 However, Holgate is credited with using his influence to save them for a few years.For example, Malton Priory, one of the lesser Gilbertine houses, was the last of them to surrender in December 1539, whereas Sempringham Priory, worth more than £200 a year, surrendered in 1538.Holgate was consecrated as Bishop of Llandaff on 25 March 1537.