SAXON MONASTERIES
1. THE MONASTERY OF HARTLEPOOL
The ancient monastery at Hartlepool was
founded about A.D. 640 by Hieu, a native of
Ireland, under the auspices of St. Aidan. Hieu
was the first of the saintly female recluses of
Northumbria, (fn. 1) and the first also of the specially
gifted women whom St. Aidan placed in charge
of double religious houses for men and women. (fn. 2)
Nothing is known of her parentage, but her
ability as organizer and administrator is vouched
for by St. Aidan's selection. (fn. 3)
After ruling the new monastery for a few
years Hieu (fn. 4) retired in 649 to Tadcaster, and
was succeeded by Hilda, (fn. 5) who, under the direction of Aidan and other learned men, established
a regular and orderly monastic life at Hartlepool
(Heorthu). (fn. 6) It seems probable that she had
under her rule men as well as women; Bede
speaks of male students in the monasteries of the
Abbess Hilda, (fn. 7) and on the tombstones in the
little cemetery of Hartlepool Monastery, which
were excavated early in the nineteenth century,
some names of men were found. (fn. 8)
In 655 King Oswi, in fulfilment of a vow
made before the battle in which he defeated
Penda, gave his daughter Elfleda, who had
barely completed her first year, (fn. 9) to be consecrated to God in perpetual virginity, (fn. 10) and sent
her to Hartlepool to the care of Hilda. Two
years later (A.D. 657 or 658) Hilda, by Aidan's
desire, (fn. 11) went south to found the house afterwards
so renowned as Whitby Abbey, and took Elfleda
with her. (fn. 12)
After her departure the monastery at Hartlepool is heard of no more, (fn. 13) but it is thought that
it did not long survive. Such at least is the
inference to be drawn from the discoveries
made in the cemetery. (fn. 14) This was apparently
only some 20 yards in length, and in it were
two rows of interments, all, with two exceptions,
those of females, and all lying, in pagan fashion,
north and south. (fn. 15) The heads rested on pillowstones, and the appearance of the teeth shows
that these Christians lived on the same kind of
food as the pagans in Kent. Some bone pins,
a bone needle, and a few pieces of coloured glass
were found, and the tombstones were adorned
with crosses. (fn. 16)
2. ST. HILDA'S FIRST MONASTERY
In the year 648 Hilda, being recalled from
East Anglia to her own country by Bishop
Aidan, received from him a hide of land (fn. 17) in
the district north of the River Wear called
Werhale or Wyrale, where for one year she led
a monastic life with a very few companions; (fn. 18)
but Hieu relinquishing her charge (fn. 19) in 649,
Hilda at once abandoned her small monastery,
and repaired to Hartlepool, where she became
abbess. (fn. 20)
The site of her first monastery is not known,
but it is thought that it may have been at South
Shields, where St. Hilda's church now stands. (fn. 21)
Churches in Northumbria were usually called
after the saints who founded them, and certainly
Hilda's name has clung with great pertinacity
to this particular locality. The chapel there
has always been called 'St. Hild's,' often with
no other indication of locality; and the name
clings to the spot in other ways, e.g. in the case
of the 'St. Hild's fish,' so-called from 1402 to
1734. (fn. 22) Moreover, Bede speaks definitely of a
monastery on the south side of the Tyne, near
the mouth of the river, as existing in 651 (fn. 23)
(i.e. only two years after St. Hilda left her
establishment), and relates an anecdote of the
brethren belonging to it. This same story
occurs in a life of St. Cuthbert written about
1450, (fn. 24) where the site is thus described:—
. . . We rede
Be the telling of Saint Bede,
How sometime was a monastery
That eftir was a nonry [nunnery],
Bot a litil fra Tynemouth.
That mynster stode into the South,
Whare Saint Hilde Chapel standes nowe,
That it stode some tyme trewe.
Bede says the house was founded for men,
but was afterwards changed, and filled with
virgins only. (fn. 25) By 686 this change had taken
place, for in his final visitation of his diocese
Bishop Cuthbert
came to a monastery of virgins which, as has been
shown above, was situated not far from the mouth of
the River Tyne, where he was honourably welcomed
by the religious, and, in a worldly sense, most noble
handmaid of Christ, the Abbess Verca. (fn. 26)
An additional reason for thinking that this
might well have been the site of St. Hilda's
first house is afforded by the fact that it is
thought to have been the birthplace of Oswin. (fn. 27)
Nothing is known of the ultimate fate of this
monastery, and no trace of it has been found.
