Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 369
in the river, and carry to the bishop one of thefish he should take. This he did, and captured such anetful of salmon that his boat could hardly contain them.For centuries after, in memory of this, the monks enjoyeda tithe of fish in the river from Jenlade to Staines, andevery year a Thames salmon,… … WESTMINSTER Evangelist, in the pilgrimage which legend assigns tohim until the second coming of our Lord, once foundhis way to Westminster and trod the aisles of the church.Hardly more certain than these pretty legends are theindications of the history of Thorney in Saxon times. Therestorations…
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