The dissolution of the monasteries : $b As illustrated by the suppression of the religious houses of StaffordshireHibbert, Francis Aidan
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The dissolution of the monasteries : $b As illustrated by the suppression of the religious houses of Staffordshire
Hibbert, Francis Aidan
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547; Monasteries -- England -- Staffordshire; Monasteries and state
Rural Deaneries--Lapley and Trysull £536 16 2½
Newcastle and Stone 887 4 8-17/24
Leek and Alton 594 12 1½
Deanery--Tamworth and Tutbury 354 15 4
Bishop of Lichfield (Staffs. only) 345 7 3⅛
Lichfield Cathedral--Dean and Chapter 58 14 1
Prebends 272 3 4
Choristers 16 18 10½
Vicars Choral 137 17 6
Priests Vicars 114 9 6
Clerks 51 0 6½
Chantry Priests 6 17 4
Chantries 106 13 2
St. John’s Hospital, Lichfield 8 15 0
Tutbury Priory 199 14 10
Burton Abbey 412 5 0
Tamworth Collegiate Church 66 1 0
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Total £4,170 5 9⅚
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As far as possible the income from Staffordshire only is shown as
regards the bishop, etc., but it was not always easy to separate the
items. No visitation fees are shown, as they could not be apportioned
between the counties: the total was £34 19s.
Of the total shown above, the net income of the religious houses is
given as £1,608 5s. 2¾d., or rather less than two-fifths.
The following table gives the figures relating to the religious houses
_as they appear in Valor Ecclesiasticus_: they must be read in
conjunction with the notes which follow the table:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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