Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 160
D ABBEY. *45 then ruled by Abbot Aegilwyn, was conspicuous in its effortsto relieve the awful suffering. During the dreary winterseason many a man of high rank, driven by the Normansfrom the land and home of his fathers, found shelter and helpin the holy house of St. Ecgwin. Men say how in that… … Seal of Evesham Abbey {reverse). the stricken wanderers should be lovingly cared for ; fromhis own table he fed daily thirty of these hollow-eyedstrangers, himself washing the feet of twelve others, and nevershrinking from the unhappy lepers among them. Aegilwyns successor, the Norman Walter,…
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