Minting No. 2 / Mentinges / Mentinghes

There are two entries for Minting [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF1873/minting/] [accessed 14 May 2019] neither of which mentions a church in it, although one of them lists "William the priest" as its lord in 1086. The Victoria County History (Lincoln, vol. 2, 1906) notes: "The priory of Minting, for Benedictine monks, was founded in consequence of a grant made by Ranulf de Meschines, earl of Chester, to the abbey of Fleury. The grant was made before 1129, [...] but it is uncertain when the priory was actually built; the earliest mention of a prior is in 1213. [...] The priory was in the king's hands in 1337, 1344, and 1346 on account of the wars with France. [...] It was finally granted in 1421 to the Carthusian priory of Mount Grace." The entry for this priory in PastScape [www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=351548] [accessed 14 May 2019] notes: "Many features including a moat, fishpond, enclosures and crofts are visible as earthworks. These could either represent settlement or priory remains."