GLASTONBURY ABBEY. 107 
Herlewyn, who seems to have devoted himself 
to the good of the community over which he 
presided, laid the foundation of a new church, 
which was completed by the munificent exer- 
tions of Henry de Blois, brother to king Stephen, 
to whose proficieney in architectural science, 
the churches of St. Cross, Romsey, and others, 
still bear witness; but his church at Glaston- 
bury, with the exception of the tower, was, together 
with the greater part of the monastery, destroyed 
by fire a.o. 1185, only fourteen years after his 
death. The munificence of Henry II, and the 
exertion of the monks, however, shortly repaired 
this misfortune; the king immediately sent his 
chamberlain, Ralph Fitz-Stephen, to examine the 
ruins, and to take the necessary steps for re-building 
the church and monastery; and so expeditiously and 
well was this done, that though the work which 
had been stopped at the death of Henry, was not 
completed till a.o. 1193, 5. Richard I, the new 
church of St. Mary was dedicated by Reginald, 
Bishop of Bath, on the feast of St. Barnabas, 
A.D. 1186. 
The next event worthy of notice, which is to 
be found in Dugdale, is the investment of the 
abbot, Henry de Soliaco, or De Swansey, about the 
year 1189, with the privilege of using the mitre, 
ring, gloves, dalmatic, tunic, and sandals, and of 
blessing the sacerdotal vestments, which he obtained 
from Pope Celestine; but upon the elevation of this 
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