Bedford Abbey

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox monastery | name = Bedford Abbey | image = | alt = | caption = | full = | other_names = | order = [[Benedictine]]/[[Augustinians|Augustinian]] | established = | disestablished = | mother = | dedication = | diocese = Diocese of Lincoln | churches = | founder = | abbot = | prior = | people = | location = [[Bedford]], [[Bedfordshire]], [[England]] | coord = {{coord|52.1354|N|0.4674|W|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:GB}} | oscoor = | remains = | public_access = | other_info = }} '''Bedford Abbey''' was a short-lived [[Benedictine]] [[monastery]], recorded in 10th-century England. '''Bedford Priory''', perhaps representing the same institution two centuries later, was an [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] [[priory]] that within two decades of its foundation moved to nearby [[Newnham, Bedford|Newnham]].

Bedford Abbey existed in the 10th-century, staffed with Benedictine monks when [[Oscytel]], [[Archbishop of York]], died in 971.<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=360190|mname=Bedford Abbey|accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref>{{r|MedievalRH|p=30|HeadsRH|p2=147}} The archbishop was buried in the abbey, after his body was taken there by its abbot, [[Thurcytel]] (who later moved to [[Crowland Abbey]]).{{r|MedievalRH|p=30|HeadsRH|pp2=147,420}} Thurcytel is the only known abbot of the monastery.{{r|HeadsRH|p=30}} Its history after this is obscure, and may have evolved into [[St Paul's Church, Bedford|St Paul's Church]] in Bedford, which became an Augustinian priory c. 1166.{{r|MedievalRH|pp=147,420|HeadsRH|p2=30}}

Around 1180, the priory moved to Newnham (see [[Newnham Priory]]).{{r|MedievalRH|p=147}}

==References== <references> <ref name="HeadsRH">{{citation| editor-last = Knowles | editor-first = David | editor2-last = Brooke| editor2-first = C. N. L. | editor3-last = London | editor3-first = C. M | title = The Heads of Religious Houses : England and Wales. 1, 940–1216 | place = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 2001 | edition = 2nd | isbn = 0-521-80452-3}}</ref> <ref name="MedievalRH">{{Citation| editor-last = Knowles | editor-first = David | editor2-last = Hadcock | editor2-first = R. Neville | title = Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales | place = London | publisher = Longman | year= 1971 | edition = 2nd | isbn = 0-582-11230-3 }}</ref> </references>

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