[22] _Ibid._, iv, Part I, 649, 697, 1913. [23] Staffordshire Antiquaries usually add Blithbury, being misled by the similarity of name to Blythburgh, an Austin Priory in Suffolk which was one of those suppressed by Wolsey. [24] _Letters and Papers, Henry VIII_, iv, Part I, 1964. [25] _Ibid._, 2217, 2024. [26] _Ibid._, iv. Part II, 3537–8. [27] _Letters and Papers, Henry VIII_, iv, Part II, 3190, 4275. [28] _Ibid._, iv, Part III, 6516, 6222. [29] _Letters and Papers, Henry VIII_, iv, Part III, 6788. [30] Bishop Norbury’s Register, p. 28. [31] Bishop Stretton’s (2nd) Register, _sub ann._ [32] _Letters and Papers, Henry VIII_, iv, Part I, 2193; Part II, 2969. Clayborough was one of the King’s Counsel employed in the “Divorce” proceedings at Dunstable in May, 1533. [33] _Ibid._, Part II, 3390. [34] _Letters and Papers, Henry VIII_, vi, 389. [35] Wright’s _Letters_, p. 127. (“Glaston” is a misprint for “Ellaston.”) [36] _Letters and Papers_, v, 277. [37] _Letters and Papers_, v, 1234. [38] Cf. _supra_, p. 24; he became Sub-Treasurer and Receiver-General in Ireland. [39] _Letters and Papers_, v, 1456. [40] _Ibid._, vi, 389. [41] _Letters and Papers_, vi, 645. [42] _Valor Ecclesiasticus_, iii, 131. [43] _e.g._, in 1608 (_State Papers, Domestic, James I_, 1603–10, p. 407) and 1680 (_Salt Collections_ V, 188). [44] Cf. _Dict. Nat. Biog._, xxxii, 373. [45] _Letters and Papers_, v, 879; cf. 150 (where the date should be 1532). [46] _Letters and Papers, Henry VIII_, vi, 119; cf. iv, Part II, 2700. [47] _Ibid._, vi, 417. [48] Wright’s _Letters_, p. 114. [49] _Letters and Papers_, vi, 700. [50] Sir Piers Dutton was Sheriff of Chester (_Letters and Papers_, x, 618). [51] _Ibid._, vi, 714. (Vols. V and VI give a considerable number of instances of interference with elections at this time.) [52] _Letters and Papers_, vi, 1060; vii, 587 (19). [53] These particulars are from Stubbs (_Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum_, 146, and _Monasticon_, v, 377 note). [54] _P.R.O._, _State Papers, Henry VIII_, Fol. Vol. R. and S., 165. [Attached to this document is a paper containing a longer list of monasteries covering three sides, of which those above-named fill the first side. Some Welsh houses are included.] [55] Cf. _Letters and Papers, Henry VIII_, vi, 590. [56] _26 Henry VIII_, c. 3. [57] The Possessions of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem were taken by the Act 32 Henry VIII, c. xxiv. [58] _Letters and Papers_, viii, 149 (75). [59] _Ibid._, xiv, Part I, p. 289. [60] Cf. also Arts. 10–13 of the Act. [61] _Valor Ecclesiasticus_, iii, p. 99. [62] _Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII, auctoritate regia institutus_ (6 vols., 1810–34). The Staffordshire returns come in Vol. III. [63] _Letters and Papers_, ix, 354. [64] Cf. _infra_, Ch. v. [65] Vol. III, pp. 99–152. The figures in heavy type are from the second survey in _Valor Ecclesiasticus_.