corrody

There was another corrody granted to Alice Garton, the widow of Thomas

The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral George S. Phillips

[14] A gentleman in this city who is an excellent antiquarian, and has seen the corrody alluded to above, says, "It was granted by charter of the abbot, and presents many curiosities -- mentioning particularly the abbot's wine cellar at the over end of the cloister, under the present passage into the square."

The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral George S. Phillips

In two respects Chaucer received rather less than the other esquires -- he was given no corrody and no grant of land.

Chaucer's Official Life James Root Hulbert 1926

Shortly after this disaster the Prior and convent wrote to Edward II., excusing themselves from granting a corrody owing to their great losses through the burning of the monastery, as well as the destruction of their property by the Scots.

Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923

Darenth, they had to convey corn for his household, in consideration of which they received forage from his barns, and a corrody or regular allowance of food and clothing from a monastery.

One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864

Having become disabled and infirm, he had taken advantage of a corrody, or right of maintenance, as being of kin to a benefactor of Hyde Abbey at Winchester, to which Birkenholt some generations back had presented a few roods of land, in right of which, one descendant at a time might be maintained in the Abbey.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

"Alack, good uncle, we found him in his dotage, and the bursar of Hyde made quick work with us, for fear, good Father Shoveller said, that we were come to look after his corrody."

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Having become disabled and infirm, he had taken advantage of a corrody, or right of maintenance, as being of kin to a benefactor of Hyde Abbey at Winchester, to which Birkenholt some generations back had presented a few roods of land, in right of which, one descendant at a time might be maintained in the Abbey.

The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

England; its twelve altars rich with the gifts of Danish Vikings and princes, and even with twelve white bear-skins, the gift of Canute's self; while all around were the cottages of the corrodiers, or folk who, for a corrody, or life pittance from the abbey, had given away their lands, to the wrong and detriment of their heirs.

Prose Idylls, New and Old Charles Kingsley 1847

Danish vikings and princes, and even with twelve white bear-skins, the gift of Canute's self; while all around were the cottages of the corrodiers, or folk who, for a corrody, or life pittance from the abbey, had given away their lands, to the wrong and detriment of their heirs.

The Hermits Charles Kingsley 1847