The bulletin

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Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880-1984
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Vol. 72 No. 3719 (23 May 1951)
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The Bulletin  

•The Bulletin,” Vol. 72—No. 3719  

Wednesday, May 23,1951  

Price 9d.  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney. RS.W„ Australia, tor Transmission by Post as Newspaper.  

Jeppelts  

BATTLE ABBEY COMMEMORATES THE FATEFUL DAYS OF 1066  

THE tide of English history was turned on the green fields where Battle  

Abbey now stands, for, in 1066, it' was here that the fateful battle was  

fought between the Norman invaders under William the Conqueror and the  

forces of Harold, the Saxon king.  

William vowed that “If victory is granted to me in this battle will found  

an. abbey here for the salvation of the souls of all who fall in the engagement.  

Victory hung in the balance for full twelve hours, but finally the Saxons  

broke their ranks to chase the Normans, and fell into trap; Harold received  

the fatal arrow in his eye, and William’s battle was won on the field of  

Senlac. In later years the Norman name of “Senlac” disappeared, and the  

battle is universally known as the Battle of Hastings, although that town is  

seven miles away.  

True to his vow, William founded great Abbey, which rose in all its  

splendour upon the spot where King Harold fell; massive quadrangular  

edifice enclosed by circular wall nine miles long. Sixty Benedictine monks  

from Normandy, under their Abbot, appointed in 1076, formed the nucleus.  

William died before the building was completed, but his son, William Rufus,  

presided over the consecration in 1094, and presented the Abbey with his  

father’s coronation robes and the sword lie had carried in battle, together  

with the battle roll of the knights who had fought by his side.  

Battle soon became one of the wealthiest abbeys in Britain, and among  

its many privileges it had one which allowed its abbots to sit in Parliament.  

At the Dissolution in 1539 the Abbey and manor of Battle were granted to  

Sir Anthony Browne, who destroyed the church and cloisters and converted  

the Abbots’ lodging into dwelling-house. It was upon him that the last  

monk of Battle Abbey laid curse that the family who had despoiled the  

abbey should end by fire and water. This curse is said to have been fulfilled  

in 1793, when the eighth Browne in succession was drowned and the family  

home at Cowdray was destroyed by fire.  

The abbey as family mansion has changed hands many times, and is  

now well-known school for girls—a worthy memorial marking the site of  

the greatest battle in early English history.  

ROYAL PURPLE PARA  

PRODUCT OF THE  

HOUSE OF SEPPELT  

B. SEPPELT SONS LTD.  

ADELAIDE SYDNEY MELBOURNE BRISBANE FREMANTLE AND BROKEN HILL ALSO AT 88 CANNON STREET LONDON E.C.4  

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