William de Colchester, Abbot of Westminster

by Ernest Harold Pearce

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CONTENTS

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I.	A Window in the Nave	[9]
II.	A Novice from Essex	[14]
III.	A Man of Affairs	[21]
IV.	A Proctor at Rome	[30]
V.	An Archdeacon	[41]
VI.	Abbot of Westminster	[52]
VII.	The Abbot at Home	[60]
VIII.	The Abbot Abroad	[73]

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NOTE

Having had the honour of an invitation to deliver in May last a "Friday Evening Discourse" at the Royal Institution on the Archives of Westminster Abbey, I thought it best to confine what I could say within an hour to the career of a single man, preferably one whose record had not hitherto been written. I have here expanded the lecture to some extent, and have added references. I am indebted to Mr. David Weller, the Dean's Virger, for some excellent pictures.