Westminster Abbey he inflicted on most English abbeys during this period. Westminster diocese was dissolved in 1550, but the abbey was recognised (in 1552, retroactively to 1550) as a second cathedral of the Diocese of London until 1556. The already-old expression "robbing Peter to pay Paul" may have been given a new lease of life when money meant for the abbey, which is dedicated to Saint Peter, was diverted to the treasury of St Paul's Cathedral. The abbey was restored to the Benedictines under the Catholic Mary I of England, but they were again ejected under Elizabeth I in 1559. In 1560,
Saint-Amand Abbey "Annales sancti Amandi", a set of annals of the Frankish kingdom, also originate from Saint-Amand. The abbey was declared national property in 1789, and mostly demolished between 1797 and 1820. The former courthouse ("échevinage") and the exuberantly decorated church tower, which now accommodates a faience museum, survive and can still be visited. Saint-Amand Abbey Saint-Amand Abbey ("Abbaye de Saint-Amand"), once known as Elno, Elnon or Elnone Abbey, is a former Benedictine abbey in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Nord, France. The abbey was founded sometime in the 630s in what was once a great tract of uninhabited land in the Vicoigne Forest between the