The Crown, Crown of England, Crown of the United Kingdom
Dates: 1539-present as a constitutional institution
Biography
The Crown received the possessions of dissolved religious houses during the English Reformation and disposed of many of them by grant or sale.
Notes / Sources
This entry represents Crown ownership or custody, not a personal holding by a monarch.
Research sources:
- Victoria County History, A History of the County of York: North Riding, volume 1 (1914), pp. 68-70, as cited in the Yorkshire Dales National Park archaeological survey. — https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/02/Mitcham-2019-Community-archaeology-surveys-and-excavation-at-Floshes-Hill.pdf
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