THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES

AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE SUPPRESSION OF THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES OF STAFFORDSHIRE

BY

FRANCIS AIDAN HIBBERT, M.A.

OF ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

THIRLWALL AND SEATONIAN PRIZES IN THE UNIVERSITY;

AUTHOR OF “THE INFLUENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH GILDS,” “MONASTICISM IN STAFFORDSHIRE,” ETC.

HEADMASTER OF DENSTONE

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD. NO. 1 AMEN CORNER, E.C. 1910

Printed by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, Bath and New York 1910