It was probably wholly or partially destroyed by
the Danes. (fn. 28)
3. GATESHEAD HOUSE
There appears to be no record of the foundation of this house, but it was in existence before
A.D. 653. (fn. 29) At that time Uttan the priest, the
brother of Adda, was abbot. (fn. 30) He was an illustrious presbyter, a man of great gravity and
veracity, and on this account was honoured by
all men, even by princes. (fn. 31) Bede tells how
Uttan was sent (fn. 32) to Kent to bring thence a wife
for King Oswi; how before starting he asked
the prayers of Bishop Aidan for himself and his
people on their long journey; and how Aidan
foretold a great storm at sea, and gave him a
flask of oil to pour on the waters, which when
he had done the waves subsided. All which,
says Bede, was told to a faithful priest of the
church by Uttan himself. (fn. 33)
This monastery, which had a chapel of its own,
is said to have been a cell to St. Bartholomew's,
Newcastle, (fn. 34) and to have paid an annual rent to it
of 2s. (fn. 35) Bourne says that Uttan's monastery stood
where the present Gateshead House stands; (fn. 36)
but the tradition in Leland's time placed it
where afterwards was the site of St. Edmund's
Hospital. (fn. 37)
4. THE NUNNERY OF EBCHESTER
The nunnery at Ebchester was founded in or
before the year 660 by St. Ebba. (fn. 38) She was the
daughter of Ethelfrid, king of Northumbria, and
was dedicated as a virgin by Finan, formerly
bishop of Lindisfarne. (fn. 39) With the help of her
brother, King Oswi, (fn. 40) she built a monastery on
the banks of the River Derwent in the bishopric
of Durham, (fn. 41) at the spot where the little village
of Ebchester now stands. (fn. 42)
Ebba did not remain long to preside over her
nuns, but was called to be abbess of Coldingham, where she died in 683. (fn. 43) The monastery,
however, continued to flourish until the time of
the Danish invasion, when it is said to have
been utterly destroyed. (fn. 44)
5 AND 6. THE MONASTERIES OF WEARMOUTH AND JARROW
The two foundations of Wearmouth and
Jarrow were so closely connected in their early
history that, to use the expression of Simeon
of Durham, they seem to have been one monastery built upon two sites. They are several
times mentioned in the singular number, as the
monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul. (fn. 45) To deal
with them separately would involve so much
repetition that it seems better to treat of the
two under one heading.
In the latter part of the seventh century
Benedict Biscop, on arriving in England from
his third journey to Rome, went to the court of
Egfrid, king of Northumbria. He there exhibited the relics and literary treasures he had
acquired abroad, and found such favour in the
king's eyes that Egfrid forthwith gave him
70 hides of land out of his own estates lying at
the mouth of the River Wear. On this site
Benedict, at the king's desire, established a
monastery in the year 674. (fn. 46)
Desiring to have everything of the best, he
engaged masons from France to build a stone
church, which he dedicated to St. Peter, and
glass-workers from the same country to glaze the
windows of the church, cloisters, and refectory.
Within a year matters had progressed so far that
Benedict was able to celebrate mass in the new
building; and, having laid down rules for the
government of the monastery, he started on his
fourth journey to Rome. On his return he
brought back, amongst other treasures, a number
of sacred pictures which he hung in the church
to teach the truths of the gospel story to those
who could not read. With him came John,
arch-chanter of St. Peter's at Rome, to instruct
the English monks in the Roman method of
chanting, singing, and ministering in the church. (fn. 47)
At the request of King Egfrid Pope Agatho
granted to Benedict a letter of privilege by
which his monastery was for ever secured from
all manner of foreign invasion. (fn. 48)
Delighted at the abbot's religious zeal, the
king now gave him forty hides of land on the
south side of the River Tyne. Here in 681 he
began to build a monastery of St. Paul at Jarrow. (fn. 49)
While retaining the headship of both his monasteries, which, in fact, formed but one institution, (fn. 50)
Benedict made Ceolfrid abbot of Jarrow under
himself, and when he left England on his fifth
journey to Rome he placed Easterwin in charge
of the house at Wearmouth. (fn. 51)
Ceolfrid arrived at Jarrow in the autumn of
681, with a band of twenty-two (fn. 52) brethren (ten
priests and twelve laymen); hastily put up the
necessary buildings for their shelter, and began
to train them in monastic discipline. Three
years later he commenced the building of the
church, the king himself marking out the site
for the altar. (fn. 53)
The monks of Wearmouth and Jarrow took
little or no part in political matters; their history
is marked by no very striking incidents; and at
first sight their twin monasteries may appear
somewhat insignificant. They formed, nevertheless, a very important factor in the history of
the time; and it would probably be difficult to
over-estimate their influence. They, with one
or two kindred institutions, were the chief homes
not only of religion but also of civilization in the
country. (fn. 54)
Benedict Biscop in effect set the standard of a new
type of religious house. The chief monasteries tended
now to become more and more self-centred. The
pursuit of literature became an end in itself; (fn. 55)
art and personal culture were developed. (fn. 56) This
could hardly have been the case had Benedict
been unaided; but he was singularly fortunate
in his assistants.
