Winchcombe Abbey, Benedictine abbey at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Dates: Medieval institution; dissolved 1539-1540
Biography
Winchcombe Abbey recovered Adminton after its temporary assignment to Saint-Evroult and held it until the abbey's dissolution under Henry VIII.
Notes / Sources
This entry records the documented reversion and later ecclesiastical possession, not a newly dated conveyance instrument.
Research sources:
- Historical account of Adminton in Shakespeare's Homeland, stating that the manor reverted to the monks of Winchcombe and remained with them until their house was dissolved. — https://wvancestry.com/Files/The_Virginia_Magazine_of_History_and_Biography_-_Vol_14.pdf
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