Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535Power, Eileen
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Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535
Power, Eileen
Convents -- England; Monastic and religious life of women -- History
"The wise men of religion who have possessions," says this careful
dame, "consider according to the amount of their goods how much they
can spend each year and according to the sum of their income they
ordain to divers necessities their portions in due measure. And in
order that when the time comes the convent should not fail to have
what is necessary according to the sum of our goods, we have ordained
their portions to divers necessary things. To wit, for bread and beer,
all the produce of our lands and tenements in Tilney and all the
produce of our half church of St Peter in Wiggenhall, and, if it be
necessary, all the produce of our land in Gyldenegore. For meat and
fish and for herrings and for _feri_ and _asser_[363] and for cloves
is set aside all the produce of our houses and rents in Lynn and in
North Lynn and in Gaywood. For clothing and shoes all the produce of
our meadow in Setchy, ... and the remnant of the land in Setchy and in
West Winch is ordained for the purchase of salt. For the prioress'
chamber, for tablecloths and towels and _tabites_[364] in linen and
saye, and for other things which are needed for guests and for the
household, is set aside all the produce of our land and tenements in
Thorpland and in Wallington. For the repair of our houses and of our
church in Crabhouse and for sea dykes and marsh dykes and for the
wages of our household and for other petty expenses is ordained all
the produce of our lands, tenements and rents in Wiggenhall, with the
exception of the pasture for our beasts and of our fuel. Similarly the
breeding of stock, and all the profits which may be drawn from our
beasts in Tilney, in Wiggenhall and in Thorpland, and in all other
places (saving the stock for our larder, and draught-beasts for carts
and ploughs and saving four-and-twenty cows and a bull) are assigned
and ordained for the repair of new houses and new dykes, to the common
profit of the house[365]."
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