d beautify his house. He foundeda free school also at Milton Abbas in the reign ofHenry VII, and he re-glazed the windows and other-wise ornamented the interior of the abbey church. Onthe reredos just referred to there is an inscription ask-ing for prayers for himself and another monk who… … Miltonelected as William Middletons successor in 1525, andon March 23, 1538, he was consecrated suffraganBishop of Shaftesbury. On March 21, the feast oftheir patron, St Benedict, in the year 1539, the Kingscommissioners, John Tregonwell and John Smythe,came to Milton and received from the abbot…
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