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Excerpt from A Descriptive History of the Town of Evesham, From the Foundation of Its Saxon Monastery: With Notices Respecting the Ancient Deanery of the Vale
In acknowledging the aid which has been most obligingly given him while preparing the former as well as present edition of the work, he has much pleasure in tendering his thanks to Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart, to whose ample library he has had frequent access to the Rev. Dr. Bandinel, keeper of the Bodleian Library, for ex tracts liberally furnished from manuscripts under his charge; to John Britton, esq., for frequent and friendly communication; to Edward Budge, esq., for access to many interesting relics discovered during that gentleman's recent excavations upon the abbey site; to J M. G. Cheek, esq., for introduction to a multitude of original documents and the use of his valuable topographical library; to Dr. Beale Cooper for statistical statements and the obliging loan of valuable books; to William Byrch, esq., for free access to his ample law library; to the Rev. H. B. Whiting, for assistance in the perusal of intricate portions of the conventual manuscripts to the Rev. C. H. Cox, for personal assistance in procuring extracts from Oxford; to Benjamin Workman, esq., for abstracts from documents relating particularly to Bengeworth and to Mr. J ohn Gibbs, of O?'enham, for his friendly information and assistance while inspecting different portions of the Vale.
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