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Mutilated deed relating to Staverton church. [Temp. Hen. IV.] .

An acknowledgment by John, bishop of Lincoln , of the receipt of 8s. of the prior of Daventry, by the name of an annual pension, ending Michaelmas last, for the appropriation of the churches of Daventry, Staverton, West Haddon, and Norton. Dated 6 October, after 1480 "anno domini millesimo ... et nostre transl[ationis] anno [sexto?]". [The bishop therefore was John Russell, translated from Rochester in Sept. 1480. John Chedworth, the bishop in 1452, had not been translated.] .

Staverton. Mutilated indenture by which William, prior, &c., of D⟨aventry⟩ grant to John Couper alias Boteler of D⟨aventry⟩ , yeoman, and Robert Cokkes of Staverton, husbandman, all their tithes and oblations in Staverton for 12 years. Rent: 53/4 & the provision of a chaplain as vicar. Given in the chapter-house. ⟨29 Sept. 1467.⟩

An acknowledgment by John, bishop of Lincoln , of the receipt of 8s. of the prior of Daventry, by the name of an annual pension, ending Michaelmas last, for the appropriation of the churches of Daventry, Staverton, West Haddon, and Norton [as MS. Ch. Northants. Daventry 101] for 43s. 4d., in fall payment of a year's rent of £4 6s. 8d. dated October, 16 Ed. IV.

An acknowledgment by John, bishop of Lincoln , of the receipt of 8s. of the prior of Daventry, by the name of an annual pension, ending Michaelmas last, for the appropriation of the churches of Daventry, Staverton, West Haddon, and Norton [as MS. Ch. Northants. Daventry 101] for 21s. 8d., dated 27 Jan., .. Hen. VII(?). [Almost entirely illegible.] .

Daventry, Drayton, Norton, and Staverton. Nicholas Flecknowe of D⟨aventry⟩ , husbandman, grants to Nicholas Catesby, esq., Edward Newenham , William Lane of Orlingbere , William Staverton , and Thomas Graunte, gent., (i) a cottage with a garden adjacent in D⟨aventry⟩ , between the prior’s tenement on the west, and that of Nicholas Welby on the east; (ii) 3 half acres in Staverton—one acre above Strutboroughe between the prioress of Catesby’s land and that of Thomas Bradele (?), and ½ an acre above Rowdone between Richard Heddon ’s land and that of John Strychenall . He appoints Robert Lane his attorney to deliver seisin of the same. Given at D⟨aventry⟩ . Witnesses: Thomas Halle of D⟨aventry⟩ , Richard Maydewelle , ... 14 Feb. ... Rich. III.

Pope Nicholas adds the vicarages of Daventry, North Staverton, and West Haddon to D⟨aventry⟩ . Given at S. Peter’s, Rome. ⟨20 Aug.⟩ 1451.

