December 8 1586
Title
December 8 1586
Subject
December 8
Description
December 8: Spenser becomes "delinquent in payment of first fruits, a sum required of the occupant of a benefice upon taking his charge, with respect to the prebendary of Effin, possibly a sinecure post (CSPI 127.18)." (Maley, 44) Hadfield notes this amount at £3, and explains that the Act for First Fruits gave the pope a "claim to a percentage of the income derived from the first year of any ecclesiastical benefice to the king." (191) Both Maley (44) and Hadfield (191-92) mention that Spenser satirizes unqualified (un-ordained) holders of clerical offices in Mother Hubberds Tale.
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“December 8 1586,” Collections @ ECU, accessed November 22, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/703.
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