. The greater abbeys of England. i-, BP--R. THE ABBOT S BRIDGE, BURY ST. EDMUNDS BURY ST. EDMUNDS cussions were already in progress between the King andhis barons, which issued in the granting and proclamationof the Great Charter. Hugh de Northwold, the bishop,died in 1254; and the historian, Matthew of Paris, whomust have known him well, calls him flos nigrorum mon-achorum, the flower of the Black monks, and adds thatas he had been known as an abbot among abbots, so alsohe shone brightly as a bishop among bishops. On the elevation of Hugh to the See of Ely in 1228,Richard de Insula or Ely was
. The greater abbeys of England. i-, BP--R. THE ABBOT S BRIDGE, BURY ST. EDMUNDS BURY ST. EDMUNDS cussions were already in progress between the King andhis barons, which issued in the granting and proclamationof the Great Charter. Hugh de Northwold, the bishop,died in 1254; and the historian, Matthew of Paris, whomust have known him well, calls him flos nigrorum mon-achorum, the flower of the Black monks, and adds thatas he had been known as an abbot among abbots, so alsohe shone brightly as a bishop among bishops. On the elevation of Hugh to the See of Ely in 1228,Richard de Insula or Ely was chosen in his place. Hehad been prior of Edmundsbury and for seven years hadbeen abbot of Burton before he was chosen to succeedHugh de Northwold. He celebrated his installation onSt. Edmunds Day, in the presence of the Achbishop ofCanterbury, the bishop of Ely and many other ecclesias-tics and peers. It is unnecessary to follow in detail the succession ofthe various abbots who ruled over the destinies of Buryduring the succeeding centuri
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