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Remains of the cloister arches of Tavistock Abbey

Tavistock Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon, is a ruined Benedictine Abbey in Tavistock, Devon. This article is about ruins in Architecture; for other meanings see Ruins (disambiguation. This article concerns Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict see also Benedictine Confederation and Benedictine. An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or Tavistock is a Market town within West Devon, England on the River Tavy, from which its name derives and has a Nothing remains of the abbey except the refectory, two gateways and a porch.

The Abbey was founded in 961 by Orgar Earl of Devon and completed by his son Ordulf in 981, in which year the charter of confirmation was granted by King Ethelred II. Events By Place Asia Ani (present-day Turkey) becomes the capital of Armenia under the Bagratuni Dynasty The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the Peerage of England, and was possessed first by the de Redvers (de Reviers family and later for the Events By Place Europe The great Viking explorer Eric the Red-haired leaves Norway to survey an island west of Iceland Ethelred II ( c. 968 – 23 April 1016 also known as Æthelred II, Aethelred II, Ethelred the Unready, Æthelred the Unready It was endowed with lands in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, and became one of the richest abbeys in the west of England. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar The church, dedicated to Our Lady and St. This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary Rumon, was destroyed by Danish raiders in 997 and rebuilt under Lyfing, the second abbot. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Events By Place Europe First documented reference to the City of Gdańsk. Lyfing of Winchester (died 1046 (also known as Livingus or Lifing) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Crediton, Bishop of Cornwall The church was further rebuilt in 1285 and the greater part of the abbey between 1457-1458. Livingus and his successor Aldred both became bishops of Worcester, and the latter is said to have crowned William the Conqueror. Aldred, or Ealdred (died 11 September 1069 English ecclesiastic was Abbot of Tavistock, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of Hereford, The Bishop of Worcester heads the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury in England. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages The thirty-sixth abbot, John Dynynton, was granted leave in 1458 to use the mitre and other pontificalia; and the thirty-ninth, Richard Banham, was made a lord of Parliament by Henry VIII in 1513. The mitre (sometimes also spelled miter from the Greek μίτρα, 'headband' or 'turban' is a type of headgear now known as the traditional ceremonial head-dress of A Lord of Parliament is a member of the lowest rank of Scottish Peerage, ranking below a Viscount. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Twenty-five years later the last abbot, John Peryn, with twenty monks, surrendered the abbey to the king, receiving a pension of a hundred pounds. The abbey revenues at the time of the dissolution were estimated at £902. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded

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"Tavistock Abbey". Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Tavistock", a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone

This article incorporates text from the entry Tavistock Abbey in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia

The Richard Banham (1492 - 1523), the 39th Abbot was more likely to have been Richard Baynham who was granted arms as follows: A Grant of Arms was made to Richard Baynham , Bishop of Tavistock (College of Arms Ms: 2G4/5b) in the time of Henry the Eight (1509 - 1547). The arms are: Gules a mace in bend sinister surmounted by a pastoral staff in bend dexter or on a chief argent three pierced mullets of five points sable.

Richard Baynham has been referred to as Richard Banham in a number of places. He was created Baron Hurdwick in 1514 (another name for the Hundred of Tavistock)^[1] Richard was a mitred Abbot which meant that he could sit in Parliament as a Lord and probably had the title Abbot-Sovereign. See also - HISTORIC COLLECTIONS, RELATING TO THE MONASTERIES IN DEVON. THE REVEREND GEORGE OLIVER, OF EXETER. EXETER: PRINTED BY R. CULLUM, 1820.

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