RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



of ^12 each to two monks who were bachelors 

 of divinity ; and pensions of ^^8 to two other 

 monks ; of fj to one ; and of £b to ten. 

 Among those pensioned and ordered to depart 

 was Edward Berney, warden of the cell of 

 Oxney, and another, at ;^I0 ; another at jTS ; 

 William Thornton, sub-prior, at £■] ; three at 

 ^6 135. 4(/. ; and fourteen at fj:t each.' 



On the day after the surrender an inventory 

 of the considerable treasure of the church and 

 of the furniture, stores, and stock of the abbey 

 was drafted.- A return made in December, 

 1539, of the plate out of certain abbeys, names 

 70 oz. of gold and 5,081 oz. of silver as taken 

 from Peterborough.^ 



On the dissolution of the abbey, the king 

 made a tripartite division of its revenues (valued 

 at ;i/^i,979 yj. Sf^- a year), assigning a third to 

 himself, a third to the newly appointed bishop, 

 and the remaining third to the dean and chapter.* 

 The new see of Peterborough was founded on 

 4 September, 1541, to consist of a bishop, dean, 

 and six prebendaries ; the diocese to consist of 

 the counties of Northampton and Rutland ; the 

 abbey church to be changed into a cathedral ; 

 and the abbot's lodging into the bishop's palace.6 

 John Chambers, the last abbot, was rewarded 

 for his complacency over the surrender by being 

 appointed the first bishop. 



Abbots of Peterborough ^ 



Saxulf, 654 



Cuthbald, 675 



Egbald, before 716 



Pusa 



Beonna 



Ceolver 



Hedda, 870 



Adulf (archbishop of York, 992), 972-992 



Kenulf (bishop of Winchester, IO05), 

 992-1005 



Elsin, 1006-1055 



Ernwin, 1055-1057 



Leofric, 1057-1066 



Brand, 1066-1069 



Thorold de Fecamp, 1 069-1 098 



Godric, 4 days abbot, 1099 



Matthias, 1103-1104 



Ernulf (bishop of Rochester, 11 15), 1107— 

 1114 



John de Sdez, 1114-1125 



Henry de Angeli (banished 1133), I128- 

 "33 



1 L. and P. Hen. Fill. xiv. pt. 2, 602. 



" It has been printed in full by Gunton, Stevens, 

 and Dugdale. 



' L. and P. Hen. Fill. xiv. pt. 2, 777. 



* Gunton, Hist. ofPetcrb. 66. 



6 Lansd. MS. 988, f. 120b. 



^ This list has been drawn up after careful collation 

 of the various manuscript and printed authorities 

 named in the first introductory note. 



Martin de Bee, 1133-1155 



William of Waterville, 11 55-1 175 



Benedict, 11 77-1 194 



Andrew, 11 94-1 199 



Acharius, 1200— 1 2 10 



Robert of Lindsey, 1214-1222 



Alexander of Holderness, 1 222-1 226 



Martin of Ramsey, 1226-1233 



Walter of Bury St. Edmunds, 1233-1245 



William of Hotoft, 1246-1249 



John de Caux, 1 250-1262 



Robert of Sutton, 1262-1273 



Richard of London, 1274— 1295 



William of Woodford, 1295-1299 



Godfrey of Crowland, 1299-1321 



Adam of Boothby, 1321-1338 



Henry of Morcot, 1 338-1 353 



Robert of Ramsey, 1353— 1361 



Henry of Overton, 1361-1391 



Nicholas of Elmstow, 1391-1396 



William Genge, 1397-1408 



John Deeping, 1409-1439 



Richard Ashton, 1439- 1 47 1 



William Ramsey, 1471-1496 



Robert Kirton, 1496— 1528 



John Chambers, 152 8- 1539 



Deans ^ 



Francis Alree or Abree alias Leycester, last 

 prior of St. Andrew's, Northampton, 1541 

 Gerard Carleton occurs 1543, died 1549 

 James Coorthopp or Curthopp 1549, died 



1557 

 John Boxall 1557, deprived 1559-60 

 William Latymer 1560, died 1583 

 Richard Fletcher 1583, bishop of Bristol 



1589 

 Thomas Nevil 15 90-1, dean of Canterbury 



1597 

 John Palmer 1597, died 1607 

 Richard Clayton 1607, died i6l2 

 George Meriton 16 1 2, dean of York 161 7 

 Henry Beaumont 16 1 6-7, dean of Windsor 



1622 

 William Pierse 1622, raised to the see 1630 

 John Towers 1630, raised to the see 1639 

 Thomas Jackson 1638-9, died 1640 

 John Cosin 1640, bishop of Durham 1660 

 Edward Rainbow 1660-I, bishop of Carlisle 



1664 

 James Duport 1664, died 1679 

 Simon Patrick 1 679, bishop of Chichester 



1689 

 Richard Kidder 1689, bishop of Bangor 1721 

 Samuel Freeman 1691, died 1707 

 White Kennet 1707-8, raised to the see 



1718 

 Richard Reynolds 1 7 18, bishop of Bath and 



Wells 1 69 1 



7 The list of deans up to 1842 is taken from 

 Le Neve's Fasti Eccl. Anglic, corrected and continued 

 by T. DufFus Hardy, ii. 538. 



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