Two of the Foundation of Sir _Peter la Maire_, Knight, and Three of Sir
_Francis Crane_, Knight, Chancellor of the Garter; for Sir _Peter_, by
his last Will, dated _Jan._ 8. 1631. bequeath’d 1500 _l._ to charitable
Uses, to be dispos’d as Sir _Francis_ (who had marry’d his Sister)
should think fit, within Four Years after his Death; whereupon Sir
_Francis_, determining to erect certain Houses in _Windsor_-Castle, for
the dwelling of Five Alms-Knights, design’d the said 1500 _l._ towards
that Use, and what was deficient made up at his own Cost, charging his
Brother Executor, Sir _Richard Crane_, by his Will, dated _Aug._ 27.
1635. to see the Pile which he had began, finish’d. Sir _Francis_ also
bequeath’d 200 _l._ _per Annum_ to be settled in Lands, by his
Executors, for the perpetual Maintenance of Five Alms-Knights, after
the rate of 40 _l._ _per Annum_ to every one of them; but his Executor
growing slack in the Performance, the Work being rather expos’d to
Ruin, than forwarded by him; upon Complaints made to the Sovereign and
Knights-Companions in Chapter, Orders were issu’d out to quicken him,
and a peremptory Letter, dated _Mar._ 7. 1639. to go on with the Work
faithfully; which Commands he evading, and bad Times coming on, the
Building was totally neglected. Sir _Richard Crane_ afterward dying, by
his Will, dated _Sept._ 20. 1645. he appointed that his Mannor of
_Carbrooke_ in _Norfolk_, should stand bound for ever for Payment of
the said 200 _l._ _per Annum_; whereupon, by Inquisition taken at
_Windsor_, _Mar._ 4. 1652. (by Virtue of a Commission upon the Statute
_Anno_ 43 _Eliz._ for charitable Uses) the Mannors of _Woodrising_ and
_Wesfield_, &c. in _Norfolk_, were found liable to satisfie for
building and finishing the said Five Houses, and payment of the 200
_l._ yearly; and further, that the Arrears thereof, from Sir _Francis
Crane_’s Death, came at that time to 3200 _l._ some Contest ensu’d in
_Chancery_; nevertheless the 200 _l._ _per Annum_ was, _July_ 19. 1655.
decreed to be paid out of all the Lands which were Sir _Richard_’s, and
the building of the Houses out of his personal Estate. At Two Years
Expiration arose that fair Pile of Building, between the Chancellor’s
and Garter’s Towers, against the West Wall, in the lower Ward of the
Castle, which was begun again and finish’d the next Year; the Expences
amounting to 1700 _l._ But for a final End of this Suit, it was
decreed, _Jan._ 27. 1659. the Mannor of _Carbrooke_ should stand
charg’d with 200 _l._ _per Annum_, payable half-yearly at _Michaelmas_
and _Lady-day_, or within Thirty Days after, for the Maintenance of
Five Alms-Knights, together with 30 _l._ yearly for Repairs, payable
also then; which annual Sum of 230 _l._ _Anno_ 12 _Car._ II. in a
Chapter held at _Whitehall_, _Jan._ 14. the King decreed the Chancellor
of the Order, for the Time being, should receive and dispose thereof
thus: 200 _l._ _per Annum_ among the Five new Alms-Knights quarterly,
at the Four usual Feasts of the Year, and to employ the residue upon
Repair of the new Buildings erected for their Lodgings; which Powers
were inserted in the Patent for his Office, bearing date the 20th of
the same Month. And it was moreover decreed, that these Five Knights
should be subject to the same Rules and Government of the Thirteen of
Queen _Elizabeth_’s Foundation, and made equal Partakers of the same
Privileges, and wear the like Habits.
KING _Charles_ I. taking into Consideration the Donation of Sir
_Francis Crane_, which made the Alms-Knights Eighteen, (tho’ they were
not yet settled) intended to make up Twenty Six, as they were at the
Institution of the Order; to compleat which Design, a Chapter was held
at _Whitehall_, _Apr._ 18. 1637. for the Knights-Companions to consider
the best Way how the same might be effected, and report their Opinions;
but nothing was done thereupon, and this Affair waits a more propitious
Opportunity.
