Revesby Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Revesby in Lincolnshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1143 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, and the first monks came from Rievaulx Abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the Abbey was demolished and a country house built. The current house was built in the mid-19th century, but is in poor condition. Unoccupied since the 1960s and previously earmarked for demolition, the house is currently listed on the English Heritage "At Risk" register, but says there is a "repair scheme in progress and (where applicable) end use or user identified". History Revesby Abbey was founded in 1142 by William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln, who became a monk at the abbey in his later life, and was then buried within the abbey. The first monks at the abbey were sent from Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. The abbey was endowed with land at Revesby, Scithesby and Thoresby, and with the advowsons of the churches of Hagnaby and Scithesby. During the mid-12th century, the monks of Revesby offered land in other villages to its tenants in the villages of Stichesby and Thoresby, if they would move. All 13 families left Stichesby and all 11 from Thoresby, leaving both of these settlements unpopulated. In the 14th century the abbey acquired the manor of Mareham and was granted permission to hold a weekly market and an annual fair there. In 1534 the abbey was recorded as having an income of £1287 2s. 4½d. (), and was in control of the manors of Claxby, East Keal, Hagnaby, Hameringham, Mareham-le-Fen, Mavis Enderby, Sibsey, Stickney and Toynton. However, despite this, the abbey's income appears to have been mismanaged, and in 1538 the Duke of Norfolk wrote to Thomas Cromwell to inform him the abbey was "in great ruin and decay". The abbey was dissolved c.1539. Abbots of Revesby Abbey List of known Abbots of Revesby Abbey: William, first abbot, 1142 Walo, occurs 1155 Hugh, occurs 1176 and 1200 Ralf, occurs 1208 Elias, occurs 1216 and 1231 Matthew William, occurs 1255 Walter, occurs 1257 and 1263 Robert, occurs 1275 Henry, occurs 1291 Walter, elected 1294 Philip, occurs 1294 Henry, elected 1301, occurs 1314 Henry, occurs 1385 John de Toft, occurs 1390 Philip Malteby, occurs 1415 Thomas, (Stickney) occurs 1504-32 Robert Styk or Banbury, occurs 1536 John, occurs 1537 Burials Hawise de Reviers,