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There is comedy, though not for the unhappy Convent, in the history of a corrody which, in 1526, was said to have been granted by Thetford to “a certain Foster.”

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

What happened we do not know; Thomas Foster, gentleman, must be the same man who had a corrody in 1526, and how John Bixley came into it is not clear.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

In two respects Chaucer received rather less than the other esquires—he was given no corrody and no grant of land.

From Chaucer's Official Life by Hulbert, James Root

The Abbess of Malling in 1324 was forbidden to give a corrody to her maid.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen