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Benefice of THEYDON BOIS

(LO.ES.ON.20) 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:		 £ 4. 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:
THEYDON BOIS
TQ4629781 ded: The old parish church of ST MARY may earlier have been dedicated to ST BOTOLPH. This church was replaced by a new building on a different site in 1850, but it retained the dedication to St Mary.     

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, London, St Bartholomew, priory, Augustinian Canons 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:
No (inst.) rectory 1323

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 Theyden' de Bosco     
variants
£ 4. 13s. 4d.
7m.

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     Notes:
1 The site of the old parish church of St Mary, which may earlier have been St Botolph, is now marked only by a few tombstones. It stood next to Theydon Hall for which an approximate grid reference has been given. The old church was pulled down in 1843 and a new church erected at Theydon Green.     
2 This church became appropriated in 1335, though without ordination of a vicarage, it being served thereafter by a curate (NewcourtRep2 582 and VCHEssex4 255). It was rectors who were presented in 1323 and 1330 (RegBaldock 271, 293); but the church had already been stated as appropriated to the canons of St Bartholomew's London, perhaps in error, at the time of or shortly after the 1254 taxatio: SPM WD9 55v (LuntNorwich 336).     

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