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The history of Waltham-Abby in Essex, founded by King Harold by Thomas Fuller.
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Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.
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scandal_n to_o scandal_n to_o thrust_v they_o out_o of_o house_n and_o home_n without_o any_o mean_n or_o maintenance_n second_o this_o charter_n present_v we_o with_o the_o ancient_a liberty_n of_o waltham-church_n that_o semper_fw-la fuit_fw-la regalis_fw-la capella_n ex_fw-la primitiva_fw-la svi_fw-la fundatione_fw-la nulli_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la vel_fw-la episcopo_fw-la sed_fw-la tantùm_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la romanae_fw-la &_o regiae_n dispositioni_fw-la subjecta_fw-la and_o though_o since_o reformation_n the_o church_n have_v be_v subject_v to_o the_o arch-bishop_n jurisdiction_n as_o succeed_v to_o the_o royal_a power_n and_o sometime_o with_o grumble_a and_o reluctancy_n to_o the_o episcopal_a power_n yet_o it_o never_o as_o yet_o own_v a_o archdeacon_n or_o appear_v at_o his_o visitation_n the_o metion_n of_o the_o consent_n of_o pope_n alexander_n to_o the_o suppression_n of_o waltham_n rome-land_n in_o waltham_n waltham_n dean_n and_o canon_n and_o substitute_v augustinian_n in_o their_o room_n mind_v i_o of_o a_o spacious_a place_n in_o this_o town_n at_o the_o entrance_n of_o the_o abbey_n build_v about_o with_o house_n call_v rome-land_n as_o peter-pence_n be_v term_v romescot_n at_o this_o day_n it_o be_v general_o believe_v that_o the_o rent_n thereof_o peculiar_o belong_v to_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n thus_o the_o pope_n will_v not_o be_v so_o bad_a a_o carver_n as_o to_o cut_v all_o away_o to_o other_o and_o reserve_v no_o corner_n to_o himself_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1189_o anno_fw-la regis_fw-la ric._n 1_o 1._o king_n richard_z the_o first_o though_o general_o not_o too_o love_v to_o the_o clergy_n copt-hall_n fitz-auch_a settle_v at_o copt-hall_n ample_o confirm_v his_o father_n foundation_n and_o give_v land_n to_o richard_n fitz-auch_a in_o this_o parish_n to_o hold_v they_o in_o fee_n and_o hereditary_o of_o the_o church_n of_o waltham-holy-cross_n this_o fitz-auch_a fix_v himself_o at_o copt-hall_n a_o stately_a house_n in_o the_o parish_n whether_o so_o call_v contract_o quasi_fw-la cobbing-hall_n from_o cob_v anno_fw-la dom._n 1226_o anno_fw-la regis_fw-la hen._n 3_o 10._o a_o rivulet_n run_v not_o far_o off_o or_o from_o two_o ancient_a and_o essential_a turret_n of_o that_o house_n which_o be_v cope_v and_o cover_v with_o lead_n or_o from_o in_o my_o mind_n most_o probable_a a_o high_a and_o sharp_a hill_n thus_o copeland_n so_o call_v in_o cumberland_n whereon_o the_o house_n be_v found_v in_o or_o about_o this_o king_n reign_n hugh_n nevil_n with_o the_o consent_n of_o joan_n his_o benefactor_n hugh_n nevil_n a_o bountiful_a benefactor_n wife_n and_o john_n his_o son_n bestow_v the_o manor_n of_o thorndon_n on_o the_o monastery_n of_o waltham_n of_o who_o large_o before_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o to_o spare_v court-keeping_a come_v often_o and_o lay_v long_o at_o abbey_n so_o that_o waltham_n the_o near_a mitre_a abbey_n to_o london_n have_v much_o of_o his_o company_n be_v a_o religious_a