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Benefice of COMPTON GREENFIELD

(WO.GL.BR.25) 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:
£ 2. 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:
COMPTON GREENFIELD
ST570822 ded: ALL SAINTS     

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:
secular, Richard de Grevill , knight 1     

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:
Capella de Compton' quia alibi beneficiatus (plus, marginal heading: Exempt')     
Excluded from the moiety
£ 2. 0s. 0d.
3m.

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     Notes:
1 The patronage was in dispute in 1298 between, on the one hand, the secular patron and, on the other hand, the dean and the prebendary Richard de Vienna of the college of Westbury on Trym (RegGGiff 498). For the continuation of secular patronage see RegCobham 236 (1321) and RegBrans 391 (1347). The reason for the presentation by the bishop of Exeter in 1324 (RegCobham 242) is not immediately apparent. This 'chapel' was listed as taxable because it was held in plurality; however, it was excluded for the moiety of 1294, with its threshold of more than ten marks, (TWOM 240) either because it was no longer held in plurality or because the total income of the incumbent exceeded the moiety's threshold.     

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