Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . ll forfeit a sixth of one yearsincome from their ecclesiastical benefices to the poor of theirbenefices; and if while the suspension lasts, they performany act of their office they shall be deprived. [On the otherhand] unbeneficed clerks publicly and habitually carryingthemselves like clerks, if they exceed in these things, anddo not, when admonished, correct themselves within fourmonths, shall not be capable of holding a benefice. Ifliving in universities, and bearing themselves as clerks, theyofiend in these respects, they shall
Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . ll forfeit a sixth of one yearsincome from their ecclesiastical benefices to the poor of theirbenefices; and if while the suspension lasts, they performany act of their office they shall be deprived. [On the otherhand] unbeneficed clerks publicly and habitually carryingthemselves like clerks, if they exceed in these things, anddo not, when admonished, correct themselves within fourmonths, shall not be capable of holding a benefice. Ifliving in universities, and bearing themselves as clerks, theyofiend in these respects, they shall be incapable of ecclesi-astical degrees or honours. Yet we intend not to abridgeclerks of open wide surcoats called table-coats with fittingsleeves to be worn at seasonable times and places, nor ofshort and close garments while travelling in the country attheir own discretion. Ordinaries are commanded to makeinquiry by themselves or by others every year, and to seethat this canon is observed. * Lyndewode, * Provinciale. Compare the 74th of the Canons ARCHDEACON, CLERGY IN SECULAR CENT, MS., 6 E VII., f. 197. p. 167 ARCHDEACON AND CLERGY. XIV. CENT. MS., 6 E VI., f. 132. FURNITURE AND DRESS. 167 We shall see hereinafter that by ages of worryinglegislation the canons succeeded in compelling theclergy to keep their wives in petto ; but the sumptuarycanons were a dead failure. The authorities made attempts to get them ob-served. It is related that at a certain Visitation,the bishop ordered the canon to be read and thenhad the hair of the clergy cut short on the of Lincoln refused to institute to a cure ofsouls a deacon who came to him untonsured, dressedin scarlet, and wearing rings, in the habit and carriageof a layman, or rather of a knight, and almostilliterate.* Some of the vicars of York Cathedral twere presented to the bishop in 1362 for being inthe habit of going through the city in short tunicsornamentally trimmed, with knives and basila
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