A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND 



PRIORS OF WETHERAL 



Richard de Reme, early twelfth century 1 



Ralf, circa 1 130 



William, late twelfth century 2 



Thomas, circa 1203-1 4 3 



Suffred, circa 1218-23 4 



William Rundel, circa 1 225-39 5 



Thomas, circa 1241 



Richard de Rouen, circa 1251 



Henry de Tutbury (Tutesbiri), circa 

 1257 



Thomas de Wymundham, circa 1270-90 



William de Tanfield, 1292," prior of 

 Durham in 1308 



John de Gilling, resigned on becoming 

 abbot of York in 1303 ' 



John de Thorp, appointed on 16 Novem- 

 ber, 1 303 s 



Robert de Gisburn, circa 1309, 'excom- 

 municated in I3J3 10 



Gilbert de Botill, instituted in 1313," 

 prior of St. Mary, York, in 1313-9 



ment of Thomas Denton, who wrote more than a 

 century before Hutchinson, is conclusive. The 

 dean and chapter made an effort in 1703 'to 

 build a good house for our curate ' at Wetheral, 

 but the curate at that time had other ideas (Carl. 

 Epis. Reg., Nicolson, f. 56). 



1 Leland, Collectanea, i. 25. Todd, evidently 

 copying Leland, added that Richard presided over 

 the priory in the time of William Rufus (Notitia 

 Eccl. Cathed. Carl. 34). Both statements lack con- 

 firmation. 



2 William was prior when Clement was abbot of 

 York, and Deodatus was prior of St. Bees (Reg. of 

 St. Bees, MS. ff. 54b, 55 ; Harl. MS. 434). 



3 He was a contemporary of Bernard, Bishop of 

 Carlisle (Reg. of Holmcultram, MS. f. 14). 



4 Contemporary with Bishop Hugh of Carlisle 

 (Reg. of Lanercost, MS. viii. 7, 8 ; Whltby Chart. 

 [Surtees Soc.], i. 45). 



6 It must have been this prior who received 

 twenty-four oaks in the forest of Carlisle ad fabric am 

 ecclesie sue de Wetherhal of the gift of Henry III. 

 in 1229 (Close, 14 Hen. III. m. 19). 



8 The sequence of priors about this date is very 

 confused owing to papal interference and conflicting 

 evidence. Compare Cal. of Papal Letters (Rolls 

 Ser.), ii. 40, Palgrave, Parl. Writs, i. 1 86, and Rot. 

 Parl. i. 191 with Carl. Epis. Reg., Halton, f. 76. 



7 Pat. 31 Edw. I. m. 17. 



8 Vacancy caused by his predecessor's election to 

 York ' per creationem nostram in abbatem dicti 

 monasterii ' (Carl. Epis. Reg., Halton, f. 73). 

 Papal attempt to supersede him in 1 309, but re- 

 sisted by the Crown (Pat. 2 Edw. II. pt. i. m. 

 8, and 3 Edw. II. m. 34 ; Carl. Epis. Reg., 

 Halton, ff. 125, 131). 



9 Called prior in a papal licence of that year 

 (Cal. of Papal Letters, ii. 53, 94). 



10 Carl. Epis. Reg., Halton, ff. 168, 214. 

 Ibid. 



Adam de Dalton, I3I9, 12 1330," 1341 14 

 William de Tanfield, 1341," 1366 16 

 William de Brudford, admitted in 1373," 



abbot of York in 1382 18 

 Robert Grace, circa 1379 19 

 Richard de Appilton, circa I382 20 

 Thomas Pigott, admitted in I386, 21 



abbot of York in 1399 

 John de Stutton, 1399 22 

 Thomas Stanley, 1434 23 

 Robert Hertford, 1444, 1446" 

 Thomas Bothe, 1456, abbot of York in 



i 4 6 4 25 

 Robert Esyngwalde, 1490 



12 Ibid. f. 214. 



13 Reg. of St. Bees, MS. ff. 96, 96b. Two 

 deeds of this date were given ' apud Wedirhale in 

 presencia fratris Ad. de Dalton tune prioris eiusdem 

 loci.' 



14 In this year he was in trouble with the 

 chapter of York for which he was probably obliged 

 to retire. The record of the dispute occupies three 

 folio pages (Carl. Epis. Reg., Kirkby, ff. 4202). 



16 Ibid. f. 428, but see ibid. Welton, f. 6. 



16 Archbishop Thoresby described him in 1366 

 as modernus prior, and Sir John Warwick had 

 already spoken of him to the archbishop as a busy- 

 body (satageus) in local matters (Carl. Epis. Reg., 

 Appleby, f. 148). 



17 Ibid. f. 258. 



18 Pat. 6 Ric. II. pt. i. m. 27. In the royal 

 assent to his election, he is described as a monk of 

 St. Mary's and a doctor of theology. 



i Exch. Cler. Subs. dioc. of Carl. bdle. 60, 

 No. I . Contributed to the malum subsldlum granted 

 to Richard II. by the Parliament of his second 

 year. The writ to Bishop Appleby, ordering 

 the collection, is dated 8 July 1379 (Carl. Epis. 

 Reg., Appleby, f. 314). Three monks of the 

 house, Simon West, William Faxton and John 

 Estone, also contributed. 



20 Carl. Epis. Reg., Appleby, f. 342. The 

 record of admission is undated, but it appears 

 among entries of that year. 



21 Engaged at York in 1392 as proctor of the 

 abbey of St. Mary in a great dispute about liability 

 to repair the chancel of Bromfield church (ibid. ff. 



362, 365-7)- 



22 One of the collectors of a tenth granted on 

 1 2 May 1 399 to the king by the clergy of Carlisle, 

 deputed for that purpose by letters patent of W., 

 Bishop of Carlisle, as appears by a memorandum 

 of 4 Henry IV. inter Recorda in the Michaelmas 

 term. By a similar memorandum of the sixth year, 

 we learn that John Soureby acted as proctor for the 

 collectors (Exch. Cler. Subs. dioc. of Carl. bdle. 60, 

 No. 2b). 



23 Fuller, Worthies of England, ed. J. Nichols, i. 

 240-1. 



24 Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Arch. Soc. viii. 424. 



25 In the royal assent to his election, he is de- 

 scribed as a monk of St. Mary's, York (Pat. 4 

 Edw. IV. pt. i. m. ii). He resigned the abbey 

 in 1485 (ibid. 2 Ric. III. pt. iii. m. 2). 



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