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Rh discipline, and promoted him to a benefice with cure of souls.

The original endowment of the abbey in- cluded the demesne land at Great Missenden with other parcels of land in the counties of Buckingham, Oxford and Huntingdon, as well as the churches of Great Missenden, Great Kimble, Chalfont St. Peter, Weston Turville and its chapels, in Bucks ; Glatton and Aid- bury, Hunts ; Caversfield and Shiplake, Oxon ; Swynford, Radenhall and Porlaine. The temporalia of the abbey in 1291 amounted to £60 5s. 5d., and included lands in Bucks, Oxon, Herts, and London ; the manor of Peterley was added not long after.

In 1284 the abbot held only one knight's fee in Great Kimble with four acres besides ; in 1302 the same ; in 1316 half the vill of Broughton and Holcutt with one third of Great Kimble ; in 1346 one fee in Great Kimble and a small part of Little Kimble. The Valor Ecdesiasticus gives for this abbey a clear revenue of £261 14s. 6d., including the churches of Great Missenden, Great Kimble, Chalfont St. Peter, Caversfield, Shiplake and Glatton. The Ministers' Accounts amount to £240 11s. 4½d., including the manors of Great Kimble, Hughenden, and Little Mis- senden.

Daniel, first abbot, occurs 1133 and 1145 Peter, occurs about 1163 Adam, occurs 1198 and 1206 William, occurs 1217 Martin, occurs 1219, deposed 1236 Robert, elected 1236, resigned 1240 Roger of Gilsburgh, elected 1240, occurs till 1248 Simon of London, elected 1258, resigned Geoffrey de Welpesle, elected 1262, resigned 1268 William of London, elected 1268, occurs till 1278 Matthew of Tring, died 1306 Richard Marshall, elected 1306, died 1323 Robert of Kimble, elected 1323, resigned William Delamere, elected 1339, died Henry of Buckingham, elected 1340 John of Abingdon, elected 1347, died 1348 William of Bradley, elected 1348, resigned 1356 Ralf Marshall, elected 1356, died 1374 William of Thenford, elected 1374, died John Marsh, elected 1384, died 1398 Richard Meer, elected 1398 Robert Risborough, occurs 1448, deposed Henry Honor or Missenden, elected 1462, occurs till 1503 William Smith, died 1521 William Honor, elected 1521, died 1528 John Fox, elected 1528, occurs 1535 John Otwell, last abbot, surrendered 1538

Dark green, pointed oval seal of the twelfth century attached to a charter of Abbot Mar-tin and the convent of Missenden. The impression is a very fine one, and represents the Blessed Virgin with crown seated on a throne with carved ends, in her lap the Holy Child with cruciform nimbus. In her right