INDEX CHIEFLY OF PERSONS AND PLACES
Reading edition
Abbots Bromley, 59, 77, 79, 81, 84, 86, 90
Abingdon, Nicholas, Abbot of Burton, 89
Acton Trussell, 116
Admaston, 116
Akers, Henry, 123
Albrighton, 93
Alcock, Bishop of Ely, 19
Aldelem, Aldelegh, 68, 104, 117
Aldington (Kent), 183
Aldred, Archbishop, 9
Alenn, Elizabeth, 198
Aleynn, John, 103
Alfrike, Archbishop, 90
Algar, 9
Alien Priories, 19, 28, 31
Allen, Thomas, Abbot of Hulton, 195
Allestree, Allstrye, 69, 70, 79, 86, 89, 90, 149
Alms, 1, 3, 60, 86, 89, 90, 111, 128, 207
Almo, John, 168, 222
Alton (Staffs.), 13, 62, 63, 68, 96, 97, 98, 99, 110, 130
—— Thomas, Prior of Ronton, 112
Amerton, 116
Amyas, Robert, 21
Andrasia, 79
Anglesey, Marquis of, 201
Annates Bill, 43, 44
Anselm Spot, 90
Anslow, 77, 81, 86, 119
Apeton, 112, 114, 115, 117
Appeals to Rome, Act in restraint of, 44
Appleby, 90
Appropriations, 2, 3, 15, 117, 118
Ap Rice, 137
Apultre, 127
Arberton Grange, 115, 116, 181
Archdeacon, 70, 71, 98, 103, 108, 111, 117, 120, 123, 128, 199
Arnold, Richard, 167, 191
Arnulph, Feast of St., 100
Ashbourne, 98, 99, 116, 122
Assarting, 112
Aslebury, 104
Asten, Robert, 107
Astley, Thomas, 113
Aston, 112, 114, 119, 120, 121
—— Sir Edward, 25, 120, 203
Atkyn, James, 147
Audlem, 148
Audley, 68, 108
Audley, George, 54
—— Henry de, founder of Hulton Abbey, 14
—— Lord, 102
—— Sir Thomas (Chancellor), 60, 75, 83, 91
Augmentations, Court of, 56, 139, 144, 145, 147, 163, 171, 176
Aunay, 13, 97
Austin Canons, 10, 11;
Staffs. houses, 10, 30;
Wolsey’s regulations, 22
—— Friars. See Friars
Bachaker, 112
Bache, 204
Bacon, Richard, 10
Bageley, Robert, 190, 239, 242
Bagford, 103
—— Thomas, 204
Bagley, William, 117, 204
Bagnall, William, 169
Bagot, John, 88, 89
—— Thomas, 77, 116
Bagott, Stephen, 170, 257
Baguley, Thomas, 172, 190, 232
Baker, Hugh, 117, 204
—— Robert, 204
Bannebury, Thomas de, 80
Bannockburn, 96
Bar, Magna and Parva, 23
Barkley, 123
Barleston, 68, 123, 124
Barley, Hugh, 90
Barnes, Randall, 190
Bassett, Francis, 127, 158, 159, 160, 169, 176, 255
—— William, 36, 54, 55, 110, 158, 168, 264, 265, 266
Beauchief, 205
Beaulieu, 13 n.
Bech, Beche, 204, 233
Beche, William, 168, 196, 222
Becket, Archbishop, 10, 39
Bednall, 116
Belfeld, John, 87
Benedictines, 12, 14, 87
Bennett, Henry, 190
Bentley Park, 77
Berkswick, 58, 68, 117, 120, 181
Berreston, 195
Beyne, Abbot of Burton, 17, 81, 89
Bible, 95, 201
Biddulph, 6, 210
Billington, 112, 113
Billysdon, John de, Abbot of Croxden, 95
Biscopham, 102
Bitterstone, 24
Black Death, 32, 72, 96, 109
Blackmore, 93
Blithburgh, 23 note
Blithbury, 23 note, 94
Blithfield, 69, 79, 111
Blore Park, 143
Blount or Blunt, Edward, 62, 105, 106
—— John, 98
—— George, 141
—— Walter, 54
Blurton, 122, 124
Blythe, Geoffrey, Bishop of Lichfield, 26, 27, 30, 35, 42, 112
Boleyn, Anne, 43, 44
Bolton, Edmond, 190
Bond, William, 168
Bonye, Peter, 197
Boston, William, Abbot of Burton and afterwards of Westminster, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 74, 83
Bothe, John, 157, 175
Boudon, William, 172, 190, 232
Boughey, George, 117, 233
Boyston, Thomas, 90
Brabazon, William, 24, 36, and note,, 37
Bradborne, 124
Bradley, 68, 93, 110, 111
Bradnop, 107, 108
Bradshawe, Robert, 177
Bradwall, or Bradwell, Laurence, 123
—— —— John, 193
—— —— Thomas, Prior of Trentham, 122, 193, 195
Brailsford, 127
Branstone, 77, 86, 90
—— William, Abbot of Burton, 81
Brazenose College, 20
Bredehurst, Henry, 123
Brenn’, Hugh, 117
Brewood, Cistercian Nunnery, 92, 141, 209
—— Benedictine Nunnery, 14, 18, 62, 64, 67, 71, 92–4, 203, 204;
Dissolution, 138, 162, 171, 172, 175, 176, 178, 179, 189, 198, 199. App. iii
See Prioress Isabel Launder
Bridgnorth, 108
Brocke, or Brooke, Dr., 177, 191
Brodsha, Thomas, 155
Broke, Mr., 130, 156
—— St. Mary, 138
Broley, Nicholas, 167
Brome, 92, 93
Bromley Hurst, 77, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 130
Browne, Robert, 117
Brucheford, 112, 114
Brugge, William del, 101
Brykylbake, John, 168
Buckinghamshire, 7
Buildwas Abbey, 205
Bulle, Roger, 191
Burbank, William, 23, 25
Burchard, 9
Burdeslyme, 108
Burgh, Hubert de, 39
—— Robert, 103, 242
Burgoyn(e) Robert, 145, 163, 165, 175
