Stowe MS 935

CHARTULARY Of Monk's Horton Priory, co. Kent, founded by Robert de Ver, temp. Hen. I. Latin. The rubric states that the contents were collected from the original evidences by James de Holbech, Prior, temp. Hen. VI. The last date recorded in the body of the MS. is 1440; but on f. 77 is a procuration dat. 9 May, 1445, naming William Wynchelse as Prior, and another on f. 77 b, dat.

6 May, 1477, naming Richard Keter as Prior. It is the MS. from a copy of which, taken by himself, Sir Edward Dering caused the abstracts in No. 924 above, ff. 2-47, to be made in 1627. The latter MS. fortunately supplies some of the charters which are now missing from the present volume. It already wanted several leaves when Sir E. Dering copied it, as may be seen by his notes on ff. 40 b, 42 b. These deficiencies, as well as others at ff. 59 b, 77 b, are witnessed by W.M., the initials, according to O'Conor, of W. Martin, but which are more likely to be those of one of the Mantle family, who obtained possession of the Priory in temp. Edw. VI. and again in temp. Eliz. A Walter Mantel has written his name, as owner, on the lower margin of f. 4 b. The only other leaf missing when Dering's copy was taken is that which preceded f. 6; but further mutilations have since been made before ff. 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 64 and 78. The earliest charters are those of the founder Robert de Ver, Constable of the King, and Adelna his wife. On f. 35 is a "Prohibitio versus Willelmum Veland," by King Henry the younger (ob. 1182) under the style "H. rex Anglie . . . . Regis Henrici [II] filius." At the end (f. 78) is a list, imperfect at the beginning and end, of "Beneficia ecclesiastica Prelatis vel Religiosis non app[ropr]iata in Dioc. Cantuar. et in jurisdictionibus immediate subjectis eidem una cum Taxatione Decime singulorum in Decanatibus " (for which title see No. 924 above, f. 37). There is a note in the margin of f. 38 in Sir E. Dering's hand. Vellum; ff. 80. XVth cent. Belonged in 1627 to George Rooke (cf. No. 924 above, f. 2) and subsequently to William Somner (Tanner, Notitia, p. 215). Folio.

Horton, Monk's, Priory; Kent: Chartulary: 15th cent.

James de Holbech, Prior of Monk's Horton: Chartulary of the Priory drawn up by: temp. Hen. VI.

Chartularies: Monk's Horton Priory: 15th cent.

includes:

• f. 38 Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet: Note: 17th cent.
• f. 78 See of Canterbury: Beneficia ecclesiastica prelatis vel religiosis non appropriata in: 15th cent.