The suppression of the monasteries in the West Country
By: J.H. Bettey.
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Gloucester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Monasteries -- England -- West Country -- History.; Monasticism and religious orders -- England -- West Country -- History.; Catholics -- England -- West Country -- History.; West Country (England) -- Church history
Description: Describes the confiscation of lands, properties, buildings and treasures of the English monasteries at the hands of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell. Includes, for example, Cromwell's 'remembrance' that "The abbot of Glaston to be tried at Glaston, and also executed there with his complices."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192) and index.