The Abbots of the Cistercian Abbey of Bordesley
Sources and references


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No. Date Description Printed sources (if any)

Hereford: Diocesan Registry

  [1344-1360] Register of John Trillek Calendared in: Parry, J.H. Registrum Johannis de Trillek, episcopi Herefordensis, A.D. MCCCXLIV-MCCCLXI. Cantilupe Society, 1910.

Also published as:
Parry, J.H. Registrum Johannis de Trillek, episcopi Herefordensis, A.D. MCCCXLIV-MCCCLXI. Canterbury and York Society, 1912. (Vol. 8).


London: British Library

Cotton Charters xi 21 1520 Lease of Childs Wickham rectory, Gloucs. Ric Barbur, Bordysley. Has seal: M090.

London: Public Record Office

E118/1/7 [?20] September 1413 Indenture witnessing that John Braderugge, Abbot of Bordesley, Worcs, and the convent there, had demised to Thomas Walshe one recently built ?salthouse in Upwich, Worcs.  
E211/341/A 17 Hen VIII Arbitration award between Mr Edward Gregson, parson of Fladbury, and John [Day], abbot of Bordesley. Re: Hanbury and Fladbury.  
E322/26 17 July 1538 Deed of surrender with list of twenty signatures. 8th Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records. London: W. Clowes & Son, 1847. Appendix II(1) p. 11.

[Calendared in:] Letters and papers of Henry VIII, 1538, vol 1, item 1401, p 518.

Has seal: M090.

E326/73 3 May 1322 Settlement of a dispute between William, abbot of Bordesley, and Henry de Romay, of Almcestr', relative to the detention by the latter of a rent issuing out of a tenement in Almcestr'. Sunday the Invention of the Holy Cross, 15 Edward II. Much injured.  
E326/1712 [1/9/1423-31/8/1424] Indenture between Richard, abbot of Bordesley, and William Everdon relative to the farm of the church and rectory of Kynfare. Staff. Wednesday in Easter Week, 2 Henry VI  
E326/4936 5 Hen. VII
(22/8/1489-21/8/1490) 		William Boteler, of Droitwich [Wyche], gentleman / Bordesley Abbey (William, abbot).
Re: Tardebigge and Feckenham. 		 
E326/5176 1350 Thomas, abbot, and the convent of Bordesley / Master William de Bordesleye, clerk.
Re: Corrody, Bordesley Abbey. 		 
E326/5430 5 Ric II
(22/6/1381-21/6/1382) 		John Acton, abbot, and the convent of Bordesley / Thomas Austyn of Droitwich, and Alice his wife.
Re: Droitwich (Wych). [Worc] 		 
E326/8367 28. Hen III. (28/10/1243-27/10/1244) Walter [de Cantilupo], bishop of Worcester / Philip, abbot of Bordesley.
Re: Omersley [Osmerle] [in Alvechurch - lost]. Alvechurch [Alvirechirche] [Indenture of a fine]. 		 
E326/8971 1302 John, abbot, and the convent of Bordesley / Guy de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick.
Re: Spiritual benefits. 		 
E326/8974 1326 Thomas, abbot, and the convent of Bordesley / Henry de Hampton, rector of Lightorne [Lihtethurne].
Re: Spiritual benefits. 		 
E326/8975 1326 Thomas, abbot, and the convent of Bordesley / Henry de Hampton, rector of Lightorne [Lihtethurne].
Re: Spiritual benefits. 		 
E327/588 1431   Madox, T. Formulare Anglicanum. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson ... and R. Knaplock ..., 1702. p. ?; no. 588.

Has seal: M095.

E328/26/v 5 November 1526 Grant of Fraternity by Richard, Abbot of Bordysley, to Thomas Moore, kt.  
E328/146/ii.(21) 19 November 1417 Release by Geoffrey Louecok, of Wykeden, co. Glouc., to John Abyndon, Abbot of Bordesley, and the Convent, of all actions. Seal.  
LR 14/997 1323 Grantor: Bordesley Abbey (William, abbot). Grantee: Hugh Gulky of Studley. Place: Demise, indented, for 40 years of mills in ....... (? near) Warwick.  

