[Sidenote: Abbats.] 14 That abbats should not be made knights or
men of war, but should sléepe & eat within the precinct of their
owne houses, except some necessitie mooued them to the contrarie.

[Sidenote: Moonks.] 15 That no moonks should inioyne penance to any
man without licence of their abbat, and that abbats might not grant
licence, but for those of whose soules they had cure.

16 That no moonks should be godfathers, nor nuns godmothers to any
mans child.

[Sidenote: Farmes.] 17 That moonks should not hold and occupie any
farmes in their hands.

[Sidenote: Parsonages.] 18 That no moonks should receiue any
parsonages, but at the bishops hands, nor should spoile those which
they did receiue in such wise of the profits and reuenues, that
curats which should serue the cures might thereby want necessarie
prouision for themselues and the same churches.

[Sidenote: Contracts.] 19 That contracts made betwéene man and
woman without witnesses concerning mariage should be void, if
either of them denied it.

[Sidenote: Wearing of haire] 20 That such as did weare their heare
long should be neuerthelesse so rounded, that part of their eares
might appéere.

21 That kinsfolke might not contract matrimonie within the seuenth