Hagnaby Abbey was an
abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The con ...
and former
priory
A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of ...
in
Hagnaby,
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
,
England
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.
It was founded as a house for
Premonstratensian canons around 1175, by Agnes, widow of Herbert de Orreby.
The priory was a dependency of
Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland. It is o ...
and named in honour of Saint Thomas the Martyr.
[
It achieved its independence and abbey status in 1250,][
In the Middle Ages, ]Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
was one of the most densely populated parts of England. Within the historical county there were no less than nine Premonstratensian houses. Other than Hagnaby, these were: Barlings Abbey, Cammeringham Priory, Newbo Abbey
Newbo Abbey was a Premonstratensian house of canons regular in Lincolnshire, England, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
In the Middle Ages, Lincolnshire was one of the most densely populated parts of England. Within the historical county there ...
, Newsham Abbey, Orford Priory (women), Stixwould Priory, Tupholme Abbey
Tupholme Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey close to the River Witham some east of the city of Lincoln, England. The Witham valley in Lincolnshire is notable for its high concentration of monasteries—there were six on the east bank and th ...
and West Ravendale Priory.
Hagby Abbey was suppressed in 1536,[ its last abbot being Edmund Toft.][ It is an ancient scheduled monument.]
References
External links
Chronicle of Hagnaby Abbey 1154-62
Monasteries in Lincolnshire
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