ble to account for a good deal of theBeaulieu Abbey buildings in its foundations. But to go back to the story of this Cistercian house.On its first establishment by King John in 1204, itwas colonized by Citeaux itself. The royal charterspeaks of it as being intended for thirty monks, butapparently… … BEAULIEU abbey: DOOR OF THE ABBEY CHURCH Beaulieu with the foundation. It is said that King John treatedthe Cistercians in England in no better way than hedid his other subjects. On the occasion of one spe-cial demand for a large subsidy the abbots of the Orderjourneyed to Lincoln to see the King…
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