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Mary Magdalene and Ninehead, 1508 ; was summoned to 

 convocation, 1509 ; resigned office on the 3rd of February, 

 1514 ; and died, 1519. 



19. Nicholas Peper was elected on the 23rd of February, 

 1514; was summoned to convocation the same year ; was 

 again summoned to convocation, 1515; presented a clerk 

 to Thurloxton in August, 1523; and died on the 26th of 

 the following September. 



20. William Yorke was nominated Prior on the 19th of 

 November, 1523. 



21. William Wyllyams, or Andre wes, was the last Prior, 

 of whom more will be detailed presently. 



In 1377, John de Kyngesbury was Sub-prior, Walter 

 Cook was Cellarer, Peter Ilmynstre was Sacristan, and 

 John Cley was Precentor. 



In continuation of these registers, and again referring the 

 reader to previous pages for the various details, we notice 

 that the Incumbents presented by the Prior and Convent to 

 their benefices may be classcd as foUows. The lists, though 

 necessarily imperfect, are valuable so far as they extend. 



Incumbents of Taunton S. Mary Magdalene : — Simon 

 de Lym, 1308; Richard de Poterne, 1322; Robert Pippe- 

 cote, 1346 ; William atte Stone, 1349 ; Hugh Thomas, 



; William Bury, 1508. AVilliam atte Halle was Curate 



of S. James's and Stapelgrove, in 1353 ; and Richard 

 Pomerey was Chaplain of S. Andrew's Chantry in the 

 Church of S. Mary Magdalene, in 1444. 



Incumbents of Kingston : — Richard de Pym, 1339 ; 



William de Ayssheleigh, 1 344 ; Robert Good, ; 



Richard Pleyssc, 1511. 



Incumbents of Lydiard S. Laurence : — Thomas de 



Columbrugg, ; John de Kyngesbury, 1318 ; Simon 



de Fareweye, 1351 ; Thomas Drayton, ; John Valens, 



