CHAPTER XI

THE VARIOUS RELIGIOUS ORDERS

The various Orders existing in England in pre-Reformation days may be classified under four headings: (1) Monks, (2) Canons Regular, (3) Military Orders, and (4) Friars. As regards the nuns, most of the houses were affiliated to one or other of the above-named Orders.

I. MONKS

i. _Benedictines_

St. Benedict, justly called the Patriarch of Western Monachism, established his rule of life in Italy; first at Subiaco and subsequently at Monte Cassino about A.D. 529. The design of his code was, like every other rule of regular life, to enable men to reach the higher Christian ideals by the helps afforded them in a well-regulated monastery. According to the saint’s original conception, the houses were to be separate families independent of each other. It was no part of his scheme to establish a corporation with branches in various localities and countries, or to found an “Order” in its modern sense. By its own inherent excellence and because of the sound common-sense which pervades it, the Rule of St. Benedict at once began to take root in the monasteries of the West, till it quickly superseded any others then in existence. Owing to its broad and elastic character, and hardly less, probably, to the fact that adopting it did not imply the joining of any stereotyped form of Order, monasteries could, and in fact did, embrace this code without entirely breaking with their past traditions. Thus, side by side in the same religious house, we find that the rule of St. Columba was observed with that of St. Benedict until the greater practical sense of the latter code superseded the more rigid legislation of the former. Within a comparatively short time from the death of St. Benedict in A.D. 543, the Benedictine became the recognised form of Western regular life. To this end the action of Pope St. Gregory the Great and his high approval of St. Benedict’s Rule greatly conduced. In his opinion it manifested no common wisdom in its provisions, which were dictated by a marvellous insight into human nature and by a knowledge of the best possible conditions for attaining the end of all monastic life, the perfect love of God and of man. Whilst not in any way lax in its provisions, it did not prescribe an asceticism which could be practised only by the few; whilst the most ample powers were given to the superior to adapt the regulations to all circumstances of times and places; thus making it applicable to every form of the higher Christian life, from the secluded cloister to that for which St. Gregory specially used those trained under it: the evangelisation of far-distant countries.

The connection between the Benedictines and England began with the mission of St. Augustine in A.D. 597. The monastery of Monte Cassino having been destroyed by the Lombards, towards the end of the sixth century, the monks took refuge in Rome, and were placed in the Lateran, and by St. Gregory in the church he founded in honour of St. Andrew, in his ancestral home on the Cœlian Hill. It was the prior of St. Andrew’s whom he chose to be the head of the other missionary monks he sent to convert England. With the advent of the Scottish monks from Iona the system of St. Columba was for a time introduced into the North of England; but here, as in the rest of Europe, it quickly gave place to the Benedictine code; and practically during the whole Saxon period this was the only form of monastic life in England.

ii. _Cluniacs_

The Cluniac adaptation of the Benedictine Rule took its rise in A.D. 912 with Berno, abbot of Gigny. With the assistance of the Duke of Aquitaine he built and endowed a monastery at Cluny, near Macon-sur-Saone. The Cluniac was a new departure in monastic government. Hitherto the monastery was practically self-centred; any connection with other religious houses was at most voluntary, and any bond of union that may have existed, was of the most loose description. The ideal upon which Cluny was established was the existence of a great central monastery with dependencies spread over many lands, and forming a vast feudal hierarchy of subordinate establishments with the closest dependence on the mother-house. Moreover, the superior of each of the dependent monasteries, no matter how large and important, was not the elect of the community, but the nominee of the abbot of Cluny; and in the same way the profession of every member of the congregation was made in his name and with his sanction. It was a great ideal; and for two centuries the abbots of Cluny form a dynasty worthy of so lofty a position. The first Cluniac house founded in England was that of Barnstaple. This was speedily followed by that of Lewes, a priory set up by William, earl of Warren, in A.D. 1077, eleven years only after the Conquest. The last was that of Stonesgate, in Essex, made almost exactly a century later. On account of their dependence upon the abbot of Cluny, several of the lesser houses were suppressed as “alien priories” towards the close of the fourteenth century, and those that remained gradually freed themselves from their obedience to the foreign superior. At the time of the general suppression in the sixteenth century there were thirty-two Cluniac houses; one only, Bermondsey, was an abbey; the rest were priories, of which the most important was that which had been nearly the first in order of time, Lewes.

iii. _Cistercians_

The congregation of Citeaux was at one time the most flourishing of the offshoots of the great Benedictine body. The monastery of Citeaux was established by St. Robert of Molesme in A.D. 1092. The saint was a Benedictine, and felt himself called to something different to what he had found in the monasteries of France. The peculiar system of the Cistercians, however, was the work of St. Stephen Harding, an Englishman, who at an early age had left his own country and never returned thither. He struck out a new line, which was a still further departure from the ideal of St. Benedict than was the Cluniac system. The Cistercians, whilst strictly maintaining the notion that each monastery was a family endowed with the principles of fecundity, formed themselves into an Order, in the sense of an organised corporation, under the perpetual pre-eminence of the abbot and house of Citeaux, and with yearly Chapters at which all superiors were bound to attend. It was the chief object of the administration to secure absolute uniformity in all things and everywhere. This was obtained by the Chapters, and by the visitations of the abbot of Citeaux, made anywhere and everywhere at will. The Order spread during the first century of its existence with great rapidity. It is said that, by the middle of the twelfth century, Citeaux had five hundred dependencies, and that fifty years later there were more than three times that number. In England the first abbey was founded by King Henry I. at Furness in A.D. 1127, and of the hundred houses existing at the general suppression three-fourths had been founded in the twelfth century. The rest, with the exception of St. Mary Grace, London, established in 1349 by Edward III., were founded in the early part of the thirteenth century.

iv. _Carthusians_

The Carthusians were founded in the eleventh century by St. Bruno. With the help of the bishop of Grenoble he built for himself and six companions, in the mountains near the city, an oratory and small separate cells in imitation of the ancient Lauras of Egypt. This was in A.D. 1086; and the Order takes its designation from the name of the place--Chartreuse. Peter the Venerable, the celebrated abbot of Cluny, writing forty years after the foundation, thus describes their austere form of life. “Their dress,” he says, “is meaner and poorer than that of other monks, so short and scanty and so rough that the very sight affrights one. They wear coarse hair-shirts next their skin; fast almost perpetually; eat only bean-bread; whether sick or well never touch flesh; never buy fish, but eat it if given them as an alms; eat eggs on Sundays and Thursdays; on Tuesdays and Saturdays their fare is pulse or herbs boiled; on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays they take nothing but bread and water; and they have only two meals a day, except within the octaves of Christmas, Easter, Whitsuntide, Epiphany, and other festivals. Their constant occupation is praying, reading and manual labour, which consists chiefly in transcribing books. They say the lesser Hours of the Divine Office in their cells at the time when the bell rings, but meet together at Vespers and Matins with wonderful recollection.”

A manner of life of such great austerity naturally did not attract many votaries. It was a special vocation to the few, and it was not until A.D. 1222 that the first house of the Order was established in England, at Hinton, in Somersetshire, by William Langesper. The last foundation was the celebrated Charterhouse of Shene, in Surrey, made by King Henry V. At the time of the general dissolution, there were in all eight English monasteries and about a hundred members.

II. THE CANONS REGULAR

The clergy of every large church were in ancient times called _canonici_--canons--as being on the list of those who were devoted to the service of the Church. In the eighth century, Chrodegand, bishop of Metz, formed the clergy of his cathedral into a body, living in common under a rule and bound to the public recitation of the Divine Office. They were known still as canons, or those living under a rule of life like the monks, from the true meaning of κανών, a rule. This common life was in time abandoned in spite of the provisions of several Councils, and then institutions other than Cathedral Chapters became organised upon lines similar to those laid down by Chrodegand, and they became known as Canons Regular. They formed themselves generally on the so-called Rule of St. Augustine, and became known, in England at least, as Augustinian Canons, Premonstratensian Canons, and Gilbertine Canons.

i. _Augustinian Canons_

The early history of the Austin, or Black Canons, is involved in considerable obscurity, and it is only after the beginning of the twelfth century that these Regulars are to be found in Europe. The Order was conventual, or monastic, rather than congregational or provincial, like the Friars: that is, the members were professed for a special house and belonged by virtue of their vows to it, and not to the general body of their brethren in the country. In one point they were not so closely bound to their house as were the monks. The Regular Canons were allowed in individual cases to serve the parishes that were impropriated to their houses; the monks were always obliged to employ secular vicars in these cures. The Augustinians were very popular in England; most of their houses having been established in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The earliest foundation was that of Christ Church, or Holy Trinity, Aldgate, made by Queen Maud in A.D. 1108; and at the time of the dissolution there were about 170 houses of Augustinian Canons in England; two of the abbeys, Waltham Cross and Cirencester, being governed by mitred abbots. In Ireland they were even more popular and numerous, the number of the houses of canons being put at 223, together with 33 nunneries. The Augustinian priors of Christ Church, and All Hallows, Dublin, and seven other priors of the Order, had seats in the Irish Parliament. The habit of the Order was black, and hence they were frequently known as BLACK CANONS.

ii. _The Premonstratensian Canons_

This branch of the Canons Regular was established by St. Norbert in A.D. 1119 at a place called Prémontré, a lonely and desolate valley near Laon in France. Their founder gave them the Rule of St. Augustine, and they became known either as Premonstratensians, from their first foundation, or Norbertines, from their founder. The habit of these canons was white, with a white rochet and even a white cap, and for this reason they were frequently known as WHITE CANONS. Besides following the ordinary Augustinian Rule, these Canons made Prémontré into a “mother-house,” and the abbot of Prémontré was abbot-general of the entire Order: having the right to visit, either by himself or deputy, every house of the congregation; to summon every superior to the yearly General Chapter; and to impose a tax for the use of the Order upon all the houses. This, so far as England is concerned, lasted in theory until A.D. 1512, when all the English houses were placed under the abbot of Welbeck. Previously they had been for more than thirty years supervised on behalf of the abbot of Prémontré, by Bishop Redman, who also continued to hold the office of abbot of Shap. In England, just before the dissolution, there were some thirty-four houses of the Order.

iii. _The Gilbertines_

The Canons of St. Gilbert of Sempringham are said to have been established in A.D. 1139, although the actual date appears to be uncertain, some annals putting the foundation as early as A.D. 1131, others as late as A.D. 1148. St. Gilbert, the founder, was Rector of Sempringham and composed his rule from those of St. Austin and St. Benedict. It was a dual Order, for both men and women; the former followed St. Augustine’s code with some additions, whilst the women took the Cistercian recension of the Benedictine Rule.

These canons, according to Dugdale, had a black habit with a white cloak and a hood lined with lamb’s wool. The women were in black with a white cap. In the double monasteries the canons and nuns lived in separate houses having no communication. At first the Order flourished greatly. St. Gilbert in his lifetime founded thirteen houses, nine for men and women and four for men only. In these there are said to have been seven hundred canons and fifteen hundred sisters.

The Order was under the rule of a general superior, called the master or prior-general. His leave was necessary for the admission of members, and, in fact, to initiate business or at least give validity to the proposals of any house. There were, in all, some twenty-six of these establishments in England at the time of the general dissolution. Four only of these were considered as ranking among the greater monasteries whose income was above £200 a year.

III. THE MILITARY ORDERS

i. _Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem_

The Hospitallers began in A.D. 1092 with the building of a hospital for pilgrims at Jerusalem. The original idea of the work of these knights was to provide for the needs of pilgrims visiting the Holy Land and to afford them protection on their way. They, too, followed a rule of life founded upon that of St. Augustine, and their dress was black with a white cross upon it. They came to England very shortly after their foundation, and had a house built for them in London in A.D. 1100. They rose in wealth and importance in the country; and their head, or grand prior as he was called, became the first lay baron in England, and had a seat in the House of Peers.

Upon many of their manors and estates the Knights Hospitallers had small establishments named _commanderies_, which were under the government of one of their number, called the commander. These houses were sometimes known as _preceptories_, but this was a term more generally used for the establishments of the other great Military Order, the Templars. An offshoot of both these orders was known as “The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.” There were a few houses of this branch in England, which was founded chiefly to assist and support lepers and indigent members of all the Military Orders. They are, however, usually regarded as hospitals. The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem had their headquarters at the Hospital of St. John, near Clerkenwell, to which were attached some fifty-three cells or commanderies.

ii. _The Templars_

The Military Order of the Templars was founded, according to Tanner, about the year A.D. 1118. They derived their name from the Temple of Jerusalem, and the original purpose of their institute was to secure the roads to Palestine, and protect the holy places. They must have come into England early in the reign of King Stephen, as they had several foundations at this time, the first being that in London which gave its name to the present Temple. They became too rich and powerful; and having been accused of great crimes, their Order was suppressed by Pope Clement V. in 1309: an act which was confirmed in the Council of Vienne in 1312. The head of the Order in England was styled the “Master of the Temple,” and was sometimes, as such, summoned to Parliament.

Upon their manors and estates the Templars, like the Hospitallers, frequently built churches and houses, in which some of the brethren lived. These were subordinate to the London house and were in reality cells, under the title of “Preceptories.” On the final suppression of the Order, their lands and houses, to the number of eighteen, were handed over to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. One house, Ferriby, in Yorkshire, became a priory of Austin Canons, and four other estates appear to have been confiscated. In all there were some three-and-twenty preceptories connected with the London Temple.

IV. THE FRIARS

The friars differed from the monks in certain ways. The brethren by their profession were bound, not to any locality or house, but to the province, which usually consisted of the entire number of houses in a country. They did not, consequently, form individual families in their various establishments, like the monks in their monasteries. They also, at first, professed the strictest poverty, not being allowed to possess even corporate property like the monastic Orders. They were by their profession mendicants, living on alms, and only holding the mere buildings in which they dwelt.

i. _The Dominicans, or Black Friars_

The founder of these friars was a Spaniard named Dominic, a canon of the diocese of Osma, in Old Castile, at the close of the twelfth century. They were known as Dominicans, from their founder; “Preaching Friars,” from their mission to convert heretics; in England, “Black Friars,” from the colour of their cloak; and in France “Jacobins,” from having had their first house in the Rue St. Jacques, at Paris. Their rule was founded on that of St. Augustine, and it was verbally approved in the Council of Lateran in A.D. 1215, and the following year formally by Honorius III. Their founder, having been a secular canon of Osma in Spain, his friars at first adopted the ordinary dress of canons; but about A.D. 1219 they took a white tunic, scapular, and hood, over which, when in church or when they went abroad, they wore a black _cappa_, or cloak, with a hood of the same colour. They first came to England with Peter de Rupibus, bishop of Winchester, in A.D. 1221, and their Order quickly spread. In the first year of their arrival they obtained a foothold in the University of Oxford, and at the time of the general suppression of the religious Orders in the sixteenth century they had fifty-eight convents in the country.

ii. _The Franciscan, or Grey Friars_

St. Francis the founder of the Grey Friars was contemporary with St. Dominic, and was born at Assisi, in the province of Umbria in Italy, in A.D. 1182. These friars were called Franciscans from their founder; “Grey Friars” from the colour of their habit; and “Minorites” from their humble desire to be considered the least of the Orders. Their rule was approved by Innocent III. in A.D. 1210 and by the General Council of the Lateran in A.D. 1215. Their dress was made of a coarse brown cloth with a long pointed hood of the same material, and a short cloak. They girded themselves with a knotted cord and went barefooted. The Franciscan Friars first found their way to England in A.D. 1224, and at the general destruction of Regular life in England in the sixteenth century they had in all about sixty-six establishments. A reformation of the Order to primitive observance was made in the fifteenth century and confirmed by the Council of Constance in A.D. 1414. The branches of the Order which adopted it became known as “Observants” or “Recollects.” This branch of the Order was represented in England by several houses built for them by King Henry VII., although they are supposed to have been brought into England in the time of Edward IV.

The whole Order in England was divided into seven “Custodies” or “Wardenships,” the houses being grouped round convenient centres such as London, York, Cambridge, Bristol, Oxford, Newcastle, and Worcester. Harpsfield says that the “Recollects” or “Observants” had six friaries, at Canterbury, Greenwich, Richmond, Southampton, Newark, and Newcastle.

_The Minoresses, or Nuns of St. Clare_

The Minoresses were instituted by St. Clare, the sister of St. Francis of Assisi, about A.D. 1212, as the branch of the Franciscan Order for females. They followed the Rule of the Friars Minor and were thus called “Minoresses,” or Nuns of St. Clare, after their foundress. They wore the same dress as the Franciscan Friars, and imitated them in their poverty, for which cause they were sometimes known as “Poor Clares.” They were brought to England somewhere about A.D. 1293, and established in London, without Aldgate, in the locality now known as the Minories. The Order had two other houses, one at Denney, in Cambridgeshire, in which at the time of the general dissolution there were some twenty-five nuns; and the other at Brusyard in Suffolk, which was a much smaller establishment. The nuns at Denney had previously been located at Waterbeche for about fifty years, being removed to their new home by Mary, countess of Pembroke, in A.D. 1348.

iii. _Carmelites_

The Carmelite Friars were so called from the place of their origin. They were also named “White Friars” from the colour of the cloak of their habit, and Friars of the Blessed Virgin. These friars are first heard of in the twelfth century, on being driven out of Palestine by the persecution of the Saracens. Their Rule is chiefly founded on that of St. Basil, and was confirmed by Pope Honorius III. in A.D. 1224, and finally approved by Innocent IV. in 1250. They were brought into England by John Vesey and Richard Grey, and established their first houses in the north at Alnwick, and in the south at Ailesford in Kent. At the latter place the first European Chapter of the Order was held in A.D. 1245. In the sixteenth century there were about forty houses in England and Wales.

iv. _Austin Friars, or Hermits_

The body of Austin Friars took its historical origin in the union of several existing bodies of friars effected in A.D. 1265 by Pope Clement IV. They were regarded as belonging to the ranks of the mendicant friars and not to the monastic Order. They were very widely spread, and in Europe in the sixteenth century they are said to have possessed three thousand convents, in which were thirty thousand friars; besides three hundred convents of nuns. In England at the time of the dissolution they had some thirty-two friaries.

