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	Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Wilton \| British History Online
		Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Wilton
		In 1277 the abbey was assessed at I knight, (fn.
		That the psalter was written for Wilton is proved by the prayers in the Litany for the abbess and congregation of the Church of St.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=36533 (8286 words)

	Wilton Abbey
		Wilton is best known as the home of St. Edith, the child of a "handfast" union between Edgar, King of the English (944-75), and Wulfrid, a lady wearing the veil though not a nun, whom he carried off from Wilton probably in 961.
		She built the Church of St. Denis at Wilton, which was consecrated by St. Dunstan, and died shortly afterwards at the age of twenty-three (984).
		Edith became the chief patron of Wilton, and is sometimes said to have been abbess.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/w/wilton_abbey.html (403 words)

	Wilton House Information
		Wilton House is an English country house situated at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
		However, by the time Wilton Abbey was dissolved during the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII of England, its prosperity was already on the wane — following the seizure of the abbey King Henry then presented it and the estates to William Herbert (c.1544).
		Hence the granting of an estate such as the Abbey of Wilton was the final accolade and proof of his position at court.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Wilton_House (3390 words)

	Wilton House
		However, by the time the Abbey was dissolved during the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII of England, its prosperity was already on the wane – following the seizure of the abbey King Henry then presented it and the estates to William Herbert (c.1544).
		Wilton Windmill, a windmill near Grafton in the county of Wiltshire.
		Wilton (town), New Hampshire I havn't a clue what a CDP is, and looking at the articles behind the links just confused me more, as all four articles said they were about towns; the only reference to CDP was as a disambiguator in the titles.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/230/wilton-house.html (2287 words)

	Elfinspell: Wilton Abbey and Wilton House, by John Timbs from Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales, ...
		Wilton, three miles north-west of Salisbury, is a place of great antiquity, and gave name to the county, which is called, in the Saxon Chronicle, Wiltunscire.
		Wilton was the occasional residence of the West Saxon Kings; and an Abbey for nuns, which was originally, or soon after became of the Benedictine order, existed here at an early period, to which Alfred and his successors, Edward the Elder, Athelstan, Edmund, Edred, and Edgar, were great benefactors.
		Wilton was plundered and burnt by the Danish King, Sweyn, in the reign of Ethelred II.
	www.elfinspell.com /TimbsWilton.html (531 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wilton Abbey
		Dunstan, and died shortly afterwards at the age of twenty-three (984).
		Wilton, and is sometimes said to have been abbess.
		Wilton, rebuilt in stone the monastery which had formerly been of wood.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15647b.htm (376 words)

	Wiltshire County Council - Wiltshire Community History Get Community Information
		Wilton itself was established as a royal seat of the Kingdom of Wessex by the 9th century, although after the Danish wars of King Alfred the seat moved permanently to Winchester.
		Wilton itself was a borough with a fairly important Wiltshire mint, being one of the earliest in the county and not finally closing until 1250.
		Wilton suffered during the Anarchy Period as it was being fortified by King Stephen and his army when, on 1st July 1143, a force of the Empress Maud, under Robert of Gloucester, surprised them.
	www.wiltshire.gov.uk /community/getcom.php?id=246 (3483 words)

	Ancient Wilton
		Wilton Abbey was of great importance at this time and this became one of the foremost religious foundations of England.
		A boost to the Wilton economy was granted in the form of a new sheep fair in 1433 and the wool trade that resulted.
		In the next century the Wilton Abbey was closed and handed over to Henry Vlll during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and much of the estate granted to Sir William Herbert who became Earl of Pembroke in 1551.
	www.wiltshiretouristguide.com /Articles/Article_33.asp (874 words)

	Wilton Abbey
		Her feast is on 16 Sep. St. Edith became the chief patron of Wilton, and is sometimes said to have been abbess.
		The chief effect on Wilton was the confiscation and closure of the Abbey on 25 Mar 1539.
		The Abbey of Wilton was no exception; there had been scandals at various times in the past, and King Henry is on record as having made a number of accusations against the Abbess, Isabella Jordan, sister of Agnes, the Abbess of Syon.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/wilton_abbey.htm (940 words)

	Wilton: Mints, Saints and Carpets
		Wilton is first mentioned in 802 as Wilsaete, and later as Wiltunscir (Wilton-shire), but probably existed as a town or village since at least the middle of the 8th century.
		Wilton's Church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas, also known as the Italianate Church, was built between 1841 and 1845 to replace the original medieval parish church that was falling into decay.
		Wilton House stands on the site of Wilton Abbey, which was founded as an Anglo-Saxon nunnery in 773 and became a Benedictine abbey in the 13th century.
	www.timetravel-britain.com /07/April/wilton.shtml (2694 words)

