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of Mr. James Miilington, formerly a 

 draper, who lived in this place. It main- 

 tains twelve poor houfekeepers, (jingle 

 perfons) and a cnarity fchool, for twenty 

 bovs and twenty girls, all from the diftrict 

 of Frankwel, if fuch are to be found 

 there, and if not, thofe from the neareft 

 part of the parifh of St. Chad. 



Not far from the new Bridge, flood 

 the Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul, 

 founded in 1083, by Roger, Earl of 

 Shrewfbury, and his Countefs Adeliffa. 

 It's monks, were Benedi6lines from 

 Seez, in Normandy, and the Earl with 

 the permiffion of his lady, became him- 

 felf, one of the religious of his own ab- 

 bey. He endowed it largely and encou- 

 raged every one who held under him, 

 to do the fame ; he died in 1094, and 

 was interred here. Robert, the fourth 

 abbot, procured with infinite difficulty, 

 and enriched the abbey, with the rflics 



of 



