144 HOLME PRIORY. 



The precise date of this charter cannot be proved, but it was 

 certainly anterior to the 12th of Henry II., as in that year Alured 

 de Lincoln, son of Robert, was in possession of the barony, and 

 made a return of his knight's fees for which he was assessed for 

 the great aid. 



The third charter is a confirmation by Alured, son of Robert de 

 Lincoln, of the gift of his father and Beuza, his mother, to which 

 he adds the tithe of a garden at Bradle and of his salt works in 

 Purbeck ; also the tithe of Plys (Plush, in Buckland Abbas), 

 together with his rights of common there for ten oxen, one heifer, 

 and 250 sheep feeding with the cattle of the Abbot of Glastonbury. 

 And he declares that the monks shall have the tithe of the bread, 

 meat, and fish of the buttery of himself, his heirs, and successors 

 in any way holding the lands wherever they shall be dwelling in 

 England. He also confirms to the same monks the Church of 

 Warmwell, which had been given them by his man Gunfredus and 

 Gaufridus his son. The premises were to be held subject to no 

 service besides prayers and Divine offices for the souls of the 

 ancestors and successors of Robert de Lincoln and of all faithful 

 deceased. 



The first Alured de Lincoln has been supposed to be identical 

 with one of the same name who had a great estate in Lincolnshire 

 at the Domesday survey ; but this seems very doubtful, although 

 it can hardly be questioned that both (if they were not identical) 

 were of the same family. The Dorset Alured or his successors are 

 found in possession of the greatest part, if not of the whole, of the 

 extensive barony which, at the Domesday survey, was held by the 

 widow of Hugh FitzGrip, and there are very strong grounds for 

 believing that Alured de Lincoln obtained it by marrying the 

 wealthy heiress. Robert de Lincoln, the founder of Holme Priory, 

 was conspicuous as a supporter of the Empress Matilda on the 

 breaking out of the war with King Stephen, and in 1138 he seized 

 the town and castle of Wareham in her behalf. 



It is needless to occupy space by recounting the subsequent 

 history of Holme and its Priory, because it may be found in detail 



