4. Rural Deanery of Leek and Alton. In this are included Dieulacres, Rocester and Croxden Abbeys. Payments are shown to the Bishop and the Dean and Chapter, and at Croxden the unusual item of 13s. 4d. to “the General Reformator of the Cistercian Order.” But, as we have already shown, this official was of Royal, not of Papal appointment. The arrangement of the valuation is alike for all three abbeys, and alms are only recorded at Rocester.

5. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, and the Cathedral at Lichfield.

6. Tutbury Priory and Burton Abbey. Alms are noticed in both cases, and the Commissioners appear to have been unusually lenient.

7. Tamworth Collegiate Church.

8. Deanery of Tamworth and Tutbury.

A rough calculation of the net income of the Church in Staffordshire, as shown in the above returns, has been made as follows:

Rural Deaneries—Lapley and Trysull£536162½
Newcastle and Stone8874817/24
Leek and Alton594121½
Deanery—Tamworth and Tutbury354154
Bishop of Lichfield (Staffs. only)34573⅛
Lichfield Cathedral—Dean and Chapter58141
Prebends27234
Choristers161810½
Vicars Choral137176
Priests Vicars11496
Clerks5106½
Chantry Priests6174
Chantries106132
St. John’s Hospital, Lichfield8150
Tutbury Priory1991410
Burton Abbey41250
Tamworth Collegiate Church6610
Total£4,17059⅚

As far as possible the income from Staffordshire only is shown as regards the bishop, etc., but it was not always easy to separate the items. No visitation fees are shown, as they could not be apportioned between the counties: the total was £34 19s.

Of the total shown above, the net income of the religious houses is given as £1,608 5s. 2¾d., or rather less than two-fifths.

The following table gives the figures relating to the religious houses as they appear in Valor Ecclesiasticus: they must be read in conjunction with the notes which follow the table: