1occupationalmsman, beadsman, one who is endowed to pray for the soul of a benefactor:
(
1420-21
)
Item paié pur prestres et almos hommez e seconde quarter jour - .xvj. li. […] Item paié pur la beryeng de Hastenges almose homme - .iij. s. .x. d.
8 Henry V
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