THE ABBOTS OF DALE. 83 
xv“* Dompnus henricus monyasche in universa morum honestate 
preclarus rexit xxx“ix annis et xj septimanis 
xvj** Dompnus Johannes spondon recolende memorie rexit 
laudabiliter gregem sibi commissum xxxiijS annis* Et 
edificavit tectum corporis Ecclesie et tectum capelle Beate 
marie ubi antiphona cantatur Et plurima bona fecit in vita 
sua et obdormivit in Domino cuius anime propicietur deus 
amen. 
xvij** Dompnus Johannes stanley pater venerabilis prudencia 
sciencia qui claustrum Domus nostre fieri fecit ac terras et 
tenementa antiquo tempore perdita sua prudencia et labore 
acquesivit et laudabiliter gregem sibi commissum rexit 
xx" duobus annis et postea migravit ad Dominum. 
xviij** Dompnus Ricardus Notyngham pius pater diversis virtutum 
floribus ornatus Edificari fecit tectum summni chori et plura 
alia edificia et Beneficia fecit huic Monasterio et sicut 
Bonus pastor oves sibi commissas feliciter gubernavit xix™ 
annis et tunc anima soluta a corpore vitam in pace fenivit. 
(added in a later hand) ccc xliij years ix weakes & xxij dayes. 
TRANSLATION AND NOTES. 
Our successors must remember and commit to perpetual recollection 
that this is the true and perfect number and order of all the Abbots 
_ of this place from the beginning of the foundation, succeeding one after 
_ another :-— 
1st Father Walter de Senteney, of pious memory, the first Abbot, 
7 and a man of the highest religion, ruled thirty-one years and 
one quarter.t 
The notice of this Abbot is clearly taken from the Chronicle, 
_ where he is mentioned as ‘“‘ vir summae religionis.” In the obi- 
& 
* From here to the end is apparently a later addition by the same hand. 
+ The chronology of the Abbots will be discussed further on. 
t Addy’s Beanchief Abbey. 