prince_n great_a be_v his_o desire_n but_o withal_o necessitous_a small_a his_o deed_n in_o endow_a church_n however_o what_o he_o want_v in_o give_v himself_o he_o supply_v in_o confirm_v the_o gift_n of_o other_o and_o find_v it_o the_o cheap_a way_n of_o benefaction_n to_o give_v liberty_n than_o land_n he_o bestow_v on_o waltham_n a_o weekly_a market_n and_o a_o fair_a so_o call_v à _fw-la feriando_fw-la from_o people_n play_v there_o to_o last_v seven_o day_n which_o now_o be_v divide_v into_o two_o but_o of_o short_a continuance_n the_o one_o on_o the_o three_o day_n of_o may_n the_o invention_n the_o other_o on_o the_o fourteen_o of_o september_n the_o exaltation_n of_o the_o cross_n we_o now_o have_v a_o market_n on_o tuesday_n but_o can_v boast_v of_o much_o trade_n market_n waltham_n market_n therein_o indeed_o there_o be_v plenty_n of_o flesh_n but_o little_a corn_n bring_v thither_o and_o bread_n be_v the_o staff_n as_o of_o a_o man_n so_o of_o a_o market_n nor_o let_v we_o impute_v the_o thinness_n of_o chapman_n in_o summer_n to_o husbandman_n have_v no_o leisure_n as_o busy_v in_o tillage_n hay_o or_o harvest_n or_o in_o winter_n to_o their_o have_a no_o pleasure_n to_o repair_v thither_o in_o so_o deep_a and_o dirty_a way_n see_v the_o plain_a truth_n be_v no_o underwood_n can_v thrive_v near_o the_o dropping_n of_o so_o great_a a_o oak_n the_o vicinity_n of_o london_n the_o golden_a market_n in_o leaden-hall_n make_v leaden_a market_n in_o all_o the_o town_n thereabouts_o anno_fw-la dom._n 1245_o anno_fw-la regis_fw-la hen._n 3_o 30._o in_o the_o first_o year_n that_o simon_n be_v make_v abbot_n which_o by_o exact_a proportion_n commons_o broil_n betwixt_o the_o abbot_n and_o the_o townsman_n about_o commons_o we_o collect_v to_o be_v about_o the_o thirty_o year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o the_o 42._o the_o m._n s._n of_o edward_n stacy_n write_v as_o appear_v by_o character_n 140_o year_n since_o fol._n 42._o man_n of_o waltham_n come_v into_o the_o marsh_n which_o the_o abbot_n and_o his_o covent_n former_o enjoy_v as_o several_a to_o themselves_o kill_v four_o mare_n worth_a forty_o shilling_n sterling_a at_o least_o and_o drive_v away_o all_o the_o rest_n the_o abbot_n be_v politic_o please_v for_o the_o present_v not_o to_o take_v notice_n thereof_o the_o next_o year_n some_o man_n of_o waltham_n go_v to_o the_o abbot_n the_o thursday_n before_o easter_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a village_n and_o demand_v of_o he_o to_o remove_v his_o mare_n and_o colt_n out_o of_o the_o marsh_n this_o the_o abbot_n refuse_v to_o do_v add_v withal_o that_o if_o his_o bailiff_n have_v place_v his_o cattle_n otherwhere_o then_o they_o ought_v they_o may_v do_v well_o to_o have_v it_o amend_v yet_o so_o as_o to_o defer_v the_o matter_n till_o tuesday_n after_o easter_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1246_o anno_fw-la regis_fw-la hen._n 3_o 31._o on_o that_o tuesday_n richard_n brother_n to_o the_o king_n duke_n of_o cornwall_n come_v townsman_n 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that_o be_v pass_v the_o pure_a water_n the_o wit_n of_o those_o day_n thus_o descant_v upon_o he_o library_n he_o collect._n of_o mr._n camb._n m_o s._n in_o sr._n tho._n cotton_v library_n est_fw-la aqud_fw-la lenis_fw-la &_o est_fw-la aqud_fw-la dulcis_fw-la &_o est_fw-la aqua_fw-la