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Tradition says the weary pilgrims were welcomed to Glastonbury by King Arviragus, a first-century king of the Silurian dynasty in Britain. They began building huts for themselves on the island to which Arviragus gave them title. | Tradition says the weary pilgrims were welcomed to Glastonbury by King Arviragus, a first-century king of the Silurian dynasty in Britain. They began building huts for themselves on the island to which Arviragus gave them title. | ||
According to Hardyng’s ''Chronicle'' (a fifteenth-century document based on a much earlier work), Arviragus granted “twelve hides” of land—somewhere around 1,900 acres—tax-free to Joseph and his company in a place called Yniswitrin, a marshy tract later called the Isle of Avalon.<ref>Ibid., | According to Hardyng’s ''Chronicle'' (a fifteenth-century document based on a much earlier work), Arviragus granted “twelve hides” of land—somewhere around 1,900 acres—tax-free to Joseph and his company in a place called Yniswitrin, a marshy tract later called the Isle of Avalon.<ref>Ibid., pp. 39, 41.</ref> | ||
Partial confirmation of this royal charter was found in the official ''Domesday Book'', the record of a massive economic survey made for tax purposes by order of William the Conqueror in 1086. It says: | Partial confirmation of this royal charter was found in the official ''Domesday Book'', the record of a massive economic survey made for tax purposes by order of William the Conqueror in 1086. It says: | ||