Rufford Abbey, Cistercian abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nottinghamshire
Dates: Founded 1148; dissolved 1536
Biography
The Cistercian house whose charters preserve evidence of a medieval moiety or estate associated with Abney Grange.
Notes / Sources
The abbey’s holding should not be conflated with undisputed ownership of the whole Abney lordship.
Research sources:
- C.E.B. Bowles, “The Manor of Abney: its Boundaries and Court Rolls,” Derbyshire Archaeological Society Journal, vol. 29, 1907, pp. 129-140, especially the discussion of Rufford Charters 234 and 127. — https://places.wishful-thinking.org.uk/DBY/Abney/CourtRolls.html
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