Third Sack Reforms

Context and first mention

During a Convox (rare mass convocation) at the Concent of Saunt Tredegarh, avout (cloistered scholar‑monks) discuss dining customs and hosting arrangements. In that context, a participant remarks that “active dowments” were abolished “in the Third Sack reforms.” The same discussion describes Tredegarh’s present use of dowments and chapter houses (order's local houses) to host messals (small formal dinners), suggesting that the earlier abolition has since been relaxed, reversed, or is applied differently at Tredegarh.

Known provisions and effects (as currently attested)

• Abolition of dowments (dowment: endowed estate/house for lineage). This is explicitly stated in current conversation and is consistent with accounts that lineages and their dowments were ended after the Third Sack. See also Dowment and the example of Shuf's Dowment.

Present practice observed at Tredegarh

• Despite the earlier abolition, Tredegarh operates with active dowments and chapter houses as venues for messals. Each messallan (private room for messal) is served by its own small kitchen, and juniors act as servitors (junior server at messal) paired with a doyn (senior hosted at messal). This system allows servitors to listen in on discussions and, at times, participate.

Relationships and context

• The reforms are tied to the Third Sack, one of the major historical upheavals in the mathic world. They are discussed in the setting of a large Convox at Tredegarh Convox, where many avout have been Evoked (formally called) and gathered.

Current status

• Within current accounts, only the abolition of dowments is directly cited. Tredegarh’s active dowments indicate that the effect of those measures has changed over time or varies by place; specific legal or institutional details are not given here.

Notes

• The phrase appears in use as “the Third Sack reforms.”