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Document ReferenceNe 6 D 2/47/194
TitleExtracts of the surrender of Worksop Priory [Nottinghamshire] and other related records; 1535-1540
Date1535-1540
Extent3 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionExtracts from the following statutes:
27 Henry VIII [1535-1536]: fact that all monasteries and other religious houses that did not have lands or tenements above a clear yearly value of £200. were given to the King, and many of the grounds of the religious houses were surrendered to the crown also.

15 Nov. 30 Henry VIII [1538]: fact that the prior of Worksop Priory [Nottinghamshire] did grant and surrender the following to Henry VIII: the priory with all manors, messuages, gardens, lands, tenements and so on, together with all affairs such as court leets and view of frankpledge [full details provided] in Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Yorkshire.

31 Henry VIII [1539-1540]: under section 21 states that all the property of the religious houses surrendered to the King is to be discharged and acquitted of the payment of tithes.

Includes details of a survey and valuation of Worksop Priory made at the time of the surrender; details the valuation of various lands in places such as Shireoaks, Osberton, Radford and Sloswicks [all in Nottinghamshire] totalling £302.6.10.; details also provided of an account in the Court of Augmentations of John Taylor, receiver of the Worksop Priory estates and of John Rodes, farmer of the demesne lands; various property is specified in some detail and a valuation provided.

Date given is the date of orginal statute; the copy is undated.

Originally enclosed in Ne 6 D 2/47/193.
LanguageEnglish
Termreligious affairs, religious houses, Worksop Priory (Nottinghamshire)
religious affairs, dissolution of the monastaries
ecclesiastical business, Worksop (Nottinghamshire)
church lands, Worksop (Nottinghamshire)

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA76192Taylor; John (fl c.1540-1541); receiver of Worksop Priory Estate, Nottinghamshirefl c.1540-1541
NA76193Rhodes; John (fl c.1540-1541); gentleman; farmer; of Worksop, Nottinghamshirefl c.1540-1541
NA14968Henry VIII (1491-1553); King of England and Ireland; ( succ. 1409)1491-1553
Places
CodeSet
PL80740/Sloswick/Nottinghamshire/England
PL74994/Scofton/Worksop/Nottinghamshire/England
PL32576/Kilton/Nottinghamshire/England
PL18966/Radford/Worksop/Nottinghamshire/England
PL10429/Radcliffe-on-Trent/Nottinghamshire/England
PL39180/Rayton/Nottinghamshire/England
PL740/Clumber/Nottinghamshire/England
PL16468/Osberton/Nottinghamshire/England
PL99417Worksop Priory/Worksop/Nottinghamshire/England
PL3/Nottinghamshire/England
PL6/Derbyshire/England
PL34/Staffordshire/England
PL33/Warwickshire/England
PL221/Yorkshire/England
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