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Benefice of WORCESTER, ST HELEN

(WO.WO.WO.23) 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:		 £ 8. 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:
WORCESTER, ST HELEN
SO8505471 ded: ST HELEN
    VICARAGE

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:
ecclesiastical, Worcester, bishop, 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 1287

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 Sancte Helene (plus, marginal heading: Ecclesie Exempt')     
£ 8. 13s. 4d.
13m.

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     Notes:
1 The building of St Helen's church, on the corner of High Street and Fish Street, near the Guildhall, has been used as the County Record Office.     
2 This church was annexed in 1287 to the chapel in Worcester known as the 'Carnary' (master and five priests praying daily for the dead, and see VCHWorcs4 411-12). It was the 'warden of the services of the dead of Worcester' who was inducted into the church in 1287, and he was to collect the income from the church for the 'Carnary' and also to pay 5l. to a perpetual vicar in the church: RegGGiff 308. This arrangement appears, however, to have been short-lived: for the bishop collating to the church in 1332 and 1335 see RegOrlW 72, 185-6 and RegMont 32.     

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