Gloucester Abbey — was a Benedictine abbey for monks in the city of Gloucester, England. The abbey was founded about 1022 and was dedicated to Saint Peter.Knowles, David; Brooke C. N. L.; and London, Vera C. M. The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940… … Wikipedia
Gloucester College, Oxford — was a Benedictine institution of the University of Oxford, from the late thirteenth century until the Dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century. It was never a typical college of the University, in that there was an internal… … Wikipedia
Gloucester Cathedral — Infobox UK cathedral building name =Gloucester Cathedral infobox width = image size = caption =The western end of the cathedral map type = map size = map caption = location =Gloucester full name =Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and… … Wikipedia
Abbot — The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female… … Wikipedia
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Abbot of Evesham — The Abbot of Evesham was the head of Evesham Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Worcestershire founded in the Anglo Saxon era of English history. The succession continued until dissolution of the monastery in 1540: List Abbots of St Mary of… … Wikipedia
Gloucester candlestick — The Gloucester candlestick is an elaborately decorated Romanesque metal candlestick. First modelled in wax, it was then cast in three sections, and is made of bronze in an unusual mixture of copper, zinc, tin, lead, nickel, iron, antimony,… … Wikipedia
Newton Abbot (UK Parliament constituency) — Coordinates: 50°32′46″N 3°29′49″W / 50.546°N 3.497°W / 50.546; 3.497 … Wikipedia
Thomas Marshall (abbot) — Thomas Marshall (the Blessed John Beche) (? 1 December 1539) was the Last Abbot of Colchester Abbey.He was educated at Oxford University(probably Gloucester Hall now Worcester College) where he took his degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1515. he… … Wikipedia
Whethamstede, John, Abbot of St. Albans — (c. 1390–1465) The Registers of John Whethamstede (or Wheathampstead), abbot of the important Benedictine monastery at St. Albans, are important sources for the personality and reign of HENRY VI and for the first phase of the WARS OF THE ROSES … Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses
