INDEX

Abbot, mode of election of, 44; confirmation of election of, 47; installation of, 47; duties of, 40, 42; position of, as regarded his community, 48; position of, in choir, 49; his seat in cloister, 18 Abingdon, river tolls at, 81 Ablutions, morning, 118 ‘Accusations,’ at Chapter, 124 Aidan, St., Celtic apostle of North of England, 12 Ailesford Convent, 241 Aldgate, Christ Church or Holy Trinity, 225 Alexander III. and the Crutched Friars, 246 Alien priories, 41, 218 Almoner, duties and qualifications of the, 90; presided over the monastic school, 93; superintended daily Maundy, 92; had to prepare Mortuary Rolls, 93 Altar, High, one of the most important parts of the church, 15; in charge of sacrist, 66; linen, care of, 67 Altars, side, 16 Andrew’s, St., on Cœlian Hill, Benedictine Monastery at, 217 Anthony, St., founder of Eastern monachism, 3; details of his system of monachism, 3, 4 Antiphoner, duties of, 110 Archivist, 64 Armarius, 61 Ascetae, 2 Ashridge, Convent of Bonshommes at, 249 Aske, Robert, and schools for girls, and nunneries, 163 Asperges, 132 Aspersorium, 132 Aubrey, John, recollections of, 154; account of nuns, 177 Auditorium, 32 Augustine, St., mission of, 214 Augustinian Canons, 225; in Ireland, 226 Augustinians in Ireland, 226 Aumbries for towels, 19 Austin Friars, 241 Barnstaple Priory, 218 Basil, St., his Rule, 7, 8 Baths, arrangement for, 103 Beaumont, Lord and Lady, 162 Bec, Abbey of, 186 Bedtime, hours of, 153 Bellringers, duties of, 208 Benedict, St., birth of, 7; Patriarch of Western Monks, 7, 213; and the Opus Dei, 13; his Rule, 8; the spirit of his Rule, 8 Benedictines, account of, 213; English, united into Congregations, 191 Benefactors, prayed for in Chapter, 127 Bermondsey Abbey, 218 Berno, abbot of Gigny, 217 Bethlemite Friars, 246 Bishop, relations with regular houses, 180; and monastic elections, 182; sometimes invited to appoint superiors, 184; visited alien priories, 185; blessing of abbots, 185; appointed coadjutors to incapable superiors, 188; privilege accorded to newly elected, 188 Black Canons, 226 Blood-letting, process of, 88 Bodmin Priory, 188 Bonshommes, The, 249 Book of Nurture, 166, 167 Books, repair of, 62 Boots, night, 101, 112 Bread for Holy Eucharist, preparation of, 67 Breakfast, 120 Breviator, 64, 93; duties of, 210 Brewing, 76 Brief, or Mortuary Roll, 64 Brief-bearers, duties of, 210 Bruno, St., and Carthusians, 221 Brusyard Convent, 238 Buckland, abbot of, 187 Butler, Dom, Introduction to “Lausiac History of Palladius,” 3 seqq. Caldaria, 24 Camerarius, duties of, 100 Candle-making, 68; candle-making at Grace Dieu, 173 Candles, allowance of, to monks, 69 Canonici, 222 Canons, Augustinian, 225; Black, 226; Gilbertine, 229; Premonstratensian, 226; Regular, 222; White, 226 Canterbury, situation of church at, 13 Cantor, duties of, 58 Capitulum, or Little Chapter, 123 Caritas, 79, 138 Carmelites, account of, 238 Carrels, in cloister, 20 Carriers, duties of, 209 Carrow, visitations of, 178 Carthusians, description of, 221 Cassian, Conferences, 7; follower of Egyptian monachism, 6 Caterer, duties of, 202 Cathedral Priories, 40 Cellarer, duties of, 72 Cemetery, in charge of sacrist, 68 Chamberlain, duties of, 100; assistant, 101 Chapter, daily, 121; business conducted in, 