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23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII

23rd March 2022
Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Church, Dissolution of the monasteries, Essex, Henry VIII, Monastery, Reformation, Tudor, Waltham Abbey

Abbot Robert Fuller surrendered the abbey and its property on 23 March 1540, and within just a few years all the buildings except for the parish nave had been demolished or had collapsed due to neglect.

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23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII

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