 England had a little before this period been rated at four millions a year ; so that the revenue of the monks, even comprehending the lesser monasteries, did not exceed the twentieth part of the national income: a sum vastly inferior to what is commonly...  English Monasteries on the Eve of the Dissolution - Page 87by Aleksandr Nikolaevich Savin - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1759 - 636 pages
...Jittle before this period, been rated at three millions a year ; fo that the revenues of the monasteries did not really much exceed the twentieth: part of the national income : a fum vaftly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. Among the impoftures difcovered in thefe monafteries,... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 pages
...little before this period, been rated at three millions a year; fo that the revenues of the monafteries did not really much exceed the twentieth, part of the national income : a turn vaftly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. Among the impoftures difcovered in thefe monafteries,... | |
 | Henry DIMOCK - 1806 - 284 pages
...¿£"4,000,000 a year, so that the revenue» of the monks, even comprehending the lesser monasteries, did not exceed the twentieth part of the national income,...sum vastly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. The lands belonging to the convent^. (( 208 ) cqnycnís ïrçrC' usually let at very low rent, and... | |
 | Morgan Cove - Tithes - 1816 - 644 pages
...so that " the revenues of the Monks, even comprehend" ing the lesser monasteries, did not exceed a " twentieth part of the national income : a sum " vastly inferior to what is commonly appre« hendcd." It is granted, 'however, that, as in almost all public taxations, it is utterly impossible... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 406 pages
...millions a year; so that the revenue of the monks, even comprehending the lesser monasteries, did not exceed the twentieth part of the national income :...sum vastly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. The lands belonging to the convents were usually let at very low rent; and the farmers, who regarded... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 420 pages
...millions a year ; so that the revenues of the monks, even comprehending the lesser monasteries, did not exceed the twentieth part of the national income :...sum vastly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. The lands belonging to the convents were usually let at very low rent ; and the farmers, who regarded... | |
 | J. A. Sargant - 1832 - 308 pages
...little before this period, been rated at three millions a year ; so that the revenues of the monasteries did not really much exceed the twentieth part of the...sum vastly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. who had perceived with sentiments of disgust and indignation, the manner in which Henry had in a previous... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1848 - 588 pages
...millions a year ; so that the revenue of the monks, even comprehending the lesser monasteries, did not exceed the twentieth part of the national income ;...sum vastly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. The lands belonging to the convents were usually let at a low rent ; and the farmers, who regarded... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1849 - 496 pages
...millions a year ; so that the revenues of the monks, even comprehending the lesser monasteries, did not exceed the twentieth part of the national income ;...sum vastly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. The lands belonging to the convents were usually let at very low rent ; and the farmers, who regarded... | |
 | English history - 1851 - 706 pages
...million a year ; so that the revenues of the monks, even comprehending the leaser monasteries, did not exceed the twentieth part of the national income,...sum vastly inferior to what is commonly apprehended. The lands belonging to the convents were usually let at very low rent ; and the farmers, who regarded... | |
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