A parchment book (bound in 1929), folios 1–11d., about 10½″ × 13″. f. 1. ‘Missus Gabriel de coelis’= Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum no. 11636, which see for references to printed editions. This prose or sequence in honour of the Virgin Mary was in common use from the end of the twelfth century. f. 1. d. A rental of the lands assigned to the Chapel of S. Mary, between 1250–1288. It is here given in full because it provides a terminus ante quem for dating grants of land to the Chapel. ‘Memorandum quod anno domini 1250 in vigilia s. Thome apostoli voli⟨intate⟩ et assensu dompni Nicholi tunc prioris ac tocius conventus, Willelmus de Norton tunc sac⟨rista⟩ assignavit lampadi in capella beate virginis ardenti, 18d. a Galfrido portario et eiusdem heredibus in perpetuum percipiendos. Item uni cereo ad missam beate Marie ardenti 3/- de Simone de Bredone et eius heredibus inperpetuum percipiendos. Item custos capelle capiet inperpetuum ex assignacione dompni Simonis Gemme de heredibus Simonis Ruffi 2/- ad sustentacionem unius cerei. Item custos capelle percipiet in perpetuum 12d. ad assumptionem beate V. de Thoma le escrivein et heredibus suis videlicet de domo […]us in Draitone 6d. et de Othulcroft 6d. [Down to here was written at the same time.] Item supprior Anselmus assignavit inperpetuum ad sustentacionem unius cerei toto die ardentis in celebracione misse in capella eiusdem v. de ½ virgate terre de Waldegrave 3/- sacrista recip. De Broutone 3/6 custos capelle percipiet sed solvit inde in cena † domini 13d. ad mandat.’ ⟨1250–78.⟩ De Radulfo Lovel de Weletone 12d. ad f. S.J.B. De Thoma fabro de Stavertone 6d. ad f. S. Michaelis et ad Pascham. Item sacrista debet invenire cotidie 2 cereos ardentes ad missam S. M. pro primis fundatoribus domus. Item debet invenire unum cereum pro priore Nicholas unde percipit 3/- de Waltero Peirecourt de Everdone et eius heredibus. Item prior Johannes assignavit 12/- de una virgata terre in Coldessebi ad sustinendos 4 cereos cotidie in eadem missa. Custos capelle percipit ad 4 terminos. De Waltero de Walwardintone et eius heredibus ½d. ad assumpcionem be. v. pro dim. acre terre quam tenet de Johanne fabro . [A different hand.] De Galfrido Capel de Watford et heredibus eius inperpetuum ad pentecosten 6d. et ad Natale domini 6d. [See D. 6, no. lxii.] ⟨1273-88.⟩ [Another hand.] De Alicia et Margeria filiabus Willelmi Keth de Preston , 1d. infra Octabis Pentecost’ pro tribus acris terre quas tenent in eadem de perquisicione patris earum cum Wardis, releviis, eschaetis et omnibus aliis suis pertin. qualitercunque de eadem terra provenientibus in futurum. Item De Hugone de Baddeby in Preston . 1d. infra Octabis Pent’ pro iii ac. terre de eodem feodo & de perquisitione supradicti Willelmi Keth de Preston cum Wardis [as above].’ ff. 2–10d. A cartulary of the Chapel of S. Mary, of the late fourteenth century. Modern numbers in Roman numerals are assigned to the charters. [D. 6, no. i–lxv.] f. 10d. A rental of lands in Broughton (5 Sept. 1484). f. 11. Two sequences in honour of St. Augustine—Augustine par angelis and Summe presul Augustine—appear to be otherwise unknown. Daventry priory was dedicated to St. Augustine. f. 11d. A rental of the Chapel lands in 1288. Daventry: William de Campedene 4/- William Smart 2/- Simon Newbold 6d. Robert Day 1d. Elyas de la Launde 4d. Drayton: Geoffrey the porter 1/6 [see D. 6, no. xxxviii]. Robert le Werrur 12d. Ralph apparitor 6d. The heirs of Walter de Wolwardyngtone ½d. Norton: John le Ferrur 2/- [see D. 6, no. lii]. Robert the skinner 6d. Broughton: Richard ad fontem 3/6 [see D. 6, no. lix]. Staverton: Thomas the smith 6d. West Haddon: Thomas Doute 6d. Watford: Geoffrey Capel 12d. [see D. 6, no. lxii]. Robert ad fontem 12d.

‘Prioratus de D. de officio celerarii.’ A rental dealing with Daventry, Drayton, Welton, Haddon, Staverton, Norton, Preston, Fawsley, Everdon, Buckby, Thorp by Norton. (2 ms.) ⟨c. 1400.⟩

Memoranda of services and rents of the priory […] Hen. VI., 1 and 2 Rich. III, and 1 Hen. VII in Daventry, Drayton, Norton, Welton and Staverton.

Rental of D⟨aventry⟩ , Welton, (West) Haddon, Staverton, Norton, Preston, Fawsley, Buckby, Everdone. Total £20/2/2. ⟨15 Cent.⟩