Biddlesden Abbey

Daughter monasteries

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Biddlesden Abbey ( Bitlesdenum ) is a former Cistercian abbey and in the present location Biddlesden in Buckinghamshire in England, 18 km west of Milton Keynes and 5 miles north-west of Brackley.

History

The Convent was founded in 1147 by Ernald de Bosco ( Arnold de Bois ), the seneschal of the Earl of Leicester, as a daughter house of Garendon Abbey, was buried in the monastery church, and thus belonged to the filiation of Citeaux. 1302, the abbey was placed under royal protection. The monastery was always small and housed in 1535 only 11 monks. At the time of his annual income resolution is rated 125 pounds. The monastery nevertheless escaped the first wave resolution in 1536 and was only dissolved in 1538, first transmitted to Thomas Lord Wriothesley and then bought by Sir Thomas Peckham, who built a manor included parts of the monastery. The church fell into the crash. 1731 and the mansion was demolished and a new ( Biddlesdon Park ) was built by the family Sayers. The site is privately owned and not open to the public.

Buildings and plant

From the monastery no remains are preserved.