A compleat and authentick history of the town and abbey of Galstonbury ... To which is added, an accurate account of the properties and uses of the mineral waters there [etc.] ... / By a physician.

Physician, A.

Date:: [1751]

Credit: A compleat and authentick history of the town and abbey of Galstonbury ... To which is added, an accurate account of the properties and uses of the mineral waters there [etc.] ... / By a physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Sir William Dugdale, and fome of our bejl Antiquarians and Hifiorians. % rp HIS Abbey has been rebuilt feveral Times ; the Jl fir ft Time at the firft planting of Chrifiianity by St. Jofeph of Arimathea \ the fecond by St. David, Archbi- fhop of Menevia •, which being again run to Ruin, was railed up the third Time by twelve well affected Men in the North •, and in the Year 708, In a. King of the Weft Saxons, demolifhed all the old ruined Buildings, and built the Abbey quite new the fourth Time. One of the Cha¬ pels belonging to it, he garnifhed over with Gold and Sil¬ ver, and gave to it likewife Ornaments and Veffels of all Gold and Silver ; for the Gold (Plate) thereupon bellowed, amounted to 333 Pounds Weight, and the Silver (Plate) to two Thoufand eight Hundred and Thirty-five, befides the precious Gems embroidered in the celebrated Veft- ments. Stowe and the Martirologe make a great deal more of this Benefaction. Nor did this magnificent Prince Hop his bountiful Hand here *, for befides the Land he bellowed upon the Abbey, he confirmed to the Monks whatever had at any Time been given them by any of his Predeceffors and ftiles the Abbey in the Charter, Ec cleft a Britannia prim a, £s? Fons (A Origo totius Religionis^—Fhe firft Church of Britany, and the Fountain and Origin of all Religion. Moreover, he granted them very great Privileges and Exemptions from the Bifhop’s Authority, permitting the Monks to receive in the faid Monaftery, or any Chapels annexed to it, the Ec- clefiaftical Sacrament.from whatsoever Biffiop they fhould think fit, fo he were fuch a one as was conformable to the Church in the Celebration of Rafter ; which Charter (be¬ ing witneffed by Burthwald, Archbifhop or Canterbury, the then Metropolitan, by Daniel, Bilhop of tVinchefter, C $ For dr edus^$