clara_fw-la tu_fw-la praecellis_fw-la aquam_fw-la nam_fw-la leni_fw-la lenior_fw-la es_fw-la tu_fw-la dulci_fw-la dulcior_fw-la es_fw-la tu_fw-la clara_fw-la clarior_fw-la es_fw-la tu_fw-la mente_fw-la quidem_fw-la lenis_fw-la re_fw-la dulcis_fw-la sanguine_fw-la clarus_fw-la but_o such_o who_o flatter_v he_o the_o fast_o while_o in_o favour_n mock_v he_o the_o most_o in_o misery_n and_o at_o last_o he_o die_v in_o his_o own_o house_n in_o waltham_n and_o be_v together_o be_v matt._n paris_n anno._n 1252._o a_o heap_n of_o difficulty_n cast_v together_o bury_v in_o the_o abby-church_n therein_o and_o now_o because_o we_o have_v so_o often_o cite_v matthew_n paris_n i_o never_o meet_v with_o more_o difficulty_n in_o six_o line_n than_o what_o i_o find_v in_o he_o which_o because_o near_o relate_v to_o this_o present_a subject_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o exemplifieâ—_n matthew_n paris_n in_o anno_fw-la 1242._o p._n 595._o eodemque_fw-la anno_fw-la videlicet_fw-la in_o crastino_fw-la s_n ti_fw-mi michaelis_fw-la dedicata_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la conventualis_fw-la canonicorum_fw-la de_fw-la waltham_n ab_fw-la episcopo_fw-la norwicensi_fw-la willielmo_n solemniter_fw-la valde_fw-la asistentibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la plurimis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la praelatis_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la venerabilibus_fw-la statim_fw-la post_fw-la dedicationem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sancti_fw-la pauli_n londinensis_fw-la ut_fw-la peregrinantes_fw-la hinc_fw-la inde_fw-la indistant_a remearent_fw-la and_o in_o the_o same_o year_n namely_o the_o morrow_n after_o st_n michael_n day_n the_o conventual_a church_n of_o the_o canon_n at_o waltham_n be_v dedicate_v by_o william_n bishop_n of_o norwich_n very_o solemn_o many_o other_o bishop_n prelate_n and_o venerable_a peer_n assist_v he_o present_o after_o the_o dedication_n of_o st_n paul_n in_o london_n that_o pilgrim_n and_o traveller_n up_o and_o down_o may_v indistant_o return_v it_o be_v clear_a our_o church_n of_o waltham_n abby_n be_v intend_v herein_o query_n herein_o see_v speed_v his_o catalogue_n of_o religious_a house_n query_n on_o query_n england_n afford_v no_o other_o conventual_a church_n this_o be_v grant_v how_o come_v waltham_n church_n build_v by_o harold_n two_o hundred_o year_n before_o now_o to_o be_v first_o dedicate_v that_o age_n account_v it_o as_o faulty_a and_o fatal_a to_o defer_v the_o consecration_n of_o church_n as_o the_o christen_n of_o child_n 2._o what_o make_v the_o bishop_n of_o norwich_n to_o meddle_v therewith_o a_o office_n more_o proper_a for_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n to_o perform_v waltham_n be_v though_o not_o under_a in_o his_o jurisdiction_n 3._o what_o be_v mean_v by_o the_o barbarous_a word_n indistant_a and_o what_o benefit_n accrue_v to_o traveller_n thereby_o i_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o conjecture_v as_o unwilling_a to_o draw_v my_o bow_n where_o i_o despair_v to_o hit_v the_o mark_n but_o leave_v all_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o other_o but_o i_o grow_v tedious_a and_o will_v therefore_o conclude_v anno_fw-la 1641._o king_n charles_n come_v the_o last_o time_n to_o waltham_n and_o go_v waltham_n r._n charles_n his_o last_o