Gilbert, George, Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- ill · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 276
They had jointly risen in support ofthe claim laid to the throne of England by RobertDuke of Normandy. But under the abbacy ofJohn de Villula it soon recovered prosperity.This abbot, on promotion to the See of Wells,about 1090, purchased the city from Henry I.He built a new church, and removed the… … cj; Qsi. < z 5 BATH a free borough from this monarch, and was repre-sented in Parliament in 1297. ^^ ^33° ^^^manufacture of woollen cloth was established bythe monks. By reason of this the shuttle wasincorporated in the arms of the monastery. In1447, and in 1590, Henry VI. and…
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