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Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland (1864)

Howitt, William, 1792-1879 · London : A.W. Bennett · leaf 120

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a frefh charter toCroyland in 833, and granted the privilege of fandluary betwixtthe five vv^aters of Croyland. He beftowed alfo on themonaftery his coronation robe, to be made into a cope orcafula ; a golden veil, embroidered with the Fall of Troy, tobe fufpended on the vi^alls on the day of his… … CKOVLAM) AliBtY : WESTERN KRONT. no CROYLAND ABBEY. its jewels and gold ; and, in the ninth century, the Danes notonly plundered the monaftery, and murdered the monks, butburnt down the church, the convent, and its offices. The monartery continued for a long time in ruins ; but, in946, as Turketul,…

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