_State Papers, Henry VIII_, Part I, 1830. _Statutes at Large_, 1758. Stretton, Robert [Bishop of Lichfield 1360–85], his _2nd Register, 1360–85_, printed in _Salt Collections_, Vol. VIII, new series. Strype, John, _Ecclesiastical Memorials_, 6 vols., Oxford, 1822. Stubbs, William, _Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum_, Oxford, 1858. „ „ _Seventeen Lectures on the Study of Medieval and Modern History_, 1887. _Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII, auctoritate regia institutus_, 6 vols., 1810–34. Wright, Thomas, _Letters relating to the Suppression of Monasteries_, Camden Society, 1843. CONTENTS CHAP. PREFACE v LIST OF REFERENCES vii I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. PRECEDENTS FOR SUPPRESSION 19 III. AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL SUPPRESSION 30 IV. PRELIMINARIES TO THE GENERAL SUPPRESSION 42 V. THE FINANCES OF BURTON ABBEY 72 VI. MONASTIC BALANCE SHEETS 92 VII. THE GENERAL SUPPRESSION: FIRST STAGE 133 VIII. THE GENERAL SUPPRESSION: SECOND STAGE 160 IX. LOSS AND GAIN 188 APPENDICES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS NO. I. EXAMPLE OF A LICENSE TO CONTINUE GRANTED TO A “LESSER MONASTERY” (CROXDEN ABBEY) 214 II. DEED OF SURRENDER OF CROXDEN ABBEY 220 III. INVENTORY OF THE SALE AT BREWOOD NUNNERY 224 IV. INVENTORY OF THE SALE AT ST. THOMAS’S PRIORY, STAFFORD 229 V. INVENTORY OF THE SALE OF DIEULACRES ABBEY 237 VI. SALE OF GOODS AT THE GREY FRIARS, STAFFORD 245 VII. SALE OF GOODS AT THE AUSTIN FRIARS, STAFFORD 249 VIII. SALE OF GOODS OF THE GREY FRIARS, LICHFIELD 252 IX. SALE OF GOODS AT CROXDEN ABBEY 255 X. SALE OF GOODS AT ROCESTER ABBEY 256 XI. SALE OF GOODS AT HULTON ABBEY 257 XII. THE DISSOLUTION OF BURTON “COLLEGE” 258 1. INVENTORY AND VALUATION OF GOODS 258 2. SALE OF GOODS 264 3. PAYMENTS TO DISBANDED HOUSEHOLD, ETC. 268 4. EXPENSES OF ROYAL OFFICIALS 271 5. PENSIONS 277 6. SUMMARY 278 XIII. THE DISSOLUTION OF BURTON COLLEGE: SCUDAMORE’S RECEIPT FOR GOODS UNSOLD 279 XIV. LIST OF BOOKS AT BURTON ABBEY 281 INDEX 286