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A romantic ruin looking out over the southern coast. Netley Abbey once welcomed travellers and sailors with open arms and now its gates are open to tourists alike. With beautiful stonework and awe-inspiring archways, Netley Abbey will impress those who visit.
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---- Short History ----
- Founded in 1239, for the monks of the Cistercian Order by Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester.
- But the monastery was never rich or influential. Its history is quiet. Though the monks were well known for their hospitality to travellers.
- The charter that first describes the abbey calls it Letley, which is where the current name of Netley probably comes from.
- It was one of a pair of monasteries that the bishop intended as a memorial to himself; the other being in France. But he died before the project was finished.
- A year after his death the first monks arrived from neighbouring Beaulieu Abbey.
- King Henry III donated farmland, urban property in Southampton and elsewhere, and spiritual revenues from churches.
- By 1291, the abbey was making a good annual revenue of £81.
- But soon afterwards, bad management had left it nearly bankrupt.
- In 1328, a government administrator stepped in and forced them to sell many of its estates.
- But ten years later they had to appeal to the king for a grant. But the abbey never recovered.
- It was always highly respected. The abbot was even summoned on many occasions to sit in the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spiritual.
- When Henry VIII ordered the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, the monks had to surrender their home.
- Abbot Thomas Stevens resigned and became a secular priest. He eventually became the Abbot of their mother house in Beaulieu in Hampshire for two years until he was forced to surrender in 1538, and would end his days as treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral.
- King Henry VIII would grant the abbey and some of its estates to his Lord Treasurer, Sir William Paulet.
- He began the process of converting it into a palace. Adding a great hall, kitchens, luxurious apartments, a gatehouse and even a large fountain.
- By 1700, Netley Abbey came into the hands of Sir Berkeley.
- Berkeley decided to tear down the abbey and sell its parts for materials. But the builder in charge died after part of a window fell on him. The project was halted and the abbey was left to decay.
- And by the second half of the 18th century it had become an attraction for artists and poets.
- In the 19th century, it had become a poplar tourist attraction. Steps were taken to conserve the site and an archeological survey took place.
- During this time however, the owners decided to remove many of the Tudor additions to the building to create a more medieval feel to the site. This resulted in the loss of much of the post-Dissolution history.
- In 1922, the abbey passed to state care. Conservation and archeological work continued.
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8 апр 2022
