Ramsey Abbey
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Ramsey Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, historically one of the wealthiest and most influential religious houses in medieval England.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benedictine monastery
ⓘ
Christian religious house ⓘ former monastery ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic (later additions)
ⓘ
Romanesque (originally) ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| currentUseOfSite | partly occupied by Ramsey Abbey School ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Benedict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dioceseHistorically | Diocese of Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedDuring | Dissolution of the Monasteries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 1539 ⓘ |
| era | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundationDate | 10th century ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Benedictine abbey ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ailwin, alderman of East Anglia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oswald of Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Dunstan (traditionally associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Oswald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | circa 969 ⓘ |
| function |
education and scholarship
ⓘ
land management and estate administration ⓘ religious worship ⓘ |
| governedBy | Abbot of Ramsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedRoyalCharterBy | King Edgar the Peaceful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemnant |
Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
earthworks and foundations ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Abbot of Ramsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse is a listed building
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
remains are protected as scheduled monument ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence in medieval England
ⓘ
large library and scriptoria ⓘ scholarship and learning ⓘ wealth and extensive estates ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridgeshire, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridgeshire
Fens of eastern England NERFINISHED ⓘ Huntingdonshire (historic county) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramsey, Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedAfterDissolutionBy |
Cromwell family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Williams (alias Cromwell) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron |
English kings
ⓘ
nobility of East Anglia ⓘ |
| producedWork | Ramsey Psalter (associated manuscript) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Roman Catholic Church (pre-Reformation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Benedictine Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInMiddleAges |
major landowner in the Fens
ⓘ
one of the wealthiest monasteries in England ⓘ |
| typeOfMonastery | black monks (Benedictines) ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.