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'''Alcester Abbey''' was a Benedictine [[monastery]] in [[Alcester]], [[Warwickshire]] in [[England]], founded in 1138 by the Botellers of Oversley, Warwickshire.<ref name="Victoria County History">A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2: Religious Houses, William Page ed 1908 pages 56-61 URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36488</ref> Its many endowments included the Chapel of St. James and St. Peter, near [[Shaftesbury]], [[Dorset]]; the manor of Blynfield in the parish of St. James, which is known as the 'Manor of Alcester and Bec'; and a number of other churches and estates. | '''Alcester Abbey''' was a Benedictine [[monastery]] in [[Alcester]], [[Warwickshire]] in [[England]], founded in 1138 by the Botellers of Oversley, Warwickshire.<ref name="Victoria County History">A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2: Religious Houses, William Page ed 1908 pages 56-61 URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36488</ref> Its many endowments included the Chapel of St. James and St. Peter, near [[Shaftesbury]], [[Dorset]]; the manor of Blynfield in the parish of St. James, which is known as the 'Manor of Alcester and Bec'; and a number of other churches and estates. | ||
The last of its priors was Richard Tutbury, from 1459 to 1466. In 1467 it was annexed by [[Evesham Abbey]], from whence it had a prior or warden who was an Evesham monk.<ref name="KnowlesSmith2008">{{cite book|author1=David Knowles|author2=David M. Smith|author3=Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke|title=The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales, III. 1377-1540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjqMN2G8fGoC&pg=PA14|date=13 March 2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-86508-1|page=14}}</ref> In 1536 its ownership was transferred to [[Thomas Cromwell]]. Little now remains of the site. | The last of its priors was Richard Tutbury, from 1459 to 1466. In 1467 it was annexed by [[Evesham Abbey]], from whence it had a prior or warden who was an Evesham monk.<ref name="KnowlesSmith2008">{{cite book|author1=David Knowles|author2=David M. Smith|author3=Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke|title=The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales, III. 1377-1540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjqMN2G8fGoC&pg=PA14|date=13 March 2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-86508-1|page=14}}</ref> In 1536 its ownership was transferred to the politician [[Thomas Cromwell]]. Little now remains of the site. | ||
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Alcester Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Alcester, Warwickshire in England, founded in 1138 by the Botellers of Oversley, Warwickshire.[1] Its many endowments included the Chapel of St. James and St. Peter, near Shaftesbury, Dorset; the manor of Blynfield in the parish of St. James, which is known as the 'Manor of Alcester and Bec'; and a number of other churches and estates.
The last of its priors was Richard Tutbury, from 1459 to 1466. In 1467 it was annexed by Evesham Abbey, from whence it had a prior or warden who was an Evesham monk.[2] In 1536 its ownership was transferred to the politician Thomas Cromwell. Little now remains of the site.
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- ↑ A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2: Religious Houses, William Page ed 1908 pages 56-61 URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36488
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