,
 
 DIOCESE OF SEEZ. Xlvii 
 
 ries, many abbeys and religious 
 houfes, and 500 parifhes. Its 
 annual income is 10 or 12,000 
 livres. The cathedral, dedicated 
 to the martyrs Gervafius and 
 Protafius, is a handfome build- 
 ing, and one of its chapels is a 
 parifh church. The chapter con- 
 lifts of a provoft, chanter, prin- 
 cipal archdeacon and four others, 
 16 canons, and four demi- pre- 
 bends. The chapter was fecu- 
 larized 1547, and all thefe be- 
 nefices are in the gift of the bi- 
 fhop; the canonries are worth 
 4 or 500 livres each. 
 
 The city for want of trade is 
 
 almoft deferted . It has four other 
 
 d 4 parifhes,
 
 Xlviii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 parifhes, a BenediAine abbey, a 
 convent of Cordeliers, &c. 
 De la Force, IX. 75. 550. 
 
 The diocefe of Lisieux, fir ft 
 founded by Litard, contains 580 
 parifhes, and four archdeaconries. 
 It is near 20 leagues in length, 
 and 1 5 in breadth. It is bounded 
 on the North by the fea and the 
 river Seine, and is contiguous to 
 the diocefes of Rouen, Evreux, 
 Seez, and Bayeux. It contains 
 the Pais d'Auge and de Lieuvin ; 
 the towns of Lifieux, Pont-Au- 
 demer, Harfleur, Pont-1'Eveque 
 and Bernay, Orbec, Montreiiil, 
 le Sap, Vimoutier, Cormeille, 
 
 Ton que,
 
 W.I/.xLvni 
 
 Fro-m an (matrta£ -Dnzwvna cam m/t ntrsr/es/ ty it £t?7'r'e<>/i07i</0/i£-.
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. xlix 
 
 Tonque, and feveral other bo- 
 roughs; four archdeaconries, 14 
 rural deanries, eight abbeys, di- 
 vers monafleries, and 580 pa- 
 rities. The bifhop, who is earl 
 of Lifieux, collates to many be- 
 nefices : feveral of which are in 
 the city of Rouen, and enjoys an 
 annual income of 40,000 livres. 
 
 De la Force, IX. 78. 
 
 ic Lifieux is a fmall city of 
 Upper Normandy, and in the 
 generality of Rouen, pleafantly 
 lituated on the river Tonque. 
 This city, which was efteemed 
 the capital of the Pais de Lieu- 
 vin whilft that country was 
 under the government of the 
 French kings, is now the pro- 
 perty
 
 1 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 perty and fee of the biihop, who 
 is alfo earl of Lifieux. His di- 
 ocefe is one of the mofl confi- 
 derable in the province. 
 
 " The cathedral makes but 
 an indifferent appearance, but 
 contains fome tolerably good mo- 
 numents. In the choir is a brafs 
 monument for one Hannuier, an 
 Englifhman ; and another, of 
 white marble, erected for Wil- 
 liam d'Eftouteville, founder of 
 the college de Lifieux at Paris. 
 In the chapel of the Holy Vir- 
 gin ftands the tomb of the 
 founder, Peter Couchon, biihop 
 of Beauvais, who, in reward for 
 the judgment which he as fu- 
 preme judge gave in the cafe of 
 
 the
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. li 
 
 the Maid of Orleans, obtained 
 the bifhoprick of Lifieux. The 
 bifhop, however, afterwards re- 
 penting of what he had done in 
 that matter, built this chapel, 
 and therein founded a high mafs 
 to the Holy Virgin, which is 
 fung daily by the chorifters, in 
 order, as it is exprefTed in his 
 foundation- charter, to expiate 
 the falfe judgment which he 
 gave in the above-mentioned 
 cafe. 
 
 " The canons of this church, 
 by virtue of a compact between 
 them and the bifhop, enjoy the 
 extraordinary privilege of being 
 earls of Lifieux, with the full 
 exercife of all civil and criminal 
 
 jurifdidtion
 
 lii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 jurifdiction within the earldom, 
 during the vigil and feaft-day of 
 St. Urfinus in every year. In 
 order to perpetuate this right, 
 two of the canons elected by the 
 chapter for that purpofe having 
 on the vigil of the faint drefTed 
 themfelves in their furplices, co- 
 vered with bandaleers of flowers, 
 and holding nofegays in their 
 hands, mount on horfeback at 
 the great door of the cathedral, 
 and ride to each of the four gates 
 of the city, preceded by two 
 mace-bearers, two chaplains, and 
 twenty- five halberdiers armed 
 with helmets and cuirafTes, and 
 followed by all the officers of 
 juftice on horfeback, clothed in 
 6 their
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. liii 
 
 their proper habits, covered with 
 bandaleers of flowers, and carry- 
 ing nofegays in their hands. As 
 foon as thefe canons arrive at the 
 city-gates the keys are delivered 
 up to them ; and they there port 
 a proper guard of their own, in 
 lieu of that of the archbifhop, 
 which, on the delivery of the 
 keys to the canons, immediately 
 marches out. All cuftoms pay- 
 able within the city, and the 
 profits of the fair therein held 
 on St. Urfinus's day, belong to 
 thefe two canonical earls ; in 
 confideration of which they 
 deliver to each of the other 
 canons a loaf of bread and two 
 flagons of wine: and, in cafe 
 
 any
 
 liv INTRODUCTION. 
 
 any poft or place of profit within 
 the earldom becomes vacant dur- 
 ing thefe two days, they have the 
 fole right of nomination and pre - 
 fentation thereunto *. 
 
 " Here is a Benedictine nun- 
 nery, founded in the year 
 1050, by Lefceline countefs of 
 Eu, with the affiftance of her 
 fons, earl Robert, and Hugh 
 bifliop of Lifieux. The latter 
 lies buried at the entrance of the 
 choir; and on the wall adjoining, 
 is an infcription, in which he is 
 called founder of that nunnery." 
 Ducarel's Anglo-Norman Antiq. 
 p. 47. 
 
 * The vigil and feaft of St. Urfinus are cele- 
 brated on the 10th and nth of June. 
 
 The
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. Iv 
 
 The bifhop of Lifieux had 
 lands in England in the hundreds 
 of Cote/Ian, and Mo/elai, Buck- 
 inghamshire ; at Fezva, Dimetery, 
 and Bertone, in Oxford (hire ; 
 Etune and Sumreford [one of the 
 Somerfords] Wiltfhire. 
 
 He alfo pofTefTed lands at Ttf- 
 rente[ono. of the Tarants], Prefle- 
 /&7^[Prefton], and Gw^[Comb], 
 c. Dorfet. 
 
 At Redbour?ie in Hertfordshire. 
 
 See Domefday in the re- 
 fpecfive counties. 
 
 At the time of the Conquefl 
 Hugh de Eu was bifhop. He 
 was fon of the earl of Auge, and 
 brother to Robert earl of Auge 
 and William de SoifTons ; a pre- 
 late
 
 Ivi INTRODUCTION. 
 
 late not more eminent for his 
 noble defcent than for his pro- 
 bity. He feems to have died 
 1087. 
 
 The canons were pofTefTed of 
 lands at Devrel and Horningef- 
 ham, and of the church of Al- 
 ware/berie. See Domefday, 
 Wiltefcire. 
 
 The diocefe of Coutances is 
 25 leagues in length, and be- 
 tween eight and 10 in width. 
 It is bounded by the fea on the 
 Weft, North, and part of the 
 Eaft lides, and is contiguous to 
 the diocefes of Bayeux and Av- 
 ranches. It contains le Pais de 
 
 C6tentin ;
 
 rHOCESE OF COUTAXCES. Ivii 
 
 Cotentin ; the towns of Coutan- 
 ces, St. Lo, Granville, Cafenfan, 
 Vallogne, and Cherbourg ; 24 
 boroughs, amongft others, Ville 
 Dieu, Periers, St. Sauveur le Vi- 
 comte, Monteburg, and Brique- 
 bec ; four archdeaconries, 22 
 rural deanries, 10 abbeys, 24 
 raonafteries and religious houfes, 
 and 550 parifhes. The annual 
 income of this bifhopric is 
 25,000 livres French money*. 
 
 The cathedral ftands on the 
 fummit of the hill in the centre 
 of the town. It was begun in 
 1047 ,and William theConqueror . 
 aflifted at the dedication. The 
 
 * A F ench livre is worth eigh teen-pence 
 Englifh money. 
 
 Vol. I. e great
 
 Iviii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 great tower affords one of the fineft 
 profpedts imaginable. The town 
 is large, but the convents form a 
 considerable part of its ilze, and 
 the religions of different orders 
 great part of its inhabitants. As 
 it is two leagues from the fea, 
 and has no navigable river, it has 
 no commerce : but fome few pro- 
 vincial noblefTe refide in it a . 
 
 At the making of Domefday 
 the buTiop of Goutances pof- 
 fefTed the following manors and 
 lands in Somerfetfhire : Dou/es, 
 Cajfecome, Hafecumbe, Stocbes, 
 EJfetune, Winemerefham, Chete- 
 nore, Widicumbe, Harpetreu, Hg- 
 tune^ Likbere, Wintreth, Aifeco?ne^ 
 Chitpne, ^feme/bare, Nor tone, Clive- 
 
 3 Wraxall's Tour at the end of his Memoirs of 
 the Houic of Vaiois, II. 197, 198. 
 
 1 bam>
 
 DIOCESE OF COUTANCES. lix 
 
 bant) Ferenberge, Cliveware, Bic- 
 heurde, Bifcopewrde, Wejlone, San- 
 ford, EJione, Porte/be, Wejlone, 
 Clotune, Atigetee, Cbeu, Bacoile, 
 Bud/come, Berve, Porberle, Ef- 
 tune, Firford, Lancheris, IViche, 
 Wilege, Contone, IVerocofale, Wen- 
 fre, Fufcote, Stratone, Englif- 
 come, Tuvertone, Stoche, Hardin- 
 tone, Babingtone, Millefcote, Lo- 
 ll gt one, Horceriei, Tables ford. Rode, 
 Calvel, Uteltone, Nivetone, Fe- 
 rentone, EJione, Herpetreu, Amel- 
 berge, Cbingejlone, Camelei, Flel- 
 getreu, Opetone, Megele, Were- 
 grave, and Stanwelle. 
 
 In Devonfhire, Exeter, Barnjla- 
 
 pie, Aijfe, Mertone, Frammjlone^ 
 
 CHJle,Bovi, Cor i ton, Hermodefzvord, 
 
 Hortone, Herewode, Engejleeote, 
 
 e 2 Bo cb eland,
 
 IX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Bocbeland, Her/ege, Reldreudiland, 
 Tprjewts, Hore-zvod, Uluretone 7 
 Raweberge, Buldrintone, Bolenei^ 
 Limet,Co/n'ge, Matingebo, Pillande, 
 IViltone, Dune, Hagintone, Rade- 
 lie, Metcome, Braia, Bera, Celde- 
 come^ Witefelle, Bur ietef come, Pat- 
 fole> Cbeneoltcne, Welland, We- 
 dickefwelle, Eilevefcote^ Staveford, 
 Gretedone, JFenneham, Held, Brai y 
 Norcote, Bredvicbe, Fendefbott, 
 Norcote, JValeurde, Warcome, 
 Middellone, Stodles, Bocbe/and, 
 Bremerige, dire, Pleiftov, Failed 
 Bedentone, Moliande, Anejlige^ 
 Bocb eland, Rodelie, Cbageford, Ta in- 
 come, Branfortune, Revve, Ni- 
 rejfe> U/peJ/e, Cridie, Morcetb, 
 Sprewe, Come, Cehertejl-erie, Stol- 
 ki 7 Bradel/e, T'ulebrige, JVicbe, 
 
 Uluredintune,
 
 DIOCESE OF COUTANCES. lxi 
 
 yiuredintune, Elcbejbere, Pedebel, 
 Farewei, Surintone, Meleford, 
 fforne, Cbemeworde, IValcome, 
 Sutecomc, "Tapelie, Cits, Crezve/eeb, 
 Kineftanedone, Cbeletone, Teigne, 
 Langehewisy Pojejlewe, 
 
 In Buckinghamfhire, Rande, 
 Deneforde, Wadenho, Scaldewelle, 
 Hargindone, Hifham, Clipeftone, 
 Hocecote, Bur tone T'/ngdene, Wen- 
 d/esberie, Nezvetone, Edintone, 
 JVodeforde, Trapeflone, St an ere, 
 Lubzvic, I/Iep, Hortone, Crevel- 
 tone, Finemere, Hedham, Sci- 
 defwelle, Glintone, Oitone, Hortone 
 Egforde, Wermelle, Lotegarfer, 
 Ofoonge, MerJIone, Stivelai, Se- 
 pineftone, Etone, Linforde, Late- 
 beriej Telingbam, Stocbes, We/lone, 
 Olnei, Eaunendene, Cljjlonc, Se- 
 rintone, Ambretone, 
 
 In
 
 Ixii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Ill Bedfordshire, Cbenotinga, 
 MelceburrtCy Dejia, Giveldene, 
 Efeltone, Eflone, Rife/ai, Bui- 
 cbe/ire, Neunentone ; the hun- 
 dred of Wilga, Torna!) Heneunic % 
 Sernebroc, Rifedene. 
 
 In Gloucefterfhire, A&une, 
 HanbrdCj Eftocb, Didintone, Wa- 
 pefie, Lega, Herdicote, Dodin- 
 tone. 
 
 Alfo at Grendefberie in Leicef- 
 terfhire, at Filungelel in War- 
 wickfhire, at Draicoie, Witten- 
 bam, Winefel, Mamejberie> Perte- 
 wofde, Lite/tone, Wintreburne in 
 Wiltfhire, at Winter bur ne> Dor- 
 fet, and at Carione in Berkfhire. 
 
 The canons of Coutances had 
 like wife lands at Winterburne y 
 Dorfet. 
 
 LIST
 
 [ bdii 3 
 
 t* 
 
 LIST OF ALIEN PRIORIES 
 IN THE FIRST VOLUME. 
 
 Almenefches, 101 
 
 St. Amand, 6 
 
 Ardene, 134 
 
 Ste Barbe en Auge, 98 
 
 Aunaj', 136 
 
 Barbery, 141 
 
 Beaubec, 41 
 
 Beaulieu, 59 
 
 Bee, 22 
 
 Belle Eftoiile, 143 
 
 Bellofane, 57 
 
 Bernay, 84 
 
 Bival, 43 
 
 Bonport, 76 
 
 Le Breuil Benoilt, 73 
 
 Caen, 125 
 
 Ceriiy l'Abbaie, 120 
 
 Conches, 77 
 
 Cordillon, 142 
 
 Cormeille, 95 
 
 La Croix St. Leufray, 6^ 
 
 L'Eftree, 75 
 
 St. Evrau, 81 
 
 Fefcamp, 8 
 
 Fontenay, 122 
 
 Fontaine Guerard,48 
 
 Foucarmont, 44 
 
 Coffers en Foreft, 119 
 
 Gomer Fontaine, 60 
 Graville, 51 
 Greftein, 87 
 Jumieges, 15 
 Lieu Lieu, 56 
 Lire, 66 
 Lille Dieu, 54 
 Longues, 139 
 Longueville, 37 
 Lonlay, 104 
 La Luzerne, 154 
 Marcheroux, 39 
 St. Martin de Scez, 109 
 Mondaye, 99 
 Montmorel, 157 
 Mont St. Michael, 145 
 Montvilliers, 20 
 Mortain, 156 
 Mortemer en Lions, 45 
 La Noue, 74 
 St. Ouen, 1 
 Pavilly, 14 
 
 St. Pierre fur Dive, 107 
 Le Pleffis Grimoult, 135" 
 Pontoife, 34 
 Preaux, 90 
 Reflbns, 40 
 S. Saens, 19 
 
 Scivigny,
 
 [ lxiv ] 
 
 Savigny, i^o Le Val, 140 
 
 SauiTeufe, 4.9 Le Val Dieu, 11S 
 
 Silly, 117 Le Val Richer, 1 jS 
 
 S. Taurin, 63 La Valaffe, 50 
 
 Le Threlbr, 58 Valemont, 52 
 
 Torigny, 144. LaVallee, 72 
 
 La Trappe, 116 St. Victor en Caux, 32 
 
 Treport, 36 Vignats, 115 
 
 Tiouarn, 123 Yvry, 70 
 
 SOME

 
 C i ] 
 
 SOME 
 
 ACCOUNT 
 
 O F T H £ 
 
 ALIEN PRIORIES. 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN* 
 
 S. A U D O E N U S. 
 ST. O U E N. 
 
 QT. Ouen is a royal abbey, in the 
 ^ eity of Rouen, probably the 
 oldeft in Normandy, founded about 
 A.D. 538, by king Clotaire I. who 
 placed therein fome Benedictine 
 Monks. Being deftroyed by the 
 Normans, it was, about 841, re^ 
 ftored by Rollo, who was become a 
 Chriftian, arid it was much improved by 
 B Richard
 
 2 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. ST. OUEtf. 
 
 Richard I and II. dukes of Normandy. 
 The church, built about 1126, being 
 burnt down in 1 136, Richard I. king 
 of England, and Matilda the emprefs, 
 rebuilt it. It was a fecond time de- 
 ftroyed by fire in 1248, and the pre- 
 fent magnificent church was begun in 
 131 8 byAbbat John Rouffel. This 
 abbey enjoys many privileges, and no- 
 minates or prefents to nine priories, 
 eighty parifhes, and feven chapels. 
 Its annual income is 70,000 livres. 
 
 Monaft. Angl. torn. II. 943. 13. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 1. 
 
 The monks of St. Audoen at Rouen 
 had the manor of Merfey, or Weil 
 Merfey, in Eflex, by the gift of king 
 Edward the Confeflbr ; upon which 
 were fettled there a convent of Bene- 
 2 diclines,
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 3 
 
 ST. OUEN". DIOCESE OF ROUEN'. 
 
 di&ines, and it became a cell to that 
 foreign abbey ; and was afterwards 
 granted by them to archbifhop Chi- 
 chele and William Chichele arch- 
 deacon of Canterbury. The grant is 
 printed in Dr. Ducarel's Norman An- 
 tiquities, p. 26. 
 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 118. 
 
 Patent. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 34. De falvis gardiis pro 
 abbate et conventu abbatias Sancli 
 Audoeni Rothomagi. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 27. De reflitutione tem- 
 poralium abbati et conventui Sancli 
 Audoeni Rothomagenfis. 
 
 Pat. 4 H. V. m. 18. De confirma- 
 tione pro hominibus Sancli Audoeni 
 de Rothomago. 
 
 B 2 The
 
 4 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. ST. OUE1T, 
 
 The church is 416 feet long, in- 
 cluding the Lady chapel behind the 
 choir; the nave is 244 feet, the choir. 
 102, and the Lady chapel 62; the 
 nave is 34 feet broad, and 100 high 5 
 the fide ailes each 44 feet wide, 
 and the tranfept 130 feet long. The 
 choir is furrounded by nine chapels, 
 including the Lady chapel; and over 
 the crofs is a tower 240 feet from 
 the ground, furrounded by a crown. 
 This church is the burial place of the 
 archbifhops of Rouen, but contains 
 no remarkable monuments. The 
 cloifler was built 1 130, and the refec- 
 tory 1250. Both the abbey and the 
 church have hardly recovered the 
 damage they fuftered in 1683, from a 
 violent ftorm of wind *. 
 
 * Defcript. de la haute Normandie. Par. 1741. 
 4to. tern. ii. p. 35- — 41.- 
 
 Seven
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. $ 
 
 ST. OlIN. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 Seven large prints, reprefenting 
 views of the infide and outfide of this 
 fine church, and likewife of the mo- 
 naftery, have been publilhed in 
 " L'Hiftoire de L'Abbaye Roy ale 
 " de S. Ouen de Rouen, par un 
 " Religieux Benediclin de la Con- 
 f * gregation de St. Maur. Rouen, 
 " 1662," Foh in which are feveral 
 charters and feals, &c. of the ancient 
 Kings and Englifh Nobility. 
 
 B 3 S. AMAN-
 
 6 SOME ACCOUNT OF 1 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. ST. AMAKft 
 
 S. A M A N D U S, 
 
 ST. A M A N D. 
 
 ST. Amand, a Benedictine Nun- 
 nery, founded in the city of Rouen, 
 A. D. 66 1, by Clovis II. augmented 
 1030, by Goflelin Vicomte d'Arques 
 & Emmeline his wife. Annual in- 
 come 30,000 livres, and prefentation 
 to 17 churches. 
 
 Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 949. 52. 
 
 Neufhia Pia, p. 185. 
 
 Hifloire de l'Abbaye de St. Amand 
 de Rouen par un Religieux Bene- 
 diclin de la Congregation de St. Maur. 
 Fol. Rouen, 1662, with many 
 Charters, &c. of the old Kings and 
 Englifh Nobility. 
 
 Rot. Pat. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 1. 
 
 Rex
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 7 
 
 ST. AMAND. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 Rex fufcepit in falvam gardiam re- 
 ligiofas mulieres abbatiae Sancti 
 Amandi. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 27. De falva gardia pro ab- 
 batifla & conventu monafterii Sancti 
 Amandi de Rouen. 
 
 Ibid. De reftitutione temporalium 
 abbatiffas & conventui abbatiae San£ti 
 Amandi de Rouen factis. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 41. De falvis gardiis pro 
 abbatiffa & conventu Sancli Amandi de 
 Rouen. 
 
 This abbey was burnt, 11 26; the 
 church a fecond time, 1248 ; but re- 
 built again as it now ftands, 1254; 
 the tower, which was 80 feet high, 
 fell and beat down the roof of the 
 B 4 nave
 
 8 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 PIOCESE OF ROUEN. ST. AMAND. 
 
 nave 1569. One of the abbeffes, in 
 1 700, re-built great part of the houfe, 
 but the whole was deftroyed by fire 
 
 nine years after *. 
 
 fiscVnum. 
 
