covent be always there, unless the master at every one time dispense with you to the contrary? 31. Item, Whether, ye do wear your religious habit continually, and never leave it off but when ye go to bed? 32. Item, Whether every brethren of this house have lightly departed hence, and hath gone to any other house of like order and profession, without special letters and license of their master? 33. Item, Whether the master and brethren of this house have received and admitted any brother of another house, without special license and letters of his master and head? 34. Item, Whether any of you, sithence the time of your profession, hath gone out of this house to his friends, or otherwise? 35. Item, How oftimes he did so, and how long at every time ye tarried forth? 36. Item, Whether ye had special license of your master so to go forth, or not? 37. Item, Whether at every time of your being forth, ye changed or left off your habit, or every part thereof? 38. Item, Whether ye, or any of you be, or hath been, in manifest apostacy, that is to say, fugitives or vagabonds? 39. Item, For what cause or occasion ye have so gone forth and been in apostacy? and whether the cause of your going forth was by reason of the great cruelty of your master, or by his negligence, not calling you home to your cloister? 40. Item, Whether ye be weekly shaven, and do not nourish or suffer your hair to be long? and whether ye wear your apparel according to the rule, not too excessive nor too exquisite; and in likewise the trappos of your horses, and other your bearing beasts? 41. Item, Whether the master and head of this house do use his brethren charitably, without partiality, malice, envy, grudge, or displeasure, more showed to one than to another? 42. Item, Whether he do use his disciplines, corrections, and punishments upon his brethren, with mercy, pity, and charity, without cruelty, rigorousness, and enormous hurt, no more favouring one than another? 43. Item, Whether any brother, or religious person of this house, be incorrigible? 44. Item, Whether the master of this house do use his brethren charitably when they be sick and diseased? and whether in time of their sickness he do procure unto them physicians, and all other necessaries? 45. Item, Whether he make his accompts (as he ought to do) once every year before his brethren, and chiefly the seniors and officers, to the intent they may be made privy to the state and condition of the house, and know perfectly the due administration thereof? 46. Item, Whether the prior, subprior, sellerar, kitchener, terrure, sacristen, or any such like officer, having administration of every manner revenues of this house, do make his whole and true accompt, according as he is bound to do, not applying anything by him received to his own proper use or commodity? 47. Item, Whether any religious person of this house do bear, occupy, or exercise more offices than one, for, and to his own singular commodity, advantage, or profit, by the partial dealing of the master? 48. Item, Whether all and singular the revenues and profits of this house be converted and employed to the behove and use thereof, and of the brethren, according to the founder's mind and giver? 49. Item, Whether the master do make sufficient reparations upon his monastery, as the church and all other housing thereto adjoined, and also upon all other the lands. granges, farms, and tenements belonging to the same; and whether he suffer any dilapidation, decay, or ruin in any part of them? 50. Item, Whether there be any inventory made of all and singular the moveables, goods, which from time to time have been, and yet be in this house, as of jewels, reliques, ornaments, vestiments, ready money, plate, bedding, with other utensils; also of corn, chattels, and other commodities, to the intent the state and condition of this house may be always known? 51. Item, That ye express truly and sincerely the whole state and condition of this house, as in money, plate, cattle, corn, and other goods? 52. Item, Whether this monastery be indebted? to whom? and for what cause? 53. Item, Whether any of the lands be sold, or mortgaged? and for what sums? 54. Item, Whether any be let to farm by the master of this house for term of years, and for how many years? and specially, whether they be letten for small sums, or for less sums than they were wont to be letten for, to the intent to have great sums of ready money beforehand? 55. Item, Whether he do enforce, compel or constrain his brethren, or any of them, to consent to the sealing of any leases, grants, farm-holds, annuities, corrodies, or any other alienations? 56. Item, Whether the plate and jewels, or any part or parcel thereof, or of any other moveable goods of this house be laid to pledge, sold, or alienated for a time, or for ever? for what cause, and to whom? or otherwise embezzled, or consumed? 57. Item, Whether the master of this house be wont to give under his seal or office, or convent-seal, farms, corrodies, annuities, or offices, to his kinsfolk, alliances, friends, or acquaintances, for term of years, or otherwise, to the hurt, hindrance, damage, and impoverishment of this house? 58. Item, Whether he be wont to grant any patent, or convent-seal, without the consent of his brethren? 59. Item, Whether the convent-seal of this house be surely and safely kept under three keys; that is to say, one remaining and being in the custody of the master, and the other two in the custody of two seniors? 