The family compensates said monastery for keeping this guy there, he leaves the monks alone if they allow him to stay in his own world - so they do. Either way, it makes sense to whomever wrote it. Perhaps he is illiterate and is writing true jibberish. Perhaps he can read and write and invented his own "language" or "code". He keeps himself busy inside his own head and writes these ramblings using the monastary's writing supplies. A rival couldn't accuse a family member of murdering him for some sort of gain. Having him away at a monastery is considered respectable and he can be physically accounted for, should the need arise. If he was high status enough, the family may have known they couldn't have him disappear entirely. Many men that weren't the first born went into careers in the church. This is the Middle Ages illegitimate children, extra daughters, etc were often sent (or "given") to religious orders. A severely mentally ill male of high status gets placed in a monastery, to hide him and his condition. This might sound kind of out there, but perhaps it's the ramblings of a mentally ill man.
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