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Benefice of TIPTON

(CL.ST.LT.25) variants

This figure is the total assessed value of the benefice. Note that for a cathedral church a zero figure is given because its assessed value is derived from a number of holdings which are listed elsewhere in the taxatio text.

     Assessment for tax:
£ 4. 0s. 0d.

This section gives the modern name of the benefice together with the church dedication and the Ordnance Survey grid reference of the church (click the grid reference to locate the church building on Google Maps). Constituent parts of the benefice, such as vicarage, or any dependent chapels, pensions, portions and prebends, with their values, are also listed here.

     Benefice details:
TIPTON
SO9599361 ded: ST MARTIN      rededicated to ST JOHN in 1854

This section shows the patronage status of the benefice in 1291-2, the date of the taxatio, as much as can be found in contemporary or near-contemporary sources. The line includes the type of patronage: ecclesiastical, monastic or secular; the name of the patron; and for monastic patrons, the order of their religious house. If the patronage is ecclesiastical or monastic, then it may be an appropriated church. This is shown by the "If Appropriated" line below.

     Patronage:
ecclesiastical, Lichfield, cathedral, Staffs, collegiate church, non-monastic 2

This section states whether or not the benefice was appropriated at or near 1291-2, the date of the taxatio. The line may include the type of position instituted, collated or presented and the date, but this information is shown only if available from contemporary or near-contemporary sources.

     If appropriated:
Yes

This section displays the Latin text of the new edition of the taxatio based on the best sources available. Each line lists a taxable item and its assessed value in pounds, shillings and pence. Immediately below this figure is its equivalent value in medieval marks (NB.1mark=13s4d.) Click on the source button at the end of the item to see the full source reference for it.

     Full entry:
Ecclesia de Tybinton' est quedam prebenda Lych'     
£ 4. 0s. 0d.
6m.

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     Notes:
1 The grid reference is for Tipton's ancient parish church dating from the thirteenth century but rebuilt in 1683. It was abandoned in 1797 in favour of a new parish church of St Martin built further south but, in 1854, due to increasing population, the old building was brought back into use and rededicated, this time to St John, thus giving its name to St John's Road, Tipton.
2 The taxatio text ('quedam prebenda Lich') suggests that this church was annexed to one of the Lichfield prebends or perhaps to one of the Lichfield dignities, but there appears to be no contemporary or near-contemporary evidence to shed light on this. Later, it was apparently in the jurisdiction of the prebendary of Prees (PhillAtlas Staffs map). However, churches annexed to Lichfield prebends in this diocese were subsumed under the name of the prebend in the separate list of prebends; this was not necessarily the case with churches annexed to dignities (see Adbaston CL.ST.ST.14). Since this church was only valued at 6 marks it can be regarded as probably appropriated: it is unlikely that the assessed income represented that of the man who served the church. It is not clear, however, how the church was served.

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