Matthew Paris, Gesta Abbatum, vol i., p. 217: non procul a vinculo qui "Stodham" dicitur, ex mediocri prosapia oriundus. A partial translation/summary is given by Henry Chauncy in his Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire (1700), p.263 See also William Page, ed. (1914), A History of the County of Hertford: volume 4, Religious Houses (Victoria County History series), pp. 372-416.
Matthew Paris, Gesta Abbatum, vol i., p. 217. Apparently, the abbot was a judex urinarum incomparabilis (vol i., p. 246.)
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Matthew Paris, Gesta Abbatum, vol i., p. 217: non procul a vinculo qui "Stodham" dicitur, ex mediocri prosapia oriundus. A partial translation/summary is given by Henry Chauncy in his Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire (1700), p.263 See also William Page, ed. (1914), A History of the County of Hertford: volume 4, Religious Houses (Victoria County History series), pp. 372-416.
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Matthew Paris, Gesta Abbatum, vol i., p. 217: non procul a vinculo qui "Stodham" dicitur, ex mediocri prosapia oriundus. A partial translation/summary is given by Henry Chauncy in his Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire (1700), p.263 See also William Page, ed. (1914), A History of the County of Hertford: volume 4, Religious Houses (Victoria County History series), pp. 372-416.