Battle Abbey

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The Benedictine abbey of St. Martin at Battle, Sussex; founded by William the Conqueror to commemorate his victory over Harold at Hastings. The abbey possessed lands in Sussex, Berkshire, Essex, Surrey, and Kent. After the Dissolution, the abbey and its immediately adjacent lands, together with the lands in Sussex and Kent, were sold to Sir Anthony Browne, Henry VIII's Master of the Horse, whose son Anthony was created 1st Viscount Montague in 1554. In 1721 the lands were sold to Sir Thomas Webster, a prosperous London merchant. The Battle estate remained in the family until 1976. Since then it has been the property of the Department of Environment.

From the description of Archives of Battle Abbey, 1077-1780. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122383124

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creatorOf Battle Abbey. Archives of Battle Abbey, 1077-1780. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Historic photographs, ca. 1850-1955. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Inspeximus allowing liberties to the Abbey of Battle, 1432. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Munde, Walter, fl. 15th century. Grant, 1430, Sept. 27. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Borden, W. A. The roll of the Battel of Abbay [manuscript], 1884. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Battle Abbey. [Accounts] [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
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associatedWith Borden, W. A. person
associatedWith Browne family family
associatedWith Old Westbury Gardens (Old Westbury, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Webster family family
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Great Britain
England--Sussex
England
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Abbeys
Benedictine monasteries
Monasteries
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Active 1077

Active 1780

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