Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 166
ls dedicated to their respective saints. But the story of Evesham would never have risen ininterest above the story of other abbeys—the equals ofEvesham in wealth and influence, equals too in the grandeurof their stately churches, and in the magnitude and beauty ofthe surrounding buildings—had not… … Seal of Simon de Montfort. been the grave of the far-seeing chieftain of the struggle whopassed away, as many another great one has passed away, amiddefeat and seeming failure. Inseparably connected with Evesham and its famous abbeyis the memory of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester. Tothe vast…
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