RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



been directly under the head house at Clerkenwell, 

 though Stainton, which had been bestowed on 

 the order about 1140, is said to have been 

 attached to the preceptory of Beverley.* 



79. THE PRECEPTORY OF BEVERLEY 



A preceptory was established at Beverley at 

 the beginning of the 13th century, probably in 

 1 20 1, when Sybil de Beverley, second wife of 

 the third Lord Percy, gave to the Knights 

 Hospitallers the manor of Holy Trinity, east of 

 Beverley, the manor of North Burton and other 

 lands/ In 1338,* besides their house and grounds 

 at Beverley, the knights had some 350 acres at 

 Burton, 150 acres at Fitling, 120 at Walsay, 

 270 at Cleving, and about the same at Dalton. 

 The voluntary ofiFerings collected in the district 

 were reckoned at j^20, the whole issues being 

 rather over 125 marks. From this had to be 

 deducted various expenses for the exercise of 

 hospitality, as enjoined by the founders, and for 

 the support of the establishment, consisting of a 

 preceptor, Simon Fauconer, knight, and two 

 brethren, Simon Belcher, knight, and Philip 

 Ewyas, sergeant, two chaplains and clerks em- 

 ployed to collect the voluntary offerings, a 

 steward and the usual retinue of servants. The 

 clear yearly profits amounted to 60 marks. The 

 estates of the Templars' preceptory of Westerdale 

 were at a later date put under the commander, 

 or preceptor of Beverley,' and the total value of 

 the preceptory of Beverley was returned in 1535 

 as ;^i64 <)s. lod.^ John Sutton was preceptor 

 at this time,' as he had been in 1528,*" and con- 

 tinued to hold the post until the suppression of 

 the order in 1 540, when he was given a pension 

 of ^200." 



80. THE PRECEPTORY OF MOUNT 

 ST. JOHN 



Early in the reign of Henry I, William 

 Percy I gave to the Knights Hospitallers five 

 knights' fees in the neighbourhood of Feliskirk, 

 and a preceptory was founded to the honour 

 of St. Mary.^^ The advowson of the church of 



* Poulson, Beverlac, 780. Although in other parts 

 of the country the term 'commandery ' was 

 commonly used for a house of Hospitallers, in York- 

 shire ' preceptory ' is the usual form. 



* Dugdale, Mm. Angl. vi, 801. 



* Larking, op. cit. 49-51. 



' This is clear from several deeds at Kirkleatham. 



" Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 142. ' Ibid. 69. 



'» Land Rev. Misc. Bks. Ixii, fol. i. 



" L. and P. Hen. VIII, xvi, 379 (57). 



'^ Dugdale, op. cit. vi, 803. Dugdale's statement 

 (ibid. 838) that Mount St. John was given to the 

 Templars appears to be due to confusion with certain 

 grants in this district made to the Templars, whose 

 preceptory of Temple Cowton afterwards passed to 

 the Hospitallers of Mount St. John. 



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Feliskirk soon came into the hands of the Hos- 

 pitallers, whose right therein was acknowledged 

 by Robert Fossard in 1210." The church was 

 appropriated to the Hospitallers in 1279 and a 

 vicarage ordained." In 1338 the buildings at 

 Mount St. John were ruinous ; the total receipts 

 were about 87^ marks, of which ^zb came 

 from the church of Feliskirk and ^^13 6;. 8^. 

 from the voluntary offerings made in the district. 

 There was a preceptor and one confrater, both 

 of them chaplains, and the usual staff of servants. 

 By their foundation ordinances they had to main- 

 tain hospitality and to make two distributions 

 yearly to the poor, the total deductions and 

 expenses coming to 37 marks.^* In 1535 the 

 gross value of the commandery was £i27 ^^•» 

 including property in Westmorland and Northum- 

 berland, j^9 from collections made in Northum- 

 berland and ;^8 from similar collections in 

 Yorkshire; the clear value was ;^i02 135. 9^."* 



Preceptors of Mount St. John 



William de Reding i«= 



John de Thame, occurs 1338" 



Richard de Quertone, occurs 1365^* 



John Kylquyt, occurs 1415.^*" 



Thomas Pemberton, occurs 1528," 1534 ^'' 



Richard Broke, occurs 1539,^" 1540^^ 



81. THE PRECEPTORY OF NEWLAND 



The manor of Newland in Howden was 

 granted to the Knights Hospitallers by King 

 John, and a preceptory was founded there early 

 in the 13th century. During the reign of 

 Henry III the greatest benefactor of the house was 

 Roger Peytevin, lord of Altofts.^^ In 1338 the 

 manse was said to be in bad repair ; there were 

 some 300 acres of land in Newland and ' Hoton ' 

 (Howden), the voluntary offerings of the district 

 were reckoned at ;^20, and the whole issues 

 amounted to a little over 84 marks ; from this 

 had to be deducted 45^ marks for the expenses 

 of the household, consisting of the preceptor, 

 John de Wyrkelee, knight, and his confrater 

 John Molhiry, sergeant, a chaplain, a squire, and 



" Torh. Fines, John (Surt. Soc), 164. 



" Giffard's Reg. (Surt. Soc), 46-7. 



" Larking, op. cit. 1 17-18. 



'* Vahr Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 94-5. 



^^ Occurs temp. Elias de Smitheton, prior of the 

 Hospital : Torks. D. (Yorks. Rec), 193. 



" Larking, op. cit. 48. 



'' Cal. Papal Letters, iv, 15. "^ Ibid, vi, 354. 



" Land Rev. Misc. Bks. Ixii, fol. I . 



"='i. and P. Hen. Fill, vii, 1675. 



'" Ibid, xiv (2), 62. 



" Ibid, xvi, 379 (57) ; he received a pension of 

 100 marks. In 1542, Richard Broke 'of the House- 

 hold ' received a grant of the suppressed preceptory 

 of Mount St. John ; ibid, xvii, p. 697. 



'* Dugdale, op. cit. vi, 803. 



