The dissolution of the monasteries : $b As illustrated by the suppression of the religious houses of StaffordshireHibbert, Francis Aidan
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The dissolution of the monasteries : $b As illustrated by the suppression of the religious houses of Staffordshire
Hibbert, Francis Aidan
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547; Monasteries -- England -- Staffordshire; Monasteries and state
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Manor | Demesne | Rents of | Perquisites | Water-mill
| | tenements | of Court |
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| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | £ s. d.
Frodeswell | 2 0 0 | 6 17 7[106] | 1 0 |
Penford | 4 0 0 | 5 18 7½ | 1 2 |
Drayton | 1 6 0 | 5 18 2 | 6 | 2 0 0
Mere | 2 0 0 | 5 13 4 | 6 |
Apeton | 1 9 8 | 3 4 2 | |
Coton | 4 0 0 | 6 0 0 | |
Penulton | 4 0 0 | 14 18 6 | |
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[106] And 1 lb. pepper.
In each case the demesne is described as arable, meadow, and pasture.
In Stafford the Priory had burgages, orts, and gardens worth £14.
Other possessions were at Amerton, Drayngton, Grindley, Newton,
Lee, Acton Trussell, Colton, Salt, Hopton, Shradycote, Whitgreve,
Admaston, Rycerdysctote, Lichfield (a burgage, 6s.), Byssheton,
Olton, Marchington, Bednall, Walton, Hanyate, and Swynneshed, in
Staffordshire. Elsewhere are Ashbourne, Duranstrope, Quinton, “_villa
de Wico Malbano_” (where £2 13s. 4d. comes “_de duobus domibus
salinis_,” called “Salt Howses”), besides the Manor of Penulton
already mentioned.
The temporal outgoings include the following:
To the King, 2s. for “Sute silver” from the Manor of Penford, 10d. from
Arberton, 12d. from Salt, and 13d. from Pennulton; to the Bishop of
Lichfield, 20s. 11d. for lands in Stafford, etc.; to William Chetyn,
Kt., from Stafford and Salt, 4s. 10d.; Thomas Bagott, Kt., from
Admaston, 3s.; George Gresley, mil., from Colton and Admaston; to Sir
John Dudley, 3s. from Penford; to Rose Cleyton of Bushbury, widow,
from Penford; to Richard Egerton, clerk, Master of St. John’s Hospital
at Stafford, 4s. 4d.; to the Prior of Stone, 2s.; of Ronton, 2s.; of
Croxden, 2s.; of Shene, 10s. 4d.; to the presbyters of the College of
Stafford, 3s. 4d.; to the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem, 8d.
The chief steward was Earl Ferrers and his fee was £4. The steward of
Pennulton, Alexander Ratclyffe, received £1. Thomas Crosse, deputy
steward or custodian of the Manor Courts in Staffordshire, received
13s. 8d. The bailiffs were Otto Holond at Penulton, George Boughey at
Frodswell, etc., Edward Whythell at Coton and Stafford, William Russell
at Drayton, William Parry at Penford, Hugh Brenn’ at Mere, John Kelyng
at Apeton. Their fees ranged from 33s. 4d. to 6s. 8d.
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