. The greater abbeys of England . not only in him, but also in manyof the religious. All this and much more one of Crumwells agentswrites to his master. The sequel does not appear, butthe abbot, William Helmesly,who had held office since1513, was somehow compelled to resign and RichardBlynton was appointed in his stead. William Helmeslydoes not admit that his act was rightly called a resig-nation, and in a letter, addressed to Crumwell himself,he speaks of his having been deposed. A difficultysubsequently arose about the pension that was promisedhim, and the abbots of Fountains and Byland were
. The greater abbeys of England . not only in him, but also in manyof the religious. All this and much more one of Crumwells agentswrites to his master. The sequel does not appear, butthe abbot, William Helmesly,who had held office since1513, was somehow compelled to resign and RichardBlynton was appointed in his stead. William Helmeslydoes not admit that his act was rightly called a resig-nation, and in a letter, addressed to Crumwell himself,he speaks of his having been deposed. A difficultysubsequently arose about the pension that was promisedhim, and the abbots of Fountains and Byland wereappointed by Crumwell to determine the amount. Thisthey did at Ripon, where, having discussed the matterwith the actual abbot and his predecessor, they fixedthe pension at jf44 a year. The commissioners to take surrenders of religioushouses arrived in Yorkshire at the beginning of De-cember 1539. Their names were George Lawson,Richard Bellassis, William Blithman and James Roke-by. On the fifteenth of that month they wrote to 164. KIEVAULX ABBEY FROM THE TERRACE RieDauix Crumwell from York that they had quietly takenthe surrender, and dissolved five or six abbeys andfriaries and had arranged about the safe custody of thelead and bells. One of the houses mentioned was Rie-vaulx, which these agents had reached from Byland onDecember 3, 1539. The accounts of these officialssubsequently presented to the Augmentation Officeafford us some particulars. The goods of the abbeywhen sold produced £281 5s. 4d.; the lead from theroofs and gutters had been melted down to 140 fodders,and there were five bells, whether broken up or stillwhole is not stated. The plate of the abbey is setdown as 522 ounces, including ten chalices weighing185 ounces. Of these items the plate had been sent upto London, and also j(^i 81 5s. 4d. had been paid to theroyal treasury. Pensions had been promised to the abbotand twenty-three religious, and at the time of theaccount these had been paid. The abbot also had
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