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730 A Ilis/ory of the A77ug1115 of Malta. 13. WILLIAM TORNAY. Preceptor of Dalby and Rotheley; receiver- general. Nominated bailiff of Aquila, bull, dated Rhodes, 5th April, 1470. Jean Baptiste Orsini, Grand-Master. Grand_prior of England, 1471. Ob. 1476. 14. RoBERT TONG. Preceptor of Mount St. John; Turoopolier. Mutitioned bailiff of Aquila by bull of the Grand-Master Orsini, dated Rhodes, 29th August, 1471. Ob. A.D. 1481. 15. Taoss GREEN. Preceptor of Schenegaye. Nominated bailiff of Aquila by bull of the Grand-Master Pierre d’Aubusson, dated Rhodes, 11th July, 1481. Oh. A.D. 1502. 16. TU0M4s NEWPORT. Preceptor of Newland, etc.; receiver-general of England. Nominated bailiff of Aquila by bull, dated Rhodes, 10th March, 1502-3. d’Aubusson, Grand-Master. Drowned on the coast of Spain, hastening to the relief of Rhodes, besieged by the Turks, A.D. 1522. 17. ThOMAS ShEFFIELD. Preceptor of Beverley; receiver-general of England; senesehal of the Grand-Master. Named bailiff of Aquila by bull of the Grand-Master L’lsle Adam, dated Messina, 4th May, 1523. Ob. at Viterbo, A.D. 1524. 18. ALDAN POLE. Preceptor of Newland, Ossington, and Winklebourne. Appointed bailiff of Aquila by bull of the Grand-Master L’Isle Adam, dated Viterbo, 26th August, 1524. Oh. A.D. 1530. 19. Jonx BABIEGTON. Preceptor of Dalby, etc.; prior of Ireland; receiver-general of England; Turcopolier. Made bailiff of Aquila, by mutition, bull, dated Malta, 7th January, 1530-1. Ob. A.D. 1533-4. 20. JoHN RAWSON, JUN. Preceptor of Quenyngton; receiver-general; Turcopolier; bailiff of Aquila, bull, dated Malta, 15th February, 1534-5. Pierre du Pont, Grand-Master. 21. PEDRO FELICES DE LA NUCA. Commander of the langue of Aragon. Created bailiff of Aquila by charter of Mary, queen of England, dated Greenwich, 2nd April, 1557. Was slain at the siege of Malta, A.D. 1565. 22. OLIvER STARKEY. Commander of Quenyngton; lientenant-Turcopolier. Bailiff of Aquila by bull of the Grand-Master Pierre de Monte, Malta, 3rd October, 1569. Ob. 1588. Buried in the vault of the Grand-Masters in the con.ventual church of St. John, the only knight of the Order so distinguished. 23. ANDREw WYSE. Nominated bailiff of Aquila on death of Oliver Starkey, being the only English knight in the convent, Malta, 27th April, 1588. Loubens de Verdala, Grand-Master. Was afterwards grand—prior of England, 1.93. Oh. A.P. 1631.