Robertsbridge Abbey
| Robertsbridge Cistercian Abbey | |
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.jpg) Robertsbridge Abbey ruins |
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| location |
 United Kingdom England East Sussex |
| Coordinates: | 50 ° 59 '14 " N , 0 ° 29' 54" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
443 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1176 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1538 |
| Mother monastery | Boxley Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
Robertsbridge Abbey (Pons Roberti) is a former Cistercian monk abbey in Robertsbridge around 10 miles north of Hastings in East Sussex in England .
history
The monastery was founded in Salehurst in 1176 by Alured de Saint-Martin, the dapifer of King Richard I of England , as a subsidiary of Boxley Abbey and thus belonged to the filiation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In 1192 the Abbots of Robertsbridge and Boxley went together to find the missing King Johann Ohneland , whom they found in Bavaria. Around 1250 it was moved to Robertsbridge over the River Rother due to the risk of flooding. In the following years the kings Henry III visited. of England and Edward II of England the monastery. The highly regarded monastery suffered a decline towards the end of the 14th century. A hospital at Seaford belonged to the monastery. At the time of the dissolution of the monastery, the annual income of the monastery was valued at £ 248, and there were still 12 monks living in it. It was only dissolved with the larger monasteries in 1538. The monastery property was then sold to Sir William Sydney, who set up a forge that operated until the end of the 18th century. The facility is owned by the Heath family.
Buildings and plant
Most of the monastery buildings, the location of which was secured by aerial photography, date from the 13th century. They have meanwhile disappeared except for the abbot's house, which has merged into the farm, as well as the calefactorium and the refectory, both in the south wing of the enclosure, which have been converted into a barn and a kiln, but are now in disrepair. The cross-shaped church, probably with an ambulatory, was in the north. To the east of the calefactor there are still remains of the vault of the substructure of the dormitory. Parts of the inaccessible complex are visible from the outside, for example from the Salehurst cemetery.
literature
- Anthony New: A guide to the Abbeys of England and Wales. Constable & Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , pp. 315-316.