In 1539, Glastonbury Abbey, one of the great holy houses in England, was ordered suppressed by King Henry VIII. One of the largest and richest monasteries in the country, Glastonbury was the site of the tomb of King Arthur and it attracted tens of thousands of pilgrims every year to worship and visit the shrine of the great legendary king. But when the king sent his soldiers to destroy the tomb and despoil the abbey, when they arrived at Glastonbury,...