A HISTORY OF LONDON study. On Wednesday, the concluding day of the chapter, Henry VIII and his then queen were received into the order.** In 1535 the clear annual value of this priory was declared to be ^^624 6s. 6d. Their rents in Southwark alone realized ;r283 4J. 6d. On November I ith of this year there was a great procession by command of the king, at which were present the canons of this church, with their crosses, candlesticks, and vergers before them, all singing the litany." Prior Bartholomew Linstcd and the convent 'surrendered' on 27 October, 1539. The prior obtained a pension of ;^I00, two of the monks £8 each, and nine monks £6 each. A note to the pension list, which was signed by Cromwell, stated that the prior was to have a house within the close where Dr. Michell was dwelling.^' Priors of Southwark Aldgod, 1106 ; died 1131 Algar, died 1 132 Warin, died 1 142 Gregory, died 1 151 Ralph, died 1 155 Richard, 1155 ; ruled nine years Valerian, about 1164 William de Oxenford, died 1203 Richard de St. Mildred, died 1206 William Fitz-Samari, died 1207 Martin, elected 1 207 ; died 1218 Robert de Oseney, elected 1218 ; died 1225 Humphrey, elected 1225 Eustace, elected 1243 Stephen Alan, died 1283 William Wallys,'8 1283 Robert de Henton, collated 1292; deposed 1305 "0 William Waleys, occurs 1 304 Peter de Cheyham, 1305 " Peter, occurs 1315 ; died 1327 Thomas de Southwark, elected 1327*'; resigned 1331 >* Cott. MS. Vesp. D. i, 63. •^Taylor, Jnna/s, 28. »' L. and P. Hen. Fill, xiv (2), 40. " The names of the priors are taken principally from Cott. MS. Faust. A. viii, fol. 118^, 177, and Karl. MS. 544, fol. 100. " In 1283-4 * prior was dean of Arches {Reg. Epist. Peckham (Rolls Ser.), ii, 645 ; Ann. Mon. (Rolls Ser.), ii, 400) ; a prior was deposed 1294 {Reg. Epist. Peckham (Rolls Ser.), iii, 1065. See also Cat. Pap. Letters, v). " Winton Epis. Reg. Pontoise, fol. II. " Ibid. Woodlock, fol. 13. " Ibid. fol. 20. He was elected by the chapter, but owing to an informality the election was void and the bishop appointed on his own authority. " Ibid. Stratford, fol. 104-^. Robert de Welles, elected 1331 ; died 1348 John de Peckham, 1348 ; resigned 1359 Henry Collingbourne, ? 1361 ; died 1395 John Kyngeston, elected 1395*^ ; died 1397 Robert Weston, elected 1398"; died 1414 Henry Werkeworth, 1414 ; died 1452 John Bottisham, elected 1453 ; resigned 1462 « Henry de Barton, elected 1462 ; died i486 Richard Brigges, collated 1486*^; died 1491 John Reculver, elected 1491 *' ; ^499 Robert Michell, elected 1499 > resigned 1512 Robert Shouldham, 15 12 Bartholomew Linsted (Fowle), c. 1512 ; surrendered 1 5 39 The pointed oval seal'** of the eleventh cen- tury represents a king standing, with crown having loose straps ending in trefoils as in the great seal of William II ; in the hands is an inscribed scroll (illegible). Legend : — SIGILLUM SCE MARIE SVDWERKENSIS ECCl'iE Of the second seal,*' of the twelfth century, there are only imperfect impressions. Obverse : The Blessed Virgin on a throne, with Holy Child on left knee, and a fleur-de-lis in right hand ; within a pointed oval inscribed : ave : maria : gracia : plena : dns : tecum : benedicta. Legend : SIG E : SAN ERCHA. Reverse : A small counterseal of an issuing from clouds. Legend : angel AVE MATER MISERICORDIE. The third seal,*" used by Prior Henry Col- lingbourne in 1375, and by Prior Robert Weston in 1414, is pointed oval, and has canopied niches, within which arc the crowned Virgin and Child, St. John Baptist with Agnus Dei, and St. John the Evangelist with eagle. In the base is the prior kneeling. The legend is destroyed. Of a seal ad caiisas,^^ used in 1383, there is only an imperfect impression, of which the lower half is wanting. It is a pointed cval, and represents the Annunciation. Legend : — GILL BE K. AD : CAUSAS. A seal used by Prior Henry Werkeworth in 1422 bears the crowned seated Virgin and Holy Child. The impression is imperfect." " Ibid. Wykeham, i, fol. 248-9.
- Ibid, iii, fol. 296-7.
" Ibid. Waynflete, fol. 42, 45^, 113^. " Ibid. fol. 113. " Ibid. Courtenay, fol. 10. «« B.M. Seals, Ixxii, 65.
- ' Dugdale, Mon. Jngi. vi, 171.
Add. Chart. 15672 ; Harl. Chart. 53, H. 16. " Harl. Chart. 43, I, 43. Ibid. 44, I, 58. 484
