Battle, St Martin's 1 (Institution)

Factoid List

Possession (26)

 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 10 hides in Brightwalton, Berkshire (in 1086): GDB  59v (Berkshire 15:1)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 29 urban tenements in Reading, Berkshire (in 1086): GDB  60 (Berkshire 15:2)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Cullompton, Devon (in 1086): GDB  104 (Devon 9:1)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 8 urban tenements in Exeter, Devon (in 1086): GDB  104 (Devon 9:2)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Sherford, Devon (in 1086): GDB  100v (Devon 1:34)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide in Horseham Hall, Essex (in 1086): LDB  20v (Essex 13:2)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 3 hides, 20 acres in Hutton, Essex (in 1086): LDB  20v (Essex 13:1)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 5 hides in Preston Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire (in 1086): GDB  157 (Oxfordshire 10:1)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 25 hides in Limpsfield, Surrey (in 1086): GDB  34 (Surrey 11:1)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 4 hides in -, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:2)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: [fiscal data not specified] in -, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:16)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 50 hides in Alciston, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:1)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 3 virgates in Alciston, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:1)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 virgate in Bathurst, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:5)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 3 virgates in Beech, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:4)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 hide, 3 virgates in Bullington, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:12)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 3 virgates in Catsfield, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:11)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 virgate in Crowhurst, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:13)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 virgate in Filsham, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:10)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 virgate in Hollington, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:15)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Hooe, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:9)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 6 virgates in Netherfield, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:7)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Penhurst, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:8)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 0.50 hides in Uckham, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:3)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 6 virgates in Wilmington, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:6)
 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 1 virgate in [Lower and Upper] Wilting, Sussex (in 1086): GDB  17v (Sussex 8:14)

Event (4)

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (2)

 Bates17 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 notifies Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester, all his successors as king of England and all his faithful men that he has built a church in honour of St Martin on the site where God gave him victory over his enemies.: Bates17    (1072 x 1078)
 Bates19 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 informs Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Hamo 2, sheriff of Kent, Walter 4 the sheriff, and all his sheriffs and French, English and Welsh barons, that he establishes and orders the abbey of Battle, its surrounding leuga and all its manors with the appendages belonging to them, namely: Wye, Kent ; Alciston, Sussex; Limpsfield, Surrey; Hutton, Essex; Brightwalton, Berks.; Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire; shall be free of all earthly service with sake and soke, toll and team, infangenetheof, geld, scot murdrum, all aids, work on castles, parks and bridges, hideage, danegeld, all please, plaints, shires, hundreds, lestage, tallage, assarts, enclosures, and military service.: Bates19  version I (1070 x 1086)

Confirmation of land/privileges (2)

 Bates21 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 notifies Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester and all the barons of Sussex that he has confirmed, and William 9, count of Eu, in his presence, has granted, the gift which Osbern 9 fitzHugh has made to the abbey of Battle, namely 30 arpents of meadow (in Bodiam, Sussex) measured according to the measure of Normandy, which Abbot Gausbert 1, along with the aforesaid Osbern 9, has asked him to concede.: Bates21    (1080 x 1086)
 Bates23 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 informs the clergy and laity of England that he has confirmed that the abbey of Battle shall be free of all exaction, with all dignities and royal customs which he has granted by royal authority as they are witnessed by his charter, with the assent of Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester, and the advice of all his bishops and barons.: Bates23    (1070 x 1086)

Freeing from dues (1)

 Bates19 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 informs Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Hamo 2, sheriff of Kent, Walter 4 the sheriff, and all his sheriffs and French, English and Welsh barons, that he establishes and orders the abbey of Battle, its surrounding leuga and all its manors with the appendages belonging to them, namely: Wye, Kent ; Alciston, Sussex; Limpsfield, Surrey; Hutton, Essex; Brightwalton, Berks.; Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire; shall be free of all earthly service with sake and soke, toll and team, infangenetheof, geld, scot murdrum, all aids, work on castles, parks and bridges, hideage, danegeld, all please, plaints, shires, hundreds, lestage, tallage, assarts, enclosures, and military service.: Bates19  version I (1070 x 1086)

Writ-issuing/sending (4)

 Bates17 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 notifies Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester, all his successors as king of England and all his faithful men that he has built a church in honour of St Martin on the site where God gave him victory over his enemies.: Bates17    (1072 x 1078)
 Bates19 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 informs Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Hamo 2, sheriff of Kent, Walter 4 the sheriff, and all his sheriffs and French, English and Welsh barons, that he establishes and orders the abbey of Battle, its surrounding leuga and all its manors with the appendages belonging to them, namely: Wye, Kent ; Alciston, Sussex; Limpsfield, Surrey; Hutton, Essex; Brightwalton, Berks.; Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire; shall be free of all earthly service with sake and soke, toll and team, infangenetheof, geld, scot murdrum, all aids, work on castles, parks and bridges, hideage, danegeld, all please, plaints, shires, hundreds, lestage, tallage, assarts, enclosures, and military service.: Bates19  version I (1070 x 1086)
 Bates21 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 notifies Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester and all the barons of Sussex that he has confirmed, and William 9, count of Eu, in his presence, has granted, the gift which Osbern 9 fitzHugh has made to the abbey of Battle, namely 30 arpents of meadow (in Bodiam, Sussex) measured according to the measure of Normandy, which Abbot Gausbert 1, along with the aforesaid Osbern 9, has asked him to concede.: Bates21    (1080 x 1086)
 Bates23 - writ of William 1 in favour of Battle: King William 1 informs the clergy and laity of England that he has confirmed that the abbey of Battle shall be free of all exaction, with all dignities and royal customs which he has granted by royal authority as they are witnessed by his charter, with the assent of Archbishop Lanfranc 1, Bishop Stigand 5 of Chichester, and the advice of all his bishops and barons.: Bates23    (1070 x 1086)