. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. ground in England, but the Augus-tinian or Austin Friars had many followers, bothmen and women. Henry first attack on religious houseswas made upon those whose yearly incomes did notexceed £200. But the work thus begun did notend here. It is said that 376 small monasterieswere doomed ; of these 123 escaped immediatedissolution. Throughout 1535 and the succeedingfive years, the work of suppression was carriedon. During that time the monks foresaw thatultimat
. The key to the family deed chest : how to decipher and study old documents : being a guide to the reading of ancient manuscripts. ground in England, but the Augus-tinian or Austin Friars had many followers, bothmen and women. Henry first attack on religious houseswas made upon those whose yearly incomes did notexceed £200. But the work thus begun did notend here. It is said that 376 small monasterieswere doomed ; of these 123 escaped immediatedissolution. Throughout 1535 and the succeedingfive years, the work of suppression was carriedon. During that time the monks foresaw thatultimately they were doomed, and had time tosell or hide their choicest possessions before theCommissioners appeared to claim them. Thenno doubt many valuable manuscripts and paperswere destroyed, or else either hidden or removedout of the country. In several places some of these buried treasureshave come to light after being concealed for along time. In this way a beautiful copy of the ReadingAbbey Cartulary was preserved for two hundredyears, having been concealed in a secret chamberadjoining a chimney-stack in an old manor house. IflllllSilliili 1 p IP !i!jijl i y*» 111i h j-mh liililii^liil^lQx1- §BD Uti
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