State of the Ex-Religious and Former Chantry Priests in the Diocese of Lincoln, 1547-1574, from Returns in the Exchequer

Exchequer returns reveal pensions of former monks, nuns and chantry priests following the Dissolution. These Exchequer returns relating to the pensions of former monks, nuns and chantry priests, make it possible to trace, from printed sources, all the stages in the payment of pensions to many ex-religious following the dissolutionof religious houses.