Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . lain ofthe archdeacon, is present, or some one can bychance be obtained from some other place. Dawlash.—In Bishop Stapledons Visitation, in1301, the synodales say that the vicar, who hasthe reputation of being a good man, does notreside in person, but has in his place Sir Adam, achaplain, who conducts himself bene et honeste, andteaches them excellently in spiritual matters. ButRandulphus the chaplain has had his concubine forten years or more, and, often corrected for it {scepius * Prebendary Hingeston-Randolphs Register of Walte
Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England . lain ofthe archdeacon, is present, or some one can bychance be obtained from some other place. Dawlash.—In Bishop Stapledons Visitation, in1301, the synodales say that the vicar, who hasthe reputation of being a good man, does notreside in person, but has in his place Sir Adam, achaplain, who conducts himself bene et honeste, andteaches them excellently in spiritual matters. ButRandulphus the chaplain has had his concubine forten years or more, and, often corrected for it {scepius * Prebendary Hingeston-Randolphs Register of Walter Staple-don, p. 109. VISITATION ARTICLES AND RETURNS. 289 hide correptus), remains incorrigible. The clerk ofthe church is continens et honestus. An important testimony to the estimation in whichthe clergy were generally held by their parishioners,is afforded by the fact that it was very usual for thepeople to seek their assistance in making their wills,and also to appoint them as executors, to see to thedue carrying out of their testamentary CHAPTER XIX. PROVISION FOR OLD AGE.
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