RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



Whyet bustyan, lacking ij albys, viij/. ; iiij syngle 

 vestyments of the same viij/. ; a sewte of red sylke 

 Xf. ; a sewte of blue sylke xvj/. ; a sewte of coarse 

 grene xs. ; a complete sute of dune sylke without 

 fibs, vj/. iiijV. ; a syngle vestyment of blue satten, 

 iij/. iiij< ; ix vestyments without albys or stoolys, 

 x/. ; ye hangyngs of ye quere, vjV. ; a paynted 

 clothe for the Rode, xijV. ; a frontelet, xW. ; an 

 a | be X'ja'- ; iij aulter clothys, xiiijV. ; ij frontelets, 

 viijV. ; ij candelstycks, \\ijj. ; a payreof organs, vs.; 

 an altare (sic) of nedylwerke, x/. 



The house contained : 



iij fether bedds with iij bolsters ij pillows and j 

 pillow bere and one blankett, xvj/. viijV. ; vj payre 

 of scheytts, iij/. ; vj Coverletts, xviijV. ; a flocke 

 bedde and a mattres, ijt. iiij,/. ; ye hangyngs and 

 ye tester in ye provyncyalls chamber, iij/. ; iij 

 table clothys, j towell, ij tabylls, v chearys, ij joyned 

 stooles, j cupburde, and j oyst' borde, iij formys, 

 j long cheyar, vij/. ; a chafyng dysche, vjV. ; a 

 possenet, xijV. ; a pan and a kettell, xij</; iij 

 platters, iij pottyngers, j sauser, and iij dysshes, 

 vj/. v\i]d. ; a colender, ij candelstycks, and a sake, 

 xiiijV. ; ij dryppyng panys, a fryeng pan, and a 

 gyrdyren, ij/. ; iij broochys, ij/. ; iij brasse potts, 

 vj/. viijV. ; a baasen and an ewer of laten, xvjV. ; 

 iiij Cobyrons, iiij/. ; a yeryn and hangells to hange 

 on potts, xiiijV. ; ij handyryns, vjV. 



A special chamber assigned for the use of 

 the English provincial points to this convent 

 being considered one of importance in the 

 Order. The total value of church and 

 house goods came to only 9 15*. zd. To 

 the inventory is appended a note in the 

 suffragan's handwriting to the effect that ' thys 

 house with ye stuff is in the custody of 

 Master Arthur Roby and a chalis with it. 

 Richard Dovoren.' l 



The church and the buildings of the cloister, 

 the prior's lodging (20 ft. in length by 1 6 ft. 

 in breadth), with the churchyard, gardens and 

 all within the precincts, were let by the 

 Crown to Arthur Roby, a fuller of Win- 

 chester, for 20s. a year. In 1543, Winchester 

 College, by exchange, became possessed of the 

 site of all the four Winchester friaries.* 



PRIORS OR WARDENS OF THE DOMINICANS 

 OF WINCHESTER 



Matthew, 1242 



William de Southampton, elected provin- 

 cial, 1272, died 1278 

 Robert de Bromyard, about 1300 

 Nicholas de Stratton, about 1306 

 William de Horleye, 1326 



Thomas de Lisle 







1 Misc. Books, Excheq. T.R. cliii. 



* Mins. Ace. 30-1, Hen. VIII. 136 ; Panic, 

 for Grants, 35 Hen. VIII. ; Pat. 35 Hen. VIII. 

 m. 1 6. 



John Payne, 1373 



John Derle, 1377, 1387 



Nicholas Monk, 1404-26 



Walter Alton, 1455 



James Cosyn, in the time of Hen. VIII. 



Richard Chessam, 1538 



20. THE HOUSE OF THE FRAN- 

 CISCANS OF WINCHESTER 



There is but little to be added to what has 

 already been stated in the Ecclesiastical History 

 with regard to the coming of the Franciscans 

 to Winchester, their recognition by the bishops 

 as diocesan penitentiaries and preachers, and 

 the dissolution of their house through the 

 agency of the ex-friar Richard Ingworth. 

 Their church was dedicated to St. Francis. 



On 4 May, 1278, the keeper of the forest 

 of Ashley received orders to supply the friars- 

 minors of Winchester with four oak stumps 

 for their fuel of the king's gift. 3 



During the episcopate of Bishop Sandale 

 (1316-23), three acolytes, three sub-deacons, 

 one deacon and two priests were ordained 

 from the Franciscan house at Winchester. 

 During the episcopate of Bishop Asserio 

 (1320-3), five acolytes, three sub-deacons, 

 four deacons and six priests were ordained from 

 this convent. 



In April, 1330, the pope sent his mandate 

 to the bishops of Winchester, Lichfield and 

 London, directing that the body of Edmund, 

 Earl of Kent, on the petition of Edmund, his 

 elder son, and of Margaret his widow, should 

 be exhumed from the Franciscan church at 

 Winchester and be buried at Westminster ; 

 the earl having provided by will that the 

 place of his burial should be left to his 

 widow.* 



The Franciscans, or ' Graye frearys of 

 Wynchester,' had their goods appraised at the 

 same time as the Dominicans. The inventory 

 which seems to betoken a larger church than 

 that of the Black Friars, is as follows : 



A paule and a fruntlet, xijV. ; ij alter clothys, 

 rviijV. ; iiij crossys, ijs. ; ij seynt Johns headys 

 ijj. ; j paxe of copper, xvjV. ; ij paxyes of wodd, 

 iiijV. ; ij pyllows of sylke, viijV. ; ij small candel- 

 styckes, Tad. ; a crysmatorye, id. ; a desk and a 

 masse boke (nil) ; ij great candelstyckes, iiij/. ; 

 Item an holy-watter slope, xJ. ; Item a lampe 

 hangynge, xijV. ; ij cheyrys for ye quiere, viijV. 

 The Valans. Item a paule and a fruntlet, ijV. ; 

 ij altar clothys, vjV. ; ij candelstyckes, vj</. 



Saynt Clementtes altar. Item a paule and a 

 fruntlet, vjV. ; ij altar clothes, vjV. ; j candelstycke, 

 viij</. ; j payr of crewettes, ijV. 



3 Close, 6 Edw. I. m. 10. 



4 Cal. ofPafal Letters, ii. 349. 



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