Abbess, autocratic power of,64ff.,149—— chaplain of (nun),62ff.,112,129,250—— entertainment of guests by,59ff.,69,118;nuns by,61—— executrix or supervisor of wills,73,73n. 2—— lodging and household of,59,135,151,167,316,317—— of Fools,311Abbey of the Holy Ghost,533Abbot of Fools,311Aberford, Rector of,220n. 5Accidia,293ff.,302,437Accounts,96ff.,118ff.,245,333ff.,639ff.;annual statement of,221;audit of,220,221—— presentation of, by head of house,219,220;by obedientiaries, etc.,219,224;see alsoStatus domusAconbury Priory,23n. 1,339—— Churches appropriated to,113n.Adeburn, Alicia de,21Adeleshey, Joan,443Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx,271Alcock, John, Bishop of Ely,398,533,602Aldelesse, Juliana,399Aldgate, St Clare outside,171n. 2Alesbury, Agnes of,39,40Alfrâd, the donkey of,383,588ff.Alice, Prioress of Wintney,87Alienation of goods,225Allesley, Agnes,272,409Almenèches, St Sauveur,636;moral state of,666,667Almoness of nunnery,132Almsgiving by nuns,118,120,121,132,649Alnwick, William, Bishop of Lincoln,22,23,26,32,33,62,66ff.,71,77,79,80,82,83,154,161,162,164,165,199,204,207,210,215,221,225,226,234,245,249,250,263,264,272,273,277,278,283,304,317,320,331,332,334,336,340,357,358,361n. 1,363,367,377n. 2,380,382,397,399n. 1,400,402n. 3,405n. 2,408,412,414,416,437,449,457,461,463,481,483,486,488,490,491,500Alphabet of Tales, An,511n.,516n. 2,519n. 1Alsace,239Alsop, Robert of,234Amesbury Priory,2,3,242n. 8,268n.,350,360n. 2,454,455,470,482,497Anchoresses,271,528ff.Ancren Riwle,156,258,271,305,383,500,525,527ff.,557,592,650,655Ankerwyke Priory,26,81,82,111n. 3,146,166,218,333,405n. 2,441n.,460,461,487n.,491n. 2—— financial mismanagement of,205,225n. 2;illiteracy of inmates at,250;inventory of goods of,222n. 3;poverty of,153,154,162,167,177,234,235;Prioress of,32,62,66,163n. 1,210,304n. 2,340,414,493;and seeKirkby, Margery;Medforde, Clarence;status domusof,221,222;teacher for young nuns appointed,260;visitors at,490Anlaby, Josiana de,53Apelgarth, Sabina de,469Appropriation of benefices,113,135,144,224Arden, Henry,85—— Priory,16,153n. 3,184,213,242,382n. 1,494n. 1,601—— accounts of,220;boarders at,579;corrody granted by,206;custos of,230n. 8;dilapidations at,170,175;mismanagement of,85,86;poverty of,184n. 4;Prioress of,83;and seeEleanor of Arden;relics at,116Arderne, Katherine de,189Armathwaite Priory,428,429Armstrong, Jane,326Arnecliffe, Hugh de,234Arthington,213,217,291n. 2,356n. 4,400n. 1—— accounts of,220;bequests to,326;children at,579;coadjutress appointed at,224;custosof,231;dilapidations at,170;dorter of,170;frater of,170;moral state of,598,599;private property at,336,337;prioresses of,180,217;and seeBerghby, Isabella de;Popeley, Elizabeth;Screvyn, Agnes de;relics at,117Arundell, Elizabeth,442—— Sir John,73,74,429ff.