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Identifier: greaterabbeysofe01gasq (find matches)
Title: The greater abbeys of England
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929
Subjects: Abbeys
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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oted themselves to the duties oftheir state. Indeed, in one way this secluded spot hasattracted probably more notice in late years than it didin the days of its prosperity. The very picturesquenessof the situation, the attractive beauty of the ruins withtheir setting of green trees and shrubs has caused it to beconsidered one of the typical ruined abbeys of England,and has attracted to it crowds of visitors from all parts ofthe world. It was Sir Horace Walpole who said of thesemoss-grown stones: They are not ruins of Netley butof Paradise. Oh! the Purple Abbots! what a spot theyhad chosen to slumber in! The beautiful church erected by these Purple Ab-bots measured 211 feet in length by 58 feet broad, witha transept 128 feet across. The nave was of eight bays,and had a rood-screen with two processional doors in it;the presbytery was of four bays and had its aisles. Ineither transept there were three altars, and the vaultingstill remains in the eastern aisle of the south transept. (198)
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w NETLEY The cloister of the monastery was 114 feet square; on theeast side the positions may still be marked of the sacristybelow the library, the vestibule of the Chapter House,the slype or passage to the infirmary, the common houseformerly vaulted in two alleys, and a small entry to thecalefactory which contains a thirteenth-century fire-place.On the south side of the cloister was the refectory, theEarly English door of which still remains. Netley was one of the smaller religious houses, andhence its destruction was decreed by Act of Parliamentin 1536, which dissolved all houses having an income ofless than £200 a year. It may be useful to explain whatthis bald statement means. In September, 1535, the Kingappointed commissioners to go round about the monas-teries and send in reports, with the intention of applyingto Parliament to suppress some of them at least and tohand over their property to his Majesty. The chief mem-bers of the commission were Leyton, Legh, ApRice andLondon, a

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