Lilleshall Abbey, Augustinian abbey of St Mary, Shropshire.
Dates: Founded in the 12th century; surrendered at the Dissolution in 1538.
Biography
An Augustinian abbey in Shropshire whose documented endowments included land in Braunston, Northamptonshire. It held the Braunston interest until the Dissolution, when the estate passed into lay ownership.
Notes / Sources
The abbey is an institutional holder rather than an individual person.
Research sources:
- Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, volume 11, p. 124-125, citing the Lilleshall Chartulary, folio 76; corroborated by Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record MNN8327, Probable Medieval Manor, Braunston. — https://her.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Monument/MNN8327/
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