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A HISTORIC GUIDE TO THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST SHERBORNE

Written by Charles Herbert
Published by Oxford University Press; John Johnson in 1926

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Front cover

Cover of A HISTORIC GUIDE TO THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST AND ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST SHERBORNE by Charles Herbert

Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Old Almshouse and the New
  • The Old Institution
  • The Early Accompt Rolls
  • The New Almshouse and the Enterprise of Richard Rochell
  • A General Subscription List
  • Disbursements
  • The Foundation Deed
  • The Brotherhood
  • The Chaplain Perpetual
  • The Prior
  • The Housewife
  • The Inmates
  • The Steward and Doctor
  • The Oath of theBrethren
  • The Oath of the Inmates and Housewife
  • Note on the Brethren's Oath
  • Devotions
  • Discipline
  • Food Allowance
  • Allowance of Clothing
  • Lands and Tenements
  • Licences in Mortmain
  • The Principal and Original Donors
  • Notes on the Founders
  • Building of the New Almshouse
  • Completion of the Chapel
  • The Almshouse Store, 1476-7
  • Some later Benefactors
  • Nineteenth-Century Additions
  • The Medieval Triptych
  • Old Stained Glass
  • Lost Coats of Arms
  • An Ancient Custom
  • Rules promulgated in 1788
  • Rules in Force, 1926
  • The Chancery Suit
  • The Knoyle Family
  • The Meere Family