Burnet, Archbishop Gilbert, quoted, 2, 4
Burston, 120, 121
Burton-on-Trent, 69, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 90, 177, 196
—— Abbey, 7, 8, 14, 17, 18, 30, 43, 47, 60, 74, 80, 81, 86, 95, 96, 98, 106, 129, 130, 131, 139, 149, 150, 157, 176, 201, 207
Annals, 9, 74 and note, 200
Cook, 81
Library, 200. App. xiv
Manor Court, 84
In Valor Ecclesiasticus, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77, 79, 86, 129, 179
Dissolution, 160, 177, 203
College, 177, 191. App. xii, xiii
Pensions, 190, 191
See Abbots Abingdon, Beyne, Boston, Branstone, Edie, Felde, Geoffrey, Nicholas, Packington, Richard, and Sudbury
—— Grammar School, 81, 177
Burton Overy, 98
Burwey, Nicholas, 177
Bushbury, 58, 68, 116, 117, 120
Butler, Thomas, 102
Byddel, 68, 108
Bykerton, John, 190
Byssheton, 116
Byveley, 103
Cade, or Keydr, Robert, 168, 196, 222
Calder, 100
Calton, 98, 100, 128
Calwich Priory, 8, 10, 18, 30, 31, 32
Dissolution, 30, 33–41, 42, 44, 45, 139, 189, 198
See Dr. Pole
Cambryngham, 68, 107, 108, 204
Cannock Chase, 12, 15, 114
Canwell Priory, 11, 18, 22
Dissolution, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30
Cariswell, 68, 113, 117
Carte, Reginald, 113
Carter, John, 191
Casterne, 98
Cauldon, 69, 79, 84, 98, 99, 100, 130, 177
Cauldwell, 84, 90
Cavendish, William, 140, 162, 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 197
Caythorpe, 100
Cellarer, 101
Cells, 31, 139
Chad, St., 137, 159
Chaldon, 122, 123, 124
Chamberlain, Abbot’s, 103
Chantries, 15, 63, 69, 70, 86, 109, 111
Chard, Thomas, Abbot of Forde, 50, 99
Charity, Monastic, 1, 3, 60, 86, 89, 90, 111, 128, 207
Charnels, Walter, 90, 258
Chawner, or Chalner, Thomas, Abbot of Croxden, 97, 145, 168, 222
Cheadle, 95, 97, 98
Checkley, 98, 120
Cheddleton, 103
Cherinton, Robert, 190
Chester, 35, 102, 103, 205
—— Earls, of, 9, 14, 121
Chetwen, Chetwynd, Philip, 117, 233, 235
——, —— William, 98, 116, 123, 203
Chichele, Archbishop, 19
Chillington, 93
Chirton Cestria, 103
Church Broughton, 68, 127, 128
Churches, Parish, and Monasteries.
See Appropriations
Churchill, 105
Churnet, river, 100
Chyltrenhall Prebend, 113
Cistercians, 11, 12, 67, 71, 94, 192
—— Reformator of, 50, 99, 192
Citeaux, 94
Clanford, 112, 114
Clarke, Robert, 168, 196, 222
Clayborough, Dr., 28 and note
Clement VII, Pope, 23, 43
Cleyton Gryffin, 122, 123, 124
Cleyton, Rose, 116
Clifton, John, 23
Clinton, Bishop of Lichfield, 10, 27
—— Geoffrey de, 13
Clownholme, Le Clownams, 110
Cluniac Houses in Staffordshire, 11, 22
Cocke, James, 117
Coke, John, 62, 105, 106, 194, 264
Cokenage, 122, 124
Cokysland, 112, 114
Colet, Dean of St. Paul’s, 26
Colman William, 166, 252, 253
Collingwood, 77
Colton, 116
Colyer, James, 147
Combermere Abbey, 103, 205
Combridge, 110
Comperta, 137
Convocation, 30, 42, 43, 55, 87
Coots, 107, 109
Coppenhall, 120, 121
Corbet, Ranold, 168, 223
Corbet, Roger, 93
Corden, John, 103, 194
Corke, Ralf, 168
Cornwall, 7
Corpus Christi, 90, 128
Corrodies, 15 and note, 16, 21, 60, 62, 76, 80, 86, 87, 90, 96, 110, 118, 122, 123, 125, 203
Corveysor, Richard, 197
Coston, 23
Coton, 115, 117
Cotton, 114
—— Humphrey, 191
Courtenay, Thurston, 128
Courts of the Manor, 77, 85, 90, 102, 103, 104, 109, 111, 115, 116, 120, 121, 124, 127, 131
Coventry, 108, 117, 120, 129
Cowley, 113, 114
Crakemarsh Grange, 100
Cranmer, Archbishop, 47, 83, 159, 160, 169, 176
Cromwell, Thomas: concerned in Wolsey’s Dissolutions, 23, 25, 29;
and Calwich, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40,
and Appointments to Monasteries 43, 44, 45, 74, 126, 205
and Tenths, 54, 57
Dissolution of Monasteries, 52, 133, 134, 137, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 157, 160, 161, 171, 175, 176
Crosse, William, 190
—— Thomas, 116
Croxden Abbey, 8, 13, 17, 18, 30, 42, 50, 51, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 94–100, 102, 110, 116, 130, 131, 192, 201, 202, 203
Chronicle, 94–6, 200
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 97–9, 179
Dissolution, 138, 145, 163, 168, 169, 176, 186, 199, 203. App. ii and ix
License to continue, App. i
Pensions, 190, 195, 196
See Abbots Billysdon, Chawner, Howton, John of London, and William de Over.
