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    Henry Abbey (July 11, 1842 – June 7, 1911) was an American poet who is best remembered for the poem, "What do we plant when we plant a tree?" He is also...
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    Westminster Abbey continued to be used as a coronation site, but after Edward the Confessor, no monarchs were buried there until Henry III began to rebuild...
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    Henry Eugene Abbey (June 27, 1846 – October 17, 1896) was an American theatre manager and producer. Henry E. Abbey was born in Akron, Ohio on June 27,...
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    for a few weeks at their home, Northanger Abbey. Once at Northanger Abbey, Catherine and Eleanor Tilney, Henry's and Frederick's younger sister, get to know...
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    The Henry VII Lady Chapel, now more often known just as the Henry VII Chapel, is a large Lady chapel at the far eastern end of Westminster Abbey, England...
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    of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. The abbey and its possessions were confiscated by the crown under Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries...
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    in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years, becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539...
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  • American statistician Henry Abbey (1842–1911), American poet Henry Eugene Abbey (1846–1896), theatre manager and producer Jeffrey Abbey (born 1998), American...
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    Domesday Book was commissioned, Glastonbury Abbey was the richest monastery in the country. About 1125, the abbot Henry of Blois commissioned a history of Glastonbury...
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  • figures were buried in the abbey that the writer William Morris called it a "National Valhalla". Henry III rebuilt Westminster Abbey in honour of the Royal...
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  • Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired...
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    The area where the Abbey is located was then part of what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire. The king of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor...
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    on his intention. In 1015 the golden age of Memleben Abbey ended. On his accession in 1002, Henry II, the successor of Otto III, initially had confirmed...
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    Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for...
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    the Monasteries ordered by King Henry VIII, is in the Yorkshire Dales, which lies next to the village of Bolton Abbey. The estate is open to visitors...
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    An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings...
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    between 1787 and 1790 was directed by Henry Holland. Visiting Woburn Abbey in March 1939, the MP and diarist Henry Channon described the well-kept-up "feudal...
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  • Downton Abbey is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Michael Engler from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, based on the television series of the same...
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    monasteries in the mid-16th century, Henry VIII sold the abbey to Sir William Sharington for £783. He demolished the abbey church, using the stone to extend...
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    mausoleum holds the bodies of Margaret Henry, Mitchell Henry and a great-grandnephew. The Abbey remained in Henry's estate after he returned to England....
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    2016). "Henry VIII's Lost Sister: Elizabeth Tudor". The Tudor Society. Retrieved 19 June 2020. "Elizabeth daughter of Henry VII". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved...
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    Louis the Younger placed the abbey under the protection of the Empire, which gave it extensive independence. In 919 King Henry the Fowler, a grandson of...
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  • herself the object of Henry Tilney's and John Thorpe's (William Beck) affections. When she is asked to stay at Northanger Abbey, Catherine's youthful...
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    her new husband and was crowned queen in Westminster Abbey on 23 February 1421. In June 1421, Henry returned to France to continue his military campaigns...
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    Henry VIII. The picturesque ruins have been drawn and painted by artists such as J. M. W. Turner, Thomas Girtin and John Sell Cotman. Kirkstall Abbey...
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    Frankish King Henry the Fowler, as his memorial. For many centuries it and its abbesses enjoyed great prestige and influence. Quedlinburg Abbey was an Imperial...
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    Battle Abbey is a partially ruined Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated...
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    recorded as having endured poverty and famine. The abbey was suppressed in 1536 as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. Subsequently...
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    1526 Sir John Byron of Colwick in Nottinghamshire was granted Newstead Abbey by Henry VIII of England on 26 May 1540 and started its conversion into a country...
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    his coronation, which took place in Westminster Abbey on 30 October 1485. After his coronation Henry issued an edict that any gentleman who swore fealty...
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