Excerpt from A Sketch of Ancient Barking, Its Abbey, and Ilford The agreement states that: The vicar or his successors being in execution of his office among his parishioners, according to his. Bounden duty in that behalf, could t. Always repair to the monastery at the time appointed for meals or refractions, by reason whereof he was often disappointed of his meals; and that it was tedious and sumptuous for the abbess and convent to cause meats, drinks, and other substances to be prepared at such extraordinary times and seasons, as they should be driven of necessity to demand the same. The above 10 subsequently was paid out of the exchequer. The first vacancy that occurred after the grant in All. Souls' College was in 1560, when, the Protestant religion having' been restored, Queen Elizabeth disputed the validity of the grant, on account of the superstitious conditions annexed. During this dispute the living lapsed to the Crown, and Edward Edgworth was presented, but was ejected in 1587. The college in the meanwhile had established their rights by a suit-at-law against. The Crown, but for a better assurance Sir John Petre (heir to Sir W. Petre), by a deed dated 1594, confirmed the former grant, omitting the superstitious Observances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.