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BROCKLEY ABBEY SUMMARY and LOCATION: NGR: TQ 3695 7588 Little could the monks of Brockley have foreseen the changes which have taken place since they left their monastic home at Brockley, to seek the fairer lands of Bayham, now nearly

RETURN TO OTHAM At Dissolution, Otham was serving as a grange of Bayham Abbey — Bayham was amongst the twenty-nine houses chosen by Cardinal Wolsey for early dissolution in 1526, in order to fund new schools and colleges in Ipswich

RETURN TO OTHAM The monastic phase at Otham is so short (less than 30 years) that the likelihood of any archaeological survival of structures is minimal. There is nothing noted on aerial photography or lidar to give any clear evidence

RETURN TO OTHAM ORIGINS AND FOUNDATION The Premonstratensian abbey of Otham was founded by Ralph de Dene, a tenant of Gilbert d’Aigle, Lord of Pevensey, around 1180-83. It is thought that the convent originated from Durford Abbey near Petersfield. There

RETURN TO OTHAM Colvin, H M, 1951, The White Canons in England, Oxford. pp 112-118 Cooper, G. M., 1852, Researches into the History of the Abbey of Otteham, Sussex Archaeological Collections, Vol 5, pp 155-175 Dugdale, W., 1830 edn, Beigham

OTHAM ABBEY SUMMARY and LOCATION: NGR: TQ 58756 05707 The Premonstratensian abbey of Otham was established on a site about six miles north of Eastbourne in Sussex on the outskirts of what is now the small town of Polegate. Otham

RETURN TO BARLINGS An image of the aerial photograph of Barlings Abbey WITHOUT the overlay may be viewed HERE There have been no formal/recorded archaeological excavations at the site of Barlings abbey. The abbey precinct, now a scheduled pasture field,

RETURN TO BARLINGS Following the seizure of Barlings in the wake of the Lincolnshire Rising, the King granted the abbeys of Barlings and Kirkstead to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; he had been instrumental in suppressing the rebellion. Brandon died

RETURN TO BAYHAM CARTULARY INFO HERE Arch J. Vol 62 (1905) plan facing p.179 Blaauw, W. H., 1854, Sussex Monasteries at the time of their Suppression; Boxgrove – Shulbred – Bayham – Dureford – Lewes, Sussex Archaeological Collections, Vol 7,

BAYHAM ABBEY SUMMARY and LOCATION: NGR: TQ 65006 36353 Bayham Abbey lies four miles south east of the later town of Tunbridge Wells in the secluded valley of the river Teise which forms the boundary between Kent and Sussex. It