The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . vestrye stuffe ; ifwe cannot, we shall disburse y till o retorne to y* Lorde-shipp the church plate and plate of the householde, we sup-pose by estimation will amount to ccec marks or more : thereis no great store of catell; this day we be making an inven-torie ; thus o*^ Lord cootinewe yowe in honour, from BattellAhbay, the 27th of May. Yo Lordshippes to command, John Lordshippes most humble to command,
The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain Accompanied with descriptions . vestrye stuffe ; ifwe cannot, we shall disburse y till o retorne to y* Lorde-shipp the church plate and plate of the householde, we sup-pose by estimation will amount to ccec marks or more : thereis no great store of catell; this day we be making an inven-torie ; thus o*^ Lord cootinewe yowe in honour, from BattellAhbay, the 27th of May. Yo Lordshippes to command, John Lordshippes most humble to command, Ric Layton Prest. BATTLE ABBEY. The last abbot was John Hammond, who surrendered thisabbey on the 27th of May, in the thirtieth year of kingHenry the Eighth, with the rest of his monks, and obtained apension of 100 marks annually, by letters patent, dated the6th July, 1538, which said letters patent meutioti this abbotto have presided a good while before the dissolution, and con-tain a clause to vacate his pension in case of the king pre-ferring him, which certainly would not have been thought ofor inserted, had this abbot been so scandalously wicked asDr. Burnet has
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