RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



refuge and comforte to all th'inhabitantes of 

 the same yle and to strangers traveillinge 

 the seid sees'; 156 lOs. id.; 10 monks, 

 all priests, of good religious conversation, 

 eight of whom desire to continue in religion, 

 and two to have capacities ; 39 other inmates, 

 viz. 10 waiting servants, 7 servants in the 

 church, 8 officers in the household, 10 hinds, 

 2 lavenders, 1 6 dairymen, and one 'corodur' ; 

 church, mansion and building in convenient 

 repair, lead and bells worth 19 ; plate and 

 jewels, 481 4*. 3^. ; ornaments, 17 i Os . 8<f. ; 

 stuff, 23 131. ifd. ; corn and grain, 20 ; 

 stocks and stores, 220 19*. ; owing by the 

 house, 55 8s. gd. ; owing to the house, 

 9 1 8*. ifd. ; woods, etc., ji22 iSs. tfd? 



At the time of the dissolution the monas- 

 tery held the manor of Quarr with the site of 

 the abbey and the manor of Newenham there ; 

 the manors of Arreton, Staplehurst, Sheat 

 in Brixston, Shaldcomb, Newport, Comley, 

 Fowewod cum Forewey ; the granges of 

 Compton, Haseley, Lovecombe, Hampstede, 

 Roughbarowe, Bydeborough, Charke in 

 Rowner ; the rectory of Caresbrook ; messu- 

 ages, rents, etc., in Newport, Whippingham, 

 Newchurch, Southwick, Portsmouth, Christ- 

 church, Swey, Milford, and tithe of salt in 

 Lymington. 3 



On 17 February, 1537, Thomas Wriothes- 

 ley, the great devourer of monastic property 

 in the west, obtained most of the manorial 

 rights of the abbey by grant from the Crown. 

 The Devonshire manors and other property 

 of the abbey were also granted him in the 

 following November. 4 



A lease of the actual site of the monastery, 

 together with certain tithes of Arreton, was 

 granted by the Crown to John Mylle of 

 Southampton in March, 1537. 



Much of the stonework of the abbey was 

 used in 1539 towards the making of two 

 blockhouses at East and West Cowes for de- 

 fensive purposes. 8 



An illustration of the seal of the abbey is 

 here given. It is round and shows the Virgin 

 standing with child on left arm and St. John 

 Baptist under a double canopy, and below the 

 half-length figure of an abbot. The legend is 



S ' ABBATIS ' ET ' COVETVS ABBATHIE ' SCE ' 

 MARIE ' DB ' QVARRARIA 



1 Washermen. 



* Aug. Off. Chantry certificates, No. 112. 



3 First Mins. Acct. after dissolution, cited in 

 Dugdale's Monasticon, v. 320. 



* Letters and Papers, Hen. VIII. xii. (i), 538 



(45); i. (2), 1150(7). 



5 Aug. Off. Misc. Bks. ccix. f. 44. 



* Letters and Papers, Hen. fill. xiv. (i), 899. 



ABBOTS OF QUARR 



Gervase, 1 1 40 



William, 7 1150 



Peter of York, 1205 



Henry, 8 1228 



Philip," about 1235 



Augustine, 10 1249 



Andrew, 11 1256 



'Hel' (Elias), 12 1270 



Adam of Arundel, 13 1290 



Walter, 14 1323 



Geoffrey, 15 1324 



William, 16 1359 



John of Winchester, 17 1381 



Thomas Suell, 18 1397-9 



Richard Bartholomew, 19 1399 



Robert, 20 1419 



Roger, 21 1438 



John Cheselburgh, 22 1457-62 



John Norton, 23 1466 



Geoffrey of Newchurch, 24 1477 



John Fonsard, 26 1481 



Thomas of London, 26 1493 



Richard Tottenham, 27 1508 



William Ripon, 1521-36 



7 Cal. of Doc. France, 296. 



8 Madox, 374. 



9 Ancient Deeds, P.R.O., B. 115, 890, 3447. 



10 Ibid. B. 3692, D. 154. 



11 Madox, 222 ; Ancient Deeds, D. 231. 



12 Ibid. B. 2642, 2946. 



13 Ibid. B. 686, 707, 1 192, 2758, 281 1, 281 5, 

 2830 ; Madox, 383 (A.D. 1303). 



14 Ancient Deeds, B. 1151 ; Madox, 164, 226. 



15 Winton. Epis. Reg., Stratford, f. lib; 

 Ancient Deeds, B. 710, 1 175, 2713, 2715, 2717, 



3793- 



6 Ancient Deeds, B. 2680. 



17 On 25 January, 1381, Abbot John of Win- 

 chester received benediction at the hands of Bishop 

 Wykeham in the chapel of Esher promising canoni- 

 cal obedience salvo orJine meo (Winton. Epis. Reg., 

 Wykeham, i. f. 114, B. 2682, 2684). 



18 Thomas Suell was elected unanimously by 

 his brethren to be abbot, in the place of John of 

 Winchester, deceased, on 22 March, 1397, in 

 the presence of the abbots of Wardon and Standing 

 (Winton. Epis. Reg., Wykeham, i. f. 268). 



18 Richard Bartholomew was elected on 13 

 November, 1 399, on the resignation of Thomas 

 Suell, in the presence of the abbots of Rewley and 

 Netley (ibid. i. f. 299, B. 2683). 



ao Ancient Deeds, B. 668, 2834, 3247, D. 

 887. 



21 Ibid. B. 678. 



22 Ibid. B. 2843 ; Pat. I and 2 Edw. IV. 



23 Winton. Epis. Reg., Waynflete, i. f. 1486. 

 34 Ancient Deeds, B. 3 244. 



26 Ibid. B. 107-9, 28 4'- 



28 Ibid. B. no, 119, 3248, 3249, 3546. 



37 Ibid. B. 2843, D. 486. 



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