Digitized by Google., Includes bibliographical references, CONTENTS. Chap. 1. — Origin of Monachism, 1 — 2. — Design of Monachism, 8 — 3. — Monkish Employments, 13 — 4. — Account of Bardney Abbey, 30 — 5. — Account of Tupholm Abbey, 55 — 6. — Account of Stixwold Priory, 64 — 7. — Account of Kirkstead Abbey, 74 — 8. — Contest betwen the Abbot of Kirkstead and the Mayor of Lincoln, 81 — 9. — Causes which led to the suppression of Monachism in England, 98 — 10. — General visitation of the Religious Houses, 105 — 11. — The Abbey of Tupholm and the Convent of Stixwold dissolved, 112 — 12. — Dissolution of the Abbeys of Bardney and Kirkstead, 124 — 13. — Conclusion, 140 Appendix. — An Essay on the aboriginal population of the country adjacent to the river Witham, 153 Arms and Seals of Bardney Abbey, 178 Other particulars respecting the same Abbey, 180 Free Warren, 181 Property belonging to Kirkstead, 182 Petition of the Prioress of Stixwold 183 Pensions to the Nuns, 184 Abbey lands at Bardney, 185 Abbots of Kirkstead, 186