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CONTENTS.
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| Mission of the Bishop of Hereford | 293 |
| England and the Lutherans | 297 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| THE VISITATION OF THE MONASTERIES. | |
| Exemptions of the Religious Houses | 298 |
| Original Character of Monasticism | 299 |
| Abuses of Administration | 301 |
| Neglect of Duties | 302 |
| Dishonest Administration of the Lands | 303 |
| Precedents of Suppression | 304 |
| The Abbey of St Alban's | 304 |
| The Visitation of Archbishop Warham | 309 |
| Issue of a Royal Commission | 310 |
| Objects of the New Visitation | 311 |
| Inhibition against the Bishops | 311 |
| The Visitors at Oxford | 312 |
| Condition of the University | 312 |
| Revolution of Studies | 314 |
| Fate of Duns Scotus | 314 |
| The Animus Improbus | 316 |
| Abuses of the Confessional | 317 |
| Visitors' Reports | 318 |
| Langden Abbey | 318 |
| Nunnery at Lichfield | 319 |
| The Abbot of Fountains | 320 |
| Fraudulent Concealment of Property | 321 |
| Scene at Norton | 322 |
| Desire of Monks to be released from their Vows | 324 |
| Father Beerley, of Pershore | 324 |
| Nature of the Argument against the Monasteries | 326 |
| General Directions of the Visitors | 327 |
