Endowed by successive West Saxon kings , it grew in importance and wealth until its destruction by the Danes in the reign of King Alfred , and the sequestration of its estates by Alfred .
The monks had not made Alfred a sufficient requital for vanquishing their enemies .
Endowed by successive West Saxon kings , it grew in importance and wealth until its destruction by the Danes in the reign of King Alfred , and the sequestration of its estates by Alfred because the monks had not made him a sufficient requital for vanquishing their enemies .