Shaftesbury Abbey
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Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to K
Shaftesbury Abbey ruins
Grave slab of Sir Thomas Scales, Deacon of the High Altar at Shaftesbury Abbey, died 1532. Found during excavation of the nave in 1931.
Lion and Flower Floor Tile from Shaftesbury Abbey collection
Priest Coffin Lid carved in Purbeck Marble from Shaftesbury Abbey collection
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
Shaftesbury Abbey
…Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII. At the time it was the second-wealthiest nunnery…
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