V. THE LESSER FRIARS

i. _Friars of the Sack, or De Penitentia_

These brethren of penance were called “Friars of the Sack” because their dress was cut without other form than that of a simple bag or sack, and made of coarse cloth, like sackcloth. Most authorities, however, represent this as merely a familiar name, and say that their real title was that of Friars, or Brethren of Penance. They took their origin apparently in Italy, and came to England during the reign of Henry III., where, about A.D. 1257, they opened a house in London. They had many settlements in France, Spain, and Germany, but lost most of them after the Council of Lyons in A.D. 1274, when Pope Gregory X. suppressed all begging friars with the exception of the four mendicant Orders of Dominicans, Franciscans, Austin Friars, and Carmelites. This did not, however, apply universally, and in England the _Fratres de Sacco_ remained in existence until the final suppression of the religious Orders in the sixteenth century. The dress of these friars was apparently made of rough brown cloth, and was not unlike that of the Franciscans; they had their feet bare and wore wooden sandals. Their mode of life was very austere, and they never ate meat and drank only water.

ii. _Pied Friars, or Fratres de Pica_

These religious were so called from the colours of their habit, which was black and white, like a magpie. They had but one house in England, at Norwich, and had only a brief existence, as the Pied Friars were obliged, by the Council of Lyons, to join one or other of the four great mendicant Orders. Their house, which, according to Blomfield, stood in the north-east corner of the churchyard of St. Peter’s Church, was given to the Hospital of Bek, at Billingford in Norfolk.

iii. _Friars of St. Mary de Areno_

These friars had likewise but one house, at Westminster, founded towards the end of the reign of Henry III. They, too, were short-lived as a body, falling under the law of suppression of the lesser mendicant Orders. They, however, continued for a few years longer, as Tanner quotes a Close Roll of 11 Edward II., to show that they were only dissolved in that year, A.D. 1318.

iv. _Friars of Our Lady, or de Domina_

The Friars of Our Lady are said to have lived under the Rule of St. Austin. They had a white habit, with a black cloak and hood. They were instituted in the thirteenth century, and had a house at Cambridge, near the castle. Before A.D. 1290 they were also settled at Norwich, where they continued until the great Pestilence in 1349, of which they all died.

v. _Friars of the Holy Trinity, or Trinitarians_

These religious were founded by SS. John of Matha and Felix of Valois about A.D. 1197 for the redemption of captives. They were called “_Trinitarians_,” because by their rule all their churches were dedicated to the Holy Trinity, or “_Maturines_,” from the fact that their original foundation in Paris was near St. Mathurine’s Chapel. The Order was confirmed by Pope Innocent III., who gave the religious white robes, with a red and blue cross on their breasts, and a cloak with the same emblem on the left side. Their revenues were to be divided into three parts; one for their own support, one to relieve the poor, and the third to ransom Christians who had been taken captive by the infidels. They were brought to England in A.D. 1244, and were given the lands and privileges of the Canons of the Holy Sepulchre on the extinction of that Order. According to the _Monasticon_, they had, in all, eleven houses in this country; but these establishments were small, the usual number of religious in each being three friars and three lay brothers. The superior was named “minister,” and included in his office the functions of superior and procurator; and the houses were united into a congregation under a _Minister major_, who held a general Chapter annually for the regulation of defects and the discussion of common interests.

vi. _Crutched, or Crossed Friars_

The Crossed Friars are said by some to have taken their origin in the Low Countries, by others to have come from Italy in very early times, having been instituted or reformed by one Gerard, prior of St. Maria di Morella at Bologna. In 1169 Pope Alexander III. took them under his protection and gave them a fixed rule of life. These friars first came to England in the year 1244. Matthew Paris, writing of that time, says that they appeared before a synod held by the bishop of Rochester, each carrying a stick upon which was a cross. They presented documents from the pope and asked to be allowed to make foundations of their fraternity in England. Clement Reyner puts their first establishment in this country at Reigate, in 1245, and their second in London in 1249. This last is the better known, as it has given the name of Crutched Friars to a locality in the city of London. The friars had a third house at Oxford, and altogether there were six or seven English friaries. Besides the cross upon their staves, from which they originally took their name, the friars had a red cloth cross upon the breasts of their habits.

vii. _The Bethlemite Friars_

The origin of these friars is uncertain, and they were apparently only known in England, and so may perhaps be considered to have had their beginning in this country. Matthew Paris says that in the year 1257 they were given a house at Cambridge, in Trumpington Street. He describes their dress as being very like that of the Dominicans, from which it was distinguished only by having a red star, of five points with a round blue centre, on the scapular. This badge recalled the meaning of their name, representing as it did the star which led the Magi to Bethlehem.

viii. _The Bonshommes_

These friars were apparently of English origin. Some have thought that they were the same as the “Friars of the Sack,” but this is by no means clear. Polydore Vergil says that Edmund of Cornwall, the brother of Henry III., on his return from Germany in A.D. 1257, built and endowed a fine monastery at Ashridge. This he gave “to a new order of men, never before known in England, called _Boni Homines_, the Bonshommes. They followed the rule of St. Augustine, wearing a blue-coloured dress of a form similar to that of the Augustinian hermits.” The only other house possessed by the Bonshommes was at Edingdon.

LIST OF ENGLISH RELIGIOUS HOUSES

An asterisk (*) prefixed to a religious house signifies that there are considerable remains extant.

A dagger (†) prefixed signifies that there are sufficient remains to interest an archæologist.

No attention is paid to mere mounds or grass-covered heaps.

For these marks as to remains the author is not responsible. They have kindly been contributed by Rev. Dr. Cox and Mr. W. H. St. John Hope, who desire it to be known that they do not in any way consider these marks exhaustive; they merely represent those remains with which one or other, or both, are personally acquainted.

The following abbreviations for the names of the religious Orders, etc., have been used in the list:--

A. = Austin Canons.

A. (fs.) = Austin Friars, or Hermits.

A. (n.) = Austin nuns.

A.P. = Alien priories.

A. (sep.) = Austin Canons of the Holy Sepulchre.

A.H. = Alien Hospitals.

B. = Benedictines, or Black monks.

B. (fs.) = Bethlemite Friars.

B. (n.) = Benedictine nuns.

Bridg. = Bridgettines.

C. = Cistercian monks.

C. (n.) = Cistercian nuns.

Carm. = Carmelite, or White Friars.

Carth. = Carthusians.

Cl. = Cluniac monks.

Cl. (n.) = Cluniac nuns.

Cru. = Crutched, or Crossed Friars.

Dom. = Dominican, or Black Friars.

Dom. (n.) = Dominican nuns.

F.A. = Friars de Areno.

F.D. = Friars de Domina, or of Our Lady.

Franc. = Franciscan, or Grey Friars.

Franc. (n.) = Franciscan nuns.

G. = Gilbertines (canons following the rule of St. Austin, and nuns that of St. Benedict).

H. = Hospitals.

H. (lep.) = Leper Hospitals.

H.-A. (fs.) = Hospitals served by Austin Friars.

H.-B. (fs.) = Hospitals served by Bethlemite Friars.

H.G. = Hospitals served by Gilbertines.

Hosp. = Knights Hospitallers.

M. = Maturins, or Friars of the Holy Trinity.

P. = Premonstratensian Canons.

P. (n.) = Premonstratensian nuns.

P.F. = Pied Friars.

S. = Friars of the Sack, or De Penitentia.

Temp. = Knights Templars.

A plus (+) = Ancient religious houses.

