ECR 02
Reference code
ECR 02
Title
Piddlehinton, Dorset
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
The lands in Dorset which the college received on its first endowment had formerly belonged to alien priories.
The manor of Piddlehinton had belonged to the Benedictine Priory of St Mary of the Rock, Mortain, in the diocese of Avranches, Normandy. Few records survive from before the college received its grant, but the college was not the first recipient following its dissolution.
The manor of Little Charlton [Charlton Parva], in Charlton Marshall, appears to have been included in the appurtenances of the parsonage of Sturminster Marshall, granted to Eton College in Henry VI's original endowment. There had been an Alien Priory of the Hospital of St Giles of Pont Audemer in the diocese of Lisieux.
The lands of the priory of Ogbourne, Wiltshire, a cell of the Abbey of Bec, which are mentioned in the Letters Patent of 1451, did not long remain in the hands of the college. In 1546 the premises were exchanged with the Crown for the rectories of Great Compton, Warwickshire, Bloxham, Oxfordshire and Oakley and Bromham, Bedford. The manors of Chisenbury, Wiltshire, and Quarley, Hampshire, had also been parcels of the Alien Priory of Ogbourne.
The Manor of Hanging Langford is not mentioned by name in the original endowment but was included in the lands of the alien deanery of Mortain.
There are also references to other college possessions including Minster Lovel, Oxfordshire, formerly of the abbey of Yvry in the diocese of Evreux; the manor of Beckford, Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire, formerly an alien priory of Augustine Canons, a cell to the priory of Ste Barbe en Auge in the diocese of Lisieux which Edward IV transferred to Fotheringay College in 1462 along with the manor of Charlton near Upavon, Wiltshire, formerly a cell of the abbey of L'Isle Dieu in the diocese of Rouen; lands in Yenston or Endeston in Henstridge, Somerset, formerly of the abbey of St Sever in the diocese of Coutances; and the Cluniac priory of St Helen's in the Isle of Wight, the site of which was sold by the college in 1799. These lands were all included in the original grant by Henry VI. However, one property, the Star Inn in Shaftesbury, was purchased by the college in 1604.
The lands were sold in 1966, but the college maintained the right of presentation of the rector.
The manor of Piddlehinton had belonged to the Benedictine Priory of St Mary of the Rock, Mortain, in the diocese of Avranches, Normandy. Few records survive from before the college received its grant, but the college was not the first recipient following its dissolution.
The manor of Little Charlton [Charlton Parva], in Charlton Marshall, appears to have been included in the appurtenances of the parsonage of Sturminster Marshall, granted to Eton College in Henry VI's original endowment. There had been an Alien Priory of the Hospital of St Giles of Pont Audemer in the diocese of Lisieux.
The lands of the priory of Ogbourne, Wiltshire, a cell of the Abbey of Bec, which are mentioned in the Letters Patent of 1451, did not long remain in the hands of the college. In 1546 the premises were exchanged with the Crown for the rectories of Great Compton, Warwickshire, Bloxham, Oxfordshire and Oakley and Bromham, Bedford. The manors of Chisenbury, Wiltshire, and Quarley, Hampshire, had also been parcels of the Alien Priory of Ogbourne.
The Manor of Hanging Langford is not mentioned by name in the original endowment but was included in the lands of the alien deanery of Mortain.
There are also references to other college possessions including Minster Lovel, Oxfordshire, formerly of the abbey of Yvry in the diocese of Evreux; the manor of Beckford, Gloucestershire and Lincolnshire, formerly an alien priory of Augustine Canons, a cell to the priory of Ste Barbe en Auge in the diocese of Lisieux which Edward IV transferred to Fotheringay College in 1462 along with the manor of Charlton near Upavon, Wiltshire, formerly a cell of the abbey of L'Isle Dieu in the diocese of Rouen; lands in Yenston or Endeston in Henstridge, Somerset, formerly of the abbey of St Sever in the diocese of Coutances; and the Cluniac priory of St Helen's in the Isle of Wight, the site of which was sold by the college in 1799. These lands were all included in the original grant by Henry VI. However, one property, the Star Inn in Shaftesbury, was purchased by the college in 1604.
The lands were sold in 1966, but the college maintained the right of presentation of the rector.
Date
13th century - 1911
Content description
Documents relating to Piddlehinton, Charlton Parva, Sturminster Marshall, Shaftesbury and elsewhere, chiefly in the counties of Dorset and Wiltshire
Provenance
These documents formed drawers B.7 and B.8 in College Library
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- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Deeds, ECR 02 01 - 132, (13th century - 1886)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Precepts, ECR 02 133 - 139, (1459 - 1653)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Court rolls, ECR 02 140 - 337, (1441 - 1892)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Copies of court rolls, ECR 02 338 - 413, (1519 - 1889)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Rentals and surveys, ECR 02 414 - 451, (1439 - c.1860)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Receipts, ECR 02 452 - 457, (1635 - 1911)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Accounts, ECR 02 458 - 469, (1453 - 1818)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Letters, ECR 02 470 - 559, (1525 - 1862)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Legal documents, ECR 02 560 - 577, ([1365] - 1799)
- Piddlehinton, Dorset: Memoranda, ECR 02 578 - 588, ([16th century] - 18th century)