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Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, some 2 miles (4 km) south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Part of the house was demolished in the 20th century, but the remains, standing in 150 acres of park and woodland, are open to the public as Rufford Country Park. Part of the park is a Local Nature Reserve. The house itself is constructed of rubble, brick, dressed stone and ashlar with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Rufford Abbey, Rufford )〕 It is Grade I listed and scheduled as an Ancient Monument. ==The Monastic Foundation== The abbey itself was founded by Gilbert de Gant, on 12 July 1147,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rufford )〕 and populated with Cistercian monks from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. The English Pope, Adrian IV gave the blessing for the abbey in 1156, following which the abbey's lands expanded and the villagers of Cratley, Grimston and Rufford, Inkersall were evicted. A new village of Wellow, just outside the estate housed some of the displaced people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A History of Rufford Country Park )〕 The Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1534 gives the gross income of the abbey as £254 6s. 8d. (£}} as of ),and the clear annual value as £176 11s. 6d. (£}} as of ). Abbot Doncaster obtained a pension of £25 a year, on the dissolution of the house in 1536 among the lesser monasteries, but it was voided on his speedy appointment to the rectory of Rotherham on 2 July 1536. After its dissolution, the abbey gained a reputation of being haunted by the spectre of a giant monk carrying a skull. ; Abbots of Rufford * Philip de Kyme, temp. Stephen * Edward, 1203 * Geoffrey, c. temp. John, 1218, &c. * Thomas * Simon, c. 1232 * G—, c. 1239 * Geoffrey, c. 1252 * William, c. 1259 * Henry, 1278 * Thomas de Stayngreve, c. 1283 * Henry, c. 1288 * Henry de Tring, c. 1315 * Elias Lyvet (Levett), c. 1332 * Robert de Mapelbek, 1352 * Thomas, 1366 * John de Harlesay, 1372 * John de Farnsfeld, 1394 * Thomas Sewally, c. 1400 * Robert de Welles, 1421 * Robert Warthill, died 1456 * William Cresswell, 1456 * John Pomfrat, died 1462 * John Lilly, 1462 * John Greyne, 1465 * Roland Bliton, 1516 * Thomas Doncaster, last abbot 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rufford Abbey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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