Parliament, abbots and priors in, 195; monastic, 128

Penance, Brethren of, 241; use of Sacrament of, 118

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Petronilla, Dame, cellarer of Grace-Dieu, 158 _seqq._

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Pilgrimage of Grace, and the Convents, 163

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Precentor, duties of, 58; librarian, 61; archivist, 64; one of custodians of Convent Seal, 64; instructor of music, 61

Prémontré, Abbey of, 226; General Chapters at, 190

Prior, Claustral, appointment and duties, 52, 54; qualifications of, 53; his seat in Cloisters, 18

Procurations, contributed to, by religious houses, 189

Provincial Synods, regular clergy represented at, 190

Pudding-house, 211; pudding-wives, duties of, 75, 211

Reading, Lenten, 62; books for, during meals, 63; preparation for public, 63

Rectory and Vicarage, distinction between, 194

Refectorian, duties of, 77; had charge of lavatory, 78; sampled cheeses, 79

_Rites of Durham, The_, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, 32, 34

Rods for discipline, to be found by almoner, 93

Rupibus, Peter de, bishop of Winchester, 234

Sacrist, duties of, 66; qualifications of, 70; looked after cemetery, 68; looked after lighting, 68

Servants, paid, 201; under the cellarer, 73

Servers, weekly duties of, in kitchen, 83; in the refectory, 110; in the church, 208

Shaving, arrangements for, 103; process of, a religious act, 104

Subiaco, foundation of St. Benedict at, 213

Sub-cellarer, duties and qualifications of, 75

Synods, Provincial, regular clergy represented at, 190

_Tabula_, signal for talking, 128; _sonatila_, 128

Tavistock Abbey, Bishop Grandisson and, 187

Towels, aumbries for, 19; provision of, 103; to be often changed, 78

Vicarage and Rectory, distinction between, 194

Visitations, injunctions and monitions at, 188

Water, Holy, blessing of, 132; sprinkled, before monks retired to bed, 153

York, St. Mary's Abbey, subject to episcopal jurisdiction, 181

[1] _Texts and Studies, Cambridge_, vol. vi., No. 1, p. 233.

[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.

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