Remarks And Collections Of Thomas Hearne Vol3 May 25 1710 December 14 1712

Author : Thomas Hearne
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ISBN 13 : 9781332514168
Total Pages : 526 pages
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Download or read book Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne, Vol. 3 written by Thomas Hearne and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne, Vol. 3: Suum Cuique, May 25, 1710 December 14, 1712 Yet sometimes S. Mary is joyn'd with S. Nicholaus, and in one of the Evidences both S. Mary and S. Edmund, the Benefaction being made to S. Mary, S. Nicholaus andS. Edmund of Sandford; not that this Chapell was dedicated to three different S, but because perhaps there were three different Churches or Chapells that had all a share in the Gift. I do not indeed remember to have read of the Places in -wthese three distinct Chapells stood, excepting this of S.Nicholas, yet the mention of them.in the Evidence shews there was such a thing, and in a Book written in the time of King 10 Edward the I. I have read of Chapells in this Part of the County, that are since destroy'd. Of what Bigness and Form the Chapell was at first we are not told; but from some Circumstances in the Monasticon we may gather that 'twas neither large nor beautifull. Which was one reason that in the time of King Henry the 3 .the Nunns took care to have it rebuilt and inlarg'd to a decent, comely, and lightsome Fabrick; in carrying on of w 5 they had several very generous Benefactors. Nor was Pope Innocent the IV. at all backward in forwarding and encouraging so excellent and worthy a Design. For he issu'd a Bull to the Diocesses of Lincoln, Ely and Sarum by virtue of which he took off the Space of ten days Penitence from all such as should be pleas'd to become Benefactors to this new Work. Without all doubt it had its intended Effect, and it may be more Money was raised than was sufficient for defraying the whole Expense, and a good Summ reserv'd for other Uses. This Method of raising Money by Bull was common, as we may see in great Numbers of them in the Monasticon. This New Chapell was situated in the same Place where the old oe was, namely on the South side of the Nunnery. The Ruins of it remain to this Day, being turned into a Barn for the use of the Farmer who rents the adjoyning Estate of M. Powell the 30 present Proprietor, an honest, religious Roman Catholick. This is one of those small Houses that by Virtue of the Popes Bull were dissolv'd for the Use of Cardinal Wolsey, who imploy'd the Revenues upon his magnificent College building at Oxford. As the Chapell is now standing, so also is the Nunnery it self, at least a very great Part of it, with several of the Out-Houses, and it seems to have been a House altogether agreeable to the Beauty of those times. 'Tis uncertain whether they buried in the Chapell or no, or whether there was any particular Cemitery annex'd to it for that purpose. We hear of no Reliques of Bodies found here, nor anything else to satisfy us in such an Inquiry.40 'Tis likely the Bodies were buried in the Church and Church-Yard of Sandford adjoyning, Church perhaps at that time was much larger than 'tis at present, and the Yard or Cemitery in all probability was then better distinguished from the other unconsecrated Ground than 'tis at present. But whatever the Church of Sandford was then 'tis plain from the Inscription over the Porch-Door that it afterwards received a considerable Benefaction from a Religious, devout lady, M. Elizabeth Isham, who inepaird it when twas almost quite decay'd and ready to fall down. As there are no Relicks of Bodies found here to resolve us in the Point of Burial, so are there no other Remains of Antiquity besides the bare 50 House to gratify our Curiosity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com