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The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… at first of the smaller, and later of the greater, monasteries. In this same year he was elected Speaker of the … to reconcile the Commons to the suppression of the greater monasteries. In the country he was greatly detested. The … of all the false laws. 4 On the suppression of the monasteries Rich acquired large possessions by purchase from …
Survey of London
… afterwards, Sir Thomas Legh, the notorious visitor of the monasteries, made a determined effort to gain possession of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… with the estates of Syon Abbey at the dissolution of the monasteries, and contained 4,293 acres of waste, extending …
A History of the County of Oxford
… By 1550 the great change was completed. The Oxfordshire monasteries had been dissolved, and their estates had passed …