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188 HISTORY OF
with twenty-six of the monks; who, as Fuller conjectures in his book of Wor-
thies, were buried in one grave, and under the large stone in the cloisters called
Long Meg. It has, indeed, been supposed by some to cover the remains of Ger-
vaise de Blois; but that error has been already exposed.
Abbot Byrcheston was buried in the east cloister, near the door of the chap-
ter-house. A small stone of black marble was distinguished by the following
epitaph*:—
De Byrchestona Simon venerabilis Abbas
Praeminet ex merito nomine perpetuo.
Jam precibus fultus fratrum cum patribus almis,
Felix iste pater floreat ante deum.
V if...
The custody of the temporalities, previous to the confirmation of the abbot,
was again committed to the prior and the monks.
SIMON LANGHAM.
This extraordinary man is supposed, from his name, and a legacy which he
left to the church there, to have been born at Langham, in the county of Rut-
land-f-. It does not appear that he was a monk of this church previous to the
year I335p In 1346 he was proxy for the Abbot Byrcheston at the triennial
chapter of the Benedictines held at Northampton^. In April, 1349, he became
the prior; and the abbot dying in the following month, he, at the latter end of it,
was elected to succeed him |j; and, in a short time, proceeded to Avignon to ob-
tain the confirmation of his holiness the pope.
* Fletc.
f See bis Will, No. VI. Appendix.
J Comp. Carrier, anno Edw. III. 14.
§ Quaternus Niger. <
|| Biblioth. Cotton. Cleopatra, A. 16, fol. 188.
with twenty-six of the monks; who, as Fuller conjectures in his book of Wor-
thies, were buried in one grave, and under the large stone in the cloisters called
Long Meg. It has, indeed, been supposed by some to cover the remains of Ger-
vaise de Blois; but that error has been already exposed.
Abbot Byrcheston was buried in the east cloister, near the door of the chap-
ter-house. A small stone of black marble was distinguished by the following
epitaph*:—
De Byrchestona Simon venerabilis Abbas
Praeminet ex merito nomine perpetuo.
Jam precibus fultus fratrum cum patribus almis,
Felix iste pater floreat ante deum.
V if...
The custody of the temporalities, previous to the confirmation of the abbot,
was again committed to the prior and the monks.
SIMON LANGHAM.
This extraordinary man is supposed, from his name, and a legacy which he
left to the church there, to have been born at Langham, in the county of Rut-
land-f-. It does not appear that he was a monk of this church previous to the
year I335p In 1346 he was proxy for the Abbot Byrcheston at the triennial
chapter of the Benedictines held at Northampton^. In April, 1349, he became
the prior; and the abbot dying in the following month, he, at the latter end of it,
was elected to succeed him |j; and, in a short time, proceeded to Avignon to ob-
tain the confirmation of his holiness the pope.
* Fletc.
f See bis Will, No. VI. Appendix.
J Comp. Carrier, anno Edw. III. 14.
§ Quaternus Niger. <
|| Biblioth. Cotton. Cleopatra, A. 16, fol. 188.