Revesby Abbey
 Location within Lincolnshire
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | The Abbey Church of St Laurence, Revesby |
| Order | Cistercian |
| Established | 1143 |
| Disestablished | c.1539 |
| Mother house | Rievaulx Abbey |
| Dedicated to | St Mary and St Laurence |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
| Controlled churches | Revesby, Scithesby, Hagnaby, Frodingham, Theddlethorpe |
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| Founder(s) | William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln |
| Site | |
| Location | Revesby, Lincolnshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°08′00″N 0°03′00″W / 53.133333°N 0.05°W |
| Visible remains | earthworks |
| Public access | no |
Revesby Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located near the village of Revesby in Lincolnshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1143 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, and the first monks came from Rievaulx Abbey.
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the Abbey was demolished and a country house built. The current house was built in the mid 19th century, but is in poor condition. Unoccupied since the 1960s and previously earmarked for demolition, the house is currently listed on the English Heritage "At Risk" register, but says there is a "repair scheme in progress and (where applicable) end use or user identified" .
Revesby Abbey was founded in 1142 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, who became a monk at the abbey in his later life, and was then buried within the abbey. The first monks at the abbey were sent from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. The abbey was endowed with land at Revesby, Scithesby and Thoresby, and with the advowsons of the churches of Hagnaby and Scithesby.
During the mid-12th century, the monks of Revesby offered land in other villages to its tenants in the villages of Stichesby and Thoresby, if they would move. All 13 families left Stichesby and all 11 from Thoresby, leaving both of these settlements unpopulated.
In the 14th century the abbey acquired the manor of Mareham and was granted permission to hold a weekly market and an annual fair there.
In 1534 the abbey was recorded as having an income of £1287 2s. 4½d., and was in control of the manors of Claxby, East Keal, Hagnaby, Hameringham, Mareham-le-Fen, Mavis Enderby, Sibsey, Stickney and Toynton. However, despite this, the abbey's income appears to have been mismanaged, and in 1538 the Duke of Norfolk wrote to Thomas Cromwell to inform him the abbey was "in great ruin and decay".
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