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Benefice of ELKSTONE

(WO.GL.ST.18) 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:
£ 11. 3s. 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:
ELKSTONE
SO967123 ded: ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, dedication recorded from 1506.     
EYNSHAM ABBEY, OXON., ABBOT £ 0. 6s. 8d. (portion)
NEWENT PRIORY, GLOS., PRIOR £ 0. 13s. 4d. (portion)
FONTENAY-LE-MARMION ABBEY, DEP. CALVADOS, FRANCE, ABBOT/PRIOR £ 0. 3s. 0d. (portion)

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, John de Actone 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:
Ecclesia de Elkeston'     
£ 10. 0s. 0d.
15m.
Preter hec portio abbatis de Eynesham in decimis     
£ 0. 6s. 8d.
0.5m.
Item preter hec portio prioris de Newent in decimis     
variants
£ 0. 13s. 4d.
1m.
Item preter hec portio prioris de Fontineto in pecunia sed rector detinet, et restat 1d. indecim' 2     
£ 0. 3s. 0d.
0.2m.

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     Notes:
1 The presentation to this church in 1324 was by the king as guardian of the lands of John de Actone: RegCobham 241. For the secular patronage here see also VCHGloucs7 212, 216-17.     
2 For the owner of this portion as the abbey of Fontenay-le-Marmion see VCHGloucs7 217. It remains puzzling that this is the portion of a 'prior'. There appear to be three possibilities: it is simply an error; or this was truly the portion of a prior serving under the abbot at Fontenay-le-Marmion; or there is confusion with the near-by priory of Brimpsfield which was, it seems, a dependency of the abbey of Fontenay-le-Marmion (see WO.GL.ST.13).     

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