Buildwas Abbey
Location Donor or original owner Date of acquisition Nature of property Approximate coordinates
Buildwas manor Bishop Roger de Clinton 1135 Land assessed as one hide at Domesday and subsequently 52°38′07″N 2°31′38″W / 52.6354°N 2.5273°W / 52.6354 ; -2.5273 ( Buildwas )
Meole Roger de Clinton and Hugh Nonant 1135-1192 A vill known as Crowmeole , uninhabited at Domesday , perhaps mainly pastoral . but apparently looked after by burgesses who lived in Salisbury . Bishop Hugh granted or confirmed the lordship of the manor in 1192 52°42′11″N 2°47′21″W / 52.7031°N 2.7892°W / 52.7031 ; -2.7892 ( Meole )
Ruckley Philip de Belmeis and Matilda , his wife By 1147 Land , with grazing and pannage further east and north in Tong manor 52°39′24″N 2°19′38″W / 52.6566°N 2.3273°W / 52.6566 ; -2.3273 ( Ruckley )
Donington , Shropshire Richard de Belmeis Early , possibly around 1150 Common pasturage throughout Donington manor and three acres of land to build a bridge to gain aceess from Ruckley 52°39′21″N 2°19′15″W / 52.6557°N 2.3209°W / 52.6557 ; -2.3209 ( Donington )
Little Buildwas William FitzAlan , Lord of Oswestry Before 1160 . Possibly 1140s The vill and all that pertains to it on land , in the waters , woods , meadows and pastures 52°38′23″N 2°32′01″W / 52.6398°N 2.5335°W / 52.6398 ; -2.5335 ( Little Buildwas )
Chester Foregate Bishop Richard Peche c.1161 A messuage or house 53°11′29″N 2°53′10″W / 53.1913°N 2.886°W / 53.1913 ; -2.886 ( Chester Foregate )
Between Weston and Brockton , Staffordshire William , son of John Bagoth 1176 Land 52°42′49″N 2°17′55″W / 52.7135°N 2.2987°W / 52.7135 ; -2.2987 ( Weston/Brockton )
Brockton Gerald of Brockton and his son Before 1189 Land 52°43′14″N 2°17′39″W / 52.7205°N 2.2941°W / 52.7205 ; -2.2941 ( Brockton Grange )
Cosford , Shropshire Richard of Pitchford Before 1189 The services of Richard Crasset . Later William Crasset exchanged the services and/or some parcel of land elsewhere for land at Cosford 52°38′13″N 2°19′09″W / 52.6369°N 2.3191°W / 52.6369 ; -2.3191 ( Cosford )
Hatton , Shropshire Adam Treynel , also known as Adam of Hatton , and Reginald , his son Before 1189 A moiety of the vill of Hatton , situated to the east of the Twybrook , a tributary of the River Worfe 52°38′10″N 2°20′56″W / 52.636°N 2.349°W / 52.636 ; -2.349 ( Hatton ( east moiety ) )
Walton , Staffordshire Walter Fitz Herman By 1189 A moiety of the vill 52°45′22″N 2°17′09″W / 52.7562°N 2.2857°W / 52.7562 ; -2.2857 ( Walton Grange )
Cauldon , Staffordshire William of Cauldon By 1189 . In 1287 exchanged with Croxden Abbey for Adeney Land 53°02′07″N 1°52′22″W / 53.0354°N 1.8729°W / 53.0354 ; -1.8729 ( Caldon Grange )
Ivonbrook , near Grangemill in Derbyshire Henry Fitz Fulk By 1189 Land 53°07′27″N 1°38′24″W / 53.1242°N 1.64°W / 53.1242 ; -1.64 ( Ivonbrook Grange )
Wentnor , Shropshire Robert Corbet of Caus About 1198 Mill 52°31′48″N 2°55′00″W / 52.53°N 2.9168°W / 52.53 ; -2.9168 ( Wentnor )
Hatton , Shropshire John de Hemes and Walter , his son By 1202 John granted lease of a virgate and twelve acres of his demesne . Walter added the remainder of the land in the western moiety of Hatton , as far as the road that runs through Evelith . Annual rent of 12d . payable , with a further rent of five shillings to the Traynels , as manorial lords 52°38′04″N 2°21′40″W / 52.6345°N 2.3610°W / 52.6345 ; -2.3610 ( Hatton ( west moiety ) )
Wentnor Robert Corbet of Caus About 1203 -1218 Ritton and Hulemore : large areas of grazing land in the Stiperstones 52°34′56″N 2°55′47″W / 52.5822°N 2.9296°W / 52.5822 ; -2.9296 ( Stiperstones )
Kinnerton Richard Corbet of Wattlesborough Between 1217 and 1224 The entire vill of Kinnerton in Wentnor 52°33′42″N 2°55′11″W / 52.5616°N 2.9198°W / 52.5616 ; -2.9198 ( Kinnerton )
Broseley Philip de Burwardesley c. 1220 Right to quarry stone in the wood at Broseley and to cut down trees to make a road to the River Severn , but not to remove the timber 52°37′22″N 2°28′46″W / 52.6229°N 2.4794°W / 52.6229 ; -2.4794 ( Broseley )
Harnage , near Cound , Shropshire Gilbert de Lacy , Lord of Cressage By 1234 , probably 1232 The whole vill , together with rights of pasture . Right of road through Cressage for the abbeys employees to wash sheep in the River Severn and to load barges there 52°36′58″N 2°38′23″W / 52.6161°N 2.6396°W / 52.6161 ; -2.6396 ( Harnage Grange )
Kinnerton Thomas Corbet of Caus 1236 Right to enclose the abbey 's lands around Kinnerton 52°33′49″N 2°56′16″W / 52.5636°N 2.9378°W / 52.5636 ; -2.9378 ( Kinnerton )
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Buildwas Abbey was a Cistercian (originally Savigniac) monastery located on the banks of the River Severn, at Buildwas, Shropshire, England - today about two miles (3 km) west of Ironbridge. Founded by the local bishop in 1135, it was sparsely endowed at the outset but enjoyed several periods of growth and increasing wealth: notably under Abbot Ranulf in the second half of the 12th century and again from the mid-13th century, when large numbers of acquisitions were made from the local landed gentry. Abbots were regularly used as agents by Plantagenet in their attempts to subdue Ireland and Wales and the abbey acquired a daughter house in each country. It was a centre of learning, with a substantial library, and was noted for its discipline until the economic and demographic crises of the 14th century brought about decline and difficulties, exacerbated by conflict and political instability in the Welsh Marches. The abbey was suppressed in 1536 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. Substantial remains of the abbey church and monk's quarters remain and are in the care of English Heritage.