Alcester Abbey
Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Alcester Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Alcester, Warwickshire in England, founded in 1138 by the Botellers of Oversley, Warwickshire.<ref name="Victoria County History">A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2: Religious Houses, William Page ed 1908 pages 56-61 URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36488</ref> Its many endowments included the Chapel of St. James and St. Peter, near Shaftesbury, Dorset; the manor of Blynfield in the parish of St. James, which is known as the 'Manor of Alcester and Bec'; and a number of other churches and estates.
The last of its priors was Richard Tutbury, from 1459 to 1466. In 1467 it was annexed by Evesham Abbey, from whence it had a prior or warden who was an Evesham monk.<ref name="KnowlesSmith2008">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1536 its ownership was transferred to Thomas Cromwell. Little now remains of the site.
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