come_n to_o waltham_n as_o he_o be_v wont_a where_o any_o thing_n remarkable_a to_o see_v the_o church_n the_o earl_n of_o carlisle_n attend_v he_o his_o majesty_n tell_v he_o that_o he_o divide_v his_o cathedral_n church_n as_o he_o do_v his_o royal_a ship_n into_o three_o rank_n account_v st_n paul_n in_o london_n york_n lincoln_n winchester_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o first_o form_n chichester_n lichfield_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o second_o the_o welsh_a cathedral_n of_o the_o three_o with_o which_o waltham_n church_n may_v be_v well_o compare_v especial_o if_o the_o roof_n thereof_o be_v take_v low_a and_o lead_v the_o earl_n move_v his_o majesty_n that_o see_v this_o ancient_a church_n found_v church_n conditional_o grant_v the_o repair_n of_o the_o church_n by_o king_n harold_n his_o predecessor_n be_v fall_v into_o such_o decay_n that_o the_o repair_n be_v too_o heavy_a for_o the_o parish_n he_o will_v be_v please_v to_o grant_v a_o moderate_a tole_n of_o cattle_n come_v over_o the_o bridge_n with_o their_o great_a driftss_n do_v much_o damage_n to_o the_o highway_n and_o therewith_o both_o the_o town_n may_v be_v pave_v and_o the_o church_n repair_v the_o king_n gracious_o grant_v it_o provide_v it_o be_v do_v with_o the_o privity_n and_o consent_n of_o a_o great_a prelate_n not_o so_o safe_a to_o be_v name_v as_o easy_a to_o be_v guess_v with_o who_o he_o consult_v in_o all_o church-matter_n but_o when_o the_o foresay_a prelate_n be_v inform_v that_o the_o earl_n have_v apply_v to_o miscarry_v but_o it_o miscarry_v his_o majesty_n before_o address_n to_o himself_o he_o dash_v the_o design_n so_o that_o poor_a waltham_n church_n must_v still_o be_v content_v with_o their_o weak_a wall_n and_o worse_a roof_n till_o providence_n procure_v she_o some_o better_a benefactor_n as_o for_o the_o arm_n of_o waltham_n abby_n be_v loath_a to_o set_v they_o alone_o i_o have_v join_v they_o in_o the_o follow_a draught_n with_o the_o arm_n of_o the_o other_o mitre_a abbey_n as_o far_o as_o my_o industry_n can_v recover_v they_o soli_fw-la deo_fw-la gloria_fw-la finis_fw-la the_o seal_n of_o arm_n of_o all_o the_o mitre_a abbey_n in_o englandâ—_n edwino_n rich_a armigèro_fw-la uni_fw-la è_fw-it magistres_n curiae_fw-la cancellariae_fw-la benefactori_fw-la meo_fw-la munifico_fw-la in_fw-la gratitudinis_fw-la tesseram_fw-la j._n f._n tavestock_n glastenbury_n midleton_n abington_n st._n â—ames_n read_v battle_n st._n augustin_n cant_n gloucester_n colchester_n winchcomb_n st._n alban_n st._n johns_n of_o jerusalem_n westminster_n waltham_n waltham_n st._n edmondebury_n thorney_n benett_n in_o the_o holme_n ramley_n peterborrough_n crowland_n tewkeâ—s_n bury_v shroesbury_n selby_n st._n maryes_fw-mi yorke_fw-mi malmsbury_n cirencester_n bardney_n book_n 2._o page_n 123._o james_n langham_n bjq_n book_n 2_o p._n 138_o baldwine_n hamey_n dr._n of_o physic_n b_o 4_o pa_n 177_o thomas_n rich_a esqr._o b_o 11._o pa_n 197._o giles_n vandeput_fw-la nerehadt_n ibidem_fw-la edward_n clegar_o merchant_n hist_o of_o cam_n pa_n 117._o edward_n palmer_n esqr._o hist_o of_o camb_n pa_n 137_o fra_n ask_v esqr._o know_v reader_n the_o cutter_n in_o wood_n be_v sick_a and_o the_o press_v not_o sta_v his_o recovery_n the_o arm_n of_o my_o patron_n omit_v in_o the_o body_z of_o the_o book_n be_v supply_v in_o these_o quarter_n