4. The Restoration of the Abbey Church of S. Alban, 1876.
5. A short History of the Abbey Church of S. Alban, by J. Chapple, 1882.
Note G.—(Page [59]).
CROWLAND ABBEY.
Crowland Abbey was founded by Æthelbald in 716, according to a promise made to the hermit Guthlac who lived there in seclusion for 15 years.
The reader will find an account of this recluse in Ordericus who followed what was written by bishop Felix. Ordericus says that the name of Guthlac signified “the gift of war,” and that he belonged to a tribe called Guthlacingas. Gudlacus is the spelling in William of Malmesbury.
Ordericus gives his own account of the building of Crowland Abbey as he learnt it on the spot.
Æthelbald sent for Kenulph, a monk of Evesham, and granted to him the whole island of Crowland, for the purpose of congregating and supporting a society of monks exempting it for ever from all secular payments and services. Dugdale’s Monasticon.
Note H.—(Page [61].)
RAMSEY ABBEY.
Ramsey Abbey was founded by St. Oswald and Æthelwine of East-Anglia, in 969.[[260]] The Abbey was dedicated to SS. Mary and Benedict and was occupied by the order of “Black Monks.” It became richly endowed to the annual value of about £18000 of present money.