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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire (1883)

Lefroy, William, 1836-1900 · London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday · leaf 74

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isson Conan, who, besides confirming the originalgrants of Fitz-Bardolph, bestowed on the monks ofJervaulx, first, a great pasture of Wandesleydale,and then a vast uncultivated tract. Both fatherand son, in fact, took a warm interest in theMonastery, and the former expressly commandedbrother Peter… … Jervaulx. 45 called by name upon four or five of the knights whoaccompanied him, and said with a pleasant smile, asone in sport, We have all wide lands and great pos-sessions ; now, therefore, let us with our own handsbe helpers and builders of this house in the name ofour Lord, and let each of us…

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