60. Item, Whether the muniments and evidences of the lands, rents, and revenues of this house, be safely kept from vermin and moistness? 61. Item, Whether the master do keep hospitality according to the ability of his house, and in like manner as other fathers hereof have done heretofore? 62. Item, Whether the master of this house in receiving any novice, being of willing and toward mind to enter into religion, hath demanded or received, or convented to receive any money, rewards, or any other temporal commodities of him so entering, or willing to enter, or of any other his friends? and whether for not promising, granting, or giving such rewards or gifts, any hath been repelled and not received? 63. Item, Whether the novices, and other received into religion, have a preceptor and master deputed unto them to teach them grammar and good letters? 64. Item, Whether any senior of this house be deputed to declare, inform, and instruct them their rules, and whereunto they shall be bounden to observe and keep after their profession? 65. Item, Whether any of you have taken upon him the habit and profession of your religion, chiefly for the intent, hope, or trust to be made head and master of this house? 66. Item, Whether the master of this house, in giving any advocation, nomination, presentation, or collation of any parsonage, vicarage, chapel, or benefice of the patronage or gift of this house, do take or use to take any manner pension, portion, or other commodity or gains; or else doth make any convention or compaction, whereby any lucre many ensue to him in that behalf? 67. Item, Whether he do receive, or use to receive, the fruits and revenues of every such benefice vacant, or use to borrow any money of him to whom he intendeth to give such benefice unto, expressly covenanting or intending, that he so obtaining the said benefice shall freely and clearly remit the said money so borrowed? 68. Item, What and how many benefices the master of this house doth occupy and keep in his own hands? 69. Item, Whether the same benefices be appropriate and united to this house by sufficient authority? 70. Item, Whether the master of this house doth make distributions amongst the parishioners of the benefices appropriate, and doth keep and observe all and singular other provisions and ordinances specified and expressed in the appropriations of the same benefices? Exhibeant omnes et singulas Appropriationes, una cum Ordinationibus et Donationibus Vicariatuum. 71. Item, Whether he do promote unto such benefices as be of his gift sufficient and able persons in learning, manners, and virtue? 72. Item, Whether any brother of this house do serve any parish-church, being appropriate and united to the same, and how many churches appropriate to be so served? 73. Item, Whether the master of this house hath and possesseth any benefice with cure, or any other dignity with his abbey? Si aliquod tale habet, Dispensationem exhibeat. 74. Item, Whether the master of this house at any time. since he was first made abbot, or master, did know or believe that he was suspended, or excommunicate, either by the law, or by any judge; and whether he knowing or supposing himself so to be, did sing mass in the mean time, and before he was absolved? In Visitatione Monialium ad Præmissa addantur hæc. 75. Item, Whether this monastery hath good and sufficient enclosure, and whether the doors and windows be diligently kept shut, so that no man can have any entry into the same or any part thereof at inconvenient times? Propter quod necessarium erit Visitatori circum ire Monasterium, ac videre et rimare dispositionem ædificiorum, et an sint aliqua loca pervia per quæ secrete intrari possit; et una secum habeat Abbatissam cum duabus aut tribus senioribus Monialibus, a quibus tum interroget, an ostia Monasterii singulis quibusque noctibus sub clavibus clausa teneantur, et quæ earum Monialium senio confectarum, vel an Abbas ipsa clavium custodiam tempore nocturno habeant et teneant: nam non est tutum clavium custodiam Junioribus committere. 76. Item, Whether strangers, both men and women, useth commonly to have communication with the sisters of this house, without license of the abbess or prioress, especially in secret places, and in the absence of their sisters? 77. Item, Whether any sister of this house were professed for any manner of compulsion of her friends and kinsfolks, or by the abbess or prioress? 78. Item, Whether any of the sisters of this house useth to go forth any whither out of the precinct thereof, without special license of their abbess or prioress? 79. Item, Whether any sister doth use her habit continually out of her cell? 80. Item, Wherein every one of you occupieth herself, beside the time of divine service? 81. Item, Whether any sister of this house hath any familiarity with religious men, secular priests, or lay-men, being not near of kin unto them? 82. Item, Whether any sister of this house hath been taken and found with any such accustomably so communing, and could not shew any reasonable cause why they so did? 83. Item, Whether any of you doth use to write any letters of love or lascivious fashion to any person, or receive any such, or have any privy messengers coming or resorting unto you, or any of you, with token or gifts, from any manner secular person or other? 84. Item, Whether any of you doth use to speak with any |