Original sentence: By the time of its destruction in 1538 during the reign of Henry VIII, the shrine had become one of the greatest religious centres in England, and Europe, together with Glastonbury and Canterbury
Edited sentence: <ref> th y the time of its destruction in 1538 during the reign of Henry VIII, the shrine had become one of the greatest religious centres in England, and Europe, together with Glastonbury and Canterbury.In 1169, Geoffrey granted 'to God and St.Mary and to Edwy his clerk the chapel of our Lady' which his mother had founded at Walsingham with the intention that Edwy should found a priory.The chapel was founded in the time of Edwad the Cofnessor, the earliest deeds naming Richeldis, the mother of Geoffrey of Favraches as the founder.These gifts were, shaortly afterwards, confirmed to the Austin Canons of Walsingham by Robert de Brucurt and Robger, earl of Clare