+ (n.) = Ancient religious house of women.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORDER. | HOUSE. | COUNTY. -------------|------------------------------------------|--------------- | Abberbury (_see_ Alberbury). | | Abberforth, Tadcaster (_see_ Calcaria). | B. |† Abbotsbury, abb. |Dorset. C. |* Aberconway, abb. |Denbigh. B. |* Abergavenny, pr. |Monmouth. B. |† Abingdon, abb. |Berks. | cell:--Edwardstow |Suffolk. H. | Abingdon, St. Helen’s |Berks. | St. John’s. | A.P. | Acley, or Lyre Ocle (cell to St. | | Benoit sur Soire) |Hereford. A. (n.) | Aconbury |Hereford. P. |* Agatha’s, St., abb. |Yorks. A. | Ailesham, pr. |Lincoln. C. | Albalanda (_see_ Whiteland) |Carmarthen. A. | Alborn (united to Woodbridge, 1466) |Suffolk. B. |* Alban’s, St., abb. |Herts. B. | cells:--Belvoir |Lincoln. B. | * Binham |Norfolk. B. | † Hatfield Peverell |Essex. B. | Hertford |Herts. B. | Pembroke |Pembroke. B. | Redburn |Herts. B. | * Tynemouth |Northumberland. B. | Wallingford |Berks. B. | Cocket Island (cell of | | Tynemouth) |Northumberland. H. (lep.) | Alban’s, St., St. Julian’s |Herts. H. (lep. | Alban, St., St. Mary de Pratis |Herts. women) | | A.P. | Alberbury, or Abberbury (cell of | | Grandmont in Limousin) |Salop. B. |† Alcester (_see_ Evesham). | A. |† Aldbury, pr. |Surrey. | Aldeby (_see_ Norwich). | A. | Alensborne |Suffolk. H. | Alkmonton |Derby. A.P. | Allerton Malleverer (cell of | | Marmoutiers, Tours) |Yorks, W. R. Carm. | Allerton, North |Yorks, W. R. A. (fs.) | Allerton, North |Yorks, W. R. H. | Allerton, North, St. James |Yorks, W. R. H. | Maison Dieu. | P. |† Alnwick, abb. |Northumberland. Carm. | Alnwick (_see_ Holne) |Northumberland. H. | Alnwick, St. Leonard’s |Northumberland. G. |† Alvingham |Lincoln. B. (n.) | Amesbury |Wilts. A.P. |† Andover (cell of St. Florent at | | Samur in Anjou) |Hants. H. | Andover |Hants. A.P. |† Andwell (cell of Tyronne) |Hants. A. |† Anglesey, pr. |Cambridge. B. (n.) | Ankerwyke |Bucks. Carth. |* Anne’s, St. (_see_ Coventry) | Warwick. Hosp. | Anstey |Wilts. | Antony, St. (_see_ Plympton) | Carm. | Appleby |Westmoreland. H. (lep.) | Appleby |Westmoreland. | Appleton (_see_ Nunappleton). | A.P. | Apuldercombe (cell to Montisburg, | | Normandy) |Hants., I. of W. B (n.) | Arden |Yorks. H. | Armston |Northants. B. (n.) | Armthwaite |Cumberland. Cl. (n.) | Arthington |Yorks. Dom. | Arundel |Sussex. A.P. |* Arundel (cell to Séez, afterwards | | a college) |Sussex. H. |† Arundel |Sussex. A. |* Ashby Canons, pr. |Northants. A. (fs.) | Ashen (_see_ Clare). | Temp. & |† Aslakeby |Lincoln. Hosp. | | H. | Astley |Warwick. A.P. | Astley (cell to Evreux) |Worcester. H. | Athelington |Dorset. B. |† Athelney, abb. |Somerset. A.P. |† Atherington (cell of Séez) |Sussex. A. (fs.) | Atherstone |Warwick. A.P. |† Avebury (cell to St. George de | | Bocherville, Norm.) |Wilts. |† Avecote (_see_ Malvern, Great) | | Axholme (_see_ Epworth). | A.P. | Axmouth (cell to Montisburg, | | Norm.) |Devon. Franc. | Aylesbury |Bucks. + | Aylesbury |Bucks. H. (lep.) | Aylesbury, St. John |Bucks. | St. Leonard | Carm. |* Aylesford |Kent. H. | Aynho |Northants. | | | Babington (_see_ Bebington). | | Babwell (_see_ Bury). | + | Bachaunis |Carmarthen. A. | Bactanesford (given to Finchale, | | 1196) |Durham. A. | Badlesmere |Kent. Temp. & |* Badersley (South) |Hants. Hosp. | | H. | Bagby |Yorks. H. (lep.) | Baldock |Herts. Temp. & |* Balsall |Warwick. Hosp. | | | Bamburgh (_see_ Nostell) | Dom. | Bamburgh |Northumberland. H. | Bamburgh |Northumberland. H. (lep.) | Banbury |Oxford. + | Bancornaburg, or Banchor |Flint. Dom. | Bangor |Carnarvon. + | Banwell |Somerset. B. |† Bardney, abb. |Lincoln. A. | Bardon (near Puckeridge) |Herts. B. | Bardsey, abb. |Carnarvon. Cru. | Barham, or Bergham (in parish of Lynton)|Cambridge. B. (n.) |† Barking |Essex. P. |† Barlings, abb. |Lincoln. A. | Barlinch, pr. |Somerset. H. | Barnard Castle |Durham. Cl. | Barnstaple, pr. |Devon. A (fs.) | Barnstaple |Devon. H. | Barnstaple |Devon. A. |† Barnwell, pr. |Cambridge. Hosp. | Barrow |Derbyshire. | Barrow (_see_ Colchester). | + | Barrowe, or at Barwe |Lincoln. B. (n.) | Barrow Gurney, or Mynchen Barwe |Somerset. B. | Barton |Hereford. C. (n.) | Basedale |Yorks. | Basseleck, or Basil (_see_ Glastonbury).| H. |* Basingstoke |Hants. C. |* Basingwerk, abb. |Flint. B. |* Bath Cathedral, pr. |Somerset. | * cell:--Dunster. | H. | Bath, St. John Baptist’s |Somerset. | St. Mary Magdalene’s. | Hosp. | Battisford |Suffolk. B. |* Battle, abb. |Sussex. B. | * cell:--Brecknock |Brecon. H. | Bawtry |Yorks. P. |† Beauchief, abb. |Derby. C. |* Beaulieu, abb. |Hants. | cell:--Farendon |Hants. | Beaulieu-Moddry, or Millbrook | Carth. |* Beauvale, or Gresley Park |Notts. H. (lep.) | Bebington |Cheshire. H. | Bec |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | Beccles, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Suffolk. A.P. | Beckford (cell to St. Barbe en | | Auge, Norm.) |Gloucester. Franc. | Becmachen, or Bermache |Isle of Man. + | Bectanesford (_see_ Bactenesford) |Durham. Franc. |† Bedford |Beds. + | Bedford |Beds. H. | Bedford, St. John’s |Beds. | St. Leonard’s. | + | Bedingham, or Redingham |Sussex. | Beeleigh (_see_ Bileigh). | | Bees, St. (_see_ York, St. Mary’s). | A. |† Beeston, pr. |Norfolk. A.P. | Begare, near Richmond (cell to | | St. Begare, Brit.) |Yorks. P. |* Begham, or Bayham, abb. |Sussex. | Belvoir (_see_ Alban’s, St.). | B. |† Benet’s of Hulme, St., abb. |Norfolk. A.P. | Benington Longa (cell of Savigny) |Lincoln. | Bentley (_see_ Alkmonton). | + | Bentley |Middlesex. A. | Berden, pr. |Essex. + | Berkeley |Gloucester. H. | Berkeley, St. James’ and St. John’s |Gloucester. | Longbridge. | H. | Berkhamstede, St. John Baptist’s |Herts. H. (lep.) | St. John the Evang. | H. | St. Thomas the Martyr’s. | H. | St. James’. | A. | Berleston |Devon. Cl. | Bermondsey, abb. |Surrey. B. | cell:--Derby, St. James’ |Derby. H. | Bermondsey, St. Saviour’s |Surrey. H. | St. Thomas’. | H. | Berton |Salop. M. | Berwick |Northumberland. + (n.) | Berwick, South |Northumberland. H. | Berwick, Maison Dieu |Northumberland. H. | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | A. | Bethgelert, pr. |Carnarvon. Franc. | Beverley |Yorks, E. R. Dom. |† Beverley |Yorks, E. R. Hosp. | Beverley |Yorks, E. R. H. | Beverley, St. Giles |Yorks, E. R. H. | Trinity H. | H. | St. Nicholas. | A. | Bicknacre, or Woodham Ferrers |Essex. H. | Bigging |Herts. P. |* Bileigh by Maldon, abb. |Essex. A. |† Bilsington, pr. |Kent. C. |* Bindon, abb. |Dorset. |* Binham (_see_ Alban’s, St.). | B. |* Birkenhead, pr. |Cheshire. H. | Birmingham |Warwick. A.P. | Birstall (cell to St. Martin de | | Alceio, Albemarle, France) |Yorks, N. R. A. |† Bisham, pr. (at first belonged to | | Temp.) |Berks. | Bissemede (_see_ Bushmead). | C. | Bittlesden, abb. |Bucks. + | Bitumæam, or ad Tunconsam |Worcester. B. (n.) | Blackborough |Norfolk. A.P. | Blakenham (cell to Bec, Norm.) |Suffolk. A. |† Blackmore, pr. |Essex. P. | Blackwase, or Blackhouse (cell | | of Lavendon and of Bradsole) |Kent. Carm. | Blakeney, or Sniterley |Norfolk. P. |* Blanchland, abb. |Northumberland. + | Bleatham |Westmoreland. A. |† Bliburgh, or Blythbury, pr. |Suffolk. B. (n.) | Blithbury |Stafford. + | Blockley, or Bloccanlegh |Worcester. B. |† Blyth, or Brida, pr. |Notts. H. (lep.) | Blyth |Notts. H. | Bocking, Maison Dieu |Essex. A. |† Bodmin, pr. |Cornwall. Franc. |† Bodmin |Cornwall. H. |† Bodmin, St. Laurence’s |Cornwall. | St. Anthony’s. | | St. George’s. | G. | Bollington, or Bullington |Lincoln. A. |* Bolton, pr. |Yorks. H. (lep.) | Bolton |Northumberland. A.P. | Bonby (cell to Fromond, Norm.) |Lincoln. C. | Bordesley, abb. |Worcester. + | Bosham |Sussex. Dom. |† Boston |Lincoln. Franc. | Boston |Lincoln. Carm. | Boston |Lincoln. A. (fs.) | Boston |Lincoln. H. | Boston |Lincoln. H. | Boughton |Cheshire. H. | Boughton (_see_ Broughton) |Essex. A. |† Bourn, abb. |Lincoln. A.P. | Bourne, or Patricksbourne (cell | | to Beaulieu, Norm.) |Kent. H. | Bowes |I. of Guernsey. B. |* Boxgrave, pr. |Sussex. C. |† Boxley, abb. |Kent. + (n.) | Boxwell |Gloucester. H. | Boycodeswade, near Cokesford |Norfolk. H. | Braceford |Yorks. Cru. | Brackley |Northants. H. | Brackley, St. John’s |Northants. | St. Leonard’s. | H. | Bradebusk |Notts. A. |* Bradenstoke, pr. |Wilts. B. | Bradewell, pr. |Bucks. + | Bradfield |Berks. H. | Bradford |Wilts. + | Bradford |Wilts. A. | Bradley, pr. |Leicester. | Bradsole (_see_ St. Radegund’s) |Kent. H. | Bramber |Sussex. A. |† Breamore, or Bromere, pr. |Hants. Dom. | Brecknock |Brecon. |* Brecknock, or Brecon (_see_ Battle) | |† Bredon (_see_ Nostell) | + | Bredon |Worcester. A. |† Breadsall, pr. |Derby. + | Brent, or East Brent |Somerset. Hosp. | Bretesford |Suffolk. B. (n.) | Bretford (removed to Kenilworth) |Warwick. H. | Bretford |Warwick. B. (n.) | Brewood Black Ladies |Stafford. C. (n.) |† Brewood White Ladies |Salop. H. | Breydeford |Yorks, E. R. Franc. | Bridgnorth |Salop. H. | Bridgnorth |Salop. Franc. | Bridgwater |Somerset. H. | Bridgwater, St. John’s |Somerset. | St. Giles’. | A. |* Bridlington, pr. |Yorks. | Bridport |Dorset. H. | Bridport |Dorset. A.P. | Brimpsfield (cell to Fontenay, Norm.) |Gloucester. Hosp. | Brimpton |Berks. A. |* Brinkburne, pr. |Northumberland. A.P. | Brisett (cell to Nobiliac) |Suffolk. A. |* Bristol, Great St. Augustine’s, abb. |Somerset. B. (n.) | Bristol, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Somerset. |† Bristol, St. James’ (_see_ Tewkesbury) |Somerset. Dom. |* Bristol |Somerset. Franc. | Bristol |Somerset. Carm. | Bristol |Somerset. A. (fs.) | Bristol |Somerset. H. | Bristol, St. Bartholomew’s |Somerset. H. | St. Catherine’s. | H. | Gaunts, or Billeswyke H. | H. | Trinity H. | H. (lep.) | St. Laurence’s. | H. | Lyons, or Lewins. | H. (lep.) | St. John’s. | H. | St. Margaret’s. | H. (lep.) | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | H. | St. Michael’s Hill. | H. | Bartons. | H. | St. Sepulchre’s. | H. | Temple Street. | H. | Temple Gate. | H. | Redcliff Hill. | + | Brixworth |Northants. P. | Brockley, or Brocle, West Greenwich | | (removed to Bayham) |Kent. P. (n.). | Brodholm |Notts. A. | Bromehill, pr. |Norfolk. | Bromere (_see_ Breamore). | | Bromfield (_see_ Gloucester, St. | | Peter’s). | B. (n.). | Bromhall |Berks. A. | Bromhill |Norfolk. Cl. |* Bromholm, pr. |Norfolk. | Bromley (_see_ Stratford at Bow). | | Bromwich, West (_see_ Sandwell). | A. | Brooke (_see_ Kenilworth) |Rutland. H. | Brough |Westmoreland. H. |† Broughton, near Malton |Yorks. H. | Broughton-under-Blean |Kent. Hosp. |† Bruerne, or Temple Bruer |Lincoln. C. | Bruerne, or Brueria, abb. |Oxford. + | Brunnesburg, or Bromburg |Cheshire. Fran. (n.) | Brusyard |Suffolk. A. |† Bruton, abb. |Somerset. H. | Bruton |Somerset. A. |† Buckenham, pr. |Norfolk. C. |† Buckfast, abb. |Devon. H. | Buckingham |Bucks. C. |† Buckland, abb. |Devon. A. (n.). | Buckland Minchin |Somerset. Hosp. | Buckland Minchin |Somerset. H. | Buckstead |Sussex. C. |* Buildwas, abb. |Salop. | Bullington (_see_ Bollington). | B. (n.). |† Bungay (Bonna Gaie) |Suffolk. M. | Burbach, or Eston, or Marlborough |Wilts. A. | Burchester, pr. |Oxford. H. | Burchester |Oxford. H. | Burford |Oxford. + | Burgh Castle |Suffolk. A. |* Burnham | (canonesses)| |Bucks. Carm. |† Burnham Norton |Norfolk. | Burnham (_see_ St. Mary de Pré). | A. |* Burscough, pr. |Lancaster. Fran. (n.) | Burshyard |Suffolk. H. (lep.) | Burton Lazars |Leicester. B. |† Burton-on-Trent, or Modwenstow, abb. |Stafford. A.P. | Burwell (cell to St. Maria, Silvæ | | Majoris, Bordeaux) |Lincoln. B. |* Bury St. Edmunds, abb. |Suffolk. Franc. | Bury St. Edmunds |Suffolk. H. | Bury St. Edmunds-- |Suffolk. | God’s House, or St. John’s. | | † St. Nicholas’. | | St. Peter’s. | | † St. Saviour’s. | | St. Stephen’s. | A. |† Bushmead, pr. |Beds. A.P. | Bustal, or Burstal Garth (cell to | | St. Martin d’Aley, Albemarle, Norm.) |Yorks. A. |† Butley, pr. (Buteleia) |Suffolk. C. |* Byland, abb. |Yorks. A. | Byrkley, pr., now Butlehouse | | (in the parish of Merlynch) |Somerset. | | + | Cadweli |Carmarthen. + | Caerleon |Monmouth. + | Caistor, or Dormundescastre |Northants. + (n.) | Calcaria, or Caelcacester |Yorks. | Caldey (_see_ Dogmael’s, St.) |Pembroke. C. |* Calder, abb. |Cumberland. A. | Caldwell, pr. |Beds. A. |† Calke (cell to Repton) |Derby. H. | Calne, St. John’s |Wilts. A. | Calwich, pr. |Stafford. B. | Cambridge, Monks’ or Buckingham College | | (now St. Mary Magdalen College) |Cambridge. B. (n.) |* Cambridge, St. Radegund’s (now | | Jesus College) |Cambridge. G. | Cambridge, St. Edmund’s |Cambridge. Dom. | Cambridge |Cambridge. Franc. | Cambridge |Cambridge. Carm. | Cambridge |Cambridge. A. (fs.) | Cambridge |Cambridge. S. | Cambridge |Cambridge. B. (fs.) | Cambridge |Cambridge. F.D. | Cambridge |Cambridge. H. | Cambridge, St. John Evangelist’s |Cambridge. + (n.) | Camestrune, or Camesterne |Dorset. A.P. | Cammeringham (cell to Prem. | | abb. of Blanchland, Norm.) |Lincoln. A. (n.) | Campsey |Suffolk. B. (n.) | Cannington |Somerset. A. (n.) | Canonleigh, or Mynchen Leigh |Devon. B. |* Canterbury, St. Augustine’s, abb. |Kent. B. |* Canterbury, Christ Church Cath. pr. |Kent. B. | * cells:--Dover, St. Martin’s |Kent. B. | † Oxford, Canterbury College |Oxford. B. (n.) | Canterbury, St. Sepulchre’s |Kent. A. |† Canterbury, St. Gregory’s, pr. |Kent. Dom. |† Canterbury |Kent. Franc. |† Canterbury |Kent. A. (fs.) |† Canterbury |Kent. + | Canterbury, St. Mildred’s |Kent. H. |* Canterbury, St. John Baptist’s |Kent. H. |† Canterbury, Poor Priests |Kent. H. (lep.) | Canterbury, St. Laurence’s |Kent. H. | Canterbury, St. Margaret’s |Kent. H. | * Eastbridge, St. Thomas Cant. |Kent. H. | St. Nicholas. | H. | St. Catherine. | B. | Canwell, pr. |Stafford. | Canyngton (_see_ Cannington). | + (n.) | Carbroke (afterwards removed to | | Buckland) |Norfolk. Hosp. | Carbroke |Norfolk. Dom. | Cardiff |Glamorgan. Franc. |† Cardiff |Glamorgan. Carm. |† Cardiff |Glamorgan. | Cardigan (_see_ Chertsey). | | Carham-on-Tweed (_see_ Kirkham). | A.P. |† Carisbrooke (cell to Lira) |I. of Wight. A. |* Carlisle, Cath., pr. |Cumberland. Dom. | Carlisle |Cumberland. Franc. | Carlisle |Cumberland. H. (lep.) | Carlisle, St. Nicholas’ |Cumberland. A. | Carmarthen, pr. |Carmarthen. Franc. | Carmarthen |Carmarthen. B. (n.) |* Carrow |Norfolk. | Carswell (_see_ Montacute). | A. |* Cartmel, pr. |Lancaster. Cl. |* Castleacre, pr. |Norfolk. H. | Castle Donington |Leicester. H. | Catchburne |Northumberland. B. (n.) |† Catesby |Northants. + | Cathall |Herts. H. | Catterick |Yorks. G. |† Cattley |Lincoln. + (n.) | Catune |Staffs. B. |* Cerne, abb. |Dorset. A. |† Chacomb, pr. |Northants. A.P. | Charlton, near Uphaven (cell to | | Prem., abb., L’Isle Dieu) |Wilts. A.P. | Charlton-on-Otmoore (cell to S. | | Ebrulf in Utica, Norm.) |Oxford. H. (lep.) | Chatham |Kent. B. (n.) |† Chatteris |Cambridge. + | Chauce, or Charite |Sussex. Dom. | Chelmsford |Essex. + | Cheltenham |Gloucester. B. |† Chepstow |Monmouth. B. |† Chertsey, abb. |Surrey. B. | cells:--Cardigan |Cardigan. B. (n.) | Cheshunt |Herts. B. |* Chester, St. Werburgh’s, abb. |Cheshire. B. (n.) | Chester, St. Mary’s |Cheshire. Dom. | Chester |Cheshire. Franc. | Chester |Cheshire. Carm. | Chester |Cheshire. H. | Chester, St. John Baptist’s |Cheshire. H. | St. Giles’. | H. | St. Michael’s. | H. (lep.) | Chesterfield |Derby. A. | Chetwode |Bucks. + (n.) | Chewstoke, or St. Cross |Somerset. | Chich (_see_ St. Osyth’s). | Dom. | Chichester |Sussex. Franc. | Chichester |Sussex. + | Chichester |Sussex. H. (lep.) | Chichester, St. James’ |Sussex. | St. Mary Magdalen’s | | * St. Mary’s | G. |* Chicksand |Beds. + (n.) | Chille, or Chiltre |Herts. A. | Chipley (annexed to Clare) |Suffolk. Hosp. | Chippenham |Cambridge. A. | Chirbury, pr. |Salop. + | Cholsey |Berks. H. (lep.) | Chosell |Norfolk. | Chotes (_see_ Croxden). | A. |* Christchurch, or Twyneham |Hants. + | Churchill |Devon. A. |† Cirencester, abb. |Gloucester. H. | Cirencester, St. Thomas’ |Gloucester. | St. John the Evangelist. | | St. Laurence’s. | A.P. | Clare (cell of St. Martin des Champs) |Carmarthen. H. | Clare |Carmarthen. A. (fs.) |* Clare |Suffolk. A.P. | Clare in the Castle (cell to Bec; | | removed to Stoke). | A.P. | Clatford (cell to Caux de Coleto, Norm.)|Wilts. G. |† Clattercote, pr. |Oxford. C. |* Cleeve, abb. |Somerset. B. (n.) | Clementhorpe |Yorks. A. (fs.) | Cleobury Mortimer (_see_ Woodhouse). | B. (n.) | Clerkenwell |Middlesex. Hosp. | Clerkenwell (_see_ London). | H. | Cleyhanger |Devon. Cl. | Clifford, pr. |Hereford. + | Clive, or Wenlesclive |Worcester. H. | Clothdale |Herts. B. (n.) | Codenham (cell of Keyston) |Suffolk. C. |† Coggeshall, abb. |Essex. A.P. | Coggs (cell to Fecamp, Norm.) |Oxford. C. (n.) | Cokehill |Worcester. + | Cokerham |Lancaster. P. |† Cokersande, abb. |Lancaster. A. |† Cokesford, pr. |Norfolk. H. | Cokesford |Norfolk. | Coket (_see_ Albans, St.). | B. |† Colchester, St. John’s, abb. |Essex. B. | cell:--Barrow |Essex. A. |* Colchester, St. Botulph’s, pr. |Essex. Cru. | Colchester |Essex. Franc. | Colchester |Essex. H. (lep.) | Colchester, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Essex. B. |† Colne Earls, pr. (cell of Abingdon) |Essex. C. |† Combe, abb. |Warwick. Hosp. | Combe (Temple) |Somerset. C. |† Combermere, abb. |Radnor. + | Congar’s Mon. |Glamorgan. A. | Conishead, pr. |Lancaster. + | Constantine |Cornwall. H. | Cookham |Surrey. A. (n.) | Cornworthy |Devon. A.P. | Corsham (cell to Caen) |Wilts. H. (lep.) | Cotes, near Rockingham |Northants. + | Cottingham (transl. to Haltemprice) |Yorks. A.P. | Covenham (cell to Karilefus in diocese | | of Mains, afterwards to Kirksted) |Lincoln. B. |† Coventry, Cath., pr. |Warwick. Carth. |* Coventry, St. Anne’s, near |Warwick. Franc. |† Coventry |Warwick. Carm. |† Coventry |Warwick. H. |* Coventry, Bablake |Warwick. | Grey Friars’. | | Sponnes. | | St. John Baptist’s. | P. |* Coverham, abb. |Yorks. | Cowick (_see_ Tavistock). | A.P. | Cowicke, or Cuich, near Exeter | | (cell to Bec) |Devon. Hosp. | Cowley (Temple), or Sandford |Oxford. A. (n.) | Crabhouse |Norfolk. | Cranborne (_see_ Tewkesbury). | + | Crawley |Bucks. + | Crayke |Yorks. H. | Crediton |Devon. Temp. & Hosp.| Cressing (Temple) |Essex. A.P. | Cresswell, or Careswell (cell to | | Grandmont, Norm.) |Hereford. A. |* Creyk, abb. |Norfolk. A.P. | Creting, St. Olave (a cell to Grestein) |Suffolk. A.P. | Creting, St. Mary (a cell to Bernay) |Suffolk. H. | Cricklade |Wilts. H. | Crowmersh |Oxford. C. |* Croxden, abb. |Stafford. P. |† Croxton, abb. |Leicester. P. | cell:--Hornby |Lancaster. H. | Croydon |Surrey. B. |* Croyland, or Crowland, abb. |Lincoln. B. | cell:--Freston |Lincoln. A.P. | Cumbermere (cell to Savigny) |Cheshire. A. | Cumbwell, pr. |Kent. A. | Custhorpe (cell to Westacre) |Norfolk. C. |* Cwmhyre, abb. |Radnor. | Cyrus, St. (_see_ Montacute). | | | + | Daeglesford, or Deilesford |Gloucester. + | Dacor |Cumberland. Hosp. | Dalby |Leicester. P. |* Dale, or Stanley Park, abb. |Derby. A. |† Darley, abb. |Derby. Dom. (n.) |† Dartford |Kent. H. | Dartford, Trinity H. |Kent. H. (lep.) | Dartford, St. Mary Magdalen’s.| | + | Dartmouth |Devon. Cl. |† Daventry, pr. |Northants. B. (n.) |* Davington |Kent. | Deerhurst (_see_ Tewkesbury). | B. (n.) | De la Pré, or de Pratis |Herts. Carm. |† Denbigh |Denbigh. Fran. (n.) |* Denney |Cambridge. H. | Denwall |Cheshire. A. | Denys, St., Southampton |Hants. | Deping (_see_ Thorney) |Lincoln. A. | Derby (_see_ Darley) |Derby. B. (n.) | Derby, King’s Mead |Derby. | Derby, St. James’ (_see_ Bermondsey). |Derby. Dom. | Derby |Derby. H. (lep.) | Derby, Maison Dieu |Derby. H. (lep.) | Derby, St. Leonard’s |Derby. B. | Derent (cell to Rochester) |Kent. + | Dereham, East |Norfolk. P. |* Dereham, West |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | Devizes |Wilts. C. |† Dieulacres, abb. |Stafford. Temp. & Hosp.| Dimsley (Temple) |Herts. Hosp. |† Dingley |Northants. Hosp. | Dinmore |Hereford. A.P. | Docking (cell to Ivry, Norm.) |Norfolk. + | Dodeling, or Dodelinch |Somerset. P. | Dodford (_see_ Halesowen) |Worcester. A. | Dodnash, pr. |Suffolk. B. | Dogmael’s, St., abb. |Pembroke. | cell:--Caldey. | Franc. | Doncaster |Yorks, W. R. Carm. | Doncaster |Yorks, W. R. H. | Doncaster, St. James’ |Yorks, W. R. H. | Doncaster, St. Nicholas’ |Yorks, W. R. H. | Donington |Leicester. M. | Donnington, near Newbury |Berks. H. | Donnington, near Newbury |Berks. A. |* Dorchester, abb. |Oxford. Franc. | Dorchester |Dorset. H. | Dorchester, St. John Baptist’s |Dorset. C. |* Dore |Hereford. C.(n.) | Douglas |Isle of Man. |* Dover, St. Martin’s (_see_ Canterbury, | | Christ Church) |Kent. H. | Dover, St. Mary’s |Kent. H.(lep.) | Dover, St. Bartholomew’s |Kent. A. | Drax, pr. |Yorks. A.(fs.) | Droitwich |Worcester. H. | Droitwich |Worcester. |* Dudley (_see_ Wenlock) |Stafford. C. |† Dunkeswell, abb. |Devon. A. |† Dunmow, pr. |Essex. C. | Dunscroft, in Hatfield (cell to | | Rievaulx) |Yorks. + | Dunscrofte |Yorks. A. |* Dunstable, pr. |Beds. Dom. | Dunstable |Beds. H. | Dunstane, or Mere |Lincoln. |† Dunster (_see_ Bath) |Somerset. B. | Dunwich (cell to Eye) |Suffolk. Dom. |† Dunwich |Suffolk. Franc. | Dunwich |Suffolk. H. | Dunwich, Maison Dieu |Suffolk. H. (lep.) | † St. James’. | Hosp. | Dunwich |Suffolk. P. |† Dureford, abb. |Sussex. B. |* Durham Cath., pr. Durham. | B. | cells:--† Farne Island |Northumberland. B. | * Finchale |Durham. B. | * Jarrow |Durham. B. | * Lindisfarne |Northumberland. B. | Lytham |Lancaster. B. | Oxford, Durham Coll. |Oxford. B. | † Stamford, St. Leonard’s |Lincoln. B. | * Monk Wearmouth |Durham. | | | Eagle, or Ocle (_see_ Egle). | P. |* Easby (_see_ St. Agatha’s). | B. (n.) |* Easeburn |Sussex. | East Dereham (_see_ Dereham). | + | Eastry |Kent. H. | Eaton |Beds. + | Ebbchester |Durham. A.P. | Ecclesfield (cell to Fontanelle) |Yorks, N. R. H. |* Edingdon (Bonshommes) |Wilts. A.P. | Edith Weston (cell to Bocherville) |Rutland. B. | Edwardstow (cell to Abingdon) |Suffolk. Hosp. |† Egle, or Eycle |Lincoln. P. |* Egleston, abb. |Yorks. + | Elfleet, or Elflit, Southminster |Kent. + | Ellenfordinmer |Wilts, or Berks. G. |† Ellerton |Yorks. H. | Elleshaugh |Northumberland. A.P. | Ellingham (cell to Le Vicomte, in | | diocese of Coutances) |Hants. + | Elmet, or Leeds |Yorks. + | Elmham, North |Norfolk. C. (n.) |† Elreton |Yorks. B. (n.) |† Elstow |Beds. B. |* Ely Cath., pr. |Cambridge. B. | cell:--Holycourt |Norfolk. H. | Ely, St. John’s |Cambridge. | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | + | Emmsay, or Emmesey |Yorks. A.P. | Endeston, or Eynestawe (cell to | | St. Server, Norm.) |Somerset. Carth. | Epworth, or Axholme |Lincoln. A. | Erdbury, pr., or Ardbury |Warwick. C (n.) | Esholt |Yorks. | Eskdale (_see_ Grosmont). | M. | Eston, or Burback, or Marlborough |Wilts. A.P. | Everdon (cell to Bernay, Norm.) |Northants. B. |* Evesham, abb. |Worcester. B. | cells:--Alcester |Warwick. B. | Penwortham |Lancaster. H. |* Ewelme |Oxford. B. |* Ewenny, pr. |Glamorgan. B. | Exeter, St. Nicholas, pr. |Devon. Dom. | Exeter |Devon. Franc. | Exeter |Devon. H. | Exeter, Bonvile’s |Devon. | God’s House. | | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | | St. John’s. | Temp. & Hosp.| Eycle (_see_ Egle) |Lincoln. B. |† Eye, pr. |Suffolk. H. (lep.) | Eye |Suffolk. B. | Eynesham, abb. |Oxford. | | B. (n.) |† Fairwell |Stafford. | Faith, St. (_see_ Horsham). | | Farendon (_see_ Beaulieu). | Cl. | Farleigh, or Farley |Wilts. | Farne Island (_see_ Durham) |Northumberland. B. |† Faversham, abb. |Kent. | Felixstow (_see_ Rochester) |Suffolk. A. |† Felley, pr. |Notts. A. | Ferreby (North), pr. (_ante_ Temp) |Yorks. A.P. | Field Dalling (cell to Savigny, Norm.) |Norfolk. |* Finchale (_see_ Durham) |Durham. A. |† Finneshed |Northants. A. | Fiscarton (cell to Thurgarton) |Notts. Dom. | Fisherton (_see_ Salisbury) |Wilts. + | Fladbury |Worcester. B. (n.) | Flamstead |Herts. A. | Flanesford |Hereford. C. |* Flaxley, abb. |Gloucester. A. |† Flitcham, pr. |Norfolk. A. (n.) | Flixton, South Elmham |Suffolk. H. | Flixton, or Carman’s Spital |Yorks, E. R. A. (n.) | Folkestone (cell to Lonley) |Kent. C. |* Ford, abb. |Devon. G. |† Fordham |Cambridge. H. | Fordingbridge |Hants. C. | Fors de Caritate, Wensleydale | | (translated to Jervaulx) |Yorks. B. (n.) | Fosse |Lincoln. H. | Foulsnape |Yorks, W. R. C. |* Fountains, abb. |Yorks. H. | Fountains |Yorks. A.P. | Frampton (cell to St. Stephen’s, Caen) |Dorset. | Freston (_see_ Croyland) |Lincoln. Hosp. | Friermagna (_see_ Mayne) |Dorset. A. |† Frithelstoke, pr. |Devon. + | Frome |Somerset. + | Fruelege |Hereford. C. |* Furness, abb. |Lancaster. H. | Fyfield |Berks. | | + | Galmanho, near York |Yorks. + | Gare |Northumberland. C. |† Garendon, abb. |Leicester. + | Gateshead |Durham. H. | Gateshead, St. Edmund’s |Durham. | Trinity H. | A. |* Germans, St., pr. |Cornwall. H. | Gild Martyn |Cornwall. + (n.) | Gilling |York. A. |* Gisburn, pr. |York. Temp. & Hosp.| Gislingham |Suffolk. B. |* Glastonbury, abb. |Somerset. | cells:--Green Ore on Mendip | B. | Basselech, or Basil |Monmouth. H. |* Glastonbury |Somerset. H. | Glenford Brigg |Lincoln. A. |† Gloucester, St. Oswald’s |Gloucester. B. |* Gloucester, St. Peter’s abb. |Gloucester. B. | cells:--* Bromfield |Salop. | * Ewenny |Glamorgan. B. | Hereford, St. Guthlac’s |Hereford. B. | * Stanley, St. Leonard’s |Gloucester. Dom. |* Gloucester |Gloucester. Franc. |* Gloucester |Gloucester. Carm. |* Gloucester |Gloucester. H. | Gloucester, St. Bartholomew’s |Gloucester. | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | H. | St. James’. | H. (lep.) | St. Margaret’s. | Hosp. | Godesfield |Hants. B. (n.) |† Godstow |Oxford. A.P. | Goldcliff (cell to Bec) |Monmouth. A. (n.) |† Goring |Oxford. A. (fs.) | Gorleston |Suffolk. H. (lep.) | Gorleston |Suffolk. Hosp. | Gosford (Kidlington) |Oxford. C. (n.) | Goykwell, or Gowkeswell |Lincoln. A. (n.) |† Grace Dieu, Belton |Leicester. C. | Grace Dieu, abb. |Monmouth. A. | Grafton Regis (Hermitage) |Northants. Franc. | Grantham |Lincoln. Temp. | Grantham |Lincoln. H. | Great Hobbesse, or Hautbois |Norfolk. H. | Greatham |Durham. Cru. | Great Waltham |Essex. C. (n.) | Greenfield |Lincoln. Hosp. | Greenham |Berks. + | Greenore, on Mendip |Somerset. Franc. | Greenwich |Kent. A. |† Gresley, pr. |Derby. B. (n.) | Grimsby |Lincoln. Franc. | Grimsby |Lincoln. A. (fs.) | Grimsby |Lincoln. B. |† Grosmont, pr. (originally A.P., | | cell to Grandmont, Norm.) |Yorks, N. R. A.P. | Grovebury, or De la Grove, in parish of | | Leighton (cell to Fontevrault) |Beds. Dom. | Guildford (_see_ Langley) |Surrey. Cru. | Guildford |Surrey. + | Guignes, or Gyones |Northumberland. | | + (n.) | Hackness (cell to Whitby) |Yorks. + | Hadleigh |Suffolk. A.P. | Hagham, or Hayham (cell to St. | | Sever, Coutances) |Lincoln. A.P. | Haghe, or Howghe on the Mount (cell of | | St. Maria de Voto, Cherbourg) |Lincoln. A. |* Haghmond, abb. |Salop. P. | Hagneby, abb. |Lincoln. P. |* Hales Owen, abb. |Worcester. P. | cell:--Dodford |Worcester. B. (n.) | Haliwell, or Holywell, London |Middlesex. Temp. & Hosp.| Halston |Salop. A. | Haltemprice, pr. |Yorks. A. | Halywell on Watling St. (cell of | | Roucester) |Worcester. A.P. |† Hamble (C), (cell to Tyronne, France) |Hants. + | Hambury |Worcester. + (n.) | Hamme |Berks. C. (n.) | Hampole |Yorks. Hosp. | Hampton |Middlesex. + | Handbury |Stafford. B. (n.) | Handale |Yorks. + | Hanslope, or Gare |Bucks. H. (lep.) |* Harbledown |Kent. A. |* Hardham, pr. |Sussex. H. (lep.) | Hardwick |Norfolk. A. |† Hartland, abb. |Devon. Franc. | Hartlepool |Durham. + (n.) | Hartlepool |Durham. A.P. | Harmondsworth (cell to Rouen) |Middlesex. A. (n.) | Harwood |Beds. A. | Haselburg |Somerset. C. | Haselden in Rodmarton (removed | | to Kingswood) |Gloucester. A. |† Hastings, pr. |Sussex. B. |† Hatfield Regis, Broadoak, pr. |Essex. B. |† Hatfield Peverel (_see_ Albans, St.) | A. |† Haverfordwest, pr. |Pembroke. Dom. | Haverfordwest |Pembroke. G. |† Haverholme |Lincoln. Hosp. | Hawstone |Salop. C. |* Hayles, abb. |Gloucester. A.P. | Hayling (cell to Jumièges, Norm.) |Hants. Cl. | Heacham, or Hitcham (cell of Lewes) |Norfolk. B. (n.) | Hedingham Castle |Essex. H. (lep). | Hedon, or Newton, St. Sepulchre’s |Yorks, E. R. A. | Helagh Park, pr. |Yorks. Cl. | Helen’s, St. |Isle of Wight. H. | Helston |Cornwall. A. | Hempton, pr. |Norfolk. H. |† Henley |Warwick. | Henton (_see_ Hinton). | B. (n.) | Henwood |Warwick. | Hepp (_see_ Shap). | + | Hereford |Hereford. Dom. |† Hereford |Hereford. Franc. | Hereford |Hereford. H. | Hereford, St. Anthony’s |Hereford. | St. Ethelbert’s. | | St. Giles’. | | St. Giles’ (lep.). | | St. John’s. | | St. Thomas’. | H. | Heringby |Norfolk. A. | Heringfleet, pr. |Suffolk. A. |† Heringham, pr. |Sussex. | Hertford (_see_ Alban’s, St.). | H. (lep.) | Herting |Sussex. | Hertland (_see_ Hartland). | | Hether (_see_ Hither). | Carth. | Hethorp, Locus Dei (removed to Hinton) |Gloucester. C. (n.) |† Hevening, or Heyninges |Lincoln. A. | Heveringland (cell to Wymondham) |Norfolk. A. |* Hexham, pr. |Northumberland. A. | cell:--Ovingham |Northumberland. H. (lep.) | Hexham, St. Giles’ |Northumberland. H. | Hexham, The Spittle |Northumberland. | Heyninges (_see_ Hevening). | H. | Heytesbury |Wilts. A. |† Hickling, pr. |Norfolk. H. |† Higham Ferrers |Northants. + | Hilbre Island, near Birkenhead, | | or Hilbury |Cheshire. B. (n.) | Hinchinbrook |Hunts. A.P. | Hinckley (cell of Leyr) |Leicester. Carth. |* Hinton (Locus Dei) |Somerset. G. | Hitchin, or Newbigging |Herts. Carm. |† Hitchin |Herts. + | Hithe |Kent. H. (lep.) | Hithe |Kent. H. | Hithe, St. Andrew’s. | Hosp. | Hither, or Hether |Leicester. H. | Hockliffe, or Hoccliffe |Beds. H. (lep.) | Hoddesdon |Herts. Hosp. | Hogshaw |Bucks. H. | Holbeche |Lincoln. B. | Holland, pr. |Lancaster. G. | Holland Brigge |Lincoln. C. |* Holm Cultram, abb. |Cumberland. | Holme (_see_ Montacute). | + | Holmes, near Portbury |Somerset. H. (lep.) | Honiton |Devon. A.P. | Hooe (cell to Bec) |Sussex. C. | Horewell (cell to Stonelegh) |Warwick. Cl. | Horkesley Parva, pr. |Essex. | Hornby (_see_ Croxton). | A.H. | Hornchurch, or Havering (cell to | | M. de Monte Jovis, Savoy) |Essex. H. |† Horning |Norfolk. + | Horningsea |Cambridge. B. |† Horsham, St. Faith, pr. |Norfolk. + B. (n.) | Horsley |Surrey. A.P. | Horsley, or Horkesley (cell to | | Troarn, Norm.) |Gloucester. A.P. | Horsted (cell to nuns of Caen) |Norfolk. | Horton (_see_ Sherborne).| | Cl. | Horton, Monks (cell to Lewes) | | (_see_ Monks Horton) |Kent. M. | Hounslow |Middlesex. | Hoxne (_see_ Norwich Cath., pr.). | Carth. | Hull (Kingston-on-) |Yorks, E. R. Dom. | Hull |Yorks, E. R. Carm. | Hull |Yorks, E. R. A. (fs.) | Hull |Yorks, E. R. H. | Hull, God’s House |Yorks. | Griggs. | | Mariner’s. | | Pole’s. | | Selby’s. | | Hulme (_see_ Benet’s, St., of). | Carm. |* Hulne (Alnwick) |Northumberland. C. |† Hulton, abb. |Stafford. B. | Humberston, or Hunston, abb. |Lincoln. H. | Hungerford |Berks. | Hunston (_see_ Humberston). | A. | Huntingdon, pr. |Huntingdon. A. (fs.) | Huntingdon |Huntingdon. H. (lep.) | Huntingdon, St. Margaret’s |Huntingdon. H. | Huntingdon, St. John Baptist’s |Huntingdon. | Hurley (_see_ Westminster). | B. |† Hyde, or Newminster, Winchester, abb. |Hants. | Hyrst in Axholme (_see_ Nostell). | | | + | Icanhoc |Lincoln. A.P. | Ickham |Lincoln. B. (n.) | Icklington |Cambridge. B. | Ilbre Island (cell to Chester) |Cheshire. Dom. | Ilchester |Somerset. H. | Ilchester |Somerset. H. (lep.) | Ilford |Essex. + | Indio |Devon. A.P. | Ipplepen (cell to Fulgers, Brit.) |Devon. A. |† Ipswich, Holy Trinity, pr. |Suffolk. A. |† Ipswich, St. Peter’s, pr. |Suffolk. Dom. |† Ipswich |Suffolk. Franc. |† Ipswich |Suffolk. Carm. |† Ipswich |Suffolk. H. (lep.) | Ipswich, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Suffolk. H. (lep.) | Ipswich, St. James’ |Suffolk. P. (n.) | Irford |Lincoln. A.P. |† Isleham (cell to abb. of St. Jacutus, | | near Dol, Brit.) |Cambridge. + | Ithancaester |Essex. | Ives, St. (_see_ Ramsey). | B. (n.) | Ivinghoe |Bucks. A. | Ivychurch, pr. |Wilts. A. | Ixworth, pr. |Suffolk. | | |† Jarrow (_see_ Durham). | + | Jerring |Sussex. C. |* Jervaulx, or Jorvaulx, abb. |Yorks. H. | Jesmont |Northumberland. | | C. (n.) | Keldholme, Kirkby Moorside |Yorks. + | Kempsey |Worcester. A. |† Kenilworth, abb. |Warwick. | cell:--Brooke |Rutland. B. | Kersey |Suffolk. | Kershall (_see_ Lenton). | A. |† Keynsham, abb. |Somerset. + | Kidderminster, or Sture. |Worcester. | Kidwelly (_see_ Sherborne). | B. (n.) | Kilburn |Middlesex. Cru. | Kildale |Yorks, N. R. H. | Killingwoldgrove |Yorks, E. R. B. |† Kilpeck (cell to Gloucester) |Hereford. B. (n.) |* Kington |Wilts. Dom. |* King’s Langley |Herts. | Kingsthorpe (_see_ Northampton, | | St. David’s). | H. | Kingston |Surrey. C. |† Kingswood, abb. |Wilts. H. (lep.) | Kirby in Kendale |Westmoreland. A. | Kirby Beller, pr. |Leicester. A.P. | Kirkby Monks |Warwick. A. |* Kirkham, pr. |Yorks. C. (n.) |† Kirkles |Yorks. C. |* Kirkstall, abb. |Yorks. C. |† Kirksted, abb. |Lincoln. M. |† Knaresborough |Yorks, W. R. H. | Knightsbridge |Middlesex. B. | Kydwelly, Cadwell (cell to Sherborne) |Carmarthen. A. | Kyme, pr. |Middlesex. |† Kyme, South, pr. |Lincoln. C. |† Kymmer, abb. |Merioneth. B. (?) | Kynemark, St. |Monmouth. | | A. (n.) |* Lacock, abb. |Wilts. A. | Lacton, pr. |Essex. B. (n.) | Lambley-on-Tyne |Northumberland. H. | Lambourn |Berks. B. | Lammona (cell to Glastonbury) |Cornwall. Dom. | Lancaster |Lancaster. Franc. | Lancaster |Lancaster. A.P. | Lancaster (cell to St. Martin of Séez) |Lancaster. H. | Lancaster |Lancaster. A. |* Lanercost, pr. |Cumberland. P. |* Langdon, abb. |Kent. H. (lep.) | Langeport |Somerset. B. (n.) | Langley |Leicester. P. |† Langley, abb. |Norfolk. Dom. |* Langley, King’s (_see_ King’s Langley) |Herts. Dom. | Langley (_see_ Guildford) |Surrey. H. | Langriph |Lancaster. + | Langton Maltravers (_see_ | | Wicheswood) |Dorset. H. | Langwade |Norfolk. A. |† Lantony, New, pr. |Gloucester. A.P. | Laple, or Lappele (cell to St. | | Remigius, Rheims) |Stafford. B. |* Lastingham (cell to Whitby) |Yorks. A. | Latton |Essex. A. |† Launceston, pr. |Cornwall. + | Launceston |Cornwall. H. (lep.) | Launceston |Cornwall. A. | Launde, or Landa, abb. |Leicester. P. | Lavenden, abb. |Bucks. A.P. | Lavenestre (cell of B. nuns for | | Almanesche, Norm.) |Sussex. H. | Lawardyn |Pembroke. A.P. | Leasingham (cell of Bec) |Norfolk. H. | Lechlade |Gloucester. H. | Ledbury |Hereford. A. | Leedes, pr. |Kent. + | Leeds (_see_ Elmet) |Yorks. A. |† Lees, or Leighs |Essex. A. | Lees, St. Michael (cell of Roucester) |Stafford. C. (n.) |† Legbourne |Lincoln. A. | Leicester, St. Mary de Pré, abb. |Leicester. Dom. | Leicester |Leicester. Franc. | Leicester |Leicester. A. (fs.) | Leicester |Leicester. S. | Leicester |Leicester. H. | Leicester, St. John’s |Leicester. H. | Leicester, St. Ursula’s |Leicester. H. (lep.) | Leicester, St. Leonard’s |Leicester. P. |* Leiston, abb. |Suffolk. Cl. |† Lenton, pr. |Notts. Cl. | cell:--Kershall |Lancaster. Carm. | Lenton |Notts. H. | Lenton, St. Antony’s |Notts. |* Leominster (_see_ Reading) | B. (n.) | Leominster, or Nonne-minster |Sussex. A. |† Lesnes, abb. |Kent. A.P. | Lessingham (cell to Okeburn) |Norfolk. A. | Letheringham, pr. |Suffolk. H. | Leverington |Cambridge. Cl. |* Lewes, pr. |Sussex. Cl. | cell:--Stanesgate |Essex. Franc. | Lewes |Sussex. H. | Lewes, St. James’ |Sussex. H. | St. Nicholas’ |Sussex. A.P. | Lewesham (cell to St. Peter’s, Ghent) |Kent. Franc. |† Lichfield |Stafford. H. | Lichfield, St. John’s |Stafford. | Bacon Street H. | | Poor Woman’s H. | B. (n.) |† Lillechurch, Higham |Kent. A. |* Lilleshall, abb. |Salop. A.P. | Limber Magna (cell to Aulnay, | | or Aveney, Norm) |Lincoln. G. | Lincoln, St. Catherine’s |Lincoln. |† Lincoln, St. Magdalen’s (_see_ York, | | St. Mary’s). | Dom. | Lincoln |Lincoln. Franc. |† Lincoln |Lincoln. Carm. | Lincoln |Lincoln. A. (fs.) | Lincoln |Lincoln. S. | Lincoln |Lincoln. + | Lincoln |Lincoln. H. (lep.) | Lincoln, Holy Innocents’ |Lincoln. H. |† Lincoln, St. Giles’ |Lincoln. H. |† Lincoln, St. Mary’s |Lincoln. H.G. | Lincoln, Holy Sepulchre |Lincoln. |* Lindisfarne (_see_ Durham). | B. (n.) | Ling |Norfolk. A.P. | Linton (cell to Jacutus, St., Dol, | | Brit.) |Cambridge. H. (lep.) | Liskard, or Minhelled |Cornwall. B.