The abbey was founded in 1147 when the stone buildings[REF] were raised on the north side of the beck.
Eventually, on co-founder FitzTurgis'[REF] death, control of the abbey passed to his son Roger, now 'de Wickersley,'[REF] and then eventually to a granddaughter Constantia, who married William de Livet (Levett), a family of Norman origin who were lords of the nearby village of Hooton Levitt (or Levett) [REF].