LIST 38 PREBENDARIES OF EASTHARPTREE
PREBEND
East Harptree (Som.): held by Azelin as tenant of Geoffrey bp. of Coutances in
1086 (DB I 88a).
Church of East Harptree gr. as preb. by William son of William Fitz John June
1174 × c. 1185 (Cal. I 68-9), (fn. 165) conf. by bp. Reginald May/June 1176 × late 1189
(EEA X no. 153), and c. 1189 × 27 Nov. 1191 (ibid. no. 158; cf. Cal. I 68, ch. of
William of Harptree son of William son of William Fitz John); royal conf. 26 Nov.
1189 (Cal. I 308). Papal conf. 5 June 1190 (PUE II no. 256).
Valuations 1291 £8 (Taxatio p. 200a); 1299 20m (Cal. I 255).
PREBENDARIES
M. Louis of Beaumont
(fn. 166)
First certain occ. as can. of Wells, papal disp. for plurality 30 Sept. 1291 (CPL
I 544 = Reg. Nic. IV no. 6172), but presum. to be identified with the otherwise
unknown Louis de 'Bello campo' who occ. as can., on prec.'s side, 11 Oct. 1284
(below, app. 4 no. 30). Also preb. of York, coll. 28 Feb. 1286 (1 Fasti VI 55-6,
100); treas. of Salisbury by 27 Dec. 1293 (ibid. IV 23, 54, 59); preb. of Le Mans
(CPL I 544 = Reg. Nic. IV no. 6172). Bp. of Durham, prov. 9 Feb., temps. 4 May
1317, cons. 26 March 1318, d. 24 Sept. 1333 (2 Fasti VI 107). This preb. vacant by
his cons. (ibid. VIII 45). Brother of M. Charles of Beaumont, unident. preb. (list 67).
Footnotes
| 165 |
Temp. Richard archdcn. [of Taunton], list 12. |
| 166 |
Son of Louis vicomte of Beaumont (Maine) and therefore cousin of queen Eleanor, Comp. Peer.
II 59 n. For his career, see DNB. His proctor-general, William le Peilure, was appd. sheriff of Wilts.
and Som. 2 March 1297, CCR 1296-1302 p. 94. |