"An English medieval proverb said that if the abbot of Glastonbury married the abbess of Shaftesbury, their heir would have more land than the king of England."

"An English medieval proverb said that if the abbot of Glastonbury married the abbess of Shaftesbury, their heir would have more land than the king of England." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries