Editing Harmondsworth (section)

==Priors of the alien priory of S. Catherine du Mont, Harmondsworth==
*William, occurs 1260<ref>Close R. 1259–61, 182</ref>
*John de Walemond, occurs 1276<ref>Cal. Pat. 1272–81, 166</ref> 
*Richard, occurs 1279<ref>Cal. Pat. 1272–81, 346</ref> 
*William de Bosco alias de Yvelont, occurs 1297<ref>Cal. Pat. 1292–1301, 270</ref> 
*John de Ibelound
*Humphrey le Conte-Poyntour, occurs 1317<ref>Blomefield, Norf. ii. 320</ref> 
*John de Fraunkevyle, occurs 1321<ref>Blomefield, Norf. ii. 320 and London Reg. Gravesend (Cant. and York Soc.), 268.</ref> 
*William de Pestlamore, occurs 1329<ref>Blomefield, Norf. ii. 320.</ref> 
*John Busot(is)
*Roger Sorel, occurs 1342, 1345; recently dead in 1351<ref>Cal. Fine R. 1337–47, 262; 1347–56, 314; Cal. Close, 1343–6, 636.</ref> 
*John Cibe, occurs 1351;<ref>Cal. Fine R. 1347–56, 314.</ref> 
*Robert Beauchamp (Bello Campo), occurs 1352; 'late prior' in 1392<ref>Cal. Fine R. 1347–56, 325; 1369–77, 22; 1377–83, 24; Cal. Papal Pets. 1342–1419, 310; Cal. Close, 1377–81, 212; 1385–9, 500; 1389–92.</ref><ref>''The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales, II. 1216–1377'', edited by David M. Smith, Vera C. M. London, Cambridge University Press, 2004, page 165.</ref>

In 1390 William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, secured both papal and royal authority to acquire the lands of alien priories for his colleges,<ref>Archaeologia, lviii. 342–5.</ref> and in the following year he obtained from [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] a licence for St. Catherine's Abbey to sell him all its possessions in England, apart from the [[Blyth Priory|Priory of Blyth]]. These possessions comprised the manor of Harmondsworth with the advowson of the church and vicarage, the manor of Tingewick with its advowson, the advowsons of [[Saham Toney]] and St. Leonard's, and certain yearly pensions.<ref>Cal. Pat. 1388–92, 374, 434.</ref> The Bishop sent a member of his household, Richard Altryncham, to Rouen to negotiate with the abbey and convent about this buying of the priory as an endowment for his colleges. A sale was agreed on 15 October 1391, the price being fixed at 8,400 gold francs, which were paid in 1392 through a firm of Genoese bankers. The bishop also undertook to provide for the prior Robert Beauchamp and for John le Cellier, his companion, all such things in the way of wine, food, clothing, and lodging as befitted religious of their estate for the rest of their lives. He would also furnish a chapel for the abbey.<ref>''Archaeologia'', lviii. 343–5.</ref> The Harmondsworth property, centered on the priory which stood to the west of Manor Farm and the tithe barn, thus became part of the endowment of his two colleges at Winchester and Oxford.<ref>Cal. Papal Regs. 1362–1404, 441.</ref><ref>V.C.H. Mdx. ii. 6.</ref><ref>''A History of the County of Middlesex'', volume 1, published by Victoria County History, London, 1969, pp. 193–204.</ref>