Charity & hospital
Oxford almshouse
Also called the almonry
The largest single charitable establishment in the belt, feeding daily, lodging some hundreds and administering outdoor relief that keeps valley families in their villages.
Named with it
- Almoner Isabel Croke
- Sub-Almoner Grace Tewe
Ties
- run under the chapter's almoner
At the table
Generous by the standards of the realm but run with a moral scrutiny that capital visitors find intolerable: the almoner's officers know who drinks, who idles and whose children are unbaptised.