 F E S C A M P. 
 
 FESCAMP is a town and fea-port 
 in the Pais de Caux, fourteen or fif- 
 teen leagues from Rouen. Its abbey 
 was founded for nuns- by count 
 Waning, governor of the Pais de Caux, 
 A. D. 664. It was burnt 03^ the Nor- 
 mans 841, and rebuilt by Richard I. 
 duke of Normandy > whofe fon, Robert 
 archbifhop of Rouen, dedicated it 990. 
 
 * Deicript. de la Noraiandie. II. p. 42. 4*. 
 
 7 Richard
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 9 
 
 rESCAMP. DIOCESE OF ROUIN. 
 
 Richard II. duke of Normandy remov- 
 ing thefe nuns to Montivilliers, placed 
 here in their ftead fome canons, and 
 fometime afterwards monks of the order 
 of St. Benedicl. This abbey enjoys fe- 
 veral very confiderable privileges. Some 
 authors call it amplijfuna & opulen- 
 tijjima. It prefents to 130 benefices, 
 as well in the diocefe of Rouen as 
 thofe of Bayeux, 'Lifieux, Coutances, 
 Chartres, and Beauvais. It enjoys 
 fo many eftates, that its income is 
 faid to be 40,000 crowns per an- 
 num. It is at prefent held in com- 
 mendam by the cardinal de la Roche- 
 focaud archbifhop of Rouen ; who en- 
 joys from it an income of more than 
 four thoufand pounds, fterling, and 
 holds with it the abbey of Clugny, 
 
 of
 
 jo SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 IHOCESE OF ROUEN. F.ESCAMP* 
 
 of which order he is general. It has 
 2 noble library, well itored with ma- 
 liufcripts ; and amongft its archives are 
 many original charters, deeds, &c. of 
 William the Conqueror and feveral 
 of his fucceffors. This large and mag- 
 nificent church is %j6 feet long and 
 70 high ; the tranfept, including the 
 chapel of St. Thomas, or The Precious 
 Blood *, 120 feet long; the tower 
 200 feet high. Part of it was burnt 
 1460, but foon repaired. One of the 
 monks began the fcreen about 1500, 
 raid built the chapel dedicated to the 
 death of the Virgin, which is a 
 mailer-piece, and adorned with an 
 
 * Some of the earth, itained with our Saviour's 
 bl >d, is preferred there, brought over by Nico- 
 us's nephew, and buried under a fig-tree, 
 ■ncc the name cf Fifcamp, quanta campus. 
 
 hiftorical
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. ir 
 
 frESCAMP. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 hiftorical carving. The cloifter was 
 built 1 71 2. Cathedral fervice is per- 
 formed in this church, in which are 
 the tombs of duke Richard I. and II. 
 repaired 1 5 1 8 ; of Richard, infant 
 fon of the former, and of William, 
 third fon of the latter ; Margaret, be- 
 trothed to Robert fon of William the 
 Conqueror, who died 1060; Alard 
 III. earl of Bretagne, 1040 ; Abp. Of- 
 mond, and a lady Judith *. 
 
 Part of the antient nunnery church 
 was retained on the rebuilding. Wil- 
 liam de Ros, third abbot, rebuilt all 
 the upper part in a better tafte, and 
 enlarged the nave, which was not 
 •finiiried till 1 200, and one of his fuc- 
 ceflbrs at the beginning of the next 
 
 * Defcript. de Norm, tcm, I. 89 — 98. 
 
 century,
 
 i* SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. FESCAMP. 
 
 century, compleated the chapels round 
 the choir. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 949, 
 10. 971. b. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 1 93. 
 
 At Cogges in Oxfordfhire was an 
 alien priory of Black Monks, belong- 
 ing to this abbey. Tanner's Notitia, 
 p. 418. 
 
 King Edward the Confeflbr gave 
 to this abbey lands at Steyning in Suf- 
 fex, which were taken away by earl 
 Godwin, and reftored by king William 
 the Conqueror ; and thereupon fome 
 Benedictine Monks fent from that 
 foreign houfe made an alien priory here. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 550. 
 
 Rotulus Normanniae de anno 
 5 Hen. V. Rex conceffit Thomae, epif- 
 
 copo
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 13 
 
 FESCAMP. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 copo Dunelmenfi, & aliis, omnes pof- 
 femones, &c. qu« fuerunt Abbatiae de 
 Fefcampo in Normannia, in comitatu 
 de SufYex & alibi infra regnum Angliae. 
 Vide membranam 8, dorfo. 
 
 Patent. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 36. Rex fufcepit in pro- 
 tedtionem viros religiofos Abbatiae de 
 Fefcamp, & homines ac pofleffiones 
 fuas. 
 
 Ibid. m. ^S' -D e cuftodia tempo- 
 ralium Abbatiae de Fefcamp commifTa 
 priori & monachis ibidem. 
 
 Clauf. iH.IV. p. 2. m. 19. Pro 
 Abbathia de Fefcamp de libertatibus 
 allocandis* 
 
 PAU-
 
 H SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. PAVILLY. 
 
 P A U L I A C U M. 
 . PAVILLY. 
 
 PAVILLY, a town fituate in a 
 valley four leagues from Rouen, has a 
 priory dedicated to Saint Auftreberta, 
 who died abbefs there, A. D. 704, and 
 for whom the people in that neigh- 
 bourhood have a high veneration. This 
 priory was founded A. D. 664, by 
 Amalbert, lord of the place, for nuns, 
 who were driven out by the Normans, 
 A. D. 1000; but being deftroyed, was 
 reftored about the end of the ninth 
 century, and given to Benedictine 
 monks ; but in 1 7 1 3 it was united 
 to the Carthuhan priory at Rouen. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 326. Defc. de la 
 Normandie, II. p. 267. 270. 
 
 gem E-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 15 
 
 JUMIECES. DIOCESE OF ROUS*. 
 
 GEMETICUM, 
 
 GEMETICENSE. CCENOBIUM. 
 
 J U M I E G E S. 
 
 An ancient and famous Benedictine 
 
 abbey in the town of Jumieges, fituate 
 
 on the river Seine, founded A. D. 664, 
 
 by St. Philibert and king Clovis II. 
 
 The annual income is 40,000 livres. 
 
 Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 948. 64. 
 977. a. 
 
 Neuflria Pia, pag. 259. 
 
 At Hailing, in Hampfhire, was a 
 cell of Benedictine Monks belonging to 
 this abbey. Tanner's Notitia, p. 1 59. 
 
 Rot. Normanniae de anno 8 Hen.V. 
 
 pars prima, m. 26, 25, & 24. De 
 
 confirmatione antiquarum fcriptura- 
 
 rum pro abbate & conventu de Gem- 
 
 meticis. 
 
 Patent,
 
 16 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEW. JUMIEGE5. 
 
 Patent. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 34. De falvis gardiis pro 
 viris religiofis Abbatiae San£ti Petri 
 de Gemeticis. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V* 
 pars 2. m. 13. De temporalibus ref- 
 titutis abbati & conventui abbatiae StL 
 Petri de Gemeticis. 
 
 This monaflery was burnt by the 
 Normans in 841 and 85 1. The church, 
 dedicated to the Virgin, re-built 1 040 
 by abbat Robert IL archbifhop of Can- 
 terbury, is 265 feet long, by 63 wide ; 
 the choir being 43 i. feet long, and 3 i 
 wide ; the Lady chapel 63 feet long 
 by 27 and 40 high. The centre tower 
 124 feet high, lupported a beautiful 
 fpire covered with lead, but taken 
 
 down 1573, t0 *~ ave *h e eX P ence °^ 
 
 repair
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 17 
 
 TCMIEGES. ' DIOCESE OF ROVES*. 
 
 repair. The cloifter, re-built 1530, 
 is efteemed a fine building, though 
 the fides are of unequal lengths. The 
 guard-room of Charles VII. 102 feet 
 by 33, is much admired, and is the 
 only remains of the apartments where 
 that great prince refided, between the 
 dormitory and refectory. In the church 
 are the tombs of two abbots, St. Hugh 
 of Jumieges and Albert abbat of St. 
 Menain and de Mici, Robert, monk of 
 this houfe, afterwards bifhop of Lon- 
 don and archbimop of Canterbury, 
 who died here 105 1. In the Lady 
 chapel is the heart and bowels of 
 Agnes Sorel miitxefs of Charles VII. 
 who died at Menil, a fhort league 
 from this abbey. On a tomb of 
 black marble, about three feet high, 
 was her figure, praying and offering 
 C her
 
 18 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. JUM1EGES. 
 
 her heart to the Virgin, and at the feet 
 of the tomb another heart of white 
 marble ; but there remains only the 
 French epitaph, and a Latin one, 
 made 1525, confifting of twenty-two 
 lines, beginning 
 
 Hie jacct in tumba, mitisjimplexque columha. 
 
 and ending, 
 
 Bella fui quondam, Agnes nomine ', regia pellex ; 
 Nunc tumulo vermes turpe cadaver all:. 
 
 and the fixth fays ; 
 
 Ilia Gemeticis latitantur, cetera Lochis. 
 
 The church of St. Peter here has 
 been taken into the new cloifter, 
 1040 *. 
 
 The library contains many valu- 
 able books and MSS. 
 
 * Defc. de la Norm. II. p. 255. 260. 
 
 S. S I-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 19 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUES. 
 
 S. S I D O N I U S. 
 
 S. S A E N S. 
 
 S. SAENS is a town on the river 
 d'Arques, in the Pais de Caux, where 
 is a Priory of Benedictine Monks, 
 founded A. D. 670, by Sidoniusmonk 
 of Jumieges. It was deftroyed in the 
 early Norman ages, and fucceeded by 
 a new foundation. Both thefe are now 
 gone, and here is only a houfe of Cif- 
 tercian Nuns, fettled here by the em- 
 prefs Maud, 11 67, whofe yearly in- 
 come is 8,000 livres* 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 335. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 
 pars 2. m. 27. De reiiitutione tem- 
 
 C 2 poralium
 
 ao SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF JtOUIK. S, SAINS. 
 
 poralium prioriffce & conventui San£ti 
 Sidonii. 
 
 Hilt. de-Norm. L 103. 
 
 MONTIVILLARE, 
 
 MONTIVILLIERS. 
 
 A famous Benedictine Nunnery, in 
 the town of that name, fix leagues 
 from L Fefcamp, and two from Havre 
 de Grace, firft founded A. D. 682; by 
 St. Filibert ; but being deftroyed, was 
 rebuilt by the dukes of Normandy, 
 about A. D. 1000 and 1030. This 
 abbey enjoys feveral confiderable pri- 
 vileges, hath an official, and the pa- 
 tronage of 1 7 churches, amongft others 
 thofe of St. Paul at Rouen, Monti- 
 villiers, and Harfleur. Its annual in- 
 come is about 20,000 livres. 
 
 Elizabeth,
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 21 
 
 ?!0*TIVILLIERS. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 Elizabeth, fecond abbefs of the new 
 foundation, is faid to have rebuilt the 
 church. The porch and tower are of 
 the eleventh century at latefr. Ano- 
 ther abbefs in 1518 repaired the roof, 
 windows, and ftalls. In the Hall of 
 the Buander/e, or Laundry, is a large 
 ftone trough 150 feet fquare, and about 
 three deep. 
 
 SeeNeuftria Pia, p. 33S. 
 
 Rot. Norman n. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 27. De relritutione tem- 
 poralium abbathTae & convent ui mo- 
 rn.ilerii Mar-Villaris prope HarfTetum. 
 (Montivilliers proche de Harfleur.) 
 
 Hift. de Norm. I. 106. 
 
 C 3 b e c-
 
 zz SOME ACCOUNT QF 
 
 B£C. IHOCESk OF ROUES- 
 
 B E C C U M. 
 
 LE BEC, alias LE BEC HELLOUIN, 
 
 or HERLUIN. 
 
 ABBATIA DE BECCO. 
 
 A Benedictine Abbey, and one of 
 the moll: famous in France, founded 
 by the venerable Helium A. D. 1034. 
 The founder removed it foqn after to 
 a better fpot; and it was again re- 
 moved, 1060, by Lan franc its prior, 
 who, after he became archbiihop of 
 Canterbury, dedicated the new church 
 1077. It was rebuilt a fourth time 
 1 1 18, and again 12 14, which building 
 was demolifhed by the fall of the great 
 1273. The fixth church was finifhed 
 1327 ; but in 1591 the nave fell 
 down for want of repair, and has re- 
 mained
 
 v..i I. p. 22.
 
 .///, t /,,,;/, i^jAe-JlJEHEnrCTINE \ABBEirof"SS£C />«-. h'r"">
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 23 
 
 BIO DIOCJESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 mained in ruins ever fince. The choir 
 is a beautiful building, 1 10 feet by 58. 
 The altar and fcreen, of excellent 
 workmanfhip, deiigned and executed 
 1685 and 1699, by William de 
 Tremblay, a brother of this houfe. 
 In the chapter houfe is a black marble 
 tomb of Helium adorned with figures. 
 The emprefs Matilda was buried in 
 the fanctuary 11 67. Richard de St. 
 Leger, bifhop of Evreux, on the fouth 
 iide of the altar ; and in 1 7 1 9 they 
 found his bones, an iron ring on his 
 finger, and a wooden crofier. In the 
 chapter-houfe and cloilter are many 
 tombs of the Lords Neubourg, great 
 benefa&ors to this houfe, and of others. 
 Helluin's chapel, near the abbey, was 
 deftroyed 141 7, and the mafs laid for 
 C 4 his
 
 .*4 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 BEC. 
 
 his foul was changed into that of the 
 Trinity, i 706, 
 
 Its annual income is above 20,000 
 crowns. It prefents to 1 60 churches ; 
 amongft others to thofe of St. John 
 en Greve and St. Gervais at Paris, and 
 to 30 other benefices, as well priories 
 as chapels. 
 
 See Monaft. Ang. torn. II. p. 949, 
 
 95 2 - 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 435. 
 
 Hilt, de Norm. II. p. 277 — 282. 
 
 Chronicon Beccenfis abbatiae ab 
 ipfa fundatione ad annum 1467. & 
 vita S. Herluini fundatoris & primi 
 abbatis Beccenfis, & vita vene- 
 rabilis Willelmi Beccenfis tertii ab- 
 batis, & vita venerabilis Bofonis quarti 
 abbatis Beccenfis, & compendium vitas 
 
 vene-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 25 
 
 SEC. DIOCISE OF ROUEN. 
 
 venerabilis Theobaldi quinti abbatis 
 Becci poftea arch. Cantuar. & vitas 
 Letardi fexti abbatis Beccenfis com- 
 pendium ; all printed at the end of 
 Dacherii Opera Lanfranci archiepifcopi 
 Cantuarienfis, Paris, 1648. Fol. 
 
 The hiftory of Bee abbey, by John 
 Bourget, monk of the faid abbey, 1 779. 
 8vo. 
 
 To this abbey belonged in England, 
 the manor of Great Blakenham, or 
 Blakenham fuper Aquas, in Suffolk. 
 Tanner's Notitia, page 51 t. alfo the 
 manor of Willesford, or Wivelsford, 
 in Lincolnfhire, where they had a 
 cell. lb. p. 268. 
 
 The church, and feveral lands at 
 Goldcliff in Monmouthfhire. lb. 
 p. 328, 
 
 The
 
 ;6 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. BtC. 
 
 The manor of Lefingham in Nor- 
 folk, lb. p. 342. 
 
 The manors and churches of Great 
 and Little Okeburn in Wiltfliire ; 
 at the former of which places a con- 
 vent of Benedictine monks from that 
 foreign monaftery was not long after 
 fixed, and became the chiefeft and 
 richeft of its cells in England lb. p. [599, 
 
 At Povington in Tineham, Doriet- 
 jfhire, was an alien priory belonging to 
 this abbey, fometimes reckoned as 
 parcel of their cell at Okeburn. lb. 
 p. 108. Hutchins's Hilt, of Dorfet, 
 I. 210. 
 
 The manor and church of Rifelip 
 in Middlefex being given by Ernulph 
 de Heding or Hcfding, temp. Will, 
 Conn, or Will. Run, to this abbey, a 
 
 cell
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 27 
 
 SEC. DIOCESE OF ROUE:.. 
 
 cell of thefe foreign monks was lent 
 over hither, who continued many 
 years under a difcinft prior. But in 
 procefs of time this eftate and priory 
 was made parcel of, and fubjecl to, 
 Okeburn in Wiltmire. Tanner's No- 
 titia, p. 298, 
 
 The manor of Wedon on the Street, 
 or Wedon Bee, in Northamptonshire s 
 but here was no cell belonging to this 
 abbey, as faid by Dugdale and Tanner, 
 (p. 373.) f° r tne y nac * no other cell 
 but that of Okeburn. Hill:. Northampt. 
 I. 93. But quaere this lafl affertion. 
 
 At Steventon, near Abyngdon in 
 Berkfhire, was an alien priory of Black 
 monks, cell to this abbey, to which 
 it was given by king Henry I. Upon 
 the feizure of thefe foreign houfes, 
 
 during
 
 -8 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF E.OU EN. EEC. 
 
 during the wars with France, this 
 manor, with the impropriate rectory, 
 and the • advowfon of the vicarage, 
 were fold by the monaftery of Bee, 
 and afterwards beftowed by King Ri- 
 chard II. on the abbat and convent of 
 Weftminiter. Tanner's Notitia, p. 15. 
 
 William Fitz Baldwin in the time 
 of King Henry II. or before, gave to 
 this abbey the church and lands of 
 Cowike, near Exeter, in Devonmirc, 
 which thereupon became a cell of 
 Benedictine monks to that foreign 
 houfe. lb. p. 92. 
 
 Some part of the town of Tooting, 
 or Totingbeck, in Surrey, being given 
 to this abbey, probably by Richard 
 Fitz Gilbert, or Pachard de Clare, a 
 great Norman nobleman, temp. R. 
 
 Will.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. r^ 
 
 SEC. DIOCESE OF ROUEK. 
 
 Will. I. vel Will. Rufi, fome Black 
 monks of that houfe were fixed here ; 
 and this eftate was fometimes ac- 
 counted a diftincl Alien Priory, and 
 at other times only a manor belong- 
 ing to Okeburn, the chief cell in 
 England belonging to that foreign 
 monaftery. Tanner's Notitia, p. 537. 
 The manor of Hou, orHoo, in Suf- 
 fex, being given to this abbey by 
 Henry earl of Eue, between 1096 
 and 1 139, here was mortly after 
 creeled an alien priory of Bene- 
 dictine monks, cell to that foreign 
 houfe, though fometimes reckoned as 
 parcel of its principal cell in England, 
 Okeburn. lb. p. 554. 
 
 Richard
 
 30 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BJOCESE OF ROUEr. BEC. 
 
 Richard de Clare earl of Hertford, 
 removed, A. D. 1124, the monks of 
 Bee, whom his father had placed in 
 the cattle of Clare, to the village of 
 Stoke, by Clare, in Suffolk, firft into 
 the pariih church of St. Auftin, and 
 after to a church built by and for 
 them, dedicated to St. John Baptift. 
 This Alien Priory was in after-times 
 made denifon. Tanner's Notitia, 
 
 p. 514. 
 
 St. Neots, in Huntingdonlhire, was 
 once a cell to this abbey. 
 
 For lands here, fee Dr. Ducarell's 
 Norman Antiquities, p. 87. 
 
 Lit. Patent. Normann. de anno, 
 6H.V. pars 1. m. 26. De appunftu- 
 amento fatto inter Comitem de Sa- 
 
 rum,
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 31 
 
 BIC. DI0CES1 OF ROUEN. 
 
 rum, Radulphum Cromwell, Joh. 
 Heron, and Will. Bowes, Commif- 
 iarios Ducis Clarenciae, & Priorein 
 abbatiaa & fortalitii de Bee He- 
 
 louyn, & Joh. du Foy locumtenenti 
 fuper furfum redditione abbatiae & 
 fortalitii praedicti in manus dicli 
 ducis. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. p. 1. m. 22. De cuftodia tern- 
 poralium abbatise de Becco-Helvini, 
 commiffa Priori ejufdem loci. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 78. De falva gardia pro 
 Abbate & Conventu B. M. de Bechel- 
 louin. 
 
 See Rot. Normann. de anno 8H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 24, 23, 22, & 21. De con- 
 firmatione cartarum pro monaflerio 
 
 B. M. Beccenfis. 
 
 1 Cart.
 
 32 . SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. ST. VICTOK. 
 
 Cart. 18E. I. n. 30. Pro Priore 
 & Conventu Ecclefias S. Maris Bee. 
 MonafL Angl. torn. I. p. 590. 
 
 s. v I c T R. 
 
 ST. VICTOR EN CAUX. 
 COENOBIUM STI. VICTORIS DE CALETO. 
 
 A town in the Pais de Caux, 
 where is a Benedictine abbey, founded 
 A. D. 1048, as a priory, by a religious 
 named Tormor, but in 1074 made an 
 abbey by Sir Roger Mortimer. 
 
 Annual income 6,000 livres, and 
 the patronage of 16 churches, and 
 two priories. 
 
 See
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 33 
 
 ST. VICTOR. DIOCESE OF ROUKN. 
 
 It was diflblved in 1 742, and is now 
 a finecure, called in French a Benefice 
 Simple, and has a fucceffion of abbats, 
 without any monks. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn, II. p. 950. 
 1002. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 545. 
 
 Defer, de Norm. I. no. 
 
 At Clatford in Wiltfhire was an 
 Alien Priory cell to this abbey. 
 This manor was in the tenure of Ralph 
 fon of Roger de Mortimer at the time 
 of making Domefday Book ; fo that 
 he or fome of his defcendants were 
 donors probably of this eftate to- the 
 above-mentioned foreign monaftery, 
 in the time of K. Henry II. or before. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 603. 
 
