Humberston Abbey was an abbey in Humberston

Humberston

Humberston is a large village and civil parish to the south of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire...

, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

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, England.

The Benedictine

Benedictine

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 Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Peter

Saint Peter

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 was founded in 1160 by William son of Ralf, son of Drogo, son of Hermer, as an abbey of the Tironensian Order. In 1305 the monastic buildings were destroyed by fire, and the brethren were obliged to beg alms and sell the advowson of one of their churches to the prior of Holy Trinity, Norwich

Norwich

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 before they could rebuild them.

It adopted Benedictine orders sometime after 1413, as the Bishop of Lincoln

Bishop of Lincoln

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 in 1422 said that the monks of Humberston took their origin from St. Mary's, Hamby in the Diocese of Coutances. The abbey was never taken into the king's hands as an Alien house.

The abbey was dissolved

Dissolution of the Monasteries

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in 1536. The abbey buildings were located to the south of St Peters church in Humberston.