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CVIII. Dr. London to Cromwell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2010

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Chapter II. From the Dissolution of the Smaller Houses to the Passing of the Act for the Dissolution of the Larger Monasteries
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1843

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page 221 note † Caversham is about a mile and a half to the north of Reading.

page 222 note * Notley, or Nutley Abbey, in Buckinghamshire, of which there are still considerable remains, was founded in 1162, for Austin canons, by Walter Gyffard, second earl of Buckingham. The last abbot was Richard Ridge.

page 222 note † Henry VI. This is curious, as showing the established belief that the king had been murdered.

page 222 note ‡ Edward the martyr, the son and successor of king Edgar.

page 223 note * Richard Turner was mayor of Reading from September 19, 1537, to Sept. 1538, and was succeeded by Thomas Mirthe, (mayor from 1538 to 1539), and Richard Justice (from 1539 to Sept. 1540.) See Coates' History of Reading. The petition of the townsmen for the priory church to be converted into a town hall was granted.