Newbo

Title

Newbo

Also Known As

Neubo, Newboo, Newboth, Nubo, Nuebod

Dates

Founded ca. 1198; dissolved 1536

Dedication

Assumption of Mary

Affiliation

Newsham

Medieval Diocese

Lincoln

Circary

Mid England

History

Newbo was founded in 1198 by Richard de Malebisse. It was never a large of a wealthy house, and in the early 15th century struggled to attract members.

The abbey was suppressed in 1536 and subsequently demolished. An early modern farmhouse now occupies the site. In the 1920s, the then Duke of Rutland carried out excavations at Newbo.

Heads of Community

Abbots

Ralf, fl. 1227
Matthew, fl. 1242
Luke, fl. 1249
William, 1276-aft. 1310
Roger de Thurverton, 1356-bef. 1382
Robert of Bennington (Benyngton), fl. 1386
Ralf, fl. 1401
Simon of Mumby, 1407-?
John, 1412-?
William Gresley, ?-ca. 1430
John, fl. 1433
William Bottesford, 1437-?
Peter York (or Wygham), ca. 1475-ca. 1478
John Mownckton, ca. 1482-ca. 1491
John Colby, ca. 1494-ca. 1500
William Broil, ca. 1511-ca. 1522
Richard Carre, ca. 1527-1536

Status

Abbey

Archival Sources

Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives

1ANC/3/25/1 (15th-16th c.; court rolls)

DDTA 96 (1544)

Bibliography

Page, William, ed. “Houses of Premonstratensian Canons: The Abbey of Newbo.” In A History of the County of Lincoln, 2:207–9. London, 1906. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lincs/vol2/pp207-209.

The Duke of Rutland. “Effigy from Newbo Abbey.” The Antiquaries Journal: Being the Journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London 11, no. 1 (1931): 65. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500033345.

Files

Collection

Mid England

Citation

“Newbo,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/268.

Geolocation

Item Relations

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