Sawtry Abbey

The abbey was founded in 1147 by Simon II de Senlis, Earl of Northampton, who was the grandson of Earl Waltheof and Judith, the niece of William the Conqueror who held the manor when the Domesday Survey was compiled.

[1] Due to its proximity to other monasteries, disputes over tithes and land with the abbots of Ramsey and Thorney often occurred during the 13th century.

[1] The abbey was worth less than £200 a year, and at the Dissolution of the Monasteries the whole establishment was disbanded before December 1536.

Of the 12 monks and 22 conversi only the abbot, William Angell, received a pension of £10.

The cloisters were located to the south and to their East was an infirmary or Abbots lodging.