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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
that an hundred other poor should be daily received at dinner , and have leave to carry away such part of their allowance as they did not eat : Each of the thirteen secular brethren had , daily , One loaf of good wheat bread , weighing 3 1 b . 40 Z . Six quarts of good small beer , A sufficient quantity of pottage ,
Three messes at dinner , one called mortrell , rriade of milk and bread , one mess of flesh or fish , and one pittance as the day should require , and One rri ' ess for supper . ' The whole of this most plentiful provision for one man , during one daywasat the time of the foundationprovided at i 7 d . a week
, , , , and , in Wykeham ' s time , at no more than one and twenty pence . On six holidays in the year these brethren had white bread and ale , instead of wheat bread and small beer , in the same quantity , and one of their messes was roast meat , or fish of a better sort ; and on the eves of these holidays , and that of the founder ' s funeral , they had an extraordinary allowance of four gallons of ale among them .
The one hundred poor who were fed , but not lodged , had each of them One loaf of coarser bread , weighing jib . 40 Z . Three quarts of small beer , A sufficient quantity of pottage , or a mess of pulse , ¦ One herring , or two pilchers ) or two eggsor one farthing ' s worth
, of cheese . The expence of this provision , for each man , is said to have been ho more than 3 d . a week at the' foundation . Of these hundred poor , thirteen were always poor scholars of the great grammar , school of Winchester , sent by the schoolmaster . Ori the six holidays , each man had a loaf of wheat bread , and a double
mess . On the anniversary of the founder ' s funeral , three hundred poof were fed at the hospital ; to each of the first hundred we ' re given . one loaf and one mess of the same sort with' the brethren ' s ordinary allowance , and three quarts of beer ; to the second hundred was given the usual hundred men ' s allowance , and to each of the third hundred half a loaf of the brethren ' s bread . Th ' e immediate successor of the
founder ordered that one hundred additional poor should be fed , and gave a sum sufficient for that purpose ; but this money was by some authority , before Wykeham ' s time , applied to the establishment of foiir priests , thirteen secular clerks , and seven choristers , who were maintained in the hospital for the performance of divine service in the church .
. The four priests dined at their master ' s table , and had each a stipend of five marks , or 3 I . 6 s . Ed . per ann . each of the thirteen clerks Had every day a loaf of good wheat bread , weighing 3 1 b . ioz . and ' three - quarts of beer ; and one mess of flesh or fish of the brethren
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
that an hundred other poor should be daily received at dinner , and have leave to carry away such part of their allowance as they did not eat : Each of the thirteen secular brethren had , daily , One loaf of good wheat bread , weighing 3 1 b . 40 Z . Six quarts of good small beer , A sufficient quantity of pottage ,
Three messes at dinner , one called mortrell , rriade of milk and bread , one mess of flesh or fish , and one pittance as the day should require , and One rri ' ess for supper . ' The whole of this most plentiful provision for one man , during one daywasat the time of the foundationprovided at i 7 d . a week
, , , , and , in Wykeham ' s time , at no more than one and twenty pence . On six holidays in the year these brethren had white bread and ale , instead of wheat bread and small beer , in the same quantity , and one of their messes was roast meat , or fish of a better sort ; and on the eves of these holidays , and that of the founder ' s funeral , they had an extraordinary allowance of four gallons of ale among them .
The one hundred poor who were fed , but not lodged , had each of them One loaf of coarser bread , weighing jib . 40 Z . Three quarts of small beer , A sufficient quantity of pottage , or a mess of pulse , ¦ One herring , or two pilchers ) or two eggsor one farthing ' s worth
, of cheese . The expence of this provision , for each man , is said to have been ho more than 3 d . a week at the' foundation . Of these hundred poor , thirteen were always poor scholars of the great grammar , school of Winchester , sent by the schoolmaster . Ori the six holidays , each man had a loaf of wheat bread , and a double
mess . On the anniversary of the founder ' s funeral , three hundred poof were fed at the hospital ; to each of the first hundred we ' re given . one loaf and one mess of the same sort with' the brethren ' s ordinary allowance , and three quarts of beer ; to the second hundred was given the usual hundred men ' s allowance , and to each of the third hundred half a loaf of the brethren ' s bread . Th ' e immediate successor of the
founder ordered that one hundred additional poor should be fed , and gave a sum sufficient for that purpose ; but this money was by some authority , before Wykeham ' s time , applied to the establishment of foiir priests , thirteen secular clerks , and seven choristers , who were maintained in the hospital for the performance of divine service in the church .
. The four priests dined at their master ' s table , and had each a stipend of five marks , or 3 I . 6 s . Ed . per ann . each of the thirteen clerks Had every day a loaf of good wheat bread , weighing 3 1 b . ioz . and ' three - quarts of beer ; and one mess of flesh or fish of the brethren