Event: Building construction/restoration, Church-adornmentBeorhtnoth 19.adorning Ely

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Description Abbot Beorhtnoth 19 sought to make [the church at Ely] resplendent with diverse ornaments. For he made statues of the blessed virgins and, at very great cost, overlaid them with gold and silver and jewels and set them up near the high altar, two to the right and two to the left.
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The same passage says that these were stripped of their covering in the surrender to King William.

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