Note 422 — Chapter XI
Reading edition
MS. Cod. Nero, D. vii. fo. 28 a. He "enlarged the abbot's study," fo. 29, which most monasteries possessed. Whethamstede had a study also at his manor at Tittinhanger, and had inscribed on it these lines:
"Ipse Johannis amor Whethamstede ubique proclamor Ejus et alter honor hic lucis in auge reponer."
See also MS. Cot. Claud. D. i. fo. 157, for an account of his many donations.