RELIGIOUS HOUSES 
ment was quite lost, though three were only 
paying small pensions in 1535. Besides 
divers parcels of land the prior held the manors 
of Stotfold and Cardington.* The total valua- 
tion in 1535 was £284 12s. 112d.; in 1541 
the ministers’ accounts give only a total of 
£200 175. 83d? 
Priors oF NEWNHAM 
William,’ first prior, appointed 1166 
Ralph,* occurs 1198 and 1205 
Eustace,® occurs 1214, died 1225 
Harvey,® elected 1225, died or resigned 
1238 
Walter,” elected 1238, died 1247 
Walter of Chawston,® elected 1247 
Stephen,” elected 1254, died 1264 
William le Fraunceys,'° elected 1264, died 
1271 
William le Ros," elected 1271, died 1272 
Michael of Goldington,’? elected 1272, 
died 1283 
John of Bedford," elected 1283, resigned 
1300 
Adam of Sherborne,"* elected 1300, re- 
signed 1300 
William of Biddenham,*® elected 1300, 
died 1307 
William of Thorp,'® elected 1307, re- 
signed 1315 
John of Astwick,'” elected 1315, resigned 
134 
John of Amersham,'® 
resigned 1348 
elected 
1347) 
1 There are two royal charters (Harl. MS. 3656, 
f. 27) confirming to Newnham the manor of Stan- 
bridge, to be held of Hugh de Beauchamp ; this 
appears in the last valuation as ‘ Rents in Stanbridge 
manor—{4.’ 
2 Dugdale, Mon. vi. 377. 
3 Harl. MS. 3656, ff. 16, 70. 
4 Feet of F. (Rec. Com.), 18, 73. 
5 Ibid. 86. Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. 93 has 
‘E. prior of Newnham died; Herveius prior of 
Oseney elected.’ 
6 Ibid. 93, 191. 
7 Linc. Epis. Reg., Rolls of Grossetéte. 
8 Ibid. ; Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. 172. 
9 Tbid. 191. 
to Linc. Epis. Reg., Rolls of Gravesend. This is 
the last time that one of the Beauchamps appears 
as patron. 
11 Tbid. 
12 Tbid. 
13 Tbid. Rolls of Sutton; Ann. Mon. (Rolls 
Series), iii. 297. 
14 Linc, Epis. Reg., Inst. Dalderby, 258. 
16 Ibid. 
16 Tbid. 263. 
17 Ibid. 273d. 
18 Tbid. Inst. Bek, 105; Harl. MS. 3656, f. 28b 
Henry of Woodford,'® elected 1348, died 
1349 
William of Woodford,”° elected 1349 
Nicholas Baldock,”' elected 1362, died 
1369 
John of Biddenham,” elected 1369, died 
1395 
William of Woughton,” elected 1395 
John Bromham,™ occurs 1437 and 1441 
John,”* occurs 1477 and 1490 
Henry of Newnham,” occurs 1493 
John Ashwell,” occurs 1535 
John Burne,”® occurs 1540 
The conventual seal was large and elabo- 
rate. It represents St. Paul seated on a 
throne, under a trefoiled canopy, with sword 
in his right hand; an angel above on either 
side, and groups of votaries under arches to 
the right and left, with the moon above one 
group and the sun above the other. Legend: 
SIGILL’ PRIORIS ET CONVENTUS SCI PAULI DE 
NEWEHAM. | 
Counter-seal : three niches. In the middle 
St. Paul kneeling with an executioner behind 
him ; above his head pautv and possibly a 
hand of blessing. St. Luke and St. Titus on 
the left and right, with their names above 
them. Legend : MUCRO * FUROR * SAULI ° 
FUIT * ENS[IS * PAS|SIO * PAULT.”? 
There is a seal of William of Woughton, 
prior 1395, pointed oval, representing St. 
Paul seated in a canopied niche, pinnacled 
and crocketted, holding a sword in the 
right hand and a book in the left, between 
two shields, one with a lion and the other 
a cross paty ; and a prior below, half 
length, with hands folded in prayer. Legend: 
8. FRATRIS WILLI DE WOKETONE PRIORIS 
DE NEWEHM.”” 
The seal of Henry de Newnham (1493) 
is the same. Legend: s. F’RIS HENRIC’ 
NEWNAM PRIORIS DE NEWEHAM.™ 
19 Linc. Epis. Reg., Inst. Gynwell, 379. 
20 Tbid. 
21 Ibid. ; Harl. 3656, f. 30b. 
22 Linc, Epis. Reg., Inst. Buckingham, 384. 
23 Tbid. 366. : 
24 Charter in the possession of F. A. Page-Turner, 
Esq., and Cat. of Anct. Deeds (P.R.O.), A 2315, 
2871. 
Ibid. A. 552 ; Dugdale, Mon. vi. 373. 
28 Dugdale, Mon. vi. 3733 Add. MS. 5827, 
f.175b, from Reg. Acad. Cant. 
a” Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv. 187; Rymer, 
Federa, vi. (2), 200. 
20 L. and P. Hen. VIII. xv. 1. 
2 B. M. seals, lix. 63, 64. 
30 [bid. lviii. 40. 
at [bid, lvili. 41. 
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