 Their eldest son Geoffrey had died at Abingdon about seven or eight years earlier and was buried there.On his deathbed, Geoffrey had bequeathed to Abingdon the church and lands at Kensington, Middlesex, and his parents and brothers had confirmed that grant, as had King Henry I.

Aubrey and Beatrice became very attached to Abingdon, but as they lived primarily in Essex, the aging couple found it difficult to journey there.They founded Colne Priory, the only cell of Abingdon, in order to have monks of that house close to them and as a family mausoleum.