The Abbey Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Titchfield
Other names
Place House (post-monastic period)
Order
Premonstratensian
Established
1222
Disestablished
1537
Mother house
Halesowen Abbey
Dedicated to
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Diocese
Diocese of Winchester
People
Founder(s)
Peter des Roches
Important associated figures
William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou, Charles I, Thomas Wriothesley, Henry Wriothesley
Site
Location
Titchfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Visible remains
nave of church, ruins of east range, foundations and massive Tudor gatehouse of post-Dissolution mansion
Public access
yes, (English Heritage)
Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests. The abbey was a minor house of its order, and became neither wealthy nor influential during its three centuries of monastic life; the inhabitants were devoted to scholarship, as shown by their very impressive library.
The abbey was closed in 1537 by Henry VIII of England during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the building was converted into a mansion by Thomas Wriothesley, a powerful courtier. Later in the sixteenth century the mansion was home to Henry Wriothesley, who was a patron of William Shakespeare. In 1781 the mansion was abandoned and partially demolished. The remains were purchased by the government in the early twentieth century and are now a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the care of English Heritage.
TitchfieldAbbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded...
ruins of TitchfieldAbbey, a place with strong associations with Shakespeare, through his patron, the Earl of Southampton. To the east of Titchfield lies...
Wriothesley's other converted monastery at TitchfieldAbbey or the conversion of neighbouring Netley Abbey). This survives – much extended – as the modern...
at TitchfieldAbbey in Hampshire. She was fifteen and he was twenty-three. She was then crowned Queen of England on 30 May 1445 at Westminster Abbey by...
at the Abbey of Saint-Étienne (French: Abbaye aux Hommes) in France. Henry I was buried at Reading Abbey. Henry II was buried at Fontevraud Abbey. Richard...
hugely unpopular with the English populace. The marriage took place at TitchfieldAbbey on 23 April 1445, one month after Margaret's 15th birthday. She had...
station that was demolished in the late 1980s. Portchester Castle TitchfieldAbbey and The Tithe Barn Westbury Manor Museum Fort Fareham Bursledon Brickworks...
England, "Chapel and Titchfield Library (1224773)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 December 2020 Entry for Welbeck Abbey in register of Historic...
Peter des Roches went on to found another Premonstratensian house, TitchfieldAbbey in Hampshire. This was colonised with canons from Halesowen and given...
founding several monasteries in England and France, including TitchfieldAbbey and Netley Abbey, both in Hampshire, England, and La Clarté-Dieu in Poitou...
rode through it on his travels as did Margaret of Anjou on her way to TitchfieldAbbey at the bottom of Fishers Hill from Southwick in 1445, for the reconfirmation...
the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns...
Cathedral in London. 1445 23 April – Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou at TitchfieldAbbey. 14 July – Hundred Years' War: negotiations for a peace treaty begin...
Hampshire in the House of Commons. In 1716, he was created Marquess of Titchfield and Duke of Portland in the Peerage of Great Britain. His grandson, William...
officiated at the marriage of Henry VI and his wife, Margaret of Anjou, at TitchfieldAbbey in 1445. Kekewich, Margaret L. (2004). "Aiscough [Ayscough], William...
11th-century UK census) as small districts belonging to the estates of TitchfieldAbbey. The earliest known cricket match to have been played in Hampshire...
Thedden Grange TitchfieldAbbey The Vyne Tylney Hall The Wakes West Green House West Park (demolished) Wivelrod Manor Wymering Manor Abbey Dore Court Allt...
was murdered on 21 May 1471 in the Tower of London and buried in Chertsey Abbey, extinguishing the House of Lancaster. "This royal throne of kings, this...
crowned King William I of England on Christmas Day 1066, in Westminster Abbey, and is today known as William the Conqueror, William the Bastard or William...
the abbey was closed by the king and the site was granted to Sir William Fitzwilliam. The last abbot, John Sympson, was appointed head of Titchfield Abbey...
abbey, museum or other property in the care of English Heritage. List of Cadw properties (Wales) List of Historic Scotland properties List of abbeys and...
of Place House, a mansion converted from the 14th century monastery TitchfieldAbbey on the other side of Fareham. Delmé was the influential MP for Morpeth...
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