126; faults, 124; process of, 123; benefactors prayed for in, 127; Chapter Mass, 120; sealing of charters in, 125 Chapters, General, 190 ‘Charlet,’ 205 Charters, sealed in Chapter, 125 Chester, situation of church at, 13 Choir, position of, 15; one of most important parts of church, 15; entrance to from cloister, 15 Chrodegand, bishop of Metz, 222, 225 Church, British, Celtic in origin, 11; situation of in English monasteries, 13; care of monks for impropriated, 194 Circas, 56 Circatores claustri, 56 Cirencester Abbey, 226 Cistercians, 218 Citeaux, and the English houses, 221; General Chapters at, 190 Clement IV. and the Austin Friars, 241 Clement V. suppresses Templars, 233 Clerkenwell, headquarters of Hospitallers, 230 Clothing of monks, 100 Cluniacs, system of government, 217 Cluny, General Chapters at, 190 Coadjutors, appointed to help incapable superiors, 188 Collation, or Reading, 152 Collectarium, 117 Collectors, diocesan, often religious superiors, 189 Columba, St., 10; Rule of, 214 Columbanus, St., Rule of, 11 Commanderies, 230 Common life, definition of, 5 Communion of junior monks, 119 Community, honour shown to, 37 Compline, 153 Conferences of Cassian, 7 Congé d’élire, 44, 183 Convent seal, custodian of, 64 Convocation dues, paid by religious houses, 189 Cook, work of, 25; duties of monastery, 205; abbot’s, 202; cook for fish, 207; duties of guest-hall, 206; infirmary, 204, 207; ‘pittance,’ 206 Co-operation, foreshadowed under monastic tenure, 199, 200 Council of Lyons and Pied Friars, 242 Cowick Priory, 186 Cox, Rev. Dr., 155 Cressets, 69 Crossed Friars, 246 Cruets, cleansing of, 67 Crutched Friars, 246 Custodes Ordinis, 122 “Custodies,” Franciscan, 237 Custumaria of Glastonbury, 196 Cuthbert, St., shrine of, 16 Decorum at table, rules for, 142 Denney Convent, 238 Deposition of superiors, 191 Discarius, duties of, 211 Discipline, in Chapter, 124 ‘Disport,’ 23 Dinner, 136; reading at, 138, 141; serving at, 139; feeding of the poor at, 141; dead monk’s portion and place at, 141 Dominic, St., 234 Dominicans, or Black Friars, 234; at Oxford, 237 Door-keepers, duties of, 210 Durham, hour of Vespers at, 149; Halmote Rolls, 196, 199; The Rites of, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34; grace-cup of, 24 Edingdon, Convent of Bonshommes at, 249 Education of girls, 162 Election, of superiors, process of, 183; formal documents needed in an, 46; by acclamation, 44; per compromissum, 44; per viam scrutinii, 44 Emptor, 80 England, early monachism in, 9 Essenes, their practices, 1 Euphemia, abbess of Wherwell, 155 Exemptions of monasteries from episcopal control, 180, 181 Exennia, 77 Feet-washing, or Mandatum, 84; arrangements for weekly, 103 Felix of Valois, St., founder of Trinitarians, 245 Ferriby Priory, 233 Fish-cook, 206 Franciscan Friars, 237 Frater-house, 21 Fraternity, grant of, in Chapter, 126 Fratry, 21 Friars, the, 234; Bethlemite, 246; Black, 234; Crossed, or Crutched, 246; Grey, 237; of the Holy Trinity, or Trinitarians, 245; of Our Lady, or de Domina, 245; of St. Mary de Areno, 242; Pied, or de Pica, 242; Preaching, 234; of the Sack, 241; White, 238 ‘Frumenty,’ 205 Gardener, duties of, 209 General Chapters, 190 Generale, 151 Gilbert, St., of Sempringham, 229 Gilbertine Canons, 229 Glastonbury, subject