RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



j^2,o8s i;. sl^.'^ The dissolution took place 

 in 1539, the house being surrendered by the 

 abbot, William Thornton, alias Dent,^' and 

 fifty monks on 26 November, when the abbey 

 and the site fell to the crown.*" The abbot 

 received a pension of 400 marks, the prior, 

 Guy Kelsaye, one of 20 marks, and on the 

 pension lists are the names of forty-seven other 

 monks, but the amount of their pension is not 

 specified, the place being left blank." 



Abbots of St. Mary's *^ 



Stephen de Whitby, first abbot, died 11 12 

 Richard «2'' 



Geoffrey, occurs 1 1 22, 1128,"^'' died 1 132 

 Severinus" or Savaric,^'" died 1 161 

 , Clement, died 1 184 



Robert de Harpham, deposed 11 95 *'' 

 Robert de Longchamp, appointed 1197,*'' 



died 1239 

 William de Roundel, occurs 1 24 1,** died 



1244 

 Thomas de Wardhull, elected 1244,*^ died 1258 

 Simon de Warwick, elected 1258,** died 1296°' 

 Benedict de Malton, succeeded 1296,'" occurs 



1302,'' resigned 1303'^ 

 John de Gilling, 1303,'' died 1313^* 

 Alan de Nesse, 1313," died 1 331 ''^ 

 Thomas de Multon, 1331,^' resigned 1359 

 William Maneys, occurs 1380,'* died 1382'' 



" Speed. The Monast'uon gives the value as 

 j^l,550 Js.o^d.; The Falor Eccl. 1535 P-^^^ ^he 

 gross ^2,091 4J. 7J1/. the nett ^^1,650 os. J^d. 

 Mm. Angl. iii, 540. 



'" L. and P. Hen. VIII, xv, 552. 



"' Lawton, Relig. Houses, 39. 



" L. and P. Hen. Fill, loc. cit. 



" From Mm. Angl. iii, 538, 539, except where 

 otherwise stated. 



''" The date of Richard's death and Geoffrey's 

 election is erroneously given in Mon. Angl. as 1 1 3 i . 



'"■ Hist. ofCh. of York (Rolls Sen), ii, 199 ; iii, 5 1-2. 



^ Symeon of Durham, Hist. Regum (Rolls Ser), 201. 



"' Hist. ofCh. of York (Rolls Ser.), ii, 222. 



" In Mon. Angl. (iii, 538), he is said to have died 

 and been succeeded by Robert Longchamp in Ii8g ; 

 but an abbot Robert was deposed in 1 1 9 5 (see above), 

 and Longchamp, who was elected in 1197, was 

 called ' Robertus secundus ' in Chrm . Mm. de Melsa 

 (Rolls Sen), i, 354. 



" Ralph de Diceto, Hist. (Rolls Sen), iii, 15 1-2. 



" Baildon, Mon. Notes, i, 231. 



" Cal. Pat. 1232-47, p. 436. 



^ Ibid. 1247-55, p. 640. 



«' Pat. 24 Edw. I, m. 14. '• Ibid. 



" Baildon, Mm. Notes, i, 231. 



" Pat. 31 Edw. I, m. 17. " Ibid. 



" Ibid. 6 Edw. II, pt. ii, m. 3. 



" Ibid. 7 Edw. II, pt. i, m. 20. 



'" Ibid. 5 Edw. Ill, pt. i, m. 14. 



"■ Ibid. pt. ii, m. 33 ; pt. i, m. 3. 



'* Ibid. 4 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 42. 



"Ibid. 6 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 33. 



II 



William Bridford or Brydford, 1382,^" died 



1389^1 

 Thomas Stayngreve, 1389,'^ died 1398 

 Thomas Pygot, 1398, died 1405 *^ 

 Thomas de Spofforth, succeeded 1405, re- 

 signed 1421, Bishop of Hereford 1422 

 William Dalton, succeeded 1422, died 1423" 

 William Wells, succeeded 1423,^' Bishop of 



Rochester, 1436 

 Roger Kirkby, elected 1437,'° died 1438^' 

 John Cottingham, elected 1438,*' died 1464*' 

 Thomas Booth, succeeded 1464,'"' resigned 



1485,°^ died same year "^ 

 William Sevons, elected 1485,*' Bishop of 



Carlisle 1495, Bishop of Durham, 1502, 



continued abbot till 1502 

 Robert Worhope, succeeded 1502 

 Edmund Thornton, elected 1507 

 Edmund Whalley, elected 1521, occurs 



1530 »^ 

 William Thornton or Dent, elected 1530, 



last abbot, surrendered 1539^* 



The 11th-century seaP^ is a vesica, 2f in. by 

 2f in., with a design of our Lady crowned and 

 seated, holding the Child and a book. Above 

 the Child is the sun and on the left side is a (?) 

 lily. Only a few words — 



SIGILLVM SANCTE MARIE . . . 



remain of the broken legend. The counterseal, 

 a vesica i:J^in. by fin., shows an arm and 

 hand holding a long cross, with the legend — 



SIGNVM SALVTIFERVM 



The seals of two early abbots are in the 

 British Museum. That of Robert de Long- 

 champ,^' 1 197-1239, is a vesica, 2f in. by ifin., 

 with the abbot standing and holding crozier and 

 book. The legend is — 



SIGILL' ROBERTI DEI GRACIA ABBIS SCE MARIE 



ebor'. 



»» Ibid. m. 27. »' Ibid. 13 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 20. 



"Ibid. m. 12. 



" Cal Pat. 1405-8, p. 15 ; occurs as John Pygot, 

 1405 ; Reg. Corpus Christi Guild (Surt. Soc). 



** Pat. I Hen. VI, pt. i, m. 15. 



*' Ibid. pt. ii, m. 12, 13. 



^ Cal. Pat. 1436-41, p. 56 ; he was Prior of 

 St. Bees. »' Ibid. 203. 



«« Ibid. 207. «' Pat. 4 Edw. IV, pt. i, m. 14. 



'"Ibid. m. II. 



°' Pat. 2 Ric. Ill, pt. iii, m. 17, 2. 



" Reg. Corpus Christi Guild (Surt. Soc). 



" Ibid. m. 14. Probably this name should be read 

 Senous, as the bishop is usually called Senhouse. 



"' Reg. Corpus Christi Guild (Surt. Soc). 



'* Lawton, Relig. Houses, 39. 



'« Cat. of Seals, B.M. 4385 ; Harl. Chart. 44 D. 

 20. 



" Ibid. 4390, Ixxv, 36. 



