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John de Cella, elected 20 July 1195,** died 



17 July 1 214 ^° 

 William deTrumpington, elected 20 November 



1214,^^ died 24 February 1235 '* 

 John de Hertford, elected March 1235,^ ^^^ 



19 April 1263 " 

 Roger de Norton, received papal confirmation 



9 September 1263,^' died 3 November 



1290 ^' 

 John de Berkhampstead, elected 9 December 



1290,^' confirmed by the pope 13 March 



1291,^' died October 1301 s* 

 John de Maryns, elected 2 January 1302,"" 



died 23 or 24 February 1308-9 *i 

 Hugh de Eversden, elected 1309,^^ received 



papal confirmation 11 February 1310,*^ 



died 7 September 1327" 

 Richard de Wallingford, appointed by papal 



provision i February 1328, ^^ died 23 



May«^ 1336" 

 Michael de Mentmore, elected i June 1336,'' 



confirmed i8 November 1336,** died 



1349 '" 

 Thomas de la Mare, elected 1349,'^ died 15 



September 1 396 '^ 



John de la Moote, elected 9 October 1396,'* 



died H November 1401 '* 



*' Matt. Paris, CAron. Maj. ii, 41 1. 



'" Ibid. 576. 



" Gesta Abbat. i, 253. He was blessed 30 No- 

 vember (ibid.). ^"^ Ibid. 300. 



'3 The conge d'ilire was given 28 Feb. {Cal. Pat. 

 1232-47, p. 95), the king's letter to the pope 

 announcing the election I Apr. (ibid. p. 98). 



5* In the Gesta Abbat. (i, 396) the year is given 

 as 1260, but that it was 1263 is shown by Cal. Pat. 

 1258-66, p. 256. 



" Cal. Papal Letters, i, 393- The king's order for 

 the restoration of temporalities is dated 21 Dec. 1263 

 {Cal. Pat. 1258-66, p. 304). 



5« Gesta Abbat. i, 485. " Ibid, ii, 7. 



58 Cal. Papal Letters, i, 531-2. 



" Gesta Abbat. ii, 50. Here he is said to have 

 died 19 Oct., but the abbey appears to have been 

 vacant on the 14th {Cal. Close, 1 296-1 302, p. 470). 



«<• Gesta Abbat. ii, 53. Mandate to restore tem- 

 poralities is dated 12 Aug. iflal. Pat. i30i-7» P- S3)- 



«i Gesta Abbat. ii, 108. 



«3 Before 27 Apr. (flal. Pat. 1307-13, p. 112). 



63 Cal. Papal Letters, ii, (s(>. 



^ Gesta Abbat. ii, 178. 



« Cal. Papal Letters, ii, 269. The election of 

 29 Oct. 1327 {Gesta Abbat. ii, 183) had not been in 

 form. 



6« Gesta Abbat. ii, 293. 



6' Cal. Close, 1333-7, P- 583- 



88 Gesta Abbat. ii, 300. 



8' Cal. Papal Letters, ii, 531. 



™ Shortly before 18 Apr. {flal. Pat. 1348-50, 



P- 277)- ,. . 



'1 Order for the restitution of temporalities, 



22 Nov. (ibid. p. 43o)- 

 " Gesta Abbat. iii, 422. 

 "Ibid. 425-31. 'Mbid. 479. 



William Hey worth, elected 12 December 



1401," consecrated Bishop of Lichfield in 



1420 " 

 John Bostock or Wheathampstead, S.T.D., 



elected in 1420," resigned 26 November 



1440 '8 

 John Stoke, S.T.B., elected January 1441," 



died 14 December 1451 *" 

 John Wheathampstead, re-elected 16 January 



1452,81 died 20 January 1465 ** 

 William Albone, elected 25 February 1465, *' 



died I July 1476 8* 

 William Wallingford, elected 5 August 1476,*'' 



died June 1492 88 

 Thomas Ramryge, elected 1492,8' died 1521 8* 

 Thomas Wolsey, received the abbey in 



commendam 7 December 1521,89 died 29 



November 1530*" 

 Robert Catton, elected in March 1531,°* 



deprived January 1538 °^ 

 Richard Boreman or Stevenage, S.T.B., 



elected 1538,*^ surrendered the abbey 



5 December 1539** 



A pointed oval seal of the 12th century*^ 

 represents St. Alban seated on a carved throne, 

 with his feet on a small footstool ; he holds 



'6 Gesta Abbat. iii, 487-8. 



'6 He was given the see by the pope 20 Nov. 141 9 

 {Cal. Papal Letters, vii, 134), and must have vacated 

 the abbacy about July 1420, since leave to elect his 

 successor was given on 5 Aug. {Cal. Pat. 1416-22, 

 p. 312). 



^^ Order for the restitution of temporalities, 

 23 Oct. (Pat. 8 Hen. V, m. 12). 



^8 Amundesham, Annaks, ii, 240. 



'' The king assented to the election 1 5 Jan. 

 {Cal. Pat. 1436-41, p. 527). 



80 Reg. of St. Albans, i, 5. 



81 Ibid. 10-18. 

 83 Ibid, ii, 25. 

 83 Ibid. 29-35 

 8* Ibid. 140. 



86 Ibid. 141-58. 



86 The abbey was vacant 20 June (Add. Chart. 

 34350). The king's leave to elect was given 29 June 

 (Pat. 7 Hen. VII, m. 3). 



8' The king assented to the election 16 Sept. 

 (ibid. 8 Hen. VII, pt. i). 



88 The monks asked the king's leave to elect 

 12 Nov. 1521 {L. and P. Hen. VIII, iii, 1759). 



89 The king's order for the restitution of tempo- 

 ralities is dated 7 Dec. (Rymer, Foed. [Orig. ed.], 

 xiii, 760). 



90 Cavendish, Life of Wolsey, 243-8. 



91 The convent asked for the king's assent to the 

 election on 14 Mar. (i. and P. Hen. nil, v, 166 



[28]). 



92 The king's leave to elect to the vacant abbacy 



was granted 15 Jan. (ibid, xiii [i], 19° [i3])- 



93 The royal order for the restitution of temporali- 

 ties was made 10 Apr. (Pat. 29 Hen. VIII, pt. iv, 



m. 14). 



94 Dugdale, Mon. 11, 249-50. 

 96 B.M. Seals, Ixiv, 58. 



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