Notitia monastica, or, A short history of the religious houses in England and Wales by Thomas Tanner ...

SHROP-SHIRF.

1. Lilleshull.

A Delfleda Queen of Mercia is said to build a Church here in honour of St. Al••mund, which was afterward endowed with lands for the maintenance of ten Prebends by King Edgar. The Priory for Canons of the Order of St. Au∣stin was founded about A. D. 1140. by Philip de Belm••is, and dedicated to the blessed Virgin. It was valued 26. Hen. VIII. at 229^l. 3^s. 1^d. per an. Dugd. 327^l. ••0^s. Speed.

Vid•• Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 144.

〈…〉〈…〉 Ric. Leveson de Trentham in Com. Staff.

2. Wenlock.

An Abby of the Cluniac Order founded by Roger Earl of Montgomery A. D. 1081. It's Tute∣lar Saint was St. Milburga, who being Niece to Wolphere King of Mercia, had built a Nunnery here in the Saxon times, which was now destroyed. It was endowed with 401^l. 7^l. q. per an. Dugd. 434^l. 1^d. Speed.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 631.

3. Shr••wsbury.

A. D. 1083. the same Roger Earl of Mon••g••∣mery built a Benedictine Abby here to the honour of St. P••ter and St. Paul. It was valued 26. Hen.

VIII. at 132^l. 4^s. 10^l. per an. Dugd. 615^l. 4s. 3^d. ob. Speed.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 375.

Registr. pen. Ric. Leveson de Trentham. 1638.

Registr. penes Ric. Lee. 1638.

4. Haghmon.

Will. Fitz-Alan A. D. 1100. founded a Priory of Black Canons here, and dedicated it to St. Iohn the Evangelist. It's yearly revenues were worth at the Dissolution 259^l. 13^s. 7^d. q. per an. Dugd. 294^l. 12^s. 9^d. Speed.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 933.

Registr. penes Walt. Barker de ead. Arm. 1653.

5. Wombridge.

A Priory of Black Canons erected by William Fitz-Alan temp. Hen. I. and by him commended to the Patronage of St. Mary and St. Leonard. It was valued at 65^l. 7^s. 4^d. per an. Dugd. 72^l. 15^s. 8^d. Speed.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 252.

6. Bildewas.

A. D. 1135. Roger Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield built an Abby for Cistercian Monks here, to the honour of St. Mary and St. Chad. It was endowed at the Suppression with 110^l. 19^s. 3^d. ob. per an. Dugd. 129^l. 6^s. 10^d. Speed.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 779. T. 2. p. 914.

Historian Fundationis in Bibl. Cotton. Nero. C. 3.

7. Bromfield.

A Benedictine Priory subordinate to the Abby of St. Peter at Glocester, for A. D. 1155. the Se∣cular Canons in the Church of St. Mary here, were turned into Black Monks.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. I. p. 464.

8. Abberbury.

A Cell to the Abby of Grandmont in France, to which it was given by Fulk Fitz-Warin (temp. Hen. II.) After the Suppression of Alien-Priories Hen. Chichele Arch-bishop of Canterbury bestowed it on All-Souls College in Oxforda

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 605.

* Munimenta in Thesaurario Coll. Omn. An••m. Oxon.

9. Halesowen^b.b.

An Abby of Premonstratensian Canons built by Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester, (temp. Reg. Ioh.) to the honour of the blessed Virgin. Its yearly revenues were worth 280^l. 13^s. 2^d. ob. Dugd. 337^l. 15^s. 6^d. ob. Speed.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 655.

* Cartas Originales hujus Monasterii in Castr•• Dudly reservatas.

* Registr. pen. Henr. Littleton Baronettum.

10. Chirbur•• or S••ede.

A Priory of Black Monks, valued at 87^l. 7^s. 4^d. per an. Speed.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 500.

11. Batlingcope.

A Priory of Black Canons.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 2. p. 336.

12. Oswestre.

Lelandc tells us, that the Church of St. Oswald here was sometime a Monastery called the White∣minster, and the cloister was standing within the memory of some then living, in which were monuments of Monks.

13. Brer••wood or Brewood.

A Priory of White Nunsd , valued at 31^l. 1^s. 4^d. per an. Speed.

14. Battlefield.

King Henry IV. (anno regni XI^mo.) erected a College of Secular Canons here, (this being the place in which he overcame Henry Percy and o∣ther Rebels) to the honour of St. Mary Mag∣dalene. Its yearly revenues were worth 26. Hen. VIII. 54^l. 1^s. 10^d.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 185.

15. Tong.

A. D. 1131. Isabel the wife of Fulk Penbridge Knighte , founded a Collegiate Church here, and dedicated it to St. Bartholomew. It was endowed at the Dissolution with 22^l. 8^s. 1^d. per an.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 143.

16. Newport.

A Collegiate Church founded by Tho. Draper, (20. Hen. VI.) and dedicated to St. Mary.

Vide Mon. Angl. T. 3. P. 2. p. 201.

17. Shrewsbury.

The College of St. Mary, worth at the Disso∣lution 13^l. 1^s. 8^d. per an.

18. Shrewsbury.

The College of S. Chad, valued at 14^l. 14^s. 4^d.

☞ Mr. Speed placeth Stone and Wigmore in this County, the former of which is in Stafford∣shire, and the latter in Hereford-shire.

Notes

• a

  Hist & Antiq. Univ. Oxon. Lib. II. p. 175.
• b

  Placed also in Worcester shire by Mr. Sp. where 'tis valued at 282^l. 13^s. 4^d. per. an.
• c

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 Itin. V••l. 5. f. 26.
• d

  Ibid. Vol. 7. f. 33.
• e

  Founded by ... 〈◊〉〈◊〉 o•• Haddon. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.