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 372 NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. been mentioned in its place, and not along with the tower with which it has no connection. The arms of Pyel occur repeatedly on these buildings, which were no doubt connected with his college ; probably they were used as offices. The college itself appears to have been a distinct building, though closely con- nected with them ; they are too numerous to have been the residence of a recluse, or of the sacristan only. The opinion entertained by this writer, that the college buildings consisted only of the tower and the four small rooms attached to it, is extremely improbable. John Pyel, the founder of the college, was Lord Mayor of London in the time of Edward IIL, and having purchased the manor of Irthlingborough, and other lands adjacent, designed the foundation of this college, but did not live to perfect it. It was completed by his wife Johanna, who was his sole executrix. The college consisted of six canons, of whom one was dean, and four clerks, and the right of presentation was alternate between the heirs of Pyel, and the abbat and convent of Peterborough, to whom the parish had previously belonged. The value of the possessions of the college at the time of the Dissolution was £70. 16s. lO^d., equal to up- wards of £1000 a year of our moneys J^^^-^--^^ Kccess for an Altai in the North Transept.
 * Mon. Aug., vol. vi. p. 1384.