[185] In this engraving, the modern iron gate which shuts up this passage, dividing the church from the cloisters, has been intentionally omitted, as not in harmony with the subject.
[186] See page 52, passim.
[187] Published by order of Parliament, 1827.
[188] Acle, or Oakley, eleven miles east from Norwich, and situated near the Bure, on grounds which rise suddenly from the marshes below. The church, dedicated to St. Edmund, is a rectory, value £20.
[189] Monast. ii. 724, v. 269.
[190] Munimenta Antiqua, vol. iii. p. 250.
[191] Munimenta Antiqua, vol. iii. p. 252.
[192] Dugdale’s Baronage, vol. i. p. 327.
[193] Munimenta Antiqua, vol. iii. p. 251.
[194] By Gertrude, daughter of Manners, Earl of Rutland, his first wife, he had issue four sons and three daughters. His second wife was Elizabeth, widow of Sir William Cavendish, whose son Henry married the Lady Grace, one of the earl’s daughters by his first wife.