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himself_o cause_v forty_o monastery_n to_o be_v build_v among_o which_o he_o reckon_v this_o of_o burch_n as_o it_o now_o begin_v to_o be_v call_v which_o athelwold_n say_v malmsbury_n l._n iu._n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la potif_a ang._n build_v so_o sumptuous_o and_o endow_v with_o such_o ample_a possession_n ut_fw-la penè_fw-la tota_fw-la circa_fw-la regio_fw-la illi_fw-la subjaceat_fw-la that_o almost_o all_o the_o country_n round_o about_o be_v subject_a to_o it_o and_o this_o account_n also_o john_n bromton_n abbot_n of_o joreval_n give_v of_o this_o matter_n who_o have_v say_v that_o king_n edgar_n build_v and_o repair_v above_o forty_o monastery_n add_v inter_fw-la quae_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o monitione_n sancti_fw-la ethelwoldi_n wintoniensis_fw-la episc_n abbatiam_fw-la glastoniae_fw-la &_o abendoniae_n composuit_fw-la &_o abbatiam_fw-la de_fw-la burgh_n prope_fw-la stamfordiam_fw-la stabilivit_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o the_o very_a truth_n in_o short_a be_v this_o athelwold_n be_v to_o edgar_n as_o saxulf_n have_v be_v to_o wulferus_fw-la a_o trusty_a and_o diligent_a servant_n who_o manage_v his_o royal_a bounty_n in_o these_o magnificent_a work_n and_o therefore_o be_v call_v by_o king_n edgar_n in_o his_o charter_n as_o saxulf_n be_v by_o wolfere_n in_o he_o constructor_n the_o builder_n of_o the_o church_n before_o mention_v particular_o of_o this_o former_o call_v medeshamstede_n but_o now_o sva_fw-la ac_fw-la nostra_fw-la instantia_fw-la restauratum_fw-la burch_n appellatur_fw-la which_o by_o ingulphus_n be_v call_v burgum_fw-la and_o by_o matthew_n of_o westminster_n ad_fw-la an._n 664._o be_v say_v to_o be_v vrbs_fw-la regius_fw-la a_o royal_a city_n which_o this_o famous_a bishop_n live_v to_o see_v flourish_v under_o adulphus_n about_o thirteen_o year_n for_o he_o die_v not_o till_o the_o year_n 985._o at_o which_o i_o find_v these_o word_n in_o the_o chron._n of_o john_n abbot_n sanctus_n athelwoldus_n wint._n episcopus_fw-la qui_fw-la monasterium_fw-la burgi_n restauravit_fw-la kal._n augusti_fw-la migravit_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la there_o be_v some_o relic_n of_o he_o preserve_v in_o this_o church_n particular_o of_o his_o heir_n adulphus_n mr._n g._n have_v give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o most_o material_a thing_n that_o be_v in_o hugo_n concern_v this_o abbot_n who_o john_n bromton_n call_v eadrilf_n i_o shall_v only_o add_v that_o it_o be_v certain_a he_o succeed_v oswald_n in_o the_o archbishopric_n of_o york_n an._n 992._o so_o john_n abbot_n write_v sanctus_n oswaldus_n archiep._n ebor._n 2._o kal._n martii_fw-la migravit_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la cvi_fw-la adulphus_n abbas_n burgi_n successit_fw-la but_o though_o he_o call_v he_o abbot_n of_o burg_n which_o be_v become_v the_o new_a stile_n yet_o other_o writer_n still_o retain_v the_o old_a one_o and_o call_v he_o abbess_n medeshamstudensis_n so_o the_o chron._n of_o mailros_n late_o print_v pag._n 152._o and_o so_o florentius_n wigornensis_n ad_fw-la an._n 992_o venerabilis_fw-la medeshamstudensis_fw-la abbas_n adulphus_n successit_fw-la pro_fw-la quo_fw-la kenulphus_n abbatis_fw-la jure_fw-la fungitur_fw-la roger_n hoveden_n also_o speak_v the_o same_o language_n and_o symeon_n of_o durham_n in_o
his_o history_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la angl._n where_o he_o call_v he_o adulphus_n and_o speak_v of_o oswald_n say_v cvi_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la medeshamstudensis_fw-la abbas_n adulphus_n successit_fw-la and_o in_o that_o see_v he_o sit_v till_o the_o year_n 1003._o which_o john_n abbot_n conclude_v thus_o adulphus_n archiep_n eborac_n quondam_a abbas_n burgi_n obiit_fw-la in_o the_o year_n before_o which_o 1002_o as_o i_o find_v in_o the_o chron._n of_o mailros_n he_o take_v up_o the_o bone_n of_o st._n oswald_n out_o of_o his_o tomb_n and_o honourable_o place_v they_o in_o a_o shrine_n of_o which_o there_o be_v a_o large_a account_n give_v by_o thomas_n stubbs_n in_o his_o act._n pontif._n eboracens_n which_o explain_v also_o what_o mr._n g._n say_v about_o his_o be_v translate_v to_o worcester_n and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v transcribe_v some_o of_o it_o vicesimus_fw-la eboracensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la archiepiscopus_fw-la fuit_fw-la venerabilis_fw-la abbas_n medeshamstedensis_fw-la i._n e._n burg_n adulphus_n etc._n etc._n who_o by_o the_o favour_n of_o king_n adelredus_n hold_v the_o bishopric_n of_o worcester_n in_o his_o hand_n as_o his_o predecessor_n st._n oswald_n have_v do_v who_o he_o honour_v so_o much_o that_o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o episcopacy_n his_o brethren_n the_o bishop_n with_o the_o abbot_n and_o many_o other_o religious_a man_n be_v gather_v together_o he_o take_v up_o the_o bone_n of_o st._n oswald_n out_o of_o his_o tomb_n anno_fw-la regis_fw-la agelredi_fw-la xxv_o vii_o kalend._n maii_n feria_fw-la quarta_fw-la and_o place_v they_o in_o a_o shrine_n which_o he_o have_v prepare_v honourable_o for_o they_o and_o not_o long_o after_o die_v himself_o 2_o nonarum_fw-la maii_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o church_n of_o st._n mary_n at_o worcester_n symeon_n dunelmensis_n say_v the_o same_o ad_fw-la an._n 1002._o only_o he_o make_v this_o to_o have_v be_v do_v not_o the_o vii_o but_o the_o xvii_o kal._n maii._n and_o there_o be_v a_o mistake_n also_o in_o the_o year_n for_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v the_o 12_o but_o the_o 10_o year_n of_o his_o episcopacy_n and_o here_o now_o it_o may_v be_v fit_a to_o note_v that_o in_o all_o probability_n the_o monk_n of_o this_o church_n be_v bring_v under_o the_o rule_n of_o st._n benedict_n when_o it_o be_v restore_v as_o have_v be_v say_v by_o king_n edgar_n and_o put_v under_o the_o government_n of_o adulphus_n and_o not_o till_o then_o for_o though_o there_o be_v a_o famous_a regulation_n of_o monastical_a order_n make_v before_o this_o time_n under_o cuthbert_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n an._n 747._o in_o concilio_fw-la clovishoviae_n in_o which_o some_o thing_n be_v mend_v in_o the_o manner_n and_o habit_n of_o monk_n yet_o there_o be_v not_o the_o least_o mention_n make_v of_o the_o rule_n of_o st._n bennet_n though_o there_o be_v a_o very_a fair_a occasion_n for_o it_o nor_o be_v there_o one_o word_n of_o it_o in_o venerable_a bede_n it_o be_v 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