TREATY

OF, A ai 4 | concluded by Henry ITI. in 1259, by whi he surrendered his claims to aan Nor- |. mandy, and other provinces, to Louis LX. | of France. ABBEY, = monastery of the highest rank ruled by an abbot or abbe . A. church arp brian the nucleus of the | abbey, and to it a group of buildings, with cloisters, containing a refectory or dining ball and dormitories or sleeping places. There were also guest-rooms for) the reception of travellers and pilgrims, | and an almonry where the poor were re- | lieved. At the back were a granary, a) laundry, a bakehouse, a brew-house, an | infirmary, and sometimes a mill, with workshops for smiths, wrights, shoemakers, wearers, etc. The most famous abbeys in| Bogland were Westminster, St. Mary’s of || York, Fountains, Kirks tall, ‘Tintern, |: Clairvaux, Netley, and St. Albans. ABBOT, [s. 33]