 D ?ONTESIA.
 
 34 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 PIOCESE OF ROUEN. ST. MARTlS. 
 
 PONT E S I A. 
 P O N T O I S E. 
 
 P O N T O I S E is an antient town, 
 
 with an abbey dedicated to St. Mar- 
 tin, founded A. D. 1069, by a lord 
 of this town, and in the following 
 century " much encreafed by the lords 
 -of Montmorency. This Abbey prefents 
 or nominates to fix Priories and 
 ie ven teen Churches. 
 
 See Neuflria Pia, p. 550. 
 
 Defer, de Norm. II. 183. 
 
 Here is likewife an Englim Bene- 
 dictine Nunnery arifing from Ghent, 
 founded firft atBologne, 1653, cmefl y 
 by the liberality of Sir Richard Forfter, 
 defcended from one of the mo{t an- 
 tient families in England, and trea- 
 6 furer
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 35 
 
 ST. MARTIN*. DIOCESE OF KOUKN. 
 
 furer general to Queen Henrietta 
 Maria, mother of Charles II. His 
 daughter Chriitina was the fecond 
 abbefs, and transferred the foundation 
 hither 1658, where they obtained a 
 fettlement only on faying they came 
 from the abbe^f of Grace Dieu, in 
 Leicefterfhire, which name is on the 
 gates of their houfe. Lord Charles 
 Carrington, and John Digby, brother 
 of the earl of Briftol, were benefactors. 
 Their annual income amounted to 6 
 or 7,000 livres, a great part of which 
 they expended in fupport of James IPs 
 wars in Ireland, and frill continue their 
 grateful fuppiies and affiftance to their 
 countrymen. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. lb. p. 1 84-— 19 2. 
 
 D 2 ULTERIOR
 
 36 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 ULTERIOR PORTUS. 
 T R E P O R T. 
 
 A Sea port near En, where is a 
 Benedictine Abbey, dedicated to St. 
 Michael, founded A. D. 1056, by Ro- 
 bert, earl of Eu, who was buried there 
 1090, with his wife Beatrix. This Ab- 
 bey has the patronage of 23 Churches 
 and fix Priories. 
 
 . The nave, built about 1 240, was 
 burnt about 1350, and never rebuilt, 
 and the choir has no vaulted roof. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 950. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 5S7. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 13. De temporalibus refti- 
 tutis Abbati & Conventui Monaiterii 
 Sanai Michaelis de Ulteriori Portu. 
 
 Defc.deNorm.il. 16. 
 
 LONGAVILLA.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 57 
 
 lOVCUEVILLE. B10CKS.E OF ROUEN. 
 
 LONGAVILLA. 
 LONGUEVILLE. 
 
 A Priory of Clugniac monks, dedi- 
 cated to St. Faith, in a town of its 
 name, three leagues diftant fromDieppe, 
 founded A. D. 1084. by Walter Gif- 
 fard, lecond earl of Longueville, bu- 
 ried there 1 102, with his wife Ague?. 
 and his fon Gautier Giffard, third of 
 the name. Their monument, with 
 their effigies in ftone, is itill to be feen 
 in the nave near the great door on the 
 left hand as you enter. Its annual in- 
 come is 1 2000 livres. The Prior is no- 
 minated by the Prior of la Charite fur 
 Loire ; and prefents to the church of 
 Longueville, and to twenty other 
 churches. 
 
 D 3 See
 
 }8 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 XIOCESE OF ROUEN. LOKGUEVI LLK. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 666. 
 Defc. de Norm. II. 123. 
 
 At Newinton-Longueville in Bucks 
 was an Alien Priory of Climiac Monks, 
 belonging to this Abbey, to which this 
 and feveral other churches and eftates 
 iii England were given by Walter 
 Giffard earl of Buckingham, temp. 
 Hen. I. Tanner's Notitia, p. 25. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 27. De reftitutione tem- 
 poralium Priori & Conventui de Lon- 
 gueville. 
 
 MARCIIASIUiYT
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 39 
 
 1 
 
 XARCHEROUX. DIOCESI OF ROUEN. 
 
 MARCKASIUM RADULFI. 
 
 MARCHEROUX. 
 
 An Abbey of Premonftratenfians, 
 not far from Chaumont on the bor- 
 ders of Picard3% founded A.D. 1122, 
 by Ulric or Raoul du Fay, dedicated 
 to St. Nicholas. The church, which 
 had been dedicated May 1, 1536, 
 was entirely ruined 161 5, and as the 
 endowments of the founder had been 
 loir, it was no eafy matter to re- 
 build it. 
 
 See Neuflria Pia, p. 710. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. II. 312. 
 
 D 4 RESSONIUM.
 
 40 SO. M.E. ACCOUNT. OF 
 
 • I0CESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 RES SO N I U M. 
 
 RESSONS. 
 
 An Abbey of Premonftratenfians 
 founded A. D. 115.0, in the foreft. of 
 Telli in Le Vexin, by a Lord of 
 Omont or Aumont, whofe fucceflbrs 
 were buried in this church, which was 
 rebuilt 1653. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 713. 
 Defc. de Norm. II. 32a. 
 
 BELLUM
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 41 
 
 SECCUM. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 BELLUM BECCU M. 
 
 BELLOBECCENS.E COENOBIUM. 
 
 JB E A U B E C. 
 
 An abbey of Ciftercians, in a vil- 
 lage of the fame name, in the foreft 
 of'Brai, in the Pais de Caux, founded 
 A. D. 1 1 27, by Hugo de Gournai, 
 who is faid to be buried there. It was 
 burnt 1383, and not rebuilt till the 
 middle of the 15th century. Abbat 
 William Martel rebuilt the abbat's 
 houfe 1580. The fteeple was not re- 
 built till 1668 ; the weft front 1730 ; 
 • the cloifter, dormitory, and other 
 lodgings of the monks, about 40 years 
 ago. Thomas biihop of Bayeux gave 
 his library to this abbey, and was 
 buried'here 1238; his tomb and figure 
 
 remain
 
 4* SOME ACCOUNT OF' 
 
 »IOCESE OF ROUEN. BECCUW. 
 
 remain in the choir. The heart and 
 bowels of M me de Vaudeton, abbefs 
 of St. Leger de Preaux, are buried in 
 the north tranfept, and in the cloifter 
 a phyfician named Honfredus. The 
 income 1 5000 livres per annum. 
 
 See in Mon. Angl. torn. II. p. 955. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 714. 
 
 Rotulus Norman, de anno 8 Hen.V. 
 pars 3. m. 12. De confirmatione car- 
 tarum pro abbatia de Belbec. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V, 
 pars 2. m. 21. Rex fufcepit in protec- 
 tionem fuam abbatem et conventum 
 abbatiae beats Marias de Beaubec. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. I. 1 53. 
 
 EIVAL-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 4 j 
 
 J1VAL. DIOCESE OF B.GVE5U 
 
 B1VALLIUM. 
 B I V A L. 
 
 An abbey of nuns of the Cifter- 
 cian order, two leagues above Neuf- 
 chatel, founded between the years 
 1128 and 1 167, fubjecl: to Beaubec 
 till 1 1 75. It was entirely ruined in 
 the wars of the 15th century, and has 
 hardly recovered itfelf. Annual in- 
 come 6000 livres. 
 
 See Neuitria Pia, p. 919. 
 
 Deic. de Norm. I. 159. 
 
 FULCARDI
 
 4 4 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 *:0CrSE OF ROUEN. FOUCARMONT' 
 
 .FULCARDI M O N S. 
 F O U C A R M O N T. 
 
 A Ciftercian abbey in a town of that 
 name, founded A. D. 1 150, by Hen- 
 ry I. earl of Eu ; who, with his fon 
 John, both monks of this houfe, are 
 buried here. It was deftroyed three 
 times, and the prefent church was 
 huilt 1628. Annual income 1200Q 
 livres. 
 
 SeeMonaft.Angl. torn. II. 976. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 744. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 22. De reftitutione tem- 
 poralium abbati et conventui abbatias- 
 Beatae Mariae Fulcardi Montis. 
 
 .Defc. de Norm. I. 154. 
 
 MOR-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 4j 
 
 MORTEMER. ; DIOCESE or ROUEN. 
 
 M O R T U U M MARE. 
 MORTEMER EN LIONS. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey fituate in the 
 Foreft of Lions, founded A. D. 1135, 
 by Robert de Chandos conftable of 
 Normandy t. Henry I. dedicated to the 
 Virgin Mary. The emprefs Matilda, 
 mother of Henry II. began the church, 
 a plain and fpacious ftructure, conti- 
 nued by her fon, and finimed, with 
 the chapter-houfe and cloyfter, by 
 Froger, archdeacon of Derby, and af- 
 terwards bifhop of Seez in Normandy. 
 In the chapel behind the high altar 
 on the wall are the portraits, both in 
 military and religions habits, of three 
 brothers of the family of Bee Crepin, 
 who figured in the civil wars, and 
 
 were
 
 jfr SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. MORTEMES. 
 
 were great benefactors to this houfe, 
 which after their death fell into Fiich 
 decay, that, notwithftanding repeated 
 arrets of parliament for the repairs, 
 the roof of the choir fellin, i63o, and 
 is only ceiled at prefent, but the reft 
 of the houfe is tolerably well repaired. 
 Here are tombs of Froger beforemen- 
 tioned, and Robert Poulain archbifhop 
 of Rouen. Geoffry de Magnavile earl of 
 Aumale and Effex, governor of Nor- 
 mandy, was buried in the chapter- 
 houfe, 1 1 80. Annual income 20000 
 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 768. 
 
 Pat. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 34. De falva gardia pro 
 religiofis viris abbatiae de Mortuimaris. 
 
 Rot.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 47 
 
 ' BIOCESI OF ROUEN. MORTEME*. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 j pars 2. m. 20. De falvis gardiis pro 
 Roberto de Croify, et abbate et conven- 
 tu Beatae Mariae de Mortemer. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 •p. 1. m. $3. Rex fufcepit in protec- 
 . tionem mam abbatem et conventum 
 Beatae Marias de Mortemer. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 p. 1. m. 33. De falva gardia pro ab- 
 bate et conventu abbatiae Beatae Mariae 
 - de Mortemer. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. II. 314. 
 
 FONS
 
 48 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 •IOCESE OF ROUEN. FONTAINE. 
 
 F O N S GERARDI. 
 FONTAINE GUERARD. 
 
 An abbey of Ciftercian nuns near 
 Pont S. Pierre, three or four leagues 
 S. E. of Rouen, founded A. D. 1135 
 by Amaury earl of Meulan, or by 
 Robert earl of Guerre and Leicester 
 about 1 198. Annual income 7000 
 livres, and the patronage of feveral 
 benefices. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 784. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 19. Rex fufcepitin 
 protection em fuam abbatifTam et con- 
 ventum de Fontaines-Guerat. 
 
 Defc. deNorm. II. 329. 
 
 SALICOSA.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 49 
 
 SAUSSEUSE. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 S A L I C O S A. 
 
 SAUSSEUSE. 
 
 A Priory of regular canons of St; 
 Aiiftin, in Le Vexin, founded by Ri- 
 chard de Tilli, before A. D. 1 1 55. 
 The annual income is 6,000 livres, 
 and the French king nominates the 
 prior. 
 
 Only the nave of the original church 
 remains : the choir was rebuilt about 
 the end of the 1 4th century. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 846. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 69. Rex conceflit priori et 
 conventui Beatse Mariae de Sauceufe 
 omnia temporalia fua. 
 
 Deic. de Norm. II. 310. 
 
 E VALACIA.
 
 5 o SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 V A L A C I A. 
 LA VALASSE. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey, in the Pais de 
 Caux, founded A. D. 1157, by Vale- 
 ran II. earl of Meulant. Annual in- 
 come 30,000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 848. 
 
 Rot. Nermann, de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 34. De reftitutione tem- 
 poralium abbati et conventui abbatrae 
 B. M. de la Vaiaffe. 
 
 Defc.de Norm, I. 157. 
 
 GERARDI
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 
 
 5* 
 
 CRAVILLE. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 GERARDI VILLA. 
 G R A V I L L A. 
 G R A V I L L E. 
 
 A Priory of regular canons of the 
 order of St. Auftin, in a town of that 
 name fituated between Harfleur and 
 Havre de Grace, founded A. D. 1260, 
 by William Malet, Lord of the Manor 
 of Graville, who was buried here, 
 with feveral of his family. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 861. 
 Defc. de Norm. I. 69. 
 
 El VALLIS
 
 52 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. VALEMONT. 
 
 VALL1S M O N S. 
 VALE M O N T. 
 
 A Benedittine abbey in a town of 
 that name in the Pais de Caux ; found- 
 ed A. D. ii 69, by Nicolas d'Etoute- 
 ville its lord. Annual income 10,000 
 livres, and the patronage of fourteen 
 churches and two priories! 
 
 It was burnt 1671, and the church 
 fbon after deftroyed by lightning, ex- 
 cept the choir, which was built before 
 the end of the xvith century, by ab- 
 bot John Ribaud, on the plan of that 
 of Bee, and is furrounded by chapels, 
 but very ill kept up. The tombs of its 
 founder, feveral of his family, and fe- 
 veral abbats, are frill to be leen among 
 many others, 
 
 7 Ar
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 53 
 
 VALXMONT. DIOCESE OF B.OUEK. 
 
 At Stratfield-fay in Berkshire was an 
 alien priory belonging to this abbey. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 27. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 869. 
 
 Rot. Norman n. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 26. De refiitutione tem- 
 poralium priori et conventui monaf- 
 terii Beats Marias de Valido Monte. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. I. 1 60. ' 
 
 E 2 
 
 3 INSULA
 
 54 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. LISLE-DIE tf# 
 
 INSULA DEI. 
 L I S L E-D I E U. 
 
 A Premonftratenfian abbey on the 
 river Andelle, in Le Vexin, founded 
 A. D. 1 187, by Reginald de Pavilly, 
 a gentleman of the province*. Its an- 
 nual income is between 4 and 5000 
 livres, and the patronage of eleven 
 churches. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 884. 
 
 Defer. deNorm. II. 328. 
 
 At Charleton, near Uphaven in 
 Wikfhire, was an Alien Priory, cell 
 to tfyis Abbey ; whofe founder hav- 
 
 * This alien priory has been often confounded 
 (as in Mon. Angl. I. 968. Kennet's Par. Ant. 82.) 
 with another of the fame name, cell to St. Ebrulf 
 at Utica. Tanner's Not. 604. note a . 
 
 6 m?
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 55 
 
 tISLZ-DIEO. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 ing great pofTeffions in that county, 
 might probably give lands here to- 
 ward the better fupport of his new 
 foundation. Tanner's Notitia, p. 604. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 81. De falva gardia pro 
 abbatia de Infula Dei. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 71. De temporalibus ref- 
 titutis abbatiae beatae Mariae de Infula 
 Dei. 
 
 E 4 LOCUS
 
 s 6 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 PIOCESE OF ROb'tN. lieu dieu, 
 
 LOCUS DEI. 
 LIEU DIEU. 
 
 A Ciftertian Abbey on the river 
 Brele, in the Pais de Caux, two leagues 
 from En, but belonging to that of 
 Amiens, founded A. D. 1 198. by Ber-r 
 nard de S. Valeri. It was a cell to that 
 of Foucarmont. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 893. 
 Defc. de Norm. I. 155. 
 
 BELLOSANA.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. $y 
 
 BELLOSANE. DIOCESE OF ROUEBT. 
 
 BELLOSANA. 
 BELLOSANE. 
 
 An abbey of Premonftratenfians, 
 in the Pais de Caux, founded A. D« 
 1 1 98. by Hugo de Gournai. Its in- 
 come about 5000 livres. 
 
 It was raifed from its ruins 1732, 
 by P. Henry Blavette, its prior, who 
 rebuilt it completely, repaired the 
 church, and the farms. 
 
 There is a village of the fame name 
 near it. 
 
 Francis Vatable, James Amiot, and 
 Pierre Ronfard, three learned men of 
 the 1 6th century, held this abbey fuc- 
 ceffively in commendam. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 891. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 26. De reftitutione tem- 
 poralium abbati et conventui monafie- 
 rii de Bellofana. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. I. 165. 
 
 THESAURUS.
 
 $3 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 R1GCESE OF ROUEN. THESAURUS, 
 
 THESAURUS. 
 L E T H R E S O R. 
 
 An abbey of Ciftertian nuns, in Le 
 Vexln, founded A. D. 1228, by Raoul 
 de Bu. Annual income 8000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 014. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 80. De falva gardia pro 
 abbatifTa et conventu beatae Mariae de 
 Trefor. 
 
 Ibid. m. 78. De temporalibus con- 
 ventu i beatae Mariae de Trefor refti- 
 tuendis. 
 
 I)efc. de Norm. II. 335. 
 
 BEiLUS
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 59 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 BELL US LOCUS. 
 BEAULIEU. 
 
 A priory of canons regular of the 
 order of St. Auftin near Rouen, in Le 
 Vexin, founded A. D. 1 200, by John 
 lord of Preaux, or de Pratellis, who 
 was buried in the Chapter-houfe, 
 under a blue itone, with a fword cut 
 on it : feveral of his family lie in the 
 chapel of St. Auftrebert. The king 
 names the prior, who prefents to eight 
 benefices. 
 
 This abbey was fo ruined by the 
 Huguenots, and by being afterwards 
 held in commendam, that nothing was 
 attempted towards repairing it till 1 7 18, 
 and the whole is not yet compleated. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 916. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. II. 332. 
 
 The
 
 6o SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF ROUEX. BEAULIEV- 
 
 The manor of Burne, or Patricks- 
 bourn, in Kent, was given about A.D. 
 1 200, by John de Pratellis to his new 
 erected priory of Beaulieu in Norman- 
 dy ; and here were placed fome Auflin 
 canons, as a cell to that foreign mo- 
 nastery, who had leave to alienate it 
 to the priory of Merton in Surrey, 
 1 Hen. IV. Tanner's Notitia, p. 219. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 71. De temporaiibus ref- 
 titutis priori et conventui eccleii;£ 
 beatie Maria: de Belio-loco. 
 
 FONS
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 6r 
 
 COMER FONTAINE. DIOCESE OF ROUEN. 
 
 F O N S GOMERICL 
 G O M E R FONTAINE. 
 
 Ail abbev of Ciftertian nuns, found- 
 ed A.D. 1 202, by Hugh de Chaumont. 
 Annual income 1 5000 livres. 
 
 In the church, near the choir, is a 
 marble monument of three knights, 
 and a lady mifcalled a countefs of 
 Boulogne ; but more probably belong- 
 ing to fome of the founder's family, or 
 fome lords of the houfe of Trie. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 902. 
 
 Defc. de Norm. II. 334. 
 
 Rot.
 
 hz SOME ACCOUNT, &c. 
 
 DIOCESE OF ROUEX. COMER FONTAINE. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 Hen. V. 
 p. 1. m. 11. De temporalibus reftitutis 
 abbatiae de Gomme-Fontaine* 
 
 DIOCESE
 
 I 6 3 3 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. 
 
 S. TAURINUS. 
 
 S. TAURIN. 
 
 A Benedictine abbey ill the city of 
 Evreux, founded A. D. 690, and, ac- 
 cording to the Monafricon, partly re- 
 ftored or renewed by Richard II. duke 
 of Normandy. 
 
 Annual revenue 20000 livres. 
 
 The famous duke de Sully was ab- 
 bat here, though a Calvinift. 
 
 See Monaft. Ang. torn. II. p. 949. 
 
 66. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 360. 
 
 Nouv.Defc.de la France, IX. 71,72. 
 
 The priory of Aftley, or Eftleye, in 
 Worccfterfhire, was fubordinate to this 
 abbey. Tanner's Notitia, p. 623. 
 
 At
 
 64 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. S. TAURIN. 
 
 At Llangenith, in Glamorganfhire, 
 is faid to have been a priory annexed 
 to this abbey. Tanner's Notitia, p. 714. 
 
 See Rot. Lit. Patent. Normann* de 
 anno 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 22. De cuf- 
 todia temporalium Sti. Taurini d'Ev- 
 reux commiffa priori et conventui 
 ibidem. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 41. De falvis gardiis pro 
 priore et conventu S. Taurini d'Evreux.- 
 
 Ibid. m. 40. De cuflodia tempora- 
 lium monafterii Sti. Taurini d'Evreux 
 commiffa priori et conventui ibideixu 
 
 CRUX
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 65 
 
 DIOCESfc OF EVREUX. 
 
 CRUX S. LEUFRIDI. 
 LA CROIX ST. LEUFRAY. 
 
 This is a Benedictine abbey, fo call- 
 ed from its fituation in the parifh of St. 
 Leufroy, near the river Eure, faid to 
 be founded by that faint, A. D. 690, in 
 memory of a miraculous crofs which 
 appeared to St. Ouen on his firft 
 preaching the gofpel in thefe parts. 
 
 Annual income 15000 livres, and 
 the patronage of feveral churches. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 346. 
 
 De la Force, Nouv. Defc. de la 
 France, ix. 72. 
 
 Rot. Pat. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 4* De licentia 
 eligendi abbatem de Saint- Jieu-Froy 
 de la Croix. 
 
 F Rot.
 
 66 SOME ACCOU N T O F 
 
 DIOCESE CF EVREUX. LA CROIt. 
 
 Rot. Norman n. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 22. De refrituticne tem- 
 porallum abbati et conventui abbatiae 
 de Cruce Sancii LeufFredi. 
 
 Ibid. m. 21. Rex fufcepit in protec- 
 tionem fuam" abbatem et conventum 
 abbatias de Cruce Sancii LeufFredi. 
 
 LYRA. 
 
 LIRE. 
 
 LIRENSE COENOBI U M. 
 
