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This monastery on the banks of the River Tyne was the home of scholar and author The Venerable Bede
It was founded by St Benedict Biscop in 681
Its famous library, where Bede wrote, was founded by Benedict with relics and books from Rome
23 April, 1248
Order of the Garter insituted
Edward III's famous order of chivarly modelled after a similar French chivalric order of knights
This king was killed while a prisoner at the Tower of London in 1471
He suffered bouts of mental illness throughout his reign
He was followed to the throne by Edward IV