98 HISTORY AND CHARTULARY OF THE ABBEY OF DARLEY. 



eight other canons only obtained 40s. Fifty-six servants, 

 including the hinds and " a lytell pore boye," received 

 ^23 8s. 8d. in varying amounts amongst them. 



The commissioners appear to have thoroughly enjoyed 

 themselves, for the large sum of £9 10s. 4d. was entered "in 

 lutes bought and spente at the tym of the Commissioners being 

 ther for to dyssolve the seid late monastery," etc. 



Among the goods that then remained unsold were " one 

 Crosstuffe and ij Chaleses gylte wayenge, xciij oz. ; v spones 

 one chales and a pye all Whyteplate wayenge xxxvj oz. ; clx 

 f other of lead valued at cxl li." 



The pensions assigned by the Commissioners to the 

 religious were ^50 to the abbot; £6 13s. 4d. to the prior; 

 jQ6 to the sub-prior and to two other canons ; ^5 6s. 8d. 

 to three canons ; and ^5 each to the remaining five canons. 



In addition to the pensions proper bestowed upon the 

 ejected religious, various annuities or pensions were coolly 

 granted to outsiders, as was often done by these monastic 

 commissioners elsewhere. " My lorde of Shrewsburye " obtained 

 an annuity of 66s. 8d. chargeable on the estates of the 

 dissolved abbey, as also did various other laymen. It is- 

 pleasant to find an annual grant of 26s. 8d. assigned to 

 " Thomas Tutman, schoolmaster," as that may be taken as 

 evidence of some provision made by the canons for the 

 instruction of the young. There is, however, one thoroughly 

 discreditable annuitant in the list. The two commissioners for 

 this dissolution and for the two other Derbyshire houses of Dale 

 and Repton were Dr. Legh and William Cavendish, the latter 

 acting as accountant ; and yet they had the face to write 

 down an annuity of £fi 13s. 4d. to "Mr. Doctor Legh." 



It is satisfactory to know that Legh and Cavendish got 

 into serious trouble over their accounts in winding up these 

 three houses and others, it being proved that the latter had 

 made entries (apparently among the " rewards ") after the 

 clerks had withdrawn.* 



* Letters and Papers, Henry VIII., xiii. (2), 1233. 



