1480,13 May, Brother John Bukenham, senior, priest, eanon there, elected prior at Whalleys death.
- 1493, John Plattyng, priest, was prior here.
- 1534, 21 Aug. John Mylegate, or Millgate, prior, Richard Ryntwz and five others subscribed to the supremacy. This John was the last prior, and resigned the house to the King; Sir Tho. Browne, &c. were canons at the resignation. These were the
Canons Of This House
That received their stipends over and above their daily maintenance and clothing, viz.
- 1479, Brother Tho. Fincham, Brother Rich. Cley, Brother Hen. Lychefeld, Brother Thomas Beverle, Brother John Bukenham, junior, Brother John Chambyr, Brother Richard Bukenham, cellerer, Brother Will. Harwych.
- 1480, the same canons, except Brother John Baron, who was added to them.
- 1481, Brother John Chambyr was added, and they continued till
- 1493, and then brother John Foremale, a novice, was admitted among them, so that the monastery, when full, consisted of a Prior, an Auditor, who was not a religious, but one appointed by the lord to audit their annual accounts, and ten Canons, who yearly received for their stipends 40s. apiece, besides their maintenance and clothing; out of these, a Sub-Prior, Sacrist, and Celerer, were yearly chosen. The temporal officers of the house were, the Steward of their Courts, a Heyward, Woodward, and Janitor, constantly attending at the monastery gates. In this year John Boun was their auditor; they yearly received, for the total income of the monastery, about 110l, and disbursed about 100l.
- Their Churches Were
- Bradenham West, an endowed vicarage.
St. Benedict in Norwich; they repaired the chancel, and had a parsonage-house.
Bukenham All-Saints, worth clear 7l. 15s. and the stipendiary serving chaplain paid.
Cley, an impropriation; no vicar endowed.
Griston, had a vicar endowed; great tithes were let at 15l.
Barwyk had a vicar endowed.
The offerings at the high altar of the monastery on St. James's Day, 6s. 8d. besides those on St. Margaret's Day, when the gild was kept there.
Yearly Rents,
West-Herling church-wardens paid 1d. a year to this priory, for part of their town-land.
Norton church-wardens paid 9d. a year for quitrent to their manor.
Kenninghall Rectory
