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Benefice of WOOTTON

(LI.OX.WO.17) 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:
£ 21. 12s. 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:
WOOTTON
SP439199 ded: ST MARY     
OSNEY ABBEY, OXON., ABBOT £ 0. 6s. 0d. (portion)
    VICARAGE
LUDWELL (dependent chapel)
SP4332231 ded: UNKNOWN
HORDLEY (dependent chapel)
SP4471932 ded: UNKNOWN

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, Mont St-Cenis, Savoie, France, hospital, Hospital 3     

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 1278

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 Wotton' cum capellis de Ludewell' et Hordele deducta portione (margin: relig')     
variants
£ 20. 0s. 0d.
30m.
Portio abbatis de Osen' in eadem     
£ 0. 6s. 0d.
0.4m.
Vicaria eiusdem     
(listed as exempt: too low in value)
£ 1. 6s. 8d.
2m.

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     Notes:
1 There was a chapel by 1260, but it has not survived and the hamlet is deserted. The grid reference is for Ludwell Farm.     
2 There was a chapel here by 1268, but it has not survived and the hamlet is now deserted. Grid reference is for Hordley Farm.     
3 Early in the century the patron had been the countess of Salisbury, but the church passed to the Crown and in 1277 was given by Edward I to the hospital of St Cenis in Savoy: VCHOxford11 279. For the renewed ordination of the vicarage in 1278 see RotRicGrav 233-4.     

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