[458] The Knights Hospitallers in England (Camden Soc.), p. 20.

[459] V.C.H. Worcs. II, pp. 157-8.

[460] Dugdale, Mon. IV, p. 285.

[461] See below, p. [340].

[462] V.C.H. Yorks. III, p. 177.

[463] Test. Ebor. I, p. 133. The account book of Gracedieu (1414-8) contains entries of money paid by William Roby “for the clothes of his relation Dame Agnes Roby” and at another time by Margaret Roby for the same purpose (6s. 8d.). Gasquet, English Monastic Life, p. 170.

[464] Lincoln Diocese Documents (E.E.T.S.), p. 57.

[465] It is amusing to notice the indignation of the nuns when their beer was not strong enough. See e.g. Alnwick’s Visit. MS. ff. 71d, 72; Visit. of Dioc. of Norwich (Camden Soc.), p. 209; Yorks. Archaeol. Journal, XVI, p. 443.

[466] Dugdale, Mon. V, pp. 493-4.

[467] When little Elizabeth Sewardby was boarding in Nunmonkton she had ten pairs in eighteen months! Test. Ebor. III, p. 168.