A HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE 



William de Empingham, confirmed 28 Jan. 



1280-1 " (or Implingham "), occurs 1282," 



1284" 

 John de Foxholes, elected 1304," resigned" 

 John de Hoton, elected 13 18," died " 

 John de Cateryk, elected 1321,°" died 1331 *^ 

 John de Thresk, elected 1 33 1 ^^ 

 Thomas de Hustewayt, appointed 135 1 " 

 John de Kylvington, occurs 1359 (Query, an 



intruder) 

 John de Thresk (Query, a second time), died 



1369 

 Thomas de Hustewayt, elected 1369" 

 John Easingwold, occurs 15 July 1437," 



died «« 

 John Millom, confirmed 4 Aug. 1437,^ died " 

 William Helmesley, confirmed 15 Dec. 1459 ^ 

 Thomas Yarom, elected 1476'*" 

 John Latover, elected 1483, resigned'* 

 Thomas Barker, elected 1 6 June 1518'' 

 John Ledes, elected 1524'' 

 Robert, occurs 1535,''' 1536 7" 

 William Lenewodd,'' 1538 



" York Archiepis. Reg. Wlckwane, fol. 22. 



" B.iildon, Mon. Nofn, i, 145. 



" Ibid. " Ibid. 



" York Archiepis. Reg. Corbridge, fol. 29. 



" Ibid. Melton, fol. 225. 



"Ibid. "Ibid. fol. 237. 



" Ibid. " Ibid. fol. 254.3. 



" Ibid. There is a good deal of confusion at this 

 period. On 20 and 26 July John de Thresk occurs 

 as prior (Ca/. of Papal Letters, iii, 369), but on 4 June 

 1351 Archbishop Zouch confirmed a pension granted 

 by the prior and convent for John de Thresk on 

 his resignation (Reg. Zouch, fol. 171). Again, on 

 1 7 May 1358 Archbishop Thoresby granted a letter of 

 provision for him, in which he is spoken of as 'late 

 prior.' On 30 May 1369 Pope Innocent VI directed 

 Bishop Gynwell of Lincoln, on the petition ofThomas 

 Hustewaite, Canon of Newburgh, who had obtained 

 the priory of Newburgh by the authority of Arch- 

 bishop Melton on the resignation of John de Thresk, 

 which was unlawfully occupied by John de Kylling- 

 ton (Kilvington), who had obtained it simoniacally, to 

 inquire into and punish the crimes and excesses com- 

 mitted by the clergy of the said church (Ca/. of Papal 

 Letters, iii, 607). Finally, Archbishop Thoresby's 

 register records that on 11 Sept. 1369 Brother 

 Thomas de Hustewayt was confirmed as prior vice 

 John de Thresk deceased (York Archiepis. Reg. 

 Thoresby, fol. I 883). 



" Appointed by Archbishop Melton {Cal. of Papal 

 Letters, iii, 607). 



" For these three priors see 62. 



" Baildon, Mon. Notes, i, 145 (pardon). 



^ York Archiepis. Reg. Kemp, fol. 392. 



" Ibid. *" Ibid. W. Booth, fol. 643. 



«' Ibid. '» Ibid, sede vac. fol. 4903. 



" Y)\xg6.3\t, Men. Jngl.\\, 317. (Perhaps Latoner ; 

 see, under Esholt, Dugdale, Mon. Angl. v, 470.) 



" Dugdale, Men. Angl. vi, 3 1 7. 



" Ibid. " Valor Eccl. v, 92. 



'' Baildon, Mon. Notes, i, 145. 



" L. and P. Hen. Fill, xiv (i) p. 68 (pension list). 



The earliest seal," of 12th-century work, is 

 a vesica, 3 in. by 2 in., the obverse having our 

 Lady crowned, sceptred, and seated, holding the 

 Child. The legend is : — 



SIGILLVM SANCTE MARIE DE NEVBVRGO 



The reverse is an antique gem in a vesica, i ^ in, 

 by i-g-in., with the legend : — 



SIGNV OBEDIENCIE ET PIETATS. 



The 1 2th-century seal " of the secretary of 

 the chapter is another antique gem in a vesica, 

 2|-in. by if in., with the legend : — 



^J^ s' SECRETAR' CAPITVLI BEATE MARIE DB 

 NOVOBVRGO 



The second seal'' of the abbey is a 13th- 

 century vesica, 3 in. by -L| in., showing our Lady 

 crowned and sceptred and seated in a richly- 

 decorated chair between two censing angels. 

 She holds the Child on her left knee, and is 

 blessing with her right hand. Below is the 

 prior with two monks. The legend is : — 



SIGILLVM A CTE MARIE DE NOVOB 



The 1 2th-century seal *" of Prior Barnard is a 

 small vesica, if in. by I in., with a seated figure 

 of a saint, and the legend : — 



.... NARD prior' de NOVOBVRGO 



55. HOOD 

 (Cell of Newburgh) 



Hood is first heard of as the place where 

 Robert de Alneto, the uncle or nephew of Gun- 

 dreda the wife of Nigel de Albini and an ex- 

 monk of Whitby, was leading the life of a hermit. 

 It was to Robert de Alneto that Gundreda 

 directed Abbot Gerald and his convent after 

 they had left Calder, and at Hood they first 

 settled, Robert de Alneto himself becoming a 

 member of the community.** 



It was in 1 1 38 that Roger de Mowbray granted 

 Hood to Abbot Gerald and his convent, and after 

 four or five years' sojourn there they moved to 

 Old Byland, and while at Byland *' Abbot Roger, 

 at the request of Roger de Mowbray, their 

 founder, and Sampson de Albini, gave Hood to 



" Cat. of Seals, B.M., 3676 ; Cott. Chart, v, 13. 



" Ibid. 3678, Ixxiv, 88. 



" Ibid. 3679, Ixxiv, 87. 



*> Ibid. 3680, baciv, 86. 



-' Dugdale, Mon. Angl. v, 343. The whole of th< 

 earlier history of Hood will be found there in the 

 account of Byland Abbey. For charters relating to 

 Hood itself see Mon. Angl. vi, 322. 



" Dugdale, Mon. Angl. v, 351. 



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