Bourne Abbey is the name of the parish church in Bourne, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Its position is TF096200. The building remains in parochial use, despite the sixteenth century dissolution, as the nave was used by the parish, probably from the time of the foundation of the Abbey in 1138. Location within the British Isles Bourne is a town in Lincolnshire, England. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... For other uses, see number 1138. ...

Monastic origins

The Abbey was founded by a charter granted in 1138, by Baldwin fitz Gilbert de Clare (with the consent of Roger his son and Adelina his wife). He was a member of a post-conquest Norman family, settled in Suffolk, which was later, to make its mark in Wales and Ireland. Adelina was a great-granddaughter of Hereward "the Wake", though the connection with the Wake family was not made until the generation after Baldwin and Adelina, when their daughter, Emma married Hugh Wake. The house was for canons of the Arrouaisian reform of the Augustinian Rule. This was the height of the period of abbey foundation and castle-building, in England. Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... Hereward the Wake was an 11th century leader in England who led resistance to the Norman Conquest and was consequently labelled an outlaw. ... The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ... The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ...

The foundation of the Abbey was part of a general restructuring of the estate so that the part of the town of Bourne which is now known as its centre was built as a new town at the entrance to Baldwin's new castle, between which and the abbey, the new main road passed. The old road lies under the junction between the nave and the chancel. This proximity to the road may have influenced Baldwin's thinking when choosing an order for the new abbey. By this time, Arrouaise itself was moving away from being a hermitage towards providing a service for travellers.

The Abbey was dissolved in 1536 along with the small monastic houses, in the first phase of Henry VIII's suppression of monasteries. // Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...

Abbots

The following is a chronological list of the abbots as far as they are known. It is based on that in Swift's book.

• Abbey charter 1138

1. Gervaise of Arrouaise 1138
2. David 1156
3. Baldwin 1212
4. Everard Cut 1224
5. William of Repton 1236
6. Robert of Hamme 1248
7. Robert of Haceby 1260
8. William of Spalding 1275
9. Nicholas 1287
10. Alan of Waux 1292
11. Thomas of Colsterworth 1295
12. William of St. Albans 1313
13. William of Abbotsley 1314
14. John of Wytheton 1324
15. Simon Watton 1350
16. Thomas of Grantham 1355
17. Geffory of Deeping 1369
18. William of Irnham 1440
19. Henry (died) 1500
20. Thomas Ford 1500
21. William Grisby 1512
22. John Small 1534

• Dissolution 1536
• Simon Watton (15) was excommunicated, though we do not know how he had offended.

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Aerial photograph

The white rectangle at the centre is the chancel roof of the Abbey Church. To its east is the Abbey Lawn, a feature of the eighteenth century house called Bourne Abbey. It was designed as a sheep lawn. The swimming pool was formerly one of the abbey fish ponds. To the west of the abbey is the site of Baldwin fitz Gilbert's castle. Church Lane is a relict of the main road between abbey and castle. Aerial photograph. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

References

Swift, John T. Bourne and People Associated with Bourne (about 1925)

External links

• David Roffe's Bourne Abbey history
• Rex Needle's Bourne Abbey history