A social history of England.

Hardcover, illustrated dj, 448 pp. Index. Illustrations & maps in BW & colour. Note LT: the dissolution of the monasteries (1536 and 1538-1540) enriched the Crown (Henry VIII) but much of the land was sold to the already landed gentry (162-164).
See the map of Ecclesiastical England in 1450 with the important manasteries and abbeys (p. 139) - kloosterkaart.