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with a mill, fishery and other rights'. The abbey was situated about a half mile from Burnham. A complaint was made shortly after the foundation that Richard had diverted a watercourse to the abbey that had been used by a nearby village and that he also had given 20 acres (81,000 m) of common
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In 1913 James Lawrence Bissley, an architect and surveyor, purchased the property and restored the remaining buildings, converting the original
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in 1536, but a petition by local commissioners delayed its end until 1539. The document of surrender, dated 19 September 1539, was signed by
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consisted of around twenty nuns at the outset, but was never wealthy and by the time of its dissolution in 1539 there were only ten.
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Since 1916 the surviving buildings have been the home of an Anglican contemplative community, the
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Arms of the founder, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, as drawn by his contemporary Matthew Paris
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In 1311 a nun, Margery of Hedsor, left the monastery and her vows and was subsequently
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A serious legal dispute occurred in 1330, concerning the ownership of the manor of
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Having few assets, Burnham Abbey should have been closed in the first wave of the
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Matthew Paris, Book of Additions, British Library Cotton MS Nero D I, fol 171v
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In 1544 a grant of the site of the abbey was made to William Tyldesley, a
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land to the monastery. It is unknown whether this issue was resolved.
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The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, vol. II
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chapter house, sacristy, parts of the frater and infirmary
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Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
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Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation
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Index


Order
Augustinian
Canonesses
Virgin Mary
Diocese
Lincoln
Richard, Earl of Cornwall
King of the Romans
Burnham
Buckinghamshire
England
Augustinian canonesses regular
Burnham
Buckinghamshire
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall
St Mary
Society of the Precious Blood

Richard, Earl of Cornwall
King Henry III
Cippenham
excommunicated
Bulstrode
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Alice Baldwin
Sir John Baldwin
Groom of the Chamber
Queen Elizabeth
Paul Wentworth

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