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[Doug Pearson]

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:18:28 +0100, Jill Strobridge <jill at THETA-
ORIONIS.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote:
>Actually the monasteries made their enormous wealth from (1) wool and
>(2) donations of land for chantries (which in effect meant it was theirs
>for ever) which they either used to graze even more sheep or gave to
>others and just collected the rents.

Don't forget (3) BEER from those wonderful Belgian Trappists!  (Although I
think that Jill might be referring solely to English monastaries here, in
which case I don't think beer would be applicable.)

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com