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Title: Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Howitt, William, 1792-1879
Subjects: Abbeys Castles
Publisher: London : A.W. Bennett
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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at abouttwo miles diftance from the monaftery, when, after an abode oftwo years and three months, fhe went to Rome and thereended her life. Notwithftanding the quagmire charader of the place, monksflocked to it, and men of fubftance conferred affluence on it.Kings who, like Ethelbald, in the days of their adverfity, had CROYLAND ABBEY. 109 fought refuge there, gave them gifts and privileges. Witlaf,w^ho had concealed himfelf there from the purfuit of KingEgbert, on becoming king himfelf, gave a frefh charter toCroyland in 833, and granted the privilege of fandluary betwixtthe five vv^aters of Croyland. He beftowed alfo on themonaftery his coronation robe, to be made into a cope orcafula ; a golden veil, embroidered with the Fall of Troy, tobe fufpended on the vi^alls on the day of his anniverfary; agolden cup with figures of vine-dreiFers fighting with dragons,called his crucibolum, and his drinking horn. In the followingreign, however, the brother of Witlaf ftripped the monaftery of
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CKOVLAM) AliBtY : WESTERN KRONT. no CROYLAND ABBEY. its jewels and gold ; and, in the ninth century, the Danes notonly plundered the monaftery, and murdered the monks, butburnt down the church, the convent, and its offices. The monartery continued for a long time in ruins ; but, in946, as Turketul, the chancellor of King Edred, was on hisway into Northumberland to quell a rebellion there, hehappened to take his way by Croyland, where he found threeold monks who had efcaped the mafTacre of the Danes, and theoppreffive hand of King Beorred, who had feized on the facredlands. Thefe monks had conftru6led a little oratory withinthe ruins, where they received the great chancellor in the beftmanner they could, fhowed him the relics of St. Guthlac, andrelated to him the ftory of their misfortunes. The chancellorwas greatly affe<5led by their humble piety, their forrows, andtheir hofpitality. After putting down the northern rebellion,he again took Croyland in his way, and gave the monkstwen

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