RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



land, on the plea that he had only maintained one 

 secular chaplain and no other monk besides him- 

 self, that he had wasted the revenues and with- 

 drawn hospitality. 1 The king granted Deerhurst 

 to Tewkesbury on condition that the abbot and 

 convent should maintain a prior and four monks 

 there, the prior to be appointed and removed at 

 the will of the abbot. 1 At the same time Edward 

 took the alien priory of Goldcliff from Tewkes- 

 bury and gave it to Eton College. 1 The posses- 

 sions of Deerhurst in 1467 included the manors 

 of Deerhurst, Hawe, Wolston, Uckington, Coin 

 St. Dennis, Welford, Preston-on-Stour,and Comp- 

 ton in Gloucestershire, Taynton with La More 

 in Oxfordshire, and the rectories of Deerhurst 

 and Uckington. 4 The union of Deerhurst with 

 Tewkesbury was confirmed by Carpenter, bishop 

 of Worcester, in 1469.* The cell was surren- 

 dered as part of the possessions of the abbey of 

 Tewkesbury on 9 January, 1540.* 



PRIORS OF DEERHURST 



Baldwin, occurs 1065 7 



Stephen of Paris, instituted 1270* 



Robert of Elleboef, instituted 1272* 



Stephen de Moysiaco, instituted 1278' 



Peter de Thoriniaco, instituted 1 302 n 



Philip de Serinaco, instituted 1315," deposed 



John de Vetolio, I329, 14 recalled 1339" 

 Ralph de Ermenovilla, I339, 1 * removed 



1344" 

 Thomas Graculi, 1344," resigned or deprived 



1345" 

 John Godclli, 1 346* 



1 Cal. of Pat. 7 Edw. IV, pt. iii, m. 5 ; Wore. 

 Epis. Reg. Carpenter, ii, fol. I. It appears that 

 William Buckland had already resigned, and that the 

 abbot and convent of Tewkesbury hoped to acquire 

 Deerhurst. Buckland's resignation was accepted by 

 Bishop Carpenter, and with the consent of the proctor 

 of Tewkesbury an annual pension of 10 was assigned 

 to him on 28 September, 1466. Wore. Epis. Reg. 

 Carpenter, i, fol. 2 1 3 d. 



' Ibid, ii, 1-3. 



1 Ibid, ii, 3 ; Dugdale, op. cit. iv, 664. 



4 Wore. Epis. Reg. Carpenter, ii, 1-6. 



1 Ibid. 



' L. and P. Hen. VIII, xv, No. 1 39, iv. 



' Memorials of St. Edmund's Abbey (Rolls Ser.), ii, 3. 



Wore. Epit. Reg. G'iffard (Wore. Hist. Soc.), 37. 



9 Ibid. 49. " Ibid. 98. 



" Cal. of Pat. 30 Edw. I, m. 33. Recalled before 

 I 3 I 5/ r * mtritii, cf. Wore. Epis. Reg. Maidstone, fol. 



33'- 



" Ibid. 



u Ibid. 3 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 2. M Ibid. 



" Ibid. 12-14 Edw HI, m. 17, 'for bodily 

 weakness.' 



" Wore. Epis. Reg. Bransford, fol. 3z</. 



" Cal. Papal L. (Rolls Scr.), iii, 1 1, 1 6. 



" Cal. of Pat. 1 8 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 27. 



19 Wore. Epis. Reg. Bransford, fol. 94. 



90 Ibid. ; Cal. of Pat. 20 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 31. 



John Coci, 1349" 



Peter Cudoe, ob. 1361 M 



John de Medunta, admitted 1361 " 



Peter Pounchefichet, occurs I374, 14 A. 1375** 



Droco Garnarii, admitted 1375,** b. 1394" 



Vacant until 19 July, 1397 M 



John Todenham, admitted 1397 ** 



William Forestar, admitted 1 399 K 



Hugh de Mantyazon, admitted 1411," occurs 



1443" 

 William Buckland, 1461" 



After the union with Tewkesbury the priors 

 were appointed solely at the will of the abbot 

 and convent, and no record exists of their 

 succession. 



Robert Cheltenham, occurs 1535 14 



James Bromsgrove, occurs 1539 and I540 5 * 



1 8. THE PRIORY OF NEWENT 



About 1060 William FitzOsborn founded the 

 Benedictine monastery of Cormeilles in Nor- 

 mandy," and before the compilation of Domesday 

 Book he added largely to the endowment out of 

 his possessions in England. These included 

 the manor of Newent of five hides, the church 

 and all tithes and offerings, with the woods of 

 Yarcledon, Tedeswood, Compton, Lind, Oakley, 

 Melswick, Ongley, and all the assarts that 

 belonged to Newent, Stanling, and Boulsdon 

 with the chapel, the church of Taynton with 

 the chapel of Pauntley, the church of Dymock, 

 the tithe of his demesne, and one virgate ; the 

 vill of Kingston with appurtenances in West 

 Kingston, the tithe of his demesne and a virgate, 

 the churches of Maurdine, Kingsland, Martley, 

 Suckley, Beckford, Lidiart, with tithes of his 

 demesne, and a virgate in each place, and rents 

 in Monmouth. 37 A cell to Cormeilles was 

 established at Newent. The prior acted merely 

 as the bailiff of the abbot and convent of 

 Cormeilles, and transmitted the revenues and 

 profits of the lands and churches to the mother 

 house. 38 There is no evidence in the registers 



91 Wore. Reg. SeJe Vac. (Wore. Hist. Soc.), 237. 

 99 Wore. Epis. Reg. Brian, fol. 41 d. 

 n Ibid. 



94 Won. Reg. Sede Vac. (Wore. Hist. Soc.), 308. 

 91 Wore. Epis. Reg. Wakefield, fol. 2 d. * Ibid. 

 " Ibid. Winchcombe, fol. 1 8 d. 

 98 Ibid. " Ibid. 



90 Cal. of Pat. I Hen. IV, pt. v, m. 25. 

 11 Wore. Epis. Reg. Pcverell, fol. 37^. 

 " Dugdale, Man. iv, 666. 

 " Cal. of Pat. 2 Edw. IV, pt. i, m. 5. 

 94 Valor Ecclei. (Rec. Com.), ii, 484. 

 94 Dugdale, op. cit. ii, 57. 

 94 Dugdale, Mon. vii, 1048. 



" MS. Add. 18461 (B.M.) fol. IP. ; cf. Dugdale, op. 

 cit. vii, 1076. 

 " MS. Add. 1 846 1, /,///. 



105 



