A HISTORY OF SURREY 



the abbot recovered 50 acres of arable land 

 and 100 acres of pasture at ' Quidhampton ' 

 near Overton in Hants.' 



A glimpse is given into the domestic 

 arrangements of the house by a licence with 

 safe conduct for a year granted in 1284 and 

 the following year by Edward I., for lay 

 brethren and men of the abbot of Waverley 

 to proceed to Yarmouth with horses and 

 carts to buy herring^ and other fish. 



In 1305 the abbot of Waverley was ap- 

 pointed with other commissioners to treat 

 with the Scots on the aflairs of Scotland.' 

 In the last year of Edward I. he was repre- 

 sented at the Parliament held at Carlisle in 

 January 1306-7 by Henry de Wynton the 

 sub-prior,* Robert de Stoke, a monk of 



» Rot. Orig. 9 Edw. III. m. 24. Various small 

 matters of passing moment arose from time to 

 time. In the reign of Edward III. no distinction 

 seems to have been made between those of the 

 Cistercian order and other ecclesiastics wrhen 

 grants of aid were made to the king. The abbot 

 of Waverley is mentioned as a collector in the 

 archdeaconry of Surrey (Close, 13 Edw. III. pt. I, 

 m. 16), and in August 1337 the sheriflF of South- 

 ampton was directed to go to the prior of St. 

 Swithin and the abbot of Waverley, who were 

 remiss in sending the money which they owed the 

 king, and in the event of their refusal to distrain 

 their goods and possessions (Close, 11 Edw. III. 

 pt. 2, m. 40). In 1339 an order was sent to the 

 keeper of the maritime lands in the county of Sussex 

 not to distrain the abbot to find two men-at-arms on 

 account of his holding in Chilgrove, the value of 

 which did not exceed \os. yearly, as it had been 

 shown that the abbot had already sent men-at- 

 arms for the safe custody of Southampton and the 

 maritime lands there to the extent of his ability 

 (ibid. 1 3 Edw. III. pt. I, m. 10). Later in that same 

 year the keeper of the maritime lands in the county 

 of Southampton was ordered to discharge the 

 abbot of Waverley of providing a man-at arms 

 at Portsmouth beyond one whom he maintained 

 there (ibid. 13 Edw. III. pt. 2, m. 13). In 1340 

 Edward III. directed his escheator to restore a plot 

 of land to the abbot and convent which had been 

 forfeited to the king in consequence of a return 

 stating that it had been appropriated by them 

 without licence, the abbot's plea that the plot was 

 of the soU of John Dabemon and not of the king, 

 and that he and his predecessors had held it from 

 time immemorial as parcel of their manor of 

 Oishott (Close, 14 Edw. III. pt. I, m. 7), having 

 been verified on an inquisition taken by the king's 

 order (Inq. a. q. d. 14 Edw. III. No. 25). Among 

 the escheats in the reign of Henry VI. was found 

 land at le \\Vke and Frith near Alton that Abbot 

 Henry had acquired without the king's licence 

 (Trq. p.m. 12 Hen. VI. No. 50). 



= Pat. 12 Edw. I. m. 2, and 13 Edw. I. m. 8. 



3 Close, 33 Edw. I. m. 13. 



« Pari. If'rits. (Rec. Com.), i. 898. 



W^averley, being sent as one of the proctors 

 of the abbot of Bindon.* By a royal 

 mandate the abbot of Waverley was directed 

 to read the Statute of Carlisle twice yearly 

 in full chapter." 



The relations of the abbey with Edward II. 

 and his successors maintained a very uniform 

 character. The abbot received a licence to 

 attend the general chapter of his order in 

 1 31 2, and to take ;^20 with him for his ex- 

 penses ; '' letters of protection were granted 

 for one year in 13 13, 13 16 and 13 17,* prob- 

 ably for the same purpose ; and again a per- 

 mit to attend the general chapter in 1331 

 was obtained from Edward III.* Edward II. 

 called on the convent for aid in money and *' 

 provisions '^ during the war with Scotland, and 

 in February 132 1-2 they were requested to 

 raise as many men-at-arms and foot-soldiers 

 as they could to march against the adherents 

 of the Earl of Lancaster, and to muster at 

 Coventry on the first Sunday in Lent.*" The 

 abbot and convent received a guarantee from 

 Edward III. that the sum of ;^io lent by 

 them for the expenses of his French expedi- 

 tion in 1 347 should be repaid at Christmas in 

 the following year,'' and a similar promise 

 was made by Richard II. in March 1378-9 

 for the sum of ;^20 lent him in like manner.'* 

 Numerous entries in the Close Rolls of 

 Edward II. show that the house at that 

 period had recourse to borrowing money 

 from lenders of various descriptions, and 

 in 1330 the abbey, which was stated 

 to be ' largely of royal foundation,' was 

 taken under the protection of the king, who 

 placed it in the custody of John de Stratford, 

 Bishop of Winchester, who was to receive all 

 rents and issues, and apply them, after reserv- 

 ing reasonable sustenance for the abbot and 

 convent, to clearing off the debts of the 

 monastery and restoring its estate.'" In addi- 

 tion to the confirmation of their charters by 

 Edward II.," the brethren took the precau- 



» Rolls of Pari. (Rec. Com.), i. 191. 



« Ibid. p. 218. The abbot of Waverley was 

 summoned to a council of the clergy held at West- 

 minster in 1294 and to Parliaments held in 1295-6, 

 1300, 1 301-2-5 {Pari. Writs [Rec. Com.] i. 897-8). 



' Close, 6 Edw. II. m. 3od. 



8 Pat. 7 Edw. II. m. 14 ; 9 Edw. II. m. 4 ; 

 II Edw. II. pt. i, m. 22. 



» Ibid. 5 Edw. III. pt. ii, m. 27. 



1" Pari. Writs (Rec. Com.), ii. div. 3, 1593. 



" Close, 3 Edw. II. m. 5d 



" Ibid. 15 Edw. II. m. i/d. 



" Pat. 21 Edw. III. pt. ii, m. 23. 



i« Ibid. 2 Ric. II. pt. ii, m. 27-8. 



« Ibid. 4 Edw. III. pt. ii, m. 23. 



" Ibid. II Edw. II. pt. ii, m. 36. 



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