The Abbey gate chapel belonging to Coggeshall Abbey, capella ante portas, now serving as St. Nicholas Chapel
Monastery information
Order
Cistercian
Established
1137-1142
Disestablished
1538
Dedicated to
St. John the Baptist
People
Founder(s)
Gilbert Foliot and Simon de Toni
Architecture
Status
Dissolved
Site
Location
Coggeshall, Essex, United Kingdom
Visible remains
Incorporated into St Nicholas Church
Public access
yes
Coggeshall Abbey, situated south of the town of Coggeshall in Essex, was founded in 1140 by King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne, as a Savigniac house but became Cistercian in 1147 upon the absorption of the order.
CoggeshallAbbey, situated south of the town of Coggeshall in Essex, was founded in 1140 by King Stephen of England and Matilda of Boulogne, as a Savigniac...
History of CoggeshallAbbey. Coggeshall: Coggeshall Museum. Workers Education Authority (2000) [1951]. The History of Coggeshall 1700–1914. Coggeshall: Coggeshall...
England (1143 Furness) Cleeve Abbey, Somerset, England (1198 Rievaulx) CoggeshallAbbey, Essex, England (1140 Savigny) Combe Abbey, Warwickshire, England (1150...
summer in the 12th century. Ralph was the abbot of Cistercian CoggeshallAbbey at Coggeshall, about 26 miles (42 km) south of Woolpit. William was a canon...
monks: Abbey of Coggeshall | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2023. "Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Colchester"...
Ralph of Coggeshall (died after 1227), English chronicler, was at first a monk and afterwards sixth abbot (1207–1218) of CoggeshallAbbey, an Essex foundation...
Crusade early in the thirteenth century. This probably took place at CoggeshallAbbey in England. Neither the original author nor the continuator/compiler...
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as...
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was a monk of Melrose Abbey, and served there until he moved to become Abbot of CoggeshallAbbey in Essex. He resigned this abbey in 1168, and returned...
Tyre, Ralph de Diceto, Benedictus Abbas, Roger of Hoveden and Ralph of Coggeshall (to 1194). A detailed list is given by Luard, who in his running text...
Chronicon of Ralph of Coggeshall from Sibton. A 15th-century navicula de Venetiis (a type of portable sundial) found near the Abbey in 1989 is now in the...
they lost to Corby Town, and rejoined Coggeshall Town at the end of the season. He played regularly for Coggeshall before signing for another Isthmian League...
Valerie, who was the personification of Aquitaine. According to Ralph of Coggeshall, Henry the Young King instigated rebellion against Henry II; he wanted...
Surrex is a hamlet in the civil parish of Coggeshall, and the Braintree district of Essex, England. The hamlet is at the junction of the A120 road and...
parish now part of Milton Keynes Bradwell Abbey, an ancient monument in Milton Keynes Bradwell Juxta Coggeshall, a village and civil parish in Essex, England...
increased to 801 inhabitants in 116 houses. The medieval writers Ralph of Coggeshall and William of Newburgh report that two children appeared mysteriously...
Upshire is a village and area of Waltham Abbey in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. The centre of the village is on Horseshoe Hill (a minor...