per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 623_o l._n 13s_o 2d_o ob_fw-la speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 253._o 6._o horton_n a_o monastery_n of_o benedictines_n found_v by_o ordgar_n earl_n of_o devon_n temp_n k._n edgari_fw-la but_o annex_v by_o roger_n bishop_n of_o sarum_n to_o shirburn_n about_o a._n d._n 1120._o vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 62_o 220._o 7._o abbotesbury_n a._n d._n 1026._o orcus_n and_o tola_n his_o wife_n build_v a_o abbey_n for_o black_a monk_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o st._n peter_n it_o be_v rate_v 26._o hen._n viii_o at_o 390l_o 19_o s._n 2d_o ob_fw-la dugd._n 485._o 3_o s._n 5_o d._n ob_fw-la q._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 276._o *_o reg._n penes_fw-la d._n joh._n strangways_o de_fw-fr abbotsbury_n 8._o frampton_n a_o alien-priory_n be_v give_v by_o r._n will._n conq._n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o st._n stephen_n at_o caen_n in_o normandy_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 571._o t._n 2._o p._n 955._o 9_o shirburn_n not_o 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a_o dugd._n 239_o l._n 11_o s._n 10_o d._n speed_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n 1._o p._n 887._o 14._o bridport_n a_o alien-priory_n dedicate_v to_o st._n john_n baptist_n value_v at_o 6_o l_o 15._o stowre_n a_o alien-priory_n cell_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o preau_n in_o normandy_n 16._o holme_n monasticon_fw-la a_o cell_n to_o montacute_n in_o somersetshire_n 17._o camestrum_n qu._n a_o monastery_n of_o white_a nun_n dedicate_v to_o st._n mary_n magdalene_n speed_n durham_n 1._o hartlepool_n heortu_fw-la bed_n a_o very_o ancient_a nunnery_n found_v by_o a_o religious_a woman_n name_v hieu_n but_o among_o many_o other_o outrage_n commit_v by_o the_o dane_n in_o these_o part_n this_o monastery_n be_v raze_v to_o the_o ground_n 2._o jarrow_a ol_n gyrwi_n &_o 3_o wermouth_n king_n egfrid_n a._n d._n 644._o found_v these_o two_o abbey_n they_o be_v ruin_v in_o the_o danish_a war_n and_o never_o after_o recover_v their_o former_a glory_n but_o become_v cell_n to_o durham_n for_o two_o or_o 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secular_a priest_n be_v change_v into_o benedictine_n monk_n 18._o will._n conq._n by_o bishop_n will._n de_fw-fr carilepho_n the_o tutelar_a deity_n of_o this_o abbey_n and_o country_n be_v st._n cuthbert_n it_o be_v endow_v at_o the_o dissolution_n with_o 1366._o 10_o s._n 9_o d._n per_fw-la a_o dugd._n 1615_o l._n 14_o s._n 10_o d._n ob_fw-la sp._n k._n hen._n viii_o a._n d._n 1540_o restore_v the_o secular_a canon_n vide_fw-la mon._n angl._n t._n â—_o p._n 38._o t._n r._n p._n 845._o angl._n sacr._n t._n 1._o simeonis_fw-la dunelmensis_n aut_fw-la potius_fw-la turgoti_fw-la historiam_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la dunâ—lmensi_fw-la impress_n inter_fw-la x._o scriptores_fw-la hist._n angl._n lond._n 1652._o the_o legend_n of_o st._n cuthbert_n with_o the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o church_n of_o durham_n by_o rob._n hag_n lond._n 1663._o 12_o â—_o the_o ancient_a rite_n and_o monument_n of_o the_o monastical_a and_o cathedral_n church_n of_o durham_n publish_v by_o io._n davis_n lond._n 1672._o 12_o o_o *_o cartular_a eccl._n dunelem_fw-la in_o bibl._n cotton_n faust._n a._n 6._o titus_n a._n 2._o *_o nomina_fw-la benefactorum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dunelm_n ab_fw-la edwino_fw-la ad_fw-la hen._n viii_o in_o bibl._n cotton_n domit._n a._n 7._o collectanea_fw-la ms._n aug._n baker_n in_o bibl._n coll._n jesus_n oxon._n vol._n iu._n *_o reg._n penes_fw-la decanum_n &_o capitul_n dunelm_n chronica_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dunelmensis_n ms._n in_o bibl._n bodl._n laud._n h._n 7._o &_o l._n 53._o *_o historiam_fw-la de_fw-la vitis_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o religiosorum_fw-la de_fw-la lindisfarn_n &_o dunelmia_n ms._n in_o eadem_fw-la bibl._n fairfax_n 6._o *_o catalogum_fw-la reliquiarum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la dunelmensis_n ms._n in_o bibl._n bodl._n digb_n 11._o *_o boldon-book_n sive_fw-la inquisitionem_fw-la de_fw-la consuetudinibus_fw-la &_o redditibus_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la dunelmensis_n a._n d._n 1183._o captam_fw-la ms._n in_o eadem_fw-la bibl._n laud._n 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