 A Benedictine abbey in a town of 
 the fame name, on the river Rille ; 
 founded A. D. 1045, by William Fitz 
 Ofoerne. Thomas Hecket archbimop 
 of Canterbury refitted here for fome 
 time. Its annual income is 20006 
 
 livres,
 
 THE ALIEN PRIOHIES. 67 
 
 LYRA. DIOCESE OF EVREUX. 
 
 livres, with a right of preferring to 
 30 livings. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 950* 
 15. 985. a. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 534. 
 
 Rot. Caleiias de anno 34. Ectw. III. 
 p. 2. m. 5. De protectione pro abba- 
 tia de Lyra. Dat. apud Caleys, 10O0 
 tobris. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Pat. Normann. anno 
 6 H. V. p. 1. m. 18. De tempora- 
 libus reftitutis abbatiae beatae Mariae de 
 Lira in diocefi Ebroicenfi. 
 
 Ibid. De falvo conduchi pro abba- 
 te de Lira veniendo ad regem pro fide- 
 litate fua facienda. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 27. De reftitutione tem- 
 poralis m abbati et conventui beatae 
 Mariae de Lira. 
 
 F 2 This
 
 68 S M E ACCOUNT OF 
 
 EIOCHSE OF tVREL'X. LV!t«. 
 
 This abbey was pofleffed of fix 
 churches ; among the reft, that of 
 Carefbrooke, and forne manors and 
 lands in the Hie of Wight. Tanner's 
 Not. Mon. p. 159. 
 
 See Domefday, Hantefchire. 
 
 A grant of releafe from the abbey of 
 Lyra to the abbey of Qnarere in the Hie 
 of Wight of tithes there in Arreton, 
 Hafeley, Luvecumb, Tidlingham, 
 and Scaldecumb. Madox Form, 
 JNTccccxevn. 
 
 At Hinckley in Leicefterfhire was 211 
 alien priory of two Benedictine monks 
 belonging to this abbey. Tanner's 
 Notitia, p. 241. 
 
 The manor of Ocley, or Lyre Ocle, 
 in Herefordshire, belonged to this 
 abbey. lb. p. 175. 
 
 AC
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 69 
 
 LYRA. DIOCESE OF F.VRr.U x. 
 
 At Llangywan in Monmouthfhire 
 was a cell of black monks, fubordinate 
 to it. lb. p. 330. 
 
 After the Conqueft, one or more of 
 the churches in the town of Ware ham 
 in Dorfetfhire, with fbme lands in 
 the neighbourhood, being given by 
 Robert Bellamont earl of Leicefter, 
 temp. Hen. I. to the abbat and convent 
 of Lira in Normandy, they fent over 
 and fettled here a cell of their own 
 Benedictine monks, which was dedi* 
 cated to the Virgin Mary. lb. p. 102. 
 
 Henry II. by charter fans date, 
 confirms to this abbey the churches 
 of Wareham, and one hide of land 
 in Waram of the gift of William de 
 Warmuta, and one ounce of gold in 
 prpepofitura de Warham. Dugd. 
 F 3 Men,
 
 70 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. LYRA. 
 
 Mon. II. 906. inter addit. ex reg'ro 
 ab. de Lyra, Hutchins's Dorfet, I. 
 p. 20. 
 
 They had alfo the churches of St. 
 Martin, St. Michael, St. Peter, and 
 St. Mary here. Hutchins, lb. p. 29-— 
 
 3 8 - 
 
 I B R O E Y A. 
 
 Y V R Y. 
 
 IBREIENSE COENOBIUM, 
 
 A Benedictine abbey in a town of 
 that name, near the river Eure, found- 
 ed by Roger de Yvry, A. D. 1077, 
 or 1085. Annual income 9000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p.95 1 . t 3, 
 
 Neuflria Pia, p. 670, 
 
 r The
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 71 
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX 
 
 The. parifh church of Docking in 
 No as given by Goel de Ibrey, 
 
 anceitor of the Lovels, to this abbey, 
 who eftablifned a cell here. Tanner's 
 Notitia Mon. p. 358. Blomf. Norf. 
 V. 1308. 
 
 The churches of Sonthmere and 
 Titchwell, in the fame county, be- 
 longed to this houfe, by the rift 
 of the fame benefactors. Blomf. lb. 
 
 The church of Minfter Lovel, in 
 Oxford/hire, being given to this abbey, 
 became an alien priory of Benedic- 
 tine monks, cell to it. lb. p. 429. 
 The ruins of the conventual church 
 and gateway remain juft by the parifh 
 F 4 church.
 
 7 2 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. YVRY. 
 
 church. The offices are converted 
 into outhoufes for a farm-houfe. The 
 jnanfion-houfe on its fcite belonged 
 1729 to lord Leicefter baron Lovel. 
 Buck engraved a N. view of it, 1729. 
 Grofe a NE. 1775, 
 
 VALLIS S. MARINE. 
 LA VALLEE. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey, founded A. D, 
 by Guifard earl of Longueville. 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 785. 
 
 BROLIUM
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 73 
 
 J.EBREUIL. DIOCISE OF IVIJEUI, 
 
 BROLIUM BENEDICTS 
 LE BREUIL BENOIST. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey on the river 
 Eure; founded by Faucon and his fon 
 William, lords of Marfilly, A. D. 1 137. 
 The abbot's income was 2000 crowns 
 per annum. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 786. 
 
 NO A.
 
 74 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. 
 
 N O A. 
 
 LA N O U E. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey founded A. D. 
 1 1 44, by the emprefs Maud. Annual 
 income 6000 livres. 
 
 See Monad. Angl. torn. II. p. 992. b. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 803. 
 
 Rot. Nermann, de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 24. De temporalibus refli- 
 tutis abbatiae beatis Marias de la Nove 
 juxta Everos (Evreux). 
 
 S T R ATA.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 75 
 
 L'ESTREE. DIOCESE, l OF EVREUI. 
 
 STRATA. 
 L'E S T R E E. 
 
 A Cifrertian abbey upon the river 
 Avre, founded A. D. 1 1 1 4. Its in- 
 come, which was between 7 and 8000 
 livres, has been annexed to the bimop- 
 rick of Quebec in Canada. 
 
 See Neullria Pia, p. 804. 
 
 BONUS
 
 y& SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF EUREUX. BONPORT. 
 
 BONUS PORT US. 
 B O N P O R T. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey, near Pont de 
 larche, founded by king Richard the 
 Firft, 1 1 90, anno regni 9. Its annual 
 income 20000 livres. 
 
 See Mon. Apgl. torn. II. p. 1007, a, 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 894. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Patent. Nermann, de 
 anno 6 H. V. pars 1 . m. 21. De falva 
 gardia pro priore et couventu de Bon- 
 port. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 81. De temporalibus re£- 
 titutis monafterio beatae Marine de Bon- 
 port, * 
 
 CQNr
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 77 
 
 CONCHES. DIOCESE OF EVREUX. 
 
 C O N C H O E. 
 CONCHES. 
 
 A town where is a Benedictine abbey 
 of the congregation of St. Maur, 
 founded A. D. 1050. dedicated to St. 
 Peter, byRaoul II. of the name, lord of 
 Toefhy [Todeni] and Conches, great 
 ftandard-bearer of Normandv. Annual 
 income i6cco livres, and the patro- 
 nage of three churches in this town, 
 and feveral other livings. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 950. 4. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 567. 
 
 Ralph de Todeni *, alias Stafford, 
 fon to Roger de Todeni, ftandard- 
 
 .. bearer 
 
 * Ralph de Todeni came into England with 
 William the Conqueror, and was his itandard- 
 bearer in the famous battle of Haftings. He gave 
 Caldicote and Alwinton, two of his lordfbips in 
 Worcelterfhire, to the monks of Utica in Norman- 
 
 djr.
 
 7 8 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. CONCHES. 
 
 bearer of Normandy gave (not long 
 after the Conqueft) the church of St. 
 Peter, with Tome lands in the town 
 of Wotton Waven, alias Walwaynes, 
 in Warwickshire, to the abbey of 
 Cafbllion, or Conches, in Norman- 
 dy, founded by his faid father, which 
 were confirmed to them by Nicolas de 
 Stafford his fon, temp. Hen. I. and 
 Robert de Stafford his grand- fon, 
 temp. Hen. II. And hereupon a ceil of 
 Benedictine monks from that foreign 
 monaftery was lent over hither, and 
 continued here till the feifure of the 
 alien priories temp. Ed. III. See Tan- 
 ner's Notitia, p. 572. 
 
 djr. Ralph his fon (who died 9 kal. April, 1102) 
 was buried in the abbey of Conches. Roger (the 
 grandibn of Ralph) was, like his anceilors, a great 
 benefactor to this abbey. See Dr. Nafli's Worceiter- 
 ihire, vol. I. p. 1. 
 
 The
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 79 
 
 CONCHES. DIOCESE OF EVREUX. 
 
 The church was given to this mo- 
 nastery by Robert de Stafford, fhortly 
 after the Conqu:ft, and appropriated 
 to it by Roger bifhop of Worcefler, 
 3 non. Nov. A. D. 1178. Dup-d. 
 War hire, ad edit. p. 5.71. 
 
 IphTony the elder, having given, 
 
 ifi* the manor and church of 
 
 Lena, Monekeilen, Monkenlane, or 
 
 Munkland, in Herefordfhire, to the 
 
 of St. Peter, at Cafteilione, or 
 
 C01 in Normandy, it became a 
 
 . or" Benedictine monks to that fo- 
 
 i\ ign houfe. Tanner's Notitia, p. 1 73. 
 
 . At Hormam, St. Faith's, in the 
 
 county of Norfolk, was a priory of 
 
 black monks dedicated to St. Faith the 
 
 :yr, by Robert Fitz 
 
 Walter and Sibil] de Cayneto his 
 
 wife, A. D. 1 105. It was at £rit a 
 
 cell
 
 85 SOME ACCOUNT, &c. 
 
 DIOCESE OF EVREUX. CONCHEJ. 
 
 cell to the abbey of Conches in Nor- 
 mandy ; but, 1 6 Ric. II. was made 
 denizon. lb. p. 343. Blomf. Norf. 
 
 v. 1359* 
 
 Rot. Nermann, de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 26. De reftitutione tern- 
 poralium abbati et conventui Sancto- 
 rum Petri et Pauli Conches,. 
 
 DIOCESE
 
 [ 8i ] 
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. 
 
 S. EBRULFUS, or UTICUM. 
 ST. E V R A U. 
 
 A famous Benedictine abbey in a 
 town called St. Evrau; firft founded 
 bySt. Ebrulfus, A. D. 5 7 5 ; which being 
 deftroyed, it was reftored by William 
 Gerouis and his nephews Hugh and 
 Robert de Grandmefnil. 
 
 Hugh de Grentemaifnil, before the 
 year 108 1, gave to this abbey the 
 church of Charleton upon Otmoore 
 in Oxfordshire, and five yard-lands; 
 and his daughter Adeline de Ihreio, 
 temp. Hen. I. gave them the manor 
 G of
 
 £z SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF L15IEUX. ST. EVRAU. 
 
 of Ceorlotona; fo that if there 
 was in England an alien priory of 
 Charlton, cell to St. Ebrulf, it was 
 here ; but it does not appear that any 
 of their monks were placed at this 
 Charlton, for their eftate here feems 
 to have been under the management 
 of their prior at Ware, in Hertford- 
 mire, which was a cell belonging to 
 tills abbey. Tanner's Not. Mon. p. 187. 
 
 They had poneffions at Ravelle in 
 Gloucefterfhire. Domefday. 
 
 Annual income 30000 livres; and 
 die patronage of a great many churches. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 84. 
 
 Rot. Franciae de anno 36 Edw. III. 
 •aa. 12. De protectione pro abbate et 
 .-onventu de- Sanclo Ebrulpho. Data 
 
 apud
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 83- 
 
 ST. EVRAU. DIOCESE OF LIS1EUJC. 
 
 apud Weftminfter 10 Aprilis. Tan- 
 ners Notitia, p. 419. 
 
 De attemptatis reformandis contra 
 pacem pro eodem abbate. Data ut 
 fupra. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Patent, de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 39. Pro abbatia Sancti 
 Ebrulphi, de reftitutione temporalium. 
 
 Pat. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2, m. 35. Rex conceffit abbati 
 et conventui abbatias Sancti Ebrulfi, in 
 comitatu d'Orbec, omnia temporalia 
 infra ducatum Normanniae. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 Dars 2. m. 22. De falva gardia pro 
 abbate et conventu Sandti Ebrulphi in 
 comitatu d'Orbec. 
 
 G 2 BERN A YUM.
 
 & SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 QIOCESE OF LISIEUX. 
 
 BERNAYUM. 
 
 BERNAY. 
 
 Bernay is a town on the river Ca- 
 rentone, where is a Benedi&ine abbey 
 founded A. D. i o 1 3, by Judith dutchefs 
 of Normandy, wife of Richard the fe- 
 cond duke of Normandy, whofe an- 
 nual income is above 20,000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 949, 
 50. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 398. 
 
 They had pofleflions at Neubote % 
 Baiebroc, Clenedone, and Riftone, in 
 Northamptonfhire. Domefday. 
 
 * Q;_ one of the Neivbottles ; but fee Bridges, 
 Northamptonfhire, I. p. 187. 478. 
 
 The
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 8$ 
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEVX. 
 
 The manor of Everdon in North- 
 amptonfhire was given to this abbey 
 before A. D. 121 7. Tanner's Notitia, 
 p. 385. and they had the rectory till 
 the reign of Henry V. Bridges's 
 Northamptonshire, I. 58. 
 
 Here was a priory, cell to Bernay, 
 and the remains of it, which bear 
 many marks of antiquity, are ftill to 
 be feen in the lordfhip-houfe, which 
 belongs to Eton-college. In a clofe 
 adjoining are the appearance and hol- 
 lows of ponds. Ibid. 
 
 At Eye in Suffolk was a priory 
 
 of Benedictine monks, founded 
 
 temp. Will. Conq. by Robert Malet, 
 
 and dedicated to St. Peter. It was at firft 
 
 G 3 a cell
 
 86 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 JflOCESE OF LISIEUX. BERNAY, 
 
 a cell to the abbey of Bernay in Nor- 
 mandy, but by king Richard II. was 
 made denifon ; and fo it continued till 
 the fuppreffion. Tanner's Notitia, 
 p. 510. 
 
 Rot. Litt. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 24. Pro priore de 
 Bernay, de reftitutione temporalium, 
 
 G R e
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 87 
 
 GRESTEIN. D10CES.E OF LISIEUX. 
 
 GRESTANUM. 
 GRESTEIN. 
 GRESTE1NENSE CGENOBIUM. 
 
 A Benedictine Abbey near the 
 mouth of the river Seine, founded 
 A. D. 1 1 40, byHerluin de Couteville. 
 
 Annual income about 8000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 950. 
 32. 982. a. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 46. De temporalibus ref- 
 titutis abbati et conventui monafterii 
 de Greflain. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 528. 
 
 This abbey was poffeffed of the 
 manor of Peritine in Hampfhire. 
 Domefday. 
 
 G 4 Robert
 
 88 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. GRESTEIN. 
 
 Robert earl of Moreton, temp.Will. 
 Run, beftowed the manor of Wil- 
 mington in Suffex on this abbey, ro 
 which it became an alien priory. Tan- 
 ner's Notitia, p. 554. 
 
 There are four contiguous parifhes 
 of the name of Creting in the county 
 of Suffolk ; viz. St. Mary, St. Olave's, 
 All Saints, and St. Peter's ; and at the 
 two nrfl feem to have been two dif- 
 tindfc alien priories of the Benedictine 
 order. The manor of Gratinges, 
 which was that of St. Olave, was 
 given by Robert earl of Morton, temp. 
 Will. Conq. to the abbey of Greftein 
 in Normandy, and was taken care of 
 by fome monks belonging thereunto, 
 or by their agent the prior of Wil- 
 
 myngton
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 89 
 
 CRESTE1N. DIOCESE OF LIS1EUX. 
 
 myngton their chief cell in England. 
 King Edward III. granted this to Ty- 
 deman de Lymber, a merchant, and 
 afterward the abbat and convent fold 
 it by the king's licenfe to Sir Edmund 
 de la Pole. Tanner's Notitia, p. 51 1, 
 
 The parifh of Creting St. Mary's, in 
 Suffolk, which was moft ufually ftyl- 
 ed the priory of Creting, was cell to 
 this abbey, and after the fuppremon 
 of thefe foreign houfes was by king 
 Henry VI. made part of the endow- 
 ment of Eton College. Tanner's 
 Notitia, p. 511. 
 
 PRATELLUM.
 
 9 o SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. 
 
 PRATELLUM. 
 
 P R E A U X. 
 
 In this town there are two Bene- 
 dictine abbies ; one for monks, the 
 other for nuns : founded about A. D. 
 1040, by Hanfridusde Vetulis, father 
 of Roger de Bellomont, and Albreda 
 his wife. 
 
 The abbey of monks prefents to 
 30 benefices, and enjoys an annual 
 income of about 20000 livres. 
 
 See Monafh Angl. torn. II. p. 950. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 520. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 41. Rex fufcepit in pro- 
 
 te&ionem
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 91 
 
 PREAUX. DIOCESE OF LISIEUX. 
 
 te&ionem fuam abbatiffam et conven- 
 tum San&i Leodegarii de Pratellis. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 27. de reftitutione tern- 
 poralium abbati et conventui Sti. Petri 
 de Pratellis. Ibid. De reftitutione tem- 
 poralium abbatifle et conventui Sancli 
 Leodegarii de Pratellis. 
 
 This abbey had lands at Watting- 
 ton, Oxfordfhire. Domefday. 
 
 Robert earl of Mellent and Leicester, 
 temp. Hen. I. gave the manor of Spec- 
 telbury in Dorfetfhire to the monks 
 of St. Peter and St. Paul, de Pratellis 
 or Preaux, in Normandy, who placed 
 here fome of their convent, and made 
 it an alien priory. Their lands here 
 were valued, 1293, at f. 12. and the 
 2 prior
 
 SOME ACCOUNT GF 
 
 9 Z 
 
 B30CESE OF LISIEUX 
 
 prior of Preaux prefented to the rec- 
 tory till the time of Edward III. On 
 the fuppremon of alien houic^, 2H.V. 
 it was given to the Carthufian monas- 
 tery of Witham, c. Somerfet, with 
 which it went after the diflblurion ; 
 but, in after- times it was reckoned as 
 part of their cell at Monks Toftes in 
 Norfolk. Tanner's Notitia, p. 106. 
 Hutchins's Dorfet, II. 189, ipo. 
 
 Monk's Tofte, or Tofte'sMonacho- 
 rum, was an alien priory to the above- 
 mentioned abbey, to which this manor 
 and the church of St. Margaret here 
 were given by Robert earl of Mellent, 
 temp. Hen. I. Tanner's Notitia, 
 
 P- 3+5- 
 
 Roger de Bellomonte, father to 
 Robert earl of Leicefter and Mellent, 
 
 gave
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 93 
 
 7RIAUX. DIOCESE OF LISIEL'X. 
 
 gave the village of Stowre Pratellis, or 
 Priaulx, vulgo Provoft, in the deanry 
 of Shafteibury in Dorfetfhire, temp. 
 Will. Conq. to the nunnery of St. 
 Leodegar, or St. Leger de Pratellis, 
 or Preaux in Normandy ; whereupon 
 it became a cell to that foreign mo- 
 nailery, which prefented to the rec- 
 tory till its fuppreffion, 2 H. V. when 
 it was granted to Eton College, to 
 which it now belongs. Tanner's No* 
 titia, p. 106. Hutchins's Dorfet, II. 
 489. 
 
 At Warmington in Warwickshire 
 was an alien priory of Benedictine 
 monks from this abbey ; to which this 
 manor, with the church, were given 
 bv Henry Newburgh earl of War- 
 
 wick,
 
 94 . SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF LIS1EUX. PREAUX. 
 
 wick, brother of the earl of Mel- 
 lent, temp. Hen. I. It was in after- 
 times accounted fometimes a diftincl: 
 religious houfe ; at other times as par- 
 cel of the priory of Toftes in Norfolk* 
 belonging to this monaftery. At the 
 fuppreilion, 2 H. V. this too became 
 the property of Witham, c. Somerfet, 
 and afterwards private property. Tan- 
 ner's Notitia, p. 571. Dugdale'3 
 Warwickfhire, p. 535* 
 
 ■COR ME LI A.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 95 
 
 COKMEL1A. EIOCESE OF LISIE'JX. 
 
 CORMELIA, 
 
 CORMEILLE. 
 
 ABBATIA DE CORMELIIS. 
 
 A Benedictine abbey in the town 
 of that name, founded A. D. 1060, by 
 William earl of Breteuil. Annual in- 
 come 2000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. p. 950. r 7. 962. a. 
 where it is faid to be founded by Wil- 
 liam fon of Ofbern, fewer of Nor- 
 mandy. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 595. 
 
 See Guido bifhop of Lifieux his 
 Infpeximus, of an ample charter 
 of king Henry II. by which that king 
 confirms to this abbey all their lands, 
 churches, chapels, tithes, and pofTef- 
 
 fions.
 
 96 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF LI3IEUX. CORMELIAi 
 
 fions, in England, enumerating the 
 fame. Dat. A. D. 128 1. Printed in 
 Madox's Formulare, N° xvi. 
 
 A grant from the abbey of Cor- 
 meilis to the abbey of Bordefley, of 
 tithe and land in Holewia, fans date. 
 
 lb. N° DXX. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 26. de reftitutione tern- 
 poralium abbati et conventui beatas 
 Marias de Cormeilles. 
 
 This abbey had poffeffions at Ta- 
 metdeberu in Worcefterfhire, at Chin- 
 o-eftune in Herefordmire, and at Noent 
 in Glouceftermire. See Domefday. 
 
