A HISTORY OF SURREY 



John de Uske,' 1 370-1 400 

 Thomas de Culverdone,'' 1 400- 1 9 

 John de Hermondesworth,' 1419-58 

 Thomas Angewyn,* 1 45 8-6 1-2 

 William Wroughton," 1 46 1-2, 1464 de- 

 posed 

 Thomas Angewyn,' 1464-5, re-elected 

 John May,' 1464-79 

 John Peketor Pigot,^ 1 479-1 504 

 John Parker,* 1504-29 

 John Cordrey," 1529-37. Afterwards 

 abbot of Bisham for six months. 



An eleventh century oval seal,*' showing the 

 north side of the conventual cruciform church 

 with central tower of three decreasing stages, 

 and with round-headed windows, north and 

 west porches, and east apse. Legend : 



-|- SIGILLUM • SANCTI • PETRI • CEROTIZ * 



i«CL'E ; the ' s ' in ' sancti ' is angular ; the ' c ' 

 in ' SANCTI ' and ' jEcl'e ' is of square form. 



A thirteenth century oval seal." Obverse : 

 Damaged ; remains of same legend as on 

 previous seal. Reverse : A small pointed oval 

 counter seal ; St. Peter crucified head down- 

 wards. Legend : solue • jubte • dec • 



CULPAR' PetRE • CATENAS. 



Pointed oval seal " of John Medmenham, 



abbot (1261-70). Obverse: Full length of 

 abbot on a corbel under a trefoiled canopy, in 

 right hand a crozier, in left hand a book. 

 Legend : + Johannis • • • CERTESeye. 

 Reverse : Same as in the previous seal. 



Pointed oval seal" of Bartholomew de 

 Winton, abbot (1270-1307). Full length of 

 abbot on a corbel under a trefoiled canopy, in 

 right hand a crozier, in left hand a book ; on 

 each side a small niche containing a saint's 

 head, on the left St. Peter with the keys, on 

 the right St. Paul with the sword. Legend : 

 s' bartholemi : dei : gra : abbatis : 

 Certeseye. 



Fragments of pointed oval seal *' of the 

 Sacristy, 1466. St. Peter under trefoiled 

 niche ; below a half length kneeling figure, 

 probably of the sacrist. 



Pointed oval seal " of Thomas Pigot, abbot 

 1489. The abbot full length in en- 

 riched canopied niche, right hand raised in 

 blessing. Legend defaced in each instance. 



Imperfect pointed oval seal '* of John 

 Parker, abbot, 1520. The abbot stand- 

 ing in enriched niche, a crozier in right hand. 

 Legend : . . . batis de Chertsey. 



Very imperfect seal'* of John Cordrey, 

 abbot, 1531. 



HOUSE OF CLUNIAC MONKS 



2. ABBEY OF BERMONDSEY 



The priory of St. Saviour's, Bermondsey, 

 was founded in the year 1082 for monks of 

 the Cluniac order by Alwin Child, a citizen 

 of London." It was not however till some 

 years later that a colony from the important 

 house of St. Mary, Charitd-sur-Loire, arrived 

 to take possession of the new settlement. 

 The four monks, Peter, Richard, Osbert and 



» Pat. 44 Edw. III. pt. ii. Winton Epis. Reg., 

 Wykeham, i. f. 27. Pat. l Hen. IV. pt. viii. m. 12. 



' Winton Epis. Reg., Wykeham i. ff. 309-11 ; 

 Pat. 2 Hen. IV. pt. i. m. 38. 19. 



' Ibid. 7 Hen. V. 



• Ibid. 2 Edw. IV. m. 21. 



» Ibid. 



« Ibid. 5 Edw. IV. pt. i, m. 13. 



' Winton. Epis. Reg., Waynflete, i. p. ii, f. 137. 

 Pat 19, Edw. IV. m. 18. 



8 Pat. 19 Edw. IV. ms. 16, 13. 



» L. and P. Hen. Fill. iv. pt. iii. 5522. 

 »» Ibid. 5627, 5782. 

 " B. M. Seals, 2899. 

 " Add. Chart. 5546, 5547. 

 " Ibid. 

 " Jnn. Man. (Rolls Ser.), iii. 425. 



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Umbald, who arrived on 16 April 1089,*" 

 are said to have been brought over through 

 the instrumentality of Lanfranc, Archbishop 

 of Canterbury.^' Peter was appointed the 

 first prior. 



The various rent charges in the city of 

 London, which Alwin their founder had 

 assigned to the monks were augmented by 

 the gift of the manor of Bermondsey ^* by 

 William Rufus. This manor, the nucleus 

 of all future possessions, was retained by the 



" B. M. bmi. 59. 



»« Add. Chart. 5487. 



" Harl. Chart. 44, B. 51, 52, 53, 54, 55. 



" Ibid. 62. 



" Ibid. 46. 



" Ann. Man. (Rolls Ser.), iii. 427. 



" Leland's Collect, torn. i. p. 263. 



" Lansd. MS. 863, f. 91. This grant included 

 that part of the manor then called Bermondsey, 

 the other part called Rotherhithe was reserved to 

 the Crown. One moiety was given to the priory by 

 Hen. I. (Dugd. Man., v. 100), and the other 

 to Robert Fitzhamon, which later came into its 

 possession in 1397-8 (Pat. 21 Rich. II. pt. iii., 

 m. 25). 



