CHAPTER VII. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FRIARS’ MANNER OF LIFE AND MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD: BENEFACTORS. On the loss of Franciscan Records 89 Mendicancy as a means of livelihood 91 Procurators and limitors 92 Career of Friar Brian Sandon, legal _syndicus_ of the Oxford Friary in the sixteenth century 93 Charges of immorality against the Friars 94 Their worldly manner of life before the Dissolution 96 Poverty of the Convent 97 Sources of income 97 Annual grants from the King and others 97 Frequency of bequests to the Friars 100 List of benefactors 102 Some other sources of income 110 Classes from which the Friars were drawn 111 Motives which led men to enter the Order 111 CHAPTER VIII. THE DISSOLUTION. Attitude of the Grey Friars towards the Reformation in its intellectual, religious, and political aspects 112 The Royal Divorce 114 Visitation of Oxford University in 1535 116 Suppression of the Friaries in 1538 116 Condition of the Grey Friary 117 Expulsion of the Friars; their subsequent history; Simon Ludford 119 Houses and site of the Grey Friars 120 Dr. London tries to secure the land for the town 121 Lease and sale of the property 121 Notes on its subsequent history 123 Total destruction of the buildings 124 PART II. BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF INDIVIDUAL FRIARS. CHAPTER I. Custodians and Wardens 125-133 CHAPTER II. Lectors or Regent Masters of the Franciscans 134-175 CHAPTER III. Franciscans who studied in the Convent at Oxford, or had some other connexion with the Town or the University 176-294 APPENDICES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. =A. Documents relating to the acquisition of land property by the Grey Friars.= 1. Grant of a house by William, son of Richard de Wileford 295 2. Grant of a house by Robert, son of Robert Oen, 1236 296 3. Royal license to enclose their possessions and throw down part of the old City Wall, 1244 296