Haughmond Abbey
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Haughmond Abbey is a ruined, medieval, Augustinian monastery a few miles from Shrewsbury, England. It was probably founded in the early 12th century and was closely associated with the FitzAlan family
Remains of Haughmond Abbey
Seal of Henry I, showing the king on horseback. Alan FitzFlaad, founder of the FitzAlan family, seems to have made his fortune as part of Henry's military retinue.
Breidden and Middletown Hills seen across the little cloister.
King Stephen, who reigned 1135–1154. The civil wars of his reign were the context for the abbey's establishment. Although it was distinctively an Angevin house, he confirmed some of its early endowments.
Lilleshall Abbey
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Lilleshall Abbey was an Augustinian abbey in Shropshire, England, today located 6 miles north of Telford. It was founded between 1145 and 1148 and followed the austere customs and observance of the Ab
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…into established monasteries, or even small religious orders: the Abbey of Arrouaise in northern France, which had a Shropshire community at nearby Lilleshall Abbey, is an example. At Haughmond, the remains of a very modest early church were discovered beneath the floor of the later, more ambitious building, during…
Lilleshall Abbey
Tombstone to the south of the abbey building. A desire to be buried in sacred ground was a major motive for donations to Lilleshall Abbey.
Richard II stayed at Lilleshall with Queen Isabella in January 1398 on his way to parliament at Shrewsbury.