Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 51
the High Altar was placed on the very spotwhere Harold fell, and where the English royal standardwas found after the battle. Mr. Gough, the eminentEnglish antiquary, writing in 1789, says: This spot isjust at the eastern white gate of the yard wall: the foun-dations were not long since removed, the… … BATTLE ABBEY querors service, but had renounced the profession ofarms to become a religious at the abbey of Marmoutier.When the descent of the Duke upon England was de-termined upon, the monk, William, joined the army asa chaplain and, on hearing the vow before the battle,proposed that, in the…
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