Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 257
nded by a Saxon nobleman namedEthelwold in the reign of King Edward the Elder fora community of nuns placed under the care of Elfleda,Ethelwolds daughter. We are on surer ground whenwe come to the reign of King Edgar. In 967 the monas-tery, which had previously been destroyed, was rebuilt,and the… … XHDOc/) Xh O CQ< D<> s ROMSEY writing in the fourteenth century, whilst praising Edgarbecause: MIkille he wirschipped God and served our LadyThe abbey of Rumsaye he feffed richly, says that he placed there a hundred nuns, and thoughthis may have been at the time somewhat of a…
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