Gretham, the fourteenth abbot, was deposed in 1393. The author of a MS. History of Thornton gave him so bad a character, that a possessor of the work, in the last century, tore out a leaf containing an account of his abbacy, "to prevent," says Farmer... The Archaeological Journal - Seite 3611846Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| World - 1868 - 528 Seiten
...in the book. Speaking of Walter Multon, eighteenth abbot, the writer says, under the year 1443, " ^e died, but in what manner or by what death I know not...middle ages occasionally inflicted upon their erring brethren. We may here add that the skeleton thus immured was found several years ago, at Coldingham... | |
| World - 1874 - 452 Seiten
...in the last century, tore out a leaf containing an account of his abbacy, "to prevent," says Farmer in a note to the volume, " scandal to the Church."...middle ages occasionally inflicted upon their erring brethren. We may here add that the skeleton thus immured was found several years ago, at Coldinjjham... | |
| World - 1877 - 456 Seiten
...in the last century, tore out a leaf containing an account of his abbacy, "to prevent," says Farmer in a note to the volume, " scandal to the Church."...middle ages occasionally inflicted upon their erring brethren. We may here add that the skeleton thus immured was found several years ago, at Coldingham... | |
| T. Clifton Longworth - 2003 - 168 Seiten
...Bodleian, says of Abbot Walter Multon, 1443 : " He died, but by what death I know not. He hath no obit, as other Abbots have, and the place of his burial hath not been found." Stukeley (1687-1765) says : " On taking down a wall in his time a skeleton was found in a sitting posture... | |
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