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CONTENTS

CHAP.
PREFACE [v]
LIST OF REFERENCES [vii]
I. INTRODUCTION [1]
II. PRECEDENTS FOR SUPPRESSION [19]
III. AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL SUPPRESSION [30]
IV. PRELIMINARIES TO THE GENERAL SUPPRESSION [42]
V. THE FINANCES OF BURTON ABBEY [72]
VI. MONASTIC BALANCE SHEETS [92]
VII. THE GENERAL SUPPRESSION: FIRST STAGE [133]
VIII. THE GENERAL SUPPRESSION: SECOND STAGE [160]
IX. LOSS AND GAIN [188]
APPENDICES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
NO.
I. EXAMPLE OF A LICENSE TO CONTINUE GRANTEDTO A “LESSER MONASTERY” (CROXDEN ABBEY) [214]
II. DEED OF SURRENDER OF CROXDEN ABBEY [220]
III. INVENTORY OF THE SALE AT BREWOOD NUNNERY [224]
IV. INVENTORY OF THE SALE AT ST. THOMAS’S PRIORY, STAFFORD [229]
V. INVENTORY OF THE SALE OF DIEULACRES ABBEY [237]
VI. SALE OF GOODS AT THE GREY FRIARS, STAFFORD [245]
VII. SALE OF GOODS AT THE AUSTIN FRIARS, STAFFORD [249]
VIII. SALE OF GOODS OF THE GREY FRIARS, LICHFIELD [252]
IX. SALE OF GOODS AT CROXDEN ABBEY [255]
X. SALE OF GOODS AT ROCESTER ABBEY [256]
XI. SALE OF GOODS AT HULTON ABBEY [257]
XII. THE DISSOLUTION OF BURTON “COLLEGE” [258]
1. INVENTORY AND VALUATION OF GOODS [258]
2. SALE OF GOODS [264]
3. PAYMENTS TO DISBANDED HOUSEHOLD, ETC. [268]
4. EXPENSES OF ROYAL OFFICIALS [271]
5. PENSIONS [277]
6. SUMMARY [278]
XIII. THE DISSOLUTION OF BURTON COLLEGE:SCUDAMORE’S RECEIPT FOR GOODS UNSOLD [279]
XIV. LIST OF BOOKS AT BURTON ABBEY [281]
INDEX [286]
SKETCH MAP OF STAFFORDSHIRE [end of book]

The Dissolution of the Monasteries

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION