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Summary

South Molton Secular College, associated with St. Mary Magdalene church, was founded before 1066 and dissolved possibly before 1547.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS72NW/6/2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COLLEGIATE CHURCH (XI to Late Medieval - 1001 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SS72NW5 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV348456.

South Molton Secular College was dissolved or moved before 1500.

Reichel, O. J., 1906, Translation of the Devonshire Domesday, 402,435 (Article in Serial). SDV337899.

In the kings manor of Sut Moltana (South Molton) four priests hold one virgate of land in alms of the king. Worth 20 shillings a year.

Knowles, D. + Hadcock, R. N., 1971, Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales, 418,435,482 (Monograph). SDV323253.

South Molton Secular College, associated with St. Mary Magdalene church, founded before 1066 and dissolved possibly before 1547. In 1786 (Lliber Regis, Bacon, J. 286) it is referred to as a curacy, the rectory appropriate to the college having been dissolved; "It was anciently a college".

Ordnance Survey, 1978, Map of Monastic Britain (Cartographic). SDV348453.

Devon County Council, 1986-87, Devon Religious Houses Survey (Un-published). SDV347681.

The secular college at South Molton was one of sixty plus religious houses investigated as part of the Devon Religious Houses Survey, a Devon County Council Rescue Project. The aims of the survey were to identify how much remains of the site and to consider how any surviving remains could be conserved for the future. The work comprised a rapid assessment of the site, summarising the present state of knowledge, followed by a more detailed survey where sufficient evidence and remains survived. See separate entries for the results of the surveys.

Devon Religious Houses Survey, 1986-87, Devon Religious Houses Survey 1986/87. Preliminary Assessment Form. South Molton Secular College (Un-published). SDV366918.

There is no evidence of any surviving collegiate buildings in the vicinity of the church. The college was dissolved prior to 1547 or 1500. The rectory was appropriated to the college. There is some scope for documentary research to identify the collegiate buildings.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV2416 - Devon Religious Houses Survey

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