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Founded as a Savigniac Monastery by Ranulf II, Earl of Chester, around 1131, probably at a site a few miles away, Basingwerk Abbey appears to date from the early 13th Century, although grants from Henry II in 1157 refer to the chapel of Basingwerk. The Savigniac Order was absorbed into the Cistercial Order in 1147 and Basingwerk was placed under the supervision of Builswas Abbey, another Savigniac foundation. Ranulf's initial endowments included the nearby manor of Fulbrook-Greenfield, including a silver mine, salt mines in Northwich and lands around West Kirby. Later endowments included lands in Glossop, at Lake Bala and the shrine of St Winefride at Holwell thereby creating a very wealthy establishment. The abbey was suppressed in the first wave of the dissolutions of minor foundations with an annual income of less than £200, by which time it had a reputation for low moral order.
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