Cumberland, 7
Cunningham, Dr., quoted, 81, note
Curson, 36, 38
Dalbury, 124
Damport (or Davenport) William, 103, 173, 194 and note, 195, 242, 243
Darlastone, 77, 119, 120, 121
Daun, Richard, 103
Dave, George, 168
Dawley, 93
Day, Richard, 196
Dayne, John, 168
Demesne, 77, 98, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 119, 121, 122, 124, 127, 128, 142
Denstone, 100, 110, 111
Derby, 81, 84, 98, 111, 128, 130
—— Lord Edward, 103, 162, 170, 174, 193, 203, 204, 205, 237, 241, 242
Derbyshire, 7
Dieulacres Abbey, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 30, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 95, 107, 131, 139, 148, 180, 183, 184, 185, 186, 197, 201, 207
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 102, 103, 179, 204
Dissolution, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174 and note, 175, 187, 193, 199, 203, 204, App. ix
Pensions, 190, 195, 196
See Abbots Goodfellow, Whitmore, and Whitney
Dijon, 94
Doddington, 114
Domesday Book, 75
Dorynton, Dorrington Robert, 165, 201, 246, 247, 249
Dove, River, 167
Dover, Bishop of. See Ingworth
Doveridge, 68, 98, 127, 128
Doveridge Holt, 127
Draycott, 130
—— Edmund de, 101
—— or Dreycote, Philip, 107, 203, 204, 264, 265, 266
Drayngton, 116
Drayton, 24, 115, 117
—— Edmund de, 101
Duddlestone, 105
Dudley, 23, 59, 105, 106
—— Prebendary Arthur, 159
—— Lord Edward, 25
—— Priory, 6, 11, 18, 30, 58, 59, 62, 64, 67, 70, 71, 92, 139, 202
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 104–6, 179
Dissolution, 194, 199, 203
See Prior John Webley
Dudley, Sir John, 6, 105, 116, 194
Duffield, 127
Dulverne, 113
—— Richard de, Prior of Trentham, 122
Duranstrope, 116
Durham (County), 7
Dutton, Sir Piers, 46 and note
Easter Communion, 11, 110, 111
East Molesey, 39
Eccleshall, 112, 113
Edelston, 128
Edensor (Derbyshire), 68, 110, 111
Edensore, Edward, 90
Edie, William, Abbot of Burton, 47, 82, 137, 149, 177, 191
Ednaston, 127
Educational work of Monasteries, 3, 17, 86
Edulneston, 127
Edward I, 16, 109, 118
—— II, 16, 80, 96, 106, 122
—— III, 15, 17, 76, 80
Edwin and Morcar, 9
Egerton, Richard, 116
Elford, 24
Elizabeth, Queen, 41, 45, 174 and note
Elkeston, 122, 123, 195
Ellaston (“Glaston”), 31, 34, 98 and note, 100, 110, 130, 198
Ellenhall, Elynhall, 112, 114, 195
Ellerton, 112
Erdeswick, Sampson, quoted 41, 195
Essex, William, 113
Esteleke, 128
Esyng, 103, 104
Etheldred, King, 90
Everest, Robert, 149
Fairs, 17, 190
Fairwell Nunnery, 14, 18, 27, 28
Fanne, Thomas, 166, 255
Farysley, 24
Feccham, 23
Felde, Thomas de, Abbot of Burton, 17, 89
Fenny Compton, 123
Fenton, 127
Ferny, George, 190
Ferrers, Henry de, Founder of Tutbury, 9, 129
Ferrers, Earl, 116, 117, 194, 203, 235
—— Robert de, 115
Field, 77, 88, 102
Fillingham, 107, 109
Findern, 79, 191
First Fruits, Bill for, 52
Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 19
Fitzherberts, 38, 40, 70, 168
Flashbrook, 112
Fleet Prison, 41
Fleetwood, John, 40, 41
Forde, Prior of, 50, 51, 191, 192
Foresters, 103, 194, 204
Forest Laws, 15, 114
Forman, John, 169
Fort, Thomas, Prior of Stone, 20, 119
Foston, 110
French Wars. See “100 Years’ War”
Friars, 14, 52, 129, 150, 151, 157, 183, 185, 211
Frideswide’s, St., Oxford, 22
Frith, le, 103, 104, 195
Frodswell, 115, 117
Froude, J. A., quoted, 1, 183
Fulford, 121
Fulling Mills, 15, 111, 121, 130
Furnivalls, 96
Fyndern, 36, 38, 90
Fyssher, William, 191
Fyton, Sir Thomas, 119
Gaddesby, 123
Gairdner, Dr., quoted 2, 139 note
Gallows, 100
Gasquet, Dr., quoted 2, 139 note
Gaunt, Robert, 128
Geoffrey, Abbot of Burton, 200
Geyton, 68, 117
Giffard, Mr., 175
Gifford (or Gyfford), John, 6, 25, 36, 54, 55, 93, 113
——, —— Thomas, 54, 55, 116, 225, 227
Glaston = Ellaston, q.v.
