Chantries are only mentioned in connection with Burton-on-Trent and Rocester. At the former, £5 was paid annually to the Chaplain of the Chantry at Sallow, in Derbyshire, according to the ordinance of John Stafford, formerly Abbot, and 2s. annually was paid towards the maintenance of a lamp in the church of Allestree. At Rocester £4 6s. 8d. is stated as being paid for the maintenance of a chantry at Lichfield Cathedral, though no trace of it is to be found in the Cathedral returns. Here again we cannot accept the evidence as complete, and cannot understand the motives which actuated the Commissioners and caused the instructions to be interpreted as they were. Why the incomes of chantries should be particularly apportioned at cathedrals and elsewhere, and not at the religious houses, is not evident. Certainly chantries existed in the religious houses. For instance, in 1517 Sir John Fitzherbert, of Norbury, had made bequests in his will to “the Chantries” at Rocester and Calwich.[69] The only payment for a lamp is the one already mentioned. Fees in connection with Episcopal Visitations are found at Hulton (6s. 8d.), Trentham (£3 17s. 4d.), Stafford (£3 6s. 8d.), Stone (£3 6s. 8d.), Ronton (£3 6s. 8d.), and Burton (£3 6s. 7½d.). These amounts shown were paid triennially. The post-Dissolution valuation of Dudley Priory shows that 2s. a year was paid there also as Bishop’s Visitation Fees. The Archdeacon also received annual Visitation Fees, and fees for procurations, etc. Fees for appropriations were paid in some cases to the Bishop and in others to the Dean and Chapter. The following shows the total annual payments, as given in _Valor Ecclesiasticus_, to the Bishop, the Dean and Chapter, and the Archdeacons. -------------------+----------+--------------+----------- |Bishop |Dean & Chapter| Archdeacon +----------+--------------+----------- | | | | £ s. d.| £ s. d. | £ s. d. Brewood Nunnery | | | Burton Abbey | 3 9 4½| 6 13 4 | 17 9 Croxden Abbey | | | 1 0 6 Dieulacres Abbey | | | 1 2 0 Dudley Priory | [2] | | Hulton Abbey | 2 1 10⅔| 3 4 | 5 4 Rocester Priory | | | 1 4 7 Ronton Priory | 1 10 2⅔| | St. Thomas’s Priory| 3 6 9⅔| 18 10 0 | 1 10 6 Stone Priory | 1 8 6⅔| 2 14 4 | 19 0 Trentham Priory | 1 6 5⅔| | 13 4 Tutbury Priory | 13 4 | 6 13 4 | 2 7 10 -------------------+----------+--------------+----------- Total |£13 16 7⅚|£34 14 4 |£10 0 10 -------------------+----------+--------------+-----------