Leicester Abbey

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Leicester Abbey was a prominent medieval Augustinian monastery in Leicester, England, later dissolved under Henry VIII and remembered as the place where Cardinal Thomas Wolsey died.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Augustinian monastery
medieval monastery
alsoKnownAs Abbey of Saint Mary of Leicester NERFINISHED
associatedWithCity Leicester NERFINISHED
associatedWithMonarch Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Thomas Wolsey NERFINISHED
burialPlaceOf Thomas Wolsey NERFINISHED
category Augustinian monasteries in England
Buildings and structures in Leicester
Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation
Monasteries in Leicestershire
country England
currentSiteUse Abbey Park, Leicester NERFINISHED
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries NERFINISHED
dissolvedUnder Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
foundedInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
function landowner
place of worship
religious community
governedBy abbot of Leicester NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalExcavations yes
hasArchitecturalType monastic complex
hasFeature chapter house
church
cloister
monastic precinct
refectory
hasRuins monastic remains
heritageDesignationBy Historic England NERFINISHED
heritageStatus scheduled monument
historicalEra medieval England
locatedIn Abbey Park NERFINISHED
East Midlands
Leicester NERFINISHED
Leicestershire NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
namedAfter Leicester NERFINISHED
notableEvent death of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
ownershipAfterDissolution Crown estate NERFINISHED
region Midlands NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Catholicism
religiousOrder Augustinian Canons NERFINISHED
status ruined
tourism local heritage attraction

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey deathPlace Leicester Abbey
subject surface form: Thomas Wolsey
Mary de Bohun burialPlace Leicester Abbey
House of Beaumont patronage Leicester Abbey