to episcopal jurisdiction, 181; tenants of, 196; tenure of land by tenants of, 196; tenants of, at Christmas, 198 Goldstone, Thos., prior of Canterbury, 35 Gospel at Matins, ceremonies connected with, 114 Grace, at meals: before, 138; after, 143 Grace-cup of Durham, 24 Grace-Dieu, nuns of in 1539, 159; list of nuns of in 1414, 163; candle-making at, 173; chaplain of, 164; clothing of nuns and retainers of, 169, 170; commissariat at, 165, 166; confessors of, 164; repairs at, 172; retainers of, 168; salting at, 174; visitors at, 163; wages and work at, 170 Gradual Psalms, recitation of, 112 Granatorius, duties of, 76 Grandisson, bishop of Exeter, 186; relations with Tavistock Abbey, 187 Gregory the Great, St., and Benedictine Rule, 214 Gregory X. suppresses many minor Orders of Friars, 242 Grey Friars, 237 Guests, St. Benedict’s directions about, 98; reception of, 97; care of guest-house, 96; guest-master, duties and qualifications of, 95 Gyrovagi, 8 Halmote Rolls of Durham, 196, 199 Hampshire, Victoria History of, 155 Harding, St. Stephen, 218 Hebdomadarian, duties of, 109; at Matins, 113 Henry V. and the Carthusians, 222 Herbarium, 29 Herbert, prior of Bury, 53 Hinton Charterhouse, 222 Honoratus, founder of Lerins, 7 Honorius III. confirms Carmelite Rule, 241; and the Dominicans, 234 Hospitality, duration of, 32 Hospitallers, Knights, 230 Hostellary, or Hostry, 30 Hunte, Thos., and his daughters, 162 Impropriation of churches, 193; consent of Holy See required for, 193 Individualism, characteristic of Eastern monachism, 5 Infirmarian, duties and qualification of, 85 Infirmary, cook for, 207; rules to be observed in, 86 Innocent III. and the Franciscans, 237; confirms Order of Trinitarians, 245 Innocent IV. approves Carmelite Rule, 241 Iona, type of Celtic monachism, 12 Ireland, Augustinians in, 226 ‘Jacobins,’ 234 Jerome, St., translates Rule of St. Pachomius, 7 Jessop, Dr., and Episcopal Visitations, 178 Jocelin of Brakelond, 53 Juniors, Communion of, 119 ‘Jussel,’ 205 Katherine, Dame, nun of Carrow, 178 Kington St. Michael, nuns of St. Mary’s at, 177 ‘Kirkset,’ 197 Kitchen, position of, 23; furniture of, 24 Kitchener, duties and qualifications of, 79; character of, 82; to be careful about keys, 83 Labour, manual, 148 Ladye Mass, 120 Langesper, Wm., and the Carthusians, 222 Larderer, 82; duties and qualifications of, 203 Lauds, time of, 116; ceremonies connected with, 116 Laundresses, 101, 212 Lavatory, position of, 19; in charge of refectorian, 78 ‘Laveroc,’ 197 Lazarus of Jerusalem, Order of, 230 Lectern, position of, 15 Lenton Priory, an exempt house, 181 Lerins, Monastery of, 6 Lessons, reading of, at Matins, 114 ‘Letborry,’ 205 Lewes Priory, 218; exempt house, 181 Librarian, 61 Lighting arrangements of a monastery, 68 Lindisfarne, 12 Lisca, 67 Lisle, Ambrose Phillipps de, 158 Locutorium, 32 ‘Loft,’ 23 Lyons, Council of, and Pied Friars, 242 Majestas, 22, 27, 123, 138 Mandatum, or feet-washing, 84 Manual labour, 148 Margaret, Dame, nun of Carrow, 178 Marten, Dame Anne, nun of Carrow, 178 Martin of Tours, St., founder of monachism in Gaul, 6 Martyrology, reading of, 122 Mary, St., de Areno, Friars of, 242 Mass, Ladye, 120; Morning, or Chapter, 120; High or Conventual, 131; ceremonies at High, 135 Masses, private, 118 Master