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A History of the County of Durham
… for the church. Not long afterwards he pulled down the old Saxon church, and on 11 August, 1093, he and Prior Turgot, in … a cross surrounded by a legend in letters almost Saxon, and evidently not later than the foundation. Legend …
A History of the County of Worcester
… until replaced by the foundation of Wulfstan II., the last Saxon prelate, who succeeded on the eve of the conquest. His … but the cathedral. 49 The successors of Wulfstan the last Saxon bishop 50 owed their appointment during the twelfth …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Paul, by Cenwalh, King of Wessex, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 643, 1 and according to the Annals of … a large collection of royal and other charters in Anglo-Saxon and Latin, from the reign of Cenwalh of Wessex, 688, to … William Richard Wood Stephens, D.D., 1895-1902 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Rolls Series). i, 48, 49. Annales Monastici …
A History of the County of Hertford
… there is little doubt, were those of a pagan Anglo-Saxon burial. See V.C.H. Herts. i, 256-8. Gesta Abbat. (Rolls …
A History of the County of Hertford
… dealing with the history of the monastery during the Anglo-Saxon period it may be well to state that the main sources of … standard. He could not appreciate the life in a Saxon monastery in the 9th century. If, as he asserts, the … obvious from what he tells us that the abbots, like other Saxon abbots, lived in the abbey with their families, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… placed over them, as their first abbot, 462 John, an Old-Saxon priest and monk, and certain other priests and deacons … of its charters. Collinson quotes the names of one or two Saxon abbots, which seems to suggest that he had actually … as worth 209 a year. Abbots of Athelney John, the 'Old Saxon,' temp. Alfred 508 Seignus, occurs 937 509 Alfric, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… abbey contains 78 titles, several of them works in Anglo-Saxon. 201 In 1309 the Burton archives were used for a … AngloSaxon Wills, 152-3. S.H.C. 1916, 2; Whitelock, Anglo-Saxon Wills, 152. S.H.C. 1916, 3, 64-66; Whitelock, Anglo-Saxon Wills, 153. He was buried under a stone arch near the …
A History of the County of Chester
… in the 16th century. 42 During the 12th century the Anglo-Saxon church was rebuilt and much of the resources of the …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… the claim to be founded several hundred years ago by a Saxon king was an obvious advantage. It was of the utmost … previous kings. It must be concluded that these and other Saxon charters were forged soon after the middle of the … the writer seems to have been to provide a setting for the Saxon charters, and a defence of the rights of the monastery. …