A. D. 6. Imbertus de Gaumachiis, admitted on the l death of John Soyer, 10. Dec. ell ob sio1834 7. Reginaldus Pirdoc succeeded 9. Dec.sc8901349 and resigned in the summer of Aromain 77 61354 8. Roger Hayn, admitted 7. November, He died soon after. od 1351 9. Richard Carre, or Cary, succeeded, and Y died late in the year: 247 el ple:1376 Whilst he was Prior, the parish church of geish Barnstaple was valued at 200 marks to obse 10. Ralph Chelfham, who died early in Toton1392 11. Henry Sutton succeeded 28 May the same edT year, and died six years after. 12. Simon Sele, admitted in September, and died 15. June, 1398 1428 13. Hugo Lyton succeeded 28. July, the same I year, and died 16. December, as Jige 1461 14. John Pyllon was confirmed as his sucpodid ‚olqatears! to oltaso cessor. 15. John Ilfracombe, who resigned early in 1502 16. John Pylton followed, and after govern sma ing the priory 16 years, resigned on a pensions 992 of £20. Je to zitasdɔ ɔdT 17. Robert Thorn succeeded 12 Aug.7insupe1318 >. In Risdon's Survey of Devon, p. 837, we read, al that this Prior, for his device, bare a rówzstste buck leaning to a hawthorne in an escutcheon,A with the word Bert interposed, and this underinsd) written Caprum cum spinâ protegat divina potestas." He surrendered his convent to the King's Commissioners 4. Feb. 27. Hen. VIII. He was alive in 1553, and in the enjoyment of a pension of £14. per annum. The revenues of the priory were valued at £123. 6. 7. according to Dugdale, though Speed rates them at £129, 15. 3. In the Taxatio I read as follows: Prior de Barnstapol percipit in capellis de Clifton & Hatheline In ecclesia de Barnstapol £. s. d. 030 1 10 0 This parish church, with its high altar and three other altars, was consecrated by Bishop Stapeldon, 9. Sept. 1318. In ecclesia de Ffremyton In eccia de Hamme (George) 8 0 0 0 2 10 0 In Decanatu Barum de terris & redditibus In the grant of the priory and its estates to Lord William Howard, of Effingham, 9. March, 29. Hen. VIII. it is stated, that the Vicar of Barnstaple used annually to pay to the convent of St. Mary Magdalene.. The Rector of Georgeham used to pay. The Borough of Barnstaple ...... ... 100s. 100s. 30s. 40s. £13 10 For a copy of the Royal Grant see Appendix (p). In Regist. Grandisson, fo. 154. I observe the Bishop approves and confirms the grant of a castle at Barnstaple, for the residence of Augustine Monks, by Sir James Gaudeleye. The confirmation is dated from Chudleigh 9. June, 1348. See also 2. Regist. Brantyngham, fo. 23. The chantry of St. Thomas, on Barnstaple bridge, is frequently mentioned in the registers. In vol. 2. of Hist. of Abbeys, p. 66. Browne Willis states the pensions paid to the incumbents of St. Anne's Chantry, St. George's Chantry, Rowlins's Chantry and the Free Chapel at Barnstaple. PILTON PRIORY. THIS religious establishment was a cell to the great Benedictine abbey of Malmsbury, in Wiltshire; but it should be remarked, that the Priors of Pilton were perpetual; i. e. when once appointed to the office, they could not be removed without being conLeland asserts, that victed of a canonical fault. King Æthelstan was the founder of the priory; but produces no proof. The property of the house was small; most of the lands in its neighbourhood being in the possession of Barnstaple Priory. Pilton Priory was dedicated to our Lady. PRIORS OF PILTON. 1. Ralph occurs Prior about the year in a deed respecting the Lepers' House at Pilton.-See 12. Archæolog. p. 211. 2. Adams, admitted Prior 4. May, A. D. 1200 1261 1282 1283 3. Richard de Ralegh succeeded 29. August, 4. John de Stanlegh, appointed 2. Dec. 5. William Wrockeshate, who died in 6. Henry de Peckyngehall, who resigned in the spring of 1316 1336 7. John de Rockynham succeeded 17. of the following May. 8. John de Lakenhull, who died early in 1349 year, and was Prior about 4 months. 