The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. Accompanied with descriptions (1815)
Storer, James, 1771-1853 · London, Published for the proprietors by Wm. Clarke... J. Murray... S. Bagster... J.M. Richardson... and Sherwood and Co. .. · leaf 119
dull and clouded, that he was refused thehabit of a monk in St. Albans Abbey, in which he hadbeen placed. On this rejection, he went to France, and became a ca-non in the abbey of St. Rufus, in Provence, where he wasafterwards chosen abbot: but the monks disliking his ad-ministration, complained to… … ABBOTS LANGLEY, HERTS. on a mission to convert the Pagan nations of Denmark andNorway. After the decease of the Pope, in 1145, he was chosento fill the vacant seat; and, on this promotion, assumed thetitle of Adrian the Fourth. He governed with a haughtyand strong hand, of which may be instanced,…
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