Glebe, 67, 68, 79, 102, 117, 124
Gloucester College, Oxford, 87
Gnosall, 112, 113
Goodcole, John, 191
Goodfellow, John, Abbot of Dieulacres, 101
Goodrich, Richard, 177, App. xii
Gordon, John, 103
—— Richard, 190
Gorton, Dan Richard, 83
Gostree, 104
Gostwick, John, Treasurer of First Fruits, 40
Grafton, George, 168
—— William, Abbot of Rocester, 109, 168, 193, 195
Great Gate, 100, 195
—— Meadow, 110
Green, J. R., quoted, 2
Grenburgh, 68, 113, 114
Grene, Alexander, 151
Gresley, George, 54, 55, 116
—— Nicholas, 35
—— Thomas, 149
—— Thomas de, 87
Greswike, Sampson, 147
Grindley, 116
Grindon, 69, 79
Grosvenor, John, 54, 55
—— Richard, 103, 242
Gynne, Richard, 123
Hadford, 103
Halghton, 112
Halywell, 109
Hampton, 94
—— Court, 28
Hamstall Ridware, 69, 79
Hanchurch, 122, 124
Hanyate, 116
Harborne, 23
Harcourt, Harecourt, John, 113, 203
——, —— Robert, 195
——, —— Richard, 39
——, —— Simon, 140, 141, 142, 144
Hargreaves, Henry, 197
—— Laurence, 197
Harmon, Bishop of Exeter, 26
Harvey Richard, 172, 190, 232
—— William, 117
Hartshorne, 98
Hastings, Lord, 142, 160
Hatton, 128
Haughmond Abbey, 10, 112, 113
Heathhouse Grange, 112, 114
Heath Mill, 197
Heith, Richard, 158
Heithcott, Robert, 191
Hendon, Thomas, 168, 222
Hennege, Thomas, 171
Henry I, 13
—— II, 13
—— III, 14, 94, 109, 118
—— IV, 87, 88, 115, 125
—— V, 19
—— VI, 17, 109
—— VIII, 16, 19, 21, 26, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, 50, 55, 80, 99, 122, 130, 134
Henyngton, 94
Herefordshire, 7
Heron, John, 191
Heth, Roland, 127, 195
Hether, William, 191
Hevedale, 112, 114
Hevehall, 112, 113
Heyton, 103, 104
Higdon, John, Dean of Cardinal’s College, 24, 25
Hilderstone, 120, 121
Hilton, Hylton, Roger, 167, 195
Hodgetts, 159
Hoggson, John, 113
Hognaston, 110
Holcroft, Mr., 149
Hollington, Holington, 127, 128
Holond, Holland, Otto, 116, 117
Holte, Thomas, 54
Hopton, 116
Hornington, 77
Hospitality, 1, 16, 118
Horsbrook, 92 and note
Horton, 103
Howton, Abbot of Croxden, 94
Hulme, 104
Hulton, 130
Hulton Abbey, 6, 14, 18, 30, 59, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 95, 98, 106–9, 124, 130, 131, 196
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 107, 108, 179, 204
Dissolution, 138, 145, 163, 169, 171, 186, 199, 203. App. xi
Pensions, 195
See Abbots Allen, John, and Wilkyns
Hulton Manor, 107, 108
Hunchedial, 100
Hundred Years’ War, 72, 96, 124
Huntingdon, George, Earl of, 90, 193, 203
—— Francis, Earl of, 193
Hyll, William, 127
Hyns, 24
Ilam, 69, 79, 86, 101
Images, 158
Indulgences, 31
Ingworth, Bishop of Dover, 130, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 175, 184
Injunctions, 135
Insolvency of Monasteries, 96, 184, 187
Ironmonger, Thomas, 123
Isabella, Queen, 76
Jermy, John, 191
Jerusalem, Knights of St. John of, 53 and note, 116, 124
Jews, 15
John, Abbot of Hulton, 106
Katherine of Aragon, 43
Keele, 15, 19
Kelyng, John, 112, 113
—— Thomas, 168, 222
Kenilworth Abbey, 10, 30, 32, 40, 118, 119, 120
Kent (County), 7, 57
Keydr (or Cade), Robert, 168, 196, 222
Kidderminster, 93
Kirk Broughton. See Church Broughton
Knighton, 112, 113
Knutsford, 103
Kybbulston, 122, 123, 124
Kyngeley, 111
Kynston, 68, 110
Labourers, Statute of, 88
Lambert, John, 90, 271
Lamp, Endowment of, 69, 86, 89
Lancashire, 7, 102
