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!S*K^Q •? *^*JTj' ^ I'O'^e^.of Good Shepherd the foimdress of Bordedey. In 1139 arose- New with 203 girb and 2 day nursenes minster in NorthumberUnU which ow^^" ^STn

All the public uifltitutions allow the priests of the to the generosity of Ranilf n»rn.r „f m»Ji*^ diocese to nunister m them whenever it is requested. Dirksted'' Ab^l Lin^lSref wWch ta^rSi but the Catholic schools and institutions do not re- in fulfilment of a vow madThv Rarnn w,.5!j ^.ve.any aid from the govenunent The various Breton and ,^ the mother "S ^rreS^We orgamxations of the diocese mclude, among the monastery of Hovedoa in Norw»JT t^^ITu o u cleno^ the Clergy R«Uef Union among. the^aitv. Abbey. X> ki U^c^^^e. fo3'by^"Sand^? the National Catholic Welfare Aasociation, made Bishop of Lincoln; and Kinestro^ in rin^^^f J' up of men and women. The "CathoUc Telegraph" shire. '^founded by wSliam TfiScdey S^^ « the diocesan organ. foundation, was made in LincolShh^^in mill

Olstardans In the British bias

25c). — ^The full and complete histoi .«_„

asticiroi and its ancient abodes in t&ese islands ieiSed after ISO y^raid htCT?e-Stohlf«W 18 still miwritten.. In many cases. there is a great Wobum Abbey in^ B^f orfrfii^ datS^r^S^m divergence of opimon among writers on various and was descended from Fount^ RotIpv akk^ aspecte and incidente touching the monasteries, and in Kent, found^ 1148 WTthT^th fill^f^n^^ there is a lamentable dearth of chartularies and Clairvaux. ' *° filiation of

records, due no doubt to the convulsiom^ dis- Dorl Abbey in Herefordshire ««« th« «..i,. turbanpes, and vandalism attending their suppres- daughter-house in Enidand rfMorimnnH ^„ ^ sion. The informaUon available ia* often obSSned the'^firet four cStercyhot^ ft Z?'fo,S^d^ only after extensive research among many widely by Robert, Eari of Ferra^^ 1147 l^e^"^lt5 separated sources.., ^ . jemarkable in Cistercian Wstoiy aa' the^tl S

ENQLAND^VariouB computations of Cistercian foundation of 21 Cistercian hou^ ^ FntiJJ^ „-i monasteries in England at the time, of the suppres- Wales, and of the S,^omtiTo?le^O?i^f sion are found m different authonties. some giving Savigny with that of Cfteaux. S 1147 a^oee^ Kirfc the number at 75, others at 6«. There were, statt Abbey in Yorkshire roruSt from ^.m^™ besides, 26 convents of Cistercian Nuns. By the an ex-voto offering 3eb!?Rd^rtT f°^}^ act suppressing the lesser monasteries, which num- second abbot Raduteh H^ith h»,,r». ^1 * bered 376 in all. abouthalf or two-thirds of the consnicuous saS^ti!? and i?me of 4e S ^ Cistercian hous^ were dissolved^ the yearly mcome whici were later coniscated by King jX- Vwdev of these not bemg above £200 according to the Abbey in Lincolnshire, founded by Wm^m P»rt T?il%Sl """"^^ •'" *^* *"?«• Between 1538 and of. Albemarle; Bitiesden Abbey 1^ B^SiS ♦hf«i«* remammg Cistercian houses fell among dure, sprung from Garendon; Bruerwi Ab^^ $S?^?*^ greater monasteries, all victims of Heniy Oxfordshire; Roche Abbey in Yorkshi«.. S.K J2 Vin's rapacity and greed. The calumnies heaped Abbey in 6untingtoMhire which o^ed/te^fe upon these monasteries in the past are now almost to Simon. Earl of NoJ^mnton.^^ nW^iS effaced by the ever-growing .light of truth. The special pri'vilegS tSou^ jSdSg C^untel o?H^f many beautiful monastic ruins, to be found in ington and niece of WiUiamSefcon^^rS-iiS^^ almost every English shire to-day. testify to the Afibey.in LancasW wW^h blran IS i^J-JpfS^ existence of upwards of 1000 monasteries and reli- the Order of SaWgny in 1127 a^be^am^ rtltiSt pous. houses in the greater number of which, at in 1147; Quarr A^^ey in the KTighf^SS the time of the euppresion. even on the testimony was of Savignian birth and embraced tSerJterf of Henry VIII's own visitors, "religion was right Citeaux in 1147. as did also PiimWmf™ am.

lTiV.V|P,V"°f "^t^" V'.T^ "^ '^'«'^ T Cheshire. Calde^AbbVi^SSCd^R^^S life haS therefore not been planted m uncongenial Abbey in the Isle of Mkn, SwSead Abb^ to

founder was William Gifford, Bishop of Winchester, year abbeys were founded at &S5 in Kn»w^^ Pope Eugene III in 1147 granted the Waverley hamshire and at Kvlj in wSvS^;™°"¥Sf" monks exemption from tithes for land and cattle, year 1160 was marked by the founZf inn7?Q,i,;„^ A similar privilege was granted to various Cistercian in Norfolk, Jerval in Yori^h^^^d Comji IS houses by different popes. Tintem Abbey, in Mon- Warwickshire. Four foundl^M {irp~ mSf^^K? mouthsMre. was founded in 1131 by Walter de year 1151: Meaux in Swre Tto^l^ln WiH Clare In 1132 Rievaulx Abbey was founded in shire, Flexley in Glouceste^re inrf nJS™??..i^ '*" Yorkshire. Among the many privileges granted by in Cumberland T^e^ te s^metimM^S^J^'*^ the popes to the monks of this monLteiy wu the Kingdom of ScoUand H?m^?«f^^*** that granW by Alexander III of celebrating the David of Scotland. b^KaimK f^nnl.-^^ Divme Office even during a general interdict, again King Hen^^ Il^f EiSlanf is rf^mirf « Garendon Abbey in Leicestershire marked a new founder. Meaux^as foradedX Will!«™ ^^i 1 growth in 1133 testifying to the rapid success of Albemarle, who^ v"w t^v^it MSv La^ l« Waverley, which could in four years give enough commuted by Eugene III into th,fn? t^i monks to people this monairteiy. " Fountain monastery. Tilt^ Abbey "n^l °/j'^*S^,* Abbey becarne Cistercian in 1135 and was in the in War^ckshire are mbLS ^h^ vl.^*"?fi? course of time the mother of many daughter- »nd 1164 respertivety. ^Scr^ in ChSp f!,? houses. Ford Abbey in Devonshire dates from lowed in llfS i^ieuiacres in Cheshire fol-

1136, and in the same year arose Wardon Abbey _ After so rapid and extensive a miwth of ♦!,«

in Bedfoidehire. one of the most influential of the Cistercian Orcler in Ewland (46 SStim^« i^

Cistercian houses Thaine Abbey in Oxfordshire 25 yeare) there was somi dkht^?fon fTnS

and Bordesley Abbey in Worcestershire are chron- until 1172 were the next foStionTWd^ Th^

icled for the year 1137. The Empress Maud, were at Bindon in Doreetowfe tnd^ClW Ih^

daughter of Henry I and mother of Henry U. was in Cheshire. The A^ o^ ^iJrte &4e^