(n.) | Littlemore |Oxford. C. (n.). | Llanclere |Glamorgan. A.P. | Llangennith (cell to Evreux, Norm.) |Glamorgan. A.P. | Llangkywan, near Gresmond | | (cell to abb. of Leyr, Norm.) |Monmouth. C. (n.) | Llanleir |Cardigan. C. (n.) | Llanlurgan |Montgomery. C. |† Llantarnam, or Caerleon, abb. |Monmouth. A. |* Llantony, Old, pr. |Monmouth. Franc. |† Llanvaise, near Beaumaris |Anglesea. A.P. | Lodres (cell to Montisburg, Norm.) |Dorset. H. (lep.) | Locko[9] |Derby. A. |* London, St. Bartholomew’s, pr. |Middlesex. A. | London, Holy Trinity, Aldgate, pr. |Middlesex. C. | London, St. Mary Graces, abb. |Middlesex. B. (n.) |* London, St. Helen’s |Middlesex. Fran. (n.) | London,[10] the Minories |Middlesex. Hosp. |* London, Clerkenwell |Middlesex. Carth. |* London |Middlesex. Dom. | London |Middlesex. Franc. | London |Middlesex. Carm. |† London |Middlesex. A. (fs.) |† London |Middlesex. Fran. (n.) | London |Middlesex. Cru. | London |Middlesex. S. | London |Middlesex. H. | London, St. Mary’s, Spital, or New | | H. of our Lady, Bishopsgate |Middlesex. H. | London, Elsing Spital, near Cripplegate |Middlesex. H. | London, Charing Cross |Middlesex. H. | London, Denton’s, near the Tower |Middlesex. H. |† London, Domus Conversorum | | (now Chapel of the Rolls) |Middlesex. H. (lep.) | London, St. Giles’ |Middlesex. H. | London, St. Giles’, without Cripplegate |Middlesex. H. (lep.) | London, Highgate |Middlesex. H.B. (fs.) | London, St. Mary Bethlehem |Middlesex. H. | London, St. Katherine’s, near the Tower |Middlesex. H. | London, The Papey |Middlesex. H. | London, St. Paul’s |Middlesex. H. | London, Syon, or Brentford |Middlesex. H. |† London, St. Thomas of Acres |Middlesex. H. | London, Whitington |Middlesex. A.P. | Long Bennington (cell to Savigny, Norm.)|Lincoln. H. (lep.) | Long Blandford |Dorset. A. | Longleat |Wilts. H. | Long Stow |Cambridge. H. | Lorwing |Gloucester. Carm. | Losenham, in Newenden |Kent. Hosp. | Louth, or Maltby |Lincoln. C. |* Louth Park, abb. |Lincoln. H. (lep.) | Lowcrosse |Yorks. A.P. | Ludgarswell |Bucks. Carm. | Ludlow |Salop. H. | Ludlow, St. John Baptist’s |Salop. B. |† Luffield (cell of Westminster) |Northants. H. | Lutterworth |Leicester. A. (n.) | Lymbrook |Hereford. H. (lep.) | Lyme (?) |Dorset. B. | Lyminge |Kent. B. | Lynge |Norfolk. | Lynn (_see_ Norwich Cath., pr.) | Dom. |† Lynn |Norfolk. Franc. |† Lynn |Norfolk. Carm. |* Lynn |Norfolk. A. (fs.) |† Lynn |Norfolk. H. | Lynn, St. John’s |Norfolk. H. | Lynn, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | Lynn, West Lynn |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | Lynn, Cowgate |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | Lynn, Setchhithe |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | Lynn, Mawdely |Norfolk. | Lytham (_see_ Durham Cath., pr.). | | | + | Magnusfield, or Mangotsfield |Gloucester. A. | Maiden Bradley, pr. |Wilts. Franc. | Maidstone |Kent. G. | Maimond, or Marmund |Cambridge. Carm. | Maldon |Essex. H. (lep.) | Maldon, Little |Essex. B. (n.) |* Malling, abb. |Kent. B. |* Malmesbury, abb. |Wilts. B. | cell:--Pilton |Devon. | Malpas (_see_ Montacute). | A. | Malsingham (cell to Westacre) |Yorks. Temp. & Hosp.| Maltby, or Louth (_see_ Temple Maltby) |Lincoln. G. |* Malton, Old |Yorks. B. |* Malvern, Great, pr. |Worcester. | † cell:--Avecote |Warwick. |* Malvern, Little (_see_ Worcester | | Cath., pr.). | + | Mangotsfield (_see_ Magnusfield) |Gloucester. A.P. | Manton (cell to Cluny) |Rutland. H. | Manton |Rutland. Hosp. |* Maplestead |Essex. C. |* Margam, abb. |Glamorgan. C. (n.) |† Marham |Norfolk. A. |† Markby, pr. |Lincoln. G. |† Marlborough |Wilts. Carm. | Marlborough |Wilts. H. | Marlborough, St. John’s |Wilts. H. | Marlborough, St. Thomas of Canterbury |Wilts. B. (n.) |† Marlow, Little, Mynchen |Bucks. G. | Marmond |Cambridge. B. (n.) |† Marrick |Yorks. | Marsh, St. Mary de (_see_ Plympton). | B. | Marsh (cell to York) |Nottingham. + | Marshfield |Gloucester. A. | Marton, pr. |Yorks. | Massingham (_see_ Westacre). | G. |† Mattersey |Notts. A. |* Maxstoke, pr. |Warwick. Hosp. | Mayne, or Friar Magna |Dorset. C. |† Meaux, or Melsa, abb. |Yorks. A. | Medmenham, abb. |Bucks. Hosp. | Melchburne |Beds. Dom. | Melcombe, or Milton, near Weymouth |Dorset. Cl. |† Mendham |Suffolk. Carth. | Mendip (cell to Witham) |Somerset. Temp. & Hosp.| Mere (_see_ Temple Mere) |Lincoln. C. |† Merevale, abb. |Warwick. B. (n.) | Merkyate, or De Bosco |Beds. A.P. | Mersea (cell to St. Ouen, Rouen) |Essex. A. |† Merton, pr. |Surrey. H. | Merton |Wilts. B. | Michael, St. (cell to Malmesbury) |Devon. A.P. |† Michael’s Mount, St. (cell to | | Mont S. Michel) |Cornwall. A. |† Michelham, pr. |Sussex. | Middlesborough (_see_ Whitby). | H. | Middleham |Yorks. B. |* Milton, or Middleton, abb. |Dorset. H. | Milton, near Gravesend |Kent. + | Milton |Oxford. A.P. |† Minster Lovell (cell to Ivry de Ibreio) |Oxford. A.P. | Minting (cell to Leyr, France) |Lincoln. A. | Mirdial |Herts. A. |† Missenden, abb. |Bucks. H. | Mitton, near Kingston-upon-Hull |Yorks. A.P. | Modbury (cell to St. Pierre sur Dives) |Devon. M. | Modenden |Kent. | Modney (_see_ Ramsey). | B. (n.) | Molesby, or Marton |Yorks. | Molycourt (_see_ Ely). | Cl. |* Monk Bretton, pr. |Yorks. A.P. | Monken Lane, Lena, or Monkland | | (cell to Conches and Wotton Wawen) |Hereford. B. | Monketon (cell to Séez and then | | to St. Alban’s) |Pembroke. Cl. |† Monks Horton, pr. |Kent. A.P. | Monks Kirby (cell to Angier) |Warwick. A.P. |† Monks Tofte, or Tofte, near Beccles | | (cell of Preaux (de Pratellis), Norm.)|Norfolk. B. | Monks Risborough (cell to Canterbury) |Bucks. A.P. | Monkton Winterbourne (cell to Cluny) |Dorset. B. |† Monmouth, pr. |Monmouth. H. | Monmouth, Holy Trinity |Monmouth. H. | Monmouth, St. John’s |Monmouth. Cl. |† Montacute, pr. |Somerset. Cl. | cells:--Carswell |Devon. Cl. | Cyrus, St. |Cornwall. Cl. | Holme |Dorset. Cl. | Malpas |Monmouth. | Morfield, or Morville (_see_ | | Shrewsbury). | + | Morelynch, or Poledon Hill |Somerset. H. | Morpeth |Northumberland. A. |* Motisfont, pr. |Hants. Carth. |* Mountgrace |Yorks, N. R. A. |† Mountjoy, or Heveringland, pr. |Norfolk. Hosp. | Mount St. John |Yorks. A.P. |† Mount St. Michael (_see_ Michael) |Cornwall. B. |* Muchelney, abb. |Somerset. A.P. | Muckleford |Dorset. | Mulebrok, or Millbrook (_see_ Beaulieu).| A.P. | Munkland |Hereford. M. | Muttlinden |Kent. | | H. | Nantwich, St. Laurence’s |Cheshire. H. | Nantwich, St. Nicholas’ |Cheshire. C. |* Neath, abb. |Glamorgan. B. | Neots, St., or Eynesbury, pr. |Hunts. B.(n.) | Neseham |Northumberland. C. |* Netley, Letley, or Edwardstow, abb. |Hants. P. | Neubo, abb. |Lincoln. Franc. |† Newark |Notts. A. (fs.) | Newark |Notts. H. | Newark, St. Leonard’s |Notts. H. | Newark, The Spital |Notts. | Newbigging (_see_ Hitchin). | A. |† Newburgh, pr. |Yorks. H. | Newbury |Berks. B. (n.) | Newcastle-on-Tyne, or Monkchester |Northumberland. Dom. | Newcastle-on-Tyne |Northumberland. Franc. | Newcastle-on-Tyne |Northumberland. Carm. |† Newcastle-on-Tyne |Northumberland. A. (fs.) | Newcastle-on-Tyne |Northumberland. S. | Newcastle-on-Tyne |Northumberland. H. | Newcastle-on-Tyne-- |Northumberland. | St. Mary the Virgin. | | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | | Maison Dieu. | | Brigham’s. | | St. Catherine’s, or Thorneton’s. | Dom. | Newcastle-under-Lyme |Stafford. C. | Newenham by Axminster |Devon. + | Newent, or Newenton (cell of Corneilles)|Gloucester. P. | Newhouse, abb. |Lincoln. + (n.) | Newington |Kent. A.P. | Newington Longueville (cell to | | Longueville, Norm.) |Bucks. H. | Newington, Our Lady and St. Catherine’s |Surrey. Hosp. | Newland |Yorks. C. |† Newminster |Northumberland. A. | Newnham |Beds. C. | Newnham |Devon. A. (fs.) | Newport |Monmouth. | Newport (_see_ Tickford). | H. | Newport, or Birchanger H. |Essex. H. (lep.) | Newport, near Launceston |Cornwall. H. | Newport Pagnell, St. John’s |Bucks. | St. Margaret’s. | | New Hospital. | | New Rumney (_see_ Rumney). | Temp. | Newsom Temple |Yorks. A. | Newstead (by Stamford), pr. |Lincoln. G. |† Newstead (in Lindsey) |Lincoln. A. |* Newstead, in Sherwood, pr. |Notts. H. | Newton, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Yorks, E. R. A. | Nocton, pr. |Lincoln. H. | North Allerton, St. James’ |Yorks. | Maison Dieu |Yorks. Cl. | Northampton, St. Andrew’s, pr. |Northants. Cl. (n.) |† Northampton, De la Pré |Northants. A. |† Northampton, St. James’, pr. |Northants. Dom. |† Northampton |Northants. Franc. | Northampton |Northants. Carm. | Northampton |Northants. A. (fs.) | Northampton |Northants. H. |† Northampton, St. David’s, or Holy | | Trinity |Northants. H. | † St. John Baptist’s. | H. (lep.) | St. Leonard’s. | H. | St. Thomas’. | A.P. | Northile, or Ile (cell of Marmoutier) |Beds. A. | Norton, pr. |Cheshire. H. | Norton |Yorks. A. | Norton, or Cold |Oxford. B. |* Norwich Cath., pr. |Norfolk. | cells:--Aldeby |Norfolk. | Hoxne |Suffolk. | * Lynn |Norfolk. | Norwich, St. Leonard’s |Norfolk. | Yarmouth |Norfolk. Dom. |* Norwich |Norfolk. Franc. | Norwich |Norfolk. Carm. | Norwich |Norfolk. A. (fs.) | Norwich |Norfolk. P.F. | Norwich |Norfolk. S. | Norwich |Norfolk. H. | Norwich, St. Paul’s |Norfolk. H. | St. Giles’. | H. | God’s House. | H. | Hyldebronds Spittle. | H. (lep.) | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | H. | St. Saviour’s. | H. (lep.) | Without St. Austin’s gate. | H. (lep.) | Without Fibriggate, or | | Magdalen gate. | H. (lep.) | Without Nedham, or | | St. Stephen’s gate. | H. (lep.) | Norwich, Without Westwyk, or St. Benet’s| | gate. | A. |† Nostell, pr. |Yorks. A. | cells:--Bamburgh |Northumberland. A. | † Bredon |Leicester. A. | Hyrst, in Axholme |Lincoln. A. | Tockwith |Yorks. A. | Widkirk |Yorks. Franc. | Nottingham |Notts. Carm. | Nottingham |Notts. H. | Nottingham, St. John’s |Notts. | St. Leonard’s. | | Plumtree’s. | C. (n.) | Nunappleton |Yorks. B. (n.) | Nunburnholme |Yorks. C. (n.) | Nuncoton |Lincoln. B. (n.) |† Nuneaton |Warwick. B. (n.) | Nunkeling, or Chilling |Yorks. B. (n.) |† Nunmonkton |Yorks. | Nun Ormesby (_see_ Ormesby). | | Nunthorpe (_see_ Basedale). | A. |* Nutley, abb. |Bucks. + | Nyot |Cornwall. | | + H. | Oceleir |Beds. A.P. | Ocle Livers’, or Lyre Ocle (cell | | to Lyre, Norm.) |Hereford. A.P. | Ogebourn (cell to Bec) |Wilts. H. | Okeham |Rutland. B. | Olave’s, St. |Suffolk. B. (n.) | Oldbury (cell of Pollesworth) |Warwick. A. |† Olveston, abb. |Leicester. A. | Orford |Suffolk. H. | Orford, St. Leonard’s |Suffolk. G. | Ormesby, or Nun Ormesby |Lincoln. A. |† Osney, abb. |Oxford. H. | Ospring, Maison Dieu |Kent. + | Oswestry |Salop. A. |† Osyth, St., or Chich, abb. |Essex. H. (lep.) | Otford |Kent. P. | Otteham in Hailsham (transl. to Bayham) |Sussex. H. (lep.) | Otteley |Yorks. A.P. | Otterton, or Otterington (cell to | | Mt. St. Michael, Norm.) |Devon. + | Oundle |Northants. | Ovingham (_see_ Hexham). | G. | Ovingham, or Overton |Yorks. + | Oxenford |Surrey. A. |* Oxford, or Frideswide’s, pr. |Oxford. B. |† Oxford, Canterbury College (part | | of Christ Church) |Oxford. B. |† Oxford, Durham College (now Trinity) |Oxford. B. |† Oxford, Gloucester Hall (now Worcester) |Oxford. A. | Oxford, St. Mary’s College |Oxford. C. | Oxford, St. Bernard’s College |Oxford. Dom. | Oxford |Oxford. Franc. | Oxford |Oxford. Carm. | Oxford |Oxford. A. (fs.) | Oxford |Oxford. Cru. | Oxford |Oxford. S. | Oxford |Oxford. + | Oxford, St. Aldate’s |Oxford. H. | Oxford, St. Bartholomew’s |Oxford. | Oxford, St. John’s |Oxford. | Oxney (_see_ Peterborough). | | Oxney (_see_ Barlings). | | | + | Padstow |Cornwall. A.P. | Panfield (cell to Caen) |Essex. | Parndon, Great (_see_ Bileigh). | A.P. | Patricksbourne, or Bourne (cell | | to Beaulieu, Norm.) |Kent. + | Peakirk |Northants. + | Peartan |Lincoln. Hosp. | Peckham, Little, or West |Kent. | Pembroke (_see_ Alban’s, St.). | B. (?) | Penmon, pr. |Anglesey. + | Penrhys |Glamorgan. A. (fs.) | Penrith |Cumberland. A. |† Pentney, pr. |Norfolk. A. | † cell:--Wormgay |Norfolk. | Penwortham (_see_ Evesham). | B. |* Pershore, abb. |Worcester. B. |* Peterborough, abb. |Northants. B. | cell:--Oxney |Northants. H. | Peterborough, St. Leonard’s |Northants. H. |* Peterborough, St. Thomas’ |Northants. A. | Peterstone |Norfolk. + | Petrockstow, or Padstow |Devon. H. | Pevensey, St. John Baptist’s |Sussex. + | Peykirk |Northants. H. | Pickering |Yorks. B. | Pille, pr. |Pembroke. | Pilton (_see_ Malmesbury). | H. (lep.) | Pilton |Devon. B. (n.) |† Pinley |Warwick. C. |† Pipewell, abb. |Northants. H. | Pleydone |Sussex. Franc. | Plymouth |Devon. Carm. | Plymouth |Devon. H. (lep.) | Plymouth |Devon. A.P. |† Plympton, pr. |Devon. A. | cells:--St. Anthony in Roseland |Cornwall. A. | St. Mary de Marsh |Devon. H. (lep.) | Plympton |Devon. | Poling (_see_ Arundel). | B. (n.) |† Pollesworth |Warwick. B. (n.) | Polslo, or Polleshoo |Devon. A.P. | Ponington (cell of Bec) |Dorset. Cl. | Pontefract |Yorks, W. R. Dom. | Pontefract |Yorks, W. R. Franc. | Pontefract |Yorks, W. R. Carm. |† Pontefract |Yorks, W. R. H. | Pontefract, St. Mary’s |Yorks, W. R. | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | | St. Nicholas’. | | Knowles’. | + | Poole |Dorset. Hosp. | Pooling |Sussex. A. |† Porchester, pr. |Hants. H. |† Portsmouth, God’s House |Hants. A. | Poughley, pr. |Berks. A.P. | Povington (cell to Bec) |Dorset. B. (n.) | Pré, St. Mary de la (St. Alban’s) |Herts. Cl. | Prene, or Preone (cell of Wenlock) |Salop. Franc. | Preston |Lancaster. H. | Preston |Lancaster. Cl. | Preston Capes (translated to Daventry) |Northampton. Cl. |† Prittlewell, or Pipwell, pr. |Essex. H. | Puckeshall |Kent. G. | Pulton |Wilts. | Pulton (_see_ Deulacres). | | Pyling (_see_ Cockersand). | A.P. | Pylle, or Pulle (cell to St. Martin | | of Tours) |Pembroke. A. | Pynham, pr. |Sussex. | | C. |* Quarre, abb. (Isle of Wight) |Hants. Hosp. | Queinington |Gloucester. | | H. (lep.) | Racheness in Southacre |Norfolk. P. |* Radegund’s, St. |Kent. | Radford (_see_ Worksop). | C. | Radmore in Cannock Chase | | (trans. to Stonleigh) |Stafford. B. |† Ramsey, abb. |Hunts. B. | cells:--Ives, St. |Hunts. B. | Modney |Norfolk. A. | Ratlincope (cell of Wigmore) |Salop. A. | Raunton |Staffs. A.P. |† Ravendale (P), (cell to Prem. | | abb. of Beauport, Brit.) |Lincoln. A. | Ravenston, pr. |Bucks. B. |* Reading, abb. |Berks. B. | * cell:--Leominster |Hereford. Franc. |† Reading |Berks. H. |* Reading, St. Laurence’s |Berks. H. (lep.) | Reading, St. Mary Magdalene |Berks. + | Readingham |Sussex. Temp. & Hosp.| Rebston |Yorks, W. R. + | Reculver |Kent. + | Redbridge, or Redford |Hants. | Redburn (_see_ Alban’s, St.). | B. (n.). |† Redlingfield |Suffolk. C. | Regill (cell of Flenley) |Somerset. B. (n.) | Remsted |Sussex. A. |* Repton, or Repingdon, pr. |Derby. A. | cell:--Calk |Derby. C. |† Revesby, or Rewesby, abb. |Lincoln. C. | Rewley, abb. |Oxford. A. | Reigate, pr. |Surrey. Dom. | Rhuddlan |Flint. H. | Rhuddlan |Flint. Hosp. | Ribstone |Yorks. |† Richmond, St. Martin’s (_see_ York, | | St. Mary’s). | Franc. |† Richmond |Yorks, N. R. Franc. | Richmond |Surrey. + | Richmond |Yorks. H. | Richmond, St. Nicholas’ |Yorks. C. |* Rievaulx, or Rievalle, abb. |Yorks. H. (lep.) |* Ripon, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Yorks. H. | St. John Baptist’s. | | † St. Anne’s. | | St. John’s. | A.P. | Riselipp, or Ruislip (cell to Bee) |Middlesex. C. |* Robertsbridge, abb. |Sussex. C. |* Roche, or De Rupe in Maltby, abb. |Yorks. B. |* Rochester Cath., pr. |Kent. | cell:--Felixstowe |Suffolk. H. |† Rochester, St. Bartholomew’s, Eastgate |Kent. Hosp. | Rockley (Temple) |Wilts. B. | Romberg (cell of Hulme) |Suffolk. H. (lep.) | Romenale, or Rumney |Kent. B. (n.) |* Romsey |Hants. A. |† Ronton, pr. |Stafford. B. (n.) |† Rosedale |Yorks. Temp. & Hosp.| Rotheley |Leicester. A.P. | Rotherfield (cell to St. Denis, France) |Sussex. A. (n.) |† Rothwell |Northants. A. | Roucester, abb. |Stafford. A. | Routon, or Mundene (cell to Haughmond) |Stafford. A.H. | Rouncevall, St. Mary, near Charing | | Cross (cell to Rouncevall, Navarre) |Middlesex. A. | Royston, pr. |Herts. H. | Royston, St. Nicholas’ |Herts. H. | Royston, St. John and St. James’ |Herts. C. |† Rufford, abb. |Notts. | Rumburgh (_see_ York, St. Mary). | A.P. | Rumney, New (cell to Pountney) |Kent. | Runcorn (_see_ Norton). | C. | Rushen |Isle of Man. B.