Netley Abbey

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Netley Abbey ( originally Letley; Locus Sancti Eduardi ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Netley Abbey, just east of Southampton in Hampshire, England, around 1 km from Southampton Water.

History

The monastery was founded in 1239, co-founded with Convent of La Clarté -Dieu in France at the request of the deceased, in 1238 Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester and colonized by the nearby Beaulieu Abbey. The thus belonged to the filiation of Citeaux. King Henry III. took the abbey under his protection and added the equipment, Peter des Roches had sent her. However, the monastery in the 14th century greatly indebted and in 1328 had to appoint as trustee, the government of John of Mere. However, the location of the monastery did not improve the long term. The hospitality of the Abbey was recognized. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535, the annual income of the abbey was estimated at 160 pounds gross. Thus, the monastery fell under the first canceling wave of the year 1536. The Abbot Thomas Stevens and the remaining seven monks had passed the house to the king, and went mostly to Beaulieu, which was disbanded in 1538 but even. The monastery and some of his goods was Sir William Paulet, later Marquess of Winchester, who converted the monastery into a mansion. Was a large hall from the nave of the church, from the transept were apartments and from the chancel chapel. South wing and cloister were eliminated. Later the plant to William Seymour, the Marquess of Hertford, and the Earl of Huntingdon came. 1704 decided Sir Berkeley Lucy as the new owner for demolition, but came to a halt. Around 1760 the north transept was transferred to Cranbury Park, near Winchester, where it is still preserved as the " Folly ". The roofless ruins became an attraction in the second half of the 18th century and even more in the 19th century. 1860 excavations were made in 1922, the abbey was taken into state custody.

Plant and buildings

The ruinous maintained property corresponded substantially to the " bernhardi American Plan", with a cruciform church in the north transept with two chapels on the east side, three-aisled nave to eight yokes and a rectangular choir with ambulatory. From the west façade is still the great pointed windows, the tracery has disappeared obtained. The south transept is almost completely preserved. From the east window are still parts of the tracery available. The exam was south of the church; Parts of the East, South and the remarkably small Konversenflügels in the West are preserved, including the three-time access to the chapter house.