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Survey of London
… as Windmill Hill, belonged until the dissolution of the monasteries to St Mary's nunnery, whose precinct lay on the …
Old and New London
… York, and Harman, Bishop of Winchester, with two abbots of monasteries, are stated to have been sent on an embassy to …
Old and New London
… &c. In fact, in a certain sense, nearly all the well-known monasteries followed the rule of St. Benedict, whether they …
Old and New London
… retained by Westminster even after the dissolution of the monasteries, &c., in 1540. Sanctuary men were allowed to use … shared by the Abbey with at least thirty other English monasteries, but probably in none did the building occupy so … who had grown up in dependence on the old abbeys and monasteries, came to be suddenly deprived of the means of …