abbatial

Christian’s brother, Malchus, was elected to the abbatial office in his stead.

Close at hand, leaning against the northern wall of the aisle, is a detached fragment of stonework, once the arm of Northwold's abbatial chair which he brought with him from Bury St. Edmund's.

The Warden rules with abbatial power, though in greater matters he requires the consent of the Fellows, and is himself under the censorship of the Visitor, the Bishop of Winchester, who, however, rarely interposed.

To manuscript Number 8, dated the year 737 of our era, an abbatial crosier was attached.

The abbatial residence, still existent, has a curious exterior pulpit built into the wall, examples of which are not too frequent in France.