 | Robert Charles Hope - 1893 - 264 pàgines
...Holy Well. The priests belonging to the Priory of Clerkenwell using to attend there, made the people believe that the virtues of the water proceeded from the efficacy of their prayers. But upon the Reformation the well was stopped up." — {Antiquary, xiii. 108.) ISLINGTON : ISLINGTON... | |
 | Clement Scott - 1899 - 650 pàgines
...order, as was alleged, to check the impositions of the priests of the Priory of St. John of Jerusalem, who extorted money from the people by making them...proceeded from the efficacy of their prayers. The well being closed, the place declined, the amusements ceased, and the virtue of the waters grew out... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1801 - 474 pàgines
...Holy- well. The priests, belonging to the priory of Clerkenwell using to attend there, made the people believe that the virtues of the water proceeded from the efficacy of their prayers ; but at the Reformation the well was stopped, upon the supposition that the frequenting of it was... | |
 | 1886 - 660 pàgines
...Holywell. The priests belonging to the Priory of Clerkenwell using to attend there made the people believe that the virtues of the water proceeded from the efficacy of their prayers ; but at the Reformation the well was stopped upon the supposition that the frequenting of it was altogether... | |
 | EDWARD LEDGER - 1871 - 364 pàgines
...order, as was alleged, to check the impositions of the priests of the Priory of St. John of Jerusalem, who extorted money from the people by making them...proceeded from the efficacy of their prayers. The well being closed, the place declined, the amusements ceased, and the virtue of the waters grew out... | |
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The priests belonging to the priory of Clerkenwell using to attend there, made the people believe that the virtues of the water proceeded from the efficacy of their prayers ; but... 
