Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 79
n ofthe abbey and not improbably in view of the surrender.At any rate the act was ratified in the Chapter House onFebruary 25, 1538, and Dunne received an annuity of£120 for his consent to the surrender. At the time thenumber of the monks was much reduced, and only nineappear upon the pension list.… … BUCKFAST ABBEY became the property of Sir Thomas Dennys, a large sharerin the spoils of the religious houses. To prevent the bellsof the abbey church being broken in pieces and sold forthe price of the metal, the inhabitants of Buckfastleigh, bySir Thomas Arundel, the Kings official, paid £33 15s.…
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