FRENCH CLUB
_e _ "L'Abbaye de Foutevrault" was the title of a very oharming lecture given by Madame 0. R. Bendall at the weekly meeting of the French Club, at which Mr. Stuart Menteath presided. The abbey was founded by Robert of Arbissel about 1100, but has been, since 1804, utilised and abused as a house of detention for convicts. The chapel in the south transept of the church contains the effigies of Henry II of England and his wife, Eleanor of Guieiine, also those of Richard I of England, and Isabella of Angouleme, wife of John of England. Tho history of the abbey is of absorbing interest, and was told in a delightful manner by Madame Bendall, who, at the conclusion of the lecture, was accorded a very nearty vote of thanks.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2267, 29 September 1914, Page 9
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132FRENCH CLUB Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2267, 29 September 1914, Page 9
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