Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 139
ding BrotherGeoffrey, a holy and religious man, to rule overthem and train them in the practices of the CistercianOrder. In the meantime the twelve monks from St. Marys,York, with Prior Richard at their head, had left theircloister and were shut up in the house of ArchbishopThurstan, since,… … ^^-P^ r^ri Y- FOUNTAINS place. It was situated near to the running water of theriver Skell, was enclosed by rocky ground and thorn-covered hills, and was a fitting place in which to build forthemselves a monastery of strict observance. He ap-pointed Prior Richard their abbot and blessed him…
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