It is not, of itself, a title, but rather a description of the Tenants in Chief class of nobility. Normally used of a social inferior, in relation to a superior. Norman enrichment formed of crudely shaped heads having beaks. Sometimes called May Day Eve. See Samhain Eve.
Monks take vows of personal poverty, chastity and obedience to their abbot and the Benedictine Rule.
In ecclesiastic terms, a benefice is a church office that returns revenue. Norman moulding formed by cutting a moulding in notches, resembling short wooden billets arranged in rows.