 | John Britton - 1813 - 1036 pages
...Colehester, London, and other towns, and even to some foreigners, especially the Dutch. On this occasion Bury was the resort of persons of the highest distinction,...table ; while those of inferior rank were entertained in the refectory by ths monks. We are told that the widowed queen of France, sister to Henry VIII.... | |
 | James Ford - 1818 - 430 pages
...enchanting aspect of Cornwallis J tells How much good-nature in her bosom dwells ; this occasion, B,uy was the resort of persons of the highest distinction,...table ; while those of inferior rank were entertained, m the refectory, by the monks. We are told that the widowed queen of France, sister to Henry the 8th,... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1818 - 480 pages
...and even to some foreigners, especially the Dutch. On this occasion Bury was the resort of perrons of the highest distinction, for whom the abbot kept...table ; while those of inferior rank were entertained in the refectory by the monks. We are told that the widowed queen of France, sister to Henry VIII.... | |
 | James Ford - 1818 - 432 pages
...good-nature in her bosom dwells ; this oceasion, Boiy was the resort of persons of the highest dis tinction, for whom the abbot kept an open table ; while those of inferior rank were entertained, in the refectory, by the monks. We are told that the widowed queen of France, sister to Henry the 8th,... | |
 | J. Deck - 1821 - 188 pages
...year 1272; and it was formerly one of the most celebrated marts in the kingdom. During the fair, Bury was the resort of persons of the highest distinction, for whom the abbot kept an open table : people of inferior rank were entertained by the monks in the refectory. Mary, the widowed Queen of... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 412 pages
...Ipswich, Colchester, London, &c. and even to some foreigners, especially the Dutch. On this occasion the abbot kept an open table ; while those of inferior rank were entertained in the refectory by the monks. The widowed queen of France, sister to Henry VIII., came every year... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 266 pages
...Ipswich, Colchester, London, &c. and even to some foreigners, especially the Dutch. On this occasion the abbot kept an open table ; while those of inferior rank were entertained in the refectory by the monks. The widowed queen of France, sister to Henry VIII., came every year... | |
 | John Kirby - 1839 - 542 pages
...of booths were appropriated to the manufacturers of Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, London, and othev towns, and even to some foreigners, especially the...Westhorp, with her noble consort, the Duke of Suffolk, aud they had a magnificent tent for the reception of the numerous people of rank who came hither to... | |
 | William White - 1844 - 770 pages
...monastic times, when the Abbot kept an open table for the nobility and gentry who visited it, and persons of inferior rank were entertained by the monks in the refectory. The booths of manufacturers, dealers, showmen, &c., occupied the spacious area called the Angel Hill, and... | |
 | William White - 1855 - 830 pages
...monastic times, when the Abbot kept an open table for the uobility and gentry who visited it, and persons of inferior rank were entertained by the monks in the refectory. The booths of manufacturers, dealers, showmen, &c., occupied the spacious area called the Angel Hill, and... | |
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Bury, on this account, was the resort of persons of the highest distinction, for whom the abbot kept an open table, while those of inferior rank were entertained by the monks in the refectory. The widowed queen of France, sister to Henry VIII., came here... 