of Works, 70 Matha, St. John of, founder of Trinitarians, 245 Matins, 111; order of, 112 Matricularius, 70 Maturines, or Trinitarians, 245 Maud, abbess of Wherwell, 155 Maud, Queen, 225 Maundy, daily, superintended by almoner, 92 Mensa Major, 22 Mentmore, Michael de, abbot of St. Alban’s, 35 Midelton, Dame Katherine, sub-cellarer of Grace-Dieu, 158 seqq. Military Orders, 230 Minister Major, title of, 246 Minoresses, 238 Minorites, 237 ‘Misericord,’ 23 Missa familiaris, 118 Mixtum, or breakfast, 120 Monachism: Celtic, in England, 9; similar to that of Egypt, 9; peculiarity of, 10; idea of Eastern, 3; Individualism, characteristic of Eastern, 5 Monasteries, dependent, 41 Monastery: its rulers, 37; blessing of, with holy water, 133; parts of: I., Church, 13; II., Cloisters, 17; III., Refectory, 21; IV., Kitchen, 24; V., Chapter-house, 27; VI., Dormitory, 27; VII., Infirmary, 28; VIII., Guesthouse, 30; IX., Parlour or Locutorium, 32; X., Almonry, 33; XI., Common-room or Calefactory, 33; XII., Library, 34 Monastic life, origin of, 1 Monasticon, Dugdale’s, 245 Monte Cassino, Benedictines at, 213; destroyed by Lombards, 214 ‘Mortrews,’ 205 Mortuary Roll, 64; preparation of, duty of almoner, 93 Mount St. Bernard’s Abbey, 158 Music, instructor of, 61 Mustardarius, duties of, 208 Nicke, Bishop, visitation of in 1514, 178 Norwich, Episcopal Visitations of the Diocese of (edited by Dr. Jessop), 178; Pied Friars at, 242 Novice-master, duties and qualifications of, 105; his seat in the Cloister, 18 Novices, 21; reception of, 106; training of, 106; profession of, 108 Nunnaminster, girls’ school at, 177 Nuns, account of, 154 seqq.; account of by John Aubrey, 154, 177 Obedientiaries, 58 ‘Observants,’ 237 Officials, weekly, 109 Opus Dei, 13 Orders, Military, 230 ‘Oriel,’ 23 O Sapientia, 34 Oxford, Dominicans at, 237 Pachomius, St., founder of a monastery, 3; details of his system of monachism, 4, 5 Palladius, Lausiac History of, 3 Paris, Matthew, 246, 249 Parliament, abbots and priors in, 195; monastic, 128 Penance, Brethren of, 241; use of Sacrament of, 118 Penitentia, Friars de, 241 Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, 221 Petronilla, Dame, cellarer of Grace-Dieu, 158 seqq. Pied Friars, 242 Pilgrimage of Grace, and the Convents, 163 Pittance, 151; pittance-cook, 206 Pocket-money for monks, 105 Poor Clares, 238 Pork, as food, 160 Porter of monastery, 19 Precentor, duties of, 58; librarian, 61; archivist, 64; one of custodians of Convent Seal, 64; instructor of music, 61 Preceptories, 230, 233 Premonstratensian Canons, 226 Prémontré, Abbey of, 226; General Chapters at, 190 Prime, time of, 117 Prior, Claustral, appointment and duties, 52, 54; qualifications of, 53; his seat in Cloisters, 18 Pro-aula, 30 Procession, Sunday, 133 Procurations, contributed to, by religious houses, 189 Provincial Synods, regular clergy represented at, 190 Pudding-house, 211; pudding-wives, duties of, 75, 211 Rasura, 104 Reader in refectory, duties of, 110 Reading, Lenten, 62; books for, during meals, 63; preparation for public, 63 ‘Recollects,’ 237 Recreation, 144-146 Rectory and Vicarage, distinction between, 194 Redman, Richard, bishop and abbot, 226 Refectorian, duties of, 77; had charge of lavatory, 78; sampled cheeses, 79 Refectory, position