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The abbeys of England, Wales and Ireland had been among the greatest landowners and the largest institutions in the kingdoms ; although, by the early 16th century, religious donors increasingly tended to favour parish churches, collegiate churches, university colleges and grammar schools, and these were now the predominant centres for learning and the arts.
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abbeys and England
* The abbeys of Abingdon, England and Bath are founded.
One of the most important abbeys in England, it was the site of Edmund Ironside's coronation as King of England in 1016.
In the High Middle Ages, Tewkesbury became one of the richest abbeys of England.
An international success, the order established several " Fontevrist " abbeys set up in England.
Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton near the city of Ripon, was one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, England, founded in 1156.
It was one of the wealthiest abbeys in England and was dissolved by Henry VIII of England in 1538.
For this vivid descriptive history of abbeys and bishoprics, dwelling upon the lives of the English prelates saints, notably the learned wonder-working Aldhelm, abbot of Malmesbury, William travelled widely in England.
Although there is no record of the fact, he probably made annual visitations to Rievaulx's daughterhouses in England and Scotland and to the French abbeys of Cîteaux and Clairvaux.
The Abbey grew to become one of the largest Benedictine abbeys in England, supported by large fiefs in the northwest corner of Sussex until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536.
The Augustinians spread quickly from the beginning of the 12th century onwards, while later in the century the Cistercians reached England, creating houses with a more austere interpretation of the monastic rules and building the great abbeys of Rievaulx and Fountains.
Clocks were first built in England in the late 13th century, and the first mechanical clocks were certainly being installed in cathedrals and abbeys by the 1320s.
On his return to England, Coutances was given custody of the abbeys of Wilton and Ramsey, which were being held by King Henry pending the election of new abbots.
The earliest breeding of the ancestors of the Cleveland Bay was done in large part by English churches and monasteries, to meet a need for pack horses to carry trade goods between abbeys and monasteries in northeast England.
Within less than five years of its creation, the Order of Tiron owned 117 priories and abbeys in France, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
* List of abbeys and priories in England
See Abbeys and priories in England for a complete list of English abbeys and priories.
abbeys and Wales
* List of abbeys and priories in Wales
* List of abbeys and priories in Wales
abbeys and Ireland
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Dublin )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Louth )
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland ( County Waterford )
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland, ( County Meath )
There are numerous abbeys and priories in Clare ; some of the ruins of these such as Scattery Island, Bishop's Island and Drumcliff Monasteries are ancient, dating back to the 6th century when Christianity was first introduced to Ireland.
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Kildare )
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland ( County Limerick )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Louth )
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland ( County Tipperary )
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland ( County Sligo )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Galway )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Kerry )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Carlow )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Kerry )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Kerry )
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland ( County Longford )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Offaly )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Kildare )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Dublin )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Wexford )
* List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland ( County Cork )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Clare )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Cork )
* List of abbeys and priories in Ireland ( County Limerick )
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