href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@42180@[email protected]#Page_366" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">366—Influence upon the parishes, 369—Friars, their origin; organization, 370—Work, 373—Rivalry with parish clergy, 374—Character, 377—Faults of the system, 378.

  CHAPTER XXV. THE “TAXATIO” OF POPE NICHOLAS IV. Origin of firstfruits and tenths, 380—Taxation of a specimen deanery, 381—Number of parishes, 384—Value of parochial benefices, 386—Number of clergy, 389.   CHAPTER XXVI. THE “VALOR ECCLESIASTICUS” OF HENRY VIII. Number of parishes, 394—Income, 395—Sources of income, 397—Comparative value of money in 1292, 1534, and 1890, 404—Economical status of parochial clergy, 406.   CHAPTER XXVII. DOMESTIC CHAPELS. Early existence, 408—Saxon, 409—Norman, 409—Edwardian, 410—Later, 411.   CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CHANTRY. Characteristic work of the centuries, 438—Definition of a chantry, 438—“Brotherhood” of the religious houses, 439—A chantry a kind of monument, 441—Began in thirteenth century, 442—Their distribution over the country, 443—Foundation deed of Daundy’s chantry, 444—Chantry of the Black Prince, 446—Burghersh chantry, 447—Chantry of Richard III., 447; of Henry VII., 447—Parochial benefices appropriated to chantries, 449—Nomination to, 451—Chantry chapels within the church, 453; at Winchester, 453; Tewkesbury, 454—Additions to the