Lancaster, Earls of, 95, 121, 124, 125
Lane, Richard, 127
Langley, 98, 128
Langton, Archbishop, 14
Lapley Priory, 9, 118
Suppression of, 19
—— Rural Deanery of, 55, 61, 63
Lateran Council, 67
Latimer, Bishop, 150
Launde Stockton, 112
Launder, Isabel, 92, 189, 195, 227, 228
Laundresses, 178
Lavynden, Richard de, Prior of Trentham, 121
Layton, Dr. Richard, 133, 134, 136, 138, 158, 201, 224
Leases, 72
Lee, 116
—— Roland, Bishop of Lichfield, 33, 43, 44, 45, 47, 52, 54, 57, 60, 126, 142, 143, 145, 148, 152, 157, 160, 161, 162, 170, 172, 185, 229, 234
Leek, 8, 14, 62, 63, 68, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 172, 196, 204
Lees, Thomas, 107
Lees, 15, 109
Legh, Geoffrey, 195
—— Dr. Thomas, 133, 134, 136, 138, 158, 160, 162, 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 193, 197, 224
Leicester, Archdeacon of, 98
Leicestershire, 99, 113, 123, 128
Leigh, 69, 77, 79
Lenton, 149
Leo X, Pope, 22
Lepers, 14
Leveson (Loveson, Luson), John, 6, 164, 165, 210, 246, 247, 249, 251
Liber Regis, 83, 200, 201
Libraries, Monastic, 95, 200, 201
Lichfield, 8, 14, 16, 27, 28, 36, 47, 59, 116, 134, 136, 137, 151, 155, 196
—— Bishop, 62, 63, 70, 71, 86, 92, 106, 108, 113, 115, 116, 117, 120, 123, 124, 127, 185, 199, 229
—— Cathedral, 27, 62, 63, 70, 86, 111, 120, 137, 159
—— Dean and Chapter, 28, 62, 70, 71, 86, 108, 117, 120, 128, 185, 236
—— Grey Friars, 14, 18, 150, 151, 163, 166, 184, 199, 209. App. vii
—— Michael de, 95
See Bishops Blythe, Clinton, Lee, Limesey, Longsword, Norbury, Peche, Smythe, Stretton.
Lights, Endowment of, 15, 69, 86, 89
Lilleshall Abbey, 205
Limesey, Bishop of Lichfield, 10
Lincoln, 107, 108, 109
Lincolnshire, 7, 107
Littleover, 79
Littleton, Edward, 25, 54, 55, 90, 235
—— Mr., 171
Lisle, Lord, 24
Loke, Thomas, 190
London, 7, 52, 84, 98, 100, 169, 177
—— John of, Abbot of Croxden, 95
Longford, 98
—— Ralf, 33, 36, 37, 38, 40;
Junr., 41
Longnor, 103
Longsword (Longespee), de Meulan (or Meyland), Bishop of Lichfield, 118
Longton, 102, 122, 123, 124
Lont, Thomas, 151
Loughtonhouse, John, 168
Lowe, 103, 104
Lupton, John, 23
Lymforde, John, 155
Lyttleton, Mr., 160
Macclesfield, Earl of, 201
Madeley, 121
Maintenance, 38, 101
Mainwaring, Ralf, 90
Manor Courts, 77, 85, 90, 102, 103, 104, 109, 111, 115, 116, 120, 121, 124, 127, 131, 205
Marchington, 116
Markets, 17
Marshalsea, 101
Marston, 68, 127, 128
Master, Richard, 183
Matherfield, 68, 127, 128
Matilda, Empress, 12, 121
Mere, Meyre, 68, 115, 117, 122, 124
Merivale, 176
Merton Priory, 39, 40
>Meverell, Arthur, Prior of Tutbury, 125, 126, 145, 167, 191
—— Humfry, 127
Meynell, Henry, 90
Meyre, Richard, 168, 196, 222
Mickleover, 69, 79, 81, 86, 90
Middlesex, 7
Middlewick, 98, 102, 103, 104, 194
Mills, Fulling, 15, 111, 121, 130
—— Water, 77, 84, 99, 104, 108, 113, 114, 115, 122, 123, 124, 127, 130
Milwich, 6, 68, 113, 120, 121
Misterton, 98
Modwen’s, St., Chapel, 69, 79
——, — Image, 158, 176
Monasticon, quoted 91;
Chap. VI, passim
Monmouthshire, 7
Montacute Priory, 50
Moore, Robert, 191
Morality of Religious, 72, 184
Morcar, 9
More, 108, 130
—— Sir Thomas, 47, 48, 52, 133
Moreton, John, 54, 57
—— Thomas, 120, 191, 227
Morley, Richard, 90
Moseley, John, 191
—— Richard, 191
Motesset, Rauffe, 190
Mountjoy, Lord, 98, 124
Mountstrell, 98
Mulneston, 127, 130
