Re: A "third penny"


"Derek Lockman" <turbeville29162@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There were plenty of land grants in charters and such, but when a Lord,
and particularly a Lady retired to the monastery to live out their days,
they did so expecting to live in the luxury to which they had become
accustomed in secular life. To do so means money, and since the
monastery could only produce so much capital, we know that a large
number of retiring nobles (women in particular) brought substantial
amounts of cash and other precious gifts with them.

Did lords retire to a monastary?

It was considered proper that at the end of their lives the gentry and
aristocracy of both sexes would retire into a monastic institution.

If you read 'Mort d'Arthur' you'll see that both Lancelot and Guenivire do
this as it is the idealised end of a medieval life.

How many of the upper classes did this I just don't know...

--
William Black

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.


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