RELIGIOUS 
shire,t and the manor of Chicksand.? The 
priors of Chicksand held in 1284 two knight’s 
fees of the barony of Beauchamp, and a frac- 
tion of a fee in Warden * ; in 1302 a fraction 
of a fee in Tadlow (which was still held in 
1428 and had increased to a quarter of a fee *); 
in 1316 half a fee in Campton and a quarter 
in Southill and in Sandy, with a small frac- 
tion in Stanford ® ; in 1346 one fee in Camp- 
ton and half a fee in Chicksand, with one- 
tenth in Houghton ®; in 1428 half a fee in 
both Campton and Chicksand, and a fraction 
in Stanford.” In 1535 the income of the 
priory was stated at £212 35. 5d.°; and just 
after the dissolution at £259 6s. 2d., including 
the manors of Meppershall, Stotfold, Chippen- 
ham (Suffolk), Wolverton (Bucks) and Har- 
grave (Northants), and the rectories of Keysoe, 
Cople, Stotfold, Haynes and Linslade.® 
Priors oF CHICKSAND 
Walter,!° occurs 1204-5 and 1209-10 
Simon," occurs 1224 
Thomas *? occurs 1240 
Hugh," occurs 12 
William de Hugate," occurs 1309 
Simon?® 
John de L’isle,t® occurs 1316, 1324, 1325 
John Bruton,!’ occurs 1388 
Ralf,*® occurs 1409 
1 Feud. Aids, i. 150, 190, 189; L.T.R. Memo, 
R. 12 Edw. IV. 
2 Pat. 10 Edw. II. pt. 2, m. 29. 
3 Feud. Aids, i. §. 4 Ibid. 150, 170, 189. 
6 Ibid. 19, 20. 6 Ibid. 31, 32. 7 Ibid. 42. 
8 Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), iv. 195. 
® Dugdale, Mon. vi. 975. 
10 Feet of F. (Rec. Com.), § John, 55; ibid. 10 
John, 82. G. prior of Chicksand occurs 1186 
(Gorham, History of St. Neots, II. lxxiv.). 
11 Pat. 8 Henry III. m. 3. 
12 Add. MS. 24465, f. 54b. 
13 Tbid, 5827, f£.175b (Cole, from MS. notes of 
Browne Willis). 
14 Harl. MS. 3656, f. 77. 
16 Alluded to in Close, 17 Edw. IT. m. 4, as having 
recently demised a manor to the same merchant 
with whom his successor was negotiating. 
16 Feud, Aids, i. 19; Close, 17 Edw. II. and 18 
Edw. IT. (These latter only mention the name of 
John, and perhaps do not refer to the same prior.) 
17 Cal. of Pap. Letters, iv. 273; made a papal 
chaplain. 
18 Linc. Epis. Reg. on the institution of a priest 
to the church of Chicksand. 
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HOUSES 
Stephen,’ occurs 1473 
John Atoun,”° occurs 1481 and 1493 
John Spencer,” occurs 1529 and 1535 
John Plomer,” occurs 1538 
PriorgEssEs OF CHICKSAND 
Emma,” occurs 1482 
Margaret Burton and Margaret Graynger 
were the two prioresses in 1538 
Four different seals of this priory are ex- 
tant. ‘The one appended to the deed of sur- 
render is bright red, and represents the An- 
nunciation ; the angel kneeling and holding 
across, and our Lady standing, each under 
a canopy, a figure kneeling below. Legend: 
$. CONVE . . . CHIKESAND AD CAYSAS.”° 
Another seal also represents the Annuncia- 
tion, and is similar to the above, but both 
figures are standing.** Legend: s’ CONVENTVS 
SCE MARIE DE CHIKESAND AD CAYSAS, 
A small round seal has our Lady with 
the holy Child, and another figure on the 
right.2” Legend destroyed all but the letter E. 
The fourth has our Lady crowned, holding 
the Child on her left arm; to the righta 
monk kneeling, and possibly St. Catherine on 
the left, holding up her hands in prayer.”* 
19 L.T.R. Memo. R. 12 Edw. IV. 
20 Instituted to Linslade 1481 (Lipscombe, 
Buckinghamshire, iii. 467) and to Woughton in 
the same county 1493 (Add. MS. 5827, f. 175b). 
21 Fobn, in the Convocation Lists, L. and P. 
Hen. VIII. iv. 6047; and... Spencer in the 
Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) These may not be the 
same. 
22 Fobn appears in the Deed of Surrender 
(P.R.O.), 56; but it is said that John Plomer sub- 
scribed to the Royal Supremacy (Add. MS. 5827, 
f. 175b). 
23 Mentioned with John, prior, in Harl. Ch. 
44, C 27, dated 7 Nov. 22 Edw. IV. 
24 Margaret Burton signed the Deed of Sur- 
render as prioress; and her name is followed by 
that of Margaret Graynger, who still had a higher 
pension than the other nuns in 1553 (Willis, History 
of Abbeys, ii. 2). ‘The lists of priors and prioresses 
of Chicksand are most unsatisfactory and frag- 
mentary, because no institutions are recorded at 
Lincoln, nor are to be obtained from any of the 
ordinary sources. 
25 Deed of Surrender (P.R.O.), 56. A cast of 
the same seal (B.M. lviii. 31). 
26 B, M. Seals, lviii. 32. 
a7 Harl. Ch. 44, C 26. 
38 Ibid. 44, C 27. 
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