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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
Were records kept in the UK of monastic dissolution? Does anyone know if these
still exist and have been investigated, if only to see if the total weight of
bell metal removed from buildings?<br>
<br>
Bill H<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes there are records.  Monasteries were
surveyed before their dissolution and an inventory made of their goods and
land.  There are often references to the amount of lead and bell metal removed
and where a monastic church became a parish church it sometimes possible to
make comparisons with the Edward VI surveys of around 1553.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dugdales ‘Monasticon’ is one
source of information, Victorian county History Society proceedings are
another, but take care here; the transcriptions may not be accurate.  If you
can get the original document do so.  The PRO at Kew has on-line catalogues and
you can order copies on line.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Anne<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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