Manchester: John Rylands Library

  1297 Agreement between W. Abbot of Bordesley and the Convent of that place, and the rector of Claverdon, concerning the tithes of Sunger (Suthanger), as made by papal delegates. Witnesses: Richard the chaplain of Wolverton (Wolwardington), Peter de Morbi, William de Colehull, Nicholas de Cruddeshal, Simon de Bles, Robert de Lamore. Calendared in: Maxwell Lyte, H.C. Supplementary report on the manuscripts of the late W. Bromley Davenport. In: Historical Manuscripts Commission. Report 10, Appendix 6. London: HMSO, 1885-7. p 101.
  1st June 1301 Grant by John de Twiford, Abbot of Bordesley, and the Convent of that place, to Gregory de la Hulle of Edston (Edricheston) and Matilda his wife, for their lives of a tenement called Birch hurste, at Langley (Longgele), situate on the highway leading from Kington to Langley. Dated Thursday after Trinity Sunday, 1301. Calendared in: Maxwell Lyte, H.C. Supplementary report on the manuscripts of the late W. Bromley Davenport. In: Historical Manuscripts Commission. Report 10, Appendix 6. London: HMSO, 1885-7. p 103.

Worcester: Cathedral Library

Reg A.1   Worcester vacancy business. Printed in: Worcester Sede Vacante Register. Worcester Historical Society.


Worcester: Worcester Record Office

b716.093-BA.2648/1(iii) [1308-1313] Register of Walter Reynolds. Calendared in: Wilson, R.A. The register of Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester, 1308-1313. Worcester Historical Society, 1927. (Vol. 29).

Also published as:
Wilson, R.A. The register of Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester, 1308-1313. Dugdale Society, 1928. (Vol. 9).

b716.093-BA.2648/2(i) [1317-1327] Register of Thomas Cobham. Calendared in: Pearce, E.H. The register of Thomas Cobham, Bishop of Worcester, 1317-1327. Worcester Historical Society, 1930. (Vol. 40).
b716.093-BA.2648/2(ii) [1327-1333] Register of Adam Orleton. Calendared in: Haines, R.M. Calendar of the register of Adam de Orleton, Bishop of Worcester, 1327-1333. Worcester Historical Society and Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1980. (Vol. 27).
b716.093-BA.2648/2(iii) [1334-1337] Register of Simon Montacute. Calendared in: Calendar of the register of Simon de Montacute, Bishop of Worcester, 1334-1337. Worcester Historical Society and Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1996. (New Series, vol. 15).
b716.093-BA.2648/3(ii) [1350-1352] Register of John Thoresby. Some extracts in: Nash, T.R. Collections for the history of Worcestershire. 2nd ed., with additions. [London]: Printed for John White, 1799.
b716.093-BA.2648/3(iii) [1353-1361] Register of Reginald Brian. Some extracts in: Nash, T.R. Collections for the history of Worcestershire. 2nd ed., with additions. [London]: Printed for John White, 1799.
b716.093-BA.2648/4(iv) [1375-1395] Register of Henry Wakefield. Calendared in: Marett, W.P. Calendar of the register of Henry Wakefield, Bishop of Worcester, 1375-1395. Worcester Historical Society and Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1972. (New Series, vol. 7).
b716.093-BA.2648/2(ii) [1444-1476] Register of John Carpenter, volume 1. Some extracts in: Nash, T.R. Collections for the history of Worcestershire. 2nd ed., with additions. [London]: Printed for John White, 1799.


Bibliography
Knowles, D., Brooke, C.N.L. and London, V.C.M. The heads of religious houses, England and Wales, 940-1216. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972.
Willis-Bund, J.W. and Page, W. The Victoria history of the County of Worcester: volume 2. London: James Street, 1906.