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190 HISTORY OF
foreign denominations, as Petty France and Petty Calais * ; the former of which
was so called because the French merchants who traded with the woolstaplers oc-
cupied it; and the latter derived its name from being the residence of the staple
merchants of Calais-]-.
He never accepted any gift or present from the monastery:]:, which was a usual
practice with his predecessors. He ordered, also, that the Misericordia, which in
our universities are called exceedings and gawdy days, should no longer be con-
fined to a select number of monks as had been the custom, but be enjoyed by the
whole community.
He also reformed various other abuses, and introduced into the house such an
excellent system of discipline, that, as Flete observes, had he done nothing more,
he might be considered as equal to the founder. This service, indeed, was as use-
ful as the undertaking was difficult; for he had to influence men of such various
tempers and dispositions, that it required no common exertion of patience and
resolution to effect the salutary object§.
In November, 1360, he was appointed lord treasurer, for which advancement
he was indebted to the excellence of his character: nor did he fail, says Flete, in
that station, to influence Edward III. to be more kind and liberal to the monastery
than he had hitherto been[|.
* A street in Westminster still retains the name of Petty France.
+ H. Turner's manuscript History of Westminster.
% Flete.
§ Quantaque industria quoruiidam insolentias, abusiones, singularitates, superfluitates, etmalitias
exlirpavit.—Flete.
|| The only gifts, however, on record from this prince, consisted of two stags yearly from Wind-
sor Forest, to be added to the eight bucks formerly given by Henry III. and certain relics for the ser-
vice of the church, which are particularized ia the catalogue of benefactions.
foreign denominations, as Petty France and Petty Calais * ; the former of which
was so called because the French merchants who traded with the woolstaplers oc-
cupied it; and the latter derived its name from being the residence of the staple
merchants of Calais-]-.
He never accepted any gift or present from the monastery:]:, which was a usual
practice with his predecessors. He ordered, also, that the Misericordia, which in
our universities are called exceedings and gawdy days, should no longer be con-
fined to a select number of monks as had been the custom, but be enjoyed by the
whole community.
He also reformed various other abuses, and introduced into the house such an
excellent system of discipline, that, as Flete observes, had he done nothing more,
he might be considered as equal to the founder. This service, indeed, was as use-
ful as the undertaking was difficult; for he had to influence men of such various
tempers and dispositions, that it required no common exertion of patience and
resolution to effect the salutary object§.
In November, 1360, he was appointed lord treasurer, for which advancement
he was indebted to the excellence of his character: nor did he fail, says Flete, in
that station, to influence Edward III. to be more kind and liberal to the monastery
than he had hitherto been[|.
* A street in Westminster still retains the name of Petty France.
+ H. Turner's manuscript History of Westminster.
% Flete.
§ Quantaque industria quoruiidam insolentias, abusiones, singularitates, superfluitates, etmalitias
exlirpavit.—Flete.
|| The only gifts, however, on record from this prince, consisted of two stags yearly from Wind-
sor Forest, to be added to the eight bucks formerly given by Henry III. and certain relics for the ser-
vice of the church, which are particularized ia the catalogue of benefactions.