 King William the Conqueror, at 
 the inftance of Roger of Montgomery, 
 gave the manor of Noent, Newent, 
 or Newenton, in Gloucefterfhire, to 
 
 the
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 9 - 
 
 DIOCESE OP L1SIEUX. 
 
 the abbat and convent of Cormeiile in 
 Normandy, who thereupon fent over 
 a prior ".nd fome Benedictine monks, 
 and it became a cell to that foreign 
 monaitery. Tanner's Notitia, p. 145. 
 At Stroguil, Strigule, or Chepftow, 
 in Monmouthmire, was an alien 
 priory of Benedictine monks, cell to 
 this abbey, as early as king Ste- 
 phen's reign. Ibid. p. 330. 
 
 H S. MR"
 
 98 SOMp ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF tISIEUX. S. BARBARA. 
 
 S. BARBARAinALGIA. 
 Stx. BARBE en auge. 
 
 A Priory of canons regular of St. 
 Auftin, fituate on the river Dive, 
 founded A. D. 1128. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. ioio.a. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 716. 
 
 The manor of Beccanford, or Beke- 
 ford, in Gloucefterfhire, once belonged 
 to this abbey. See Tanner's Notitia, 
 p. 142. 
 
 M ON?
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 99 
 
 DIOCESE OF LISIXUX. 
 
 M O N S DEI. 
 
 MONDAYE. 
 
 An abbey of Premonftratenfians be* 
 longing to this diocefe, though fituate 
 in the diocefe of Bayeux, founded 
 A. D. 1 2 1 4, by Jourdain du Hammet 
 bifhop of Lifieux, and augmented by 
 St. Lewis. Annual income about 
 20000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 905. 
 
 Rot. Patent. JNormann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 12. De tempo- 
 ralibus reftitutis abbati et conventui 
 Sti. Martini de monte Dei. 
 
 H 2 Rot.
 
 ioo SOME ACCOUNT, &c. 
 
 DIOCESE OF LlSTEUX. MONDAY*. 
 
 r 
 
 Rot. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars i. m. 18. dorfo. Les 
 lettres de i'attourne ottrayes a Fabbe 
 et convent de Seint Martin de Mon- 
 daye. 
 
 DTOCE&Jl
 
 ' ftyr.i r/ /A/ (////////"// ////ft////'/. At-,
 
 [ ioi 3 * 
 
 DIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 ALMANISCHI. 
 ALMENESCHES. 
 
 At Almenefches * is an abbey of 
 nuns of the order of St. Benedict, 
 founded by two holy women, Oppor- 
 tuna and Nantilda, about the year 
 700 ; which having been deftroyed 
 in the Norman wars, A. D. 776, or 
 770, was refounded by Roger de Mont- 
 gomery, II. A. D. 1060. 
 
 See Monafticon, vol. I. 601. 607. 
 
 II. Ccenobia Gallicana, p. ^50. 62. 
 
 III. 200. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 364. 
 
 * Its name is compofed of Alma and monacha^ 
 z foluary virgin. 
 
 H 1 At
 
 is* SOM£ ACCOUNT OF 
 
 'bjocese of seez. almeneschei. 
 
 At Leveneflre In Suflex was an 
 alien priory of Benedictine nuns, cell 
 to this abbey, which was founded by 
 Roger de Montgomery earl of Arun- 
 del, temp. Will. Conq, Hence it is 
 probable, that that earl, or one of his 
 fons, gave the church of Leveneftre, 
 and other lands hereabouts, to that 
 foreign monastery, which might give 
 occafion for fixing a convent of thofe 
 nuns at Leveneftre, before the year 
 1 1 78. After the wars with France, 
 Richard earl of Arundel, 7 R. II. 
 treated with the abbefs of Almenef- 
 ches concerning the purchafe of fome 
 lands belonging to this alien priory, 
 but the whole feems to have been 
 fettled on Eton College, by Henry VI. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 559. 
 
 Rot,
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. Mj 
 
 ALMENESCHES. DIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Pat. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. m. 36. Pro ab'oathTa monaf- 
 terii beatae Marias Damnenefches de 
 reftitutione temporalium. 
 
 Breve pro reftitutione terrarum pri- 
 oriffe 31 E. III. poft firmatam pacem 
 cum Francigenis. Prynne's Papal 
 Ufurpat. III. 1 02 1. 
 
 Clauf. 1 E. III. Rymer Foed. IV. 
 248. 
 
 H 4. lon-
 
 ro4 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 SIOCESEOF SEEZ- LONLAY. 
 
 LONLEIUM. 
 
 LONLEICENSE COENOBIUM. 
 
 L O N L A Y. 
 
 A Benedi&ine abbey in a town of 
 that name, in this diocefe, but belong- 
 ing to that of Mons, founded A. D. 
 1026, by William Talvaft earl of Bel- 
 lefme. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 989. b. 
 
 NeufrriaPia, p. 423. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 8 Hen. V. 
 pars 1. m. 7. De confirmatione car- 
 tarum pro abbate de Lonlay. 
 
 Rot. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. Vk p. 1. m. 18. In dorfo, les 
 
 Religieux, abbe et convent de Lon- 
 
 ley,
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 105 
 
 tONLAY. DIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 ley, ount lettres de procuration felonc 
 la cuftume de Normandie. 
 
 The church of St. Andrew at Stoke 
 Curcy (corruptly Stoke Gurfey) in 
 Somerfetfhire, and feveral other lands 
 and tithes thereabouts, being given to 
 this abbey, temp. Hen. II. a prior 
 and convent of Benedictine monks 
 were fent from thence to fettle as a 
 cell to that foreign houfe, and con- 
 tinued fo, though but 111 a poor con- 
 dition, till the fuppreffion of alien 
 priories, when it was given by H. VI. 
 to Eton College. It was valued at 
 jT. 58. Tanner's Notitia, p. 469. 
 
 After the Conqueft, Nigel deMune- 
 well was Lord of Folkftone in Kent ; 
 and about A. D. 1095 gave the church 
 of St. Mary and St. Eanfwide there to 
 
 the
 
 io6 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 the abbat and convent of Lonley in 
 Normandy, whereupon fome Bene- 
 dictine monks from thence we re placed 
 there firft in the caftle, and afterward 
 in a building nearer the church. It 
 was afterwards made denizon, and 
 valued at j[. 41. i$s, lod. lb. 
 p. 206. 
 
 DIVA.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 107 
 
 ST. PIERRI SCR DIVE. DIOCESE OF SEEZ- 
 
 DIVA. 
 
 ST. PIERRE SUR DIVE, 
 
 Dive is a market town where there 
 is a Benedicline abbey, founded by 
 William earl of Eu and Lefcelina hi s 
 wife, A. D. 1040. 
 
 Annual income 12000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 950.3, 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 496. 
 
 At Modbury in Devonshire was a 
 cell of Benedicline monks to this 
 abbey, as early as king Stephen's 
 time. Yearly value jT. 70. Henry VI. 
 gave it to Eton College; and it now 
 belongs to King's College, Cambridge. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 92. 
 
 Some lands, with the church and 
 tithes of Wolfrichefton, orWolfton, 
 in the county of Warwick, are faid 
 to have been given to the abbey of St. 
 
 Peter
 
 io8 SOME ACCOUNT Of 
 
 DIOCESE Or SEEZ. D!VA. 
 
 Peter fuper Divam, in Normandy, by 
 Roger de Montgomery, or fome other 
 benefactor, mortly after the Conqueft, 
 whereupon fome black monks from 
 that monaftery were placed there. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 571. Dugd. 
 Warw. 2d ed. p. 30. & feq. 
 
 At Tutbury, in Staffordshire, was a 
 Benedictine priory dedicated to the 
 bleffed virgin, founded by Henry de 
 Ferrers, about A. D. 1080. cell to 
 the abbey of St. Peter fuper Divam in 
 Normandy, afterwards made denizon, 
 and valued at £.199. 14.J. lod. per 
 ann. Tanner's Notitia, p. 493. Buck 
 engraved the ruins of this priory 1 73 1 . 
 
 Rot. Liter. Patent. Normann. de 
 anno 6 Hen. V. pars 1 . m. 34. de tem- 
 poralibus reftitutis monafterio Sancti 
 Petr«i Surdyve Sagienfis diocefis. 
 
 SAGIUM.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 109 
 
 8. MARTIN. BIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 S A G I U M. 
 S. MARTIN DE SEEZ. 
 
 A Benedictine abbey dedicated to St. 
 Martin in the city of Seez, founded 
 A.D. 1 050, by Roger de Montgomery 
 II. and Mabel his wife. Annual in- 
 come 30000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 950. 
 
 45- 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 577. 
 
 Rot. Patent. Norman, de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 36. In dorfo, de 
 non moleftando abbatem de Seez. 
 
 Atherington, in Suffex, was a cell 
 to this abbey. Tanner's Notitia, 
 
 P- 5 6 3- 
 
 At Wengale in Lincolnshire was 
 an alien priory, dedicated to St. John, 
 
 cell
 
 no SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF SEEZ. S.MARTIH, 
 
 cell to this abbey, to which it belonged 
 in the beginning of the reign of Henry 
 III. It was given by H. VI. to Eton 
 college, afterwards became part of the 
 endowment of Trinity college, Camr 
 bridge, and was exchanged, 1 606, with 
 Sir Thomas Mounfon. Tanner's No- 
 titia, p. 279. 
 
 Earl Roger of Poictiers gave, A. D. 
 1094, the church of St. Mary in 
 Lancafter, with fome other lands, to 
 this abbey ; whereupon a prior and 
 five Benedictine monks from thence' 
 were placed here, who, with three 
 priefts, two clerks, and fervants, made 
 up a fmall monaftery, fubordinate to 
 that foreign houfe, and endowed with 
 :he yearly revenue of about £. 80. 
 
 annext
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES, m 
 
 S. MARTIN. DIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 annext by H. V. to Sion college. Mon- 
 Angl. I. 566. Tanner's Notitia, p. 229. 
 Roger de Montgomery earl of Arun- 
 del and Shrewsbury, and Adelaife his 
 wife, A. D. 1083, built at Shrewf- 
 bury, in the eaft. fuburb beyond the 
 river, an abbey for the Benedictine 
 monks from Sagium or Seez, in Nor- 
 mandy, to the honour of St. Peter and 
 St. Paul. It was valued at jT. 534. 
 45. 10^/. per aim. Tanner's Notitia, 
 p. 445. The fcite now belongs to 
 
 Powis, efq. Buck engraved an 
 
 E. view of this abbey church, 1 731. 
 
 The abbat and convent of Sagium. 
 or Seez, in Normandy, had the pa- 
 tronage of the church of Dudelebyri, 
 or Didlefbury in Shropfhire. lb. p. 453- 
 Madox Form. Ang. p. 6. 
 
 4 In
 
 in SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF SEEZ. S. MARTIN. 
 
 In the fuburbs of Pembroke was a 
 Benedictine priory, cell to this abbey, 
 founded by Arnulph earl of Pembroke, 
 1098, val. £. $j. 9 s. 3^d. Men. 
 Angl. I. 569. Tanner, ib. p. 719. 
 
 See a confirmation by the pope's 
 delegates of a composition between 
 the monks of Sees and the rector of 
 Auringueton, concerning the tithes of 
 Auringueton and Ore well. Madox 
 Formulare, N° xliv. 
 
 A partition of woods held by Emilger 
 de Bohun and the abbey of Sees in 
 common. Oath (or engagement) 
 . given by Emilger, and by the proxy of 
 the abbey, for the due obfervation of 
 this accord. Ibid. N° cxlvii. 
 
 The abbat of Sees being amerced 
 to the king in a iuit againii the prior 
 
 of
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 113 
 
 S. MARTIN. DIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 of Mendham, the prior, undertakes 
 to acquit the abbat againft the king, 
 of the faid amerciament, by a deed, 
 dat. Lond. primo E. 2. Ibid. N° 
 
 DCXXXVIII. 
 
 A releafe from Peter de Hull of all 
 charters and muniments which he had 
 from the abbey of Sees and priory of 
 Lancafter, for certain lands at Hull, 
 with the oath of the releafor and 
 others. Sans date. Ibid. N° dclxxi. 
 
 It is very probable that Roger de 
 Montgomery, founder of this abbey, 
 Robert de Belefme, or fome other of 
 his fons, gave to this monaftery the 
 church of St. Nicholas at Arundel in 
 Suflex, wherein was very early a cell 
 of four or five black monks, fubject. to 
 this monaftery. On -the feizure of 
 I the
 
 1 1 4 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF 5EEZ. S. MARTI:.*. 
 
 the alien priories into the king's hands, 
 temp. E. III. Richard earl of Arundel 
 obtained leave of the king, with 
 the confent of the abbey of Seez, to 
 make this priory collegiate. It was 
 valued at /,i68. oj. id. clear, and 
 granted to Henry earl of Arundel. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 556. 
 
 See Rot. Normann. de anno 5 H. V. 
 memb. 9. de temporalibus conceffis 
 abbati et conventui monafterii SandH 
 Martini de Seez. See Rot. Liter. Pa- 
 tent. Normann. de anno 6 Hen. V. 
 pars 1. m. 31. De temporalibus ref- 
 titutis abbatias S. Martini de Saglo. 
 
 VINACIUM.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. n$ 
 
 DIOCESE OF SEEZ, 
 
 V1NACIUM. 
 VI G NA T S. 
 
 A priory of Benedictine nuns, a 
 league and an half from Falaife ; 
 founded A. D. 11 30, by the earl of Bel- 
 lefme; turned into an abbeyA.D.1626, 
 by the means of a priorefs who was 
 of the houfe of Medavy de Grancey. 
 
 Annual income 6 or 7000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 750. 
 
 I2 TRAPPA.
 
 tx6 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF SEE Z. LA TRAPPE. 
 
 T R A P P A. 
 LA TRAPPE. 
 
 A Ciflertian abbey, founded A. D. 
 1 1 40, by Rotrou earl of Perche, fa- 
 mous for the great ftriclnefs and au- 
 fferity of the monks, which began 
 fo lately as 1663. 
 
 Annual income 8000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 789. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Patent, de anno 6 Hen. V. 
 pars 1. m. 39. De cuftodia tempo- 
 ralium abbatiae beatse Marias de la 
 Trappe concefTa religiofis viris ibidem. 
 Defcription de Tabbaye de la 
 Trappe, par M. Felibien. Par. 1671. 
 
 12°. 
 
 I YL-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. n 7 
 
 SILLY. ElOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 SYLLEIUM. 
 SILLY. 
 
 An abbev of Premonftratenfians ; 
 founded by Drogo of Anjou, an officer 
 of the emprefs Maud, A. D. 1150. 
 It prefents to 14 benefices; and its 
 annual income is about 5000 marks. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 830. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Patent. Normanniae de 
 anno 6 Hen. V. pars 1. m. 25. de 
 temporalibus refiitutis abbatias de 
 Silly. 
 
 I 3 YALLIS
 
 n8 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF SEEZ. VALLIS DEI. 
 
 V A L L I S DEI. 
 LE VAL DIEU. 
 
 A Carthufian abbey near the foreft 
 of Reno ; founded A. D. 1 1 80. by 
 Rotrou earl of Perche. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 874. 
 
 Rot. Lit. Pat. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1 . m. 21. Pro priore et 
 conventu prioratus beatas Marias de 
 valle Dei, ordinis Cartufiani, Sagienfis 
 diocefis, de reflitutione temporalium« 
 
 GOF-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 119 
 
 COFFERS. DIOCESE OF SEEZ. 
 
 GOFFERNUM. 
 GOFFERS EN FOREST. 
 
 Goffers is a Ciftertian abbey, litu- 
 ated in a finall foreft of that name, of 
 about two leagues in ci;\.umterence 
 near Argentan : founded A. D. 1 130. 
 
 See Neuflria Pia, p. 737. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 8 H. V. 
 pars 1. m. 13. De confirmatione car- 
 tarum pro monafterio de GourTer, 
 
 I 4 DIOCESE
 
 C 120 ] 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 CERASIUM. 
 
 / 
 CERISY L'ABBAIE. 
 
 CERESIENSE COENOBIUM S. VIGORIS. 
 
 A Benedictine abbey ; founded A. D. 
 590, by St. Vigor, bifhop ofBayeux, 
 which being defrroyed, was reftored 
 by Robert the Firft, duke of Norman- 
 dy, A. D. 1030. Annual income 
 20000 livres. 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 949. 
 15. 9 8. b. 
 
 Neufrria Pia, p. 429. 
 
 At Weft-Shirburne in Hampfhire 
 was an alien priory of Benedictine 
 monks, which was a cell to this abbey. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 1 60. 
 
 Rot.
 
 THE ALIEN P R I "" T F S. 121 
 
 CERASTUM. DIOCESE OF EAYEUX. 
 
 Rot. Patent. Norman n. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 12. De cuftodia 
 temporalium abbatiae Sti Vigoris de 
 Ceriiy commifia viris religions abbatiae 
 prasdictee. 
 
 Rot. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 18. dorfo : les 
 Religieux de St. Vigor de Ceriiy ount 
 lettres de procuration felon c la cuflume 
 de Normandie. 
 
 PON«
 
 422 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. FONTEKAY. 
 
 FONTANETUM. 
 FONTENAY. 
 
 A Benedictine abbey a league and 
 an half from Caen, founded by St. 
 Evremond, A. D. 570. Annual in- 
 come near 10000 livres. 
 
 Ecclefiam S. Stephani Fontaneti 
 Radulfus TaifTon, et Erneifus frater 
 ejus conftruxerunt. Gemeticenf. de 
 Geftis Normann. lib. VII. cap. 22. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. p. 950. 
 64. 973. b. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 79. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 5 Hen. V. 
 m. 10. dorfo. Rex conceffit abb. de 
 Fontenay omnia temporalia fua. 
 
 At Brimsfleld, or Bromfeud, in Glo- 
 cefterfhire was an alien priory of Bene- 
 dictine monks, which was a cell to 
 this abbey. Tanner's Notitia, p. 1 48. 
 
 7 T R O-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 125 
 
 TROUARN. BIOCESK OF BAYETJX. 
 
 TROARNUM. 
 T R O U A R N. 
 
 A town fo called, fituated on the 
 river Dive, where there is a Benedic- 
 tine abbey, dedicated to St. Martin ; 
 founded A. D. 1050, by Roger II. de 
 Montgomery, earl of Shrewfbury,^ 
 whofe annual income is 20000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. torn. II. 950. 
 47. 1002. a. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 558. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 25. De cuftodia tempora- 
 lium monafterii Sti. Martini de Trou- 
 arne commiffa priori et religiofis viris 
 dicti monafterii. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 
 pars 1 . m. 6. de temporalibus reftitutis 
 
 priori et conventui monafterii Sancli 
 
 Martini de Troarn. 
 
 The
 
 i2 4 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF EAYEUX. TROUARN'. 
 
 The founder, temp. Will. Conq. 
 endowed his new foundation with the 
 manor of Horkeflegh, or Horfley, in 
 Glocefterfhire, and there were fettled a 
 prior and monks dependent on the fo- 
 reign monafteiy, till the prior and con- 
 vent of Bruton in Somerfetfhire gave 
 fome lands they had in France to the 
 ahbat and convent of Troarn, in ex- 
 change for this and other eftates in 
 England, and then Horfley became a 
 cell to Bruton. Tanner's Notitia, 
 p. 145. 
 
 For other lands at Horfelei fee 
 Domefday, and Dr. Ducarel's Anglo- 
 Norman Antiquities, p. 82. 
 
 C A-
 
 V»J .I.p 125. 
 
 WkstFronl oftA, Ahbey fAitrc/t <•/-" SJhpAen, at 
 Ca&n, in v_ wrmandu —
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 125 
 
 EIOCEIE OF EAYEUX. 
 
 C A D A M U S. 
 
 CAEN. 
 
 Caen is the capital of Lower Nor- 
 mandy, on the river Orne, three 
 league.^ from the fea. In this city 
 are two famous Benedictine abbies ; 
 one for monks ; the other for nuns. 
 
 THE ABBEY OF ST. STEPHEN. 
 
 Founded A. D. 1064, and two years 
 before the Conqueft, by William duke 
 of Normandy, who was buried there, 
 1093. 
 
 Its annual income is 60000 livres, 
 
 and it has the patronage of 1 2 churches. 
 
 For the foundation charter fee 
 
 Dacherii, B.LanfranciCantuar. archi- 
 
 epifc. et Angliae primatis ordinis S. 
 
 Benedicli
 
 ia6 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF BAYEUX. CAEN. 
 
 Benedict opera. Paris, 1648, fol. 
 page 20. This is much curtailed in 
 theMonaft.Angl.tom.il. p. 956. See 
 alfo, p. 949. 
 
 Chronicon S. Stephani Cadomenus, 
 ab. A. D. 633. ad A. D. 1293, in Du- 
 chefne's Script. Normann. p. 1015. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 624. Carta 
 fundationis Sti. Stephani Cadom. Will. 
 Conq. p. 626. Carta confirmationis 
 Hen. II. p. 628. Carta permutationis 
 et concellionis Gulielmi Rufi Reg. 
 Ang. & Ducis Normanniae, p. 638. 
 Exemptiones & privilegia a fede apof- 
 tolica collata huic abbatiae, & ab ar- 
 chiep. Rothomagenfi & epifcopo Ba- 
 jocenfi conrirmata, p. 640. Gefta D. 
 Lanfranci, monachi ac prions Becci, 
 deinde primi abbatisCadomenfis, poftea 
 
 archiep.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 127 
 
 CAEN. DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 archiep. Cantuarienfis, p. 646. Cata- 
 logue abbatum fequentium, p. 650. 
 
