Maundy, daily, superintended by almoner, 92 _Mensa Major_, 22 Mentmore, Michael de, abbot of St. Alban’s, 35 Midelton, Dame Katherine, sub-cellarer of Grace-Dieu, 158 _seqq._ Military Orders, 230 _Minister Major_, title of, 246 Minoresses, 238 Minorites, 237 ‘Misericord,’ 23 _Missa familiaris_, 118 Mixtum, or breakfast, 120 Monachism: Celtic, in England, 9; similar to that of Egypt, 9; peculiarity of, 10; idea of Eastern, 3; Individualism, characteristic of Eastern, 5 Monasteries, dependent, 41 Monastery: its rulers, 37; blessing of, with holy water, 133; parts of: I., Church, 13; II., Cloisters, 17; III., Refectory, 21; IV., Kitchen, 24; V., Chapter-house, 27; VI., Dormitory, 27; VII., Infirmary, 28; VIII., Guesthouse, 30; IX., Parlour or Locutorium, 32; X., Almonry, 33; XI., Common-room or Calefactory, 33; XII., Library, 34 Monastic life, origin of, 1 _Monasticon_, Dugdale’s, 245 Monte Cassino, Benedictines at, 213; destroyed by Lombards, 214 ‘Mortrews,’ 205 Mortuary Roll, 64; preparation of, duty of almoner, 93 Mount St. Bernard’s Abbey, 158 Music, instructor of, 61 _Mustardarius_, duties of, 208 Nicke, Bishop, visitation of in 1514, 178 Norwich, _Episcopal Visitations of the Diocese of_ (edited by Dr. Jessop), 178; Pied Friars at, 242 Novice-master, duties and qualifications of, 105; his seat in the Cloister, 18 Novices, 21; reception of, 106; training of, 106; profession of, 108 Nunnaminster, girls’ school at, 177 Nuns, account of, 154 _seqq._; account of by John Aubrey, 154, 177 Obedientiaries, 58 ‘Observants,’ 237 Officials, weekly, 109 _Opus Dei_, 13 Orders, Military, 230 ‘Oriel,’ 23 _O Sapientia_, 34 Oxford, Dominicans at, 237 Pachomius, St., founder of a monastery, 3; details of his system of monachism, 4, 5 _Palladius, Lausiac History of_, 3 Paris, Matthew, 246, 249 Parliament, abbots and priors in, 195; monastic, 128 Penance, Brethren of, 241; use of Sacrament of, 118 _Penitentia_, Friars _de_, 241 Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, 221 Petronilla, Dame, cellarer of Grace-Dieu, 158 _seqq._ Pied Friars, 242 Pilgrimage of Grace, and the Convents, 163 Pittance, 151; pittance-cook, 206 Pocket-money for monks, 105 Poor Clares, 238 Pork, as food, 160 Porter of monastery, 19 Precentor, duties of, 58; librarian, 61; archivist, 64; one of custodians of Convent Seal, 64; instructor of music, 61 Preceptories, 230, 233 Premonstratensian Canons, 226 Prémontré, Abbey of, 226; General Chapters at, 190 Prime, time of, 117 Prior, Claustral, appointment and duties, 52, 54; qualifications of, 53; his seat in Cloisters, 18 _Pro-aula_, 30 Procession, Sunday, 133