FAMILIA INTUS
Depending on the terms of their registration, the "inner"
monastic family was divided into "prebendaries" (praebendarii
or prouendarii) and "odd-jobbers" (matricularii).
The term "prebendary" was in its narrow sense applied
to adult oblates who received their daily sustenance from the
monastery in return for the performance of a craft or service.
In the broader sense the term was applied to anyone
sustained for life by the community, including priests,
clerics, and other pensioners. Some of the prebendaries relinquished
all personal property upon entering the monastery;
others renounced ownership but retained the income;
still others kept both income and ownership.[123]
The prebendaries of the inner family were always unmarried.
The odd-jobbers were selected from among the poor
entered on the matricula or "poor list" of the monastery.[124]
The 150 prebendaries listed by Abbot Adalhard include
twelve referred to by the term matricularii.[125]
They appear
to have been entrusted with such duties as ringing bells and
general housekeeping in the guest-houses.[126]
