Vaudey Abbey
| Vaudey Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 United Kingdom England Lincolnshire |
| Coordinates: | 52 ° 46 '52 " N , 0 ° 28' 10" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
232 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1147 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1536 |
| Mother monastery | Fountains Abbey |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
Vaudey Abbey (vallis Dei) was a Cistercian abbey in England . The monastery was on the site of what is now Grimsthorpe Castle, around 5 km west-north-west of Bourne in the southern part of the county of Lincolnshire in England, near the A 151 road.
history
The monastery was donated in Castle Bytham in 1147 by William le Gros , Earl of Albermarle (or Aumale), and re-established in Vaudey in 1149 by Geoffrey de Brachecourt and Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln. It was a daughter monastery of Fountains Abbey from the filiation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In the 13th century wool production prospered, but the abbey ran into economic difficulties at the end of this century. In 1536 the monastery (with an annual income of 124 pounds) was dissolved with the smaller monasteries and loaned to William, Lord Willoughby, and in 1541 to his son-in-law Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk . It is now owned by the Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust.
Plant and buildings
The stones from the monastery were used to build Grimsthorpe Castle in 1541 . There are no remains of the monastery above ground. However, foundations were revealed during excavations in 1851. The area of the monastery was afforested in the 20th century. The monastery fish pond has been preserved.
literature
- Antony New: A guide to the abbeys of England and Wales. Constable and Company, London 1985, ISBN 0-09-463520-X , p. 403.