A MEDIAEVAL BURGLARY A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY ON THE 20TH JANUARY, 1915 BY T. F. TOUT, M.A., F.B.A. BISHOP FRASER PROFESSOR OF MEDIAEVAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER _Reprinted from “The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library” October, 1915_ MANCHESTER: THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 12 LIME GROVE, OXFORD ROAD. LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C., NEW YORK, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS. BERNARD QUARITCH, 11 GRAFTON STREET, LONDON, W. MCMXVI PUBLISHED FOR THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 12 Lime Grove, Oxford Road, Manchester LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. London: 39 Paternoster Row New York: 443–449 Fourth Avenue and Thirteenth Street Bombay: 8 Hornby Road Calcutta: 303 Bowbazar Street Madras: 167 Mount Street BERNARD QUARITCH 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, London, W. A MEDIAEVAL BURGLARY A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY ON THE 20TH JANUARY, 1915 BY T. F. TOUT, M.A., F.B.A. BISHOP FRASER PROFESSOR OF MEDIAEVAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER _Reprinted from “The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library” October, 1915_ MANCHESTER: THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 12 LIME GROVE, OXFORD ROAD. LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C., NEW YORK, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS. BERNARD QUARITCH, 11 GRAFTON STREET, LONDON, W. MCMXVI A MEDIAEVAL BURGLARY.[1] By T. F. Tout, M.A., F.B.A., Bishop Fraser Professor of Mediaeval and Ecclesiastical History in the University of Manchester.