Notitia monastica, or, A short history of the religious houses in England and Wales by Thomas Tanner ...
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Notitia monastica, or, A short history of the religious houses in England and Wales by Thomas Tanner ...
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Tanner, Thomas, 1674-1735.
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Oxford :: Printed at the Theater and are to be sold by A. and J. Churchill ...,
1695.
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Monasteries -- England.
Monasteries -- Wales.
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2. Westminster.
A Benedictine Abby founded by Sebert King of
the East-Savons, about A. D. 610. and dedicated
by Mellitus the Bishop to St. Peter. It was re∣edisied
by King Edward A. D. 1066. and endow∣ed
at the Dissolution with 3471•. 2d. per an. Dugd.
3977l. 6s. 4d. Speed. King Henry VIII. made it a
Bishops See; but it continued so only nine years,
and then it became a Collegiate Church for a
Dean and Secular Canons, who have continued
ever since, except for three years in Queen Ma∣ry's
reign, during which time here was an Abbat
and Benedictine Monks.
Vide Mon. Angl. T. 1. p. 55. T. 2. p. 847.
Reynerii Apost. Bened. Tr. 1. p. 65. T. 2. p. 158.
An historical account of the original, increase
and present state of St. Peters, or the Abby
Church of Westminster, by Henry Keep. London.
1683. 8vo.
descriptionPage 136
Historiam Ric. Sporley de Fundatione Abb. West∣monast.
in Bibl. Cotton. Claud. A. 8.
Registr. Westmon. Abb. in Bibl. Cotton. Faust.
A. 3.
MS. de dedicatione Eccles. Westmon. in Bibl.
Bodl. NE. B. 1. 6.
* Rentale, Cartas, &c. hujus Ecclesiae in manibus
Henr. Worsley Hosp. Lincoln. Arm.