_Hugh Grylle_, 8th abbot, was elected 1208. He occurs as a witness to the marriage covenant of John, Earl of Chester, with Helen, daughter of Llewelyn, Prince of Wales; and many grants to the monastery were made in his time. The repairs of the church were probably completed, and their affairs in a more prosperous state generally, as Earl Randal grants to this abbot and his convent a permission to extend their buildings in the direction of the Northgate. Grylle died April 21, 1226, and was buried in the Chapter-house, under the second arch from the door, on the left hand side of the feet of Geoffry. _William Marmion_, 9th Abbot, succeeded in 1226, and died in 1228. His place of interment is stated to be in the cloister, close to Robert Fitz-nigel, on the left hand side of him. The name of this abbot occurs in a very curious document, relative to the office of hereditary cook of the abbey. _Walter Pincebech_, 10th abbot, received the benediction in London, on Michaelmas-day, 1228. This abbot is witness to the contract between Randal Blundeville and Roger de Maresey, respecting the lands between Ribble and Mersey, anno 1232. He continued to hold the abbey till 1240, when he was interred in the Chapter-house, at the head of Hugh Grylle. A short time before his death, he appropriated the rectory of Church Shotwick to support the increase of the kitchen expenses of the convent, occasioned by adding six monks to the previous number. _Robert Frind_, 11th Abbot, was consecrated at Coventry, by Hugh de Pateshul, bishop of that see, on St. Matthew’s day, 1240. He died 1249, and was buried in the Chapter-house, under the second arch, on the right hand of the door. This abbot added the appropriation of the chapel of Wervin to the funds of the kitchen, in consequence of having increased the number of his monks to forty.