Title

Bermondsey Abbey, 19th century (1906). Artist: John Chessell Buckler.

Caption

Bermondsey Abbey, 19th century (1906). Bermondsey Abbey was an English Benedictine monastery. A monastery is known to have existed at Bermondsey before 715 AD. In December 1154, King Henry II (1133-1189) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204), held court at Bermondsey Priory. A few weeks later, on 28 February 1155, the royal couple's second child, Prince Henry was born there. Henry VIII (1491-1547) dissolved the abbey c1540, granting the property and its lands to Robert Southwell (1506-1559). Southwell sold the buildings to Thomas Pope (c1507-1559), founder of Trinity College, Oxford. Pope demolished the abbey and built a house on the land. Neither the house nor the Abbey remained in 1822. From Medieval London, Vol. II - Ecclesiastical by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1906]
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Date

1906

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C76_019

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

99,1Mb (5,7Mb) / 24,1in x 16,0in / 7216 x 4800 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings London England house religious architecture country religion British English location century Britain ecclesiastical abbey outside B&W MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W Southwark 16th century sixteenth century The Print Collector Bermondsey TGN Bermondsey Abbey engraving John Chessell Buckler Walter Sir Walter Buckler John Chessell Sir Walter Besant Besant Walter Besant Sir Walter Besant engraving