 It held 22,000 acres () of land in Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire.Massey received a pension of £50 per annum (which he was still taking in 1563), and the monks also received pensions.In August 1539, the abbey and its estates, which had been revalued at £275 17"s" 11"d", were granted to Sir George Cotton, an esquire of the body to Henry VIII, and his wife, Mary.