	Wilton Abbey Information
		Wilton Abbey was a Benedictine convent in Wiltshire, England, three miles from Salisbury on the site now occupied by Wilton House.
		Wilton is best known as the home of Saint Edith, the child of a "handfast" union between Edgar, King of the English (944-75), and Wulfrid or Wulfthryth, a lady wearing the veil though not a nun, whom he carried off from Wilton, probably in 961.
		She built the Church of Saint Denis at Wilton, which was consecrated by Saint Dunstan, and died shortly afterwards at the age of twenty-three (984).
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Wilton_Abbey (428 words)

	Dissolution of the monasteries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		One of the richest monasteries in the land was the Benedictine nunnery at Wilton Abbey.
		Wilton Abbey was obviously a sitting target for a cash strapped monarch.
		The original Wilton House, using much stone from the ruined Abbey, was completed around 1550 and has remained in the Herbert family ever since.
	www.fovanthistory.org /dissolution.html (278 words)

	Pewsey and Swanborough Team
		The Abbess of Wilton holds the manor until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
		Henry III accuses the Abbess of Wilton of assarting 19 acres of woodland in the Royal Forest in the tithing of Rainscombe (near Oare).
		The church was attested to the convent church of Wilton as a prebend.
	www.pewswan.org.uk /timelinennchurch.php (1252 words)

	Hospitals: St Mary Magdalene, Wilton \| British History Online
		An English poem written at Wilton about 1420 refers to this hospital as then already established for twelve poor bedesmen to pray for the soul of St. Edith, the patron saint of Wilton Abbey.
		A chantry chapel of St. Mary Magdalene within the abbey, and its chaplain, Martin of Bridecumbe, are mentioned in 1302, (fn.
		1271) was Abbess of Wilton and John of Langport her steward, the abbess and convent granted to the brethren and sisters the reversion of a house in Wilton, opposite St. Edith's fountain.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=36569 (924 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Wilton House
		The granting of an estate such as the Abbey of Wilton to Herbert was an accolade and evidence of his position at court.
		The architecture of the south front is in severe Palladian style, described at the time as in the 'Italian Style'; built of the local stone, softened by climbing shrubs, it is quintessentially English to our eyes today.
		Wilton is not the largest house in England by any means: compared to Blenheim Palace, Chatsworth, Hatfield and Burghley House it is relatively small.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Wilton_House (3386 words)

	Abbey Station
		The Abbey is very upfront about some of their policies so there are should be no surprises down the road (i.e.
		It was finally decided to split the road at Wilton, extend the main line to Iowa City and to build a branch to Muscatine.
		Iowa Citians, fearful that the railroad might not reach their town, then the capitol of the state, decided to post a $50,000 bonus to the builders if the line was finished and a train run into the station on or before midnight December 31, 1855.
	www.theabbeyhotel.com /Abbey_Station.html (2861 words)

	Wilton House
		Wilton House, the S facade (facing the bridge and the river)
		Wilton House, the E facade (containing the oldest part, the Clock Tower)
		Wilton House, the N facade (the modern entrance)
	humphrysfamilytree.com /Herbert/wilton.html (328 words)

	A NUN’S LIFE:
		Barking Abbey’s history spanned more than eight centuries, and to understand the workings of daily life at the end of that history it is necessary to know something of the abbey’s early life and traditions.
		In the late-tenth century, the abbey was refounded by King Edgar, who appointed as abbess Wulfilda, a nun from Wilton Abbey, purportedly as reparation for advances he had made toward her which she had resisted.
		In the abbey’s late history, the nuns’ lives were spent fairly quietly in managing their temporal and spiritual duties.
	monasticmatrix.usc.edu /MatrixTextLibrary/Barnes_Barking.htm?PHPSESSID=20832643295aff57f4d0283676617385 (7316 words)

	William HERBERT (1° E. Pembroke)
		Abbey, Benedictine nuns, dissolved 1536], he pulled down Abbey, built first Wilton House 1540s; he also acquired the manors of Washern, Bulbridge and Ditchampton at about the same time.
		In Apr 1542 the abbey was among a number of properties in Wiltshire granted for life to Herbert and his wife; in Jan 1544 the life grant was converted into a freehold, inheritable in tail male, and at the same time the couple acquired the borough of Wilton.
		In Aug 1552 he was host to Edward at Wilton, and in May 1553, on the same day as Lady Jane Grey married Guildford Dudley, he concluded the marriage of his eldest son Henry to Lady Catherine Grey.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/WilliamHerbert(1EPembroke).htm (1167 words)

