 The site was granted to the King who later granted it to others, including William Petre, the Secretary of State, and Sir Thomas Dennis (c.1477-1561) of Holcombe Burnell in Devon, who had married Donne's sister Elizabeth and was Chamberlain of the Household to Cardinal Wolsey.Following dissolution, the abbey site and its lands were granted by the crown to Sir Thomas Denys (c.1477-1561) of Holcombe Burnell, near Exeter, who stripped the buildings and "reduced them to ruins".The abbey site was subsequently used as a stone quarry.