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Crokehorn, or Crukern, 1466 ; John ßracy, 1470 ; William 

 Wyk, or Wyke, 1489; Thomas Broke, 1504; John Skir- 

 born, or Scherborne, 1522 ; and Thomas Yve, 1532. I 

 neecl not occupy further time and space by repeating 

 what every inquirer can consult without difficulty, and 

 what has already been many times committed to the press. 



I gladly turn to a fragment of hitherto unpublished infor- 

 mation in the following extracts from two of the Harleian 

 MSS., which give us a view of the Society in the ordinary 

 exercise of their rights as patrons of the benefices already 

 noticed as being in their possession. 



The MSS. to which I refer {Hart 6964 and 6965) con- 

 tain extracts from the registers of several of the Bishops of 

 Bath and Wells, particularly of Bp. Johannes de Drokens- 

 ford, 1309-1329, and of Bp. Radulpkus de Salopia, 1329- 

 1363. They were made by Matthew Hutton in the year 

 1686. The far greater portion of these refer to the pre- 

 sentation of clerks to various benefices, with the names of 

 the several patrons, etc. The Abbat and Convent of 

 Muchelney are noticed as presenting to the Church of 

 " Muchelnaye," Harl. MS. 6964, p. 11 ; to "Muchelney," 

 p. 50 ; to " Somerton," p. 58 ; to " Chipstaple," p. 102 ; 

 to "Fifhide,"p 116; to " Wyke," p. 142; to "Chipsta- 

 ple," p. 144 ; to the place of a chantry priest in the chapel 

 of Blessed Mary of " Wyk, Perham, juxta Lamport," p. 

 145 ; to "Muchelney," Harl. MS. 6965, p. 148 ; to "Fif- 

 hide," p. 148; to "Mochelney," p. 165; to "Somerton," 

 p 173 ; to " Ile Abbat," p. 204 ; to the place of a chantry 

 priest in the chapel of S. Martin, in the church of Wells, 

 p. 223 ; to "Somerton," p. 229; and to "Vyfhyde," p. 

 249. 



I would here very urgently suggest that nothing could 

 more excellently serve the cause of archaeology in this 