§ 6. THE other Ministers of the College and Chapel of St. _George_,
call’d _Ministers_ in the Foundation Patent, are the superior Officers,
_viz._ The Chantor, Steward and Treasurer.
THE Chantor is elected from among the Canons, whose Office is chiefly
to govern those that sing in the Choir, and such as are employ’d about
Divine Service. Before the Reformation he appointed who should begin
the Antiphones, celebrate Masses, and read the Lessons, Epistles and
Gospels. To his Care was committed all the Books, Crosses, Chalices,
Vestments, and all the Sacred Ornaments of the Chapel. He receives the
Offerings there made, and Accounts for them; for all which Services an
annual Pension of 5 _l._ is allow’d him.
THE Steward and Treasurer are annually chosen on the Morrow after
_Michaelmas-day_ from out of the Canons Resident. To the Steward’s
Office appertains the Government of all the Revenues of the College,
the Rents and Profits whereof he is to pay the Treasurer. In his
Custody are repos’d all the Ornaments, Jewels, and other Treasure of
the Chapel, not committed to the Chantor, under the Obligation of
rendring an Account; and his yearly Pension is 5 _l._
THE Treasurer is to distribute to the Custos, Canons, Vicars, _&c._
their Pensions and Allowances, which if he fail Eight Days after their
prefix’d Times of Payment, he is debar’d of his own _quotidians_, as
Canon Resident, until such Arrears be discharg’d; as likewise the
Steward, if he be found delinquent. His Pension is also 5 _l._ _per
Annum_. There is one Treasurer to receive the Rents of the old Lands,
and another chosen from the Canons to receive the new, who have been
allow’d the like annual Pensions. The former is term’d _Seneschallus
veteris_, the latter _Seneschallus novæ Dotationis_.
MOREOVER, there is a Steward of the Courts, and Clerk of the Lands,
which is an Officer under both the before-mention’d Stewards. He keeps
the Courts by himself or Deputy, and is a Barrester at Law, and the
standing Council for the College. His yearly Pension is 20 Nobles. But
the Council _in Spiritualibus_ is usually a Graduate in the Law.
THE Chapter-Clerk enters and registers all Acts of the Chapter-House;
he draws and engrosses all Indentures, Patents, Grants, Leases, _&c._
which pass the common Seal of the Dean and Canons. His Pension is 3
_l._ 6 _s._ 8 _d._ _per Annum_. The Under Stewardship and Chapter
Clerkship heretofore were enjoy’d by one Person, but of late they are
divided, and now he must be a Barrester at Law.
OF the Virgers Institution the Statutes of the College make mention,
that in Procession and other Solemnities, they were to go before the
Dean and Canons, bearing their Rods, for which Service they were to
have annually a Robe, and 6 _d._ _per Diem_. And besides these, there
are Two Sextons, Two Bell-ringers, a Clock-keeper, and a Porter who
attends the shutting and opening of the Gates.
§ 7. FOR the Endowment of the College we shall only treat upon those
Lands given to the Maintenance of this Foundation by the Founder
himself, or by his Successors, or by Sovereigns of _The Order of the
Garter_, such as have been Knights-Companions.
