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‘the eve of the Reformation appears in the visitation made in 1534 by Archbishop Edward Lee. The archbishop most wished to see the non-residence of the canons remedied. In fact, although he did not allude to this in his injunctions, the only canons in residence in the last decade had been Dean Higden and the treasurer, Lancelot Collins; the two of them had shared the very considerable income of the common fund.‘
— Jan 26, 2023 12:37PM
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‘It is doubtful whether between 1520 and 1670 a majority of prebendaries, who appear never to have set foot in the Minster, felt any particular corporate loyalty either towards the institution which provided their stipends or towards each other. A prebend need be no more than a sinecure, and a great many prebendaries treated it as such and spent their lives on Church or State business outside the diocese’
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