A HISTORY OF DORSET 



vember, 1437, to the dean and canons of the 

 royal college of St. Stephen, Westminster,'' the 

 gift being confirmed to them in 1445,'* and again 

 on the accession of Edward IV.'' The Valor of 

 1535 gives the possessions of Frampton as still 

 held by the college, who retained them down to 

 the Reformation.*" 



Priors of Frampton 



William Humez, 1207-14.*^ 



Guimund, 1261 *" 



Robert*' 



Richard " 



Martin,** occurs 1296 and again in 1302 



James de Troarno, presented 1302*^ 



Richard de Montigney, presented 131 7, re- 

 signed 1329*' 



William de Rusca Villa, presented 1329, re- 

 signed 1335*8 



Lawrence de Sancto Brioco or Breoto, pre- 

 sented 1335,*' occurs 1345 and 1347,'" he 

 presented to the vicarage in 1363 



John Letour, collated by the bishop, 1377 *^ 



Ralph de Nubibus, collated by the bishop 

 1400" 



" Pat. 16 Hen. VI, pt. I, m. 14. 



•^ The confirmation of 1 1 July, 1445, vvas given as 

 the result of a petition of William Walesby dean, and the 

 canons of St. Stephen, setting forth that by an inqui- 

 sition held at Dorchester 1402, it was found that a 

 carucate of land within the manor had been granted 

 by Henry IV on condition that a distribution of cer- 

 tain alms should be made to ' poor men,' that the 

 carucate was valued at 44; , but that the distribution 

 had ceased previous to the inquisition and the canons 

 knew nothing of it, though the escheator continued to 

 distrain them for the value of the land, and they prayed 

 a remedy. The king in his reply stated that the 

 possessions of the priory had been granted to the 

 dean and canons in free alms and that, therefore, no 

 exaction could be made from them. Ibid. 23 Hen. VI, 

 pt. 2, m. 8. 



'' Ibid. Edvv. IV, pt. 6, m. 1, 2. 



" VabrEccl. (Rec. Com.), i, 428. 



" According to a Cole MS. he was prior here until 

 he was made abbot of Westminster in 1214 ; Dugdale, 

 Mon. vi, 1000. " Ibid, 



" This name is also given, but with no date and by 

 no authority, in Hutchins and Dugdale. 



" A seal found at Sydling in 1849 with the legend 

 S. RicarJi Prioris de Fruntmte, appears to be of thir- 

 teenth-century work ; Jourv. of Arch. Assoc, vii, 

 (1852), 162. 



'^ As authority for these dates, Hutchins gives a fine 

 paid by the prior, 25 Edw. I, and a presentation to 

 the vicarage ; Hist, of Dorset, ii, 300. 



" Sarum Epis. Reg. Simon of Ghent, ii, fol. 3 3 </. 



'" Ibid. Mortival, fol. 172. 



*' Ibid. Wyville, ii (Inst.), 40. 



"' Ibid. Wyville. 



■"' Close, 19 Edw. Ill, m. 22 </. ; 21 Edw. Ill, pt. I, 

 m. d d. 



^' Sarum Epis. Reg. Erghum, i (Inst.), fol. 15. 



" Ibid. Mitford, fol. 67 d. 



The fourteenth-century pointed oval seal of 

 Prior Richard found at Sydling, near Frampton, 

 represents the Virgin half-length, the Holy Child 

 on the left knee, in the field on the left a crescent, 

 on the right a star. In base, under a pointed 

 arch with a carved gable topped by a cross on 

 either side, the prior, half-length, in prayer." 

 Legend : — 



^ s' RICARDI PRIORIS DE FRVMTVNE. 



34. THE PRIORY OF LODERS 



This alien priory, cell to St. Mary of Monte- 

 bourg, was founded about the beginning of the 

 twelfth century in connexion with the manor 

 which Richard de Jledvers had given to the 

 Norman abbey, said to be of his foundation. 

 Henry I by charter confirmed the grant and 

 testified to Roger, bishop of Salisbury, 1107-37, 

 and Aiulf the chamberlain (sheriff of Doriet), 

 that for the souls of his father and mother, of 

 himself, his wife and children, and all his rela- 

 tions, he had granted to the abbey of Montebourg 

 and Urse its abbot that the manor of Loders, 

 which Richard de Redvers had given by his per- 

 mission, should be assessed at five hides henceforth 

 and for ever both in geld and other dues.''' 

 Baldwin, earl of Exeter, confirming the gifts of 

 his father to the abbey, which was to be wholly 

 quit of all dues to the donor and his heirs, 

 specifies the manor of Loders with all its appur- 

 tenances and the church, in Dorset, and the 

 manor, appurtenances, and church ofAxmouth, 

 in Devonshire ; '* these are included in the charter 

 of Henry II ratifying to the abbey the previous 

 gifts of the reputed founder and his family." 



Besides the church of Loders the abbot of 

 Montebourg held in Dorset before the end of the 

 twelfth century the chapel of St. Andrew of 

 Bradpole, the gift of William de Moreville ;*^ the 

 cliurch of Powerstock, the gift of Roger Arun- 

 del ; ^~' and the church of Fleet granted by Hawy- 

 sia Redvers, the sister of Earl Richard,'* the last 

 two being confirmed by Jocelin, bishop of Salis- 

 bury, in II 5 7.'' About the year 1215 the abbot 

 and convent of St. Mary, Montebourg, released 



" B.M. Seals, Ixii, 411^. 



"' Cal. Doc. Trance, 313. 



^ Ibid. 314. 



" Dugdale, Mon. vi, 1097. Among other grants 

 to the abbey by Henry II was one directing that the 

 house, which was under his protection, should enjoy all 

 such liberties and dues as it enjoyed in the time of 

 his father ; and another stating that the abbot and 

 monks should be free of toll and passage and of all dues 

 wheresoever they should go or whatever they should 

 buy, provided it should be for the use of the monks. 

 Cal. Doc. France 319. 



" Ibid. 316. 



" Chart, of Salisbury in Ttvelfth and Thirteenth Cent. 

 (Rolls Ser.), 26. 



"Ibid. 28. "Ibid. 29. 



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