. Lesnes Abbey in the parish of Erith, Kent; being the complete report of the investigations, architectural and historical, carried out by the Works Committee of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society during the years 1909-1913. rh. *n a fiRC °f ^th Henry III ( 1235), Hugh, Abbot of Lesnes, is 5th Abbot mentioned in connexion with land at Aveley. This fine does not appear in full in the Essex Fines as printed by the Essex ArchaeologicalSociety. The same Abbot was plaintiff later in a Kent fine of 21st Henry III relative to two saltpans in Shcppcy. The Abbots attorney was Brother Gregory of Lesne
. Lesnes Abbey in the parish of Erith, Kent; being the complete report of the investigations, architectural and historical, carried out by the Works Committee of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society during the years 1909-1913. rh. *n a fiRC °f ^th Henry III ( 1235), Hugh, Abbot of Lesnes, is 5th Abbot mentioned in connexion with land at Aveley. This fine does not appear in full in the Essex Fines as printed by the Essex ArchaeologicalSociety. The same Abbot was plaintiff later in a Kent fine of 21st Henry III relative to two saltpans in Shcppcy. The Abbots attorney was Brother Gregory of Lesnes, one of his Canons. The defendants were RobertBreyn and Christiana, his wife. The rent reserved was lOd. and one pound ofpepper, and the consideration money 14 marks.() (») Rotuli Chartanim, Vol. I, p. 164. (s) Rotuli Hundredorum. Edward I. (3) Rodlcian Library. Kentish Rolls, No. 4. (*) Thorpe, 1 Rcgistrum RofTense, p. 324. (s) Feet of Fines, Essex ;ical Soeiety, p. 55. (•) British Museum, Campbell Charters. XIV. 23. () Kent fines, case 90, file 23, No. 357 ; also 1 Lansdownc MSS. Vol. 267. I i SNES ABBEY. Plate III. T„ fact fatt ft. V? * it) fiWM 31 r-i-h 2* : 5 : | 2 • THE A3EEY SITE IN 175?.. THE FRATER IN 1752(Stukeleys Orgs Brit Mus.) THE ABBEY 11 In 1238 a Papal mandate was issued to the Abbot of Lesnes to inductRichard (de Wendover), Rector of Bromley and Bishop elect, into thetemporalities of the See of Rochester.^) There had been a dispute between theCathedral Chapter and the Archbishop of Canterbury which had ended in an appealto Rome, Richard being the nominee of the Monks. Alan ^ne name °f the sixth Abbot is preserved in another Essex fine.(2) It 6th Abbot is dated 32nd Henry III (1248), and is between Robert de Ispania and1248 Alan, Abbot of Lesnes (the latter represented by John of Wallingford, his Canon), and concerns 80 acres of land in Auvelers (Aveley). The demandant quitclaimed to the Abbot for a consideration of four marks of silver. Bu
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