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Event detail for site: Talley

1377: Clerical poll tax

Payments were required from each member of the community.

The abbot and five canons [R? GOCH, LLEWELLYN VACHAN, LLEWELLYN GOCH, HOWEL VACHAN, LLEWELLYN AP RES] were each to pay a tax of 12d.

Bibliographical sources

Printed sources

Jurkowski, Maureen, 'Monastic history in clerical taxation records', Monastic Research Bulletin, 15 (2009), pp. 2-16

Archival sources

The National Archives, 'Exchequer, King's Remembrancer, Clerical Subsidies - Talley 1377', (Document), (View website)


Other events in the history of this site

c.1185Foundation - Talley was founded between 1184 and 1189 by the Lord Rhys of Deheubarth. [2 sources]
1193x1202Problems - Talley faced problems from neighbouring religious. [1 sources]
1215Abbatial promotion - Abbot Iorwerth (Gervase) was elevated to the See of St David's. [1 sources]
c.1222Confirmation - Bishop Iorwerth of St David’s (1215-29), former abbot of Talley, confirmed the appropriation of the churches of Llandeilo Fawr and Llanegwad by Talley. [1 sources]
1271Burial - Rhys Fychan ap Rhys Mechyll, prince of South Wales, was taken to Talley for burial. [1 sources]
c.1277Destruction - The abbey was targeted by Edward I. [1 sources]
1278Custody - Talley was taken into royal custody on account of its poverty. [1 sources]
1285Paternity - Talley was made subject to Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, which was given visitorial rights. [2 sources]
1291Visitation - The abbot of Premontre asked Edward I to assist the abbots of Halesowen and Newhouse with their visitation of Ruthin. [1 sources]
1291Patronage - At this time the abbey was under the patronage of Rhys ap Maredudd (d. 1292), Welsh rebel and descendent of the Lord Rhys.  
c.1300Joins English middle circary - Talley became part of the English circary of the Premonstratensian order. [1 sources]
1377Clerical poll tax - Payments were required from each member of the community. [1 sources][1 archives]
1379Clerical poll tax - Payments were required from the community. [1 sources][1 archives]
c.1380Custody - Abbot Rhys of Talley requested that the house be taken into royal custody. [1 sources]
1410Destruction - The abbey suffered from the fighting of the early fifteenth century. By 1410 it had been ‘despoiled, burned and almost destroyed’ by the English and Welsh armies. [1 sources]
1410Papal indult - A papal indult was granted to the canons of Talley stating that they need not travel more than eighty miles to meet representatives of the Premonstratensian order. [1 sources]
c.1414Paternity - Paternity of Talley passed from Welbeck to Halesowen. [1 sources]
1430 (30 May)Royal protection - Abbot Dafydd requested that Talley be taken into royal custody for the third time. [1 sources]
1497 (31 August )Visitation - A visitation report of Talley in 1497 survives in the registers of Richard Redman, a notable English Premonstratensian.  [2 sources]
c.1535Wealth - The Valor Ecclesiasticus surveyed Talley's net income at £136. [2 sources][1 archives]
1536Dissolution -  [3 sources]

 
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