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Feast of St. Martin each had a pig from the common 

 stall ; enough pigs were brought to some convenient place, 

 and there each chose one pig according to the priority of 

 entering the hospital. On the Feast of St. John Baptist 

 each received two bushel of salt ; on Ascension Day one 

 obolus to buy pot herbs ; and a penny on sundry other 

 Feast days ; and it was ordered that fourteen shillings 

 was to be distributed in equal portions for their fuel for 

 the year, " as has been ordained of old for the sake of peace 

 and concord." The "residue" of the property of the 

 hospital was " ordered and decreed to be appHed to the 

 support of the master and priests of the said hospital." 

 The lepers were to wear a tunic and upper tunic of russet, 

 with a hood cut from the same, so that the sleeves of the 

 tunic were closed as far as the hand. They were to wear 

 the upper tunic closed down to the ankles, and a close 

 cape of black cloth of the same length as the hood. A 

 particular form of shoe was also ordered, and, if the order 

 was disobeyed, the culprit was condemned " to walk daily 

 bare-footed until the master, considering his humility, 

 said to him 'enough.'" 



There was a very large number of Lazarettos in Norfolk, 

 seven or eight in Norwich itself; and in fact they were 

 fairly evenly spread over all England. The favourite Patron 

 Saint was St. Mary Magdalene, and, after her, St. James, 

 St. Leonard or St. John. Many lazar-houses, such as Sher- 

 burne and St. Albans, were richly endowed. Others were 

 dependent upon casual charity, and the lepers were allowed 

 under strict regulations to beg in the neighbourhood on 

 certain days, and whenever they sallied forth they were 

 compelled to carry a " cop and clapper," the cop being a 

 sort of cup to receive money ; the clapper a dish with a 

 peculiar movable lid, with which they had to make a 

 noise to announce their approach, and in which they re- 

 ceived food given to them. Occasionally, where the leper- 

 house was by the side of the road, they were allowed to 