 Befides the immenfe benefactions 
 which William in his life-time con- 
 ferred on this abbey, he on his death 
 prefented thereto the crown which he 
 ufed to wear at all high feftivals, to- 
 gether with his fceptre and rod, a cup 
 fet with precious {tones, his candle- 
 flicks of gold, and all other his rega- 
 lia ; as alio the ivory bugle-horn 
 which ufually hung at his back. Thefe 
 were afterwards redeemed by his fon 
 William, who, in exchange for the 
 fame, granted to the monks the ma- 
 nor of Coker, in Somerfetfhire ; and 
 at the fame time confirmed the pof- 
 feffions, privileges, and exemptions, 
 which had been granted to them by 
 
 his
 
 i 2 8 SOME ACCOUNT OP 
 
 BIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 his father. See Dr. Ducarel's Anglo- 
 Norman Antiquities, p. 5 1 . 
 
 This houfe pofTefTed lands at Bin- 
 comb, and the manor of Framton, in 
 Dorfet, andprefented to both churches : 
 the latter place was a cell to this 
 abbey. Hutchins, I. ^37- 349* 
 Tan. Not. Mon. p. 106. 
 
 It had alfo lands at Northam in De- 
 vonshire. Alfo the church of Cruche, 
 and fome lands there, c. Somerfet. 
 
 Domefdav. 
 
 j 
 
 Cofham church in Wiltshire was 
 given to the abbey of St. Stephen, at 
 Caen, by William the Conqueror. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 602. 
 
 The manor of Paunsfield or Pant- 
 field, in Eflbx, being given to the 
 abbey of St. Stephen, at Caen, by 
 
 Wal-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 129 
 
 «AEN. DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 Waleran Fitz Ranulph, 4 WilLConq. 
 it became an alien p r Bene- 
 
 divftine monks. tiner's Notitia, 
 
 p. 120. Morant, vol. II. p. 405. 
 
 The manor of Welles, or Well- 
 hall, in Oeyton, in the county of Nor- 
 folk, being given to the abbey of St. 
 Stephen at Caen, by William de 
 Streis, Efcoeis, Eiiois, or Scoheis 
 (temp. Will. Conq.) here was fixed an 
 alien priory of Benedictine monks 
 from that houfe. Tanner, p. 336. 
 Blomef. Norf. IV. p. $3r 
 
 Rot. Norm. 5 H. V. m. 25. Pardo- 
 natio conceffa monachis abbatice Sanctl 
 Stephani de Cadomo* 
 
 Ibid. m. 7. Pro capellanis Sti. Ste^ 
 phani de Cadomo. 
 
 K Rot,
 
 130 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. CAEN. 
 
 Rot. Liter. Patent. Norman, de 
 anno 6 H. V. pars i. m. 31. De 
 temporalibus reftitutis abbatiae Sti. 
 Stephani de Cadomo. 
 
 THE ABBEY OF THE HOLY TRINITY 
 
 founded, at the fame time, by 
 Matilda wife of William, for Benedic- 
 tine nuns, where her monument * re- 
 mains at this day. 
 
 Its annual income is 30000 livres. 
 
 Cecily, the Conqueror's eldeft. 
 daughter, was abbefs here. 
 
 Charters of Henry I. and Edward III 
 to this abbey.* See Monaft. Ang. 
 torn. II. p. 958. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 656. Charta 
 
 fundationis abbatiae S. S. Trinitatis 
 
 Cadomenfis, p. 658. 
 
 * Engraved in Dr. Ducarel's Norman Antiqui- 
 ties, PI. VI. p. 63. 
 
 Rot.
 
 Voi.r. P .j3o- 
 
 if&st-Frvnt: <rfiL> Abbey Churc/i ef-tAs-Holy T^rticty, at 
 Caen, inK^y\ y ortriti / ndu 

 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 131 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 Rot. Norm, de anno 5 H. V. m. 25. 
 De proteclione pro monialibus Sandtae 
 Trinitatis de Cadomo. 
 
 Ibid. m. 10. Dorfo Rex concefllt 
 religiofis mulieribus monaflerii Sanclae 
 Trinitatis de Cadomo omnia tempo- 
 ralia fua. 
 
 Rotulus de valore terrarum Nor- 
 mannorum de anno fexto regis Jo- 
 hannis. Frompton, terra abbatis de 
 Cadomo. Tarente, terra abbatiiTas de 
 Cadomo. 
 
 The Ecclefk Monialium had lands 
 at Peneberic and Hautone in Gloucef- 
 terfhire. Domefday. 
 
 Clauf. E. III. p 2. m. 17. De 
 
 ndelitate abbatiflae San&ae Trinitatis 
 
 in Cadomo. T. R. apud Ebcrum 
 
 K 2 3 Junii:
 
 i$z SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 3 Junii : printed in Rymer's Foedera, 
 IV. p. 291. They poffefled lands at 
 Tarente in Dorfetfhire, at Umberlei, 
 Sudmolton, and Brantone, in Devon- 
 mire. See Domefday. 
 
 The manor and advowfon of the 
 church of Horfcede, in Norfolk, be- 
 longed to the abbefs and nuns of the 
 Holy Trinity at Caen, by the grant of 
 king William Rufus. Tanner's No- 
 titia, p. 338. Blomef. V. 1362. 
 
 Minchin Hampton in Glocefterfhire 
 was fo called, fays Tanner, becaufe 
 the manor was given to the nuns, or 
 minchins, of the Holy Trinity^ at 
 Caen, by king William the Conqueror. 
 Tanner's Notitiaj p. 150. 
 
 3 Rot.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. -135 
 
 cae:;. diocese of bayevx. 
 
 Rot. Norm, de an. 5 H. V. m. 22. 
 De quarreris albas petrae in fuburbio 
 villas de Caen annexandis dominio regis 
 pro reparation? eccleliarum, caftrorum, 
 et fortallitiorum, tarn in Anglia quam 
 in Normannia. 
 
 Rot. Normanniae de anno 9 H. V. 
 m. 31. dorfo. De areftando naves pro 
 tranfportatione lapidum & petrarum 
 pro conftructione abbatiae San<£ti Petri 
 de Weilminfler a partibus Cadomi. 
 
 K 3 ARDENA
 
 134 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. ARDENE. 
 
 A R D E N A. 
 A R D E N E. 
 
 An abbey of Premonftratennans 
 near Caen ; founded by a Lord 
 Kermanville, A. D. 1122. Its in- 
 come about 1 0000 livres per annum. 
 
 See Neuflria Pia, p. 702. 
 
 R.ot. Cartarum et Chirographarum 
 Normanniae de anno 2 R. Johannis 
 m. 3. De connrmando molendinum 
 apud Cad. in Gaimara conceffum per 
 Regem Ricardum abbati & canonicis 
 abbatiae Sandlse Maria de Ardena. 
 
 ?LES-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 135 
 
 t-£ PLF.SSIS. DIOCESE OF BAYIVX. 
 
 PLESSEIUM GRIMOLDI. 
 LE PLESSIS GRIMOULT. 
 
 A priory of Regular Canons in a 
 town of that name ; founded A. D. 
 1 130. Its annual income about 10000 
 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 742. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 6 H. V. 
 pars 2. m. 22. De temporalibus ref- 
 titutis priori & conventui prioratus 
 Sancli Stephani dePlefleyo-Grymondy 
 (du Pleffis-Grimoult). 
 
 K 4 AL-
 
 »3& . SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYED?. AUNAY* 
 
 A L N E T U M. 
 
 A U N A Y. 
 
 ABEATIA DE ALNETO. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey founded A. D. 
 5 1 3 1 , by Richard de Humet con* 
 ftahle of Normandy. Its annual in- 
 come is 1 2000 livres. 
 
 See Monafticon, II. p. 1006. b. 
 
 Neuflria Pia, p. 758. 
 
 The celebrated Huet, bifhop of 
 Avranches, was a confiderable time 
 abbot here. 
 
 Richard de Humet conftable of 
 Normandy, temp. Hen, II. gave the 
 church of Limbergh Magna in Lin- 
 colnfhire to this abbey, to which that 
 of Limbergh Magna became an alien 
 priory, till it was fold by thofe foreign 
 
 monks
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 137 
 
 AUNAY. DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 monks to the Carthufians of St. Anne 
 near Coventry, 16 Ric. II. Tanner's 
 Notitia, p. 276. 
 
 Bertram de Verdun, A. D. 11 76, 
 gave to the Ciftertian monks of this 
 abbey a piece of ground at Chotes, or 
 Chotene, in Staffordshire, whereon to 
 build an abbey of that order, which 
 was in three years removed to Crokef- 
 den, or Croxden, in the fame county. 
 Tanner's Notitia, p. 498. 
 
 Dr. Rawlinfon engraved its founda- 
 tion charter, dated 11 79, from the 
 original, in his porTeffion ; and Buck a 
 N. E. view c r ' v s ruins, 1 731 . 
 
 VALLIS
 
 i 3 8 SOME -ACCOUNT O i- 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. VAL-RICHE*. 
 
 VALLIS RICHERII. 
 IE VAL- RICHER. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey near Cambremer, 
 in this diocefe, though furrounded by 
 that of Lifieux, founded A. D. 1 1 47. 
 by Philip de Harcourt, bifhop of 
 Bayeux. Annual income 8000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 825. 
 
 Rot. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 7 H. V. p. 2. m. 14. De temporali- 
 bus reftitutis abbatiae beatae Mariae de 
 Valrich. 
 
 LON-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 139 
 
 LONGUES. DIOCESE OF BAYEOX. 
 
 LONGENSE. 
 
 L O N G U E S. 
 
 A Benedictine Abbey near the fea- 
 fide ; founded A. D. 1 165, by Henry 
 earlofBeffin. Annual income 4000 
 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 865. 
 
 Rot. Patent. Normann. de anno 
 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 12. De cuftodia 
 temporalium abbatiae Mariae de Lon- 
 gues commiffa viris religiofis abbatiae 
 prasdidtae. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V, 
 pars 1. m. 46. De reftitutione tem- 
 poralium pro abbate et conventu beataa 
 Mariae de Longis (Longues) prope 
 Bayeux. 
 
 v AL-
 
 140 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 VALLENSE. 
 L E V A L. 
 
 An abbey of Regular Canons of 
 St. Auftin, nearFalaife, founded A.D. 
 1 155, by Goflelin de la Pommeraye. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 841. 
 
 The advowfon of Tregony, in the 
 deanry of Powder, in Cornwall, as 
 belonging to this abbey, is mentioned, 
 iin.div.com. 52 H. III. n. 18. Tan- 
 ner's Notitia, p. 7 1 . 
 
 BAR-
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 14* 
 
 BARBERY. DIOCESE OF BAYECX. 
 
 BARBERIUM. 
 BARBERY. 
 
 A Ciftertian abbey, founded by 
 Robert Marmion, A. D. :i8i. Its 
 annual income about 1 2000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 881. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 5 Hen. V. 
 memb. 10. dorfo. Rex conceffit abb, 
 B. Mariae de Barbery omnia temporaiia 
 fua. 
 
 cou R-
 
 i 4 2 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 BIOCESE OF BAYEUX. COKDILLOtf. 
 
 COURDILLUM. 
 CORDILLON. 
 
 An abbey of Benedidtine nuns ; 
 founded A. D. 1200, whofe annual 
 income is 5000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 919. 
 
 Rotulus Normannias de anno 5 Hen. 
 V. m. 26. Libertates confirmatae ab- 
 batiflas S'ei Laurentii de Cordillon in 
 ducatu Normanniae. 
 
 BELLA
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 143 
 
 BELLE ESTOILLE. DIOCESE OF BAYEUX. 
 
 BELLA STELLA. 
 BELLE ESTOILLE. 
 
 An abbey of Premonftratenfians ; 
 founded A. D. 1215. Its annual in- 
 come about 5000 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. 910. 
 
 Rotulus Literarum Patentium Nor- 
 manniae de anno 6 H. V. pars 1 . m. 
 39. Pro abbatia beatae Marias de Bel- 
 leftoille, de reftitutione temporalium. 
 
 to rig-
 
 J44 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 SIOCESEOF BAYEUX, TORICNY. 
 
 TORIGNEIUM. 
 
 TORIGNY. 
 
 Torigny is a town where there is a 
 Ciftertian abbey and priory of Cifter- 
 tian nuns, founded about 1307, by 
 Robert LeFevre, archdeacon of Avran- 
 ches. 
 
 Neuflria Pia, p. 914. 
 
 MONS
 
 Vol.!, 
 
 'lUajfAcl J,r t ,tj_.\U>c>>t.t;-<).lf/.^ulu-l.,h:,.//., l ..„/. l ,,ff7., G
 
 [ h$ 1 
 
 btOCESE OF AVRANCHES. 
 
 MONS SANCTI MICHAELIS. 
 M O N T St MICHEL. 
 
 A Benedictine abbey famous through- 
 out Europe for the great devotion of 
 the people to St. Micriad the Arch- 
 angel, the magnificence of the abbey, 
 and the romanticnefs* of its fituation, 
 on a fteep rock, called Tumba, 300 
 feet high, on a fandy more, covered 
 with the fea twice every day ; diftant a 
 league and an half from Terra Firma, 
 between the mouths of two fmall 
 rivers, and in the centre of a bay 
 formed by the coafts of Britanny and 
 Normandy. At this place is a fmall 
 
 * See the Plate, 
 
 Lt town,
 
 146 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. MONT S. MICHEL. 
 
 town, called St. Michael in periculo 
 maris *, becaufe of the great dan- 
 ger of getting to it, which is only at 
 low water. The tradition is, that St. 
 Michael appeared to St. Aubert biiriop 
 of Avranches, about the year 708, and 
 ordered him to build a church upon 
 this rock ; which he did, and placed 
 therein twelve fecular canons, whofe 
 fucceffors becoming remifs, were 
 turned out by Richard the Firft duke 
 of Normandy, who placed in their 
 ftead, A. D. 966, thirty monks of the 
 order of St. Benedict, who have ever 
 lince been in pofleflion of this abbey . 
 The prefent annual income is about 
 40000 livres, but it was formerly 
 
 * Sometimes ad duas (umbos the point of land 
 b°ing divided into two rocks, on the lowermoft of 
 which was a caftle razed 1699. 
 
 much
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 147 
 
 MONT S. MICHEL. DIOCESE OF AV RANCHES. 
 
 much greater. Its fine church was 
 begun A. D. 1024. by Richard the 
 Second, Duke of Normandy, and 
 abbat Hildcbert. Here is a large li- 
 brary ; and a great many relics are 
 preferved in the treafury, and often 
 viiited by pilgrims from France and 
 other countries, who have reforted to 
 it for a great many years. 
 
 See Monaft. Aagi. torn. II. p. 949. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, 371. 
 
 This abbey in fituation very much 
 refembles its namefake on St. Michael's 
 Mount in Cornwall, which was an- 
 nexed to it. by Robert earl of Moreton 
 and Cornwall, before 1085, and is 
 the moll: intire religious houfe now 
 ftanding in that county. It was re- 
 L 2 Downed
 
 148 some account of 
 
 DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. MONT S. MICHEL. 
 
 nowned for its fanctity before the 
 Conqueft A Priory of Benedictine 
 monks was placed here by Edward 
 the Confeffor. Earl Robert placed 
 here Ciftertian monks of the Gilber- 
 tine order, by whofe rules nuns were 
 admitted to live with them ; and ac- 
 cordingly here were two focieties a 
 little detached from each other. It was 
 made denizon temp. E. III. H. VI. 
 gave it to King's College, Cambridge. 
 Edw. IV. annexed it to Sion abbey. 
 It was valued at £. no. 12 s. The 
 Cornifh mount was made a garrifon 
 from the time of Richard I ; and 5 H. 
 IV, is called Fortalhium *. It was 
 
 fitted 
 
 * The Norman mount was alfo fortified, and was 
 well defended againft the Englifli, 1423. The 
 
 abbat
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 14* 
 
 >!OKT 6. MICHEL. DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. 
 
 fitted up by the late Sir John St. Au- 
 byn, for a houfe. See Tanner's Notitia, 
 p.68. Borlafe'sAntiquitiesof Cornwall, 
 2d edit. p. 366. where is a view of it ; 
 two others N. and E. by Buck, 
 
 J 734- 
 
 William the Conqueror gave the 
 manor of Otterington, or Otterton, 
 in Devonfhire to this abbey, where- 
 upon it became an alien priory of 
 
 Black Monks fubjed to it. Tanner's 
 Notitia, p. 90. 
 
 Sidmouth in Devonfhire was a manor 
 given to this abbey by the fame king. 
 lb. p. 89. 
 
 abbat is governor of the cattle. It ferves as a 
 ftate prifon. All travellers who vifit this mount 
 are difarmed. Q^ If it was not lately blown up 
 by accident. 
 
 L 3 St.
 
 i$o SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. MONT S. MICHEli 
 
 St: Clement, Valia, and Leik, in 
 the Ifle of Guernfey, were cells to 
 this abbey. 
 
 SAVANIECENSE COENOBIUM. 
 
 S A V I N I A C. 
 
 S A V I G N Y. 
 
 A Ciflertian abbey ; at firfh a herr 
 mitage, where Saint Vitalis lived ; 
 afterwards, A. D. 1112, Raoul de 
 Fougeres and John de Landere founded 
 an abbey, which was united to the 
 Ciftertian order, A. D. 1148. 
 
 Annual income 34.000 livres. 
 
 See Monaft. Angl. II. p. yyj. b. 
 
 Neuftria Pia, p. 676. 
 
 There
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. i$i 
 
 1AVIGNY. DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. 
 
 There was a priory of Ciftertian 
 monks at Long Benyngton in Lin- 
 colnihire, which was fubordinate to 
 this abbey. Tanner's Notitia, p. 280. 
 
 Rot. Liter. Patent. Normann. de 
 anno 6 H. V. pars 1. m. 33. De 
 temporalibus reftitutis abbatias beatae 
 Mariae de Savigny. 
 
 At Feild-dallyng in Norfolk, Maud 
 de Harfcolye, temp. Hen. II. gave a 
 manor to the abbat and convent of 
 Savigny in Normandy ; whereupon 
 there came over hither fome Ciftertian 
 monks of that houfe, to which this is 
 fometimes mentioned as a cell or 
 priory of itfelf, and fometimes as par- 
 cel of Long Benington in Lincoln- 
 fhire. On the diffolution of Alien 
 Priories it was given to Epworth 
 L 4 Priory,
 
 152 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. 
 
 Priory, and to Spittle on the Street 
 hofpltal, c. Line, to the Carthufians 
 near Coventry, and lair, to Mount- 
 grace Priory, Yorkfhire. Tanners 
 Notitia, p. 352. Biomef. Norf, 
 
 V- 795- 
 
 Roger bifhop of Chefter (the fame 
 fee with that which is now called 
 Coventry and Litchfield) built at 
 Bilde ; /as, or Buidewas, in Shropfhire, 
 
 an abbey for monks of the order of 
 
 j 
 
 Savigny (united afterwards to the Cif- 
 tertians) to the honour of St. Mary 
 and St. Chadd. Tanner's Notitia, 
 p. 449. Views of its ruins, by Buck, 
 1 J3 1 ; byGrofe, 1772. 
 
 The monaftery of Furnes in Lan- 
 cashire belonged to this abbey . Tanner, 
 lb. p. 230. Weil's Hilt, of Furnes,
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 153 
 
 SAVIGNY. DIOCESE OF AVRAXCUES. 
 
 1774, 4-to. A view of it by Buck, 1727. 
 Another by the Society of Antiquaries 
 when more intire. A third by Hearne 
 and Byrne, 1778. 
 
 Willam de Filgeriis gave (in frank 
 almoigne) to the monks of Savigny 
 a yearly rent of two marks in filver 
 from his manor of Benington for a 
 pittance for the convent on the mor- 
 row of All Saints for ever. Dat. apud 
 Beninton 27 Maii, A. D. 12.01. 
 Madox Form. N° ccccxxxn. A con- 
 firmation by Clemencia his daugh- 
 ter to the monks of Savigny, of 
 all their lands and pofTeffions in Be- 
 nington and Forton. A grant to 
 them of other lands ; and a releafe 
 to them of a yearly rent in frank 
 dmoigne, Ibid. N° ccccxxxvu. 
 
 A char-
 
 i54 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. SAVICNY* 
 
 A charter of protection of Richard I. 
 granted to the abbey of Savigny. 
 T. R. apud Chinon xi die Martii. lb. 
 
 JN° DXV. 
 
 LUCERNA, 
 LA LUZERNE. 
 
 An abbey of Premonftratenfians ; 
 founded A. D. 1143, D y Afhilphus 
 de Subligny, Lord of Grippon, whofe 
 brother, bifhop of Avranches, dedi- 
 cated the church 1 145, and has a mo- 
 nument in it. 
 
 Annual income between 4 and 5000 
 livres. 
 
 See Neuftria Pia, p. yy^. 
 
 7 Rot.
 
 THE ALIEN PRIORIES. 155 
 
 lUCERNA. DIOCESE OF AVRANCHES. 
 
 Rot. Normann. de anno 7 H. V. 
 par? I. m. 69. Rex conceffit abbati 
 et conventui abbatiae Sanely Trinita- 
 Us de la Luferne omnia temporalia 
 fua. 
 
 A grant in fee, or perpetual emphy- 
 teusis *, of land in the parifh of War- 
 neford, made by the monks of Lu- 
 cerne to John de Torvilla, knight, 
 paying a yearly rent ; if the rent be 
 in arrear, the meflenger fent by the 
 monks to fetch it to be paid by the 
 emphyteutique pojfejfor his expences 
 for fo long as he flays in England for 
 the rent. Dat. apud Lucernam, A. D. 
 1306. Madox Form. N° cccclxxiv. 
 
 * Emphyteufis, precaria poffejjio. Du Cange. 
 
 MORE-
 
 , 5 6 SOME ACCOUNT OF 
 
 DIOCESS OF AVRAXCHES. MOB.T AIIC*' 
 
 M O R E T O N 1 U M. 
 MORTAI N. 
 
 This fmall town, fituated among 
 rocks, was formerly an earldom, and 
 gave title of earl to fome of the 
 relations of the old dukes of Nor- 
 mandy ; and iince to the families of 
 Blois, Bologne, Navarre, and Bour- 
 bon. Here is an abbey of White Nuns 
 cf the Ciftertian order, founded A. D. 
 1 1 50, and a Benedictine Priory called 
 Du Rocher. 
 
