BoAr: Bourne Abbey: home Latest edit 22 Jul 2009

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

Baldwin fitz Gilbert de Clare: family tree. Use ‘find’. See also.

Edmund Holland, 4^th Earl of Kent (Plantagenet family tree) Make a ‘find’ search for Bourne.

Wilsford See Ancaster.

The Abbey Buildings (archaeological approach):

The Browne Monument

The Clay Chandelier

The Old Grammar School

William Dodd, vicar

Studies (modern writing on the respective subjects):

Bourne Abbey: Wikipedia article

Bourne Abbey: Rex Needle

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.

Arrouaise: Wikipedia article

Ormulum: Wikipedia article

The Ormulum Project

Robert Mannyng a Gilbertine, originally from Bourne: Wikipedia article

A use for one of the abbey’s fish ponds. See also: swimming pool.