visited this house as well as most of its neigh- bours during that year. Beyond this and the few facts mentioned above, it has no history at all. In 1460 it had become too poor even to maintain canons enough to serve the appro- priate churches, and was annexed with the king's consent to Nutley Abbey.[1]
No visitations of this priory are recorded at Lincoln.
Its original endowment was merely the demesne land at Chetwode, the king's gift above mentioned, and the churches of Chet- wode and Barton Hartshorn [2] In 1284 the prior held 8½ virgates at Chetwode with the site of the priory, of Robert de Chetwode. [3] There is no mention of the house in the Taxatio.
Priors of Chetwode
Thomas of Hanworth, [4] first prior, elected 1245, resigned 1261
John of Woodstock, [5] elected 1261, resigned 1270
William of Dadington, [6] elected 1270
William of Brickiesworth,[7] resigned 1304
Roger of Lynham, [8] elected 1304, resigned
John of Warmington, [9] elected 1317, died
Robert of Brackley, [10] elected 1328, died
William of Halton, [11] elected 1337, died
Henry of Wykeham, [12] elected 1349, died
John of Westbury, [13] elected 1361, died 1386
Richard Langton, [14] elected 1386
Thomas Rede, [15] elected 1405
Richard Borton, [16] died 1445
John Humberstone, [17] elected 1445, died
13. THE PRIORY OF RAVENSTONE
The priory of St. Mary, Ravenstone, was
founded about the year 1255 by Peter Chace-
porc, keeper of the royal wardrobe, on lands
which formed a part of the barony of Wahull.[18]
After the death of Peter the patronage of the
house reverted to the Crown, and the canons
were bound to sing a certain number of
masses for the soul of the king as founder.[19]
The number of canons provided for in the
original foundation is unknown : at the dis-
solution of the house there were only two left,
though an income of about £70 would have
easily supported more. It was probably on
account of this diminished number that the
priory was granted to Cardinal Wolsey for his
college at Oxford, and dissolved 17 February,
1524.[20] The canons received 2OS. each as
' wages.' [21] No visitations of the house are
recorded at Lincoln : nor is it easy to recover
any details of its history, exterior or interior.
The original endowment included half a
knight's fee at Ravenstone, with the parish
church, and a demesne of 386 acres besides.[22]
There is no evidence that it was ever much
increased. The Taxatio of Pope Nicholas
assigns to its temporalia a value of £11 10s. ;
the church was worth £10 a year. In 1316
the prior held one third of the village of
Ravenstone,[23] and the same amount in 1346.[24]
At the dissolution the total value of the house
is given as £66 13s. 4d.,[25] or, at another reckon-
ing, £72.[26] The moveable goods were worth
£10, the bells £33 6s. 8d.[27]
Priors of Ravenstone
<poem>Adam of Wymondley [28] (probably first prior), resigned 1275
Ralf of Ravenstone, [29] elected 1275
John, [30] died 1309
Roger de Clare, [31] elected 1309, died 1324
William Aubel, [32] elected 1324, died 1328
Robert Maunsel, [33] elected 1328
John Man of Raundes, [34] elected 1398
- ↑ Pat. I Edw. IV. pt. iv., m. 23 ; Linc. Epis. Reg. Memo. Chadworth, 76d.
- ↑ The hermitage of SS. Stephen and Laurence at Chetwode never had any connection with the priory : all its chaplains during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries were presented by members of the Chetwode family.
- ↑ Feud. Aids, i. 87.
- ↑ Linc. Epis. Reg. Rolls of Grosstcte.
- ↑ Ibid. Rolls of Gravesend. His name is given as John of Woodstock in Close, 3 Edw. I. m. 23.
- ↑ Linc. Epis. Reg. Rolls of Gravesend.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst. Dalderby, 177d.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid. 190.
- ↑ Pat. 2 Edw. III. pt. ii., m. 31.
- ↑ Linc. Epis. Reg. Inst. Burghersh, 350.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst. Gynwell, 240.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst. Bokyngham, ii. 385.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst. Repingdon, 429.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst. Alnwick, 193.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Cal. of Chart. R. i. 447.
- ↑ Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i. 37.
- ↑ L. and P. Henry VIII. iv. 1137.
- ↑ Ibid. 6222. Two servants were paid off at the same rate.
- ↑ Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), ii. 348.
- ↑ Feud. Aids, i. no.
- ↑ Ibid. 131.
- ↑ L. and P. Henry VIII. iv. 3538.
- ↑ Ibid. 6788.
- ↑ Ibid. 6222.
- ↑ Pat. 3 Edw. I. m. 32.
- ↑ Linc. Epis. Reg. Rolls of Gravesend.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst Dalderby, 183.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst. Burghersh, 33od.
- ↑ Ibid. 335d.
- ↑ Ibid. Inst. Bokyngham, ii. 424d
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