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John Fisher, or de Stapenhull, died a.p. 1316. 
William de Bromley, elected July, 1316, died a.D. 1329. 
Robert de Longedon, elected Sept., 1330, died March, 1340. 
Robert de Brykhull, elected March, 1341, died a.p. 1348. 
John de Ibestock, elected a.p. 1348, died A.D. 1366. 
Thomas de Southam, elected a.D. 1366, resigned A.D. 1400. 
John de Sudbury, elected a.p. 1400, resigned A.D, 1423. 
William Matthewe, resigned a.pD. 1430. 
Robert Ownesby, elected Sep., 1430, resigned January, 1432. 
Ralph Henley, elected February, 1432, resigned A.D. 1455. 
William de Bronston, died a.pD. 1474. 
Thomas de Felde, elected April, 1474, died a.D. 1494. 
William Fleghe, elected a.p. 1494, died May, 1502. 
William Bone or Beyne, elected a.D. 1502. 
John Beaton or Boston, was Abbot up to A.D. 1534. 
William Edys or Edes, elected 13th April, 1534, surrendered 
the Abbey 14th November, 1539. 
The Chartulary or Registrum Burtonense, in the possession of 
the Marquis of Anglesey, and of which an abstract is now given, 
is a quarto or small folio volume of 156 leaves of vellum bound in 
white calfskin. It has no title page, but the word ‘‘ Bourton” in 
large old blackletter of the Tudor period can be deciphered with 
some difficulty on the outside of the cover. The original Char- 
tulary is beautifully written in double columns, with red initial 
letters to the paragraphs : the handwriting dating from the begin- 
ning of the thirteenth to the end of the fourteenth century ; but 
the blank sides of the leaves have been filled in with writing of a 
later date, and additional folios have likewise been interpolated, 
filled with writing of a later period. These parts can readily be 
distinguished from the original Chartulary, not only from the dif- 
ference of the writing, but also from the fact of the writing ex- 
tending across the whole page in place of the usual arrangement 
of double columns. 
In the preparation of the abstract everything has been intro- 
duced which can be useful to a county historian, and in the case 
of the Staffordshire manors I have left in any details which may 
