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2 unusual facts about Everdon Priory


Everdon Priory

They had been taking a mark (money) for offences against the Assize of Bread and Ale, which regulated quantities and prices of these basic commodities; the culprits should have been subjected to the tumbril and pillory, instead of which the monks had been using convictions as a source of profit for their order.

The village of Everdon is located about 6 km (4 miles) south-east of the town of Daventry.



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