Excerpt from St. Mary's, Hurley, in the Middle Ages: Based on Hurley Charters and Deeds Gilbert succeeded Vitalis, who died on June lgth, 1085, as Abbot of Westminster, and he held office at the Abbey for thirty-two years, dying on December 6th, 1117 so that it is certain that the date of the charter was subsequent to June lgth, 1085. Domesday was probably commenced about 1085 and finished about 1086. The exact date is as uncertain as it is wholly immaterial but, whatever its precise date, the Survey contains no allusion to the existence of a monastery at Hurley. But the date we are in quest of can be modified very much more closely, since the charter was certainly executed before the death of William I, which occurred on September 9th, 1087. Our founder tells us in the charter that he has made his gifts as free and as clear of disturbance as when my Lord the King gave and granted them to me. We may there fore fix with tolerable certainty upon the year 1086 or 1087 as the date at which Hurley history, so far as we know of it, commenced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.