all the monks might need for building pur- poses. [1]
The temporalia. of the priory in 1291 amounted to £14 9s. 5d. [2] In 1279 the priory held Akeley and its church in frank-almoin, Great Horwood and its church, and the church of Whaddon. [3] In 1302 he held the village of Akeley as one knight's fee, and lands in Great Horwood.[4] In 1316 he answered for Akeley, Newton Longville and Great Horwood [5] ; in 1346 for half a fee in Akeley.[6]
Priors of Newton LOngville
William, [7] occurs 1236
Peter, [8] occurs 1262
John de Panneville, [9] occurs 1277
Richard,[10] occurs 1297
William de Talley,' [11] occurs 1306
33. THE PRIORY OF WING
Before the compilation of Domesday the Benedictine monks of St. Nicholas, Angers, held 2½ hides in Crafton of the Count of Mor- tain, valued at £4[12] Later on they acquired also the advowson of the church of Wing, and other lands in the same parish to the extent of 660 acres[13] ; but it is quite uncertain when the priory was built. There was a suit in the reign of John and another in 1248 between the abbot of St. Nicholas and the Talbots with reference to feudal customs : Quintin Talbot first and William Talbot after him de- manding provision for thirty-two reapers and other rights, including two candles apiece for all their servants on Candlemas Day ; they also claimed the right to hold their courts in the abbot's hall at Wing as often as they pleased. [14] There is no reference here to a monastery at Wing, and indeed it may be doubted if there ever was one in the strict sense at all : it seems more probable that it was but a small cell of two or three monks who resided there merely to look after the abbot's property. The fact that only two presenta- tions were ever made to the parish church by a prior of Wing, while the rest were made by the proctor-general in England of the Abbot of St. Nicholas, tends to support this theory.[15] There are no remains of the monastic build- ings from which any certain conclusions may be drawn : the history of the priory is very obscure, and in all probability must remain so.
The original endowment included lands at Wing amounting to 660 acres, with the ad- vowson of the parish church. The monks of Wing had also in 1291 a pension of .1 zs. in the church of Henlow, Bedfordshire.[16] The priory was in the king's hand between 1342 and 1361, and again from 1393 to 1423.[17] In 1416 it was confiscated finally as an alien cell, and granted to the prioress and convent of St. Mary de Pré in Hertfordshire.[18]
Priors of Wing
Geoffrey,[19] occurs 1271
Robert de Bures, [20] occurs 1312
Peter de Monte ardito,[21] appointed 1377
- ↑ Round, Cal. of Doc. France, 74-77. Akeley is not mentioned in these charters, but it is said in Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i. 32 to have been held in frank-almoin of the gift of Walter Giffard.
- ↑ Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.).
- ↑ Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i. 32, ii. 336, 338, 339.
- ↑ Feud. Aids, i. 100, 101.
- ↑ Ibid. 108, 109, 112.
- ↑ Ibid. 125.
- ↑ Feet of F. 20 Hen. III. No. 50.
- ↑ Dugdale, Mon. vi. 1036.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ See Domesday translation.
- ↑ Feet of F. 32 Hen. III. No. 8.
- ↑ Feet of F. 32 Hen. III. No. 8.
- ↑ The presentation of 1312 was made by Brother Robert de Bures, dictus prior of Wing, and proctor general of the abbey of St. Nicholas.
- ↑ Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.).
- ↑ This is gathered from thelistof vicars of Wing, inserted in the Churchwardens' Book of that parish and taken from the Lincoln Registers.
- ↑ Dugdale, Mon. vi. 1046.
- ↑ From the list of vicars.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Linc. Epis. Reg. Inst. Bokyngham, 442.
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