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Benefice of EXETER, ST JOHN

(EX.EX.CY.09) variants

This figure is the total assessed value of the benefice. Note that for a cathedral church a zero figure is given because its assessed value is derived from a number of holdings which are listed elsewhere in the taxatio text.

     Assessment for tax:
£ 1. 0s. 0d.

This section gives the modern name of the benefice together with the church dedication and the Ordnance Survey grid reference of the church (click the grid reference to locate the church building on Google Maps). Constituent parts of the benefice, such as vicarage, or any dependent chapels, pensions, portions and prebends, with their values, are also listed here.

     Benefice details:
EXETER, ST JOHN
SX9179231 ded: ST JOHN
PLYMPTON PRIORY, DEVON, PRIOR £ 1. 0s. 0d. (pension)

This section shows the patronage status of the benefice in 1291-2, the date of the taxatio, as much as can be found in contemporary or near-contemporary sources. The line includes the type of patronage: ecclesiastical, monastic or secular; the name of the patron; and for monastic patrons, the order of their religious house. If the patronage is ecclesiastical or monastic, then it may be an appropriated church. This is shown by the "If Appropriated" line below.

     Patronage:
not identified 2

This section displays the Latin text of the new edition of the taxatio based on the best sources available. Each line lists a taxable item and its assessed value in pounds, shillings and pence. Immediately below this figure is its equivalent value in medieval marks (NB.1mark=13s4d.) Click on the source button at the end of the item to see the full source reference for it.

     Full entry:
Capella Sancti Iohannis de Arcubus vix sufficit ad sustentationem unius capellani, preter pensionem     
(listed as exempt: too low in value)
£ 0. 0s. 0d.
0m.
Prior de Plymton' percipit de capella Sancti Iohannis de Arcubus per annum     
£ 1. 0s. 0d.
1.5m.

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     Notes:
1 Of this church in Fore Steet only the damaged front and the tower remain.     
2 There are no contemporary or near-contemporary institution records for this poor chapel.

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