Monasticon Anglicanum: a history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, frieries, and cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales; also of all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries, as were in manner connected with religious houses in England / Originally pub. in Latin by Sir William Dugdale...[Now ed., enriched with a large accession of materials taken from leiger books, chartularies, rolls, and other documents preserved in the national archives, public libraries, and other repositories; the history of each religious foundation in English being prefixed to its respective series of Latin charters. By John Caley...Henry Ellis...and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel.
- Dugdale, William, 1605-1686.
- Date:
- 1846
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Credit: Monasticon Anglicanum: a history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, frieries, and cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales; also of all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries, as were in manner connected with religious houses in England / Originally pub. in Latin by Sir William Dugdale...[Now ed., enriched with a large accession of materials taken from leiger books, chartularies, rolls, and other documents preserved in the national archives, public libraries, and other repositories; the history of each religious foundation in English being prefixed to its respective series of Latin charters. By John Caley...Henry Ellis...and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![John de Ombresleye, ox* Ombersley, was the next abbat. He was elected by the convent July 4th, 1367 ; and, by virtue of the privilege obtained by his pre¬ decessor, consecrated by the bishop of Lincoln, at Banbury in Oxfordshire, on the 15th of the kalends of August. He died, after having presided twelve years, October 30th, 1379, and was buried in the abbey church.a Roger Zatton, sacrist of the monastery, was elected abbat on the 12th of the kalends of December, 1379; being consecrated by the bishop of Lincoln, at his palace in the metropolis.13 In the time of this abbat, 1 The following is the account of this abbat and his good deeds, given in the Harleian Register, 3763, foil. 186 b, 187. “Isti [Williel- mo de Boys] successit frater Johannes de Ombresleye, monachus et celerarius domus ejusdem, canonice a conventu electus iiijt0. non. Julii proximo tunc sequente [A. D. 1367]. Qui statim a venera- bili patre Lyncolniensis episcopo xv. kal. Augusti, virtute cujusdam privilegii a papa Urbano quinto indulti, munus benedictionis apud Bannebury dioc. episcopi prsedicti suscepit. Deinde kal. Augusti proximo tunc sequente apud Evesham et honorifice installatus. Qui ibidem xii. annis residens diem suum clausit extremum, anno Domini millesimo ccc.lxxix. Et cum virtutum praemia merentibus tribui con- veniat, expeditque defunctorumgestalaudabilia per scripturas ad ipso- rum laudem memoriae commendare, et ad exemplum posteris, utipsi per ipsorum lecturas ad similia perpetranda propensius excitantur. Hinc est quod bonae memoriae frater Johannes Ombresley, abbas ante- dictus,dictum monasteriumpro tempore quo ei praefuit in spiritualibus et temporalibus sapienter gubernavit et discrete, ac praeter diversitates sibi illatas.et injuriose non sinemagnislaboribus et expensis sustinuit, et patienter, ut tunc oportuit, toleravit. Diversis bonis tarn mobilibus quamimmobilibus ditavit; atque possessiones ipsius am pliavit, quorum particulares descriptiones in sequentibus inseruntur distincte. In prirnis, adquisivit terras et tenementa Johannis de Sodynton in dominio de Ombresleye cum magnis laboribus et expensis erga dominum regem, et alibi et imperpetuum sibi et monasterio suo praedicto incorporavit ad magnam quietem sui et successorum suorum. Et in ista adquisitione habuit Johannes le Rous Kyngeley in escambium particular.sub certis modo et formis sub reversione possibili ad monasterium prout in cartis domini regis plenius continetur. Item sic adquisivit magnis laboribus et expensis manerium de Eyforde cum advocatione ecclesiae et aliis pertinentiis suis. Item adquisivit unum tenementum in Evesham Thomae Aston, et omnia tenementa quae fuerunt Johannis Dykon in Bengeworth. Item aedificavit apud Ombresley unam aulam etunam cameram in parte australi, et aliam in parte boriali, et unum stabulum extra inferiorem portam. Et minorem grangiam in curia exteriori. Item aedificavit