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 of John of Britany, Earl of Richmond, and his niece Mary Countess of Pembroke. It was 300 feet long, 89 feet wide, and 64 feet high. All the columns and the pavement were of marble. This church was completed in 1327, having been twenty-one years in building. It suffered considerable injury from a storm in the year 1343, and was then restored by the king, from regard to the memory of his mother.