The Acquisition of Colerne and Stert as New College Estates (1387–1394)
Issue number
(2025): 23
Colerne and Stert are two peaceful villages in the county of Wiltshire. Colerne was the site of a church of St John the Baptist built in the 13th century, while in the Middle Ages Stert possessed only a chapel belonging to the church of Urchfont. The acquisition of the manors there in the 14th century, with the church advowson at Colerne, was a key moment in the construction of the patrimony of New College under its founder William of Wykeham.
Seal of John of Wykeham
New College Archives, Oxford, NCA 10231