Waltham Abbey
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
Waltham Abbey was founded in 1030. Harold Godwinson (later<br> King Harold II) rebuilt, refounded and richly endowed the<br> church in 1060. He stopped to pray at Waltham on his way to<br> fight William of Normandy. After the battle, Harold's corpse<br> is said to have been brought back to the abbey and buried there.<br> In about 1120 Harold's work was demolished and a new church<br> with crossing tower and transepts was built in the Norman style.<br> In 1177 the abbey was re-founded once more, this time as an<br> Augustinian foundation, by Henry II as part of his penance for the<br> murder of Thomas Becket.<br> "Waltham Abbey" is also known as “Waltom Abbey”, “Walton Abbey” and “My Lady's Courant”.<br> The melody appears first in print in The Dancing Master, second part,<br> 9th edition (1698) and in all subsequent editions the 18th edition (1728).<br> It was also published by John Walsh in the first and subsequent editions of his<br> Complete Country Dancing Master (1718, 1731 & 1754). London musician<br> Thomas Hammersley included it in his 1790 copybook, giving the title as<br> “Devil in the Bush,” with “Walton Abbey” as an alternate title.<br>
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