Easterwin, abbot of Wearmouth, was of noble
birth. Although Benedict was his cousin, he
neither expected nor received any distinction in
the regimen of the monastic life, but underwent
with pleasure the usual course of discipline. In
673, when only twenty-four years of age, he had
passed from the king's court to the solitude of
the recluse's cell. He was an inmate of Wearmouth monastery almost if not quite from its
foundation, taking his share in all domestic work.
He was a young man of great strength, pleasant
voice, handsome appearance, and kindly disposition. After his promotion to the abbacy he still
took his part in the indoor and outdoor labours of
his brethren, eating and sleeping with them. (fn. 57)
In Ceolfrid, abbot of Jarrow, Benedict also
found a sympathetic and efficient coadjutor. 'He
was,' says Bede, 'a man of great perseverance and
acute intellect, bold in action, experienced in
judgement, and zealous in religion.' (fn. 58)
When Benedict returned from Rome in 685
he found that a terrible blow had fallen upon the
twin monasteries. A pestilence had carried off
many of the monks of Wearmouth, and with
them their beloved abbot. The last five days
before his death Easterwin had spent in a private
chamber, from which on the last day of his life
he came out and sat in the open air. He sent
for all the monks and took tender leave of them,
giving to each weeping brother the kiss of peace.
He died on 7 March, 685. (fn. 59)
Jarrow had suffered even more severely. All
who could read or preach or say the antiphons
and responses had been swept away by the pestilence, except Ceolfrid himself and one little boy
whom the abbot brought up and educated, and
who afterwards became a priest in the monastery. (fn. 60)
In addition to these disasters King Egfrid, the
monks' generous patron and benefactor, was killed
in battle, May, 685. (fn. 61)
After Easterwin's death the brethren at Wearmouth consulted with Ceolfrid as to the choice
of a successor, and finally elected the deacon
Sigfrid, a man skilled in theology, of courteous
manners and temperate life; he had an incurable
disease of the lungs, and his disposition was
chastened and sweetened by suffering. When
Benedict returned he found Sigfrid duly installed.
Benedict brought with him books and pictures;
and also two palls of silk of incomparable work,
with which he purchased from King Aldfrid
three hides of land on the south bank of the
River Wear near its mouth. (fn. 62)
Soon after this Benedict was seized with
paralysis of the lower limbs. In the three years
during which he lingered in partial helplessness
he gave many directions as to the conduct of his
monasteries after his death, taking counsel with
Abbot Sigfrid, whose end was also approaching,
as to their government. He urged the brethren
frequently and earnestly in making choice of an
abbot to seek rather after probity of life and
doctrine than after exalted birth, and desired
that their selection should fall upon one of their
own number. His wishes were obeyed; when
Sigfrid passed away, 22 August, 688, Ceolfrid
was made abbot of both monasteries. Benedict
died in the following January, and was buried in
St. Peter's, Wearmouth. (fn. 63)
For nearly twenty-seven years Ceolfrid ruled
over Wearmouth and Jarrow. During that
time he built several oratories, increased the
number of the vessels and ornaments of the
church, and doubled the number of books in the
monastic library. He received from King Aldfrid
eight hides of land near the River Fresca, in
exchange for a beautiful codex work on cosmography. Afterwards he paid more and received,
instead, twenty hides of land in a village called
Sambuce, nearer the monastery. (fn. 64) He obtained
from Pope Sergius a bull of protection for
Jarrow. (fn. 65) His work must have been arduous, for
at the time of his resignation there were nearly
six hundred brethren in the two monasteries, (fn. 66)
each of which seems to have had two churches. (fn. 67)
In June, 715, finding age and infirmity creeping upon him, Ceolfrid announced his intention
of going to Rome to die there. The brethren
begged him on their knees not to forsake them,
but he remained firm in his determination.
