The greater abbeys of England, with illustrations in colour after Warwick Goble (1908)
Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York ; Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 228
alled Lettley, Edwardstow orLaetus locus—happy place—was the home of Cister-cian monks. It was a house of royal foundation, forHenry III established it in 1232 in honour of St Maryand St Edward. The first monks came from Beaulieu,the Cistercian Abbey over the water in the New Forest,which, although… … H <:w Netley sperous, so far as worldly wealth goes, and according tothe taxation of Pope Nicholas the total amount of itstemporalities was only ^17. Although it subsequentlyreceived some further endowment from Edmund Earlof Cornwall at the time of the Dissolution in 1536, itsclear income only…
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