The Premonstratensian chapter put them under the obedience of the abbot of St. Radegund's, on account of his proximity, and he repaired their house and paid their debts; but the place was again destroyed on the recurrence of war, and at the request of the barons of Hythe was finally united with St. Radegund's. (fn. 12) It appeaTrs from the Valor of 1535 that 2s. yearly was paid to the abbot of Lavendon as compensation.
The temporalities of the abbey were valued at £27 19s. 8d. yearly in the Taxation of 1291. In the reign of Edward II the abbot complained that some of his lands had been wrongly charged for the sixteenth granted by the laity, and the matter was brought before the barons of the Exchequer. It was found by inquisition that he had temporalities taxed at 50s. at Paddlesworth and 'Clavertegh', 11 marks at Pising and Shepherdswell, 1 mark at River, 10 marks 2s. 8d. at St. Radegund's, Foxhole, Hawkinge, Combe, and Blackwose, 50s. 8d. at ' Stottemere' and in the port of Dover, 5s. at Leysdown, 5s. at Westbere, 40s. at Marsh borough and in the port of Sandwich, 22s. at Canterbury and ' Shierch,' and 6 marks at Sutton, and that he paid a tenth on these with the other clergy. He consequently was discharged of the sixteenth in 1324, and his successor obtained an exemplification of the judgement in 1341. (fn. 13)
Early in the fourteenth century St. Radegund's was involved in a lawsuit with Bayham, apparently in connexion with a dispute about the abbacy of the latter house. (fn. 14) Abbot William and others were charged with having on Sunday, the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 1303, in the king's highway at Ash near Wingham, seized certain goods and chattels belonging to the abbot of Bay ham in the custody of one John de Arundel, his fellow canon, viz. a horse with saddle and bridle, a prayer-book, a girdle and a purse, of the value of £10, and also a papal bull concerning the removal of Solomon de Wengham, canon of St. Radegund's, out of the abbey of Bayhamand letters executory of the said bull, and 48s. in money. The defendants pleaded that they were acting in pursuance of a mandate from the abbot of Prémontré, and took the canon as rebellious to his superiors, that he might be punished; the purse contained only 4s. 9d. and they offered everything to the abbot of Bay ham, who refused to receive them, but did afterwards accept the horse.
The saddle and bridle had rotted by age, and the prayer-book had been given back to the canon, but the girdle and purse and 4s. 9d. they handed into court. The jury found for the defendants.
The abbot was summoned to Parliament under Edward I, but not afterwards. (fn. 15)
The king claimed the right of corrody in the abbey, and in 1316 sent Richard Trallock to the abbot and convent to receive maintenance in food, clothing, shoe-leather, and other necessaries of life and a chamber within the inclosure of the abbey for his residence. (fn. 16)
In 1327 the abbot was allowed to cross at Dover to the chapter general at Prémontré with £15 for his expenses. (fn. 17)