144 THE HISTORY OF BREADSALL PRIORY. 



consideration of a gift by John Statham of seven marks for 

 the roof of the priory church and for glazing the (clerestory) 

 windows of the same, that the prior, or a canon-priest of 

 the priory, should celebrate an annual mass for the souls 

 of Goditha, Thomas, Elizabeth, Cecilia, and John Statham, 

 on the feast of the Eleven Thousand Virgins.* Goditha, 

 heiress of Morley, died in 1418, having brought the estate 

 to her husband, Ralph Statham ; their son Thomas married 

 Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Lumley, and the issue of this 

 marriage was John Statham, who took to wife Cecilia Cornwall. 

 John Statham died the year after his benefaction to this 

 priory, and was buried at Morley. 



On March 28th, 1454, Bishop Boulers granted license to 

 John Derby, canon of Breadsall Park, for a year's absence 

 from the priory to administer the sacraments and discharge 

 all clerical offices {sacra et sacralia) in parish churches 

 throughout the diocese, but he was always to wear the habit of 

 his order, f He was evidently licensed to discharge the duties, 

 in modern parlance, of a special missioner, and was probably 

 a gifted preacher. 



In October, 1456, the bishop confirmed the appointment of 

 Robert Burton, a canon of Repton priory, to be prior of 

 Breadsall, by the express consent of Sir William Dethick, 

 patron of the same, with whom, it was stated, rested the pro- 

 viding of a superior when the priory was vacant. The vacancy 

 occurred through the resignation of Thomas Breadsall, the late 

 prior. } 



When the Valor Ecclesiasticus was drawn up in 1535, there 

 were small temporalities in Breadsall, Duffield, Windley, and 

 Horsley, and the mediety of Mugginton rectory was valued at 

 ^5 6s. &d. ; but the clear annual income was only J^xo 175. yd. 

 William Pendylton was prior, and had simply to rule himself, 

 for there was no brother canon. 



* B.M. Add Charters, 5243. The charter is in admirable condition, 

 and sets forth the three collects to be used by the celebrant at the obit, 

 t Lich. Epis. Reg., Boulers, f. 96. 

 X Ibid., p. 32. 