—— Thomas, Bishop of Ely,176Aschby, William,399n. 3Aske, Robert,282ff.Asserio, Rigaud de, Bishop of Winchester,188,369Asshe, John de,198Assize of bread and ale,104Astley, Lora,30Astom, Matilda,453Atwater, William, Bishop of Lincoln,222n. 3,273,292,382n. 3,441n.,491,596Aubrey, John,274,381Aucassin and Nicolete,513,514,541Auditor of nunnery accounts,99,100Audley, Lady,306,412—— Sir Hugh,419Aunselle, Alice,337Avernay, novice of,500,507Avice of Beverley,365n. 3Aylesbury, Margaret,318Ayscough, Bishop,182Ayton, John of,354,391,435Babyngton, Katherine,243Backwell, Rector of,233Bacton, Margaret,168Badlesmere, Bartholomew de,203Bailiff of nunnery,99ff.,109,129,138,143,147,148,219,227,228,257Bakewell, Mr,124,140Baldock, Ralph, Bishop of London,34n. 2Ball, John,138Barber, Isabel,268Bardi, the,91Bardney, Abbot of,364Barking Abbey,2,13,19,42,64n. 6,142,156n. 7,162,176,186,188,258n. 4,320n.,326,347n. 2,366n. 3,404n. 5,406n. 3,407,635—— Abbess of,60,61,105,117,185,198,420;and seePole, Katherine de la—— Cellaress of,131n.,133,257,563;accounts of,136,139n. 5;Chartheof,562ff.—— children at,571,572;church appropriated to,113n. 1;claustration at,348,349;Clemence of,239;corrodies at,190,197,198;library of,242n. 8;pensions demanded from,195,196;pittances at,143n.,323,324;Puerilia solemniaat,312;resident chaplains at,144;sanctuary at,420,421Barnehous, John,269Barnwell, Prior of,125,142n. 3,202n. 3Barrow Priory,233,385n. 4,360n. 1;custosof,233;Prioress of,233;and seeGurney, JoannaBarsinghausen,674Barton, Elizabeth,419n. 2Bartone, Isabel,399n. 1—— Joan,413Basedale Priory,445;custosof,230n. 8,231;moral state of,597,598;prioresses of,205,284n.,360n. 2;and seeDavell, Elizabeth;Fletcher, Joan;Percy, Joan deBasilia de Cotum,361n. 2Basle, Synod of,314Bassett, Christian,69,97,102n.,105,106,201;accounts of,118n.,313,334Batayle, Margaret de la,26Bateman, Bishop of Norwich,268Bath and Wells, Bishops of,37,38,71;and seeDrokensford, John deBauceyn, Juliana,185Beatrice, story of,512ff.Beauchamp, Agnes de,192—— Katherine de,25,26,330n. 3—— Sir Guy de,25,330n. 3—— Thomas, Earl of Warwick,330Beaumont, Lady,257—— Lord,268Beauvais, John, Bishop of,418Becon, Thomas,282Bedford, Jacquetta, Duchess of,419Bedford, Sheriff of,195Belers, Margaret,367,382Bel-Eyse, L’Ordre de,537,537n. 2,542Belgrave, Bridget,137;and seeSyon Abbey, chambress ofBelle Doette,555,556Benedict, Rule of St,23,50,61,66,136,150,245,278,285ff.,300,315,322,341ff.,356,408n. 4—— translations of,251,252,341n. 1Benet, Isabel,80,83,278,283,292,310,378,389,449,460,486,489,493Bengeworth, John,449Berghby, Isabella de,224,469,598,599Berkeley, Lady Elizabeth,410,411—— Lord,74Bernard, Eleanor,360n. 2Berners, Juliana,240,308Bernier,433ff.Berre, Alice,206,207—— William,206Berthold of Regensburg,518n. 1Berwick, North, Priory of,418Berwick-on-Tweed, Gild at,11Berzé, Seigneur de,542Betsone, Thomas,287Bever, John,86Beverley, St Nicholas’ Hospital,365Bible, reading of, by nuns,254,255Bicester, Prior of,234—— Priory,210n. 2Birlaunde, Henry of,233Bischofsheim, Abbess of,237Bishopsgate, St Helen’s,2,13,55,56,58n.,109n.,292n. 3,309,311,395,402n. 4,405,408,441n.;children at,265,273,576,577;corrodies granted by,209;