Musden Grange, 98, 99, 100, 176
Myfford, Meyford, 121, 124
Mylward, Henry, 127
Myxton Heyes, 108
Nakerer, John le, 76
Nantwich, 114
Nativi, 83, 85
Needham, John, 111
Needwood Forest, 127
Newbalt, Newbold, 103, 104
Newcastle-under-Lyme, 14, 112, 123, 124
—— Dominican Friary, 5, 14, 18, 129, 130, 150, 155, 156, 157, 175, 199, 211
—— Rural Deanery, 62, 63
New Learning, 20, 29, 72
Newport (Salop), 113, 114
Newstead, 122, 124
Newton, 116
—— John, 87
Nicholas, Abbot of Burton, 17, 81
—— IV’s Taxatio, 131
Nigel, Fitz, 10, 30, 35
Norbury, 70, 127
—— Bishop of Lichfield, 11, 16, 27, 109, 110, 112, 118, 125
Noel, Fitz, 10
Norbrook, 102
Normacot, 107, 130
North, Sir Edward, 271
Northfield, 105
Northumberland, 7
Northwich, 108
Norton (Leics.), 68, 97
Norton, East, 100
—— Thomas, 167
Norwich, Diocese, 53
Nunneries, 14, 92, 192
Oaken, Oken, 98, 99
Oblations, 79
Offley, 112, 114
Okeover, Oker, 35, 37, 77, 109, 177
Oldall Grange, 114
Olton, 116
Omburn, 104, 106
Oncott, 98
Orpe, John, 168, 195, 196, 222
Orslow, 112, 114
Orton, Walter, 168, 223
Osmaston, Osmonston, 127
Over, William de, Abbot of Croxden, 95, 201
Overton, 127
Oxford, St. Bernard’s College (now St. John’s), 50
Brazenose College, 20
Cardinal’s College, 22, 24, 26
See Higdon, John
Gloucester College (now Worcester), 87
New College, 201, 205
Trinity College, 140
Packington, 24
—— Thomas, Abbot of Burton, 85
Paganel, Gervase, Baron of Dudley, 11
“Palfrey Money,” 127
Paper Surveys, 110, 113
Parliament, “Reformation,” 30, 44, 47, 137
Parry, William, 117
Particulars for Grants, 5
Peche, Bishop of Lichfield, 10
Peckham, Archbishop, 16
Penford, 115, 116, 117
Penford, John, 93
Penkridge, 113
Pensions to Religious, 26, 79, 178, 189–91, 198
—— — Lay Inmates, 193, 194
Penulton, 115, 116
Peter-sur-Dive, St., 9, 124, 125
Picto, Thomas, 164, 165, 166, 251
Pigs as Rent, 128
Pilgrimage of Grace, 146, 211
Pillatonhall, 77
Pipstoke (or Pykstoke), William, 172, 190, 232
Pitt, Thomas, 93
Plante, William, 5
Pole, Dr., 33, 39, 45, 46, 189, 212 note
—— Henry, 111, 127
—— John, 191
—— Reginald (Cardinal), 22
Polesworth Abbey, 85
Pope, Sir Thomas, 140
Pothlac, 86, 90
Pottery Works, 131
Præmunire, 42, 53, 55
Pratye, John, 197
Prince, John, 127
Prowdluffe, William, 190
Pulford, 103
Pulton, Poulton, 100, 103, 104, 173, 174 and note
Puttels, 98, 100
Quickshill, 110, 111
Quinton, 116
Quytgrave, Robert, 129
Radford, 14
Radmore, 12
Ralf, Baron of Stafford, 14
Ratclyffe, Alexander, 116, 117
—— Laurence, 107
Rathbone, Hugh, 147
Rede, William, 107
Reformator of Cistercians, 50, 62, 99, 192
Revival of Learning. See New Learning
Renez (or Raynard), Thomas, 167, 191
Repton Priory, 84
Rheims, 9, 118
Riche, Sir Richard, Solicitor-General, Chancellor of Augmentations, 140, 163, 165
Richard, Abbot of Burton, 81
Richard II, 16, 96
Richmond, Archdeaconry, 53
—— Duke of, 16, 21
Ridding, 100
Ridel, Justice Geoffrey, his widow, 11
Robynson, Robert, 191
Rocester, 68, 94, 109, 110, 130, 193
—— “Abbey,” 5, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 30, 34, 36, 58, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 98, 102, 109–12, 130, 202, 207
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 110–11, 179
Dissolution, 138, 145, 163, 167, 169 and note, 171, 186, 193, 199, 203. App. x.
