[245] In the time of Henry III., sixty-four abbots and thirty-six priors were called to parliament; but Edward III. reduced them to twenty-five abbots and two priors: two abbots were added afterwards; so that there were in all twenty-nine who enjoyed this honor till the dissolution.
[246] Fox’s Acts and Mon. ii. 282.
[247] Knight’s Life of Dean Colet, p. 61.
[248] See Ellis’s Original Letters, vol. ii. pp. 71. 77. vol. ii. p. 130, Second Series.
[249] See an Account of the Ancient and Present State of Shrewsbury 12mo. p. 107.
[250] Milton.
[251] See Sir H. Spelman’s History and Fate of Sacrilege, p. 229.
[252] Kennett on Impropriations, p. 165.
[253] Strype, Cranmer, p. 412.
[254] Kennett on Impropriations, p. 131.