| Description | Domesday Monachorum, Domesday of the Monks
Containing:-
(1.) Customary dues received by the Archbishop from the clergy at Easter.
(2.) Dues from St. Augustine's to Christ Church.
(3.) Churches belonging to the Priory of St. Martin, Dover.
(4.) `Ancient institution before Lanfranc,' i.e., Customary rights, and dues from the Manors.
(5.) Romescot of East Kent.
(6.) Manors of the Archbishop.
(7.) Manors of Christ Church.
(8.) Knights' fees of the Archbishop.
(9.) A record of certain Acts in the years 1181 to 1186, viz., as follows:-
(a) Alan prior of Christ Church in 1186, in the presence of Archbishop Richard forbids high Mass to be said, until an excommunicated person should withdraw from the Church.
(b) Proceedings on the death of the Bishop of Rochester (1182). - The Bishop's pastoral staff was laid on the high altar at Canterbury as a token of the subjection of the See of Rochester to Canterbury.
(c) Archbishop Richards' confirmation of the grant of William Fitz Ralph de Ainesford of the Church of Ainesford (Eynsford) to the prior and convent of Christ Church, Canterbury.
(d) William of Ainesford's acquittance to the Prior and Chapter of Christ Church for the payments of 100 marcs from the oblations at Archbishop Becket's tomb. |