[14] Perhaps the residentiaries were increased to eleven.
[15] "Gleanings," chap. i. It is disappointing to find that it was thought necessary to provide in the Statutes against gross immorality, and that a fine of 3s. 4d. was deemed a sufficient punishment for the first offence, to be doubled on repetition.
[16] Were they ever members of the chapter ex officio?
[17] If he had to read his share of the Psalter every day for each, his time for affairs of State must have been encroached upon.
[18] So says Dr. Sparrow-Simpson. In the Gallican Church the stage was the time of qualifying for residence. In modern French a stagiaire = a licentiate in law going through his stage.
[19] In former days. The Vicars Choral of other foundations are now called Minor Canons.
[20] "Chapters in the History," p. 53.