Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 159
HAM. In some periods it was the exclusive home of monks, inothers the abode of a college of seculars, of canons or unclois-tered ecclesiastics, until the days of Dunstan (tenth century),when the long rivalry was decided generally throughout SaxonEngland in favour of the monks. From the days of the… … Seal of Evesham Abbey {obverse). Domesday Book tells us that in the days of King Edward theConfessor, Evesham possessed in central and western Englandsome 33,000 acres. After Hastings the Abbot Aegilwynwas one of the few great Saxon ecclesiastics who retained theconfidence of the Conqueror William.…
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