Britton, John, 1771-1857 · London : Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme, Brown, and Green ; · leaf 154
broken upamong the number, its idle and useless monks dis-persed, and its revenues and buildings, instead ofbeing sold or granted to lay purposes, were appro-priated to a new body of Protestant clergy, underthe respective titles of Bishop, Dean, Prebendaries, &c. Hence the originof the See of… … *jj,* The above initial is copied from a large illuminated letter to the charter of foundation ofthe city of Gloucester, bishopric, and chapter, in the possession of the Corporation of Gloucester.It is the letter H, with a representation of Henry VIII. presenting the charter to Wakeman,Bishop of…
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