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Benefice of LLANELLEN

(LL.LL.AB.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:
£ 1. 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:
LLANELLEN
SO303109 ded: ST HELEN      ST ELEN     

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, Abergavenny, Monmouth, priory, Benedictine Monks, Alien 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:
Yes 1291 - 1292

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 Sancta Elena 2     
variants
£ 1. 0s. 0d.
1.5m.

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     Notes:
1 It is not clear at what point a vicarage was established here (for which see RobinsonPatrons 51). It appears to be a vicarage to which the king presented in 1347 and 1350 (St Helen's 'Bergeveny' and St Helen's 'by Bergeveny'), since the alien priory of Abergavenny was in his hands because of the war with France: CalPat1345-48 437, CalPat1348-50 485. (Yet, another presentation in 1350 was to the 'church', perhaps in error, of 'Lan Elan': CalPat1348-50 376.)     
2 In LA 199 this item reads 'Ecclesia de Sauncta', clearly in error; thus the reading of BC 161v, as of most MSS, is adopted here.     

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