In 1335 the manor was bought by William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury and in 1337 he founded Bisham Priory alongside, within the year of his death 1344, he ...

The great Hoby family took up residence in the early 16th century. From around 1557, Sir Philip Hoby erected the great dining hall and the suite of rooms to the ...

In about 1330, Bisham was granted to Ebulo L'Estrange, then in 1335 to Montacute the first Earl of Salisbury and a close friend of Edward 111. The Earl settled ...

This ancient, complex building was begun by the Knights Templar in the C13th. Their great hall was added to by William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury (d.

The manor of Bisham, anciently Bisteham or Bustleham, in Berkshire was given by William the Conqueror to Henry De Ferrers, whose grandson, Robert, Earl Ferrers, ...

List entry 1303584. Grade I Listed Building: Bisham Abbey. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.

The manor house itself was originally built around 1260 by two Knights Templar to be a Community house, unfortunately the Knights were suppressed in 1307 when ...

The priory surrendered in 1536, (fn. 60) but in 1537 the king founded a Benedictine abbey of Holy Trinity there, transferring to it the abbot and monks of the ...

This fine tudor building on the site of a 14th century priory was give by Henry VIII to Anne of Cleves, and then passed to the Hoby family.

Originally a priory that was surrendered to Henry VIII who re-established as an Abbey for prayers for his late wife Jane Seymour. It later became a Benedictine ...