Poor members of this profession received Queen Anne's Bounty.
Poor members of this profession received Queen Anne's Bounty. Nicholas Owen specialized in building tiny rooms known as "holes" for people with this job. Members of this profession couldn't live near a town after being expelled from it by the Five Mile Act. Thousands left this profession during the Great Ejection in protest of the Clarendon Code. One might escape the death penalty in medieval England by claiming the (*) "benefit" of being in this profession. The Act of Uniformity targeted nonconformist members of this profession and mandated the use of an officially sanctioned book. In England, this profession was reformed by the Thirty-Nine Articles of 1563, and was once supported by tithes. For 10 points, name this profession which holds services in churches.
Poor members of this profession received Queen Anne's Bounty.
priest [or bishop or clergy or Catholic priests or ministers or Jesuit priests; prompt on clerks, which is an old term for people who receive the benefit of clergy]