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A History of the County of Oxford
… was that the patron was not the king, as with other Saxon monasteries, but the bishop. In 1196 King Richard …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the British church in unbroken sequence down to Saxon times, is lost in obscurity nor have we space here to … seem when we contemplate the ruthless shock of the heathen Saxon invasion history supports the belief. 263 For it has … life from the gaze of the world. His biographer, the Saxon priest 'B,' says that there were two churches at …
A History of the County of Northampton
… could scarcely draw one of them. 2 Bede, as well as the Saxon Chronicle under the years 655-6, is emphatic as to … was thereupon elected abbot. According to the Saxon Chronicle he applied to Edgar Clito to confirm the … the large store of information to be found in Bede, in the Saxon Chron., and in later general annalists, there are …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… and a detailed account of the deeds, good and evil, of the Saxon abbots. The first of these, Aednoth, was a model of …
A History of the County of Kent
… The abbey of Reculver 6. THE ABBEY OF RECULVER The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle tells us that in 669 King Ecgbriht gave …
A History of the County of Dorset
… burial to the kings and bishops of Wessex. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that King thelbald was buried here in …
A History of the County of Kent
… as are also several others belonging to the abbey. The Saxon place-names in it appear to be genuine, and the … that they were bought off. Egelsin, the last abbot of Saxon times, joined Stigand, then archbishop, in offering …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… of the Rivers Bure and Thurne, a little company of Saxon monks or recluses, under the government of one Suneman, … The king's example of munificence was followed by many Saxon nobles and men of wealth, amongst whom we find Ralf, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to the chronicle of Tewkesbury, Oddo and Dodo, two Saxon lords who lived during the reign of three Mercian … possessions were the gift of Duke Oddo, who built the Saxon chapel at Deerhurst in 1056, and was a great benefactor …
A History of the County of Somerset
… body of clergy which served in it. The gifts from the West Saxon monarchs begin with thelstan (92540) 16 who bestowed …