Thame Abbey
Daughter monasteries
Thame Abbey ( Tama ) is a former Cistercian abbey approximately 2.5 km south-southeast of Thame in Oxfordshire in England.
History
The monastery was founded in 1138 by Robert le Gait in Otley in the parish of Oddington in Oxfordshire and published in 1140 by Bishop Alexander of Lincoln to Thame. It was a daughter house of Waverley Abbey, and thus belonged to the filiation of Citeaux. The church was consecrated in 1145 and the chancel was rebuilt in the early 13th century. King Henry III. founded in 1232 the choir stalls. 1281 sent the monastery the founding convention for Rewley Abbey. 1526 was the monastic discipline as low. In 1535, the annual income of the monastery is rated 256 pounds. The 1525 already partially ruinous monastery buildings were broken off in 1539 after the dissolution of the abbey in the year 1561 for the most part. After the dissolution of the monastery came to John Williams ( later Lord Williams) and Robert Lee and 20 years later to the family Wenman. The great neo-classical house Thame Park was built in 1745 for William Wenman, probably by Francis Smith. The facility is not open to the public and is inhabited since 1984 by Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
Buildings and plant
The Outbound church was about 50 m long. From the exam two parallel wings have been preserved, the one built mainly from the 13th century, the other, the abbot's house, was essentially around 1535 for the last abbot Robert King. Receive is also the Torkapelle.