A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



probably founded by an ancestor of the earl and 

 dukes of Norfolk, as they held the patronage of 

 the priory for many generations. 



The priory held lands in Bentley, 1 Chelmon- 

 diston, 2 and Bergholt, 3 in the thirteenth century, 

 and in 1327 the prior of Dodnash obtained free 

 warren over his lands in Bentley, Falkenham, 

 and Bergholt. 4 



Licence was obtained in January 1331 by the 

 prior and convent to acquire lands or rents in 

 mortmain to the yearly value of ^IO. 6 In 

 April of the same year John de Goldyngham, 

 under the foregoing licence, was allowed to 

 alienate to the priory, property in Bentley, Berg- 

 holt, Capel, Brantham, and Tattingstone, of the 

 yearly value of ^f. 6 



The endowment of the priory in 1485 in- 

 cluded the tithe of barley in Falkenham, 320 

 acres of land in Hemingstone, Coddenham, etc., 

 280 acres of land in Burstall, Bramford, etc., 

 a messuage and 39 acres of land in Bergholt, free 

 warren in the three places already named, and rents 

 and lands in fifteen Suffolk parishes. 7 The total 

 clear annual value of the priory was declared at 

 ^44 I 8;. 8</., when it was suppressed by Car- 

 dinal Wolsey, in 1525, among the group of 

 smaller houses whose endowments were intended 

 to be used in the founding of his colleges of 

 Ipswich and Oxford. The priory of St. Mary 

 Dodnash was surrendered by Prior Thomas on 

 I February 15245, in the presence of Thomas 

 Cromwell and other members of Wolsey's com- 

 mission. 8 



On the downfall of Wolsey the priory site 

 and lands were assigned, on I April 1531, to 

 Lionel Tolemache, his heirs and assigns.' 



PRIORS OF DODNASH 



John de Goddesford, resigned 1346 10 

 Adam Newman, elected I34& 11 

 Thomas de Thornham, resigned 1383 13 

 John Capel, elected I4o6 13 

 Robert Newbone, resigned 1438" 

 Michel de Colchester, elected 1438 16 

 Richard Whytyng, elected 1444" 

 Thomas, resigned 1525 17 



1 Feet of F. Suff. 19 Hen. Ill, No. 77. 

 * HunJ. R. (Rec. Com.), ii, 177, 190. 

 3 Feet of F. Suff. 1 5 Edw. I, No. 99. 

 'Chart. R. I Edw. Ill, No. 1 1. 

 ' Pat. 4 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 10. 



6 Ibid. 5 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 18. 



7 Esch. Enr. Accts. Suff. 3 Ric. Ill, No. 156. 



8 L. and P. Hen. Vlll, iv, pt. i, 1137, 1832; 

 pt. ii, 3538. 



9 Pat. 22 Hen. VIII, pt. i, m. 17. 

 '" Norw. Epis. Reg. iv, 54. 



11 Ibid. " Ibid, vi, 90. 



IJ Ibid, iv, 332. " Ibid, x, 19. 



15 Ibid. " Ibid, x, 55. 



17 L. and. P. Hen. nil, iv, pt. i, 1 137. 



21. THE PRIORY OF HERRINGFLEET 



The priory of St. Olave, Herringfleet, was 

 founded for Austin canons by Roger FitzOsbert, 

 near the ancient ferry across the River Waveney 

 about the beginning of the reign of Henry III. 

 The founder assigned to the monastery 40 acres 

 of land in Tibenham ; he did not die until 1239, 

 and willed that his body should be buried in the 

 priory church. Peter, the founder's son, gave to 

 the canons the advowson of Witlingham. Both 

 Peter and his wife Beatrice, who died re- 

 spectively in 1275 and 1278, were also buried in 

 the canons' church. 18 



In 1314 John son of Sir Ralph Nunoion, knt., 

 granted the patronage of the priory of St. Olave 

 to Peter Gernegan, 19 and in 1410 the advowson 

 was granted to Margaret, wife of John Ger- 

 negan. 20 There are various other grants relative 

 to the transference of this priory patronage 

 to Sir John Hevyngham, knt., in the reign 

 of Henry VI, al but in 1491 the patronage 

 was restored to the family of Gernegan by Sir 

 John Hevyngham, Sir Henry Bryan, and 

 others. 22 



The churches of Herringfleet and Hales, Nor- 

 folk, were appropriated to St. Olave's at an early 

 date. St. Peter's, Burgh, was appropriated by 

 leave of the bishop about 1390, but in 1403 the 

 appropriation was resigned, a small pension being 

 reserved to the priory. 23 



The taxation of 1291 shows that the priory 

 then held the rectories of Herringfleet and Hales, 

 and a pension from the church of Bonewell, 

 yielding a total in spiritualities of 14 13*. 4^. 

 The temporalities in Suffolk and Norfolk at the 

 same time brought in 12 14.5. o^d., giving a 

 total income of 26 ijs. 4^. 24 



According to the Valor of 1535 the gross 

 receipts from the temporalities were 15 135. 8-Jrf. 

 but the clear value was only 13 31. i id. The 

 spiritualities included the rectories of Her- 

 ringfleet and Hales, together with a pension 

 from the church of Burgh, yielding a clear an- 

 nual value of j5 2s. ~]\d. There are evidently 

 some omissions from the details of this return, as 

 the net income is returned at ^49 115. jd. K 



Licence was granted in 1377 by the crown, 

 on payment of ten marks, to Edmund de Carl- 

 ton, chaplain, and four others, to alienate to the 

 priory of St. Olave property in Ashby and 

 Herringfleet, for finding a lamp to be kept 



18 Suckling, Hist. o r Stiff, i, 15 ; Dugdale, Man. vi, 

 660. 



19 Bodl. Chart. Suff. 1036. 

 10 Ibid. 1079. 



" Ibid. 1086, 1 102, 1105, 1106, 1113. 



83 Ibid. 1134. 



* 3 Norw. Epis. Reg. vi, 340. 



" Pope Nicb. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 83^, 84, 93, 97^, 

 103, 1033, 104, 104^, 107^, 113, i i6b, 124, 126, 

 126^, 127. 



" Yakr Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iii, 412. 



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