Martin

Also known as: Abbot Martin · Role: prior of St. Neot's; abbot of Peterborough · First appears: A.D. 1129–1135

Life events

• 1132 · Henry made Henry of Angeli surrender the abbey and leave the land, then gave the abbacy to Martin.(A.D. 1129–1135 · 📍 Peterborough)
  • With: King Henry
  • “the king sent after him, and made him give up the Abbey of Peterborough, and go out of the land. And the king gave the abbacy to a prior of St. Neot's, called Martin”
• 1137 · Martin endowed and enriched the church with lands, rents, and vestments.(A.D. 1137–1138)
  • “and, notwithstanding all this, wrought on the church, and set thereto lands and rents, and enriched it very much, and bestowed vestments upon it.”
• 1137 · Eugenius granted Martin privileges for the abbey’s lands.(A.D. 1137–1138 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Eugenius
  • “And he went to Rome, and there was well received by the Pope Eugenius; from whom he obtained their privileges:--one for all the lands of the abbey, and another for the lands that adjoin to the churchyard;”
• 1137 · Martin recovered Cotingham and Easton from William Malduit.(A.D. 1137–1138 · 📍 Rockingham)
  • With: William Malduit
  • “Of William Malduit, who held the castle of Rockingham, he won Cotingham and Easton;”
• 1137 · Martin recovered Hirtlingbury, Stanwick, and annual payment from Hugh de Walteville.(A.D. 1137–1138)
  • With: Hugh de Walteville
  • “and of Hugh de Walteville, he won Hirtlingbury and Stanwick, and sixty shillings from Oldwinkle each year.”

A.D. 1129–1135

• lord / consecrator: King Henry “And the king gave the abbacy to a prior of St. Neot's, called Martin, who came on St. Peter's mass-day with great pomp into the minster.”

A.D. 1137–1138

• with Eugenius (Martin was received by Eugenius and obtained privileges from him.) “And he went to Rome, and there was well received by the Pope Eugenius; from whom he obtained their privileges:--one for all the lands of the abbey, and another for the lands that adjoin to the churchyard; and, if he might have lived longer, so he meant to do concerning the treasury.”
• with William Malduit (Martin won lands from him.) “Of William Malduit, who held the castle of Rockingham, he won Cotingham and Easton; and of Hugh de Walteville, he won Hirtlingbury and Stanwick, and sixty shillings from Oldwinkle each year.”
• with Hugh de Walteville (Martin won lands from him.) “Of William Malduit, who held the castle of Rockingham, he won Cotingham and Easton; and of Hugh de Walteville, he won Hirtlingbury and Stanwick, and sixty shillings from Oldwinkle each year.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.