KING _Edw._ III. by his Letters Patent of the Foundation [22 _Edw._
III.] aforesaid, gave them [the Custos, Canons, Alms-Knights and
Ministers] the Advowsons of the Churches of _Wyardesbury_ [_Rasbury_]
in _Lincoln_, _South-Tanton_ in _Exeter_, and _Uttoxater_ in _Coventry_
and _Litchfield_ Diocess, in Frank Almoigne, free from all Secular
Exactions; which License, to appropriate the same to the College,
notwithstanding the Statute of _Mortmain_, he appointed as much out of
his Treasure for their Support, as amounted to an immoveable Estate of
1000 _l._ _per Annum_; and lest there might be any Defect in the
Knights Title to _Uttoxater_ and _South-Tanton_, _Henry_ Earl of
_Lancaster_, 23 _Edw._ III. and _Thomas Beauchamp_ Earl of _Warwick_,
that Year had special Licenses granted them in Right of Patronage to
the said Two Advowsons, and they to receive the same. Another such
License, 28th of _January_, 24 _Edw._ III. was given to _William de
Bohun_ Earl of _Northampton_, for assigning to the Custos and Chaplains
the Advowson of _Dodyngton_ in _Com. Oxon_, which he held of the King
_in Capite_. The 28th of _January_ following, this Royal Founder
conferr’d on them (by the Name of Custos and Chaplains of his free
Chapel at _Windsor_) one Messuage, Seventeen Acres of Land, one of
Pasture, and 3 _s._ Rent, in _Wyrardesbury_ in _Com. Bucks_, which had
been convey’d to him by _Richard de Gloucester_, Heir to _Isabel de
Ditton_; and the 22d of _May_ ensuing granted unto them the Advowson of
_Dachet_ near _Windsor_.
_Anno_ 25 _Edw._ III. the King gave them the Advowsons of the Churches
of _Eure_ in _Com. Bucks_, of _Riston_ in _Com. Norfolk_, and of
_Whaddon_ and _Caxton_ in _Com. Cantab._, and in _May_ that Year the
Advowson of _Simondesbourne_ (surrender’d _temp. Edw._ IV. to _Richard_
Duke of _Gloucester_) and of St. _Stephens_ of _Saltash_. The first of
these Queen _Philippa_ purchas’d of Sir _John Darcy_, and the other of
_Edward_ the Black Prince; and gave them both, first to the King, that
by his Grant afterwards to the College its Title might be more
corroborated. The same Year, _October_ 26. the King bestow’d on them
100 Marks _per Annum_, out of the Farm of the Town of _Northampton_, to
be paid by the Bailiff of the Town at _Easter_ and _Michaelmas_ by
equal Allotments: And it was at the Founder’s Instance (therefore
worthy to be inserted) that the Town of _Yarmouth_, 26 _Edw._ III.
under their Common Seal, granted them a Last of Red Herrings yearly,
well dry’d and cleans’d, to take the Corporation into their Prayers;
tho’ some say it was a Penance enjoyn’d them for murdering a Magistrate.
IN the 26 _Edw._ III. the Founder granted them and their Successors the
Mannor of _Eure_ near _Weybrigg_, in _Com. Bucks_, the Mannor of
_Craswell_ in _Bray_ in _Com. Berks_, and a Wear call’d _Braybrook_,
situated in the _Thames_, with all the Lands in that Parish convey’d
unto him by Sir _John Philibert_, together with the Knights Fees,
Advowsons, _&c._ belonging to those Mannors. He gave to the Custos and
College soon after the Seisin thereof, as also of a Wood call’d
_Temple-Wood_ in _Stoke-Pogeys_, convey’d to the King by _John de
Molyns_: But deeming all the Lands too small for the End he intended,
28 _Edw._ III. the King granted the Custos and College, by Letters
Patent, a Pension of 100 _l._ _per Annum_ out of the Exchequer; and
upon the vacating the same, 34 _Edw._ III. he gave them yearly Lands of
101 _l._ 11 _s._ 11 _d._ out of the Possessions of religious Aliens,
which fell into his Hands by Occasion of the _French_ Wars: But lest
these Possessions should be again restor’d upon a Treaty of Peace, they
were to receive the annual Sum of 101 _l._ 11 _s._ 11 _d._ out of the
Exchequer, till they were provided of Lands of the like Value. Upon
several Restrictions, he granted them 51 _l._ 9 _s._ 9 _d._ yearly to
be receiv’d out of 126 _l._ which the Prior of _Takkele_ paid him for
the Farm of that Priory, it being then in the King’s Hand by reason of
the War with _France_. And by reason the Revenues did not amount to
1000 _l_. _per Annum_, as he design’d at the Foundation, in the 35th
Year of his Reign, he granted them so much Money yearly out of the
Exchequer, as would make up the Deficiency, till Lands or Rents of that
Value should be settled on them. Lastly, 39 _Edw._ III. the Founder
bestow’d on them a Piece of Ground in _New Windsor_, (whereon had stood
an House of _John_ of _London_) in lieu of the great Garden South of
the Castle, formerly given them by him; and also a Garden opposite
thereunto on the other side of the Way. Besides these Largesses of the
Founders, there were others made by pious and devout Persons, said to
be incorporated into the first Foundation, and made up that Revenue
which _William_ Bishop of _Winchester_ adjudg’d sufficient for the
Support of the College, which we shall silently pass over with the bare
mention only.
