Bonshommes, The, 249 _Book of Nurture_, 166, 167 Books, repair of, 62 Boots, night, 101, 112 Bread for Holy Eucharist, preparation of, 67 Breakfast, 120 Breviator, 64, 93; duties of, 210 Brewing, 76 Brief, or Mortuary Roll, 64 Brief-bearers, duties of, 210 Bruno, St., and Carthusians, 221 Brusyard Convent, 238 Buckland, abbot of, 187 Butler, Dom, _Introduction_ to “Lausiac History of Palladius,” 3 _seqq._ _Caldaria_, 24 Camerarius, duties of, 100 Candle-making, 68; candle-making at Grace Dieu, 173 Candles, allowance of, to monks, 69 _Canonici_, 222 Canons, Augustinian, 225; Black, 226; Gilbertine, 229; Premonstratensian, 226; Regular, 222; White, 226 Canterbury, situation of church at, 13 Cantor, duties of, 58 _Capitulum_, or Little Chapter, 123 _Caritas_, 79, 138 Carmelites, account of, 238 Carrels, in cloister, 20 Carriers, duties of, 209 Carrow, visitations of, 178 Carthusians, description of, 221 Cassian, _Conferences_, 7; follower of Egyptian monachism, 6 Caterer, duties of, 202 Cathedral Priories, 40 Cellarer, duties of, 72 Cemetery, in charge of sacrist, 68 Chamberlain, duties of, 100; assistant, 101 Chapter, daily, 121; business conducted in, 126; faults, 124; process of, 123; benefactors prayed for in, 127; Chapter Mass, 120; sealing of charters in, 125 Chapters, General, 190 ‘Charlet,’ 205 Charters, sealed in Chapter, 125 Chester, situation of church at, 13 Choir, position of, 15; one of most important parts of church, 15; entrance to from cloister, 15 Chrodegand, bishop of Metz, 222, 225 Church, British, Celtic in origin, 11; situation of in English monasteries, 13; care of monks for impropriated, 194 _Circas_, 56 _Circatores claustri_, 56 Cirencester Abbey, 226 Cistercians, 218 Citeaux, and the English houses, 221; General Chapters at, 190 Clement IV. and the Austin Friars, 241 Clement V. suppresses Templars, 233 Clerkenwell, headquarters of Hospitallers, 230 Clothing of monks, 100 Cluniacs, system of government, 217 Cluny, General Chapters at, 190 Coadjutors, appointed to help incapable superiors, 188 Collation, or Reading, 152 _Collectarium_, 117 Collectors, diocesan, often religious superiors, 189 Columba, St., 10; Rule of, 214 Columbanus, St., Rule of, 11 _Commanderies_, 230 Common life, definition of, 5 Communion of junior monks, 119 Community, honour shown to, 37 Compline, 153 _Conferences_ of Cassian, 7 _Congé d’élire_, 44, 183 Convent seal, custodian of, 64 Convocation dues, paid by religious houses, 189 Cook, work of, 25; duties of monastery, 205; abbot’s, 202; cook for fish, 207; duties of guest-hall, 206; infirmary, 204, 207; ‘pittance,’ 206 Co-operation, foreshadowed under monastic tenure, 199, 200