. The greater abbeys of England . ndon, and also j(^i 81 5s. 4d. had been paid to theroyal treasury. Pensions had been promised to the abbotand twenty-three religious, and at the time of theaccount these had been paid. The abbot also had beengiven the debts due to the house. In a subsequentpension list the name of the late abbot is found setdown as having a claim for his promised pension of iC44- The account likewise mentions that at Rievaulxthere were ninety-one retainers of all kinds, besides the kitchen-boy, who received two shillings on his dis-missal, Thomas the plumber and six chorister
. The greater abbeys of England . ndon, and also j(^i 81 5s. 4d. had been paid to theroyal treasury. Pensions had been promised to the abbotand twenty-three religious, and at the time of theaccount these had been paid. The abbot also had beengiven the debts due to the house. In a subsequentpension list the name of the late abbot is found setdown as having a claim for his promised pension of iC44- The account likewise mentions that at Rievaulxthere were ninety-one retainers of all kinds, besides the kitchen-boy, who received two shillings on his dis-missal, Thomas the plumber and six chorister boys,who got three shillings each. When the Dissolution hadbeen effected, the ruins were left to decay. The veryseclusion of the spot, perhaps, has served to preserve the 165 The Greater Abbeysruin better than we might have expected after three-and-a-half centuries of neglect. Even fallen, moss-grown and damp-stained as it is, the choir of Rievaulxchurch remains one of the most glorious works of English medieval architecture. i66.
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