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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 192

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tailed account which hascome down to us says that at times the place seemedmore like a fair than a religious house, and it notesthat the grass-plot of the cloister was so trodden by thevisitors playing games that not a vestige of green couldbe seen when the session of Parliament came to an end. On… … CLOISTER AND LAVATORIUM, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL Gloucesterentertained in the refectory at a magnificent repast,set out with great splendour by the community. The last abbot, William Malvern or Parker, waselected on May 4, 1515, and his community then con-sisted of thirty-four monks. The antiquary…

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