The Crown, Crown owner or grantee after the dissolution of Battle Abbey
Dates: 1538-1539 in relation to the Dissolution transfer
Biography
The Crown received the lands of dissolved religious houses during the English Reformation and regranted many former monastic estates. In the case of Alciston, the Crown is explicitly described as the grantor to Sir John Gage and Philippa.
Notes / Sources
This short interval is reconstructed only to the precision supported by the local archival summary.
Research sources:
- The Keep, Alciston parish and settlement history, stating that when Battle Abbey was dissolved the Crown granted Alciston to Sir John Gage and Philippa his wife. — https://www.thekeep.info/places/eastsussex/parishesandsettlements/alciston/
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