The Fauconberge Memorial: an account of Henry Fauconberge, Beccles, and of the endowment provided by his will to encourage learning and the instruction of youth, with notes and incidental biographical sketches . ^8396 Oi N^ fii IC 1949 /iniraiilirrnr nii^ Iniinii. sam si quis dicat, cumccrare atqite appendere aUquid volo, id eum paupeiibus dare Julid jam ipse fecerit, nou mod6 eum noD increpant, veriitn etiam bland^ ac kliiter admittu ONASTERIES were, for a long period, the chief if notthe only seats of learnhig, both religious and secular. Otthose who were there trained for the service
The Fauconberge Memorial: an account of Henry Fauconberge, Beccles, and of the endowment provided by his will to encourage learning and the instruction of youth, with notes and incidental biographical sketches . ^8396 Oi N^ fii IC 1949 /iniraiilirrnr nii^ Iniinii. sam si quis dicat, cumccrare atqite appendere aUquid volo, id eum paupeiibus dare Julid jam ipse fecerit, nou mod6 eum noD increpant, veriitn etiam bland^ ac kliiter admittu ONASTERIES were, for a long period, the chief if notthe only seats of learnhig, both religious and secular. Otthose who were there trained for the service of the chiu-ch,some continued in the houses to which they belonged, whileothers were sent abroad for the instruction of the early as the reign of Henry ii, the abbot and con\entof St. Edmunds Bmy maintained a school in their manor of Beccles. Theprecise character of this institution may be difficult to ascertain; but it existedthrough a considerable period. For it appears, from a deed dated 1st June1395, that the right of appointing the master was vested, by ancient custom, inthe chamberlain of the abbey; and the privilege was then exercised by him. Bcntham, Hist. Ely, pp. 13, , citing bp. Lloyd of ClmrcU Goverument, p. 1G3. Diigd. Hon. vol. iii, p. 105. Taylor, Ind. Men. Inti-od. p. iii. ^ It was the duty of the cbamherlain (cameraruis) to provide clothing, beds, and bedding for themonks. Accordingly, in the 3rd Hen. viii, Henry Furmage, syrvtmte of Mr. cUambryer of themoncstcry of Bury Seynt Edmond, received for the yerly ferme of Bccclcs fen, ten marks to the useand behofte of his seyd maystyr. Account of the corporation of Eccdcs fiu, p. 5. 0049332 52 .l-niirniitirrgr 5)!rninrinl. in flivour of an individual named Reginald Leekc And that his office wasnot a sinecure is evident from the stipulation that he should perform its dutiesin person and not by deputy. This institution fell, however, with the overthrowof the monasteries in the sixteenth century. Possibly
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