There is filling of granges, hewing of wood, malting of grain, and herding of sheep as much as heart could wish, and I the only son. |
The abbey hath belonging to it temporally and spiritually plowlands and granges. |
Thou shalt come back neither to Beaulieu nor to any of the granges of Beaulieu, and thy name shall be struck off the scrolls of the order. |
We need not seek in dismal church-yards nor sleep in moated granges to see the shadowy faces and hear the rustling of their garments in the night. |
Some monastic granges had particular functions, for example as agrarian farms, sheep farms, cattle ranches, horse studs, or industrial workings. |