Pensions, 190, 195, 196
See Abbot William Grafton
Rogers, Thorold, quoted 4, 5
Rolleston, 87
—— Thomas, 168, 222
Ronton, 112, 113, 114, 130
—— Priory, 10, 18, 26, 30, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 107, 112–14, 116, 131, 195, 201
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 112–13, 179
Dissolution, 138, 140, 144, 145, 203
Pensions, 195
See Prior Thomas Alton
Roses, Wars of, 72, 97
Rokyn, Roland, 23
Rossall, 103, 104
Rothwell, Henry, 168, 222
Rowley, 153
Rudde, John, 191
Rudheth, 103
Rugeley, 14
Rushton Grange, 6, 108, 210
Russell, William, 117
—— Thomas, 153
Rutland, 7, 138
Rycerdysctote, 116
Ryve, Robert, 166, 252
Sacheverell, Henry, 35, 37
Salisbury, John of, 71
Sallow, 69, 86, 89
Salt, 116
—— Houses, 116
—— Pans, 15, 102, 103, 114, 130, 131
Salve Regina, 94
Sandbach, 68, 102, 104
Sandon, 195
Sandwell Priory, 18, 30
Dissolution, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 87
Savage, John, 153
Scudamore, John, 140, 143, 145, 162, 163, 165, 169 and note, 171, 175, 177, 195, 199, 202, App. vi, vii, viii, ix, x, xi, xii, xiii
—— Philip, 258
—— William, 267 and note
Sedgeley, 105, 106
Seggewik, John, 87
Seighford, Seightford, 68, 112, 113, 114
Seney (or Sinai) Park, 77, 82
Sepulchre, Holy, Friars of the, 14
Shardycote, 94, 116
Shebridge, 120, 121, 124
Sheffield, Robert, 123
Shefford, 118
Sheldon, Mr., 202, 203
Shele, Thomas, 167
Shene, Prior of, 26, 119
—— 177
Shepey, 113
Shepherd, Thomas, 88
Sheriff’s Aids, 90, 127
Shirley, 128
Shobnall Grange, 77, 82, 84
Shrewsbury, 115, 155, 157
—— Abbey, 102, 205
—— Francis, Earl of, 5
—— George Talbot, Earl of, (Lord Steward), 33, 35, 36, 98, 110, 125, 127, 143, 203, 205
Shropshire, 7
Skrymsher, Thomas, 39
Smith, John, 90
—— Thomas, 167
—— William, Prior of Stone, 119, 142, 143, 144, 147, 148
Smyth, Richard, 155
—— Thomas, 191
Smythe, William, Bishop of Lichfield, 20, 119
—— John, 5
Snape, John, 168
Sneyd, 108
Solubriensis Episcopus, 50
Somersall, 111, 127
Somerset, 7
Southwell, 136
Speed, quoted 2, 4
Speenhamland, 96
Spot, Wulfric, 8, 89
Stafford, 8, 14, 98, 103, 111, 113, 116, 117, 120, 121, 128, 153
Stafford, Austin Friars, 14, 18, 129, 142, 146, 150, 152, 153, 154, 156, 163, 164, 165, 166, 199, 201, 209, 211. App. vi.
—— Grey Friars, 14, 17, 18, 129, 150, 152, 153, 154, 156, 163, 164, 165, 184, 186, 192, 199, 201, 209, 211. App. v
—— St. John’s Hospital, 116
—— St. Thomas’s Priory, 10, 15, 17, 18, 30, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 107, 114–8, 130, 131, 148, 176, 181, 182, 184, 202
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 115–7, 120, 179
Dissolution, 138, 142, 145, 160, 161, 170, 171, 172, 175, 186, 187, 199, 203, 204. App. iv
Pensions, 189, 190
See Prior Richard Whytwell
—— Abbot of Burton, 69, 89
—— Brother John (of Coventry), 129
—— Henry, Lord, 113, 120, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146
—— Robert de, founder of Stone, 9
——, Robert, 167, 191
Staffordshire Religious Houses, Characteristics of, 18, 19
Stallington, 120, 121
Stamford, 98
—— William, 153
Standlaw, John, 168, 222
Stanton, 110
Stapenhill, 69, 79, 86, 87, 90, 191
Stapleton, Thomas, 117, 204
—— William, 172, 190, 204, 232
Stephen, King, 10, 11, 12, 121
Stock, Monastic, 93, 173, 181
Stoke, 108, 120, 121
Stone, 68, 118, 120, 121, 130
—— Rural Deanery, 62, 63
—— Priory, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, 30, 58, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 107, 116, 118–21, 130, 131, 201
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 119–20, 179
Dissolution, 138, 142, 144, 145, 147, 148, 203
Pensions, 195
See Priors Fort and William Smith
Stoneleigh, 12
Stowe, 68, 108, 117
Stratford Priory (Essex), 95
Stretaye, Edmund, 168, 223
Strete, Richard, Archbishop of Salop (and Derby), 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 44, 45, 46, 128, 161, 198, 252
Stretton, 77
—— Bishop of Lichfield, 27, 32
Stubbs, Bishop, quoted 6, 50 note
“Submission of the Clergy,” 43
Succession, Act and Oath of, 47, 52
Sudbury, 128
—— John, Abbot of Burton, 87, 88, 89
Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of, 6, 93, 210
Sutcote, Mr., 209
Sutton, 123, 124
—— Richard, 107, 203, 204
—— William, 191
“Supreme Head,” 42, 48, 53, 146, 219, 220
