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The liber niger (Hen. 2) states that the manor of Kelston paid 
the Abbess of the Monastery of Shafton a yearly pension of 30 
marcs ; and that she owned the Advowson. 
P. 129, 18. Ed. 2. Grant of 2 water mills, one lying on the 
south watercourse towards Twyverton, the other on the north 
towards Weston, and a small piece of land called La Clive 
pertaining to the mill in Twyverton. 
So, then, the manor of the 15 hides belonged to the Abbey at 
Domesday, that of the 5 hides certainly did not ; but probably 
when the Priory acquired the latter, and so had the whole parish 
of Weston, the two manors were made into one. The 15 hides. 
formed Lansdown and the ridge of the Parish called Edge, and 
also the valuable part on the south-west. The high ground, and 
the part by the river were demesne lands and common of pasture. 
The Rectory was a peculiar. The Prior and Convent of Bath 
were “proprietores sive rectores ibidem,” and so “nothing is 
charged here because it is taxed among the possessions of the 
said Prior as there appears” (Eccl. taxatio, Vol, 1, p. 179 and 
polit): 
The Rectory and Church were what is now known as 
Lansdown Chapel. Shortly after the dissolution, King Ed. 6, 
15 Nov 1551 sold “the manor of Lancedon alias Lancesdon” 
(i.e. Weston) together with the Advowson of the Rectory Church 
of Lansdown, reserving to the King the bells and lead, giving 
power to convert the Rectory and Church to private uses. Thus 
the work of demolition at once began. 
In 1563 the Rectorial Tithes were leased by Queen Mary, and 
were afterwards sold in 1595 by Queen Elizabeth. Sir John 
Harrington bought them later on; and gave them to the Vicar in 
1699. 
The Priory had previous to 1534 granted long leases of the 
Manor and its property, and there remained only reserved rents. 
of depasturage of cattle and copyhold rents amounting together 
with £4 for the Rectory farm, to £77 8s. 9d. per annum. 

