Coggeshall Abbey
| Coggeshall Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Enclosure building, 13th century |
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| location |
 United Kingdom of England
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| Coordinates: | 51 ° 52 '18 " N , 0 ° 41' 29" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
263 |
| founding year | 1140 |
| Cistercian since | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1538 |
| Mother monastery | Savigny Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
Coggeshall Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in England . The remains of the monastery are around 600 meters from the center of the village of Coggeshall in Essex between Colchester and Braintree on the banks of the River Blackwater.
history
The monastery belonging to the Congregation of Savigny was donated to King Stephen and his wife Mathilda of Boulogne in 1140 . In 1147 it joined the Cistercian Order with the Congregation of Savigny, in which it belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The sixth abbot, Ralph von Coggeshall (1207-1218), wrote a multi-volume chronicle, Chronicon Anglicanum , et al. a. about the third crusade he took part in. In 1216, King John's army forced its way into the monastery and requisitioned 23 horses. Since 1250 the monastery has had the privilege of holding an eight-day fair on the Feast of Petri Chain Celebration, and since 1256 an additional Sunday market, which was later moved to Thursday. The abbey, which lived mainly from sheep breeding, was hit hard by the plague. In 1370 the monastery was very impoverished. It was looted during the peasant revolt in 1381. In 1538 the monastery was withdrawn from the Crown and then left to Sir Thomas Seymour . Restoration work took place in the second half of the 19th century. It is currently owned by the Brew family.
Plant and buildings
The complex originally corresponded to the Bernhardin plan (church with rectangular choir, transept, three-nave nave with eight bays, rebuilt in the 15th century; enclosure to the right (south) of the church). The southeast wing of the enclosure has been preserved, as has the one restored in 1896, formerly dedicated to St. 13th century gate chapel dedicated to Nicholas (Little Coggeshall Church), one of the earliest English brick buildings. In 1581 a mansion was built east of the east wing of the enclosure, the rest of the monastery buildings were quickly demolished. The layout of the facility can be accessed through tracks in the grass in dry weather.
literature
- Jane Greatorex: Coggeshall Abbey and Abbey Mill. Greatorex, Castle Hedingham (Essex) 1999, ISBN 0-9518543-4-8 ( Manors, Mills & Manuscripts ).
- Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Coggeshall. In: William Page, John Horace Round (Eds.): A History of the County of Essex. Volume 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1907, pp. 125–129 ( The Victoria History of the Counties of England ), online , with incomplete list of abbots.
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 117 f., With map.
