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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Statements (45)

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

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Referenced by (6)

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

Thomas Wolsey → deathPlace → Leicester Abbey ⓘ
subject linked to: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Mary de Bohun → burialPlace → Leicester Abbey ⓘ
House of Beaumont → patronage → Leicester Abbey ⓘ
Leicester Abbey → alsoKnownAs → Abbey of Saint Mary of Leicester ⓘ
linked to: Leicester Abbey
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester → burialPlace → Leicester Abbey (traditional attribution) ⓘ
linked to: Leicester Abbey