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BoAr: Bourne Abbey: home Latest edit 16 Jul 2008

Bourne Abbey was
a small house of Arrouaisian canons, founded in 1138 and dissolved in 1536 but
the building also housed the parish church. For this reason, much of the
building remains and has a story to tell of events which have happened in and
around it. Some can be found by the skills of historians, in written documents;
others need to be read from the building by archaeological interpretation. When
put together, the two sets of information tell a surprisingly full story.
This page
provides links to transcriptions of documents and interpretations. Some are on
this site but many come from elsewhere.
Documents (transcriptions, translations and
summaries):
The Augustinian Rule: Jack Pijeza’s site
Parish Registers (1562 to
1650) reference to edited version
The Ormulum
(sample text): Ormulum Project
Bourne Charities: a list
formerly displayed in the church
Dugdale’s
Monasticon Bourne Abbey on the Monastic Matrix site
Baldwin
fitz Gilbert de Clare: family tree. Use ‘find’. See
also.
Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of
Kent Make a ‘find’ search for Bourne.
Edmund Holland, 4th
Earl of Kent (Plantagenet family tree)
Make a ‘find’ search for Bourne.
Market and
fair charters: for Bourne Abbey’s property at Wilsford see Ancaster.
The
The Abbey Buildings (archaeological approach):
The Monastic Almonry
The Browne Monument
The Clay Chandelier
William Dodd, vicar
Bourne Abbots (The manor established with the abbey):
The Abbey Lawn: Wikipedia article
Bourne Abbots estate map (1825)
Studies (modern writing on the respective subjects):
Bourne Abbey: Wikipedia article
Bourne Abbey:
British History Online The Arrouaisian
Order (and other Augustinian orders)
The Augustinian Order: Wikipedia article
Canon Regular: New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia. See also.
The Ormulum Project
Robert Mannyng a Gilbertine, originally
from Bourne: Wikipedia
article
A
use for one of the abbey’s fish ponds.
The
Cemetery Chapel, it and the cemetery were opened when the churchyard was
closed to burials.

