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The medieval embroiderers most likely worked together at Barking Abbey to create the tapestry. It had become the second-richest abbey in the country after securing royal patronage from King Edgar in the 970s, and as the king had the right to choose the abbess of Barking himself, a sequence of queens and royal women had held the position, including the wives of Henry I and King Stephen.
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
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