‘For he hadde power of confessioun,
As seyde himself, more than a curat.’
The confessor would claim the right of burial, if it were worth having: cp. Vox Clam. iv. 735 ff.,
‘Mortua namque sibi, quibus hic confessor adhesit,
Corpora, si fuerint digna, sepulta petit;
Sed si corpus inops fuerit, nil vendicat ipse,’ &c.
21477. For baptism there would be no fee: so Vox Clam. iv. 739 f.,
‘Baptizare fidem nolunt, quia res sine lucro
Non erit in manibus culta vel acta suis.’
21481. Matt. vi. 25.