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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, Cardinal, 1846-1929 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 353

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ld came to Waltham topay a visit to the shrine, and to offer up his devotionsthere at the great cross. His body, after having beenburied first on the field of battle under a cairn ofstones, was brought back at the request of his motherand buried in the church he had lately finished atWaltham.… … ^■ #.. WALTIIAM ABBEY Walthafit Abbeytheir lands intact, William is said to have dispossessedthem of most of the movable v^ealth with whichHarold had enriched them, and to have carried plate,jewels and other movable property off to Normandy.The list given by the scribe of these riches is not…

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