Wendling
Title
Wendling
Also Known As
Belingia, Bellinges, Welingiacum, Welnynge, Wendeling, Wendlyngge, Wenling, Wenlinge, Wenlyng, Wenlynge, Wennelyng
Dates
Founded ca. 1265; dissolved 1537
Dedication
Mary
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Wendling was founded ca. 1265 by William de Wendling, a king's justiciar. It was always a small house. It was suppressed in 1536/37. Today only some fragments of walling survive.
Heads of Community
Abbots
Nicholas, 1265-aft. 1273
Robert, fl. 1286
John I, ?-1329
William de Saxlingham, 1329-?
John II de Norwich, ?-1339
Thomas I of Tittleshall (or Tytleshalle), 1339-?
John III de Snytton, ca. 1377-ca. 1398
John IV de Brissele, ca. 1400-ca. 1421
Ralph Fowledon, ca. 1422-ca. 1425
Edmund Elmham, ca. 1429-ca. 1466
John V Skerning, 1474-1503
Thomas II Walsoken, 1503-?
Richard Rolston, 1504-1505
John Redmayn, fl. 1506
John VI York, 1509-?
George Carleton, 1526-bef. 1532
Thomas III Ellington, 1532-1536
Nicholas, 1265-aft. 1273
Robert, fl. 1286
John I, ?-1329
William de Saxlingham, 1329-?
John II de Norwich, ?-1339
Thomas I of Tittleshall (or Tytleshalle), 1339-?
John III de Snytton, ca. 1377-ca. 1398
John IV de Brissele, ca. 1400-ca. 1421
Ralph Fowledon, ca. 1422-ca. 1425
Edmund Elmham, ca. 1429-ca. 1466
John V Skerning, 1474-1503
Thomas II Walsoken, 1503-?
Richard Rolston, 1504-1505
John Redmayn, fl. 1506
John VI York, 1509-?
George Carleton, 1526-bef. 1532
Thomas III Ellington, 1532-1536
Status
Abbey
Archival Sources
Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/N/9/6 (14th c.)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/N/9/8 (14th c.)
Kew, The National Archives
C 1/7/135 (15th c.)
E 40/10112 (1282)
E 42/199
E 42/209 (1307)
E 42/216
SC 11/467 (16th c.)
SC 11/473 (16th c.)
SC 11/476 (16th c.)
SC 11/483 (16th c.)
SC 11/490 (16th c.)
SC 11/491 (16th c.)
WARD 2/52/177/93 (13th c.)
WARD 2/53/179/51 (15th c.)
Norwich, Norfolk Record Office
BL/R 9/1-10 (13th/14th c.)
BL/R 9/11 (1583)
Frere Collection G1/1-9 (14th c.)
MS 3811, 8A3 (1534)
Southhampton, University of Southampton Special Collections
GB 738 MS 83/2/1 (1280s)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/N/9/6 (14th c.)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/N/9/8 (14th c.)
Kew, The National Archives
C 1/7/135 (15th c.)
E 40/10112 (1282)
E 42/199
E 42/209 (1307)
E 42/216
SC 11/467 (16th c.)
SC 11/473 (16th c.)
SC 11/476 (16th c.)
SC 11/483 (16th c.)
SC 11/490 (16th c.)
SC 11/491 (16th c.)
WARD 2/52/177/93 (13th c.)
WARD 2/53/179/51 (15th c.)
Norwich, Norfolk Record Office
BL/R 9/1-10 (13th/14th c.)
BL/R 9/11 (1583)
Frere Collection G1/1-9 (14th c.)
MS 3811, 8A3 (1534)
Southhampton, University of Southampton Special Collections
GB 738 MS 83/2/1 (1280s)
Reference
Dugdale, 889-891
HE: Wendling Abbey
Hugo, I: 251-252; II: 1159-1160, 1161-1162
MP, II: 84-85
VW, 26-27, 321
HE: Wendling Abbey
Hugo, I: 251-252; II: 1159-1160, 1161-1162
MP, II: 84-85
VW, 26-27, 321
Bibliography
Bulwer, J. “A Plan of Wendling Abbey.” Norfolk Archaeology 5 (1859): 38–40. https://doi.org/10.5284/1077327.
Butler, Ronald M. “Wendling Abbey. A Note on the Site.” Norfolk Archaeology 32, no. 3 (1960): 226–29. https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-3749-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_32/NorfolkArchaeology32_P226_P229.pdf.
Manning, C. R. “Seal of Wendling Abbey.” Norfolk Archaeology 8 (1879): 175–76. https://doi.org/10.5284/1077438.
Page, William, ed. “Houses of Premonstratensian Canons: The Abbey of Wendling.” In A History of the County of Norfolk, 2:421–23. London, 1906. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/norf/vol2/pp421-423.
Vincent, Nicholas. “The Wonderful Will of William of Wendling (d. 1270).” Nottingham Medieval Studies 45 (2001): 68–96. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.NMS.3.321.
Image Credit
"Wendling" as shown in John Speed, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611/12). University of Cambridge Digital Library.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Wendling,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/123.
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Langley |