RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



the financial position must have improved, for 

 in 1535 the gross revenue was £^S3 V- ^^-i 

 and the clear annual value ;^36o 16s. lo^d.^ 



The Pilgrimage of Grace created much dis- 

 sension at Watton ; the Gilbertines were accused 

 of taking part, and the prior, Robert Holgate, 

 fled to Cromwell ' being one of his promotion,' 

 and left sixty or eighty ^' brethren and sisters 

 without 4.0s. to succour them. During his 

 absence Sir Francis Bigod incited the canons to 

 a new election, and the Prior of Ellerton was 

 appointed ; various insurrectionary captains took 

 carts, horses, and men, but obviously the canons 

 were unwilling. One man gave evidence that 

 the canons were setters forth of sedition, there 

 was ' never a good one of all the canons of 

 that house,' but there is no proof of their treason, 

 and certainly Watton was not forfeited to 

 Henry VIII.' In 1539 Holgate surrendered 

 with seven canons, two prioresses, and twelve 

 nuns ; each canon received a pension of ^^4, 

 the prioresses ^^5 each, and the others smaller 

 sums. Holgate himself was given a life grant 

 of Watton Priory except the nuns' church, the 

 manor of Watton, and seven other manors 

 belonging to the priory.* In the Ministers' 

 Accounts the possessions of Watton Priory 

 amounted to ^^730 65. lod. 



Priors of Watton 



Robert, occurs 1 194 to 1202' 



Peter, occurs 1206,'" 1208 " 



Richard, occurs 1219,^^ also 1223-5 " 



William, occurs 1226,"" 1238" 



Roger, occurs 1 240 ^^ 



Patrick, occurs 125 1-2" to 1260,^' elected 



Master of Sempringham 1261-2 ^^ 

 Roger (?de Dalton), occurs 1267-72" 

 Reginald, before 1278 ^^ 

 Robert de Cave ^^ 

 Patrick de Middleton, occurs 1277^^-80*' 



'Graham, op. cit. 167 n. 



'" These numbers must include all the servants and 

 labourers employed by the convent. 



' Graham, op. cit. iSi. ' Ibid. 199. 



' Baildon, Mon. Notes, i, 215; Toris. Fines, John 

 (Surt. Soc), 4, 12, 67, 68. 



'» Torks. Fines, John, 98, 144. 



" Ibid. " Baildon, loc. cit. 



" Feet of F. file 17, no. 21. 



"" Cott. MS. Nero D. iii, fol. 53 d. 



" Baildon, loc. cit. " Ibid. 



" Feet of F. file 45, no. 144 (Hil. 36 Hen. III). 



" Ibid, file 48, no. 44 (Mich. 44 Hen. III). 



" Dugdale, op. cit. vi, 947. 



" Baildon, loc. cit. '" Ibid. 



" Assize R. 1055, m. 75^. (Patrick de Middle- 

 ton's immediate predecessor is there said to have 

 been Robert de Cave.) 



" Close, 5 Edw. I, m. 7. 



" Feet of F. file 59, no. 69 (Hil. 8 Edw. I). 



255 



John de Hoton, occurs 1300 ^^ 



Richard de Watton, occurs 1327,'''' 1350^' 



John de Ecton, occurs 1 3 5 5 '"' (as ' John ' only), 



1368, 1372" 

 William, occurs 1378^' 

 John de Whitby, occurs 1382 ^' 

 Robert Stegyll, occurs 1398 '" 

 John, occurs 1423 '' 

 William, occurs 1455 '^ 

 William Cayton, occurs 1473'' 

 James Boulton,^^ occurs 1482,'* 1497 '" 

 Thomas, occurs 1530'' 



Robert Holgate, before 1536 '' (commendator) 

 James Lowrance (Prior of Ellerton), elected 



1536-9 informally,'' and did not take office 

 Robert Holgate, surrendered 1539 



66. THE PRIORY OF ST. ANDREW, 

 YORK 



About 1200^ Hugh Murdac, Archdeacon of 

 Cleveland, granted to God, and twelve canons of 

 the Order of Sempringham serving God at St. 

 Andrew's in Fishergate, York,^ that church, with 

 the land adjacent, and an annual rent of 21 

 marks arising from certain stone-built houses near 

 St. Peter's, and a stone camera adjoining, and 

 other lands, &c., elsewhere. 



In 1202' the Master of Sempringham, the 

 canons of St. Andrew, and the founder, demised 

 in perpetuity to the dean and chapter and the 

 church of St. Peter the land which they held of 

 Hugh de Virly, before the western door of the 

 major ecc/esia, in order to extend the cemetery of 

 the said church, and to avoid the risk of fire and 

 damage thereby to the major ecclesia and the 

 buildings of the lord archbishop. In return, the 

 dean and chapter gave the canons of St. Andrew 

 2h marks rents in the vill of Cave.* 



" Baildon, loc. cit. ; Cal. of Inq. p.m. 10-20 

 Edw. II, 264. 



'*" Plac. de Banco, East. I Edwr. Ill, m. 70, 

 (P.R.O. Lists), 775. 



" Test. Ebor. (Surt. Soc), i, 63. 



'' Cal. of Papal Letters, iii, 588. 



" Baildon, loc. cit. >' Ibid. *' Ibid. 



" CaL of Papal Letters, v, 230. 



" Baildon, loc. cit. " Ibid. 



" Reg. Corpus Christi Guild, York, 86. 



" So described in a licence to preach of 1482 ; 

 York Archiepis. Reg. Rotherham, i, 22. 



'' York Archiepis. Reg. Rotherham, i, 22. 



^ Anct. D. (P.R.O.), iii, D. 773 : as James only. 



" Test. Ebor. v, 299. '' Graham, op. cit. 174. 



'Mbid. 182, 183. 



' Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vi, 966. Hugh Murdac, the 

 founder, must not be confused with Henry Murdac, 

 the archbishop, who was possibly his kinsman. 



' Ibid. no. i. ' Ibid. no. ii. 



* These are probably the free rents, &c., in South 

 Cave, &c., mentioned in the Mins. Accts. 32. 

 Hen. VIII ; ibid, no. iii. 