Early in the morning of Thursday, 4 June, all
received the Holy Eucharist in the churches of
St. Mary and St. Peter at Wearmouth, and the
Abbot prepared for his journey. Having prayed
before the altar in St. Peter's, he blessed and
censed the assembled brethren. Singing the
Litany, their voices choked with tears, they went
into the oratory of St. Lawrence, and there
Ceolfrid bade them farewell, giving them his
pardon for all transgressions, and asking their
forgiveness and prayers for himself. Then they
all went down to the shore, and the brethren
knelt round him weeping, while he prayed and
gave them the kiss of peace. The deacons of
the church, carrying lighted tapers and a golden
cross, entered the vessel with him. He passed
over the stream, knelt in adoration before the
cross, mounted his horse and rode away. (fn. 68)
Huetbert was chosen abbot in his place. With
some of the brethren he went at once to Ceolfrid,
who had not yet embarked, and on Whitsunday,
7 June, received his approval and blessing. Ceolfrid never reached Rome, but died at Langres,
25 September, 715, aged seventy-four. (fn. 69)
Huetbert had been trained in the monastery
from boyhood, and had been to Rome, where he
had learned and copied everything which he
thought useful or worthy to be brought away. (fn. 70)
He is said to have gained many privileges for the
monastery. He took up the bones of Easterwin
and Sigfrid and buried them in one coffin, divided
by a partition, inside St. Peter's Church, near
the grave of Biscop. (fn. 71) During his abbacy the
arts of writing and illuminating were pursued by
the monks, and they began to be noted also for
bell-founding and metal-work. (fn. 72)
In 735 Bede died at Jarrow in his sixty-third
year, and was buried there. (fn. 73) His life from early
childhood had been passed in the monastery, and
the monks were constantly employed in making
copies of his writings to be sent to distant lands.
In a letter written in 764 to Lul, bishop of
Maintz, Cuthbert, then abbot of Wearmouth and
Jarrow, acknowledged the receipt of a request
from the bishop for copies of Bede's works. He
said he was sending the 'Life of St. Cuthbert' in
prose and verse; he and his boys had done their
best, but the bitter cold of the winter had so
benumbed their hands that they had no more to
send at present. He thanked the bishop for the
gift of an embroidered rug; it had been intended
for his own use in the cold weather, but he had
with great joy devoted it for a covering for the
altar in St. Paul's Church, as a thankoffering for
his forty-six years in the monastery.
Abbot Cuthbert mentioned twenty knives, a
bell, and some books which had been previously
sent from Jarrow to the bishop, and asked him
to send over a glass-worker, as the monks had
forgotten the art taught by Benedict's foreign
workmen. (fn. 74)
Amongst the letters of Alcuin (fn. 75) are two
congratulating Ethelbald and Fridwin respectively on their several elections to the abbacy of
the twin monasteries, but there is nothing to
indicate the order or exact dates of their succession. (fn. 76) In another letter Alcuin told the monks
of Wearmouth that all he saw whilst with them (fn. 77)
of their domestic arrangements and manner of
life pleased him exceedingly; (fn. 78) but on yet
another occasion he urged them to pay closer
attention to the training of the boys in their
charge, to educate them for teachers, and not to
let them waste their time in hunting hares and
foxes. (fn. 79)
In 794 the house at Jarrow was attacked and
pillaged by the Danes, who, however, lost their
leader and were defeated. (fn. 80) Nearly a hundred
years later both monasteries were devastated by the
same savage foes, (fn. 81) and from that time until the
Norman Conquest they were represented by
churches, grievously despoiled indeed, but not
wholly ruinous nor deserted. The priest Alfred
of Westoe had attended the commemoration of
Bede's festival at Jarrow regularly for some years
before, in 1022, he succeeded in carrying off the
saint's bones by stealth to Durham, (fn. 82) and it is
