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Rh took the monastic vows of chastity, obedience, and poverty, and exercised their different trades in the service of the house, being under the general supervision of the Cellarer. They took part in the services in church, though not to the same extent as the Canons, and to some degree shared the common life, though regarded as of an inferior class.

The dress of an Augustinian Canon consisted of a black cassock, which was a long fur-lined gown reaching to the feet, and over this a white rochet, a linen garment not quite so long as the cassock, and having tight sleeves; it was bound at the waist with a girdle. Over this was the cope of black cloth with a hood, also known as the habit, fur-lined for winter use, and of coarse woollen cloth for summer. Canons were also allowed to wear for the sake of warmth an amess or short cape of gray fur, which was thrown over the shoulders and had two long pendants hanging down in front. When travelling, they were also allowed gloves or mittens.