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In the meantime our precious vestments were put our of the way, while our jewels, and silver vessels, together with our charters and muniments, were, all of them, hidden and secured within the walls.<\/p>\n<p>Croyland Chronicle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 id=\"the-wars-of-the-roses\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-history\/wars-of-the-roses\/\">The Wars of the Roses<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"key-individuals\"><a class=\"yoast-link-suggestion__value\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-history\/wars-of-the-roses\/causes-of-the-wars-of-the-roses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Causes of the Wars of the Roses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-history\/wars-of-the-roses\/battles-in-the-wars-of-the-roses\/\">Battles of the Wars of the Roses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-history\/wars-of-the-roses\/personalities-of-the-wars-of-the-roses\/\">Personalities of the Wars of the Roses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-history\/wars-of-the-roses\/women-in-the-cousins-war\/\">Women in the Wars of the Roses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/infographic-war-roses\/\">Timeline of the Wars of the Roses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/what-happened-in-the-war-of-the-roses\/\">Infographic: Key Facts on the Wars of the Roses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/british-history\/wars-of-the-roses\/primary-and-secondary-sources\/\">Primary and Secondary Sources on the Wars of the Roses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a class=\"yoast-link-suggestion__value\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/nathen-amin-the-rise-of-the-beauforts-and-tudor-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathen Amin \u2013 the Rise of the Beaufort\u2019s and Tudor England<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fact too, in especial gave us additional ground for apprehension, that numbers of persons who lived in the country, being desirous to provide for the safety of themselves and their sacred things, had fled with the utmost speed to this island, as their sole place of refuge. 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