thought that though no restoration of the monastery buildings had taken place since the Danish
invasion, some part of St. Peter's Church had been
so far repaired as to be usable by the inhabitants
of the country round. (fn. 83) This theory is borne
out by the fact that in 1069, when Bishop
Ethelwin and his companions fled from Durham
to Lindisfarne with the body of St. Cuthbert,
they found shelter on the first night of their
journey in St. Paul's Church, (fn. 84) and in 1070
English fugitives took refuge at Wearmouth. (fn. 85) In
the former of these years King William attacked
and fired the church at Jarrow; (fn. 86) and in the
latter year Malcolm, king of Scotland, in a raid,
burnt down St. Peter's, 'himself looking on.' (fn. 87)
Some three or four years later a priest named
Aldwin, prior of Winchcombe, conceived a
desire to visit the northern monasteries. Coming
to the abbey at Evesham he was joined by two
companions, Elfwin and Reinfrid. They travelled
forward on foot, taking only an ass to carry the
books and vestments they needed for the celebration of divine service. They settled at Newcastle [Monkchester], within the bishopric of
Durham, but under the jurisdiction of the earl
of Northumberland. Before long Walcher,
bishop of Durham, sent to them, asking them to
come and live where they would be under the
immediate control of holy church. They acceded
to his request, and he received them with great
joy, giving them as a place of residence the
monastery at Jarrow, of which only the roofless
walls were then standing. Roofing it with untrimmed beams and thatch, the monks began
to celebrate divine service there, and built for
themselves a little hut. The fame of their ascetic life soon spread, and many abandoned the
world and joined them. Bishop Walcher rejoiced
greatly at the revival of monasticism, and to
help the monks in the work of restoration and
rebuilding gave them the vill of Jarrow with its
dependencies, viz. Preston, Monkton, Hedworth,
Hebburn, Westoe, and Harton. (fn. 88) Waltheof,
earl of Northumberland, bestowed on them the
church of St. Mary at Tynemouth, with the
body of St. Oswald which rested therein, and all
lands, &c., belonging thereto. (fn. 89)
After a time Aldwin, desiring to revive other
monasteries, left Elfwin in charge at Jarrow,
went north accompanied by Turgot, and settled
at Melrose. The bishop entreated them to
return, and finally threatened them with excommunication if they refused. In the end they
obeyed, and Walcher gave them St. Peter's
monastery at Wearmouth, which was then
totally ruined. Here they erected huts of
boughs and taught the people, and here Turgot
received the habit. They cleared away the
trees and undergrowth from the ruins and rebuilt
the church. Others soon joined them, and,
inspired by their example, embraced the monastic
life with fervour.
Bishop Walcher frequently visited them, invited them to his councils, and generously assisted
them. He intended to have joined their order,
and to have established them in a permanent
home near St. Cuthbert's tomb. With this
object in view he laid the foundations of the
monastic buildings at Durham. (fn. 90) But in May,
1080, he was murdered at Gateshead. The
monks of Jarrow sailed up the Tyne and received
into their little vessel the mutilated body of their
friend and patron. They conveyed his remains
to their monastery, whence they were afterwards
removed to Durham. (fn. 91)
Three years later Bishop William, anxious to
find suitable inmates for the house at Durham,
selected the brethren of Wearmouth and Jarrow,
then twenty-three in number, as being the only
regular monks in the diocese, (fn. 92) and removed
them to Durham, where Aldwin became the
first prior. (fn. 93) With them came Simeon the historian, who had been for some time at Jarrow, (fn. 94)
but was probably not yet a professed monk. (fn. 95)
In explanation of this transference Bishop
William represented to the pope that the size of
his diocese did not admit of the existence of
three monasteries, (fn. 96) but this does not seem a very
adequate reason.
