Monastic and baronial remains, with other interesting fragments of antiquity, in England, Wales, and Scotland : illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates (1816)

Parkyns, George Isham, ca. 1750-ca. 1820, Moore, James, F.A.S, Parkyns, George Isham, ca. 1750-ca. 1820. Monastic remains and ancient castles in England and Wales, Schnebbelie, Jacob, 1760-1792 · London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown · leaf 201

An illustration from Monastic and baronial remains, with other interesting fragments of antiquity, in England, Wales, and Scotland : illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates, 1816, leaf 201 — and its towering height, fills the mind withveneration, and augments the regret that a building sostrong, so well situated, and so perfect, should be aban-doned to its fate; for as yet scarcely is any thing furtherwanting to render it an almost princely habitation thanwindows and interior… … AND ANCIENT CASTLES. 121 THETFORD PRIORY, NORFOLK. From the account given of this religious house byJeffry, one of its priors, it appears to have been foundedby Robert Bigod, in the 37th year of the reign of HenryI., and originally built on the Suffolk side, but by himafterwards translated into…

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