The monastery had 100 monks, exclusive of the abbot and dignitaries. Traditionally each monastery was autonomous, with authority resting on each respective abbot. She befriends several monks, including the Grand Abbot. He often rewarded these men with the titles of bishop and abbot. The church was named after St Botolph, an English abbot and saint. Then-headmaster Theodore Sizer of Phillips and Donald Gordon of Abbot oversaw the merger. Each Benedictine house is independent and governed by an abbot. At Harvard, he began lifelong friendships with Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Chauncey Wright, and William James. Redfern was born in Newton Abbot, Devon. Navarrese ecclesiastics were prevented from rising to the position of abbot or above. It states that the Abbot of Chertsey held the manor. Morris lives in Newton Abbot and London. Seung Sahn was a temple abbot in Seoul. Stopping GWR services run to Exmouth via Newton Abbot and Exeter. The book is set in the fictional village of King's Abbot, England.