Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales; The Drawings Made from Sketches Taken Expressly for This Work, with Historical and Descriptive Accounts Volume 3
Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales; The Drawings Made from Sketches Taken Expressly for This Work, with Historical and Descriptive Accounts Volume 3
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ...with him many things which belonged to the abbey of Peterborough. He was, however, so unwelcome to the church of Beauvais, that he was expelled thence in four days after his arrival. He then desired nothing so much as to return to his former situation, and by large presents to the king he was reinstated in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ...with him many things which belonged to the abbey of Peterborough. He was, however, so unwelcome to the church of Beauvais, that he was expelled thence in four days after his arrival. He then desired nothing so much as to return to his former situation, and by large presents to the king he was reinstated in the abbacy of Peterborough. In the year 1116 a great fire happened, which was all but as destructive as that which was lighted by the Danes; how it originated historians have not informed us, but they tell us gravely that it was a judgment upon the abbot, who was an impetuous man, and had been cursing and blaspheming all the day because a fire in his lodgings would not burn; at length he concluded his malediction upon it with these words, " The Devil kindle thee!" upon which the whole monastery was in a blaze, and the church rebuilt by King Edgar destroyed by the conflagration. In the month of March 1117, John de Sais, at that time abbot, laid the foundation of a new church, but did not live to finish it. The work was interrupted at his death, which happened in the year 1125, and for the three years after that event, during which time the place of abbot was vacant; neither did the work go on under the next abbot, Henry de Angeli, who held the place for five years. But in the year 1133, Martin de Vecti was elected abbot, who proceeded with the work of re-edification with the greatest assiduity, and had the satisfaction of seeing it completed. It was re-dedicated to St. Peter in the year 1140 according to some, or in 1143 according to others. This ceremony was performed with the greatest pomp in the presence of the Bishop of Lincoln, the abbots of Croyland, Thorney, and Ramsay, many barons and knights, and a vast number of inferior...
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