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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wensley dale, are the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, founded for monks of the Cistercian order by Akarius, in the 12th …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… found, together with some Nuremberg counters, used by the monks in their calculations on the abacus. Wivelsfield (St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Matilda his wife, in honour of the Virgin Mary, for monks of the Cistercian order, whose revenue at the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… stone. The abbey was founded in 1149, for Cistercian monks, by William de Glastonia at Little Bindon on the E. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… part of the parish the place-name Redding is common, Monks Redding occurring at Madgett in 1476 and west of …
The Environs of London
… Cholmley 25. The tithes of these lands belonged to the monks of Bermondsey, having been given to them by William de … when he separated his own maintenance from that of the monks, gave them this church, with the free disposal of the … de Glanville resumed it to himself 43, allowing the monks only their ancient pension of 7s. per annum 44. Since …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the castle, and, to the great annoyance of the monks, infringed upon the site of the cathedral, the outer … In 1217, the outer ward of the castle was granted to the monks for the enlargement of their close, by the Earl of … her death, the convent was converted into a monastery for monks of the Benedictine order. The disputes which …