| The almoner, says one custumal, should remember that from his office might be derived great spiritual gain. |
| Although Norwich's custumal prohibited serfs from becoming freemen, it may be doubted that a thorough enquiry was made of the background of each applicant. |
| Hudson found the custumal in a mid-fifteenth century volume of memoranda known as the Book of Pleas, and this was the version he included in his publication. |
| The custumal of Kent of the thirteenth century is the authority. |
| Those of Maldon, it is stated in the sixteenth century recension of the custumal, were customarily made by bailiffs, burgesses, freemen, and commonalty. |
| According to the custumal of one great English abbey, the kitchener was to be almost a paragon of virtue. |
