Sawtry Abbey: Sawtrey Abbey

Medieval Cistercian Abbey. Irregular quadrangular shape measuring 1200ft by 750ft and enclosed by a fosse.

Building on part of the ditch at the south west corner.

1147 Founded as a Cistercian Abbey by Earl Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton.

1157-1164 Hugh was Abbot of Sawtry.

1164-1176 Payn was Abbot of Sawtry.

1195 Alexander was Abbot of Sawtry.

1228 Before: Ralph was Abbot of Sawtry.

1278 Adam was Abbot of Sawtry.

1289 William was Abbot of Sawtry.

1299 Laurence was Abbot of Sawtry.

1303 John was Abbot of Sawtry.

1314 John was Abbot of Sawtry.

1320-1338 Roger of Hertford was Abbot of Sawtry.

1340-1348 Ralph Beville was Abbot of Sawtry.

1351 William was Abbot of Sawtry.

1391 Thomas de Spalding was Abbot of Sawtry.

1409-1413 Robert de Spalding was Abbot of Sawtry.

1444 John Fulborne was Abbot of Sawtry.

1452 John Alconbury was Abbot of Sawtry.

1524 Henry was Abbot of Sawtry.

1527 Henry was Abbot of Sawtry.

1529 Richard was Abbot of Sawtry.

1531-1533 Robert was Abbot of Sawtry.

1534 William Angell was Abbot of Sawtry.

1536 Catherine of Aragon’s body rested at the site overnight on its way to Peterborough Cathedral. Suppressed with the smaller monasteries.

1536 December: Dissolved.

19^th C In ruins. Building materials still being taken from the site.

1907-1913 Excavated.

1970 Field Investigation.

1987 Scheduled.

1995 Scheduled.