Supplement to the antiquities of England and Wales (1777)
Grose, Francis · London: Printed for S. Hooper · leaf 146
elonging to it contains only one beU. This church was appropriated to the abbotand convent, who enjoyed all the tythes, great and fmall, till their fuppreflion;after which it became a donative or perpetual curacy in the gift of the noble ownerof the fite of the abbey and manor. The Right Honourable… … JF A Lt H A M A B B E r, ESSE X. The firft religious foundation here, was a church for two priefts, built b) Tovy, Stalhere,or Standard-bearer to King Canute, who laid the firft foundation of a town in this place,on account of its ncia;hhourhood to the forefi, and its convenient fituation tor…
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