of, 19, 21 Reigate Convent, 246 Rentalia of Glastonbury, 196 Repairs, arrangements for, 101 Repose after dinner, 147 Rere-dortor, 28 Revestiarius, 70; duties of, 71 Reyner, Clement, 246 Rites of Durham, The, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34 Robert, St., of Molesmes, 218 Rods for discipline, to be found by almoner, 93 Rubricators, 63 Rupibus, Peter de, bishop of Winchester, 234 Sack, Friars of the, 241 Sacrist, duties of, 66; qualifications of, 70; looked after cemetery, 68; looked after lighting, 68 Salter, duties of, 208 Salting winter provisions, 174 Sampson, abbot of Bury, 53 Sarabites, 8 School, monastic, 93 Scot-ales, 198 Scribes, 63 Scylla, 22 Seal, custodian of Convent, 64 ‘Second Table,’ 144 Secretary, duties of, 70, 71 Sellying, Wm., prior of Canterbury, 35 Sepulchre, Canons of the Holy, 245 ‘Sergeant’s hill,’ 208 Sergius, St., Abbey of, 186 Servants, paid, 201; under the cellarer, 73 Servers, weekly duties of, in kitchen, 83; in the refectory, 110; in the church, 208 Shap Abbey, 229 Shaving, arrangements for, 103; process of, a religious act, 104 Shene Charterhouse, 222 Somerset Record Society, 196 ‘Spane,’ 23 Stalls, choir, position of, 15 Statio, 121 Stoics, their teaching, 1 Stonesgate Priory, 218 Subiaco, foundation of St. Benedict at, 213 Sub-cellarer, duties and qualifications of, 75 Sub-prior, appointment and duties of, 55 Succentor, duties of, 59, 65 Superiors, position of, in choir, 16 Supper, 150 Surtees Society, 196 Symbolism in church-building, 14 Synods, Provincial, regular clergy represented at, 190 Tabula, signal for talking, 128; sonatila, 128 Tabulae, 63 ‘Table, Second,’ 144 Tailoring, 102 Tanning, instance of, 169 Tavistock Abbey, Bishop Grandisson and, 187 Templars, Knights, 233 Temple, London, 233; Master of the, 233 Tenants, monastic, 196 Thetford, visitation of, in 1514, 178 Tierce, when said, 121 Towels, aumbries for, 19; provision of, 103; to be often changed, 78 Treasurer, 70; duties of, 72 Trinitarians, 245 Turnbroach, 204; duties of, 211 Tywardreath Priory, 186 University training for monks, 192 Uprising, time for, 111 Valet, abbot’s, 203 Verdon, Lady Rohesia de, 158 Vergil, Polydore, 249 Vespers, 149 Vicarage and Rectory, distinction between, 194 Visitations, injunctions and monitions at, 188 Vitelers, 82 Waltham Cross Abbey, 226 ‘Wardenships,’ Franciscan, 237 Washing, in the morning, 118 Watchen, abbot of Abingdon, 81 Water, Holy, blessing of, 132; sprinkled, before monks retired to bed, 153 Waterbeche Convent, 238 Welbeck Abbey, 226 Wessington, prior of Durham, 35 Whethamstede, Abbot, 35 Wherwell, nunnery of, 155 White Canons, 226; White Friars, 238 ‘White Ladies’ of Grace-Dieu, 162 William, Earl of Warren, 218 Work, daily, 147; workrooms, 36 York, St. Mary’s Abbey, subject to episcopal jurisdiction, 181

PLYMOUTH

WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON PRINTERS

Footnotes:

[1] Texts and Studies, Cambridge, vol. vi., No. 1, p. 233.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Ibid., p. 234.

[4] Ibid., p. 235.

[5] Ibid., p. 236.

[6] Ibid., p. 247.

[7] Ibid., p. 256.

[8] The Celtic Church of Wales, J. J. Willis Bund, p. 166.

[9] A preceptory of Knights of St. Lazarus, temp. Edw. III.

[10] For London, see also Clerkenwell and Haliwell.