Robertsbridge Abbey

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Robertsbridge Abbey ( Pons Roberti ) is a former Cistercian abbey and in Robertsbridge approximately 16 km north of Hastings in East Sussex in England.

History

The monastery was founded in 1176 in Salehurst of Alured de Saint- Martin, the dapifer donated by King Richard I of England, as the daughter monastery of Boxley Abbey and thus belonged to the filiation of Clairvaux Abbey Primary. 1192 were the abbots of Boxley and Robertsbridge forces in the search for the lost king John Lackland, they summed up in Bavaria. Around the year 1250 it was moved to Robertsbridge because of flood risk on the River Rother. In the following years attended the kings Henry III. of England Edward II of England and the monastery. The highly respected monastery suffered a decline in the late 14th century. To the monastery belonged to a Hospital in Seaford. At the time of dissolution, the monastery annual income of the monastery is rated 248 pounds, and there were still 12 monks in it. The dissolution took place only with the larger monasteries in 1538. Subsequently, the monastery to Sir William Sydney was sold, who established a forge, which was operated until the end of the 18th century. The plant is owned by the Heath family.

Buildings and plant

The monastery buildings whose position was backed up by aerial photography, came mostly from the 13th century. They are now down to the abbot's house, which is absorbed into the farm, and the calefactory and the refectory, both, but are in the south wing of the exam that have been turned into a barn and a kiln in decay disappeared. The cruciform church, probably with an ambulatory, lay to the north. East of Kalefaktoriums are still remnants of the vault of the substructure of the dormitory available. Parts of the system are not accessible externally visible, so the cemetery of Salehurst, from.