Reading Abbey was one of England greatest Benedictine houses, burial place of King Henry I. Abbot Cook was the third of the three abbots executed in November 1539. He was hanged drawn and quartered at Reading outside his abbey in the presence of his monks. The triple executions of the three abbots on the same day was the most extreme act of force during the dissolution and ended organised monastic resistance.
Abbot Cook executed
Royal commission under Cromwell
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