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Newstead Abbey, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the dissolution of the monasteries, it is now best known as the ance
A view of the Abbey from its east side
Newstead Abbey in 1880.
Newstead Abbey in 2012
Newstead Abbey in 2019
The dissolution of the monasteries, also known as the suppression of the monasteries, was a set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded all Catholic
Newstead Abbey
…Newstead Abbey, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the dissolution of the monasteries, it is now best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron. The Abbey is on the national Heritage at Risk Register. The priory of St. Mary of Newstead…
King Henry VIII c. 1537 by Hans Holbein the Younger. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid.
Desiderius Erasmus by Holbein; Renaissance humanist and influential critic of religious orders. Louvre, Paris.
Thomas Cromwell by Hans Holbein: Chief Minister for Henry VIII and Vicegerent in Spirituals; created the administrative machinery for the Dissolution. Frick Collection, New York City
Stogursey Priory in Somerset. An alien priory dissolved in 1414 and granted to Eton College