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Benefice of LOWER SAPEY

(HE.SH.BU.19) 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:
£ 0. 6s. 8d.

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:
LOWER SAPEY
SO699602 ded: ST BARTHOLOMEW     
CLIFTON-ON-TEME, WORCS., VICAR £ 0. 6s. 8d. (portion)

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:
secular, John de Sapey 1     

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 Parva Sapy non valet 6 marc'     
variants
(listed as exempt: too low in value)
Excluded from the moiety
Portio vicarii de Cliftone in ecclesia de Parva Sapy     
Excluded from the moiety
£ 0. 6s. 8d.
0.5m.

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     Notes:
1 For this church see VCHWorcs4 331. It should be noted that in the register of Bishop Swinfield as edited the distinctions between presentations to Lower Sapey and Upper Sapey are not altogether clear: see RegSwin 526-7, 544, 575.     

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