Swinscoe, 110, 111
Swynneshed, 116
Swynneston, 120
Swythamley, 193
Symon, William, 191
Symson, Simson, Christopher, 172, 190, 232
Tachbrook, 39
Talbot, Sir John, 54, 55
Tamworth, 24, 62, 63
Tanneries, 131
Taverner Margery, 88
—— Nicholas, 88
Templars, Knights, 15, 19, 28
Tentisworth, 103, 104
Teyte, Nicholas, 90
Thomas, Prior of Trentham, 122
Thoreby, 103
Thornley, 102
Thornton, John, 168, 196, 222, 233
Thorpe (Lincs.), 69
Tickford, 26
Tipton, 23
Tithes, 52, 67, 68, 74, 79, 97, 99, 100, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 114, 117, 120, 121, 123, 126, 128, 135, 149, 177, 198, 206, 210
Tittensor, 121
Tokeby, 68, 97, 98, 99
Tong, 93
Torcea, 81
Torksey, 107
Torner or Turner, Richard, 117, 182, 194, 204
Torrington, Parva, 50
Totmonslow, 98
Traford, William, 193
Trefall, 105
Trentham, 68, 122, 123, 124, 130, 193
—— Priory, 6, 9, 10, 11, 18, 30, 59, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 107, 121–24, 130, 197, 202
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 122–4, 179
Dissolution, 138, 145, 193, 203, 210
Pensions, 189, 195
See Priors Bradwall, Dulverne, Lavynden, and Thomas
Trent, River, 77, 81, 87, 136
Treour, John le, 76
Trinity College, Oxford, 140
Trusley, 98, 100
Trysull, 55, 61, 63, 106
Tutbury, 127, 128, 195
—— Castle, 9, 124, 202
—— Priory, 9, 16, 18, 21, 30, 60, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 71, 124–9, 130, 131, 197, 207
in Valor Ecclesiasticus, 125–8, 179
Dissolution, 138, 145, 167, 169, 199, 203
Pensions, 190, 191, 195
See Prior Arthur Meverell
Twigg, Richard, 122
Tybbes, Thomas, 50
Tylynton, 154
Tyso, 68, 120, 121
Uttoxeter, 98
Vale Royal, 205
Valor Ecclesiasticus, 55–71, 73, 74, Chap. vi, 133, 138, 139, 178, 179, 186, 187, 191, 198, 203, 204, 206, 207, 211
Verduns, 13, 95
Vernam, George, 168, 223
Vernon, Henry, 120, 123
—— John, 25, 54
—— 93
Villani, 85
Vincent, Robert, 113
Voysey, Bishop of Exeter, 26
Wales, 156
Walford, 112, 113
Walkeden, Geoffrey, 147
—— Walter, 120
Wall Grange, 124
Walton, 5, 98, 116, 120, 121
Warde, Richard, 154, 164, 165
Warham, Archbishop, 26
Warton, John de, 101
Waterfall, 68, 110, 111
Watteley More, 112, 114
Waynfleet, Bishop of Winchester, 19
Webley, John, Prior of Dudley, 104
Wednesbury, 23
Welbeck Abbey, 205
Wenlock Priory, 11, 104, 139, 165, 205
Wernell, 23
West Broughton, 127
—— Bromwich, 23
Westminster Abbey, 9, 83, 193
—— Abbot of, 44, 47, 48, 74, 83
and see Boston, William
Westmoreland, 7
—— Earl of, 141
Weston, 58, 68, 77, 115, 117, 120
Wetton, 127, 128, 195
—— William, 127
Wetwode, Richard, 151, 152, 165
Whalley, Richard, 119
Whitels, 98
“White Ship,” 11
Whitgreve, 113, 116
Whitmere, 77
Whitmore, Adam, 101
—— Richard, Abbot of Dieulacres, 100
Whitney, Humfry, 103, 173, 194, 195, 204, 242
—— John, 104, 173, 174 and note, 204, 242
—— Mary and Nicholas, 194 (cf. 193 note, 243
—— Thomas, Abbot of Dieulacres, 102, 104, 148, 173, 190, 193, 196, 204, 239
Whittington, 24
Whytgreve, Robert, 164, 247, 249
Whytteworth, Robert, 197
Whytwell, Whyttel, Whyttewell, Whittall, Edward, 117, 204, 235
Whytwell, Whyttel, Whyttwell, Whittall Katherine, 204
——, —— Richard, Prior of Stafford, 115, 145, 161, 172, 190, 204, 232, 235
——, —— Richard, 117, 148, 204, 258
Wico Malbano, 116
Wilkyns, Edward, Abbot of Hulton, 108, 145, 195, 196
Williams, John, 279 and note
Willingham, 107, 109
Wilmslow, 193
Wilton, 205
Winchester, Bishop of, 88
Windsor, 26
Wistowe, John, 99
Withington, 86, 90
Wodcoke, Ralf, 127
Wodeyton (Wood Eyton), 113
Wolsey, Cardinal, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 42, 54, 55, 140
Wolverhampton, 164
Womborne, 23
Wood, Friar, 164
Woodford, 68, 104, 109, 110
Woodhouse, Wydowes, 93, 228
Woods, 128, 129, 130
Wool Trade, 13, 17, 81, 95, 96, 100, 106
Wootton, Wotton, 31, 120, 127
Worcester Priory, 83, 87, 176
—— College, 87
—— Diocese, 105
Wriothesley, Sir Thomas (afterwards Earl of Southampton), 22
Wrottesley, Walter, 54, 55, 59, 62, 105
Wulphade, St., 120
Wycche, 194
Wyfford, 24
Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, 19
Wyllot, Thomas, 127
Wymondham, 68, 128
Wyrley, Marke, 166, 252
Wyttemore, 124
Yatehouses, 103
York, 28, 136
—— Archbishop of, 136
Yorkshire, 7
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