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Benefice of HITCHIN

(LI.HU.HI.01) 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:
£ 45. 13s. 4d.

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:
HITCHIN
TL185292 ded: ST MARY     
VICARAGE
ELSTOW ABBEY, BEDS., ABBESS £ 1. 6s. 8d. (pension)
TEMPLE DINSLEY (dependent chapel)
TL1822481 ded: UNKNOWN     
    VICARAGE
GREAT WYMONDLEY (dependent chapel)
TL216286 ded: ST MARY     
    VICARAGE

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:
monastic, Elstow, Beds, abbey, Benedictine Nuns 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 (inst.) vicarage 1249 - 1250

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 Hiche cum capellis de Dinnesle et Wymundele     
variants
£ 40. 0s. 0d.
60m.
Vicaria eiusdem     
Excluded from the moiety
£ 4. 6s. 8d.
6.5m.
Pensio abbatisse de Elnestowe in vicaria de Dinnesle indecimabili     
£ 1. 6s. 8d.
2m.
Vicaria capelle de Dinesle deducta pensione vix valet servitium 3     
(listed as exempt: too low in value)
£ 0. 0s. 0d.
0m.
Vicaria de Wymundele Magna vix valet servitium     
(listed as exempt: too low in value)
£ 0. 0s. 0d.
0m.

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     Notes:
1 The grid reference is for the placename since the chapel, at Preston in the manor of Dinsley belonging to the Templars, last mentioned in 1540, has not survived.     
2 For the ordinations and extents of the vicarages here early in the century see (for Hitchin) LibAnt 28, RotWelles1 191-2 and RotWelles3 35-6 and (for Temple Dinsley and Great Wymondley) LibAnt 28-9 and RotWelles1 192.     
3 The entry in BLIB 139 evidently deals with four vicarages: Vicarie capelle de Dinesle deducta pensione, de Wymundele Magna, et Parva, et de Piritone vix valent servitium. For the other three see LI.HU.HI.01/0B, LI.HU.HI.07/0A and LI.HU.HI.U12.     

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