by Jill Blackwell Hughes, BA Thesis submitted to the University of ...

for each year should be rendered at once before
the prior and cony. or the senior members of the
convent.
[3] Br. John de Coventr' should be removed from
the office of cellarer and devote himself
diligently in choir and cloister; on account of
old age he is ordered to converse with the Lord
rather than with women; he should be obliged to
say one psalter weekly in the cloister for one
year continuously from the publication of these
presents; the conversation of women is wholly
prohibited to him except with his sister or with
those related by marriage (affini).
[4] Br. Ralph de Schepeye should remain in choir
and cloister for the whole year following and he
should not leave the monastery except with someone
advanced in years and by licence of the prior; he
should say one psalter weekly; he should abstain
from meat and fish on the eve of holy feasts, and
from the conversation of women except with a
sister or someone related by marriage and in the
presence of another senior brother; furthermore,
he should remain in the convent for the aforesaid
full year.
(5] Henceforth, privileges from the house should
not be sold or otherwise granted except under the
bp. 's licence.
(6] One of the brothers should be placed in
authority in the infirmary to help the sick, and
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