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Rh visited this house as well as most of its neigh- bours during that year. Beyond this and the few facts mentioned above, it has no history at all. In 1460 it had become too poor even to maintain canons enough to serve the appro- priate churches, and was annexed with the king's consent to Nutley Abbey.

No visitations of this priory are recorded at Lincoln.

Its original endowment was merely the demesne land at Chetwode, the king's gift above mentioned, and the churches of Chet- wode and Barton Hartshorn In 1284 the prior held 8½ virgates at Chetwode with the site of the priory, of Robert de Chetwode. There is no mention of the house in the Taxatio. Thomas of Hanworth, first prior, elected 1245, resigned 1261 John of Woodstock, elected 1261, resigned 1270 William of Dadington, elected 1270 William of Brickiesworth, resigned 1304 Roger of Lynham, elected 1304, resigned John of Warmington, elected 1317, died Robert of Brackley, elected 1328, died William of Halton, elected 1337, died Henry of Wykeham, elected 1349, died John of Westbury, elected 1361, died 1386 Richard Langton, elected 1386 Thomas Rede, elected 1405 Richard Borton, died 1445 John Humberstone, elected 1445, died

13. THE PRIORY OF RAVENSTONE

The priory of St. Mary, Ravenstone, was founded about the year 1255 by Peter Chace- porc, keeper of the royal wardrobe, on lands which formed a part of the barony of Wahull. After the death of Peter the patronage of the house reverted to the Crown, and the canons were bound to sing a certain number of masses for the soul of the king as founder. The number of canons provided for in the original foundation is unknown : at the dis- solution of the house there were only two left, though an income of about £70 would have easily supported more. It was probably on account of this diminished number that the priory was granted to Cardinal Wolsey for his college at Oxford, and dissolved 17 February, 1524. The canons received 2OS. each as ' wages.' No visitations of the house are recorded at Lincoln : nor is it easy to recover any details of its history, exterior or interior.

The original endowment included half a knight's fee at Ravenstone, with the parish church, and a demesne of 386 acres besides. There is no evidence that it was ever much increased. The Taxatio of Pope Nicholas assigns to its temporalia a value of £11 10s. ; the church was worth £10 a year. In 1316 the prior held one third of the village of Ravenstone, and the same amount in 1346. At the dissolution the total value of the house is given as £66 13s. 4d., or, at another reckon- ing, £72. The moveable goods were worth £10, the bells £33 6s. 8d.

Adam of Wymondley (probably first prior), resigned 1275 Ralf of Ravenstone, elected 1275 John, died 1309 Roger de Clare, elected 1309, died 1324 William Aubel, elected 1324, died 1328 Robert Maunsel, elected 1328 John Man of Raundes, elected 1398