 SeeNeuftria Pia, p. 840. 
 In this town is alio a collegiate 
 church founded A. D. 1082, by Robert 
 earl of Mortain, brother to William 
 the Conqueror, wliofe chapter confifts 
 of two dignitaries and fourteen canons. 
 
 MOMS
 
 THE ALIEN TRIO P. IE S. 157 
 
 MON'TMOREL. iiOClSE OF AVRANCHES. 
 
 M O N 5 MO R ELLUS. 
 MONT'MORE L. 
 
 An abbey of Regular Canons of 
 St. Auflin ; founded A. D. 11 80, by 
 the lords de Subligny and du Hornet. 
 
 Annual income 4000 livrcs. 
 
 See Neuftri a Pia , p. 8 y 9 . 
 
 Rot. Lit. Patent. Normann. de 
 anno 6 H. V. m. 38. De cuftodia 
 temporalium abbatiae de Montmoreli, 
 commiiTa religiofis \ iris abbati-js pras- 
 
 APPEN-
 
 C '59 1 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 Introd. p. xxxiii. " Hiftoire du dio- 
 cefe de Bayeux. Premiere partie* 
 Contenant l'hiftoire des eveques, avec 
 celle des Saints, des Doyens, & des 
 homines illuftres, de Teglife cathedrale 
 ou du diocefe. Par Mr. Herman t. 
 Caen, 1705." 4to. 
 
 P. xxxiv. 
 
 " The city of Avranches is the 
 naftieft I have yet feen in France ; 
 but its fituation is very fine. The 
 cathedral ftands on a hill, which ter- 
 minates abruptly ; the front extends to 
 the extreme verge, and overhangs the 
 precipice. It bears marks of high 
 antiquity* The towers are decayed 
 in many places, though its original 
 
 Vol. L M conftruction
 
 i6o ADDENDA, 
 
 conftxuction has been wonderoufly 
 flrong. The twoW. towers are fuppofed 
 to be as old as the Vlllth century. 
 Henry II. received abfolution from 
 the pope's nuncio for the murder of 
 Becket here, 1 172 ; and they fhew the 
 ftone on which he kneeled. It is about 
 30 inches by 12, with a chalice cut 
 on it, and ftands before the N. porch." 
 WraxalFs Tour through France, at 
 the end of his " Memoirs of the 
 Kings of France of the Houfe of Va- 
 lois," II. 225, 6. 
 
 P. 12. The abbey of Fes camp 
 was pofTeffed of divers lands in Suf- 
 fex ; viz. the manor of Rameflie, and 
 lands at Staninges, and at Berie. See 
 Domefday. Richard Earl of Arundel, 
 by his will, dated 1392, left to the 
 abbot and convent of Fefcamp a fum 
 
 of
 
 ADDENDA, 361 
 
 of money to purchafe the manor of 
 Bury in Arundel rape, Suffex. See 
 Royal Wills, p. 127. 
 
 See in the Cotton Library (Vltel- 
 lius D. XIII. 1) De fundatione ab- 
 batias de Fefcamp in Normannia. 
 
 P. 15. The abbey of St. Peter 
 at Jumieges was poffeffed of the ma- 
 nor of Helingey in Hampfhire. See 
 Domefday. 
 
 p. i 7 . 
 
 " In the church of Loches, before 
 the high altar, is interred the cele- 
 brated Agnes Soreille, miftrefs to 
 Charles VII. The monument is 
 compofed of black marble ; and on 
 it her effigy cut in white alabafter. 
 If it may be fuppofed to refemble her 
 perfon, me was feminine and delicate 
 M 2 to
 
 i6i . D D E N D A, 
 
 to the utmoft degree of which the 
 human body is fufceptible. The face 
 is perfectly correfpondent to the other 
 parts, and conveys an idea of uncom- 
 mon lovelinefs mixt with exquifite 
 fragility. Her hands, which are 
 joined in prayer, are models of fym- 
 metry and proportion. Round her 
 hair is a broad fillet enriched with 
 pearls ; and a fort of necklace, com- 
 pofed of the fame ornaments, falls on 
 her bofom. She repofes on an em- 
 broidered cufhion : her drefs is fim- 
 ple, molfu concealing her limbs from 
 view, and at her feet are two lambs, 
 emblematical of her name, Agnes. 
 Time has begun to injure the figure 
 and deface the tomb in many parts. — 
 As me expired at the abbey of Ju- 
 mieges in Normandy, her body was 
 
 brought,
 
 ADDENDA. 163 
 
 brought, by her exprefs command, 
 to this church, to which, during her 
 life time, (he had made very ample 
 donations. Louis X T . though he nei- 
 ther honoured his father's memory, 
 nor reflected her, yet protected her re- 
 mains, and refufed permiffion to the 
 canons, who, by an act of ingratitude 
 to their benefaccrefs, petitioned for 
 the removal and demolition of her 
 tomb." Wraxall, II. 393. 
 
 P. 19. The archbifnop of Rouen 
 had lands in Frekenham in Suffolk. 
 See Domefday. 
 
 P. 29. The Abbey of Bec had the 
 manor of Devrel in Wiltfhire. See 
 Domefday. 
 
 M 3 The
 
 16+ ADDENDA. 
 
 The abbey of Bee held in Surrey 
 at the making of Domefday of the 
 gift of Richard F. Gilbert or de Ton- 
 bridge Totinges [Tooting] (thence 
 probably called Tooting Bee J and Ef- 
 treham [Stretham]. Hence Mr. Sal- 
 mon [Surrey p. 40. J conjectures that 
 the duke of Bedford's houfe at the lat- 
 ter place, which is fa id to have been 
 one of Q. Elizabeth's palaces, was the 
 refidence of the abbot of Bee when 
 he came to England. 
 
 This manor came into the Bedford 
 family by marriage of Wriothefley 
 fecond duke of Bedford, (fon of lord 
 Ruffel beheaded by C. II.) with Eli- 
 zabeth only daughter of John How- 
 land, efq. and grandaughter of Sir Jq- 
 {iah Child, 1695 ; foon after which 
 his grace was created baron Howland 
 
 of
 
 ADDENDA. i6 5 
 
 of Streatham. The houfe is large, 
 fituated by the fide of the high road, 
 and at prefent occupied onlv by a 
 farmer, fteward of the eftate. In the 
 front wall are two fmall brick hexa- 
 gon embattled turrets ; on one two 
 bars, In chief three lions paffant S. 
 Creft on a wreath, a leopard paffant 
 gardant gorged with a ducal coronet. 
 Sir Giles {lowland knt. fon of John 
 Howland of London, and younger 
 brother of Richard Howland bifhop 
 of Peterborough. On the other in a 
 lozenge, in a border engrailed on a 
 fefs Erm. three mullets between three 
 fwans. Elizabeth daughter of Sir 
 'John Rivers, knt. lord-mayor of Lon- 
 don, 1573, his fecond wife. Thefe two 
 towers were probably built by Sir 
 M 4 Giles
 
 i66 ADDENDA. 
 
 Giles Howland when nrft feated there 
 at the end of queen Elizabeth or be- 
 ginning of James the nrft's reign, 
 
 Sibilla de Tingria daughter of Faran 
 de Bolonia, lady oiClopham [Clapham] 
 confirmed to the monks of Bee one 
 hide in Balgham [Balham], which be- 
 longed to Clapham manor, and 
 had been given them by her ances- 
 tors, for which the monks paid her 
 40 folidos ejlerlingorum. Nigel de 
 Mandeville had given two hides in 
 Balgham, by confent of his wife, to 
 Bermondfey abbey ; which by ex- 
 change or purchafe came to Bee, and 
 are now in the duke of Bedford. 
 
 The prior of Bee had a penfion of 
 4I. out of Streatham church. (Valor 
 Bcdl.) Probably they compounded 
 with the rector, demifing the tithes 
 
 of
 
 ADDENDA. 167 
 
 of Tooting and Balgham for it. 
 (Salmon, ib. 39.*) 
 
 The manor of Totyngbek was 
 rented of the crown by John Arderne, 
 efq. for 19I. per annum ; which rent 
 was part of the endowment of Eton 
 college, 19 H. VI. Mon. Ang. III. 
 p. II. 198. Rot. Pari. V. 48. 
 
 Some of the lands in England be- 
 longing to the cells of the Abbey of 
 Bee, and to other Alien Priories, were 
 purchafed temp. Rich. II. by William 
 of Wykeham for his College at Win- 
 chester ; and all the old deeds, char- 
 ters, &c. relative to thefe lands, are 
 entered in two large Leiger Books 
 preferved in the Archives of that Col- 
 lege. Thefe MSS. the late Mr. Samuel 
 Carte had feen and perufed, as he 
 informed Dr. Ducarel, July 25, 1754* 
 
 p. 6 5 .
 
 i68 ADDENDA. 
 
 P. 65. Abb. de Cruce Leufredi 
 tenet de dono Regis W. in Aiflele in 
 Amelebrige hund. vn. hid et ill. 
 virg. terre. See Domefday, Surrey. 
 
 P. 107. The abbey, of St. Pierre 
 sur Dive had lands at Peife and Co- 
 ferige. See Domefday, Berklhire. 
 
 P. 130. Cott. Lib. Tiberius B. VI 7. 
 Copia alienationis facias per abbatif- 
 fam Monafterii Sanct^: Trinitatis 
 de Cado:,to in Normannia de terris 
 fuis in partibus Angliae. 
 
 P. 133. A large ancient undated 
 plan of Caen has round it views of 
 the abbeys of St. Stephen and the 
 Trinity, thofe of Fontenay and Ar- 
 deine near Caen, befides views of the 
 feats of feveral of the nobility and 
 1 gentry
 
 ADDENDA. 169 
 
 gentry in that neighbourhood. Two 
 meets, chez Gerard Joilain, rue St. 
 Jaques a la Ville de Cologne a Paris. 
 
 " Les Recherches & Antiquitez de 
 Normandie, mais principalement de 
 la Ville deCaen. Caen, 1588." 410. 
 
 " Origine de la ville de Caen. 
 Par Pierre Huet eveque d'Avranches. 
 Rouen, 1706." 8vo. This fecond 
 edition is the fulleft and befl of this 
 curious book. 
 
 De fidelltaie Abbatijfa San6tae Trini- 
 tath de Cadomo. 
 
 From Rymer, vol. IV. p. 291. 
 
 A. D. 1327. An. 1 E. III. Clauf. i E. III./.. a . m. i 7 . 
 
 REX dileclo & fideli fuo Ottoni 
 de Grandifono, cuftodi infularum de 
 Gernereye, Jerfeye, Serk, & Aure- 
 
 neyl,
 
 170 ADDENDA. 
 
 neyl, vel ejus locum tenenti, Salu- 
 
 tem. 
 
 Sciatis quod cepimus fidelitatem 
 dilectae nobis in Chrifto Nichols, 
 abbathTae Sanctae Trinitatis de Ca- 
 damo, in Normannia, de terris & 
 tenementis, quae de nobis tenet in 
 infulis praediclis, & quae, occafione 
 mortis ultimas abbatifTae loci praedicli, 
 capta funt in manum noftram, & ilia 
 ei reddidimus : 
 
 Et ideo vobis mandamus, quod ei- 
 dem abbatiiTae, vel ejus procuratori, 
 feu attornato in hac parte, terras & 
 tenementa praedicta cum pertinen- 
 tiis liberetis, falvo jure cujuflibet. 
 
 Tefte Rege apud Eborum tertio 
 die Junii. 
 
 P. 145-
 
 ADDENDA. i 7 * 
 
 P. 145. Mount St. Michael. 
 
 Mr. Wraxall, in his Tour before 
 cited, p. 202, &c. defcribes this ex- 
 traordinary rock r.'fing in the middle 
 of the bay of Avranches, a league from 
 the village of Genet, acrofs the found 
 paflable only at low water, defended 
 on one fide by perpendicular crags, 
 and on the other by ftrong walls and 
 towers. The town of one ftreet winds 
 round the foot of the rock. Higher up 
 are Itate prifons and other buildings ; 
 and on the fummit the abbey occu- 
 pying a prodigious fpace of ground, 
 and proportionably ftrong and folid. 
 The fale de chevalerie or knights hall 
 refembles for fize that at Marien- 
 bourg in Polifh Pruffia, but is ruder, 
 and of earlier date. Here Louis IV. 
 6 inftituted
 
 175 ADDEND A. 
 
 inftituted the order of Knights of the 
 Crofs of St. Michael, who here held 
 their chapters *. After paffing thro' 
 feveral leffer rooms into a long paf- 
 fage, and thence through a door and 
 narrow entrance perfectly dark, Mr. 
 Wraxail was conducted into a dun- 
 geon, in which frood a cage about 12 
 feet fquare and 20 high, compofed 
 of prodigious wooden bars, with a 
 wicket near a foot thick, which had 
 been the abode of manv eminent vie- 
 tims in former ages, whofe names and 
 miferies are now forgotten. The fou- 
 terains of this mountain are fo nume- 
 
 * This feems a miftake : for ?. Montfaucon fays, 
 this order was inftituted at Amboife, Aug. i, 1469. 
 The place for this order was indeed the church of 
 Mount St. Michael, as having never been taken by 
 the enemies of the crown of France. See Mcntf. 
 de la Mon. Fr. Tom. Ill, 305, pi. 61. 
 
 rou$
 
 ADDENDA. 1*3 
 
 rous as not to be known to their 
 keepers. The Oubliettes are certain 
 dark vaults, into which perfons guilty 
 of very heinous crimes were let down 
 with one loaf of bread and a bottle of 
 wine, and left to periih. Between 
 the abbey and the outer wall was a 
 hollow near ioo feet deep, and at the 
 bottom of it a window opening into 
 the fea. This is called the " Hole 
 of Montgomeri," from that count de 
 Montgomeri, who accidentally killed 
 Henry II. king of France, at a tourna- 
 ment 1559, and being a hugonot, and 
 efcaping the maflacre of Paris, made 
 head again ft the royal forces in Nor- 
 mandy till he was obliged to retire 
 to the Tombelaine, another fuch rock 
 as Mount St. Michael, and three- 
 quarters of a league from it, and then 
 
 fortified
 
 i 7 4 ADDENDA. 
 
 fortified by a cattle. From hence he 
 attempted to furprize the Mount, but 
 being betrayed by the monks, and all 
 his troop of 50 men cut off, except 
 two and himfelf, with difficulty re- 
 gained the Tombelaine. His fcaling 
 ladders and grapling irons are fhewn 
 here. The church refts on 9 enor- 
 mous pillars founded on the folid 
 rock, which Mr. Wraxall conjectured 
 to be each 25 feet diameter* Two 
 fmaller fupport the centre tower. 
 The refectory, cloifters and cells are 
 very magnificent and fpacious ; but 
 fo much decayed, that one of the 
 great towers, by its many cracks, 
 threatens fpeedy ruin* Among the 
 reliques, they mew the fcull of St* 
 Aubert bilhop of Avranches, with the 
 impreffion of the arch-angel's thumb* 
 
 after
 
 ADDENDA. i 75 
 
 after his neglect of repeated warnings 
 to build this church : a fine head of 
 Charles VI. of France cut in cryftal ; 
 an arm of a St. Richard king of 
 England ; an enormous gold cockle 
 fhell *, weighs many pounds, given 
 by Richard fecond duke of Norman- 
 dy when he founded the abbey ; and a 
 great ftone which fell on the head of 
 Louis XI. at the liege of Befancon 
 without hurting him. The late king 
 fequeftered the ample revenues of this 
 place : a prior is fubflituted to the 
 abbot, and the religious reduced from 
 30 to 14. It is at prefent confidered 
 rather as a ftate prifon, whofe illuf- 
 trious inhabitants are confined more 
 or lefs Uriel:] y, according to the royal 
 
 * The badge of the order. 
 
 Vol. I. N mandate.
 
 176 ADDENDA, 
 
 mandate. There are in one range of 
 rooms eight who eat at a round table 
 together, are allowed each a pint of 
 wine, but no knives or forks ; and 
 no perfon is allowed to enter the 
 doors where they live, or hold any 
 converfation with them. Some have 
 been fent hither lince the accefTion of 
 the prefent king. Others have liberty 
 to go into every part of the Mount 
 habited as priefls. About 16 days 
 before Mr. Wraxall was there, a pri- 
 foner, after 10 months confinement, 
 efcaped by letting himfelf down ioo 
 feet perpendicular by a rope, crofled 
 the lands at low water, and had not 
 fmce been heard of, Perfons of qua- 
 lity, who are lunatics, are alio fent 
 hither. Between 8 and 10,000 pea- 
 fants, and fome of higher rank, come 
 
 hither
 
 ADDENDA. 177 
 
 hither annually on pilgrimage from a 
 considerable diftance : It is faid the late 
 Dauphin made a vifit here. They 
 wear a ribbon in form cf a crofs on 
 their breads, and on their cloaths the 
 image of St. Michael vanquishing the 
 devil ; their hats are covered, with 
 cockle-fhells laced round the edges ; 
 and on the crown a gilt coronet fur- 
 mounted by the crofs. At the foot of 
 the mountain clofe to the fea is a fine 
 well of freih water ; and in the rock 
 above are hewn very capacious citterns. 
 The town itfelf is almofr. as curious as 
 any part of the Mount. Many of the 
 houfes appear to be 5 or 600 years 
 old, and few later than Louis XFs 
 time. The whole number of perfons 
 in the town and abbey does not ex- 
 ceed
 
 178 ADDENDA, 
 
 ceed 1 80 in time of peace, when the 
 militia guard the prifoners. But in 
 time of war there is a garrifon of 500 
 foldiers. In 1090, Robert duke of 
 Normandy and William Rufus be- 
 fr?ged their brother Henry a long 
 time in this mount ; and when he 
 was on the point of furrendering from 
 thirtr, Robert generoufly fent him a 
 fupply of wine. 
 
 P. 149. The query at bottom 
 mould have been omitted. 
 
 INDEX
 
 C »79 •)• • 
 
 INDEX of PLACES mentioned 
 in the FIRST VOLUME. 
 
 . * A * The feveral Priories may be feen in the Contents. 
 
 A. B. 
 
 ^;7/.'W£(Gloucefterfhire), Babingtcne ( Somerfet- 
 
 Ixii, fhire), lix. 
 
 Aifecome (Somerfetfhire), Bacoile (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lviii. lix. 
 
 Aijfe (Devonfhire),lix. Ba'iebioc (Northampton- 
 
 AiJ/lle (Surry), 168. fhire), 84. 
 
 All Sahils (Suffolk), 88. Balham, or Balgham 
 
 Aire (Devonfhire), lx. (Suny), 166. 
 
 Alwarejberie (Wiltshire), Barnjlaple (Devonfhire), 
 
 lvi. lix. 
 
 Akvlnton ( Worcefter- Bayeux, i$g. 
 
 fliire), 77. Bee, 163. 
 
 Ambretone (Buckingham- Beccanford, or Beheford 
 
 fhire), lxi. (Glouceflerfhlre), 98. 
 
 Amelberge ( Somerfet- Bedentone (Devonfhire), 
 
 fhire), lix. lx. 
 
 y^/i'/gr (Devonfhire), lx. Benington, 153. 
 
 Arreton{\&t of Wight),68. Bera (Devonfhire), lx. 
 
 Afdey, or Efileye (Wor- Berie (SufTex), 160. 
 
 ceiterfhire;, 63. Bermondfey abbey (Surry), 
 
 Atherington (SufTex), 109. 166. 
 
 Atlgctee (Somerfetfhire), ^r^^(Oxfordfhire),lv. 
 
 lix. Berve ( Somerfetfhire ), 
 
 Aaringueton, 112. lix. 
 
 Avranches (City of ), 159. jB/V£^r^(Somerfetflure), 
 
 Aujlrebertci) 14, lix. 
 
 Vol. I. O Bildeivas,
 
 xSo I N D E 
 
 Bildciuas, or Bulezvas 
 
 (Shropfhire\ i qa. 
 Bincomb ( Dorfetfliire ), 
 
 128. 
 Bifcopcwrde ( Somerfet- 
 
 fliire), lix. 
 Bocheland (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 Bolenel (Devonfhire), lx. 
 Botdcjlty, 96. 
 Bov. (Pevonfhire), lix. 
 Br d.lie "J 
 B ai [ ( Devon- 
 
 ian? ; rt |fhire),lx. 
 
 Branfortune ) 
 Bray.t'.ne ( Devonfhire ), 
 
 132. 
 Bredvhhe \ ( Devon- 
 Biemerige / fhire), lx. 
 Brim fie d, or Hromfeud 
 
 (Gloncefterfhire), 122. 
 Bv.dlcome (^Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 Bulchejire (Bedfordshire), 
 
 lxii. 
 Buld> intone \ ( Devon- 
 ■Burictefcome J fhire), lx. 
 Burnc, or at ick*j-bout n 
 . (Kent), 60. 
 Bu 'tone ingdenf (Buck* 
 
 mgaamfhire) Ixu 
 
 5 
 
 X O F 
 
 Bury (SufTex), 161. 
 
 C. 
 
 Caen in Normandy, i68„ 
 
 Caffccome ( Somerfet- 
 fhire^, Iviii. 
 
 Calvcl (Somerfetfhire), 
 lix. . 
 
 Caldicote ( Worcefter- 
 fhire), 77. _ 
 
 Cambridge, xi*. 
 
 Camelei (Somerfetfhire), 
 lix. 
 
 Carejbrovkc ( Ifle of 
 Wight ), 68. 
 
 Car tone (Berkfhire), lxii. 
 
 Carthujians near Coven- 
 try, 152. 
 
 Ccldecome (Devonfliire), 
 lx. 
 
 Cehei tejbcr'.e ( Devon- 
 fhire), lx. 
 