THE Mannor of _Dodyngton_-Castle; two Pastures call’d _Frith_ and
_Ashcroft_; the Chapel of _Langeley_; the Parsonages of _Estriton_,
_Langeley-Maries_, _Wantynge_, _Shaldeborne_, _Wedonbeek_, _Glynde_ and
_Ryslepe_; the Pensions of the Vicarages of _Wantynge_, _Clyffe_,
_Tylthey_ and _Gottesford_; and the Portions of _Bassyngborne_ and
_Prestwyke_, in _Haseley_ magna, _Chalgrave_, _Adewelle_, _Aston_,
_Rowhand_, _Sevyndon_, _Kyngeston_ and _Henton_, in _Stoke-Basset_, and
_Clopecote_ in _Gatehampton_; _Whytechyrche_, _Maplederham_,
_Retherfeld_, _Esthenreth Stretham_; of _Thornecroft_ in _Letherhed_;
of _Totynbeek_ in _Wodesdon_; _Evington_, _Woodmershthorne_; of
_Fordham_, _Ethrope_, _Newenham_, and in _Tollesworth_.
IN succeeding Times other considerable Donations were made by the
Sovereigns and Knights Companions (omitting others.) Some of which, as
they fall in our way, we shall speak of.
13 _Rich._ II. that King gave them a Croft in _Northmolton_, with the
Advowson of that Church.
9 _Hen._ V. _John_, Duke of _Bedford_, third Son to King _Hen._ IV.
conferr’d on them the Priory of _Okeborne_ in _Wilts_ (a Cell to _Bec_
in _Normandy_) with all its Appurtenances: Which Donation was confirm’d
by King _Hen._ V. and afterwards by King _Edw._ IV.
7 _Edw._ IV. that King, who had a singular Respect for the College,
conferr’d on them the Mannor of _Atherston_ in _Com. Warwick_, the
Mannors and Advowsons of _Chesingbury_ in _Wilts_, and of _Quarle_ in
_Hantshire_; the Church and Priorate of _Uphaven_, and the Deanry or
Chapel of St. _Burien_ in _Cornwall_, with an Addition of an annual
Pension, which the Abbot of _Sautrie_ discharg’d for the Church of
_Fulburne_, to the Abbey _de bona Requie_, and another yearly Income of
20 _l._ paid by the Abbot of _Rousford_ for the Mediety of the Church
of _Rotheram_.
13 _Edw._ IV. he consign’d to them the Mannor or Priorate of
_Munclane_, in _Com. Hereford_.
