Benefice of MENDLESHAM
(NW.SD.HA.27) variantsThis 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. |
£ 34. 0s. 0d. | ||||||||
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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. | |||||||||
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. | |||||||||
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. | |||||||||
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. |
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The Notes provide supplementary information relating to the benefice or to other data given in the display. Click on the source button at the end of the line to see the full reference(s) for the information. If the note contains a reference abbreviation that is not expanded in the source button, then it should be possible to use the abbreviation to find the full reference in the References Menu (forthcoming). If the note mentions a benefice by benkey rather than by name, the name can be found via the benkey search option, top-right on the screen. |
1 The marginal comments in PNWB1 and T generally provide very reliable evidence about whether or not a church was appropriated. The simple note here of 'secularis rector' suggests an individual rector. At the same time, there is no doubt that the bishop of Norwich collated to the vicarage, as in 1307 and 1308 (TannerIndex 1306), and there is clear evidence that the church was appropriated to the cathedral church of Chichester. For the appropriation to the dean and chapter of Chichester and ordination of a vicarage in 1254 (specifying that the bishop of Norwich was to collate), with some of the terms of the appropriation referred to and confirmed in 1279, see ChartChich 65, 184-5, and also LeNeveRev1Chich xx n. The patronage of the church certainly remained in the hands of Chichester dean and chapter: ChartChich 191, 217. It is thus unlikely that the implication of the marginal 'secularis rector' is correct. The Chartulary of the High Church of Chichester, ed. W.D.Peckham (Sussex Record Society, 46, 1942-43) p.65, 184-5
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