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 RELIGIOUS HOUSES [85, resigned 1202 elected 1202, died Harlington, Husborne Crawley, Flitwick, Segenhoe, Bradbourne, Newbottle, Pattishall and Weedon. 1 Priors of Dunstable Bernard. 2 Cuthbert. 3 Thomas, 4 occurs Richard de Morins,' 1242 Geoffrey of Barton, 6 elected 1242, re- signed 1262 Simon of Eaton, 7 elected 1262, died 1274 William le Breton, 8 elected 1274, deposed 1280 William de Wederhore, 9 elected 1280, re- signed 1302 John of Cheddington, 10 elected 1302, died 1341 John of London, 11 elected 134 1, resigned 1348 Roger of Gravenhurst, 12 elected 1348, died 1351 Thomas Marshall, 13 elected 1 35 1, died HI3 John Roxton, 14 elected 1 41 3, resigned 1473 Thomas Gylys, 16 elected 1473, resigned 1482 Richard Charnock, 16 elected 1482, re- signed 1500 1 Dugdale, Mon. vi. 242. 2 Introd. to Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. Dr. Luard say9 that the predecessors of Richard de Morins were Bernard and two persons named Thomas. A charter made in the time of Arch- bishop Theobald refers to a grant ' tempore B. prions' (Han. MS. 1 885, f. 25b. See also above, P- 370- 3 Harl. MS. 1885, ff. 73b, 24, 26b. Mentioned as contemporary with Robert, Bishop of Lincoln (1148-66), and Cecily, mother of Robert d'Albini, who founded Beaulieu Priory. It is however necessary to add that the reading of the name as ' Cub.' and ' Cufeto ' in the two latter references is a little uncertain. On f. 73b it is ' Cutb'tus ' beyond doubt. b Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. 28. « Ibid. 158, 219. » Ibid. 220, 263. s Ibid. 264, 284. » Ibid. 284. 10 Ibid. 409, and Line. Epis. Reg., Inst. Dalderby, 259d. 11 Line. Epis. Reg., Inst. Burghersh. " Ibid. Inst. Gynwell, 374. « Ibid. 389. " Ibid. Inst. Repingdon, 305d. " Pat. 12 Edw. IV. pt. 1, m. 20. 19 Pat. 22 Edw. IV. pt. 2, m. 30 and m. 10. John Wastell, 17 elected 1500, died 1525 Gervase Markham, elected 1525, surr. 1540 The seal of the priory 18 used in the fifteenth century (round and large) represents St. Peter seated, holding the keys in the left hand, and the right raised in benediction. Legend : SIGILLUM ECCLIE SC. . PET. . LE. The seal of Prior William 19 de Wederhore (affixed to a document dated 1286) is the same as above ; the counter-seal has a king and a saint (very indistinct), each standing under a crocketted canopy, the prior kneeling in prayer below. Legend :. . . . illum WILLELMI PRIORIS DE. . . 7. THE PRIORY OF NEWNHAM The Augustinian priory of Newnham was not actually built until some time after the accession of Henry II., but it may fairly claim to be the most ancient religious foundation in Bedfordshire, in so far as it still held the church of St. Paul's and succeeded to the endow- ments of the secular canons there. It is implied in the Domesday Survey that these latter were in Bedford before the Conquest ; and Leland records the tradition that they lived in houses • round about the Church.' 20 How long they had been there, and whether they were in any way descended from the original monastery of Bedford, named in 971 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it is difficult now to discover : all we know is that they were living at the Conquest as secular canons, and had property at Biddenham and Bedford. 21 Their patron at this time must have been Hugh de Beauchamp, who first held the barony of Bedford ; a little later Payn de Beauchamp, son of Hugh, 22 and his sister Ellen are both named as benefactors. 23 But the foundation of the priory of Newnham was the work of Simon de Beauchamp, son of Payn, about 11 66. Tradition ascribes the change to the scandal caused by the affair of w Lansd. MS. 963 ; L. and P. Hen. VIII. iv. 2046. He lived till 1561 (Dugdale, Mon. vi. 238), and was buried in the priory church {Beds N. and Q- i- 74)- '8 Harl. Ch. iii. C 27. •» VVol. Ch. x. 33. 20 Quoted Dugdale, Mon. vi. 373. 21 See ante Domesday Translation. « Add. MS. 24465 (Chartul.of Wardon),f.39says the Hugh of Domesday was father of Payn who succeeded to the barony of Bedford, and also of Simon, who married the heiress of Eaton, and was ancestor of the other line of Beauchamps. » Harl MS. 3656, f. 14b. 377 48
 * Ibid. f. 24 ; Ann. Mon. (Rolls Series), iii. 29.