Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890)
Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923, Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 156
ired, upon a dreary Novemberdaj in 1530; and long- before dawn on the follownig morning tlie disgracedprelate was buried by torchlight in the abbey church. That church has longsince entirely disappeared; and the day came when even the dust of the proudChancellor was scattered to the winds. The… … BT. NICHOLAS. 8T MARGARETS THE 1ORCH had done to the townof Leicester, the earlentered the monasteryof his own foundation,and died there. Leices-ter Abbey was wealthyfrom the first. It covmtcd thirty-six manors in Leicestershire alone among its en-dowments, and was able to maintain the whole of the…
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