Foundations, Charters, Donations, Appropriations and Muniments of the said Places; and to dispose all such Papistical Escripts as shall be there found, to the Right Honourable Mr. Thomas Cromwell General-Visitor to the King's said Highness, as shall seem most expedient to his high wisdom and dis cretion. III.-Some Particulars relating to the Dissolu- SECT. I.—The Preamble of the Surrender of the But it seems some few Houses, though they were prevailed with to surrender, yet would not do it with such a Preamble, for there are about twenty Surrenders without any Preamble at all, made to John London Clerk, ad usum Domini Regis. SECT. II.-A List of Religious Houses, which by the King's Letters Patents were of new founded and preserved from the dissolution of Lesser Monasteries. [Anno Regni 28.] ST. Mary of Betlesden, Buckinghamshire, Cistercians. St. Mary of Huntington, Augustians. Chertsey, Cambridg-shire, Bene- St. Mary in Winton, Southamp. St. Michael Hull, York-shire, Car thusians. [Regni 28.] Furnesse, the Abbot and 30 Monks, Lancashire. Bermondsey, the Abb. Surrey. Bushliszam, Bp. of St. Davids, Commendator, Berk. 1. June. 5. July. The Originals of these two last are lost, but enrolled Rot. Claus. Part 2d. Regn. 28. [Regni 29.] Lanthony, August the Prior and 21 10. May. Monks, Glocestsh. St. Austins Canterb. the Abbey- Westacre, August. the Prior and 8 and 17 Monks. Walbeck, Præinonst. Nottingsh. the Abbot and 18 Monks. Huntington Canuons, Aug. the Prior and 8 Cannons. Lincoln, Gilbertines, the Prior and 15 Monks. Feversham, Cluniac. Kent, the Ab- St. Austins, Canterb. Bened. the the Abbess and 10 Nuns. Val-royal, Chesh. the Abbot and 14 Monks. Croxton, Præmonst. Leicestersh. the Abbot and 22 Monks. Haughmond,Cannons, Shropsh. the Abbot and 10 Monks. 23. June. 23. 20. 11. July. 14. 8. 17. 27 30. 25. Aug. 1. Sept 4. Dec. 5. 14. Jan. 1. Feb. 3. and Bp.Suff.of Shafts. 12 Monks. 11. Abbot. Clattercott. Gilbert. the Prior. Bedford, Francis. the Warden. Stamford, Francis. the Warden. Derleyghs, Cisterc. Staffordsh. the Abbot. Pipeldeth, Cisterc. Northam.sh. the Abbot. De-la-pray Nunnery, Northam.sh. the Abbess. Northallerton, Carmel. Yorksh. Pulton Gilbert. the Prior. Newburg, August. Yorksh. Brusyard Nunnery, Suffolk, the Abbess. 9. June. 22. Aug. 3. Oct. 8. 20. 5. Nov. 16. Dec. 20. 16. Jan. 22. 27. 17. Feb. of Canterb. for taking the Surrender of Christ Church Canterbury. St. Milburg Winlock, Salop. 26. And another for the surrender of Rochester, both dated It seems there was generally a Confession made with the Surrender: Of these some few are yet extant, though undoubtedly great care • Perhaps Roanen: King, Abbot of Osney, was taken to destroy as many as could be in had the title Episcopus Roanansis. Queen Mary's time. That long and full one |