	Samples from a Mortuary Roll
		The third entry, from Hyde Abbey, is of similar character to the previous.
		The Abbey of St Mary at Winchester has employed something close to a Gothic textura book hand for their entry.
		With Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire we return to a calligraphic charter hand with rather curly elaborations and the backsloping d.
	medievalwriting.50megs.com /samples/mortroll.htm (547 words)

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		In 968 the Saxon King Edgar, gave 300 acres of land at Baverstock to the Abbey of Wilton.
		This came about when in 960 the king visited Wilton Abbey and was so taken with a young nun called Wulfthryth that he took her back to his manor house in Kent where a daughter, Edith, was born in 961.
		In 1551 Christopher Willoughby, (a nephew of Cecilia Willoughby, one of the last abbesses of Wilton before the dissolution of the monasteries) was the first lay patron of the church and is described as ‘Lord of the Manor of Baverstock’.
	www.nadderfocus.com /Baverstock/baverstock1.html (1572 words)

	Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg48.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		He was buried in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England (his tomb dates from the XVth Century).
		She was buried in Wilton Abbey, Winchester, England.
		She was buried in Nunnaminster Abbey, Winchester, England, after her canonization, her remains were removed to Pershore Abbey, Worcestersh.
	www.bradleyfoundation.org /Maite/marcus/tobg48.htm (696 words)

	Wilton House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Returning to England circa 1543, Herbert married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, who was the sister of King Henry's last Queen, Catherine Parr.
		The granting of an estate such as the Abbey of Wilton to Herbert was an accolade and evidence of his position at court.
		Herbert immediately began to transform the deserted abbey into a fine house and symbol of his wealth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilton_House (3403 words)

	Classic Sights - Wilton House
		Take time to uncover the secrets as you wander through the magnificent stately rooms, marvel at its architecture, fine paintings or be swept off your feet by the spectacular gardens.
		After the Dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII, the land was given to Williams Herbert 1st Earl in 1542.
		Wilton House has remained in the family and is still home to the Earl of Pembroke.
	www.classicsights.org /wiltonhouse.html (210 words)

	Wilton Baking
		Wilton, a place in the county of NorthYorkshire.
		Wilton is the name of several places in the United States :
		Wilton, a town (CDP) in the stateof New Hampshire.
	www.altvetmed.com /face/15540-wilton-baking.html (693 words)

	wilton cake pan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Wilton, North Yorkshire, a place in the county of North Yorkshire
		Wilton, Wiltshire, a town near Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire
		Wilton, a hamlet within Grafton parish in the county of Wiltshire
	16291-cake.82.microdiddy.com (671 words)

	Seals
		This example is unusual in that is probably represents the adoption by the abbey of the personal seal of a founder as its institutional seal.
		This seal is attached to a 13th century charter, but the seal matrix is believed to date from the 10th century and is the personal seal of Edith, who refounded and rebuilt the nunnery and may have been its abbess.
		Seal of Wilton Abbey from a 13th century charter (British Library, Harleian Charter 45 A36).
	medievalwriting.50megs.com /decoration/seal8.htm (601 words)

	St. Edith of Wilton
		The abbey included a school for the daughters of nobility and royalty, and it was here that Edgar met 16-year-old Wulfrith in 960.
		Subsequently, Edith and her mother Wulfrith acquired a major treasure for the Abbey: the Holy Nail of Treves, supposedly one of the nails from the Cross.
		She is credited with having healed Aelfgyva, abbess of Wilton from 1065 to 1067, of an eye infection, and it is thought that this event may be depicted in a rather cryptic panel of the Bayeaux Tapestry.
	www.timetravel-britain.com /07/April/edith.shtml (1256 words)

	Classic Sights - Glastonbury Abbey
		Steeped in mystery and history, Glastonbury Abbey attracts visitors from across the globe, who come to marvel at these romantic ruins.
		Traditionally the seat of Christianity in England; once visited by Joseph of Arimathea, his staff becoming the Holy Thorn tree that grows here and blossoms twice a year: and legendary burial place of King Arthur and his Queen Guinevere.
		These actors are able to offer a unique insight into the lives of those who lived and worked at the Abbey many centuries ago; usually they perform in the Abbots Kitchen where we are endeavouring to create an authentic medieval kitchen environment.
	www.classicsights.org /glastonburyabbey.html (302 words)

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