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WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 173
was thought necessary, however, to give some satisfaction to the bishop ; and he
was contented that the priory should transfer a small portion of land to his see.
Within the last three years of his life, de Ware was appointed treasurer to the
king, and died in the possession of that office*. His death, which was sudden,
took place in the beginning of December, 1283-f-; and it is said that he was not
lamented by his cloister, on account of the austerity which he exercised in itf.
At the same time he must be ranked among its benefactors, as he relieved it from
a debt of six hundred marks; and procured for it the entire jurisdiction of the
hospital of St. James. He was buried on the north side of the high altar, beneath
his fine Mosaic pavement. His epitaph, which was afterwards removed, would
have disgraced the meanest gravestone.
Abbas Richardus de Wara, qui requiescit
Hie, portat lapides, quos hue portavit ab urbe.
The manor of Kildun was assigned to support the ceremonial of his anni-
versary.
WALTER DE WENLOCIC
On the death of Richard de Ware, the king, having by his grant, dated De-
cember 8, 1283, and in the twelfth year of his reign, committed the custody Of the
barony of Westminster to Malcolm de Harlow, issued a licence for the monks to
proceed to a new election; who, accordingly, on the vigil of the Circumcision,
elected Walter de Wenlock§ ; which choice the king confirmed in January, and
restored the temporalities on the 10th of June following. This abbot was a monk
* Dugdale's Origines Juridiciales.
f Madox's History of the Exchequer, p. 571.
% Ckron. de Dunstaple, p. 494.
§ Flete.
was thought necessary, however, to give some satisfaction to the bishop ; and he
was contented that the priory should transfer a small portion of land to his see.
Within the last three years of his life, de Ware was appointed treasurer to the
king, and died in the possession of that office*. His death, which was sudden,
took place in the beginning of December, 1283-f-; and it is said that he was not
lamented by his cloister, on account of the austerity which he exercised in itf.
At the same time he must be ranked among its benefactors, as he relieved it from
a debt of six hundred marks; and procured for it the entire jurisdiction of the
hospital of St. James. He was buried on the north side of the high altar, beneath
his fine Mosaic pavement. His epitaph, which was afterwards removed, would
have disgraced the meanest gravestone.
Abbas Richardus de Wara, qui requiescit
Hie, portat lapides, quos hue portavit ab urbe.
The manor of Kildun was assigned to support the ceremonial of his anni-
versary.
WALTER DE WENLOCIC
On the death of Richard de Ware, the king, having by his grant, dated De-
cember 8, 1283, and in the twelfth year of his reign, committed the custody Of the
barony of Westminster to Malcolm de Harlow, issued a licence for the monks to
proceed to a new election; who, accordingly, on the vigil of the Circumcision,
elected Walter de Wenlock§ ; which choice the king confirmed in January, and
restored the temporalities on the 10th of June following. This abbot was a monk
* Dugdale's Origines Juridiciales.
f Madox's History of the Exchequer, p. 571.
% Ckron. de Dunstaple, p. 494.
§ Flete.