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Monastic orders
Estimated that 1% of adult males in England by 1500 were monks living in monasteries
Oldest and most common religious order was the Benedictines who first devised monastic rule
The larger Benedictine houses fulfilled an important role in the community of also operating as cathedral churches
Other religious orders included Cistercians and Carthusians that were in rural areas
Large proportion of monks in the larger houses were drawn from the wealthier parts of society
Friars
Orders of the friars were supported by charitable donations
Consisted of the orders of the Dominicans, the Franciscans, and the Augustinians
However by the late 15th century, the great days of the friars were over, though various orders of the friars continued to received substantial bequests in the wills of the faithful
Nunneries
Between 1270 and the beginning of the dissolution of the monasteries there were approximately 130 nunneries in England
Most of them were Benedictine or Cisterian orders
Nunneries had less prestige than religious orders of the men
Majority of nunneries were poor and very small
Exception to this was the Bridgettine foundation at Syon which accommodated both women and men
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