bordersley abbey

1141 12thcentury 1538 abbey abbeys act ancient beaumont bordersley bordesley centre cistercian claim control count demolished disestablishment dissolution ecclesiastical empress englandnn foundation garendon gave henry her holding housennbordesley however importance important laid land leicestershire local lost making matilda meulan monasteries monks more once patronage political property redditch royal sold some surrendered tardebigge thus town township viii waleran was who worcestershire