 Ceorlotona (Oxfordfhire), 
 82. 
 
 Chageford (Devonfhire), 
 lx. 
 
 Charleton upon Otmoore 
 (Oxfordfhire), 81. 
 
 Chad- ton near Uphavea 
 (Wiltfhire) 54. 
 
 Charlion^ 82. 
 
 Cbeletont
 
 ENGLISH TOWNS, &c. i8i 
 
 Chjione pucks), lxi. 
 Coggcs ( Oxfordfhire ), 
 
 Cheletone .} ( Devon- 
 Chemeivorde {hire , lxi. 
 Chcneoltone (Devonfliire), 
 
 lx. 
 Chenotinga ( Bedford. 
 
 fhire), lxii. 
 Chcpjlow. See Strogull, 
 C^/<?;/c;r^(Somerietfhire) ? 
 
 lviii. 
 Ctaw 1 ( Somerfet- 
 
 Chmgejlone J fliire), lix. 
 Ch'ingcjiwit ( Hereford- 
 
 fhire), 96. 
 Chctes, or Chctene (Staf- 
 
 fordfhire), 137. 
 Clapham, or Clopham 
 
 (Surry), 166. 
 Clatford (Wiitfliire), 33. 
 Clcnedone - ( Northamp- 
 
 tonfhire), 84. 
 Clipejlone (Bucks), lxi. 
 C/ii (Devonfliire), lxi. 
 C///?<? (Devonfliire), lix. 
 C/wf£tf7M(Someri"etuYire;, 
 
 lviii. 
 Chvcvjare ( Somerfet- 
 
 fhire), lix. 
 Clctune (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 Clutune (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lviii. 
 
 Coker ( Somerfetfhire ), 
 
 127. 
 Cohidge 1 (Devonfliire), 
 Come lx. 
 
 Come, or Comb (Dorfet- 
 
 fhire), Iv. 
 Contone (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 Cor It on ( Devonfliire ), 
 
 lix, 
 Cofer'ige (Perkfhire\ 168. 
 Cojham , Wiitfliire;, 128. 
 Cotejlau (Bucks), lv. 
 Coivike near Fxeter (De- 
 vonfliire , 28. 
 Cretbig St.] 
 
 May l(S-iT^lk), 
 Cr ting St. J 88, 89. 
 
 Olave i 
 Crevcltone (Bucks), lxi. 
 Crevjelcch (Devonfliire), 
 
 lxi. 
 Crld'ie (Devonfliire), lx. 
 Crake fden, -or Croxden 
 
 (Staffordfhire\ 137. 
 Cruche ( Somerfetfhire ), 
 
 128. 
 
 O 2 
 
 D.
 
 "iBj 
 
 INDEX OF 
 
 D. 
 
 TV Cruce Leufredi, 168. 
 Dena (Bedfordshire), lxii. 
 Denejord (Bucks), lxi. 
 Devrel (Wiltfhire), lvi. 
 
 163. 
 D> din tone ( Gloucefter- 
 
 fliire), lxii. 
 Dimetery (Oxfordfhire), 
 
 lv. 
 Docking (Norfolk), 71. 
 Dodintone (Gloucefler- 
 
 fhhe), lxii. 
 JDoules (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lviii. 
 J)raicote (Wiltfliire), lxii. 
 Dudelebyri, or Didlejbury 
 
 (Shropshire), izi. 
 Dune (Devonfhire), lx. 
 
 Edintone (Buckingham 
 
 mire), lxi. 
 Eilevefcotc (Devonfhire) 
 
 lx. 
 Engejiecote (Devonfhire) 
 
 lix. 
 Englifcomc ( Somerfet 
 
 mire), lix. 
 Epworth (Lincolnfhire) 
 
 151, 
 Efeltone ( Bedfordftiire ) 
 
 lxii. 
 
 EJJetune (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lviii. 
 EJIock (Glouceflerfhire), 
 
 lxii, 
 EJlor.e ( Bedfordfhire ), 
 
 lxii. 
 Eft one \ (Somerfetfhire), 
 Eftune \ lix. 
 Eton College, xi*. 8$, 89, 
 
 93, 102, 105, 107, 
 
 167, 
 Etone (Bucks), xi. 
 Etune (Wiltfliire), lv. 
 Everdon (Northampton- 
 
 fhire), 85. 
 Exeter (Devonfhire), lix, 
 Eye (Suffolk), 85. 
 
 F. 
 
 Fallei (Devonfhire), lx. 
 
 Fareive'i ( Devonfhire ), 
 lxi. 
 
 Fendejholt ( Devonfhire ), 
 lx. 
 
 Ferenberge ( Somerfet- 
 fhire), lix. 
 
 Fefcarnp, 160. 
 
 Field-dallying (Norfolk ) , 
 151. 
 
 Filungclei ( Warwick - 
 fhire), lxii. 
 
 Finemere
 
 ENGLISH 
 
 F'inemere (Bucks), lxi. 
 Fir ford (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 For tor, 153. 
 Fotheringay, x*. 
 Framinflone ^Dcxonftiire), 
 
 lix. 
 Framtcn ( Dorfetfhire ), 
 
 128. 
 Frekenham (Suffolk), 163. 
 Fumes (LancTifliireJ, 152. 
 Fufcoic ( Somerletfhire ), 
 
 lix. 
 
 G. 
 
 Giveldcnc (Bedfordfhire), 
 
 lxii. 
 Glint one (Bucks), lxi. 
 Godcliff ( Monmouth- 
 
 fliire), 25. 
 Grace Dieu ( Leicefter- 
 
 fhire), 35. 
 Gratlnges (Suffolk), 88. 
 Great Blakenham, or 
 
 Blakenham fit per Aoyuas 
 
 (Suffolk), 25. 
 Great Okcburn ( Wilt- 
 
 fhire), 26. 
 Grendefberle ( Leicefter- 
 
 fhire(, lxii. 
 Gretedone (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 
 T O WN S, &c. 183 
 
 H. 
 
 Hagintone (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 Hading (Hampfhire), 1 5. 
 H'inlnoc { Gloucefter- 
 
 fliirc), lxii. 
 Har dint one ( Somerfet- 
 fhire), lix. 
 Hargindone (Bucks), lxi. 
 Harpctreu, or Hci peireu 
 
 ( Somerletfhire ), Iviii. 
 
 lix. 
 Hafccumbe ( Somerfet- 
 
 fhire), lviii. 
 Hafeley (Iile of Wight), 
 
 68. 
 Hautone ( Gloucefter- 
 
 fhire , 137. 
 Hedham (Bucks), lxi. 
 Hela (Devonfhire), lx. 
 ■H^/gv/raf (Somerletfhire \ 
 
 lix. 
 Helingey ( Hampfhire ), 
 
 161. 
 Helluins chapel, 23. 
 Heneunic (Bedfordfhire), 
 
 lxii. 
 He> dicote ( Gloucefler- 
 
 fhire), lxii. 
 Herewode ( Devonfhire ), 
 
 lix. 
 Her lege (Devonfhire), lx. 
 Herman-
 
 INDEX OF 
 
 184. 
 
 JJerrnondcfivord (Devon- 
 shire), lix. 
 
 Hinckley (Leicefterfhire), 
 63. 
 
 Uolewia, 96. 
 
 Holy Trinity (abbey of) 
 
 at Caen in Normandy, 
 
 130. 
 i^5/arir/(Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 Horewod ( Devon {hire j, 
 
 lx. 
 Uo> ke/Iegh, Horflcy, or 
 
 Horfelei, (Glouceiler- 
 
 (hire), 124. 
 JJorn'ngeJham ( Wilt- 
 shire ', lvi. 
 Horjbum St. Faith's 
 
 (Norfolk), 70. 
 Ho-Jiede (Norfolk), 132. 
 Uortone \ (Bucks) > 
 
 HortoneRvford j Ixi. 
 i7;r/5«f(Devonfliire),lix. 
 JHotune ( Devonlhire ), 
 
 lviii. 
 Uou, or Hoo (Suffolk), 29. 
 Hull, 113. 
 
 I. 
 
 Ijlep (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Jumieges, 161. 
 
 K. 
 
 Kin rflane done ( Devon* 
 (lure), Ixi. 
 
 King's College (Cam- 
 bridge), xi*. 107, 148. 
 
 L. 
 
 Lancheris ( SomerfeN 
 
 fhire), lix. 
 Langehewis (Devonfhire) , 
 
 Ixi. 
 Lateberie \ ( Bucks ) , 
 Launendone J Ixi. 
 Lega ( Glou^efterfhire ), 
 
 lxii. 
 Leik, (Guernfey), 150. 
 Lena (Herefordfhire),79. 
 Lefingham (Norfolk), 26. 
 Levenefire (Suffex), 102. 
 V.chcjbcre (Devonfhire), 
 
 Ixi. 
 J^iltbcre (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lvi i. 
 Limber g Magna (Lin- 
 
 colnfliire), 136. 
 Limet ( Devonfhire),. lx, 
 Lmforde (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Uteltone (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 Litcltone (Wiltfnire), lxii. 
 Little Ckcburn ( Wilt- 
 Shire), 26. 
 
 Llangenith
 
 ENGLISH 
 
 Llangenlth (Glamorgart- 
 
 fhire), 64. 
 Llangyiyan (Monmouth- 
 
 fhire), 69. 
 Lciigtone (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 Long Benynton (Lincoln- 
 
 ihire), 151. 
 Lotegavfer 1 ( Bucks ), 
 Luhvjic J lxi. 
 
 Luvecumb{lfie of Wight), 
 
 6S. 
 
 M. 
 Mamefberie (Wiltfhire), 
 
 lxii. 
 Matlngcho (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 Me?ele (Somerfetfliire), 
 
 lix. 
 Alelccburne ( Bed ford - 
 
 fhire), lxii. 
 Melejord (Devonfhire), 
 
 lxi. 
 Merfcy> or Weft Mcrfiy 
 
 (Eflex), 2. 
 Merjionc (Bucks), lxi. 
 Me r ton (Surry), 60. 
 Mertone ( Devonfhire ), 
 
 lix. 
 Metcome 
 Middeitone 
 
 \ ( Devon- 
 J flare), lx. 
 
 TOWN S, &c. 185- 
 
 ^//7Aylo/f(Somerfetfhire , 
 
 lix. 
 Mmchin Hampton (Glou- 
 
 cefterfhire), 132. 
 Minjler-Lovil (Oxford- 
 
 fhire), 71. 
 Modbury (Devonfhire), 
 
 107. 
 y^/o//aw^(Devonfhire),lx. 
 JWoneksflen, Monkenl'ane, 
 
 or Alunkiand (Here- 
 
 fordfhire), 79. 
 Monk's Tofte, or Toft J s 
 
 Mc?:a:horum ( Nor- 
 folk), 92. 
 Aforceth (Devonfhire), lx. 
 Aloft ' cil (Bucks), lv. 
 Mountgrace (Yorkshire), 
 
 152. 
 Mount St. Michael, 171. 
 
 N. 
 Neubote (Northampton- 
 
 fhire), 84. 
 Neucntonc (Cedibrdfhire' 1 , 
 
 lxii. 
 "Ncuietone (Bucks\ lxi. 
 ■Niv&ingtdh Longuevllle 
 
 (Bucks), 38. 
 'Nil ejfe i Or ifhire, lx. 
 Nivetone (Somerfetfhirel, 
 
 lviii. 
 
 Noentf
 
 i86 
 
 INDEX OF 
 
 J\oent, Nezucnt, or AV- 
 w.enton ( Gloucefter- 
 ftiire'i, 96. 
 
 Norccte (Devonihire), lx. 
 
 Norman Cathedrals (Se- 
 ven), ix — lxii. 
 Rouen, xi — xxi. 1 — 62. 
 Bayeux, xxii — xxxiii. 
 
 120 — 144. 
 Avranches, xxxiv. xxxv. 
 
 Evreux, xxxvi — xlvi. 
 
 63—80. 
 Seez, xlvi — xlviii, 101 
 
 — XI 9- 
 
 Lijieux, xlviii — Ivi. 81 
 
 — 100. 
 
 Ccutances, lvi — lxii. 
 Nortbam (Devonihire), 
 
 128.. • 
 "Nortone (Somerfetfhire , 
 
 lviii. 
 
 O. 
 
 Ocley, or Lyre Oclc (Here- 
 to rdfliire), 68. 
 it one (.Bucks;, Ixi. 
 Okcburn (Wiltfhire), 26, 
 
 27, zu. 
 Olnei \ 
 
 Oivonge j 
 
 (Bucks), Ixi. 
 
 Opetcne (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 OreiveH, 112. 
 Ottirington, or Ottertoil 
 
 (Devonihire), 149. 
 Oxford \ xi*. 
 
 P. 
 
 Patfcle (Devonihire), lx. 
 Paunsfield, or Pantjield 
 
 (Eflex), vii. 128. 
 Pedchcl ( Devonihire ), 
 
 Ixi. 
 Peife (Berkihire), 168. 
 Pembroke ^ 112. 
 Peneberic ( Gloucefter- 
 
 fhire), 131. 
 Peritine (Hampfhire), 87. 
 Perteworde ^Wiltihire), 
 
 lxii. 
 Pillande ( Devonihire ), 
 
 lx. 
 Pleiftov "l (Devonihire), 
 Polejiewe J Ixi. 
 Porber'ie 1 ( Somerfet- 
 Portejhe j ihire),lix. 
 Povingtcn in Tinebam 
 
 (Dorletihire), 26. 
 Prcjietuue, or Pre/Ion 
 
 (Dorletihire), Iv.
 
 ENGLISH TOWNS, &c. 107 
 
 guar ere (Ifle of Wight), 
 
 68. 
 Quebec (Canada), 75. 
 
 R. 
 
 Raddle (Devonfhire), Ix. 
 
 JRamcflic (Suflex), 160. 
 
 Rande ( Buckingham- 
 shire), Ixi. 
 
 Ravelle ( G loucefterfhire) , 
 82. 
 
 Raiveberge (Devonfhire), 
 lx. 
 
 Redbourne ( Hertford- 
 fhire), lv. 
 
 .£//*//> (Middlefex), 26. 
 
 Rijione (Northampton- 
 fhire), 84. 
 
 Rode (Somerfetfhire),lix. 
 
 Rodelle (Devonfhire), lx. 
 
 Rouen in Normandy, 163. 
 
 S. 
 St. Andrew at Stoke Cur- 
 
 St. Gervais at Paris, 24. 
 St.JohnBapti/1 (Sufto\k] t 
 
 30. 
 St. John en Grave at Pa- 
 ris, 24. 
 St. Margaret (Norfolk), 
 
 92. 
 St. Martin's (Dorfetfh.) 
 
 70. 
 St. Mary's (ibid), 70. 
 St. Mary's (Kent), 105. 
 St. Mary's (Lancashire), 
 
 no. 
 St. Michael's ( Dorfet- 
 
 fhire), 70. 
 St. Michael's Mount 
 
 (Cornwall), 147. 
 Si, Michael in periculo 
 
 maris, or ad duas tum- 
 
 bas (Normandy), 149. 
 St. Neat's (Huntingdon- 
 
 fhire), 30. 
 St. Nicholas at Arundel 
 
 (Suflex), 113. 
 St. Raul at Rouen, 20. 
 
 cy(Somerfetfhiie),io$. St. Peter's (Dorfetfliire), 
 St. Anne near Coventry, 70. 
 
 137. 
 St. Aujlin (Suffolk), 30. 
 5/. Clement (Guernfey), 
 
 150. 
 St. Eanfwide (Kent), 105. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 St. Peter's (Warwickfh.). 
 
 St. Peter's (Suffolk), 88. 
 St. Peter and Paul at 
 
 Shrewfbury, in. 
 St. Pierre fur Dive, 168. 
 P Sandford
 
 io8 
 
 INDEX OF 
 
 Sandford{ Somerfetfhire) , 
 
 lix. 
 Scaldecumbe ( Ifle of 
 
 Wight), 6S. 
 Scaldeivelle (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Scidefwelle (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Seringtone (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Sernebroc (Bedfordfhire), 
 
 lxii. 
 Sevinejione (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Sidmouth (Devonfliire), 
 
 149. 
 Sion College, 111. 
 Southmere (Norfolk), 71. 
 Speclejbury (Dorfetfhire), 
 
 91* 
 Spittle on the Street (Lin- 
 
 colnfhire), 152. 
 Sprewe (Devonfliire), Ix, 
 Stanere (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Staninges (Suflex), 160. 
 Stanivelle (Somerfetfh.), 
 
 lix. 
 Staveford (Devonfliire), 
 
 lx. 
 Stevington near Abyng- 
 
 ton (Berks), 27. 
 Steyning (Suflex), 12. 
 Stivelai (Bucks), Ixi. 
 ^^(Somerfetfhire), lix. 
 Stoches (Bucks), Ixi. 
 — ( Somerfetfhire ) , 
 
 lviii. 
 Stodles (Devonfliire), lx. 
 
 S/0^byClare(Suffolk),3O. 
 
 Stollei (Devonfhire), lx. 
 
 Stowre Pratellis, or Pr7- 
 aulx, vulgo Provoji 
 (Dorfetfhire), 93. 
 
 Stratfield-fay (Berkfhire), 
 
 53- 
 Str atone (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 Stroguil) Strigule, or Chep- 
 Jiow (Monmouthfliire), 
 
 97- 
 Sudmolton (Devonfhire), 
 
 132. 
 Sumreford{ Wiltfhire) ,lv. 
 Surintone (Devonfh.), lx. 
 Sutercomc (Devonfliire), 
 
 Ixi. 
 
 T. 
 
 lablesford (Somerfetfh.), 
 
 lix. 
 Taincotne(Devonih\re) ,lx. 
 Tametdeburn (Worcefter- 
 
 fhire), 96. 
 Tapelie (Devonfhire), Ixi* 
 Tarente ( Dorfetlhire ), 
 
 Iv. 132. 
 Teigne (Devonfliire), Ixi. 
 Telingham (Bucks), Ixi. 
 Tetnejbare (Somerfetfh.), 
 
 lviii. 
 Tewa (Oxfordfliire), lv. 
 Tidlingbam
 
 ENGLIS H 
 
 Tidlingbam ( Ifle of 
 
 Wight), 68. 
 Titcbwell (Norfolk), 71. 
 Toftes (Norfolk), 94. 
 Tooting^ lotingbeck, or 
 
 Tot'mgcs (Surry), 28. 
 
 164. 167. 
 Tornai ( Bedfordfhire ), 
 
 lxii. 
 Tome (Devonfhire), lxi. 
 Torfewis (Devonfhire ) , lx. 
 Trapejlone (Bucks), lxi. 
 Tregony (Cornwall), 140. 
 Trinity College ( Cam- 
 bridge), 1 10. 
 Tulebridge (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 Tutbury (Staffordshire), 
 
 108. 
 Tuvertone (Somerfetfh.), 
 
 lix. 
 
 U. 
 Vali a (Guernfey), 150. 
 UlpeJJe (Devonfhire), lx. 
 Uluredintone (Devonfh.), 
 
 lxi. 
 Uluretone (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 Umber lei ( Devonfhire ), 
 
 132. 
 
 W. 
 
 JVadenho (Bucks), lxi. 
 
 7 
 
 TOWNS, &c. 109 
 
 Walcome (Devonfhire), 
 
 lxi. 
 Walcurde (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 Wapalia (Gloucefterfh.), 
 
 lxii. 
 War come Devonfhire), lx. 
 ^are(Hertfordfhire), 82* 
 PVareham, Waram, or 
 
 Warham (Dorfetfhire), 
 
 69. 
 IVarmir.gton (Wanvick- 
 • fhire), 93. 
 PParneford, 155. 
 Wattington (Oxfordfh.), 
 
 91. 
 Wedickejzuelle ( Devon - 
 
 fhire), lx. 
 Wedon on the Street^ or 
 
 We don Bc-c ( North- 
 
 amptonfhire), 27. 
 Welland{ Devonfhire), lx. 
 Wells or fVellballm Gey- 
 ton (Norfolk), 129. 
 Wendlejberle (Bucks), lxi. 
 Wenfre (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 109. 
 7^7/?Y?/f(Lincolnfh. ),lix. 
 li'enneham (Devonfhire), 
 
 lx. 
 fVerccofale (Somerfetfti.), 
 
 lix. 
 Wen grave (Somerfetfh.), 
 
 lix. 
 
 Wermelle
 
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 Wermelle (Bucks), lxi. 
 
 Wejlm'injler, 28 
 
 Wejl-Sherburnc (Hamp- 
 fhire). 120. 
 
 Wejlone (Bucks), !xi. 
 
 (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 lix. 
 
 JVlche (Devonfhire), lx. 
 
 (Somerfetfhire), lix. 
 
 Widicumbe ( Somerfet- 
 fhire), Iviii. 
 
 JV'ilege (Somerfetfhire), 
 lix. 
 
 j^i/g-<z(Bedfordfhire),lxii. 
 
 fViilesford or J'Vivehjord 
 (Lincolnfhire), 25. 
 
 Wilmington (SufTex), 8S. 
 
 Wilt one (Devonfhire), lx. 
 
 Winemerejham ( Somer- 
 fetfhire), lviii, 
 
 E X. 
 
 Winefel (Wihfhire), lxii. 
 Winterburne (Dorfetfh.), 
 
 lxii. 
 Wintreburne (Wiltshire), 
 
 lxii. 
 TV'intreih (Somerfetfhire) , 
 
 iviii. 
 /f7^/>//*?(Devonfhire),lx. 
 Witham (Somerfetfhire), 
 
 92. 94. 
 Jfitlenham (Wiltfliire), 
 
 lxii. 
 Wodeford (Bucks), lxi. 
 IV If rich eft on or Woljlon 
 
 (Warwickihire), 107. 
 Ifotten Waven,zX\z$ Wal- 
 
 wflyw^Warwickfhire), 
 
 78. 
 
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