Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . 255 256 StoneleiGb ant) its fIDemoiies Every Maundy Thursday, at the washing of the feetof the poor, the monks distributed in charity 8 quarters of Ryemade in bread at 55. the quarter, 3 quarters of Malt in beer at quarter, and 200 Herings at 2od. the Hundred. Amongst other curious concessions to the monks, it isrecorded that, in the reign of Edward IV., two owners of landin the neighbouring village of Ashow had licence to grant, interalia, XXs., a pound of Pepper, and a red rose yearly rent, with. THE ABBEY AND THE RIVER AVON half
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . 255 256 StoneleiGb ant) its fIDemoiies Every Maundy Thursday, at the washing of the feetof the poor, the monks distributed in charity 8 quarters of Ryemade in bread at 55. the quarter, 3 quarters of Malt in beer at quarter, and 200 Herings at 2od. the Hundred. Amongst other curious concessions to the monks, it isrecorded that, in the reign of Edward IV., two owners of landin the neighbouring village of Ashow had licence to grant, interalia, XXs., a pound of Pepper, and a red rose yearly rent, with. THE ABBEY AND THE RIVER AVON half the fishing in Avon, to the monks of Stoneley, for is interesting to note that the little village, now hardly boastingmore than a hundred and fifty inhabitants, which was thus calledupon for its yearly rose, is in these days, in summer, a realgarden of flowers. Another curious though more modern customis registered in the parish accounts here : from 182s to 1856 therector and churchwardens were in the habit of paying fourpencefor every dozen of sparrows brought to them by the inhabitantsof the neighbourhood. At the time when the lesser monasteries were dissolved by Stoncleiob ant) its flDemorice 257 Henry VIII., the clear yearly value of Stonele being less than£200, this monastery was suppressed, and the monks were sentaway to the larger undissolved religious houses, the Abbot,Thomas Tutbury, receiving a pension of £2} a year. Henry granted the Abbey to his brother-in-law CharlesBrandon, Duke of Suffolk, whose sons dying childless, it passed
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