Reference
Fasti/3/Dunst
Title
DUNSTABLE PRIORY
Founded about 1132 by Henry I; an Augustinian priory
Priors
- Cuthbert;
- Henry - 1196;
- Thomas - 1200 [resigned 1202; died 1205];
- Richard de Morins - Sep 1203 [canon of Merton; died 9 Apr 1242];
- Geoffrey de Barthon - 1241 [canon; elected prior; licence of Henry III first obtained on death of Richard; resigned 2 Dec 1262];
- Simon de Eton - 1262 [on cess. of geoffrey de Barthon; elected by licence from Henry III; died 22 Nov 1274];
- William le Breton - 6 Nov 1274 [canon; confirmed by Bishop at Stow Park on this date; elected 29 Oct 1274 by licence from Edward I on death of Simon de Eton; installed 25 Nov 1274; died at Rokesae, 1288; buried at Dunstable];
- William de Wederon - 25 Jan 1280 [canon; on cess. of William le Breton; elected 7 Jan 1280; confirmed by Bishop 25 Jan 1280; admitted by Edward I 2 Feb 1280; installed 5 Feb 1280 by M.Richard de Bradwell, Archdeacon of Bedford];
- John de Chedingdon - 6 Dec 1302 [canon; on resignation of William de Wederon; patron Edward I; expenses of his installation amounted to 242/8/4];
- John de London - 1341 [canon; on death of John de Cheddington; patron Edward III];
- Roger de Gravenhurst - 17 Apr 1348 [canon; on resignation of John de London];
- Thomas Mareshall - 9 Oct 1351 [canon; on death of Roger de Gravenhurst; patron Edward III];
- John Roxton or Ashton - 18 Dec 1413 [canon; on death of Thomas Mareshall];
- Thomas Giles - 11 Apr 1373 [instituted Rector of Grove, 28 Jul 1473; resigned 1482];
- Richard Charnock - 31 Oct 1482 [resigned on becoming Prior of Christ Church, London, c.1497];
- John Wastell;
- D.Gervase Markham - 24 Mar 1525 [elected by consent of Henry VIII on death of D.John Wastell]
Date free text
c.1132 - 1525
Production date
From: 1132 To: 1525
Level of description
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