(n.) |† Rusper |Sussex. Carm. | Ruthin |Denbigh. A. (fs.). |† Rye |Sussex. H. | Rye |Sussex. | | Temp. | Saddlescombe |Sussex. + | St. Benet’s |Cornwall. A.P. | St. Clears (cell to St. Martin de | | Campis, Paris) |Carmarthen. A.P. | St. Cross (C), (cell to Tyronne). |I. of Wight. A. | St. Davy, or Dewe |Northampton. A.P. |† St. Helen’s (cell to Cluny) |I. of Wight. + | St. Keynemark |Monmouth. + | St. Martin’s, nunnery |Cornwall. + | St. Mawe’s (?) St. Matthew’s |Cornwall. A.P. |† St. Michael’s Mount (cell of St. | | Michael’s, Norm.) |Cornwall. B. | Saintoft |Lincoln. Franc. | Salisbury |Wilts. Dom. | Salisbury, Fisherton |Wilts. H. | Salisbury, Trinity H. |Wilts. | † Harnham. | | St. John’s. | + | Saltash |Cornwall. C. |* Salley, or Sawley, abb. |Yorks. B. | Samford (cell to Durham) |Durham. Hosp. | Sandford (_see_ Cowley) |Oxford. A. | Sandford, or Newbury |Berks. H. | Sandon |Surrey. B. |† Sandwell, pr. |Stafford. Carm. | Sandwich |Kent. + | Sandwich |Kent. H. |* Sandwich, St. Bartholomew’s |Kent. H. | Sandwich, St. Thomas’ |Kent. + | Sapalanda |Hants. A. | Sarra Isle, or Scarthe (cell of | | Gisburne) |Yorks. + | Sawbridgworth |Herts. C. | Sawtre, abb. |Hunts. Dom. | Scarborough |Yorks, N. R. Franc. | Scarborough |Yorks, N. R. A. (fs.) | Scarborough |Yorks, N. R. H. |† Scarborough, St. Thomas’ |Yorks, N. R. H. | Scarborough, St. Nicholas’ |Yorks, N. R. B. | Scilly (cell of Tavistock) |Cornwall. H. | Seaford |Sussex. H. (lep.) | Sedeberbrook (_see_ South Weald) |Essex. A. |† Selborne, pr. |Hants. B. |* Selby, abb. |Yorks. B. | cell:--Snaith |Yorks. A.P. | Sele, or Beeding (cell of St. | | Florent, Samur) |Sussex. Carth. | Selwood (_see_ Witham) |Somerset. H. (lep.) | Selwood |Somerset. G. | Sempringham |Lincoln. B. (n.) | Seton |Cumberland. H. | Sevenoaks, St. John Baptist’s |Kent. C. (n.) |† Sewardesley |Northants. B. (n.) |† Shaftesbury |Dorset. H. | Shaftesbury |Dorset. P. |* Shapp, or Hepp, abb. |Westmoreland. + | Shapwick |Dorset. A. | Shelford, pr. |Notts. Carth. |† Shene |Surrey. Hosp. | Shengay |Cambridge. B. (n.) |* Sheppey (Minster in) |Kent. B. |* Sherborne, abb. |Dorset. B. | cells:--Horton |Dorset. B. | Kidwelly |Carmarthen. H. | Sherborne |Dorset. H. |* Sherborne, St. John’s |Dorset. A. P. |* Sherborne, West, or Monks (cell | | to St. Vigor’s, Cerisy) |Hants. H. (lep.) | Sherburn |Durham. H. | Sherburn, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Yorks. A. | Sherringham (cell of Nutley) |Norfolk. Carm. |† Shoreham, New |Sussex. H. | Shoreham |Sussex. G. |† Shouldham |Norfolk. B. |* Shrewsbury, abb. |Salop. B. | cell:--Morfield |Salop. Dom. | Shrewsbury |Salop. Franc. |† Shrewsbury |Salop. A. (fs.) | Shrewsbury |Salop. H. | Shrewsbury, St. Mary’s |Salop. | St. Giles’. | | St. John Baptist’s. | A. |† Shulbrede, pr. |Sussex. C. |* Sibton, abb. |Suffolk. A.P. | Sidmouth (cell to Mont St. Michel, | | Norm.) |Devon. C. (n.) | Sinningthwaite, or Senningthwaite |Yorks. | Sion (_see_ Syon). | G. | Sixhill |Lincoln. Hosp. | Skirbeke |Lincoln. A. | Skokirk, or Stowkirk (cell of Nostel) |Yorks. Hosp. | Slanden |Herts. Hosp. | Slebach |Pembroke. Cl. | Slevesholme, or Methwold (cell of | | Castleacre) |Norfolk. | Snaith (_see_ Selby). | B. (?) | Snape |Suffolk. A. | Snede, or Snet (translated to Chirbury) |Salop. B. | Snetteshall, pr. |Bucks. | Snitterly, Blakeney |Norfolk. + | Soham |Cambridge. A.P. | Sompting |Sussex. + | Sompting |Sussex. B. (n.). | Sopwell |Herts. B. (n.). | Sopwikes |Essex. A. |† Southampton, St. Dennys, pr. |Hants. Franc. | Southampton |Hants. H. |† Southampton, God’s House |Hants. H. (lep.) | Southampton, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Hants. A. |† Southwark, St. Mary Overy, pr. |Surrey. H. | Southwark, St. Thomas’ |Surrey. H. | South Weald, or Sedberbrook |Essex. H. | Southwell, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Notts. A. |† Southwick (_see_ Porchester) |Hants. B. |† Spalding, abb. |Lincoln. A.P. | Spettesbury (cell to Preaux, Norm.) |Dorset. A. | Spinney |Cambridge. H. | Spittle on the Peak |Derby. H. | Spittle on the Street |Lincoln. A.P. |† Sporle (cell to Saumur) |Norfolk. H. | Sprotsburgh |Yorks. A. |† Stafford, St. Thomas’, pr. |Stafford. Franc. | Stafford |Stafford. A. (fs.) | Stafford |Stafford. H. | Stafford, St. John’s |Stafford. H. | Stafford, St. Leonard’s |Stafford. B. (n.) | Stainfold, or Staynesfield |Lincoln. |† Stamford, St. Leonard’s (_see_ Durham). | B. (n.) | Stamford, St. Michael’s |Northants. Dom. | Stamford |Northants. Franc. | Stamford |Northants. Carm. |† Stamford |Northants. A. (fs.) | Stamford |Northants. H. | Stamford, St. John Baptist’s and | | St. Thomas’ |Northants. H. | St. Giles’ |Northants. H. | St. Sepulchre (Pilgrim House) |Northants. B. | Standon (cell of Stoke) |Herts. B. | Stane, or Stave |Lincoln. | Stanesgate (_see_ Lewes) |Essex. B. (n.). | Stanfield |Lincoln. H. (lep.) | Stanford |Lincoln. | Stanlaw (_see_ Whalley). | C. | Stanlegh, or Stanley, abb. |Wilts. |* Stanley, St. Leonard’s (_see_ | | Gloucester, St. Peter’s). | | Stanley in Arden (_see_ Stoneleigh). | | Stanley Park (_see_ Dale). | A. |* Stavordale, pr. |Somerset. A. | Stepholm |Somerset. H. (lep.) | Steresbergh, or Sturbridge, near | | Cambridge |Cambridge. A.P. | Steventon, near Abingdon (cell to Bec) |Berks. A.P. |† Steyning (cell to Fecamp) |Sussex. C. (n.) |† Stixwold |Lincoln. B. (n.) | Stodley |Oxford. A.P. |† Stoke Courcy (cell to L’Onley, or | | Lolley) |Somerset. + | Stoke-next-Nayland |Suffolk. A.P. | Stoke by Clare (cell to Bec) |Suffolk. H. | Stoke by Newark |Notts. B. | Stoke Courcy, or Stogursey (cell | | of Lonlay) |Somerset. H. | Stokefaston |Leicester. A. | Stoke Kirk (cell of Nostell) |Yorks. A. |† Stone, pr. |Stafford. C. |† Stoneleigh, or Stanley in Arden, abb. |Warwick. A. | Stonely, pr. |Hunts. H. | Stony Stratford |Bucks. B. (n.) | Stoure |Dorset. + | Stourminster |Dorset. Cl. | Stow (cell of Castleacre) |Norfolk. C. |* Strata Florida (Stratflour), abb. |Cardigan. C. | Strata Marcella (Strat Margel), abb. |Montgomery. B. (n.) | Stratford at Bow, Bromley |Middlesex. C. |† Stratford Langthorn, West Ham, abb. |Essex. A.P. | Strathfieldsaye (cell to Vallemont, | | Norm.) |Hants. A.P. | Stratton, St. Margaret’s |Wilts. + | Strenshall |Stafford. H. | Strode, near Rochester |Kent. B. (n.) | Studley |Oxford. A. |† Studley, pr. |Warwick. Dom. | Sudbury |Middlesex. B. |† Sudbury (_see_ Westminster) |Suffolk. H. | Sudbury |Suffolk. P. |† Sulby, or Welford, abb. |Northants. Hosp. | Sutton-at-Hone |Kent. H. | Sutton-at-Hone |Kent. H. | Sutton |Yorks. B. (n.) |† Swaffham |Cambridge. P. | Swainby (trans. to Coverham) |Yorks. H. | Swansea |Glamorgan. A.P. | Swavesey (cell to Angers) |Cambridge. C. (n.) |† Swine, or Swinhey |Yorks. C. |† Swineshed, abb. |Lincoln. H. | Swinestre |Kent. Hosp. | Swinford |Leicester. Temp. & Hosp.|† Swinfield |Kent. Bridg. | Syon |Middlesex. | | A.P. | Takeley (cell to St. Valery, Picardy) |Essex. A.P. | Talcarn (cell to Angers) |Cornwall. P. |† Talley, or Tallagh, abb. |Carmarthen. H. | Tamworth |Stafford. B. (n.) | Tamworth (trans. to Polesworth) |Stafford. A. | Tandridge, pr. |Surrey. H. (lep.) | Tanington, St. James’ |Kent. C. (n.) | Tarrent, or Kaines |Dorset. H. | Tarent Rushton |Dorset. H. | Tarvin |Cheshire. A. | Taunton, pr. |Somerset. Carm. | Taunton |Somerset. H. (lep.) | Taunton |Somerset. B. |† Tavistock, abb. |Devon. B. | cell:--Cowick |Devon. A. (fs.) | Tavistock |Devon. H. (lep.) | Tavistock |Devon. Temp. & Hosp.|* Temple Bruer (_see_ Bruerne) |Lincoln. Hosp. | Templecombe (_see_ Combe) |Somerset. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Covele |Oxford. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Dynesley |Herts. Temp. & Hosp.|† Temple Egle |Lincoln. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Hirst |Yorks, W. R. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Maltby |Lincoln. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Mere |Lincoln. Temp. & Hosp.|† Temple Newsam |Yorks, W. R. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Rockley |Wilts. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Standon |Herts. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Witham |Lincoln. Temp. & Hosp.| Temple Wilcketone |Lincoln. H. | Tenby, St. Mary Magdalen’s |Pembroke. H. | Tenby, St. John Baptist’s |Pembroke. + | Terring |Sussex. + | Tetbury, or Telton |Gloucester. B. |* Tewkesbury, abb. |Gloucester. B. | cells:--Bristol, St. James’ |Gloucester. B. | Cranborne |Dorset. B. | * Deerhurst |Gloucester. H. (lep.) | Tewkesbury |Gloucester. C. | Thame, abb. |Oxford. H. | Thame |Oxford. + | Thanet Minster |Kent. M. |† Thelesford |Warwick. Dom. | Thetford |Norfolk. A. (fs.) | Thetford |Norfolk. Cl. |* Thetford, pr. |Norfolk. A. (sep.) |† Thetford, pr. |Norfolk. Cl. |* Thetford |Norfolk. B. (n.) |† Thetford |Norfolk. H. | Thetford |Norfolk. H. | Thetford, God’s House |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | St. John’s. | H. | St. Mary and St. Julian’s. | H. | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | H. (lep.) | St. Margaret’s. | B. (n.) | Thickhed |Yorks. + | Thirling |Cambridge. A. |† Thoby, pr. |Essex. B. |* Thorney, abb. |Cambridge. B. | cell:--Deping |Lincoln. H. | Thorney |Cambridge. A. | Thornham, or Thornholm, pr. |Lincoln. A. |* Thornton, abb. |Lincoln. H. (lep.) | Thrapston |Northants. A. |† Thremhall, or Trenchale, pr. |Essex. A.P. | Throwley (cell to St. Omers in Artois) |Kent. A. |† Thurgarton, pr. |Notts. A.H. | Thurlow, Great (cell to Hautpays, | | or De Alto Passu) |Norfolk. M. | Thusfield, or Thuffield |Oxford. A.P. | Thwaites |Bucks. | Tickford (_see_ York, Holy Trinity). | A. (fs.) | Tickhill |Yorks, W. R. H. | Tickhill |Yorks, W. R. + | Tillaburg, or West Tilbury |Essex. C. |† Tiltey, abb. |Essex. H. | Tilton |Leicester. C. |* Tintern, abb. |Monmouth. A. | Tiptree, pr. |Essex. + | Tisbury |Wilts. P. |* Titchfield, abb. |Hants. A.P. | Titley (cell to Tyronne) |Hereford. | Tockwith (_see_ Nostell). | H. | Toddington |Beds. | Toftes, Monks (_see_ Monks Tofte). | A.P. | Tolcarme (cell to Angers) |Cornwall. A.P. | Tooting, or Tooting Back (cell to Bec) |Surrey. A. | Torkesey, pr. |Lincoln. P. |* Torre, abb. |Devon. + | Torre, Glastonbury |Somerset. A. | Tortington, pr. |Sussex. B. | Totnes, pr. |Devon. M. | Totnes, Little |Devon. H. (lep.) | Towcester |Northants. Hosp. | Trebigh, or Turbigh |Cornwall. A.P. | Tregony (cell to de Valle, Norm.) |Cornwall. A. |† Trentham, pr. |Stafford. | Trew (_see_ Letheringham). | A.P. | Trewleigh (cell of St. Omer) |Kent. Dom. | Truro |Cornwall. A. | Tunbridge, pr. |Kent. A.P. | Tunstall |Devon. G. (n.) | Tunstall, near Redburn |Devon. P. |† Tupholm, abb. |Lincoln. | Turbigh (_see_ Trebigh). | B. |† Tutbury, pr. |Stafford. H. | Twedemouth |Northumberland. A. |* Twyneham, or Christ Church, pr. |Hants. A.P. | Tykeford (cell to Marmoutiers, Tours) |Bucks. B. |* Tynemouth (_see_ St. Alban’s) |Northumberland. | Tytley (_see_ Titley). | B. | Tywardreath, pr. |Cornwall. | | A. |* Ulverscroft, pr. |Leicester. A.P. | Uphaven (cell to Fontenelle) |Wilts. | Urford (_see_ Irford). | B. (n.) | Usk |Monmouth. | | C. |† Vale Royal, abb. |Cheshire. C. |* Valle Crucis, or De Valle Dei, abb. |Denbigh. C. | Vaudey, abb. |Lincoln. + | Vagnaleck, or Pegnalech |Northumberland. | | A. |† Waburn, or Weybourn, pr. |Norfolk. B. | Walden, abb. |Essex. | Wallingford (_see_ Alban’s, St.). | H. | Wallingford |Berks. B. (n.) | Wallingwells, or St. Mary de Parco |Notts. A. |* Walsingham, pr. |Norfolk. A. (fs.) |* Walsingham |Norfolk. H. (lep.) | Walsingham |Norfolk. H. | Walsoken |Norfolk. M. | Walknoll, near Newcastle |Northumberland. A. |* Waltham, Holy Cross, abb. |Essex. | Walton (_see_ Felix Stowe). | Cl. | Wangford, pr. |Suffolk. C. |† Wardon de Sartis, abb. |Beds. Franc. | Ware |Herts. A.P. | Ware (cell to Utica, Norm.) |Herts. A.P. | Wareham (cell to Lyra) |Dorset. + | Wareham |Dorset. A.P. | Warham, St. Mary’s (cell to Mustrelle, | | Amiens) |Norfolk. B. | Warmington, or Warrington (cell of York)|Northumberland. A.P. | Warmington (cell to Preaux, or | | de Pratellis) |Warwick. A. (fs.) | Warrington |Lancashire. A. |† Warter, or Watre, pr. |Yorks. A. (sep.) | Warwick, pr. |Warwick. Dom. | Warwick |Warwick. Temp. & Hosp.| Warwick |Warwick. + | Warwick |Warwick. H. | Warwick, St. John Baptist’s |Warwick. H. (lep.) | St. Michael’s. | H. | St. Thomas’. | Fran. (n.) | Waterbeach |Cambridge. G. |† Watton |Yorks. C. |* Waverley, abb. |Surrey. | Wearmouth, or Weremouth (_see_ Durham). | + | Weedon |Northants. A.P. | Weedon Beck (cell to Bec) |Northants. A.P. | Weedon Pinkney (cell to St. Lucian, | | near Beauvais, France) |Northants. P. |† Welbeck, abb. |Notts. | Welhouse (_see_ Wellow). | H. | Welle |Yorks. A.P. |† Welles, or Well Hall, in Geyton | | (cell to St. Stephen’s, Caen) |Norfolk. G. | Welles |Lincoln. H. | Wells, St. John’s |Somerset. A. |† Wellow, abb. |Lincoln. + | Wendesclive, or Clive |Gloucester. P. |† Wendling, abb. |Norfolk. A.P. | Wenge (cell to Angers) |Bucks. A.P. | Wenghall, or Wenhall (_see_ Crabhouse) | | (cell to Séez, Norm.) |Lincoln. Cl. |* Wenlock, pr. |Salop. Cl. | cell:--Dudley |Stafford. H. | Wenlock |Salop. M. | Werland, near Totnes |Devon. A. |* Westacre, pr. |Norfolk. P. |† West Dereham, abb. |Norfolk. B. |* Westminster, abb. |Middlesex. B. | cells:--Hurley |Berks. B. | Sudbury |Suffolk. F.A. | Westminster |Middlesex. H. (lep.) | Westminster, St. James’ |Middlesex. H. | Westminster, Savoy |Middlesex. H. | West Somerton |Norfolk. B. (n.) | Westwood (originally A.P. for six nuns | | of Fontevrault) |Worcester. A. | Westwood |Kent. |† Wetheral (_see_ York, St. Mary’s) |Cumberland. A. |† Weybridge, pr. |Norfolk. | Weymouth (_see_ Melcombe). | C. |* Whalley, or Locus Benedictus, abb. |Lancaster. C. | cell:--Stanlaw |Cheshire. + | Whersted |Suffolk. B. (n.) |† Wherwell |Hants. C. (n.) | Whiston |Worcester. B. |* Whitby, abb. |Yorks. B. | cell:--Middlesborough |Yorks. H. | Whitby, St. John Baptist’s |Yorks. H. | Whitchurch |Salop. C. |* Whitland, or Blanchland, abb. |Carmarthen. H. | Whittlesford Bridge |Cambridge. + | Wicheswood in Langton Maltravers |Dorset. B.(n.) |† Wickes |Essex. C.(n.) | Wickham |Yorks. B. | Wickham Skeyth |Suffolk. | Wickton (translated to Studley) |Worcester. | Widkirk (_see_ Nostell). | A. | Wigmore, abb. |Hereford. H. | Wigton |Cumberland. B. (n.) | Wilberfoss |Yorks. Temp. & Hosp.| Wilburgham, Great (Wilbraham) |Cambridge. Hosp. | Wilhelme |Lincoln. Hosp. | Wilketon |Gloucester. A.P. | Willesford (cell to Bec) |Lincoln. A.P. |† Wilmington (cell to Grestein) |Sussex. Hosp. | Willoughton |Lincoln. B.(n.) | Wilton, or Ellandune |Wilts. Dom. | Wilton |Wilts. H. | Wilton, St. Giles’ |Wilts. | St. John’s. | | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | H. | Winburn, or Wimborne |Dorset. B. |† Winchcombe, or Winchelcombe, abb. |Gloucester. H. | Winchcombe |Gloucester. Dom. | Winchelsea |Sussex. Franc. |* Winchelsea |Sussex. B. |* Winchester, St. Swithun’s Cath., pr. |Hants. B. | Winchester, Newminster (_see_ Hyde) |Hants. B.(n.) | Winchester, St. Mary’s, abb. |Hants. Dom. | Winchester |Hants. Franc. | Winchester |Hants. Carm. | Winchester |Hants. A.(fs.) | Winchester |Hants. H. |* Winchester, St. Cross |Hants. H. | † St. John’s. | H. | St. Mary Magdalen’s. | H. | Windeham, St. Edmund’s |Sussex. A.P. | Winewale (cell of Mountsrol) |Norfolk. | Winterbourne (_see_ Monkton). | C.(n.) |† Wintney |Hants. A.P. |† Winwaloe (cell of Mountsrol) |Norfolk. A.P. | Wirham (cell of Mountsrol) |Norfolk. A. | Wirksop, or Radford |Notts. A. | Wirmegay (cell of Pentney) |Norfolk. + | Wirral-on-the-Hill |Somerset. H. | Wisbech, St. John Baptist’s |Cambridge. + | Wittering |Northants. Carth. |† Witham, or Selwood |Somerset. Temp.& | Witham, or South Witham (_see_ | Hosp. | Temple Witham) |Lincoln. A.P. | Witherness (?) Withernsea (cell | | to Albemarle) |Yorks, E. R. + | Withington |Worcester. B.(n.) | Wix |Essex. C. |† Woburn, abb. |Beds. + | Wockings |Northants. A. | Wolinchmere, pr. |Sussex. A.P. |† Wolston (cell to St. Pierre sur | | Dives) |Warwick. H. | Wolverhampton |Stafford. A. | Wombridge, pr. |Salop. A. | Woodbridge, pr. |Suffolk. A.(fs.) | Woodhouse, near Cleobury Mortimer |Salop. + | Woodchester |Gloucester. A. |* Woodspring, or Worspring, pr. |Somerset. H. | Woodstock, St. Mary the Virgin | | and St. Mary Magdalen |Oxford. B. |* Worcester, Cath., pr. |Worcester. | cell:--Little Malvern |Worcester. Dom. | Worcester |Worcester. Franc. | Worcester |Worcester. M. | Worcester |Worcester. S. | Worcester |Worcester. H. | Worcester, St. Oswald’s |Worcester. H. |* Worcester, St. Wulstan’s |Worcester. A. |* Worksop, pr. |Notts. A. | Wormley, or Wormesley, pr. |Hereford. |† Wormgay (_see_ Pentney). | Cru. | Wotton-under-Edge |Gloucester. A.P. | Wotton Wawen (cell to Conches, Norm.) |Warwick. H. | Wotton Basset |Wilts. H. | Wrauby |Lincoln. A.H. | Writtle (cell to H. of Holy Spirit, | | Rome) |Essex. A. | Wrongley, or Wrongay (cell of Pentney) |Norfolk. B.(n.) |† Wroxall |Warwick. A. |† Wroxton, pr. |Oxford. + | Wudrandun |Worcester. H. | Wybumbury |Cheshire. H.(lep.) | Wycomb, St. Margaret and St. Giles’ |Bucks. H. |* Wycomb, St. John Baptist’s |Bucks. C.(n.) |† Wykeham |Yorks. H. | Wykes, or Wyken |Cambridge. B. |* Wymondham, abb. |Norfolk. H. | Wymondham |Norfolk. A. | Wymondley Parva, pr. |Herts. B.(n.) | Wyrthorp |Northants. A.P. | Wytchingham (cell of Longueville) |Norfolk. A.P. | Wytherness (cell of Albemarle) |Yorks. | | Dom. | Yarm, or Yarum |Yorks, N. R. H. | Yarm |Yorks, N. R. Dom. |† Yarmouth |Norfolk. Franc. | Yarmouth |Norfolk. Carm. | Yarmouth |Norfolk. H. | Yarmouth, St. Mary’s |Norfolk. H.(lep.) | Yarmouth |Norfolk. H.(lep.) | Yarmouth |Norfolk. A.(fs.) | Yarmouth, Little (_see_ Gorleston) |Suffolk. B.(n.) | Yedingham, or de Parvo Marisco |Yorks. Hosp. |† Yeveley, or Stede |Derby. + | Yodby (?) |Devon. B. |* York, St. Mary’s, abb. |Yorks. B. | * cells:--St. Bees |Cumberland. B. | † Lincoln, St. Mary Magdalen’s|Lincoln. B. | † Richmond, St. Martin’s |Yorks. B. | Rumburgh |Suffolk. B. | † Wetheral |Cumberland. B. |† York, Holy Trinity, pr. |Yorks. B. | cell:--Tickford |Bucks. G. | York, St. Andrew’s |Yorks. Dom. | York |Yorks. Franc. | York |Yorks. Carm. | York |Yorks. A.(fs.) | York |Yorks. Cru. | York |Yorks. + | York (cell to Whitby) |Yorks. H. | York, St. Anthony’s |Yorks. H. |† York, St. Peter’s, alias St. Leonard’s |Yorks.

