RELIGIOUS 
Harlington, Husborne Crawley, Flitwick, 
Segenhoe, Bradbourne, Newbottle, Pattishall 
and Weedon.! 
Priors oF DUNSTABLE 
Bernard.” 
Cuthbert.? 
Thomas,’ occurs 1185, resigned 1202 
Richard de Morins,® elected 1202, died 
1242 
Geoffrey of Barton,® elected 1242, re- 
signed 1262 
Simon of Eaton,’ elected 1262, died 1274 
William le Breton,® elected 1274, deposed 
1280 
William de Wederhore,® elected 1280, re- 
signed 1302 
John of Cheddington,’° elected 1302, died 
1341 
John of London," elected 1341, resigned 
1348 
Roger of Gravenhurst,!? elected 1348, died 
1351 
Thomas Marshall,? elected 1351, died 
1413 
John Roxton,'* elected 1413, resigned 
1473 
Thomas Gylys,’® elected 1473, resigned 
1482 
Richard Charnock,'® elected 
signed 1500 
1482, re- 
1 Dugdale, Mon. vi. 242. 
2 Introd. to Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. Dr. 
Luard says that the predecessors of Richard de 
Morins were Bernard and two persons named 
Thomas. A charter made in the time of Arch- 
bishop Theobald refers to a grant ‘ tempore B. 
prioris’ (Harl. MS. 1885, f. 25b. See also above, 
P- 371): 
3 Harl. MS. 1885, ff. 73b, 24, 26b. Mentioned 
as contemporary with Robert, Bishop of Lincoln 
(1148-66), and Cecily, mother of Robert d’Albini, 
who founded Beaulieu Priory. It is however 
necessary to add that the reading of the name as 
‘Cub.’ and ‘Cutbto’ in the two latter references 
is a little uncertain. On f. 73b it is ‘Cutb’tus’ 
beyond doubt. 
4 Ibid. f. 24 ; Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. 29. 
5 Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. 28. 
6 Ibid. 158, 219. 
7 Ibid. 220, 263. 
8 Ibid. 264, 284. 
9 Thid. 284. 
ae 409, and Linc. Epis. Reg., Inst. Dalderby, 
259d. 
11 Linc. Epis. Reg., Inst. Burghersh. 
12 Ibid. Inst. Gynwell, 374. 
13 [bid. 389. 
14 Ibid. Inst. Repingdon, 305d. 
16 Pat. 12 Edw. IV. pt. 1, m. 20. 
16 Pat. 22 Edw. IV. pt. 2, m. 30 and m. Io. 
HOUSES 
John Wastell,’” elected 1500, died 1525 
Gervase Markham, elected 1525, surr. 
1540 
The seal of the priory’® used in the fifteenth 
century (round and large) represents St. Peter 
seated, holding the keys in the left hand, and 
the right raised in benediction. Legend : 
SIGILLUM ECCLIE SC . . PET . . LE. 
The seal of Prior William *® de Wederhore 
(affixed to a document dated 1286) is the 
same as above; the counter-seal has a king 
and a saint (very indistinct), each standing 
under a crocketted canopy, the prior kneeling 
in prayer below. Legend: .... ILLUM 
WILLELMI PRIORIS DE . . . 
7. THE PRIORY OF NEWNHAM 
The Augustinian priory of Newnham was 
not actually built until some time after the 
accession of Henry II., but it may fairly claim 
to be the most ancient religious foundation in 
Bedfordshire, in so far as it still held the church 
of St. Paul’s and succeeded to the endow- 
ments of the secular canons there. It is 
implied in the Domesday Survey that these 
latter were in Bedford before the Conquest ; 
and Leland records the tradition that they 
lived in houses ‘ round about the Church.’”° 
How long they had been there, and whether 
they were in any way descended from the 
original monastery of Bedford, named in 971 
in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it is difficult 
now to discover: all we know is that they 
were living at the Conquest as secular canons, 
and had property at Biddenham and Bedford.™ 
Their patron at this time must have been 
Hugh de Beauchamp, who first held the 
barony of Bedford ; a little later Payn de 
Beauchamp, son of Hugh,” and his sister 
Ellen are both named as benefactors."* But 
the foundation of the priory of Newnham was 
the work of Simon de Beauchamp, son of 
Payn, about 1166. ‘Tradition ascribes the 
change to the scandal caused by the affair of 
17 Lansd. MS. 963; L. and P. Hen. VIII. iv. 
2046. He lived till 1561 (Dugdale, Mon. vi. 238), 
and was buried in the priory church (Beds N. and 
Q. i. 74). 
18 Harl. Ch. iii. C 27. 
19 Wol. Ch. x. 33. 
20 Quoted Dugdale, Mon. vi. 373. 
31 See ante Domesday Translation. 
22 Add. MS. 24465 (Chartul. of Wardon), f.39 says 
the Hugh of Domesday was father of Payn who 
succeeded to the barony of Bedford, and also of 
Simon, who married the heiress of Eaton, and was 
ancestor of the other line of Beauchamps. 
23 Harl MS. 3656, £. 14b. 
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