14 _Edw._ IV. he gave unto them the Custody, Patronage, and free
Disposition of the Hospital or Free Chapel of St. _Anthony_, _London_,
(a Preceptory to St. _Anthony_ of _Vienna_, with all the Liberties,
Privileges, Lands, _&c._) upon the first Vacancy. The same Year he
endow’d them with the Priorate of _Brimsfield_ in _Com. Gloucest._ the
Mannor of _Blakenham_ in _Suffolk_; the Priorate of St. _Elene_ in the
_Isle of Wight_; the Priorate or Mannor of _Charleton_ in _Wilts_; and
all the Lands, _&c._ in _Northmundon_, _Compton_ and _Weleigh_, in
_Sussex_ and _Southampton_; the Mannor of _Ponyngton_ and _Widon_ in
_Dorset_, together with an annual Pension of 12 Marks, payable by the
Priory of _Monte acuto_, with all the Lands, Tenements, Rents,
Advowsons, _&c._ annex’d to the said Priorates and Mannors. The same
Year he bestow’d on them the Mannor of _Membury_ in _Com. Dorset_; the
Lordships of _Preston_ and _Monkesilver_ in _Com. Somerset_; the
Advowsons of _Puryton_ and _Wollavington_ in that County, together with
the Knights Fees, Advowsons, Profits, Rights, _&c._
18 _Edw._ IV. his Feoffees, the Queen, the Arch-Bishop of _York_, and
others seised to the Use of the King, demis’d to them the Mannor of
_Wykecombe_, call’d _Bassetsbury_, the Fee-Farm of the Town of _Great
Wykecombe_, the Mannor of _Crendon_ in _Com. Bucks_, and the Mannors of
_Haseley_ and _Pyrton_ in _Com. Oxon_: And that Year the King gave unto
them the Advowson of the Church of _Cheshunt_, being of his own
Patronage, provided the Vicarige was sufficiently endow’d, and a
compleat Sum of Money annually distributed among the poor Parishioners,
according to the Diocesan’s Ordinance. To these he united the Custody
or Deanry of the Free Chapel of _Wolverhampton_ in _Com. Staff_. to the
Custos or Dean of this College, and his Successors for ever; which
Church, _cum membris_, is exempt from not only the Jurisdiction, _&c._
of the Bishop of _Litchfield_ and _Coventry_, but by a Papal Bull from
all Legates and Delegates; nor is it subject to any terrene Power, but
the King of _England_ alone, and under it to the perpetual Visitation
of the Keepers of the Great Seal, _pro tempore_.
20 _Edw._ IV. he resign’d to them the Advowson or Patronage of the
Prebend of _Ewern_ in _Com. Dorset_, with all its Rights and
Privileges: And lastly, in the 21st Year of his Reign, he granted them
Two Parts of the Mannors of _Old Swynford_ and _Gannow_, in _Com.
Wygorn_. and the Reversion of the Third Part of them, with the Advowson
of the Church of _Old Swynford_; nor was he thus munificent alone, but
excited and spurr’d on others to the like Example, licensing, in the
first Year of his Reign, all his Subjects to confer what they pleas’d
to the Dean and Canons, within the Value of 300 Marks _per Annum_, as
well such as held of him _in Capite_ or otherwise, notwithstanding the
Statute of _Mortmain_; and afterwards increas’d this License to Lands
of 500 _l._ _per Annum_ Value, (which King _Hen._ VIII. extended to
1000 _l._) Hereupon, _Anno_ 20 _Edw._ IV. _John_, Duke of _Suffolk_,
and _Elizabeth_ his Wife, the King’s Sister, were permitted to assign
to them the Mannor or Lordship of _Grovebury_, otherwise call’d
_Leighton Busard_, in _Com. Bedford_, the Church of _Tintagell_ in
_Cornwall_, as also Nineteen Messuages, Seven Tofts, One Hundred and
Forty Acres of Land, Fourteen of Meadow, One Hundred and Forty of
Pasture, One Hundred of Wood, and Four Shillings Rent in _Newford_ and
_Blanford_, in _Com. Dorset_, and Seventy Messuages, Twelve Tofts, Five
Hundred Acres of Land, One Hundred of Meadow, Two Hundred of Pasture,
Forty of Wood, and Twenty Shillings Rent, in _Stokeley_, _Northall_,
_Edelesburgh_ and _Rodenach_, in _Com. Bucks_, and Twenty Messuages,
Eight Tofts, Three Hundred Acres of Land, Sixty of Meadow, Two Hundred
of Pasture, Forty of Wood, and Twenty Shillings Rent, in _Compton St.
John_, in _Com. Sussex_, and Ten Messuages, Nine Tofts, Two Hundred
Acres of Land, Twenty of Meadow, One Hundred of Pasture, Ten of Wood,
and Twenty Shillings Rent, in _Portsmouth_ and _Burghegge_, in
_Hampshire_, and One Messuage, Three Tofts, Sixty Acres of Land, Six of
Meadow, Forty of Pasture, and Twenty Shillings Rent, in _Stodeham_, in
_Com. Hertford_, held of the King _in Capite_, without any Restriction
whatsoever, for which the Duke and Dutchess were to be had in the
perpetual Orisons of the Dean and Canons. The same Year Sir _Walter
Devoreux de Feners_, Knight, together with Sir _John Devoreux_ and
others his Feofees, made over to them the Mannor, Church, and perpetual
Advowsons of _Sutton Courtney_ in _Com. Berks_.
