A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND 



He brought to the justices of the peace ' one 

 book called a legend ' which, he said, was 

 daily ' occupied ' in the church of the late 

 monastery of Carlisle, and in which, contrary 

 to the Acts of Parliament, the service of 

 Thomas Becket and the usurped name ' papa ' 

 of the Bishop of Rome were unerased. 

 Lancelot Salkeld, late prior, and at that time 

 (i May 1540) guardian of the monastery, 

 demanded the return of the book, and offered 

 sureties for it ; but the justices, John Lowther, 

 Edward Aglionby, Thomas Dalston and 

 Lancelot Salkeld, thinking the matter too high 

 for their determination, sent it to the king to- 

 gether with the depositions of the sub-chanter 

 and another brother. The effect of the depo- 

 sitions was that Lancelot Robynson, one of 

 the deponents, would have rased out the service 

 of Thomas Becket, but William Florence, 

 chief chanter of the monastery, took the book 

 from him, gave it to the clerk of the choir, 

 and bade him keep it secret, for he would 

 correct it. Before they rose in the morning 

 of 2 May, Florence had disappeared. Salkeld, 

 the guardian, informed the constable of the 

 castle that the absent canon would return 

 by noon on that Sunday 'or else he to be 

 hanged.' Sewell added that John Austane, a 

 brother of the monastery, exclaimed when 

 the book was taken, 'Tush, it is but for a 

 book, it will be despatched well enough for 

 money.' 1 But matters soon settled down. 

 William Florence remained a canon of the 

 new capitular body till his death in 1547, when 

 he was succeeded by Sewell. 2 Austane was 

 one of the eight minor canons of the founda- 

 tion. Salkeld died Dean of Carlisle on 3 

 September 1560,' leaving behind him a name 

 for piety, rectitude and consistency second to 

 none in the history of the diocese. 



PRIORS OF CARLISLE 

 Adelulf, 4 ? circa 1133 



1 L. and P. Hen. VIII. xv. 619, 633 

 Rymer, Faedera (old ed.), xv. 1 90. 



3 Exch. Cert, of Bishop's Inst. Carlisle, No. I. 



4 Adelulf is said to have been prior when the 

 bishopric of Carlisle was founded in 1133 (Duchy 

 of Lane. Chart, box A, No. 416) ; there is no 

 contemporary evidence on the point however, and 

 the statement is somewhat doubtful, since he is 

 said by Matthew of Paris to have been prior of 

 Nostell near Pontefract (Chnm. Maj. [Rolls Ser.], 

 ii. 158). On the other hand Adelulf held the priory 

 of Nostell with the bishopric, for in 1140 he was 

 prior of that house when Augustinian canons were 

 brought to the priory of St. Andrew from St. 

 Oswald's through his instrumentality ' ecclesiam 

 Sancti Oswaldi cui ipse episcopus jure prioris 

 praeerat ' (Skene, Chron.of Picts and Scots, 191-2). 



Walter, 6 occurs 1150 and 1169 



Gilbert 6 



John, 7 occurs 1194 and 1204 



Henry de Mareis, 8 elected 1214 



Bartholomew, 9 occurs circa 1224, died in 



1231 

 Ralf Barri, 10 elected 1231, died 9 February 



1247 

 Robert 11 de Morville (?), elected 1247, re " 



signed circa 1258 

 Adam de Felton la (?) 

 Alan 13 (?) 



John, 13 occurs 1263 

 Robert, 14 occurs 1278 and 1283, resigned 



circa 1284 

 Adam de Warthwyk, 15 elected circa 1284, 



resigned 18 September 1304 

 William de Hautewysil, 16 elected 1304, 



resigned 28 September 1308 

 Robert de Helpeston, 17 elected 1308, oc- 



curs 1320 

 Simon de Hautwysell, 18 died before 13 July 



John de Kirkby, 18 occurs 1330, elected 



Bishop of Carlisle 1332 

 Geoffrey 20 occurs 8 March 1333-4 

 John de Horncastle, 21 occurs 1352, 1363, 



resigned 1376 



5 Reg. of Holmcultram, MS. ff. 221-3 ; Dug- 

 dale, Man. v. 594 ; Cbron. ofMelrose in anno 1150; 

 Roger Hovedon (Rolls Ser.), i. 2 u ; Reg. of 

 Lanercost, MS. i. i, 9, 14 ; ii. 18 ; v. 3 ; viii. 5. 



8 Ibid. viii. 5 ; iii. 13. 



7 Cart. Antiq. F. 14 ; Rymer, Faedera, i. 63 ; 

 Pedes Finium (Pipe R. Soc.), 7 and 8 Ric. I. No. 

 128 ; ibid. (Rec. Com.), Cumberland, pp. 7-8. 



8 Rot. Lift. Claus. (Rec. Com.), 16 John,i. zo7b; 

 Chron. de Lanercost, 14. 



9 He was contemporary with Bishops Hugh 

 and Walter Mauclerc (Reg. of Lanercost, MS. 

 viii. 7, 8). Reg. of Wetherhal, 53-5, 67-8, 118, 

 etc. ; Chron. de Lanercost (Maitland Club), 41. 



10 Chron. de Lanercost (Maitland Club), 41, 53. 

 " Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.), i. 10 ; Cal. of Papal 



Letters, i. 361-2. 



12 The names of these priors are given by Nicol- 

 son and Burn in Hist, of Cumb. ii. 301, but 

 no evidence is given to establish their claim, 

 and the statement should be received with sus- 

 picion. 



Coll. Topog. et Gen. v. 235-6. 



" Chan. Eccl. Pet. for Elections, 24 June 1278, 

 file 6 ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. vi. App. p. 94 ; Carl. 

 Epis. Reg., Halton,fF. 14, 43. 



is Cal. of Pat. 1330-4, pp. 1 1 1-2 ; Carl. Epis. 

 Reg., Halton, f. 43. 



i 8 Carl. Epis. Reg., Halton, f. 113. 



Ibid. f. 114; Cal. of Close, 1330-3, p. 357. 



is Carl. Epis. Reg., Ross, ff. 268-9. 



Ibid. f. 263 ; Pat. 6 Edw. III. pt. 2, m. 33. 



Close, 8 Edw. III. m. 33d. 



21 He was said to be prior of Carlisle when he 



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