68 Kington 8t. Michael. [The Priory. 



Charters of St. Mary's Priory.^ 



I. Robert of Bryntonc gives Tithes at Eu-ernc Stapkton, near 

 Stourpayne, Co. Dorset. 



"To Jocclj'n- Bishop of Sanim, and Adelelm Archdeacon of Dorset, Robert 

 de Bryntonc, greeting. I and Eva my wife, with Emma her sister, have granted 

 the chnrch of Iwerne for ever, and whatever else in the said church belongs to 

 us, with all liberties &c., as Alnric the Priest held them: Witnesses, Richard 

 the Canon : Robert de Himtsland : Richard son of Coloman : Robert of Acford : 

 TVyger : Robert of the Gate : and the whole Halimote. FareweU." 



II. Confirmation of a grant of Lazarton,^ or Lacerton near Stour- 



payne, Co. Dorset, tchich had been made to the Ifuns by Robert de 



Brintone, Eva his wife, and Emma her sister, about 1142-1184. 



" Jocelyn, Bishop of Sarum, to Adelelm Archdeacon of Dorset: I confirra 

 the grant of the Church of Lazarton, which Robert de Brinton, &c., gave to the 

 Nuns of Kington ; and because it is poor, I I'elease it from all payments, except 

 synodals. Witnesses, Humfrey the Canon : Walter the Canon : Dunecane the 

 Chaplain." 



III. Adam (Weyfer) of Brimpton gives all his land at Kington 

 St. Michael. 



" Omnibus, &c. To all the faithful in Christ, &c., Adam de Brinton greeting. 

 Know that I have granted to God and St. Mary, and ye Nuns of Kyngton, All the 

 land in that vill which the s ''Nuns hold of me, in pure and perpetual alms : free of 

 all secular demands and services. And this I do for the good of my soul, and those 

 of my Father and Mother, of my predecessors and successors. And I and my 

 Heirs will warrant the same unto the said Nuns, free of all ser-\^ce to ye 

 Crown : specially that for | of the Knights Fee, w'l they are wont to do luito 

 me. Sealed with my seal. Witnesses, Richard, Canon of Sarum : Walter, 

 Chaplain : H. Bigod : Robert de Brolett, Alexander liis son, and Roger Poltc- 

 more ; with many others. 



1 Translated from the Latin Deeds printed in the New Monasticon, (vol. iv. p. 

 398) and there described as having been taken (with the exception of No. II.) 

 from the Priory Register, formerly in the possession of John Aubrey Esq., of 

 Easton Piers. 



2 Bishop A.D. 1142.— 1184. 



3 Tlie Prioress of Kington presented twice to Lazarton, viz. : in 1339 and 

 1348. Afterwards the Bishop of Sarum "jure devolutu." Lazarton Rectory, 

 worth five marks per annum, being too poor to maintain its own Rector, was 

 annexed to Stouipayne in 1431 ; the Prioress consenting to receive in lieu of her 

 rights a pension of 6s. 8d. per annum. This pension, after the Dissolution, 

 continued to be paid out of Stourpayne to the Long Family who had purchased 

 all the Estate of Kington Priory. (Sec ITutchins, Dorset, I. 106, 107.) 



