by Jill Blackwell Hughes, BA Thesis submitted to the University of ...

ANNUS CCCus Xus INCIPIT.
622 (Undated. ) After the resignation of Katherine
Boydin, former prioress of Henwood, which she made
freely and purely before the bp. in the great
chamber of his palace at Lichfield on 8 April
1310, the bp. wrote, under the same date, to the
subprioress and convent that they should proceed
with the election of a new prioress and he granted
them a licence for this and instructed the abbess
and convent of Polesworth that they should receive
Katherine and for her to stay there for some time.
Afterwards, the subprioress and convent requested
from Ralph de Perham, deputy of the abbot of
Westminster, their patron, a licence to elect and
they elected amicably, or rather they nominated,
Margaret le Corzon as their prioress. They
presented the same election or nomination to the
bp. by their letters sealed with the common seal,
and by Millicent de Fokerham, subprioress, Margery
atte Barre and Agnes de Wyveleston, nuns of the
house, they offered a letter patent with the
assent of their patron at Lichfield on 15 April
1310. The bp., his council and M. Robert de
Radeswelle, archd. of Chester, M. Luke de Ely,
chancellor of Lichfield church, and M. Geoffrey de
Blaston, canon of the same, examined the letters
and found that the subprioress and convent had not
observed the rule and the bp. annulled the
election and pronounced it invalid. Afterwards,
the bp. provided the aforesaid Margaret as
prioress of the priory, and she sang the canticle
Te Deum well. Letters to the subprioress and
convent to receive her and obey her as prioress,
and to the rector of Matlock that she should be
installed.
HYNWODE. Memorandum quod post cessionem domine
Katerine Boydin quondam priorisse de Hynwode quam
ipsa fecit de prioratu predicto sponte pure apud
Lich' coram domino Waltero Coventr' et Lich'
episcopo eciam in manus ipsius episcopi in majori
camera pallacii suit Lich' vi idus Aprilis ann
Domini M° CCCm° X0, dictus dominus episcopus
1. 'Sui' added above the line.
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