Ranton No. 1 / Rantone / Rantun

There is an entry for Ranton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ8524/ranton/] [accessed 12 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this priory in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 3, 1970) notes: "The priory of Ranton was founded about the mid 12th century by Robert fitz Noel of Ellenhal [...] The foundation charter states that the canons of Ranton were living 'under the rule and obedience' of Haughmond Abbey (Salop.), and this helps to fix the date of foundation. Ranton must have been founded after the establishment of the mother-house at Haughmond (between 1130 and 1138) [...] and by 1166 when some of the witnesses to the foundation charter were dead. [...] [dissolved in 1537] [...] The chief remains of the monastic buildings are a fine western tower of the 14th century, which is intact, and a portion of the adjoining south wall of the church. References in 1663 to 'the cloister at Ranton Abbey', 'the great chamber window', and 'another chamber window' [...] indicate that other parts of the priory were then still standing."