10. John de Rodebourne, confirmed 12. Oct. 1349 1397 13. William Charlelon succeeded, the following year, and held his office until his death, in the winter of 14. Richard Kengeswode succeeded on the 4. of the following January, A. D. 1412 1412-3 He died in December, 1421 15. Thomas Evesham, who died early in 1434 that year. He died in January 1445-6 17. John Andover succeeded, but was elected Abbot of Malmsbury the next year. 18. Robert Upton, admitted 8. April. 1457 He died in the summer of 1472 19. Thomas Oldeston succeeded him 26. Aug. 20. William Ryngswood, who died in 1502 21. John Bewmont, admitted 18. October, and died early in 1513 22. William Alday succeeded, and was Prior for four years. 1517 23. Simon Rumsey succeeded 22. August, and died late in 24. John Ross, confirmed as his successor 19. Dec. that year, and I believe was the last Prior of Pilton. For he and Richard Pilton and John Cawe, subscribed to the King's supremacy, 3. Sept. 1534. 1527. At the Dissolution, says Tanner, the scite was purchased by Sir John Chichester, Q. If the purchase was not made by Thomas Chichester, esq. 44. Elizabeth ? The revenues of Pilton amounted to £56. 12. 8. In the Taxatio I read thus: PRIOR DE PILTON PERCIPIT There was a Lepers' House at Pilton. Brantyngham 9. January, 1375, granted an indulgence of forty days, to all who should contribute to the support of the said house, dedicated to St. Margaret. The following curious document is copied from Bronescombe's Register, fo. 18. I observe it repeated fo 113. of Bishop Quivill's." Kalendis Maii Anno Gratie 1261 hec compositio facta est inter Walterum Episcopum, Decanum & Capitulum Exon ex parte unâ & Willelmum Abbatem, Conventum ac Monasterium Malmeburiense, Salesbir Dioc ex alterâ Videlicet cùm inter Episcopum, Decanum & Capitulum Exon & Abbatem, Conventum & Monasterium predictum super jure & possessione Officii Visitationis jure Ordinario exercendi in cellâ Beate Marie de Pilton, Exon Dioc, ad predictum Monasterium Malmsb. pertinente, necnon & modo instituendi & destituendi Priores seu administratores in Cellâ memoratâ, suborta esset materia questionis, tandem inter partes ipsas de licium fluctubus ad pacis quietem transire volentes, questio predicta in hunc modum realiter conquievit, Videlicet, quòd predictus Episcopus & Successores sui poterunt ipsam nomine suo & Ecclesie Exon Cellam predictam de Pilton jure Ordinario sine reclamatione de cetero visitare & que correctione indigebunt in rebus & persónis Canonicè instaurabunt, hoc adhibito moderamine ad gravamen sumptuum Monasterii & Celle predict vitandum in hâc parte, quod ejusdem loci Priores dicto Episcopo & ejus Successoribus nomine cujuslibet procurationis ratione Visitationis, debite seu debende XX solidos sterlingorum duntaxat impendant. Prefati itaque Abbas & Conventus Malms. & eorum successores dictam Cellam Pilton per mortem, cessionem, resignationem seu alio modo legitimo vacantem, idoneas successivè personas, Priores seu administratores instituendos ibidem, dicto Dno Episcopo & ejus Successoribus de cetero presentabunt, qui curam, administrationem seu regimen ab eodem Episcopo & ejus Successoribus recipient, & nisi eis aliquid canonicum obsistat, sine difficultate admittent. Et ut hoc perpetuò inviolabiliter observetur inter partes, Episcopus, Decanus, Capitulum, Abbas & Conventus predicti tenore presencium hujusmodi modo se obligant in perpetuum. Et presenti scripto sigillá sua ad perpetuam rei memoriam alternatim apposuerunt. |
