Chapter I: A Window in the Nave 9

II. A Novice from Essex 14
III. A Man of Affairs 21
IV. A Proctor at Rome 30
V. An Archdeacon 41
VI. Abbot of Westminster 52
VII. The Abbot at Home 60
VIII. The Abbot Abroad 73

NOTE

Having had the honour of an invitation to deliver in May last a "Friday Evening Discourse" at the Royal Institution on the Archives of Westminster Abbey, I thought it best to confine what I could say within an hour to the career of a single man, preferably one whose record had not hitherto been written. I have here expanded the lecture to some extent, and have added references. I am indebted to Mr. David Weller, the Dean's Virger, for some excellent pictures.

E. H. P.

3, Little Cloisters,
_September, 1915._

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Abbot Colchester _Frontispiece_
The Kitchener's Account for Pancakes 28
Chambers in Little Cloisters 48
The Personal Effects of Abbot Litlington 54
Abbot Colchester's Seal 74
Coronation of Henry V. 80

WILLIAM DE COLCHESTER