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Benefice of QUATFORD

(HE.SH.ST.22) 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:
£ 2. 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:
QUATFORD
SO739907 ded: ST MARY MAGDALENE     
HUGH DE LA PENNE, PREBENDARY OF BRIDGNORTH COLLEGIATE CHURCH £ 1. 0s. 0d. (prebend or dignity)
JOHN DE LUK, PREBENDARY OF BRIDGNORTH COLLEGIATE CHURCH £ 1. 0s. 0d. (prebend or dignity)

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:
KING, 1     

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:
No

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 Quatford' non valet 6 marc' 2     
(listed as exempt: too low in value)
Excluded from the moiety
Prebenda domini Hugonis de la Penne in parochia de Quatford' quia est alibi beneficiatus     
variants
£ 1. 0s. 0d.
1.5m.
Prebenda domini Iohannis de Lukes in eadem quia est alibi beneficiatus     
variants
£ 1. 0s. 0d.
1.5m.

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     Notes:
1 This church was attached to the royal free chapel of Bridgnorth and was part of the dean's prebendal portion (see CL.ST.LT.24), and the two prebendal portions attached to the church belonged to two of the prebendaries of Bridgnorth (see CL.ST.LT.24, Eardington & Alveton). It was the king who appointed to the deanship and to the prebends of Bridgnorth: DentonRFC 24n, HamThomBridgn esp. 6-8, 52, 54.     
2 Although this church was entered as a minor benefice not exceeding 6 marks in value, it was annexed, in any case, to the dean of Bridgnorth's prebendal portion and thus, it can certainly be assumed, included in the total value of Bridgnorth collegiate church: see CL.ST.LT.24 and HamThomBridgn 6. The two 'prebends' of this church were additional items, rather than comprising the value of the church.     

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