44 UNRECORDED DEANS OF WIMBORNE MINSTER. 



was appointed in his place. Although he is not an unrecorded 

 Dean, I may be permitted to conclude this paper with a 

 quotation from a letter written by him on August 25th, 1537, 

 to Thomas Cromwell, which is unrecorded in the histories? 

 of Wimborne, as well as in any of the biographical notices of 

 the Doctor which have hitherto been written. In this letter, 

 dated the 25th of August, 1537, he states that he is going to 

 visit the benefice which the King has granted him at Crom- 

 well's request ; and he asks Cromwell to obtain for him a 

 deer (bestiola aliqua) from one of the royal parks near his 

 benefice (Wimborne Minster), in order that he may give a 

 dinner to his parishioners and friends. 62 



52. Gairdner's Letters and Papers of the reign of Henry III., Vol. 

 XII. -ii., p. 216. 



