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visit to Buklaud to iiispect the state of the House. Ile found 

 great difference and discord prevailing between the Pre- 

 ceptor and the Prioress and Convent, about a number of 

 matters intimately affecting the Prioress and her Sisters. 

 There Is little doubt, as in an instance which will be before 

 US presently, that the Preceptor looked with a grudging 

 eye on the possessions of the Sisterhood, and hardly 

 endured to part with the fimds which he was compelled to 

 advance for their mainteuance. Eoger appeai's to havc 

 feit that nothing but peremptory measures would cnsure 

 peace. With tlie asscnt of his chapter at !Melcheburn, he 

 made among other regulatlons the foUowIng : — That the 

 Prioress and Convent should have thcir own steward, who 

 should sit at the table of the Preceptor; and one servant, 

 who should sit with the servants of the Preceptor ; and 

 who should be there daily at table unless the Steward 

 should otherwise appoint him. That at the feast of S. 

 Michael, wlien the Steward should desire to hold his coxu-t 

 at Hele, he should havc of the cellarcr five white loaves and 

 his flagons füll of ale ; and that at the same feast, Avhen he 

 should hold his courts at Kinmersdon and Primmilegh, 

 he should have the same ; and at Hokeday the same ; and 

 that he should have his horse furniture and all other neces- 

 saries, at the delivery and appointment of the Prioress and 

 Convent. And that, if in anything he should be at fault, 

 it should be lawful for the Prioress to prohibit him from 

 meddling with their goods, but not to remove him from his 

 office without the consent of the Prior. Moreover, it was 

 ordained that the Sisters should have a secular priest to 

 celebrate mass for the soul of Sister Fina sometime 

 Prioress there, and for the souls of the founders and bene- 

 factors of the said House, who should sit at table with the 

 bretbren, and have his bed in the dormitory between the 



