 As the last abbot had been appointed to the see of Norwich, the abbey endowments were transferred alongside him directly into those of the bishops.The last two abbeys to be dissolved were Shap Abbey, in January 1540, and Waltham Abbey, on 23 March 1540, and several priories also survived into 1540, including Bolton Priory in Yorkshire (dissolved 29 January 1540) and Thetford Priory in Norfolk (dissolved 16 February 1540).It was not until April 1540, that the cathedral priories of Canterbury and Rochester were transformed into secular cathedral chapters.