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A History of the County of Stafford
… kitchen, and 3 s. 3 d. from the sacrist to add to the alms distributed on the anniversary day of Wulfric Spot and …
A History of the County of Chester
… anniversary of Abbot Thomas's death for the provision of alms for the poor and wine for the monks. 61 After his … and of its mills and fishery; 83 by 1300 the 'ancient alms' due to the abbey had been fixed at 19 10 s., comprising … of 70 11 s. 8 d. for expenses which included 14 for alms distributed for the souls of the kings of England on …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… 128 He urged that the lands of the house were held in free alms, and were therefore exempt from any such service to the … the abbot held the vill and site of Crowland in free alms, he also held with others the vill of Gedney, and 4 … quantities that there might be plenty for them and for alms afterwards. The almoner was to distribute the fragments …
A History of the County of Oxford
… left over from his meals was to be added to the convent's alms. His money allowance was reduced from 10 marks to 100 …
A History of the County of Kent
… besides the abbot. Robert Faversham, prior, said that the alms of victuals and drink were no longer given bountifully … returning an account of his rents. The archbishop ordered alms to be distributed in food and drink; women were not to … including £10 ordained by the founders to be expended in alms yearly for their souls. The net value of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… abbey for the use of the poor who were attracted by the alms of the monastery, and at Northwood and Sharpham close by … endowments; 140 16 s. 8 d. was to be distributed yearly in alms to the poor on the foundation, as the monks had induced …
A History of the County of Northampton
… this the sum of 60 1 s. 2 d. was definitely assigned for alms. In the same register where the taxation return is … and this under the penalty of 10 to be applied to the alms of the lord abbot. 76 In September, 1454, Abbot Richard … Nottinghamshire. The amount that was bound to be spent in alms yearly, apart from all general distribution and …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… 12 s. 3 d., including the cells of Modney and St. Ives. Alms were at this time still distributed for the souls of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… to hold in common with his brethren; he was not to use the alms of the house for his own relations, but solely for the … and chaplains in food and clothing, and poor mendicants in alms, he was to apply to the discharge of its debts by view …
A History of the County of Dorset
… the object of supplementing insufficient revenues with the alms of the faithful. Pope Boniface IX, in 1401, granted an … feast, from the first to the second vespers and giving alms, together with an indult to the abbot and eight priests … 100 days to those who on other days, should visit and give alms for the conservation of the altar of Holy Trinity and …