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The Fate of Many a Record: Destruction of The Abbey of Croyland, 1091 A.D.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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“Our plumber, being employed in the tower of the church about the repairs of the roof, and not extinguishing his fire in the evening, but fatally and most foolishly covering it with ashes, that he might the more readily set to work in the morning, went down to supper; and when, after supper, all our servants had gone to bed, a strong wind rising from the north speedily brought on our great calamity.

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Business History Review , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1926 , pp. 13 - 14
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1926

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