<i>
I <PREBENDS>[43]
<I.1 THE NUMBER OF PREBENDS>
During our tenure these are the prebends who ought regularly
to hold appointment, with equal ranks and full-time duties.
If one of them should die, another should immediately be
appointed, so that the full quota may always be maintained.
And no further addition should be made to that number,
although there may at times be extra clerks, like Salvaricus and
some others who are attached to that cadre[44]
at present, or
certain laymen like those who are a part of that cadre—the
Vinedi, and Gerola, and Bruningus the Saxon, or the brother of
Bituradus. Even if other clerks or laymen are sent, still they are
not to be added to that number of 150. They must always be
counted and rationed individually, according to a separate
allowance for each of them, as ordered by whoever is in charge
at the time. But under our tenure those 150 are to have uniform
rations, just as today they are provisioned through the several
service offices, some in one manner, others in another. So in
consequence, it has not been necessary to write down the
procedure here, since it is well known both to the givers and to
the receivers from daily practice. And the executive officers
themselves, that is, the chamberlain, the cellarer, and the
seneschal, each have their own directives on the subject.[45]
THE CLERKS[46]
Twelve novices,[47]
seven other clerks. From among the latter,
two are assigned to the cellarer, one to the brothers' laundry,
one to the abbot's garden,[48]
three to the infirmary.[49]
The other
duties which clerks ought to perform should be performed by
the novices. The point is that only as many novices should be
placed in the cloister as are able to perform all the necessary
internal duties and are of our community.[50]
In this way they will
not dare to gainsay anything and will conform with what is
proper just as if they were officials, and because of their vocation
or spiritual life they should look beyond the provost and dean[51]
to the wardship of St. John.[52]
And they are never to be left
without supervision, lest the spiritual life of the monastery be
defamed because of some misbehavior on their part.
Likewise the Laymen[53]
Almsmen[54]
twelve, laymen thirty. To the first shop six: cobblers,
three, for horses two, for the fulling-mill one. To the second
shop seventeen: one of these for the shop, six blacksmiths, two
goldsmiths, two cobblers, two shield-makers, one parchmentmaker,
one saminator,[55]
three carpenters.[56]
To the third shop
three: two porters to the pantry and dispensary, one to the
infirmary. Two gararii,[57]
one at the woodpile at the bakery,
one at the center gate, four carpenters, four masons, two
physicians, two to the vassals' lodge. These are within the
monastic quarters.
And those outside the Monastic Quarters[58]
To the mill twelve, to the fishpond six, to the stable two, to the
gardens eight, to the coachhouse seven, to the new orchard two,
two shepherds, to the stockyard one.
<I.2>
<THE FOOD OF THE PREBENDS>
The Loaves of Bread to be Distribution[59]
| . . . to the stable 3 |
Carpenters 4 |
| At the coachhouse 1 |
Masons 4 |
| Goatherd 1 |
10 millers receive 15 loaves |
| 46 Additional |
At the fishery 6 |
| Physicians 1 3 |
At the gardens 8 |
| Albuinus |
At the coachhouse 6 |
| Hartlaium |
At the vineyard 1 |
| Ragemboldus |
At the stockyard 3 |
| Guntuinus |
Sheepherder 1 |
| Vulgerus |
Three infants |
| Letramnus 1 |
Additional |
| Filibertus 1 |
At the pantry 8 |
| 46. These receive |
At the marmorum[60]
2 |
| panem sprimatum[61]
|
Erluinus |
| Almsmen 9 |
And Wandilt |
| Laymen 30 |
And Bertus |
| Of the first shop 4 |
And Otger 1 |
| Of the second shop 10 |
Infirmum 1 21 |
| Of the third shop 2 |
Millers 3 |
| At the second gate 1 |
Loaves 8 106 |
| At the infirmary 1 |
135 |
| At the middle gate 1 |
|
| At St. Alban's gate 1 |
|
At what Times Drink is Given
| December 25 |
Nativity of the Lord |
Moratum[62]
|
| December 26 |
