The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales, III. 1377-1540 (The Heads of Religious Houses)

Originally published in 2008, this final volume of the Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales series takes the lists of monastic superiors from 1377 to the dissolution of the monastic houses ending in 1540 and so concludes a reference work covering six hundred years of monastic history. In addition to surviving monastic archives, record sources have also been provided by episcopal and papal registers, governmental archives, court records, private, family and estate collections. Full references are given for establishing the dates and outline of the career of each abbot or prior, abbess or prioress, when known. The lists are arranged by order: the Benedictine houses; the Cluniacs; the Grandmontines; the Cistercians; the Carthusians; the Augustinian canons; the Premonstratensians; the Gilbertine order; the Trinitarian houses; the Bonhommes; and the nuns. An introduction discusses the use and history of the lists and examines critically the sources on which they are based. COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 3 TITLE......Page 5 COPYRIGHT......Page 6 DEDICATION......Page 7 CONTENTS......Page 9 PREFACE......Page 11 MANUSCRIPT SOURCES CITED......Page 13 PRINTED BOOKS AND ARTICLES CITED, WITH ABBREVIATED REFERENCES......Page 29 OTHER ABBREVIATIONS......Page 92 II. The materials......Page 97 III. The arrangement of the lists......Page 101 4. An entry for each known head.......Page 102 HEADS OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES ENGLAND AND WALES III 1377–1540......Page 105 THE BENEDICTINE HOUSES: INDEPENDENT HOUSES......Page 107 THE BENEDICTINE HOUSES: DEPENDENCIES......Page 189 BENEDICTINE HOUSES: ALIEN PRIORIES......Page 256 THE CLUNIAC HOUSES......Page 325 THE GRANDMONTINE HOUSES......Page 355 THE CISTERCIAN HOUSES......Page 357 THE CARTHUSIAN MONKS......Page 449 THE AUGUSTINIAN CANONS......Page 462 THE PREMONSTRATENSIAN CANONS......Page 655 THE GILBERTINE CANONS AND NUNS......Page 690 THE TRINITARIAN HOUSES......Page 705 MONASTERIES OF BONHOMMES......Page 712 UNIDENTIFIED ORDER......Page 715 THE NUNS......Page 716 CORRIGENDA AND ADDENDA TO VOLUME II, 1216–1377......Page 809 INDEX OF HEADS......Page 818 INDEX OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES......Page 904 This final volume of the Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales series concludes a reference work covering six hundred years of monastic history. It takes the lists of monastic superiors from 1377 to the dissolution of the monastic houses ending in 1540.