Letter Book O, fos. 47, seq.
A list of these, comprising seven churches, was submitted to the Court of Aldermen, 23 Feb., 1528.—Repertory 8, fo. 21.
Letter Book O, fos. 140b, 141b.
Repertory 8, fo. 27b.
Letter Book O, fos. 145, 145b; Journal 13, fo. 125b.
Letter book P, fos. 31, 34, 41b; Journal 13, fo. 417b.
This order was confirmed by stat. 27, Henry VIII, cap. 21. Ten years later a decree was made pursuant to stat. 37, Henry VIII, cap. 12, regulating the whole subject of tithes, but owing to the decree not having been enrolled in accordance with the terms of the statute, much litigation has in recent times arisen.—Burnell, "London (City) Tithes Act, 1879," Introd., p. 3.
The well-known and somewhat romantic account of the origin of the priory and of its connection with the city cnihten-guild is given in Letter Book C, fos. 134b, seq.; Cf. Liber Dunthorn, fo. 79.
Grey Friars Chron. (Camd. Soc., No. 53), p. 35. Three years later (30 March, 1534) the Court of Aldermen resolved to wait upon the chancellor "to know his mind for the office concerning the lands" belonging to the late priory.—Repertory 9, fo. 53b.
By letters patent dated 13 April, 1531 (preserved at the Guildhall, Box No. 16).