Maenan - details of Wealth, 1291

According to the Taxatio Ecclesiastica the monastery's total annual income at this time was £76 15s 8d.

1283-1284: Relocation - The community relocated to Maenan for Edward I wished to build a castle at Aberconwy and a walled town. [2 sources]
1284: Royal visit - In October 1284 Edward I and his queen visited the newly-buit monastery. [1 sources]
1284: Reparations - Edward I awarded the abbey £100 to compensate the community for damages incurred as a result of his campaigns. [1 sources]
1291: Wealth - According to the Taxatio Ecclesiastica the monastery's total annual income at this time was £76 15s 8d. [4 sources]
1344: Debt - The abbey was in debt to the Italian merchants of Florence to the sum of £200. [1 sources]
1346: Debt - The monastery owed a significant sum of money to the Black Prince. [1 sources]
1379: Poll tax - The abbot was to pay 19s, the prior and each of the four monks 20d. [1 sources][1 archives]
c.1401: Destruction - The monastery suffered damages during the rebellion. [2 sources]
1482: Payments to former abbot's kin - The Cistercian General Chapter investigated two annual payments that were being made by the monastery. [1 sources]
1484: Tussle for the abbacy - David Winchcombe’s right to the abbacy was challenged by David Lloyd who was supported by the king, Richard II. [1 sources]
c.1535: Income - In the survey of c. 1535 (Valor Ecclesiasticus) the net income of the abbey was recorded as £162. [2 sources][1 archives]
1537: Dissolution - The abbey was one of the first casualties of the Suppression and was closed in March 1537. [1 sources]

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1291: Wealth

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Home dershane Project team Project News Future plans Contact us Search the database Browse list of sites Browse list of orders Browse bibliography & archives Browse people Browse articles Glossary of terms Monastic Wales is not responsible for the content of external internet sites	Event detail for site: Maenan 1291: Wealth *According to the Taxatio Ecclesiastica* the monastery's total annual income at this time was £76 15s 8d.** Bibliographical sources Printed sources Taxatio Ecclesiastica Anglia et Walliae authoritate Papae Nicholai IV c. 1291, ed. T. Astle, S. Ayscough and J. Caley (London, 1802) Graham, Rose, 'The taxation of Pope Nicholas IVth', Engish Historical Review, 23 (1908), pp. 434-454 Robinson, David M., The Cistercians in Wales: Architecture and Archaeology 1130-1540, Society of Antiquaries of London, Research Committee Report (London, 2006) p. 251 Web links (open in new window) The Taxatio Database (View website) Other events in the history of this site 1283-1284: Relocation - The community relocated to Maenan for Edward I wished to build a castle at Aberconwy and a walled town. [2 sources] 1284: Royal visit - In October 1284 Edward I and his queen visited the newly-buit monastery. [1 sources] 1284: Reparations - Edward I awarded the abbey £100 to compensate the community for damages incurred as a result of his campaigns. [1 sources] 1291: Wealth - According to the Taxatio Ecclesiastica the monastery's total annual income at this time was £76 15s 8d. [4 sources] 1344: Debt - The abbey was in debt to the Italian merchants of Florence to the sum of £200. [1 sources] 1346: Debt - The monastery owed a significant sum of money to the Black Prince. [1 sources] 1379: Poll tax - The abbot was to pay 19s, the prior and each of the four monks 20d. [1 sources][1 archives] c.1401: Destruction - The monastery suffered damages during the rebellion. [2 sources] 1482: Payments to former abbot's kin - The Cistercian General Chapter investigated two annual payments that were being made by the monastery. [1 sources] 1484: Tussle for the abbacy - David Winchcombe’s right to the abbacy was challenged by David Lloyd who was supported by the king, Richard II. [1 sources] c.1535: Income - In the survey of c. 1535 (Valor Ecclesiasticus) the net income of the abbey was recorded as £162. [2 sources][1 archives] 1537: Dissolution - The abbey was one of the first casualties of the Suppression and was closed in March 1537. [1 sources]

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