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Archaeologia Cantiana -  Vol. 94  1978  page 98
Excavations on the Site of Leeds Priory. Part 2 The Claustral Buildings and Other Remains  By P. J. Tester, continued.
   It has hitherto been difficult to imagine how, even with the worst possible administration, a debt of this magnitude - roughly four times the total annual income of the Priory - could have been incurred. Now, in the light of the  archaeological evidence, may we not conjecture with some plausibility that it represents money borrowed to pay for the building work, which had proved beyond the ordinary resources of the house?

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