Hagnaby Abbey
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Hagnaby Abbey was an abbey
and former priory
in Hagnaby
, Lincolnshire
, England
.
Originally founded as a house for Premonstratensian
canons around 1175, by Agnes, widow of Herbert de Orreby, the priory was a dependency of Welbeck Abbey
and named in honour of Saint Thomas the Martyr.
It achieved its independence and abbey status in 1250, and appears from surviving records to have been well run. It was suppressed in 1536, its last abbot being Edmund Toft. It is an ancient scheduled monument.
Abbey
An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
and former priory
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
in Hagnaby
Hannah cum Hagnaby
Hannah cum Hagnaby is a civil parish containing two small hamlets, Hannah and Hagnaby, about north east of Alford, and south east of LouthIn antiquity Hannah was known as Hannay...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Originally founded as a house for Premonstratensian
Premonstratensian
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons , are a Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg...
canons around 1175, by Agnes, widow of Herbert de Orreby, the priory was a dependency of Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire was the principal abbey of the Premonstratensian order in England and later the principal residence of the Dukes of Portland.-Monastic period:...
and named in honour of Saint Thomas the Martyr.
It achieved its independence and abbey status in 1250, and appears from surviving records to have been well run. It was suppressed in 1536, its last abbot being Edmund Toft. It is an ancient scheduled monument.