RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



Recayver and the second yeyr ye Recayver said he had a restraine to the 

 contrarie.' 



Of the pensioned Abbot of Welbeck and three of his monks, the 

 commissioners could hear nothing. Four of the monks appeared and showed 

 their patents ; all were in arrear for a year, James Cassey had (accidentally) 

 burnt his patent. In the case of Thomas Holme (2 1 3^. 4^.), Henry 

 Bentley, the attorney of Brian Bailes, of Wakefield, showed the patent, which 

 Holme had sold to William Drake, vicar of Market Rasen, for 10 in 

 January 1540, 'which Drake solde his interest to Richard Pimond for 

 13 6s. 8d. whiche Pimond is dead, so yt ye said Brian Bailes hathe maried 

 the said Pimond his wife and hathe the sayd pattent in the right of his wif 

 unsold and is unpaid for one hole yeyr at Michaelmas A xxxviij H. viii, 

 and for one yeyr at Michaelmas A E. sexti sexto for he colde not recayve it 

 at the Recavyer his handes.' 



Thomas Norman, late Prior of Mattersey, appeared through attorney 

 and showed his patent. Margaret Goldsmith, late prioress of Wallingwells, 

 appeared personally, producing her patent ; Agnes Fines (40^.) of the same 

 convent appeared by deputy, but of Alice Coventry and Ellen Pye (each 

 4oj.) the commissioners could hear nothing. 



When the return of pensions, &c., was made in 2 & 3 Philip and Mary 

 it was found in addition to annuities and corrodies that the number of the 

 ejected religious of Nottinghamshire to whom pensions were then being paid 

 amounted to fifty-one namely five canons of Thurgarton ; fourteen canons 

 of Worksop ; the prior and six canons of Newstead ; the prior and seven 

 monks of Beauvale ; the prioress of Broadholme ; seven canons of Welbeck ; 

 the prior and four canons of Mattersey ; and the prioress and three nuns of 

 Wallingwells. 6 



HOUSE OF BENEDICTINE MONKS 



i. THE PRIORY OF BLYTH The foundation charter of the priory states that 



Roger, in conjunction with his wife Muriel, for the 



The priory of Blyth was founded for Benedic- stability of William the king and the soulof Matilda 

 tine monks in the year 1088 by Roger de Builli, the queen, and for the health of the donors' souls, 

 the first Norman lord of the honour of Tick- gave to God and St. Mary of Blyth, and to the 

 hill, who crossed the seas with the Conqueror, monks there serving God, the church and all the 

 Roger de Builli became the largest landed pro- township of Blyth, with every kind of appurte- 

 prietor in Nottinghamshire, owning the greater nance ; toll and passage from Radford to the 

 part of the north of the county, as well as a large Thorne * and from ' Frodestan ' 3 to the Idle ; a 

 number of neighbouring manors in the counties fair, and full manorial rights, including gallows 

 of York and Derby. 1 He derived his name from and market at Blyth ; the vill of Elton, also- 

 Builli or Busli, near Rouen, and hence it is not Beighton (Derbyshire), and land in Barnby 

 surprising that he so ordered his foundation at (Moor) ; together with the tithes of a great 

 Blyth that it was but an alien priory, the appoint- number of his demesne lands in various manors, 

 ment of whose prior was vested in the abbot The charter concludes by setting out that these 

 of the Holy Trinity of Rouen, to which abbey benefactions were made for the purpose of build- 

 Roger had granted the tithes of Builli about ing the priory, and for the food and clothing of 

 io6o. la the monks who there served God and His 



Mother, saving that there was yearly to be given, 



Add. MS. 8102. 



1 Raine, Hist, of Blyth (1860), 12-16. * That is, along the high road to the north betweem 



la Round, Cal. of Doc. France, no. 83 ; V.C.H. Notts, the Rivers Ryton and Thorne. 



i, 223. 3 Frodestan has not been identified. 



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