TAUNTON PRlOUr. 45 



In the October of tlie same year, R. C. a disobedient 

 monk at Taunton — whether a member of the Priory is 

 uncertain — was sent to the Priory of S. Germaln's in 

 Cornwall, for penance and imprisonment.* 



On the 16th of April, 1355, the letters patent were 

 issued to which allusion has already been made. They 

 set forth that William earl of Salisbury, lately deceased, 

 had oriven the manor and hundred of Dul verton, with all 

 its appurtenances, by his indenture to the Prior and 

 Convent of Taunton, to be held in fee farm by them and 

 their successors, on their paying to the said earl and his 

 heirs ten pounds a year. That the said earl had founded 

 the monastery of Bustlesham, and had enriched it with 

 sundry manors, lands, tenements and rents. That he had 

 given to that monastery the sum of ten marcs out of the 

 aforesaid ten pounds, and the remaining five marcs to the 

 eustos of the chapel of Donyate. And that the Prior 

 of Taunton was to pay to each the ten and the five marcs 

 respectively. That these moneys were to be used in aid of 

 the said monastery of Bustlesham and chapel of Donyate, 

 and for the performance of divine Service daily in behalf of 

 the king and the giver and their heirs. There had been 

 some difficulty in the way of carrying out these provisions 

 on the part of the Prior of Taunton, which on the petition 

 of the Prior of Bustlesham was graciously removed, and 

 both parties were empowered to proceed in agreement with 

 the donor's intentions for their respective benefit.f 



In January, 1361-2, Prior Thomas de Pederton died, 

 and on the 17th of the same month the Canons received a 

 new Prior in the person of Walter de Gi'ateley.f 



* MS. Harl. 6965, p. 258. 



t Pat. 29 Edw. III., p. 1. m. 6. 



t MS. Harl. 6964, p. Ii3. Rad. ia Reg. Drok., 286. 



