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-- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents. A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw

An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it.

A license for absence from a college or a religious house. n

A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London

The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. n