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Buckfast Abbey and its relation to Kingsbridge
Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 45, (1913) pp. 143-151.
by
William Davies
Prepared by Michael Steer
Buckfast Abbey was founded by Earl Aylward in the reign of King Cnut in 1018. In 1147 it became a Cistercian abbey and was rebuilt in stone. In medieval times, the abbey became rich through fishing and trading in sheep wool, although the Black Death killed two abbots and many monks. By 1377 there were only 14 monks at Buckfast. In 1539, William Petre arrived at Buckfast and declared the abbey to be dissolved by order of King Henry VIII. The monks were compelled to leave and the buildings were looted and destroyed. The abbey then stood in ruins for over 200 years. In 1882, six Benedictine monks returned to Buckfast to rebuild the abbey. Its restoration has become one of Devon's major tourist attractions. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the Princeton University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.
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Alston, Alan of | 145 |
Alston, Ronald of | 145 |
Drake, Bernard | 151 |
Drake, John | 151 |
Edward the Confessor | 143 |
Edward II | 144 |
Edward III | 146 |
Edward IV | 146-8 |
Edward VI | 150 |
Edmund, King & Martyr | 144, 149 |
Exeter, Bishop of | 146 |
Fortescue family | 151 |
Foughille, William | 148 |
Grandisson, Bishop | 142, 148 |
Gye, John | 147 |
Hamilton, Dom Adam | 143, 148-9 |
Hawkins, Mr | 147 |
Henry III | 145, 149 |
Henry IV | 146 |
Henry V | 146-7 |
Henry VI | 145-6, 149 |
Henry VII | 146 |
Henry VIII | 146, 149-51 |
Hoygge, John | 148 |
Hurrell, Mr J L | 150 |
Jessopp, Dr | 150 |
John, King | 145 |
Kena, Walter (also Kenn, Keen) | 144 |
Lepil, Ailwin | 144 |
Lepil, Osmer | 144 |
Lepil, Roger | 144 |
Natter, Abbot Boniface | 151 |
Norfolk, Duke of | 146 |
Nunant, Roger | 144 |
Petre family | 151 |
Petre, Sir William | 151 |
Pynhoe, Sir Robert de | 148 |
Richard II | 146 |
Robert, Bishop of Exeter | 144 |
Ryder, Juliana | 148 |
Ryder, William | 148 |
Salisbury, Earl of | 146 |
Warwick, Earl of | 146 |
York, Richard Duke of | 146 |