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2. M , previous to 1328. 



3. Isabella la Louwe occurs in 1328. 



4. Isabel de Berch occurs in 1330. 



5. Katharine de Erlegli occurs in 1337. 



6. Alianor de Actune (?) about 1350. 



7. Alicia occurs in 1405. 



8. Katharine Bowser, Bowrghshere, ßourgcher, Bourg- 

 chier, Bourgheyr, Burgchier, Bourcher, er Boucher, the 

 last Prioress, occurs in 1534, 1536, 1538, and 1539. The 

 prominent facts in the life of this lady we shall shortly 

 have before us in detail. 



In this list I have not thought it necessary to enter into 

 the circumstances connected with each of the Prioresses, 

 as they have either been ah-eady given in the previous 

 pages or will be presented to the reader before the conclu- 

 sion of the History. 



Colhnson, from " MS. Palmer," says that Rachel Newton 

 was Prioress in 1537, and that Elizabeth Carey and 

 Catherine Nevil, Sisters of the House, were living in 1565, 

 and married, the first to Thomas Speed, and the second to 

 the Vicar of Ling. That these Statements are entirely 

 erroneous, I am able to prove by reference to the official 

 list of the last members of the Sisterliood, Avhich shall 

 be given in its proper place, and wherein no such names 

 appeai". This must be held conclusive. 



Of the Preceptors 



1. John de Werewell occurs in 1320. 



2. John Diluwe occurs in 1338. 



3. Richard Mareis in 1536. This last I give on the 

 authority of Collinson, who does not, however, add the 

 soui'cc of his Information, which may be as inaccurate and 

 idle as the instance just before us. 



My previous pages will supply the names of several 



