ABSTRACT

Endowed by Earl Ranulf of Chester on his death bed in 1153, the Augustinian priory at Trentham in north Staffordshire occupied a minster church on an estate which had been royal before and after the Conquest, but was acquired by the earl as he extended his authority in the county during the early years of King Stephen’s troubled reign. In practice a new foundation, the priory was alleged (in the endowment charter) to be a restoration, perhaps drawing on a belief that the church had been associated with St Werburh, a Mercian princess and patron of Chester abbey. Ranulf’s untimely death provided the new king Henry II with an opportunity to replace him as patron, as shown in surviving charters given in an appendix.

摘要

切斯特伯爵Ranulf于1153年将其赐予他的死床，在斯塔福德郡北部特伦特姆市的奥古斯丁修道院在征服前后都曾是皇家的庄园中占领了一座大教堂，但在他扩大统治时期被伯爵收购斯蒂芬国王在位初期的混乱统治时期的县。实际上，在一个新的基金会中，修道院的先验权（在捐赠宪章中）据称是重建的，也许是基于这样一种信念，即教堂与梅西安公主和切斯特修道院的赞助人圣韦伯有联系。附录中给出的幸存宪章显示，拉努夫（Ranulf）的过早去世为新国王亨利二世（Henry II）提供了取代他担任赞助人的机会。