These obits, namely anniversaries of deaths when masses were to be offered for the person recollected, were to be secured by the fee of a shilling to the warden on each occasion, sixpence to each fellow and chaplain, and likewise to the schoolmaster, twopence to each lay clerk, sixpence to the Sacrist for wax candles, and a mark or thirteen and fourpence to be spent in a "pittance" extra course in the college hall.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge
The Bishop begins by stating that by ancient arrangement the Sacrist of the cathedral, assisted by a chaplain, is bound to celebrate mass daily in the charnel-house or chapel aforesaid, to keep it in repair, and to supply it with ornaments and vestments.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
One of these lists is to be retained by the Bishop, another by the Sacrist, and a third by the keeper.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark