Dieulacres Abbey
| Dieulacres Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Staffordshire |
| Coordinates: | 53 ° 7 '4 " N , 2 ° 2' 20" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
360 |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1538 |
| Mother monastery | Combermere Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Dieulacres Abbey (derived from the motto Dieu l'acreisse ) is a former Cistercian abbey in England . It was about two kilometers north of Leek in Staffordshire at Abbey Green near the River Churnet .
history
The monastery , which may have been founded in 1146 under Ranulf, Earl of Chester , was attacked in 1214 from Poulton in Cheshire (around 8 km south of Chester on the River Dee and immediately on the border with Wales) Wales moved to its current location. It was a daughter monastery of Combermere Abbey , a daughter monastery of the Savigny Monastery , which had joined the Cistercian Order in 1147 with the Congregation of Savigny. The monastery, which is richly owned in Cheshire and around Leek, thus belonged to the Filiation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . It was under the patronage of the Earle of Chester. The monastery had a house in London and numerous grangia , so when it was dissolved in the Leek area in Swythamley, Birchalls, Westwood, Woodcroft, Cheddleton and New Grange, and in Byley and Rossall. There were disputes with the crown about the right to place a Corrodian (pensioner) in the monastery. Prince Edward of Woodstock (the Black Prince) placed the monastery under his protection. In 1377 the monastery was occupied by only seven monks. In 1535 his temporal income was estimated at £ 243, so that it escaped the first abolition in 1536. In 1538 the monastery was withdrawn from the crown and given to Sir Ralph Bagenall. It is now owned by the Docksey family.
Plant and buildings
In the area there are still remains of the crossing under King Edward III. begun church from the 14th century. This corresponded to the Bernardine plan. The enclosure was south of the church. The rest of the ruin was cleared around 1818. The stones were used in surrounding agricultural properties. The current farmhouse on the site of the abbey dates from 1627.
literature
- Michael John Carding Fisher: Dieulacres Abbey. Hill Bros., Leek 1969, ISBN 0-9500569-0-1 .
- Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Dieulacres. In: William Page, MW Greenslade (Ed.): A History of the County of Stafford. Volume 3. Constable & Co., London 1908, pp. 230-235 ( The Victoria History of the Counties of England ), (reprint: ibid 1970, ISBN 0-19-722732-5 ), 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. 141 f.