apud Oflfenham exteriorem portam cum camera super ipsam, et stabulum contiguum eidem. Item apud Northlyttelton aedi¬ ficavit unam grangiam decimalem. Item apud Evesham in Berton unum columbare. Item adquisivit apud Evesham quatuor Shopas quondam Janok. Item providit unum baculum pastoralem preciosum, unam crucem processionalem argenteam cum baculo portabili pro eadem de eodem metallo, et unum magnum turribulum, et unum mi¬ nus manuale, duas naviculas deauratas cum coclearibus argenteis pro eisdem deauratis, unum par pelveorum argenteorum pro lavator. circa altare, duo paria phiolarum argent, et duo candelabra argentea, et unum scalop pro sale, unum osculatorium pads, unam campanam mo- dicam argenteam et deauratam pro capella, unum vas pro aqua bene- dicta, cum aspersorio argenteo. Item adquisivit de executoribus bonae memoriae Willielmi nuper episcopi Wygorn. unum par vestimentorum de albo panno aureo, viz. unam casulam, unam dalmaticam, tres tuni¬ cas, capam principalem, et unam aliam pro capellano, et duas alias pro duobus cantoribus chori, et unum sedile episcopale cum coopertoriis ipsius, frontell. duo pro altare unum videlicet superius et aliud inferius pro eodem, et unum aliud par vestimentorum be blew velewett de pre- cioso opere enbrowdato cum perellis et lapidibus preciosis, videlicet unam casulam cum duabus tunicis et tribus albis, unam capam chora- lem de eadem secta cum stolis et manipulis condecent. Item adqui¬ sivit perillas et lapides preciosos ad magnum valorem pro una mitra fadenda; et aedificavit unam panam claustri contiguam ecclesiae cum vitris et pavimentis pro dicto pano et uno alio. Item providit pro mensa abbatis vj. chagers argent, xxiiij. discos, et totidem salsoria, et duos discos elimosinarios, duo magna salaria, xxiiij. coclear, argent.” Fabyan, under the year 1376, says, “ In this yere also, the te- nauntes or menyall servauntes of the Erie of Warwyk made a ryot upon the monkes of Evysham, and slewe and hurte many of the ab- bottes tenauntes, and spoyled and brake his closures and warynes, and sewyd their pondes and waters, and dyd unto them many displea¬ sures, to the utter ruyne of that monastery; ne had the kynge the soner have sent downe to the erle his letters, chargynge hym to sease and withdrawe his men from that ryot, whiche afterwarde was pacyfyed without any notary punysshement of suche persones as were begyn- ners or executours of that ryot.” Fabyan’s Chron. edit. 1811, p. 487- b Num. XXXII. c See Num. XXXVI. d The following is the account given in the Harleian Register of the good deeds of Nicholas Hereford, who was prior of Evesham under the abbats Boys, Ombreslye, and Zatton, for above forty years. “Memorandum quod anno Domini millesimo ccc10. nonagesimo secnndo, anno regni regis Ricardi Secundi xvmo. x°.kalend. Maiiobiit pne memoriae venerabilis prior Nicb. Herfordqui prioratum ecclesiae Eveshamiae devote et religiose vivendo per xl. annos et mi”, ebdoma- das sub ejus abbatibus rexit et optinuit, et post ejus obitum multa be- Archbishop Courtenay claimed a right of visiting the monastery; but was successfully opposed, though at considerable expense, by Zatton. He put an end, like¬ wise, to a dispute which had long existed between the monks of his monastery and the Earl of Warwick. By these and other means he incurred considerable debts, as well on his own account as on that of the convent. Having ruled the convent thirty-nine years, he died on the 6th of the kalends of December, 1418: leaving at that time only thirty-eight monks in the monastery.0 He also was buried in the abbey church.*1 Richard de Bromesgrave, infirmarer of the mo- neficia et ecclesiae ornamenta dicto monasterio ad ejus animae salutem et in posterum exm. reliquit. videlicet, unum par vestimentorum pro majori altari embrowdatum cum aquilis de auro de cipre, et le chaumpe de blew velveto, cum capa, dalmaticis, et xxx'\ albis cum paruris de eisdem aquilis. Et aliud par vestimentorum de viridi velvetto embrovv- dat. cum capitibus cervinis, cum capa, dalmaticis, cum iiij. albis de eodem. Et aliud vestimentum tm’ pro sacerdote de panno auri de Luc. viz. casula, alb. cum paruris, stola, manipulo, etfrontello, quod dominus abbas ex ejus bonitate in memoriam animae ejus dedit capellae beat® Mariae in criptis, cum uno calice operis Sarecenorum, cum duabus violis argenteis deauratis et sculptis. Et aliud vestimentum tm’ pro sacerdote de panno cypreo, quod dominus abbas contulit Jo- hanni Golafre. Et aliud vestimentum domino Thomae Hambury eodem modo. Et unum calicem maximum totius mon. ponderis xn. cum ijbz. bacyns argent, pro majori altari. Et vj. alios calices tam bonos quam mediocres in quibus nomen ejus est sculptum, expensis propriis fieri fecit. “Nunc de ejus libris tractandum est. Quosdam emit, et quosdam mediantibus scriptoribus componi fecit. De libris emptis primo incipi- endum est a ‘Summa Praedicantium’ qui valet ix. marc. ‘ Burley super Politicis,’praetium vij. marc. ‘Burley super Phisic.’ praetium iiij.marc, et dimid. ‘ Cowton,’ praetium vij. marc. ‘ Missale dimid. Anni,’ prae¬ tium xx. marc. Et sequentes libros componi fecit in parte: ‘ Prescia- nusin Constructionibus;’ ‘Memoriale Juniorum’ cum ‘Prato Florum’ in eodem volumine legato; ‘PetagogicumGrammaticae, super quatuor Partes Grammaticae;’ ‘ Nominale cum Diffinitione Artium;’ ‘ Quaterni Grammaticales, quorum primus vocatur Quae meliora cum Exoticon, 2US. Notabilia Catholicon, 3US. Nominale qui sic incipit Hely, Heloy, cum quatuor partibus Grammaticae, 4tus. qui sic incipit sicut et 3US. 5tus. Biblisworthe cum aliis Tractatibus Grammaticae; 6,us. Merarius cum Ympnario glosato, 7mus. Guydo de vero dictamine;’ ‘Biblia;’ ‘Sinistra pars Oculi;’ ‘Speculum Curatorum;’ ‘Tabula super August, de Civitate Dei;’ ‘ Manipulus Florum ;’ ‘Distinctiones;’ ‘Boecius de ConsolationePhilosophise;’ ‘Dockyn;’ ‘Flores Bernardi;’ ‘ Wailensis;’ ‘ Summa Conscientiae;’ ‘Costesey super Apocalips.;’ ‘ Stimulus Amo- ris,’ cum aliis Tractatibus in eodem volumine; ‘ Vita Sanctae Euphra- siae,’cum aliis Tractatibus; ‘Egidius de Regimine Principum;’ ‘Qua- ternus de prima injungenda;’ ‘ Quaternus Summae Chrysostomi,’ cum aliis Tractatibus in eodem volumine; ‘Quaternus Hugonis de Sancto Victore,’ cum aliis Tractatibus in eodem volumine ; ‘ Quaternus de Doctrina dicendi ettacendi;’ ‘Quaternus de Articulis Fidei,’cum aliis Tractatibus; ‘ Quaternus de diabolicis Fantasmaticis ;’ ‘ Quaternus Legis,’ cum diversis Tractatibus ; ‘ De Origine Religionis secundum Ricardum Hereraitam de Hampole;’ ‘Quaternus de Musica et Artis Metricae;’ ‘Quaternus de Statutis Angliae,’ cum multis aliis Tractati¬ bus; ‘Holkote super Sapienc.;’ ‘Purgatorium Patricii Sancti;’‘De- scriptio Orbis, cum Chronicis abbreviatis;’ Parvum ‘ Psalterium;’ Parvus ‘Liber de Matutinis de Domina,’ cum vij. P. primalibus; ‘Li¬ ber Job Junioris;’ ‘Bernardus Cassinensis super r“m.;’ ‘Smaragdus super r“.;’ ‘Quaternus de Constitutionibus Benedictinis;’ ‘Quaternus qui dicitur Philosophia Monachorum,’ cum diversis Tractatibus de Ordine; ‘QuaternussuperRegulam,’inpapiro,nonligatus; Quaternus niger qui dicitur‘FormulaNoviciorum;’ ‘Speculum Stultorum;’ ‘Psal¬ terium Jeronimi;’ ‘Parvus Liber de Artibusliberalibus;’ ‘Quaternus major de Artibus liberalibus;’ ‘ Quaternus de Arte nototaria,’ cum aliis Tractatibus ; ‘ Dissuasio Valerii ad Rufinum de Uxore non du- cenda ;’ ‘ Quaternus de Peregrinatione Terrae Sanctae;’ ‘Bellum Tro- janum’ cum ‘Vita Alexandri’ in quaterno; ‘ Quaternus de Phisica;’ ‘ Quaternus Odorici,’cum aliis Tractatibus; ‘Polichronica,’ cum aliis Tractatibus; ‘Bellum Trojanum,’ ligat.; alius Quaternus ‘de Bello Trojano;’ ‘Chronica; fratris Man primacii Domini Pap®;’ ‘Chronicse Abbreviatae’ in papiro; ‘Quaternus de Confessione;’ ‘Quaternuspri- mariaeInstitutionisMonachorum;’ ‘Quaternusinlnquisitionibusfaci- endis in Visitationibus ;’ ‘Liber Agriculturae;’ ‘ Formula Vitae ho- nestae;’ ‘Secretum Secretorum;’ ‘Mortde Arthor,’cum ‘Sankreal’in eodem volumine; ‘ Quaternus Gallicus de diversis Materiis;’ ‘ Imago de Mounde;’ ‘ Beufys de Hampton ;’ ‘ Amys et Amylon ;’ ‘ Liber par¬ vus Narrationum;’ ‘ Albumasar ;’ * Johannes de Sacro Bosco;’ ‘ Qua¬ ternus de Compositione Astrolabii, etejus Speciebus;’ ‘ Quaternus de Divisione Temporum ;’ ‘ Quaternus de Compotis ;’ ‘ Quaternus de Mi- rabilibus Mundi, et Astronomia;’ ‘Tabula Martiniani;’ ‘Johannes Androw;’ ‘ Constitutiones Papse dementis;’ ‘Concordia Discordan- tium ;’ ‘ Decretales ij.;’ * Summa super Titulis Decretalium ;’ ‘ Jo¬ hannes Androw super vitum. et viimum. Librum Decretalium ;’ ‘ Insti- tuta ;’ ‘ Notabilia Decretalium et Decretorum ;’ ‘ Bromezart;’ ‘ Par¬ vus Liber de Orationibus.’ “ Pretium istorum Librorum cum Quaternis discernat pie Dis- cretio legentis. Pretium Vestimentorum de blew velvett . lxh. Pretium Vestimentorum de viridi velvett . xx1'. Interim, pelveis.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30455832_0001_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)