From this time until the dissolution Wearmouth and Jarrow remained cells under Durham,
inhabited only by a few monks, and occasionally
used as a retreat by the priors of St. Cuthbert
after their resignation. (fn. 97) The history of Wearmouth consists chiefly of disputes and litigation
with the powerful barons of Hilton, relative to
burial rights and to contested claims to tithes and
offerings. (fn. 98)
In 1144 William Cumin the younger attacked
the bishop of Durham at Jarrow, but Aldwin's
walls proved strong enough to resist his onslaught. (fn. 99)
A contest took place early in the fourteenth
century between the prior of Durham and the
archdeacons of Durham and Northumberland,
about the jurisdiction of dependent churches
belonging to the abbey. Wearmouth and Jarrow
were reserved to the prior, who had always
exercised archidiaconal control over them. (fn. 100)
In 1394 Jarrow was granted to ex-Prior
Robert of Walworth in lieu of Finchale. If he
were disturbed by a Scottish invasion he was to
have Coldingham instead. (fn. 101)
Both cells were dissolved amongst the smaller
monasteries in 1536. (fn. 102) The annual value of
Jarrow is given by Dugdale as £38 14s. 4d.,
and by Speed as £40 7s. 8d.; and that of Wearmouth by Dugdale as £25 8s. 4d., and by Speed
as £26 9s. 9d. Wearmouth was granted to
Thomas Whitehead, (fn. 103) and Jarrow to William
Lord Eure. (fn. 104)
Abbots Of Wearmouth and Jarrow (fn. 105)
Benedict Biscop, 674; d. January, 689-90
Easterwin (Wearmouth), app. 681, d. 685
Ceolfrid (Jarrow), app. 681; (from 689, both
houses); res. 715
Sigfrid (Wearmouth), app. 685; d. 689
Huetbert (both houses), elected 715
Cuthbert (both houses), occ. 764
Ethelbald, between 764 and 804
Fridwin, between 764 and 804
Aldwin (Jarrow), 1074; (Wearmouth), 1075;
removed to Durham, 1083
Elfwin, app. c. 1075; removed to Durham,
1083
Masters of Jarrow (fn. 106)
Ralph of Midelham, occ. before 1303
Thomas de Castro, procurator, 1313
William of Harton, 1313
William of Thirsk (Treks), 1313
Geoffrey of Haxeby, 1313
William of Harton, 1314
Robert of Durham, 1321
Emeric de Lumley, 1326
Alexander of Lamesley, 1333
Emeric de Lumley, 1338
John of Beverley, 1340
Thomas de Graystanes, 1344
John of Goldisburgh, 1350
John of Norton, 135—
Richard of Bikerton, 1355
John of Goldisburgh, 1357
John Abell, 1358
John of Elwick, 1363
Richard of Segbroke,
John of Tikhill, 1367
John of Bolton, 1369
John de Lumley, 1370
William Vavasour, 1373
John de Lumley, 1376
Thomas Legat, 1381
Walter of Teesdale, 1402
Thomas of Lyth, app. 3 October, 1408
Walter of Teesdale, app. 1410
Robert of Masham, 1411
John Moreby, 1415
Robert Masham, 1417
William Graystanes, 1419
John Moreby, 1422
Thomas Moreby, 1424
John Durham the younger, 1431
John Barlay, app. 15 April, 1443
John Mody, sacr. pag. prof., app. 1 September, 1446
John Bradebery, app. 2 April, 1452
Thomas Warde, app. 1457
Thomas Hexham, app. 23 July, 1467
Richard Wrake, app. 28 May, 1476
Robert Werdale, app. 10 November, 1477
Robert Knowt, 1479
Robert Billingham, 1480
John Swan, 1489
Robert Billingham, 1493
John Hamsterley, app. 31 May, 1495
Henry Dalton, 1500
John Danby, 1503
William Hawkwell, 1517
John Swalwell, 1531
Masters Of Wearmouth (fn. 107)
Robert of Durham, 1321
Alan of Marton, 1337
Hugh of Wodeburn, 1343
John of Neuton, 1349
John of Shafto, 1360
Richard of Bekyngham, 1360
John of Neuton, 1367
John of Bishopton, 1369
John Aklyff, 1387
Thomas Launcells, 1388
Thomas Legat, 1395
William of Cawood, 1399
John of Hutton, 1400
John Repon, app. 14 June, 1409
Thomas of Witton, app. 17 June, 1413
Thomas Moreby, 1425
Robert Moreby, 1430
William Lyham, app. 14 June, 1435
Thomas Bradebery, 1446
John Midelham, 1452
Richard Blakburn, 1456
John Bradbery, app. 1458
John Auckland, 1466
Richard Wrake, app. 5 May, 1470; recalled,
29 May, 1471
Robert West, app. 29 May, 1471
William Cuthbert, 1482
William Chambre, (fn. 108) 1486
William Cauthorne, 1490
William Cuthbert, app. 1491
Richard Evenwood, app. 1497
Henry Dalton, app. 24 May, 1501
Robert Stroder, app. 1506
Richard Evenwood, app. 31 May, 1513
John Swalwell, 1526
Richard Heryngton, 1533