William de Colchester, Abbot of Westminster

But there is a local reason for dwelling on this custom. Westminster School is admittedly a Tudor foundation, but at the Abbey we cherish the conviction that its roots penetrate...

In 1393 he was commissioned by the Pope to join the Bishop of Salisbury and the Abbot of Waltham in an inquiry into the statutes and customs of the Collegiate Chapter of the Cha...

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As there was nothing exceptional in the disposal of the ex-prior's goods,[51] the incident may be fairly taken as an illustration of Convent life as Colchester lived it, and we...

[Footnote 14: _Customary_, ii. 49: Idem vero secretarius zonam beatae Dei genetricis, ubicumque destinetur, sumptibus suis portare vel, si per alios portatur, expensas eis exhib...