and which very soon committed dreadful slaughter among them , during which the brave Harold and his two brothers were killed, also many noblemen and gentlemen of the first distinction.
Both armies fought with desperation : the conflict began at sunrise and was not terminated till night had enveloped all in darkness, when the number of slain was immense, particularly on the side of the English. In commemoration of the event, William the Conqueror shortly afterwards founded an ABBEY on the spot where the battle is said to have raged most fiercely, and filled it with Benedictine monks from MARMONTIER in NORMANDY, that continual prayers might be offered to the Almighty for the victory he had obtained, and for the souls of the brave men who were slain. A particular description of this abbey is given in another part of this work.
PRIORY.
At a short distance westward of the cliffs on which the Castle stands is a farm-house, built with the remains and on the scite of a Priory of -
