The antiquities of England and Wales . AiAJf^ OF UZN-NIwaTON- A. T/te (^Ljt/e- in Ji»utj D. r!iiof/ier Pcrc/i o/ie/i af To/i — — — f/w St/yu ij a. Vacancy^rj _Prrff- Oi/Ui BERKSHTRE. 5 afligned to abbot Cowdrey, who had, as I find (fays BrowneWilhs) either voided the fame by death or preferment beforethe year 1553 ; when only thefe following penfions remained incharge, viz. Will Walker, 7I. John Mylleft, Will Roke, WillByggs, John Rolfe, Edward Stephenfon, 5 L each : befides14I. 135. 4d. in annuities. Hither with the licence of Henry V. the bones of the foun-der, JohnMontacute, earl o
The antiquities of England and Wales . AiAJf^ OF UZN-NIwaTON- A. T/te (^Ljt/e- in Ji»utj D. r!iiof/ier Pcrc/i o/ie/i af To/i — — — f/w St/yu ij a. Vacancy^rj _Prrff- Oi/Ui BERKSHTRE. 5 afligned to abbot Cowdrey, who had, as I find (fays BrowneWilhs) either voided the fame by death or preferment beforethe year 1553 ; when only thefe following penfions remained incharge, viz. Will Walker, 7I. John Mylleft, Will Roke, WillByggs, John Rolfe, Edward Stephenfon, 5 L each : befides14I. 135. 4d. in annuities. Hither with the licence of Henry V. the bones of the foun-der, JohnMontacute, earl of Salifbury, were removed by Maud hisAvidow from the abbey of Cirencefter; and here alfo, accordingto Dugdales Baronage, feveral others of that family lie interred. This abbey ftands in the eaflermoft part of the county, nearthe banks of the Thames, about two miles north of the roadleading from Maidenhead to Henley. Tradition fays. Queen Eli-zabeth once refided here. Since that time the houfe has beengreatly repaired and modernized, and has ferved as a manfio
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