RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



William Rymbaut,'* appointed c. 1366, died 



June or July, 1369 

 John Innocent," admitted 23 September, 



1369, occurs down to 1391, died before 



6 September, 1396 

 John des Loges,^"" died 1399 

 Giles Louvel,^*^ admitted 15 December, 1399; 



occurs down to 141 4 ; died between 



21 April, 1427, and 1428 



** Spelt Raynbote in Fine R. 170, m. 27. On 

 25 Nov. 1366, Urban reserved the priorship for him 

 when Abbot Peter's installation at Sees should be 

 complete. He had spent several years at Lancaster, 

 and spoke and wrote English well ; Dugdale, Mon. 

 vi, 998. 



^ Raines' Lanes. MS. (Chetham Library), xxii, 

 308 ; Ca/. of Pat. 1389-92, p. 490 ; ibid. 1399- 

 1401, p. 449 ; Fine R. 200, m. 29. 



"" Raines' Lanes. MSS. xxii, 395. 



The British Museum has a cast of the seal of 

 a Prior William.'"* It is pointed oval ; the Vir- 

 gin seated on a throne, with its sides terminating 

 in animals' heads, with crown ; in her left hand 

 the Child. In the field on each side a wavy 

 sprig of foliage. In base under an arch, the 

 prior half-length in prayer ; to the left behind 

 him a cinquefoil rose. The legend is imperfect. 



[s] FRIS 



LI [pJrior' lancastr. 



'°' Ibid.; Foedera, viii, 105; Cal. of Pat. 1399-1401, 

 pp. 49, 71, I 50 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 2, m. 20 ; Rot. 

 Pari. (Ree. Com.), iv, 243 ; Madox, Formulare Angli- 

 canum, 270. 



"" B.M. Cat. of Seals, i, 609. It is there assigned 

 to the fourteenth century. But Harl. Chart. 52, i, 

 I, from which it appears to be taken, is early thir- 

 teenth century, and the prior of Lancaster who attests 

 it is Prior William, who lived c. 1204. 



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