Identifier: greaterabbeysofe01gasq (find matches)
Title: The greater abbeys of England
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929
Subjects: Abbeys
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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gging formore monks to be sent over to him. But the Abbot ofSavigny, remembering what had happened in othercases where monks had been sent from Savigny to Eng-land to begin new foundations, wrote to tell Peter andthe few he had with him how foolishly he had acted inbeginning the house at Wensleydale without previous con-sultation. The feelings of Peter were hurt, especially ashis abbot had declared his desire to get rid of the newplace altogether. In 1146 Roger, Abbot of Byland, hadto go over to Savigny to the General Chapter, and Peterbethought himself of entrusting a letter to his abbot toAbbot Rogers keeping. The whole question of the new foundation at Wens-leydale was raised in the second session of this Chapter,and by the advice of the abbots of Quarre and Neath,who were also at the meeting, it was agreed that the Ab-bot of Savigny should give the incipient house of Forsto the Abbey of Byland, the youngest daughter houseof Savigny in England, and the nearest to Wensleydale. (170)
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It. . § JERVAULX The Abbot of Quarre was instructed to carry out thisjudgment and to tell Peter and his companions that theymight either remain under the obedience of the Abbotof Byland of return to Savigny. If the place, however,was on inquiry found to be unable to support a com-munity, then it should be retained merely to furnish anadditional subsidy to the Abbot of Savigny. These alter-natives were put before Peter and his three companions,and after consideration and prayer they came before theAbbot of Quarre, and Peter acting as their spokesmansaid: Holy Father of Quarre, we have now sufEcientlydebated the business that has brought you here. I wishin the first place to inform you that I and my two com-panions, to whom originally this place was specially givenfor Gods service, have with all our bodies and soulspromoted its welfare and increased in substance. Now,indeed, blessed be the Most High! we have five carucatesof ploughland, forty cows with their calves, sixteen horseswith

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