Parish priests and their people in the middle ages in England . The great families kept up friendly relations*with the houses which their ancestors had founded,of which they were still the patrons, and fromtime to time benefactors. People of the upper * The permanent relation between a religious house and its founderis illustrated in the case of Boxgrove Cluniac Priory, Sussex. Thefounder, in 1120, Robert de Hara, stipulated [for himself and hisdescendants, we take for granted] that he should choose one of themonks to officiate in the chapel at his neighbouring manor house ofHalnaker; and that
Parish priests and their people in the middle ages in England . The great families kept up friendly relations*with the houses which their ancestors had founded,of which they were still the patrons, and fromtime to time benefactors. People of the upper * The permanent relation between a religious house and its founderis illustrated in the case of Boxgrove Cluniac Priory, Sussex. Thefounder, in 1120, Robert de Hara, stipulated [for himself and hisdescendants, we take for granted] that he should choose one of themonks to officiate in the chapel at his neighbouring manor house ofHalnaker; and that if at any time the monks should fail to electto a vacancy in the office of prior within three months, he shouldnominate. The prioress and nuns of Mount Grace, c. 1250, bound themselves topresent each successive Prioress for approval to John le Verdun, theirpatron [advocato nostra), and his heirs or their deputies (, p. 66, Camden Society. See also Cartnell Priory, PapalLetters, vol. i. p. 135, Rolls Series). 368 PARISH PRIESTS AND THEIR MONKS AND FRIARS. 369 classes, in travelling, usually sought hospitality atthe religious houses, and were entertained by theabbot, while their people were cared for in theguest house. The monks and nuns were largelytaken from these classes. Throughout the Middle Ages the monks—especially the Benedictines—continued to cultivatelearning, both secular and religious. The chroniclersof the greater monasteries were the only historiansof the time, and their collections of books werethe libraries of the nation. Some of the greatmonasteries served the purpose of the great publicschools of modern times, and the nunneries especiallywere—as they are still in Continental countries—theschools of the daughters of the gentry. Long after they had ceased to be the pioneersleading the way in reducing the waste lands undercultivation, the monks continued to set an exampleto the lay gentry and landowners in enterprisingscientific agri
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