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A History of the County of Bedford

A History of the County of Berkshire

… from 1077 to 1093. Wallingford was one of several small monasteries for whose extinction, in favour of his college at …

Religious houses: Introduction

A History of the County of Nottingham

… of interest pertaining to the history of several of the monasteries. Thus Blyth Priory, in addition to the difficult … are set forth in the following accounts of particular monasteries. Nothing that tells of evil or careless living is … of the great majority of the 'religious' who dwelt in the monasteries of Nottinghamshire, as well as to the …

Religious Houses: Introduction

A History of the County of Suffolk

… to the founding of collegiate establishments instead of monasteries, seeing therein a love of education and culture … opinions; certainly in Suffolk the life and work of the monasteries would compare favourably with that of the … by these collegiate establishments, and certainly the monasteries were doing something in that direction. The later …

RELIGIOUS HOUSES: Introduction

A History of the County of Hertford

… the literary labours of its monks. The other Benedictine monasteries were all dependent houses: Hertford and Redbourn …

Religious Houses: Introduction

A History of the County of Durham

… of St. Aidan and his followers centred itself in the Saxon monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow, and in the smaller …

Religious Houses: Introduction

A History of the County of Rutland

Religious houses: Introduction

A History of the County of Shropshire

… elsewhere. His vassals contributed mostly to these two monasteries and only occasionally to family monasteries in other places. There were no more major … to some extent a by-product of the monastic movement. The monasteries could, however, provide hospitality more …

RELIGIOUS HOUSES: Introduction

A History of the County of Lincoln

… INTRODUCTION THERE are clear records of the existence of monasteries in Lincolnshire, many of them famous in their … and Partney were never rebuilt. Besides these ancient monasteries Dugdale names four others as having a traditional … particular cases, it may very well be that several other monasteries did exist in Lincolnshire, as elsewhere, before …

RELIGIOUS HOUSES: Introduction

A History of the County of Leicestershire

… At the time of the Norman Conquest the county contained no monasteries, and it was not until English monasticism … abbey was founded at Garendon in 1133; the remaining monasteries of the county all followed some form of the … assessed at over £200 in 1535. 8 Besides these three monasteries, the Hospital of Burton Lazars and the college of …