the manor of Mt. St. Michael. H. E.] XX. MINSTER, _or_ Talcarn[135], _in the deanry of_ Trigge Minor. ALIEN PRIORY. An alien priory to the abbey of St. Sergius and Bachus at Angiers. _Vide_ Mon. Angl. i. p. 1036. ex pat. 48 Ed. 3. p. 2. m. 3. “Prior de Minstre habet apud Pilesfunte de redditu xx. sol.” Taxat. Lincoln; In Bundell. benef. alienig. 48 Ed. 3. “Minster prior alienigena habet in proprios usus ecclesias de Minster et Bodecastell:” In the account of knight’s fees in Mr. Carew’s Survey of Cornwall, f. 41. b. “Prior de Ministre tenet. i. par. feod. mort, in Polifant, 3 Hen. 4.” Year Books, 32 Hen. 6. 13, 14. XXI. NEWPORT _near_ Launceston. HOSPITAL. Here is an old hospital for lazars, dedicated to St. Thomas, which was well endowed and governed in Mr. Carew’s time.[136] XXII. NYOTT, _olim_ Neotstoke,[137] _or_ Neotstow, _or_ St. Guerir, _in the deanry of_ West. MONASTERY DESTROYED. Here was a monastery[138] or college[139] founded in honor of St. Neotus, brother[140] to K. Alfred, who was here buried, which continued till after the Conquest. The church here belonged to Montacute priory in Somersetshire. _Vide_ in Joanne Glastoniensi, p. 111. historiolam fundationis hujus monasterii. Stevens’ Supplement, vol. i. p. 217. [Domesd. tom. i. fol. 121. H. E.] XXIII. PETROCSTOW, _or_ Padstow, _olim_ Loderic, _or_ Laffenac, _or_ Adelston,[141] _in the deanry of_ Pydre. MONASTERY DESTROYED. St. Petroc, a religious man born in Wales, but coming from Ireland, is said to have built a monastery on the north coast of Cornwall, about A.D. 520 and to have been there buried;[142] his body was afterward removed to Bodmin. [Harl. MS. 6964. p. 77.――H. E.] XXIV. PENRYN, _alias_ Glaseney, _in the parish of_ Gluvias _and deanry of_ Kerrier. COLLEGE. Walter Bronescomb the good bishop[143] of Exeter,[144] about the year 1270,[145] built a collegiate church on a moor called Glasenith, at the bottom of his park at Penryn, to the honor of the blessed Virgin Mary and St. Thomas of Canterbury. It consisted of a provost, a sacrist, eleven prebendaries,[146] seven vicars,[147] and six choristers; and was certified, _26 Hen. 8._ to be worth 210_l._ 13_s._ 2_d._ _per ann. in toto_. 205_l._ 10_s._ 6_d._ _clare_.