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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 225

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ey, John and George Poulet, and WilliamBerners were directed to hold these inquiries, and this istheir report about Netley: It is a large building situateupon the rivage of the seas, to the Kings subjects andstrangers travelling the same seas great relief and com-fort. Although its income was under… … NETLEY tion. In February, 1537, the blow fell. The abbot hadbeen made to take the abbatial office at Beaulieu, and thecommunity were actually without a head. The processof suppression was much the same in every case, and thework was not done in a day, the existing accounts showingthat it took from…

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