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A History of the County of York
… kept as double feasts in the quire they were to have a pittance in addition. On Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays … provided for out of the money given or bequeathed for the pittance of the poor, according to the ordinance of the …
A History of the County of Chester
… 30 s. a year from lands in Sowerby (Yorks.) to maintain a pittance for the soul of his niece, Alice, who was buried at …
A History of the County of Chester
… that the nuns had 'but a half-penny a day each for their pittance, besides bread and ale', granted them the advowson, …
A History of the County of Surrey
… bestowed 4 marks and a cask of wine on the convent as a pittance. 73 Waverley at this time seems to have attained to … and another mark to be delivered to the cellarer as a pittance for the convent; on the same anniversary twenty …
A History of the County of Dorset
… dear sisters, except only a cat,' or, when seeking their pittance in the hall of their early founder, were bidden 'be … of a weekly allowance of bread and ale, with a daily pittance of fish or flesh 'such as each nun received,' a …