Henry of Blois, often known as Henry of Winchester, was Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey from 1126, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129 to his death.
Contemporary plaque showing Henry of Blois, now in the British Museum, c. 1150
Henry of Blois depicted with acrosier and a ring
Hospital of St Cross founded in the 1130s by Bishop Henry
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.
Glastonbury Abbey church ruin seen from the east end of the apse
St. Edgar's and St. Mary's Chapels, Glastonbury Abbey, c. 1860, by Frank M Good
One of the earliest surviving manuscripts, now at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, telling that Dunstan the abbot gave orders for the writing of this book
Photochrom image taken around 1900, showing the unrestored interior of the Lady Chapel