Lavendon Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey near Lavendon in Buckinghamshire,

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. The abbey was established by John de Bidun between 1154 and 1158 and dedicated to

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. Bidun's donations to the abbey, together with those of Sibyl de Aungerville, Ranulf Earl of Chester, Ralf de Bray and Richard de Beauchamp, were confirmed by Henry III in 1227. At this point the abbey's possessions included the churches of Lavendon and

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in Buckinghamshire, Wootton in

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and Stow Bedon,

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and Thompson in

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. However, a succession of unsuccessful legal actions caused the abbey to lose control of all but Lavendon and Lathbury, though they later acquired the churches of Brayfield, Ashton and Shotteswell. The abbey was suppressed in 1536, as part of the first phase of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. At this point the inhabitants comprised 11 canons (9 priests and 2 novices) and 20 servants; its revenues were estimated at £79 13s 8d (). The last Abbot, William Gales, was granted a pension of £12 (). Nothing is visible above ground of the original buildings of the abbey, but the surrounding earthworks, field system and the remains of two

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Monasteries in Buckinghamshire 1150s establishments in England Premonstratensian monasteries in England Christian monasteries established in the 12th century 1536 disestablishments in England {{UK-Christian-monastery-stub