Note 53 — Chapter XII · SPEKE AND THE NILE QUEST
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Walter L’Espec, in the reign of Henry I., founded three abbeys,—Kirkham, Rivaulx, and Warden. In the thirteenth century the L’Especs altered the spelling of their name to Speke. One Speke lost property by faithfulness to Charles I.; another got into (and out of) trouble in the reign of Charles II. by advocating the claims to the succession of the Duke of Monmouth.