117. THE PRIORY OF BONBY
The churches which formed the endowment
of Bonby Priory were granted during the reign
of John to the Benedictine priory of St. Fromund, Normandy; they had previously belonged
to the prior and convent of Merton. (fn. 1)
The value of the house was very small and
probably supported but one monk. During the
wars with France it became so unprofitable to
the prior of St. Fromund that he granted it to
the London Charterhouse. As this was done
without the king's consent, the grant was disregarded, and the priory was seized as alien property. (fn. 2) It was farmed for a time by the king's
clerks at an annual rent of 12 marks, but in
1403 it was granted to the Carthusians of
Beauvale. (fn. 3)
Its value in 1380 was only £8 5s. 10d. a
year. (fn. 4) The original endowment had included
the rectories of Bonby, Saxilby, and All Saints,
Stamford. (fn. 5)
Footnotes
| 1 |
Dugdale, Mon. vi, 1056. |
| 2 |
Pat. 4 Hen. IV, pt. ii, m. 31. |
| 3 |
Ibid. |
| 4 |
Add. MS. 6164, fol. 370. |
| 5 |
Dugdale, Mon. vi, 1056. |