MS. Rolls Kent 7

TUNBRIDGE (Priory of). A further roll of evidences, records of proceedings, presentations, and other documents appertaining to the priory of Tunbridge; mutilated and partially effaced.

(a) Appropriation by Walter, archbishop of Canterbury , of the church of Chert to the prior and convent of Ledes. (1320.) [Mutilated.]

(b) Confirmation by H., the prior, and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury, of the appropriation of the church of Chert to the prior and convent of Ledes.

(c) Partly obliterated form of a circular letter to a bishop. [Illegible.]

(d) Appointment of master John de Waltona (?), clerk, to appear at the Roman court as proctor for William, prior of Tunbridge . Dated 10 Kl. Feb., 1336.

(e) Letter from William, the prior of Tunbridge , to the abbot of Oseney and prior of Bernewell, that he has appointed Thomas de Roffa, canon of Ledes , to appear as his proctor at the general chapter of the order of St. Augustine to be held at the priory of St. Frideswide. Dated at Tunbridge, 15 Kl. July, 1337.

(f) The abbot of Oseney and prior of Bernewell, presiding at a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine, to the religious of St. Gregory of Canterbury, Tunbridge, Heryngham, and others, to cite the priors of Bradley, Walsingham, &c. to appear in the next general chapter in the church of Newenham near Bedford, on the octave of the Holy Trinity, 1340, and respecting payment of the contributions served for a suit against the abbot of Waltham. Dated by the abbot of Oseney, 8 Id. June, 1339, and by the prior of Bernewell the Id. of June, same year. [Partly obliterated.]

(g) Mandate from the abbot of Oseney and the prior of Bernwell, presiding at a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine within the province of Canterbury, to the priors of St. Gregory of Canterbury and of Tunbridge, commanding them to visit the houses, &c. of the order within the dioceses of Rochester and Canterbury. Dated by the abbot of Oseney, and prior of Bernewell, 1339. [Partly obliterated.]

(h) Mandate from the abbot of Oseney and prior of Bernewell, presiding at a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine in the province of Canterbury, to the heads of the monasteries of that order within the dioceses of Rochester and Canterbury, commanding them to receive the priors of St. Gregory of Canterbury and of Tunbridge in a suitable manner at their visitation, and to carry out sentences of excommunication or suspension should they be promulgated. Dated 8 Kl. June, 1339.

(i) Citation of the abbot of Thorntone and prior of Kirkham to a general chapter of the order of St. Augustine to be held at Newstead near Stamford, Lincoln diocese. Dated at Thornton, 3 Non. Novemb., and at Kirkham, 8 Id. Nov., 1340. Received by the priory of Tunbridge, 4 Kl. Dec., following. [Partly obliterated.]

(k) Writ of King Edward III, for the collection of a ninth granted by parliament 14th of his reign, in the county of Kent. [Continued on next roll (a).]

(l) Indulgence of 40 days, granted by John, archbishop of Canterbury , to all who shall assist in rebuilding that portion of the priory of Tunbridge which was destroyed by fire. Dated .... [1327(?)].

(m) Licence granted to Reginald de Dik for the celebration of mass in his chapel of the manor of Romchedde in the parish of the church of Tonebregge by the bishop of Rochester. Dated .... 1338.

(n) Absolution by Robert, bishop of Sarum , from the sentence of suspension passed upon William de Handloo, priest, for one year, because he solemnized matrimony between John de Foxle and Matilda Brocas without the parochial church of Bray. Dated at Sheftesbery, 5 Id. April, 1332.

(o) Of the weight of lead. Memorandum that a cart load of lead contains 30 feet, and each foot six stone, and each stone 13 1/2 lb., and one foot contains 81 lb. And so a cart load of lead contains, according to the weight used at 'le Pek,' 2430 lb. Item, according to the weight used at Sandwich, a cart load of lead ought to weigh six sacks of wool, and a sack of wool should weigh 52 hooks ["claves"], and each hook contains 7 lb., and so a sack of wool weighs 364 lb. And so a cart load of lead weighs by the weight of wool 2184 lb. And so each cart load of lead at 'le Boles' exceeds the weight of wool 246 lb.

(p) Commission from H., bishop of Rochester , to Adam de Murymouth, canon of London , for negotiating the exchange between John de Beylham, rector of Chelesworth , and Alan de Lavenham, vicar of Tunbridge . Dated at Hallyng, Id. July, 1340. [Partly obliterated.]

(q) Institution by Adam Murymouth, canon of London, commissary of H., bishop of Rochester , of John de Beylham, priest, to the vicarage of Tunbridge, by the resignation of Alan de Lavenham , because of an exchange with the church of Chelesworth, Norwich diocese, on the presentation of the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Dated at Barnes, 17 Kl. August, 1340.

(r) The prior and convent of Tunbridge present sir Roger de Frendesbery to the church of Leigh by reason of an exchange with Henry de Shyptone to the church of Stradselle, Norwich diocese. Dated 5 Kl. August, 1340. [Partly obliterated.]

(s) Resignation of the rectory of Stradselle by Roger de Frend (sic), on account of an exchange with Henry de Shipton, rector of Legh . Dated, &c. [Partly obliterated.]

(t) Appointment of proctors by Henry de Schipton, rector of Legh , to act for him in the matter of an exchange with the church of Stradselle. [Partly obliterated.]

(u) Lease from John, the prior, and convent of Tunbridge to Roger de Frendesbery, rector of Stradeselle , of their chapel of Denardestone for 12 years, at an annual payment of ten pounds. Dated on the day of St. Peter ad vincula, 1334. [An enrolment of MS. Charter Kent 94.]