All the before-mentioned Endowments are called the Lands of the old
Dotation, to distinguish them from those confirmed on the College by
King _Edw._ VI. which are term’d the Lands of the new Dotation; of
which hereafter. But several of them given by King _Edw._ IV. the
College never possessed, _viz._ _Atherston_, _Quarle_, _Uphaven_, _St.
Burien_, _Fulburne_ Pension, _Brimfield_, _St. Elen_, _Charleton_,
_Blakenham_, _Ponyngton_, _Wedon_, _Old Swynford_, and _Gannow_, and of
some others they were seized but a short time, _viz._ _Chesingbury_,
the Lands in _Newford_, _Blandford_, and _Portsmouth_. Besides these,
the College was dispossess’d of _Gottesford_, _temp. Hen._ VI. of
_Cheshunt_, _temp. Hen._ VII. _temp. Hen._ VIII. or a little before of
_Wodemershthorn_, _Tylthey_, _Retherfeld_, _Levyngdon_, _Stoke-Basset_,
_Stretham_, _Totingbeek_, _Fordham_, _Elthorp_, _Newenham_, and
_Tollesworth_; afterwards they surrendred into the Hands of King _Hen._
VIII. _Eure_, _Clyff_, _Ashton_, _Rowhand_, _Kingston_, _Esthenreth_,
_Northmundon_, _Compton_, _Weleg_, _Compton St. John_, and _Shobingdon_
Portion; and upon the _Reformation_ the College lost at least 1000
Marks _per Annum_, in the Profit made by St. _Anthony_’s Piggs, which
the Appropriation of the Hospital of St. _Anthony_’s _London_ brought
to it, and no less then 500 _per Annum_, the Offerings of Sir _John
Shorne_’s Shrine at _Northmarston_ in _Com. Bucks_, a Man of great
Piety and Veneration with the People, and sometime Rector there. The
Advowson of this Church was appropriated to the Dean and Canons, by the
Convent of _Dunstaple_, _temp. Edw._ IV. in exchange for _Wedenbeck_ in
_Com. Bedford_.
THE Dean and Canons having convey’d unto K. _H._ VIII. the Mannor and
Rectory of _Ivor_ in _Bucks_, the Mannor of _Dammery-Court_ in
_Dorset_, and other Lands, Rents, Portions, and Pensions in the
Counties of _Somerset_, _Hants_, _Middlesex_, _Oxford_, and _Sussex_,
to the yearly Value of 160 _l._ 2 _s._ 4 _d._ for which they had no
Recompence in his Life, that King, by his last Will, ordered them an
Equivalent upon the Commutation and Agreement of an Exchange; which
Will, King _Edw._ VI. his Son and Successor performed, as well for the
Assurance of Lands, to the yearly Value of 600 _l._ to the Dean and
Canons for ever, to the Uses in the Will, as for the Assurance of other
Lands, of the annual Value of the said 160 _l._ 2 _s._ and 4 _d._
wherefore by Letters Patent, dated the 7th of _October_, in the First
Year of his Reign, he granted them the Rectories of _Bradnynche_,
_Northam_, _Iplepen_, _Ilsington_, and _Southmolton_ in _Com. Devon_,
the Tithe of Corn of _Otery_, in that County, as also _Blossoms-Inn_ in
St. _Laurence-lane_, _London_, the Tithes of Grain, _&c._ of the
Rectory of _Ambrosbury_, in _Wilts_, and all the Tithes of _Bedwyn_,
_Stoke_, _Wilton_, _Harden_, _Harden-Tunrige_, _Knoll_, _Pathall_,
_Chisbury_, _East-Grafton_, _West-Grafton_, _Grafton-Martin_, and
_Wexcomb_, the Prebend of _Alcannyngs_ and _Urchefounte_, the Rectories
of _Urchefounte_, _Stapleford_, _Tytcombe_, and _Froxfeild_, all in
_Com. Wilts_, and all the annual Pension of 8 _l._ issuing out of the
