From the mid-fourteenth century the abbey's manors had been farmed out wholesale including demesne, rent roll and court perquisites.
He himself struggled to co-ordinate efforts, channelling correspondence between distant writers and angling for patents and other perquisites to finance the endeavour.
These "refuse" were the perquisites of the keeper, and umble-pie was a dish for servants and inferiors.
This is the group that lost most from enclosure and the reduction of customary perquisites, and who benefited most from charitable resources.
As customers became inured to the basic launch, a larger number of perquisites for subscriptions appeared at this time.
Company servants filled a range of posts remunerated at first by huge unofficial perquisites and profits and later by generous official salaries.
The bills for the officers' wages and perquisites mounted.
What makes them an important part of the population of federal deputies is the fact that they have access to the perquisites and resources of office.
