Bedford Abbey

Bedford Abbey
Monastery information
Order	Benedictine/Augustinian
Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
Site
Location	Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Coordinates	52°08′07″N 0°28′03″W / 52.1354°N 0.4674°WCoordinates: 52°08′07″N 0°28′03″W / 52.1354°N 0.4674°W

Bedford Abbey was a short-lived Benedictine monastery, recorded in 10th century England. Bedford Priory, perhaps representing the same institution two centuries later, was an Augustinian priory that within two decades of its foundation moved to nearby Newnham.

Bedford Abbey existed in the 10th-century, staffed with Benedictine monks when Oscytel, Archbishop of York, died in 971.^[1]^[2] The archbishop was buried in the abbey, after his body was taken there by its abbot, Thurcytel (who later moved to Crowland Abbey).^[3] Thurcytel is the only known abbot of the monastery.^[4] Its history after this is obscure, and may have evolved into St Pauls, which became an Augustinian priory c. 1166.^[5] Around 1180, the priory moved to Newnham (see Newnham Priory).^[6]

Notes[]

^ Historic England. "Monument No. 360190". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 30; Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 147
^ Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 30; Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, pp. 147, 420
^ Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 30
^ Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 30, n. 1; Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, pp. 147, 420
^ Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 147

References[]

Knowles, David; Brooke, C. N. L.; London, C. M, eds. (2001), The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216 (2nd ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-80452-3
Knowles, David; Hadcock, R. Neville, eds. (1971), Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales (2nd ed.), London: Longman, ISBN 0-582-11230-3

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[1] Historic England. "Monument No. 360190". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[2] Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 30; Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 147

[3] Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 30; Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, pp. 147, 420

[4] Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 30

[5] Knowles, Brooke and London, Heads of Religious Houses, vol. i, p. 30, n. 1; Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, pp. 147, 420

[6] Knowles and Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses, p. 147

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v t Benedictine abbeys and priories in medieval England and Wales
Independent houses	Abbotsbury Abergavenny Abingdon Alcester Athelney Bardney Bath Battle Bedford Birkenhead Bradwell Brewood (Black Ladies) Buckfast Burton Bury St Edmunds Canterbury (Christ Church) Canterbury (St Augustine's) Canwell Cerne Chertsey Chester Cholsey Colchester Coventry Crowland Durham Ely Evesham Eynsham Farewell Priory Faversham Glastonbury Gloucester Humberston Luffield Malmesbury Milton Monk Bretton Muchelney Molycourt Pershore Peterborough Ramsey Reading Repton Rochester St Albans St Benet of Hulme Sandwell Selby Sherborne Shrewsbury Snelshall Tavistock Tewkesbury Thorney Upholland Walden Westminster Whitby Winchcombe Winchester (New Minister) Winchester (St Swithun) Worcester York (St Mary's)
Dependent houses	Aldeby Alcester Alvecote Beadlow Bedemans Berg Belvoir Binham Breedon Brecon Bristol Bromfield Cardigan Cranborne Dover Dunster Earls Colne Ewenny Exeter Felixstowe Finchale Freiston Great Malvern Hatfield Peverel Henes (Sandtoft) Hereford Holy Island Horton Hoxne Hurley Jarrow Kidwelly Kilpeck King's Mead Kings Lynn Lammana Langley Leominster Leonard Stanley Little Malvern Littlemore Lytham Middlesbrough Monkwearmouth Morville Norwich (St Leonard's) Oxford (of Canterbury) Oxford (of Durham) Oxford (of Gloucester) Penwortham Pilton Redbourne Richmond Rumburgh St Bees St Ives Snape Studley (Oxfordshire) Studley (Warwickshire) Tickhill Tynemouth Wallingford Westbury-on-Trym Wetheral Wymondham
Alien priories	Allerton Mauleverer Andover Andwell Arundel Astley Atherington Avebury Axmouth Blyth Boxgrove Brimpsfield Burwell Carisbrooke Chepstow Clatford Cogges Corsham Covenham Creeting (St. Mary) Creeting (St. Olave) Deerhurst Ecclesfield Edith Weston Ellingham Everdon Eye Folkestone Frampton Goldcliff Grovebury Hatfield Regis Haugham Hinckley Horsham St Faith Horsley Lancaster Lapley Lewisham Isleham Loders Minster Lovell Minting Modbury Monks Kirby Monk Sherborne (Pamber) Monmouth Newent Ogbourne Otterton Panfield Pill Ruislip St Cross St Neots Sele Spalding Sporle Standon Steventon Stogursey Stoke-by-Clare Stratfield Saye Swavesey Takeley Throwley Tickford Titley Toft Monks Totnes Tutbury Tywardreath Upavon Wareham Warmington Weedon Beck West Mersea Wilsford Wing Wolston Wootton Wawen York (Holy Trinity)