St. Stephen's |
Not moratum but drink[63]
|
| December 27 |
St. John's |
Not moratum but drink |
| January 1 |
Circumcision of the Lord |
Drink |
| January 6 |
Epiphany |
Moratum |
| January 30 |
St. Balthilda's |
Moratum |
| February 2 |
Purification of Saint Mary |
Moratum |
| March 12 |
Gregory's |
Drink |
| May 1 |
Philip's and James' |
Drink |
| June 22 |
Paulinus' |
Drink |
| June 24 |
John's |
Moratum |
| June 29 |
Peter's and Paul's |
Moratum |
| July 4 <sic> |
Martin's |
Drink |
| July 20 |
Dedication of St. Stephen's |
Drink |
| July 25 |
James' |
Drink |
| July 28 |
Dedication of Peter's |
Drink |
| August 3 |
Invention of Stephen |
Drink |
| August 10 |
Laurence's |
Drink |
| August 15 |
Assumption of Mary |
Drink |
| August 25 <sic> |
Bartholomew's |
Drink |
| September 8 |
Nativity of Mary |
Drink |
| September 21 |
Matthew's |
Drink |
| September 25 |
Firmin's |
Drink |
| October 28 |
Simon's and Jude's |
Drink |
November 10
<sic> |
Martin's |
Not moratum but drink |
| November 30 |
Andrew's |
Not moratum but drink |
| December 11 |
Fuscian's, Victorius' and
Gentian's |
Moratum |
| December 21 |
Thomas' |
Drink |
| Beginning of Lent |
|
Drink |
| Maundy Thursday |
|
Drink |
| Holy Saturday |
|
Drink |
| Easter Sunday |
|
Moratum |
| Wine allowance through the whole week |
|
In the midst of Easter, on Abbot's Week,
on Ascension of the Lord, on Pentecost |
Drink |
| July 11 |
St. Benedict the Abbot's |
Drink |
<I.3>
<EXTRA ALLOWANCES[64]
OF PREBENDS>
The Distribution of Extras[65]
Now these are the thirteen days on which, for the love of God
and of the saints of those days, an extra allowance is to be given
to the prebends outside their own stipend, if that is not enough
or sufficiently satisfying. The extra is one loaf between two of
the vassals,[66]
of the size which is made thirty to a modius, and
to each vassal a half pound of some kind of vegetable, and to
each a full beaker, whether it should be from out of the wine
or, if that is not available, from the brothers' brew.
[67]
The days
are: the Lord's Nativity, on Holy Epiphany, the Mass of Lady
Balthilda
[68]
(and for that day the allowance is drawn from the
ministry of the chamberlain
[69]
), Purification of St. Mary, on
Sunday the beginning of Lent, on Maundy Thursday, on
Holy Easter, Ascension of the Lord, Pentecost, Mass of St. John
the Baptist, of St. Peter, of St. Martin, of St. Andrew.
Feasts on Which
Work on the Domain is Omitted
Furthermore, in like fashion these are the days on which men
are freed from work on the domain, except as it pertains to the
preparation of food: Nativity of the Lord, St. Stephen's,
St. John's, Innocent's Day, Octave of the Lord, on Holy
Epiphany, Mass of Lady Balthilda, Purification of St. Mary,
on the first Monday in Lent (stipulated in order that the laity
may have time to renew their confessions), Maundy Thursday,
Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Wednesday in Easter, the three
days of Rogations, the Ascension of the Lord, St. John the
Baptist's, St. Peter's, St. Marcellinus',[70]
St. Firmin's,[71]
St. Martin's, St. Andrew's, Christmas Eve, and the Four
Seasons days.
<I.4>
<THE VESTING OF PREBENDS OR NOVICES>[72]
These are what should be given to our aforesaid clerical canons
who have the special title of "knockers"[73]
: in clothing, two
white tunics and a third of another color and four hose, two
pairs of breeches, two felt slippers, four shoes with new soles
costing seven pence at the cobbler's, two gloves, two mufflers.
These they receive every year, but a cope of serge and fur and a
mantle or bedcloth, or a blanket, in the third year. All these
should be taken from the clothing which the brothers return
when they receive new.[74]
And they should select from the stock
those garments which they think are most useful to them. The
other cowled garment[75]
—the tunic[76]
or the cowl of serge from
which the tunic can be made—will be issued at the discretion
of the prior.
