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Part of the taxation of the spiritualities of Barking, St. Martin's le Grand, Takeley,...

Catalogue reference: E 135/2/2

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Reference
E 135/2/2
Date
[Edw.III]
Description

Part of the taxation of the spiritualities of Barking, St. Martin's le Grand, Takeley, and Wix (Essex).

Essex:

  • Pension of the abbess of Barking in the church of Margaretting [Gynge ad Petram] (Essex), 20s.;
  • The church of Hockley, 25 marks;
  • The pension of the abbess of Barking at Hockley, 1 mark;
  • The pension of the abbess of Barking in the church of Mucking, 46s.;
  • Item, the church of Mucking, 22 marks;
  • The church of Horndon-on-the-Hill, 18 marks;
  • The pension of the abbess of Barking in the church of Warley, 4s.;
  • The church of Barking, 50 marks;
  • The church of Dagenham, 20 marks.

Colchester:

  • Tollesbury church, 30 marks;
  • The pension of the abbess of Barking in Tollesbury church, 1 mark;
  • The pension of the abbess of Barking in Henham, 20s.;
  • The pension of the abbess of Barking of Great Wigborough, 1 mark.
  • Sum of the taxation of the spiritualities of the same abbess of Barking, £116 10s., a half-tenth whereof being 116s. 6d.
  • Sum of the taxation of the temporalities of the same abbess of Barking, £258 7s. 11d., a half-tenth whereof being £12 8s. 4d.

Essex:

  • The prebend of the dean & chapter of St. Martin's in the parish of St Mary of Maldon, £20;
  • The portion of the same dean in North Benfleet, 10s.;
  • The prebend of the dean & chapter of St Martin's in North Benfleet (Essex);

  • The church of Witham, 55 marks;
  • The pension of the chapter of St. Martin's in Witham, 7 marks;
  • The church of Chrishall, 30 marks;
  • The church of Newport, 40 marks;
  • The pension of the chapter of St. Martin's in Wix, 5s.;
  • Sum of the taxation of the spiritualities of the dean and chapter of St. Martin's, £108 15s., a half-tenth whereof being 108s. 9d.
  • Chapter of St. Martin's, London, in Benfleet, 64s. 4d., the rents of Sir John de Witham in High Ongar, £4 6s. 8d., the rents of the canons of St Martin's, London, in Tolleshunt Knights, 49s. 4d.;
  • Sum of the taxation of the temporalities in the aforesaid archdeaconries, £10 4d., a half-tenth whereof being 10s. 0¼d.

Colchester:

  • The portion of the prior of Takeley in Debden church, 20s.

Essex:

  • Sum of the taxation of the spiritualities of the prior of Takeley, 20s., a half-tenth whereof being 12d.
  • Sum of the taxation of the temporalities of the prior of Takeley, £41 8s. 9d., a half-tenth whereof being 41s. 5¼d.

Essex:

  • The portion of the prioress of Wix in the parish of Purleigh, 46s. 8d.

Colchester:

  • The church of Wymondeford, 18 marks;
  • The church of Wix, 7 marks;
  • Sum of the taxation of the spiritualities, £19, a half-tenth whereof being 19s.
  • Sum of the taxation of the temporalities of the same prioress, £8 8s. 11d., a half-tenth whereof being 8s. 5¼d.

[Membrane 2] Essex. Spiritualities of the abbess of Barking in the archdeaconry of Colchester:

  • Witham: for the church of Tollesbury, £20 (tenth, 40s.), for the pension of the nuns of Barking in the aforesaid church, 13s. 4d. (tenth, 16d.);
  • Sampford: for the pension of the abbess of Barking in the church of Henham, 20s. (tenth, 2s.);
  • Lexden: for the pension of the abbess of Barking in the church of Gret Wigborough, 13s. 4d. (tenth, 16d.);
  • Sum of a tenth of the spiritualities, 44s. 8d.

Temporalities of the same:

  • Witham: In Tollesbury, from the lands, rents and annual fees: £21 11s. 5½d., a tenth whereof being 43s. 1¾d.;
  • Lexden: In Great Wigborough, from the lands, rents and annual fees, £22 10s. 11½d., a tenth whereof being 45s. 1¼d.;
  • Colchester: In Colchester, from rents, 20d., a tenth whereof being 2d.;
  • Sum of the tenth of the temporalities, £4 8s. 5d.;
  • Sum total of the tenth, both of the spiritualities and temporalities, £6 13s. 1d., a moiety thereof being 66s. 6½d.

[Membrane 2d.] [The collectors] pray to be discharged of:

  • 166s. 6½d. for the parcel of the abbess of Barking;
  • 23s. 3½d. for the spiritualities and temporalities of the prioress and nuns of Wix;
  • £4 10s. 8½d. for the dean and canons of St. Martin's, London;
  • 28s. 1¼d. for the keeper and scholars of a college in Oxford;
  • 4s. for the church of Mile End;
  • 26s. for the collectors for their costs and expenses;
  • Total: £11 18s. 7¼d.

Related material

For St. Martin le Grand see also E 135/2/56, E 135/23/49. For Wix see also E 135/3/44, E 135/17/20, E 135/19/46.

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Taxation
Religions
Pay and pensions
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