Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . 1293) the Priory had free warren in Brockworth. In 1377, the Priory purchased of the Abbey 24 acres ofland in Brocworth, and one acre of pasture, at a perpetual rent of20s. per annum. For the license to make this purchase the Priorypaid the king 20s. It must have been during the fourteenth century, probablyabout the middle of it, that the church of Brockworth was two fine Norman arches supporting the tower and perhaps thefont, are all that is left of the church dedicated in 1142, or soonafterwards. I think the
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . 1293) the Priory had free warren in Brockworth. In 1377, the Priory purchased of the Abbey 24 acres ofland in Brocworth, and one acre of pasture, at a perpetual rent of20s. per annum. For the license to make this purchase the Priorypaid the king 20s. It must have been during the fourteenth century, probablyabout the middle of it, that the church of Brockworth was two fine Norman arches supporting the tower and perhaps thefont, are all that is left of the church dedicated in 1142, or soonafterwards. I think the rebuilding must have taken place whenSimon cle Brocworth was prior, between 1362 and 1377. Thestyle of architecture shews that it could not have been many yearsearlier or later than the period of Prior Simons rule. To whatfamily in the parish Simon belonged one cannot say, but that hewas a Brockworth man, or of Brockworth extraction, his nameplainly shews. I have suggested that perhaps he was son ofHenry de Brocworth, the last recorded benefactor from this manor. Manor and Advowson of Brockworth. 161 to the Priory; and he may have been descended, possibly, from thatRichard de Brocwordin, steward to Roger de Chandos, who wasthe first donor of land in this parish to Lanthony. However thismay be, Prior Simon may well have had kinsfolk at Brockworth,and must have had interests there ; and it is, at least, very probablethat to his influence was due the enlargement and rebuilding ofhis old parish church, in the style which prevailed during theperiod of his rule at Lanthony. About a century and half after the new church was finished,the Court adjoining it was built. The portion of the old edificewhich is left is a remarkably beautiful specimen of Tudor domesticarchitecture (see PI. XVIII). We are able to fix almost the exactdate of its completion. Within the gable to the north is paintedthe pomegranate,—the symbol of Katharine of Arragon,—andbeneath it the letters R. H. P. T
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