Identifier: parishprieststhe00cutt (find matches)
Title: Parish priests and their people in the Middle Ages in England
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901
Subjects: Clergy -- England Great Britain -- Church history 1066-1485 Great Britain -- Social life and customs 1066-1485
Publisher: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge New York: E. & J.B. Young
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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sson the anniversary of death ; most frequently ofall, for mass on the first, third, seventh, andthirtieth day, and on the years day.^ In mostcases there was a sum left for wax tapers and otherfuneral expenses, and for a donation to every clerk,or layman, attending the funeral mass and theobit. In the case of the poorest, the parish priestsaid a mass for the dead, and committed the body,with the proper prayers, to the grave. § * Bainess Manchester (Harlands edition), p. 45. t Test. Ebor., iv. I2I. X See calendar of perpetual obits in St. Pauls Cathedral inappendix to Milmans Annals of St. Pauls. § In the • Sarum Manual the rules which follow death beganwith a Commendatio Animamm (Exequiis) consisting of psalms andprayers for the dead. The body was then washed and laid on a bier ;vespers for the day were said, followed by the Vigilice Morluorum,divided into several parts, the special vespers and special matins knownfrom their respective antiphons as the Placebo and Dirige. The body
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VlGILI.i; MORTUORLM. XV. CENT. M.S., EGERTON, 1070, f. 54 v. P- 458 THE CHANTRY, 459 Ralph Lord Cromwell, making his will in 1457,desired that his body should be buried in TattershallChurch, which he had rebuilt and made Collegiate,*and that three thousand masses should be said forhis soul. John Prestecote, 1411-1412 (seems to be a clergyman),leaves stock to churchwardens of several parishes to main-tain his anniversary for ever, and anniversaries of others;leaves his best silver-covered cup to the Prioress of PolsloConvent, to remain in that house for ever, and be called byhis name Prestcote in his memory.! 1503. Agnes Walworth leaves to the Church of St. Petera cup of silver gilt, and to be prayed for in the Bead Rollfor one whole year.j 1508. Wm. Harcote leaves his body to be buried in St.Peters Churchyard, and money to purchase a cross, accord-ing to the cross of St. Nicholas in the churchyard, to standover his grave. § 1509. Wm. Plesyngton orders his body to be buried inSt. Pete

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