RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



prebends,' and it fortunately gives, particu- 

 lars : — 



£ s. d. 



Prebenda Magri Jacobi de Ispannya 17 6 8 

 Prebenda Ade de Poterton - -1368 



Prebenda filii Theobaldi de Luco - 13 6 8 



Prebenda Prioris de Pontefracto - 10 o o 



The four prebends were the deanery and the 

 three prebends of the foundation charter, for 

 James de Ispannya was dean ° in 1298. The 

 third prebend, at this time held by the Prior of 

 Pontefract, was afterwards ' apparently entirely 

 swallowed up by the Priory.' ' 



In 1399 the dean of this college, John Bose- 

 vyle, received a grant for life of all the land of 

 John de Bathe, citizen and weaver of London, in 

 the parish of St. Botolph within Aldersgate, 

 London. Without the royal licence. Bathe had 

 bequeathed the land to the parson of St. Botolph's 

 for the maintenance of a chantry. It was, 

 therefore, forfeit to the king, who presented it 

 to the dean at Pontefract to the annual value of 

 7 marks, the surplus to be passed on to the 

 king, and Bosevyle was to celebrate for the soul 

 of John de Bathe.* 



As has been stated, there were three prebends 

 in the college, though the founder's charter 

 mentions only two parsons, whose names were 

 Ranulph Grammaticus and Godfrey.' These 

 two prebends are referred to in 26 Henry VIII, 

 one of them consisting of the tithes in Campsall, 

 &c., with a pension from the Prior of Nostell, 

 and worth in all ^^14 i6j. \d. a year, the other 

 consisting of tithes at Allerton, Newton, Castle- 

 ford, Fryston, &c., and worth jf 13 8j. %d. a year. 

 There was also a chantry priest — the third pre- 

 bendary, possibly — who received ,^5 a year,^" 

 and the deanery was valued at ;^I5 15^. 3^?. 



In the 1546 report of the Commissioners the 

 deanery is assessed at ^^22 i2j. 7^., the various 

 items making up the amount being given in 

 detail."^^ A separate return is made of the two 

 prebends. One is called ' The Prebende or 

 Chantrie of Ade (Adam) de Potterton,' and the 

 other that of ' Theobalde de Luce in the saide 

 Fre ChapelL' Richard Weston was prebendary 

 of the former, his stipend from certain specified 

 lands, &c., being ^^15 3^., the outgoings 

 ;^i 9/. 7f^., leaving a clear balance of 

 j^i3 13J. \\d. The goods were valued at 

 j^2 Hi. 6^. and the plate at £^\ 8j. and a note 

 is given that ' the incumbents are not resident 

 but by deputies.' ^^ The prebendary of the 



" Exch. Memo. R. (L.T.R.), 25 & 26 Edw. I, m. 

 loi d. 



' Yorks. Sch. ii, 1 4. 



' Pat. I Hen. IV, pt. v, m. 36. - 



' Fox, Pontefract, 288. 



" Ibid. 



" Yorh. Chant. Surv. (Surt. See), 323-4. 



"Ibid. 324-5. 



other chantry was John Stringar, whose net 

 income was j^ii i8j. S^^.'' 



Before the dissolution of the monasteries the 

 college had been practically annexed to the priory 

 of Pontefract, the prior being also the dean. 

 At the dissolution the college reverted to the 

 status quo ante, but was not long allowed to enjoy 

 its recovered independence, for it was entirely 

 suppressed as from Easter 1548 under the 

 Chantries Act." 



Deans 



Mag. James de Ispannya, occurs 1291,'^ 



1298" 

 Mag. Michael de Northburgh, appointed 21 



May 1339" 

 John Bosevyle, occurs 1399 ^* 

 Dom. Thos. Wykersley, appointed c. 1420 '' 

 Mag. John de Waynflete, appointed c. 1420^" 

 Mag. John Thorneton, appointed c. 1430^^ 

 Mag. John Lathom, appointed c. 1 440 ^^ 



occurs 1445 ^' 

 James Thwaytes, died Oct. 1545^^ 

 Francys Malett, D.D., occurs 1546^^ 



204. COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF 



ST. PETER AND ST. WILFRID, 



RIPON 



The collegiate church of Ripon had its be- 

 ginning in a monastery of monks following the 

 Scottish rule, who received a grant of the place 

 called Inrhypum from the Northumbrian king, 

 Alchfrith, about the year 660.^ This establish- 

 ment, of which Eata was abbot, and Cuthbert 

 guest-master, was granted by Alchfrith not long 

 after its foundation to Wilfrid, and was aban- 

 doned by the Scottish monks, who were dis- 

 inclined to accept the changes involved by 

 Wilfrid's preference for Galilean customs.^ 

 During the stormy life of Wilfrid, Ripon was his 

 favourite residence. He here raised his basilica 

 of dressed stone, with columned arcades and 

 aisles,' and called together the two Northumbrian 

 kings, with the abbots, governors, and under- 

 kings of their realm, to its consecration in 



" Ibid. 325. 



" Yorks. Sch. ii, p. xiv. 



" Ibid. 4. >« Ibid. p. xiv. 



" Mem. of Ripon (Surt. See), ii, 226. 



" Pat. I Hen. IV, pt. v, m. 36. 



" Boothroyd, i'ow/i?^<7c/', 363. 



»» Ibid. '' Ibid. « Ibid. 



*' Holmes, Black Friars of Pontefract, 22. 



'* Boothroyd, loc. cit. 



*' Yorks. Chant. Surv. (Surt. Sec), 323. 



' Bede, Vita S. Cuthberti, cap. vii (printed in 

 Mem. of Ripon [Surt. Soc], i, 2, 3). 



' Bede, Hist. Eccl., lib. iii, cap. 25 {Mem. of Ripon 

 [Surt. Soc], i, 3, 4). 



' Eddius, Vita S. Wilfridi, cap. xvi {Mem. of Ripon 

 [Surt. Soc], i, 10). 



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