BIB_ID
127601
Accession number
MA 548
Creator
Pole, Reginald, 1500-1558.
Display Date
1557 Feb. 18.
Description
1 item (1 p.) : on vellum
Notes
One of a series of seven documents dating 1538-1584 which regularized the relations of Twysden with church and state.
Summary
To grant pardon and absolution to Thomas Twysden, alias Bede, for having broken his monastic vows by acquiring property and lands following the dissolution of his monastery (Battle Abbey). Thomas is permitted to remain a secular and to retain his property on condition of bequeathing it for religious uses.
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