RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



' Seynt Kateryn's cote of clothe of gold lyttle 

 worth att iiii^/.' The chambers were well sup- 

 plied with bedding. The pewter in the buttery, 

 the table linen in the refectory, and the utensils 

 in the kitchen were much battered and worn, 

 and of small value. The church plate was 

 valued at 5 155. 4^., the most valuable item 

 being ' a crosse cette with Glasse of Sylvar and 

 parcell gilt with Mary and John, pond, xx oz. 

 att ius. mid. the oz. Ixvi*. vnid.' The conven- 

 tual or table plate was valued at ,8 "js. ; it 

 included a maser with a silver foot, and two 

 other masers with silver bands. The cattle, 

 hay, and corn were worth upwards of 10, and 

 the whole inventory amounted to 20 <)s. $d. 1 



Elizabeth Wright, the prioress, surrendered 

 the house on 4 February, 1536 7." 



The priory and its possessions were granted 

 by the crown on 10 July, 1537, to Richard 

 Warton. 3 



PRIORESSES OF FLIXTON 



Eleanor, 4 occurs 1258 

 Beatrice de Ratlesden, 8 occurs 1263, &c. 

 Emma de Welholm, 8 1301-28 

 Margery de Stonham, 7 died 1345 



Isabel Weltham, 10 elected 1345 



Joan de Hemynhall, 11 occurs 1357 



Joan Marshall, 12 occurs 1371 



Margery Howel, 13 elected 1375 



Katharine Hereward, 14 elected 1392 



Elizabeth Moor, 15 died 1414 



Katharine Pilly, 16 elected 1414 



Maud Rycher, 17 elected 1432 



Mary Dalangehoo (Delanio), 18 died 1446 



Cecilia Creyk, 19 elected 1446 



Helen, 20 resigned 1466 



Margery Arteys, 21 elected 1466 



Isabel, 22 occurs 1483 



Elizabeth Vyrly, 23 occurs 1493 



Margaret Punder, 24 occurs 1510-16 



Elizabeth Wright, 25 occurs 1520, surrendered 



Impressions of the seal, lozenge-shaped, with 

 a semicircular lobe on each of the four sides, are 

 affixed to several Flixton charters of the Stowe 

 collection of the thirteenth and fourteenth 

 centuries. 27 



It bears our Lord on the Cross between St. 

 Mary and St. John, with sun and moon ; in the 

 base, under an arch, the Agnus Dei ; in each of 

 the lobes one of the symbols of the evangelists. 



HOUSE OF PREMONSTRATENSIAN CANONS 



3i. THE ABBEY OF LEISTON 



The abbey of Leiston was founded for the 

 white canons of the Premonstratensian Order, 

 in the year 1182, by Ranulph de Glanville, who 

 was also the founder of Butley priory. By the 

 foundation charter, this abbey, dedicated in 

 honour of the Blessed Virgin, was endowed 

 with the manor of Leiston, and with the ad- 

 vowsons of the churches of St. Margaret, 

 Leiston, and St. Andrew, Aldringham. These 

 churches, as stated in the charter, Glanville had 

 first granted to the Austin canons of Butley, 

 but they had been by them resigned. The 

 founder stated that he made these gifts for the 

 good estate of King Henry, and for his own 

 soul's sake, and for that of his wife Bertha, and 

 their ancestors and successors. 8 



The next benefactions were the church of 

 St. Mary, Middleton,' by Roger de Glanville, 



1 Proc. Stiff. Arch. Init. viii, 89-90. 

 ' L. and P. Hen. VIII, xii, pt. i, 510. 



3 Misc. Bks. (Aug. Off.), ccix, fol. 114. 



4 Tanner MSS. ' Stowe MS. 1083. 

 ' Norw. Epis. Reg. i, 7. ' Ibid, iv, 52. 



8 Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xiv, fol. 34*. This MS. is 

 a small quarto chartulary of the abbey, covering 

 83 fols. ; it begins with papal and archiepiscopal con- 

 firmations of privileges, and includes confirmation 

 charters of Henry II, Richard I, and John. 



9 Ibid. fol. 4*. 



confirmed by Roger Bigot, earl of Norfolk, and 

 the church of St. Botolph, Culpho, 28 by William 

 de Valoines, confirmed by William de Verdun. 

 Pope Honorius III, in 1224, confirmed to the 

 abbey the four churches of Leiston, Aldringham, 

 Middleton, and Culpho, 29 and on 26 February, 

 1280, John Peckham, archbishop of Canterbury, 

 who was staying at the abbey, confirmed to the 

 canons the appropriation of the same four 30 

 churches. 



The taxation roll of 1291 gave the annual 

 value of the priory as 130 15*. "]^d. Of this 

 sum ^56 13;. \d. came from the appropriated 

 rectories, by far the largest amount (^34 135. \d.} 

 coming from the wide-spread parish of Leiston. 31 



10 Norw. Epis. Reg. iv, 52. 



11 Stowe MS. 1082, No. 62. " Ibid. No. 83. 



13 Norw. Epis. Reg. vi, 43. 



14 Ibid, vi, 170. 1S Ibid, vii, 84. 

 16 Ibid. ir Ibid, ix, 58. 

 18 Ibid, xi, 3. " Ibid. 



" Ibid. 155. " Ibid. 



" Stowe MS. No. 74. * Jessopp, Visit. 48. 



84 Ibid. 105. " Ibid. 190. 



16 L. and P. Hen. mi, xii (i), 510. 



" Nos. 44, 47, 50, 64, 70, and 72. 



28 Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xiv, fol. 45, 6<)b. 



"Add. MS. 8171, fol. 62-3. 



30 Bodl. Chart. SufF. 226. 



31 Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 116, 117*, 118, 

 u%6, 124, 124^, iz$b, 126, 126^, 127, 127^, 128, 

 1286, 129, 129^. 



117 