INDEX

Abbot, mode of election of, 44; confirmation of election of, 47; installation of, 47; duties of, 40, 42; position of, as regarded his community, 48; position of, in choir, 49; his seat in cloister, 18

Abingdon, river tolls at, 81

Ablutions, morning, 118

‘Accusations,’ at Chapter, 124

Aidan, St., Celtic apostle of North of England, 12

Ailesford Convent, 241

Aldgate, Christ Church _or_ Holy Trinity, 225

Alexander III. and the Crutched Friars, 246

Alien priories, 41, 218

Almoner, duties and qualifications of the, 90; presided over the monastic school, 93; superintended daily Maundy, 92; had to prepare Mortuary Rolls, 93

Altar, High, one of the most important parts of the church, 15; in charge of sacrist, 66; linen, care of, 67

Altars, side, 16

Andrew’s, St., on Cœlian Hill, Benedictine Monastery at, 217

Anthony, St., founder of Eastern monachism, 3; details of his system of monachism, 3, 4

Antiphoner, duties of, 110

Archivist, 64

_Armarius_, 61

_Ascetae_, 2

Ashridge, Convent of Bonshommes at, 249

Aske, Robert, and schools for girls, and nunneries, 163

_Asperges_, 132

_Aspersorium_, 132

Aubrey, John, recollections of, 154; account of nuns, 177

_Auditorium_, 32

Augustine, St., mission of, 214

Augustinian Canons, 225; in Ireland, 226

Augustinians in Ireland, 226

Aumbries for towels, 19

Austin Friars, 241

Barnstaple Priory, 218

Basil, St., his Rule, 7, 8

Baths, arrangement for, 103

Beaumont, Lord and Lady, 162

Bec, Abbey of, 186

Bedtime, hours of, 153

Bellringers, duties of, 208

Benedict, St., birth of, 7; Patriarch of Western Monks, 7, 213; and the _Opus Dei_, 13; his Rule, 8; the spirit of his Rule, 8

