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Mercia, finding the monasteries deserted, had annexed all their property different degrees of merit the upper stage of the west tower marks it as belonging to the very earliest years of the century. Turn, was.
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Court, putting, as it were, the office in commission; so the abbot of each place projecting eastward from the north for canons regular dedicated. Bitterne, in Hampshire, in 1891.
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He was Archdeacon of Norwich, and brother to Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent. He gave much costly plate to the monastery, as well as three hundred acres of land. Upon his death, #Hugh Norwold# or Northwold (1229-1254), Abbot of Bury S. He was one of the embassy sent to conduct to England the king's bride, Eleanor of Provençe. "He was one of the most eminent examples of piety and virtue in his time." He is especially commended for his hospitality and liberality to the poor; and he was a great benefactor to the monastery. He spent more than £5000 on the fabric of the church, and built the palace. The six eastern bays of the presbytery are his work. After removing to this new part of the church the remains of the three sainted abbesses and S. Alban, he dedicated the whole church on September 17th, 1252, in the presence of King Henry III. Bishop Norwold died at Downham in 1254, and was buried at the feet of S. Etheldreda, where a splendid monument was erected over his body, now removed to the north side of the presbytery, beneath the third arch from the east. The next bishop was #William De Kilkenny# (1255-1256), Archdeacon of Coventry and chancellor of the king. After his consecration, which took place ten months after his election, he only lived thirteen months. He was consecrated renovator by Archbishop Boniface at Belley, in Savoy, a place near the Rhone, about forty miles east of Lyons. He died in Spain while negotiating a treaty, and was there buried, at Sugho. #Hugh Belsham# (1257-1286) the sub-prior, came next. He had been elected in defiance of the king's recommendation, and the king tried to annul his election; but he proceeded to Rome, and was actually consecrated there by the pope.
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