Thame Abbey
Thame Abbey was a Cistercian abbey at Thame in the English county of Oxfordshire.
Thame Abbey was founded in 1137 by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. It was dissolved in 1539. Most of the building stone was removed from the site, but the Abbot's House remained standing and was turned into a country house by John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame.
fl. 1460 Richard Lyndesey [1]
References[]
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; Michaelmas Term, 1460: first entry: (in Latin) Richard Lyndesey, of Thame, Oxon, abbot of the monastery of the BVM, as second defendant; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no799/bCP40no799dorses/IMG_1485.htm
Coordinates: 51°43′40″N 0°57′48″W / 51.727916°N 0.963279°W
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- Monasteries in Oxfordshire
- Cistercian monasteries in England
- 1137 establishments in England
- Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
- 1539 disestablishments in England
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- United Kingdom Christian monastery stubs