jan 1, 1232 - Dieulacres Abbey

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The right to the market and fair pass to Dieulacres Abbey, along with the manor, but the Abbot’s renewal of the Borough Charter made no mention of the payment of tolls. Rannulph states that his bailiffs would exact from the men of the manor “suit at mill” on behalf of the monks and the customary work on the mill and its pool. (That is the compulsory requirement that all corn must be ground at the mill and that the monks could all upon the townspeople to carry out repairs.)

The Abbot renews the Borough Charter, including the clause relating to grinding of the burgesses’ corn at the mill. The monks of Dieulacres Abbey, renewed the charter of the Earl of Chester a short time after Earl Ranulph’s grant of the manor to the Abbey. The renewal omits the clauses covering the rights to timber, firewood and pasture, exemption from pannage and the tolls payable at the market and the fair. The 12 pence rent is to be paid in two parts; 6 pence on the feast of St. Edward in the summer (20 June) and six pence at Martinmas (November 11). The ban on the conveyance of burgages to the religious is modified to allow a conveyance to Dieulacres itself.

Ranulph, Earl of Chester, grants the manor of Leek to the monks of Dieulacres Abbey, along with his heart for burial. The King confirms the grant the day before Ranulph’s death. Ranulph’s nephew and heir, John Scot, later grants to the monks the homage (An acknowledge that the town is under the power of the Monastery) and the services belonging to the manor which he has initially retained.

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