Benedictines, account of, 213; English, united into Congregations, 191

Benefactors, prayed for in Chapter, 127

Bermondsey Abbey, 218

Berno, abbot of Gigny, 217

Bethlemite Friars, 246

Bishop, relations with regular houses, 180; and monastic elections, 182; sometimes invited to appoint superiors, 184; visited alien priories, 185; blessing of abbots, 185; appointed coadjutors to incapable superiors, 188; privilege accorded to newly elected, 188

Black Canons, 226

Blood-letting, process of, 88

Bodmin Priory, 188

Bonshommes, The, 249

_Book of Nurture_, 166, 167

Books, repair of, 62

Boots, night, 101, 112

Bread for Holy Eucharist, preparation of, 67

Breakfast, 120

Breviator, 64, 93; duties of, 210

Brewing, 76

Brief, or Mortuary Roll, 64

Brief-bearers, duties of, 210

Bruno, St., and Carthusians, 221

Brusyard Convent, 238

Buckland, abbot of, 187

Butler, Dom, _Introduction_ to “Lausiac History of Palladius,” 3 _seqq._

_Caldaria_, 24

Camerarius, duties of, 100

Candle-making, 68; candle-making at Grace Dieu, 173

Candles, allowance of, to monks, 69

_Canonici_, 222

Canons, Augustinian, 225; Black, 226; Gilbertine, 229; Premonstratensian, 226; Regular, 222; White, 226

Canterbury, situation of church at, 13

Cantor, duties of, 58

_Capitulum_, or Little Chapter, 123

_Caritas_, 79, 138

Carmelites, account of, 238

Carrels, in cloister, 20

Carriers, duties of, 209

Carrow, visitations of, 178

Carthusians, description of, 221

Cassian, _Conferences_, 7; follower of Egyptian monachism, 6

Caterer, duties of, 202

Cathedral Priories, 40

Cellarer, duties of, 72

Cemetery, in charge of sacrist, 68

Chamberlain, duties of, 100; assistant, 101

Chapter, daily, 121; business conducted in, 126; faults, 124; process of, 123; benefactors prayed for in, 127; Chapter Mass, 120; sealing of charters in, 125

Chapters, General, 190

‘Charlet,’ 205

Charters, sealed in Chapter, 125

Chester, situation of church at, 13

Choir, position of, 15; one of most important parts of church, 15; entrance to from cloister, 15

Chrodegand, bishop of Metz, 222, 225

Church, British, Celtic in origin, 11; situation of in English monasteries, 13; care of monks for impropriated, 194

_Circas_, 56

_Circatores claustri_, 56

Cirencester Abbey, 226

Cistercians, 218

Citeaux, and the English houses, 221; General Chapters at, 190

Clement IV. and the Austin Friars, 241

Clement V. suppresses Templars, 233

Clerkenwell, headquarters of Hospitallers, 230

Clothing of monks, 100

Cluniacs, system of government, 217

Cluny, General Chapters at, 190

Coadjutors, appointed to help incapable superiors, 188

Collation, or Reading, 152

_Collectarium_, 117

Collectors, diocesan, often religious superiors, 189

Columba, St., 10; Rule of, 214

Columbanus, St., Rule of, 11

_Commanderies_, 230

Common life, definition of, 5

Communion of junior monks, 119

Community, honour shown to, 37

Compline, 153

_Conferences_ of Cassian, 7

_Congé d’élire_, 44, 183

Convent seal, custodian of, 64

Convocation dues, paid by religious houses, 189

Cook, work of, 25; duties of monastery, 205; abbot’s, 202; cook for fish, 207; duties of guest-hall, 206; infirmary, 204, 207; ‘pittance,’ 206

Co-operation, foreshadowed under monastic tenure, 199, 200

Council of Lyons and Pied Friars, 242

Cowick Priory, 186

Cox, Rev. Dr., 155

Cressets, 69

Crossed Friars, 246

Cruets, cleansing of, 67

Crutched Friars, 246

_Custodes Ordinis_, 122

“Custodies,” Franciscan, 237

_Custumaria_ of Glastonbury, 196

Cuthbert, St., shrine of, 16

Decorum at table, rules for, 142

Denney Convent, 238

Deposition of superiors, 191

_Discarius_, duties of, 211

Discipline, in Chapter, 124

‘Disport,’ 23

Dinner, 136; reading at, 138, 141; serving at, 139; feeding of the poor at, 141; dead monk’s portion and place at, 141

Dominic, St., 234

Dominicans, or Black Friars, 234; at Oxford, 237

Door-keepers, duties of, 210

Durham, hour of Vespers at, 149; _Halmote Rolls_, 196, 199; _The Rites of_, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34; grace-cup of, 24

Edingdon, Convent of Bonshommes at, 249

Education of girls, 162

Election, of superiors, process of, 183; formal documents needed in an, 46; by acclamation, 44; _per compromissum_, 44; _per viam scrutinii_, 44

_Emptor_, 80

England, early monachism in, 9

Essenes, their practices, 1

Euphemia, abbess of Wherwell, 155

Exemptions of monasteries from episcopal control, 180, 181

_Exennia_, 77

Feet-washing, or _Mandatum_, 84; arrangements for weekly, 103

Felix of Valois, St., founder of Trinitarians, 245

Ferriby Priory, 233

Fish-cook, 206

Franciscan Friars, 237

_Frater-house_, 21

Fraternity, grant of, in Chapter, 126

_Fratry_, 21

Friars, the, 234; Bethlemite, 246; Black, 234; Crossed, or Crutched, 246; Grey, 237; of the Holy Trinity, or Trinitarians, 245; of Our Lady, or _de Domina_, 245; of St. Mary de Areno, 242; Pied, or _de Pica_, 242; Preaching, 234; of the Sack, 241; White, 238

‘Frumenty,’ 205

Gardener, duties of, 209

General Chapters, 190

_Generale_, 151

Gilbert, St., of Sempringham, 229

Gilbertine Canons, 229

Glastonbury, subject to episcopal jurisdiction, 181; tenants of, 196; tenure of land by tenants of, 196; tenants of, at Christmas, 198

Goldstone, Thos., prior of Canterbury, 35

Gospel at Matins, ceremonies connected with, 114

Grace, at meals: before, 138; after, 143

Grace-cup of Durham, 24

Grace-Dieu, nuns of in 1539, 159; list of nuns of in 1414, 163; candle-making at, 173; chaplain of, 164; clothing of nuns and retainers of, 169, 170; commissariat at, 165, 166; confessors of, 164; repairs at, 172; retainers of, 168; salting at, 174; visitors at, 163; wages and work at, 170

Gradual Psalms, recitation of, 112

_Granatorius_, duties of, 76

Grandisson, bishop of Exeter, 186; relations with Tavistock Abbey, 187

Gregory the Great, St., and Benedictine Rule, 214

Gregory X. suppresses many minor Orders of Friars, 242

Grey Friars, 237

Guests, St. Benedict’s directions about, 98; reception of, 97; care of guest-house, 96; guest-master, duties and qualifications of, 95

_Gyrovagi_, 8

_Halmote Rolls_ of Durham, 196, 199

Hampshire, Victoria History of, 155

Harding, St. Stephen, 218

Hebdomadarian, duties of, 109; at Matins, 113

Henry V. and the Carthusians, 222

_Herbarium_, 29

Herbert, prior of Bury, 53

Hinton Charterhouse, 222

Honoratus, founder of Lerins, 7

Honorius III. confirms Carmelite Rule, 241; and the Dominicans, 234

Hospitality, duration of, 32

Hospitallers, Knights, 230

Hostellary, or Hostry, 30

Hunte, Thos., and his daughters, 162

Impropriation of churches, 193; consent of Holy See required for, 193

Individualism, characteristic of Eastern monachism, 5

Infirmarian, duties and qualification of, 85

Infirmary, cook for, 207; rules to be observed in, 86

Innocent III. and the Franciscans, 237; confirms Order of Trinitarians, 245

Innocent IV. approves Carmelite Rule, 241

Iona, type of Celtic monachism, 12

Ireland, Augustinians in, 226

‘Jacobins,’ 234

Jerome, St., translates Rule of St. Pachomius, 7

Jessop, Dr., and Episcopal Visitations, 178

Jocelin of Brakelond, 53

Juniors, Communion of, 119

‘Jussel,’ 205

Katherine, Dame, nun of Carrow, 178

Kington St. Michael, nuns of St. Mary’s at, 177

‘Kirkset,’ 197

Kitchen, position of, 23; furniture of, 24

Kitchener, duties and qualifications of, 79; character of, 82; to be careful about keys, 83

Labour, manual, 148

Ladye Mass, 120

Langesper, Wm., and the Carthusians, 222

Larderer, 82; duties and qualifications of, 203

Lauds, time of, 116; ceremonies connected with, 116

Laundresses, 101, 212

Lavatory, position of, 19; in charge of refectorian, 78

‘Laveroc,’ 197

Lazarus of Jerusalem, Order of, 230

Lectern, position of, 15

Lenton Priory, an exempt house, 181

Lerins, Monastery of, 6

Lessons, reading of, at Matins, 114

‘Letborry,’ 205

Lewes Priory, 218; exempt house, 181

Librarian, 61

Lighting arrangements of a monastery, 68

Lindisfarne, 12

_Lisca_, 67

Lisle, Ambrose Phillipps de, 158

_Locutorium_, 32

‘Loft,’ 23

Lyons, Council of, and Pied Friars, 242

_Majestas_, 22, 27, 123, 138

_Mandatum_, or feet-washing, 84

Manual labour, 148

Margaret, Dame, nun of Carrow, 178

Marten, Dame Anne, nun of Carrow, 178

Martin of Tours, St., founder of monachism in Gaul, 6

Martyrology, reading of, 122

Mary, St., de Areno, Friars of, 242

Mass, Ladye, 120; Morning, or Chapter, 120; High or Conventual, 131; ceremonies at High, 135

Masses, private, 118

_Master of Works_, 70

Matha, St. John of, founder of Trinitarians, 245

Matins, 111; order of, 112

_Matricularius_, 70

Maturines, or Trinitarians, 245

Maud, abbess of Wherwell, 155

Maud, Queen, 225

Maundy, daily, superintended by almoner, 92

_Mensa Major_, 22

Mentmore, Michael de, abbot of St. Alban’s, 35

Midelton, Dame Katherine, sub-cellarer of Grace-Dieu, 158 _seqq._

Military Orders, 230

_Minister Major_, title of, 246

Minoresses, 238

Minorites, 237

‘Misericord,’ 23

_Missa familiaris_, 118

Mixtum, or breakfast, 120

Monachism: Celtic, in England, 9; similar to that of Egypt, 9; peculiarity of, 10; idea of Eastern, 3; Individualism, characteristic of Eastern, 5

Monasteries, dependent, 41

Monastery: its rulers, 37; blessing of, with holy water, 133; parts of: I., Church, 13; II., Cloisters, 17; III., Refectory, 21; IV., Kitchen, 24; V., Chapter-house, 27; VI., Dormitory, 27; VII., Infirmary, 28; VIII., Guesthouse, 30; IX., Parlour or Locutorium, 32; X., Almonry, 33; XI., Common-room or Calefactory, 33; XII., Library, 34

Monastic life, origin of, 1

_Monasticon_, Dugdale’s, 245

Monte Cassino, Benedictines at, 213; destroyed by Lombards, 214

‘Mortrews,’ 205

Mortuary Roll, 64; preparation of, duty of almoner, 93

Mount St. Bernard’s Abbey, 158

Music, instructor of, 61

_Mustardarius_, duties of, 208

Nicke, Bishop, visitation of in 1514, 178

Norwich, _Episcopal Visitations of the Diocese of_ (edited by Dr. Jessop), 178; Pied Friars at, 242

Novice-master, duties and qualifications of, 105; his seat in the Cloister, 18

Novices, 21; reception of, 106; training of, 106; profession of, 108

Nunnaminster, girls’ school at, 177

Nuns, account of, 154 _seqq._; account of by John Aubrey, 154, 177

Obedientiaries, 58

‘Observants,’ 237

Officials, weekly, 109

_Opus Dei_, 13

Orders, Military, 230

‘Oriel,’ 23

_O Sapientia_, 34

Oxford, Dominicans at, 237

Pachomius, St., founder of a monastery, 3; details of his system of monachism, 4, 5

_Palladius, Lausiac History of_, 3

Paris, Matthew, 246, 249

Parliament, abbots and priors in, 195; monastic, 128

Penance, Brethren of, 241; use of Sacrament of, 118

_Penitentia_, Friars _de_, 241

Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, 221

Petronilla, Dame, cellarer of Grace-Dieu, 158 _seqq._

Pied Friars, 242

Pilgrimage of Grace, and the Convents, 163

Pittance, 151; pittance-cook, 206

Pocket-money for monks, 105

Poor Clares, 238

Pork, as food, 160

Porter of monastery, 19

Precentor, duties of, 58; librarian, 61; archivist, 64; one of custodians of Convent Seal, 64; instructor of music, 61

Preceptories, 230, 233

Premonstratensian Canons, 226

Prémontré, Abbey of, 226; General Chapters at, 190

Prime, time of, 117

Prior, Claustral, appointment and duties, 52, 54; qualifications of, 53; his seat in Cloisters, 18

_Pro-aula_, 30

Procession, Sunday, 133

Procurations, contributed to, by religious houses, 189

Provincial Synods, regular clergy represented at, 190

Pudding-house, 211; pudding-wives, duties of, 75, 211

_Rasura_, 104

Reader in refectory, duties of, 110

Reading, Lenten, 62; books for, during meals, 63; preparation for public, 63

‘Recollects,’ 237

Recreation, 144-146

Rectory and Vicarage, distinction between, 194

Redman, Richard, bishop and abbot, 226

Refectorian, duties of, 77; had charge of lavatory, 78; sampled cheeses, 79

Refectory, position of, 19, 21

Reigate Convent, 246

_Rentalia_ of Glastonbury, 196

Repairs, arrangements for, 101

Repose after dinner, 147

_Rere-dortor_, 28

_Revestiarius_, 70; duties of, 71

Reyner, Clement, 246

_Rites of Durham, The_, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34

Robert, St., of Molesmes, 218

Rods for discipline, to be found by almoner, 93

Rubricators, 63

Rupibus, Peter de, bishop of Winchester, 234

Sack, Friars of the, 241

Sacrist, duties of, 66; qualifications of, 70; looked after cemetery, 68; looked after lighting, 68

Salter, duties of, 208

Salting winter provisions, 174

Sampson, abbot of Bury, 53

Sarabites, 8

School, monastic, 93

_Scot-ales_, 198

Scribes, 63

_Scylla_, 22

Seal, custodian of Convent, 64

‘Second Table,’ 144

Secretary, duties of, 70, 71

Sellying, Wm., prior of Canterbury, 35

Sepulchre, Canons of the Holy, 245

‘Sergeant’s hill,’ 208

Sergius, St., Abbey of, 186

Servants, paid, 201; under the cellarer, 73

Servers, weekly duties of, in kitchen, 83; in the refectory, 110; in the church, 208

Shap Abbey, 229

Shaving, arrangements for, 103; process of, a religious act, 104

Shene Charterhouse, 222

Somerset Record Society, 196

‘Spane,’ 23

Stalls, choir, position of, 15

_Statio_, 121

Stoics, their teaching, 1

Stonesgate Priory, 218

Subiaco, foundation of St. Benedict at, 213

Sub-cellarer, duties and qualifications of, 75

Sub-prior, appointment and duties of, 55

Succentor, duties of, 59, 65

Superiors, position of, in choir, 16

Supper, 150

Surtees Society, 196

Symbolism in church-building, 14

Synods, Provincial, regular clergy represented at, 190

_Tabula_, signal for talking, 128; _sonatila_, 128

_Tabulae_, 63

‘Table, Second,’ 144

Tailoring, 102

Tanning, instance of, 169

Tavistock Abbey, Bishop Grandisson and, 187

Templars, Knights, 233

Temple, London, 233; Master of the, 233

Tenants, monastic, 196

Thetford, visitation of, in 1514, 178

Tierce, when said, 121

Towels, aumbries for, 19; provision of, 103; to be often changed, 78

Treasurer, 70; duties of, 72

Trinitarians, 245

Turnbroach, 204; duties of, 211

Tywardreath Priory, 186

University training for monks, 192

Uprising, time for, 111

Valet, abbot’s, 203

Verdon, Lady Rohesia de, 158

Vergil, Polydore, 249

Vespers, 149

Vicarage and Rectory, distinction between, 194

Visitations, injunctions and monitions at, 188

Vitelers, 82

Waltham Cross Abbey, 226

‘Wardenships,’ Franciscan, 237

Washing, in the morning, 118

Watchen, abbot of Abingdon, 81

Water, Holy, blessing of, 132; sprinkled, before monks retired to bed, 153

Waterbeche Convent, 238

Welbeck Abbey, 226

Wessington, prior of Durham, 35

Whethamstede, Abbot, 35

Wherwell, nunnery of, 155

White Canons, 226; White Friars, 238

‘White Ladies’ of Grace-Dieu, 162

William, Earl of Warren, 218

Work, daily, 147; workrooms, 36

York, St. Mary’s Abbey, subject to episcopal jurisdiction, 181

PLYMOUTH

WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON PRINTERS

FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Texts and Studies, Cambridge_, vol. vi., No. 1, p. 233.

[2] _Ibid._

[3] _Ibid._, p. 234.

[4] _Ibid._, p. 235.

[5] _Ibid._, p. 236.

[6] _Ibid._, p. 247.

[7] _Ibid._, p. 256.

[8] _The Celtic Church of Wales_, J. J. Willis Bund, p. 166.

[9] A preceptory of Knights of St. Lazarus, temp. Edw. III.

[10] For London, see also Clerkenwell and Haliwell.

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