Biddlesden Abbey
| Biddlesden Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Buckinghamshire |
| Coordinates: | 52 ° 3 '14 " N , 1 ° 4' 47" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
234 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1538 |
| Mother monastery | Garendon Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Biddlesden Abbey (Bitlesdenum) is a former Cistercian monk abbey in what is now Biddlesden in Buckinghamshire in England , around 18 km west of Milton Keynes and 5 km north-west of Brackley .
history
The monastery was founded in 1147 by Ernald de Bosco (Arnold de Bois), the Seneschal of the Earl of Leicester, as a daughter of Garendon Abbey , who was also buried in the monastery church, and thus belonged to the filiation of Cîteaux . In 1302 the abbey was placed under royal protection. The monastery always remained small and only housed 11 monks in 1535. At the time of the dissolution, his annual income was valued at £ 125. The monastery escaped the first wave of liquidation in 1536 and was only dissolved in 1538, first transferred to Thomas Lord Wriothesley and then bought by Sir Thomas Peckham, who had a manor built using parts of the monastery. The monastery church fell into disrepair. In 1731 the mansion was also demolished and a new one (Biddlesdon Park) was built by the Sayers family. The site is privately owned and not open to the public.
Buildings and plant
There are no remains of the monastery.
literature
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , p. 67.