Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 76
his installation, AbbotSamsons principal troubles were connected with his settingin order the financial matters of the community. He was completely successful. The rule here of the lateabbot had been, as we have seen, very lax, and it was fouryears before the enormous debt to Jewish usurers was… … heard of at the visit of the monks to the court of Henry II.,was one of the chief offenders in the careless administrationof the property of the monastery. Samson soon deposedthis official, who was guilty of various excesses besides money-recklessness—wine-bibbing, and certain other acts not tobe…
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