advowson
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of advowson
1250–1300; < Anglo-French; replacing Middle English avoweisoun < Anglo-French, Old French avoeson ≪ Latin advocātiōn-. See advocation
Example Sentences
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About 956 the manor and advowson of Beccles were granted by King Edwy to the monks of Bury, and remained in p. 81their possession until the dissolution of the religious houses under Henry VIII.
From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
It long held lands in the isle of Sheppey, as well as the advowson of the church of Eastchurch, in the same island.
From Bruges and West Flanders by Forestier, Amédée
The advowson of the rectory anciently belonged to the Prioress and Convent of Clerkenwell, in whom it continued till their suppression by Henry VIII., when it came to the Crown.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
The abbot was sued in respect of the advowson of certain churches, and gained the case.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de
I find that when Lord Wharton purchased the advowson at the dissolution of monasteries the tithes of corn and hay were excepted from the conveyance, which points to this customary modus on the ‘truppstone.’
From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel
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