. The records of St. Bartholomew's priory and of the church and parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield . news to the king of the priors deathand was granted letters of licence to elect another prior in his 1 , the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of Pope Nicholas IV, dr. 1291. ■ Cal. Pat., 28th Sept., 22 Edw. I (1294). 3 Milman, Latin Christianity. 4 Cal. Pat., 10th Dec. 1295. 5 lb., 23 Edw. I, nth Mar. (1295). A TOMBSTONE *39 A portion of a coffin-lid (Fig. i) of Purbeck marble was found, inthe year 1843, when forming a sewer near the north entrance to thechurch, that is to say,
. The records of St. Bartholomew's priory and of the church and parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield . news to the king of the priors deathand was granted letters of licence to elect another prior in his 1 , the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of Pope Nicholas IV, dr. 1291. ■ Cal. Pat., 28th Sept., 22 Edw. I (1294). 3 Milman, Latin Christianity. 4 Cal. Pat., 10th Dec. 1295. 5 lb., 23 Edw. I, nth Mar. (1295). A TOMBSTONE *39 A portion of a coffin-lid (Fig. i) of Purbeck marble was found, inthe year 1843, when forming a sewer near the north entrance to thechurch, that is to say, on the site of the north transept, and closebeside it were found a considerable number of glazed tiles. Theslab was 2 ft. 9 in. in length, 2 ft. 10 in. in breadth, and 5 in. inthickness. It bore the head and part of the stem of a cross in boldrelief, and in a sunken border round the edge the beginning andending of an inscription in Lombardic characters ; the whole beingin the style of the thirteenth century : * riW6:De :h€H Khmt : 6IT : SR6RCI. The stone was in the possession of Mr. W. Chaffers, junr., wl 10. Fig. 1. A Coffin Lid from the site of the North Transept. communicated the find to the Society of Antiquaries at the E. B. Price suggested that the inscription originally ran : HWE : DE : HENDON : GIST : ICI : DIEU : DE :SA : ALME : EIT : MERCI : (Hugh of Hendon lieth here, God on his soul have mercy).2 It mustbe observed, however, that Prior Hugh is not described as of Hendon in any of the known records, so that this suggestion must remaina mere surmise, but it is not unreasonable to assume that the stonewas the lid of the coffin of Prior Hugh. Prior Hugh must have presented to the Bishop of London forconfirmation of their election at least five masters of the hospital,namely : John de Eylesburye in the year 1270 ; John de Walton in 1270-1 ; John de Camberwell in 1280 ; Geoffrey Eynston in 1281 ; and Thomas de Whychester in 1285. 1 Archaeologia, xxx, 54S. 1
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