 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kuparara kweAbbey kwakabhadharwa nekorona kuna Sir Thomas Darcy, vasati vazotengwa nemhuri yaLucas muna 1548. Chechi yeAbbey yakaparadzwa zvishoma nezvishoma mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi 16 uye kutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 17, nemhuri yaLucas ichivaka imba hombe yeimba munzvimbo yayo, ichichengetedza rusvingo rwepamberi neGedhi rayo guru reAbbey rakakomberedza nzvimbo yekare. Chechi yaSt Giles yakachengetwa sechechi yeparishi, ichigara makuva emhuri yaLucas. Zvidimbu zveAbbey zvakashandiswazve mu Bourne Mill yakavakwa muna 1597, nepo zvimwe zvidimbu zvematombo kubva kuchechi zvakapararira zvakapoteredza nzvimbo dzekare. Mifananidzo yeColchester pamepu yaJohn Speed ya1607 inoratidza imba yaLucas iri muchikamu chekumaodzanyemba kwenzvimbo yeAbbey uye zvinoita kunge iri shongwe yepakati yeAbbey ine hwindo rayo remwenje kumusoro ichiri kumira. Muna 1648, mukati meEngland Civil War, Colchester yakatorwa nemauto eMadzimambo uye yakakomberedzwa neParamende. Sir Charles Lucas, mumwe wevatungamiriri veRoyalist, aiva chizvarwa chenzvimbo yaLucas munharaunda yeAbbey. Sechikamu chekukombwa kweguta maParamende akadzinga maRoyalist mauto kubva kunzvimbo yeAbbey mushure mekurwa kwenguva refu, achiparadza imba yaLucas, Chechi yaSt Giles, zvikamu zvemadziro ekare eAbbey uye zvikamu zveGedhi reAbbey mukuita uku. 