Manner of _Icombe_ in _Com. Gloucester_, the Rectory and Vicarige of
_Ikelington_ in _Cambridgeshire_, the Rectory of _East-Beckworth_ in
_Surrey_, the Reversion of the Portion of Tithes of _Trequite_ in
_Cornwall_, and the Rent of 13 _s._ 4 _d._ reserved upon the same, the
Rectory and Church of _Plympton_, and the Chapels of _Plymstoke_,
_Wembury_, _Shagh_, _Sandford-Spone_, _Plympton_, _St. Maurice_ and
_Brixton_, in _Com. Devon_, the Rectory of _Isleworth_ and
_Farickenham_ in _Com. Middlesex_, and _Shiplake_ in _Com. Oxon_, the
Reversion of the Rectory of _Aberguille_, and of the Chapels of
_Llanlawet_ [_Llanbadock_] and _Llanpenysaunt_, with the Rent of 30
reserved thereon, the Reversions of the Rectory of _Talgarth_, with the
reserved Rent of 11 _l._ 6 _s._ 8 _d._ the Reversion of the Rectory of
_Mara_ in _Com. Brecknock_, and 6 _l._ Rent, and that of St. _Germains_
in _Cornwall_, with 61 _l._ 13 _s._ and 4 _d._ Rent, to have and to
hold, _&c._ forever, except the Tithes of _Woolpat_ and _Fitzwaren_ in
_Wilts_, the Vicarige-House of _Ikelington_, Marriage-Money,
Dirge-Money, and Mass-Money, and the whole Profit of the Bedrolls of
_Ikelington_; nevertheless to pay the Crown in the Court of
_Augmentation_, for the Rectories of _Aberguille_, _Talgarth_ and
_Mara_, the Chapels _Llanbadock_ and _Llanpenysaunt_ 4 _l._ 2 _s._ 8
_d._ in the Name of Tenths, and for all Rents, Services, _&c._ of the
other Rectories, _&c._ 48 _l._ 7 _s._ 4 _d._ annually at _Michaelmas_.
Moreover, within all these Premises, the King granted them Court Leets,
or Views of Frankpledge, and to levy Fines, Amerciaments, Free Warrens,
Waifs, and Felons Goods, and all other Profits, _&c._ whatsoever, and
the said Rectories, Tithes, Pensions, Rents, and all other Gifts and
Grants in the Possession of the Dean and Chapter, were confirmed to
them by Act of Parliament, 2 _Jac._ I.
THE ancient Rate of these New Lands in the King’s Books was 661 _l._ 6
_s._ and 8 _d._ _per Annum_; but according to the improved Rents, as
they were then turned over to the College, 812 _l._ 12 _s_. 9 _d._ out
of which 160 _l._ 2 _s._ 4 _d._ was yearly allowed them in Requital of
their Lands passed to King _Hen._ VIII. and 600 _l._ _per Annum_, for
accomplishment of his Will; but the remaining Sum, _viz._ 52 _l._ 10
_s._ 5 _d._ was reserved in lieu of Tenths, to be paid into the Court
of _Augmentation_; nevertheless, this last reserved Sum was not
assented unto by the Dean and Canons to be so paid, because the Charges
issuing out of the Lands were larger than were expressed in the Rental.
And we find that, shortly after, the Rents of St. _Germains_,
_Northam_, _Ilsington_, &c. part of the New Lands, were received and
accounted for, according to the old Rate in the King’s books, to wit,
162 _l._ 13 _s._ 4 _d._ _per Annum_, in Recompence for the Lands
conveyed to King _Hen._ VIII. and out of which they paid a yearly
Surplusage of 2 _l._ 2 _s._ 1 _d._ This Sum, together with the Rents of
the rest of the New Lands, being upon the said Improvement accounted to
be 597 _l._ 17 _s._ 11 _d._ made in all 600 _l._ _per Annum_; and this
was laid out by the Dean and Canons for some time towards erecting the
Alms-Knights Apartments.