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Benefice of LONDON, ST ALBAN WOOD STREET

(LO.LO.LO.X83) 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. 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:
LONDON, ST ALBAN WOOD STREET     
TQ3248151 ded: ST ALBAN     
WESTMINSTER, ST JAMES' HOSPITAL, BROTHERS £ 0. 13s. 4d.     (pension)

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, Westminster, St James, hospital, Hospital 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 1370

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:
Sancti Albani     
(added after 1291-2 but not re 1302-3 brief new threshold)
£ 3. 6s. 8d.
5m.
Pens'     
(added after 1291-2 but not re 1302-3 brief new threshold)
£ 0. 13s. 4d.
1m.

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     Notes:
1 Of St Alban Wood Street, only the tower survives standing in the middle of the roadway and now converted into a house. Grid ref. is approximate.
2 The advowson was certainly in the hands of the brothers of the hospital of St James in Westminster: LuntNorwich 327 (SPM WD9 49) and MunimentaRiley2i 237 (LCLOA 182); and the church was served by a rector (for a mention of whom in 1325 see RegBaldock 237, and see RegSudbury1 273 and NewcourtRep1 236-7).     

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