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  • Thumbnail for St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin
    Anglo-Normans in the 12th century, which gave it jurisdiction over its lands. The abbey was founded by the Irish king Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid (died...
    14 KB (1,367 words) - 09:01, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Malmesbury Abbey
    its lands, to William Stumpe, a rich merchant. He returned the abbey church to the town for continuing use as a parish church, and filled the abbey buildings...
    24 KB (2,006 words) - 13:29, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reichenau Abbey
    under the control of the succeeding bishops, the abbey's significance dwindled. When the abbey lands were secularized (initially in 1757 and permanently...
    8 KB (759 words) - 14:29, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tithe
    all the lands, which, being in lay hands, do at present claim to be tithe-free: for, if a man can shew his lands to have been such abbey lands, and also...
    71 KB (8,635 words) - 15:45, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Basingwerk Abbey
    Order of Cistercians. It maintained significant lands in the English county of Derbyshire. The abbey was abandoned and its assets sold following the Dissolution...
    9 KB (868 words) - 21:15, 16 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Sénanque Abbey
    lay brothers were destroyed and the abbey was ransacked by Huguenots. At the French Revolution the abbey's lands were nationalized, the one remaining...
    6 KB (617 words) - 00:51, 22 September 2022
  • Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired...
    142 KB (12,785 words) - 14:43, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kilwinning Abbey
    Kilwinning, the abbey had revenues from thirteen other parish churches in Cunninghame, giving sixteen in all. The abbey also held lands at Monkcastle and...
    44 KB (6,218 words) - 17:42, 1 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Fountains Abbey
    Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-west...
    52 KB (5,711 words) - 22:28, 29 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ramsey Abbey
    all they. In 1540 the Crown sold the abbey lands to Sir Richard Williams (alias Cromwell). He used most of the abbey buildings as a source of stone for...
    16 KB (1,863 words) - 13:13, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Beauchief and Greenhill
    descendants of the original grantee possessing and residing upon the abbey-lands granted to their ancestor" From 1923 the house served as a school (De...
    18 KB (2,322 words) - 11:03, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Westminster Abbey
    Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England...
    127 KB (13,182 words) - 20:29, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dunure Castle
    Stewart, the succeeding lay Commendator of Crossraguel Abbey, over the ownership of some of the abbey lands and their rental income. The Earl's uncle was Quintin...
    13 KB (1,739 words) - 05:37, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dryburgh Abbey
    Beauchamp, the king allowed the abbey to take freely, timber from his forests for the building work. Hugh gave the lands of Dryburgh containing the forests...
    40 KB (5,347 words) - 09:29, 16 February 2024
  • built on Abbey lands. The first abbot was Benedict (alias Benoît). In 720, Duke Adalbert of Alsace, the brother of Saint Odile, built a new abbey for the...
    6 KB (734 words) - 20:54, 13 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia
    early in 1061, and was buried at Reims. This led Ælfgar to give to Reims Abbey lands in Staffordshire and Shropshire, which became the endowment for Lapley...
    5 KB (598 words) - 17:22, 16 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Barking Abbey
    As Barking Abbey was the closest to the bridges, the queen gave the abbey the responsibility for maintaining the bridges and donated lands as an endowment...
    30 KB (3,491 words) - 03:42, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Churwalden Abbey
    partially adopted in Churwalden. A Protestant vogt was appointed over the abbey, abbey lands were confiscated and the monastery was forbidden to accept novices...
    7 KB (691 words) - 11:34, 12 June 2022
  • Thumbnail for Bradwell Abbey
    railway split the Abbey lands, with Bradwell village to the east of the line and the Abbey to the west. Today, the small Bradwell Abbey district includes...
    8 KB (840 words) - 03:07, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Robertsbridge Abbey
    to its position, the Abbey lands suffered continually from the effects of the sea, and it was never rich or prominent. The abbey was eventually forcibly...
    3 KB (269 words) - 15:49, 22 March 2024
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