In the Late Middle Ages, the Abbey became famous as the burial place of King Henry VI (whose body was later transferred to St George's Chapel, Windsor).

The abbey was dissolved by the commissioners of King Henry VIII in 1537, but the community moved to Bisham.

Some very fine medieval tiles from the abbey, some depicting the legend of Tristan and Iseult, may be seen in the British Museum.

[4] They were assembled to form religious inscription texts on the floor and can be considered a forerunner of movable type printing.

Thomas Hammond of Cromwell's New Model Army, was named as a Commissioner at the High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I, and despite attending no fewer than fourteen of its sittings, he did not sign the death warrant.