Hard case of disbanded nuns-Number of convents-Good repute of the English nuns-Some convents purchased a temporary respite from destruction-Many reduced to a state of destitu- tion-Injunctions for Synningthwaite convent in 1534-Con-
Pre-eminence of Glastonbury-High position of abbot Whiting- The oath of supremacy-Royal visitation of Glastonbury- Last glimpse of abbot Whiting at Glastonbury-Greater