Chronological Table

670

Foundation of St Mary's Monastery by St Domneva

690

St Mildred (2nd abbess)

725

St Edburga (3rd abbess)

735

Construction of the new monastery with the church of SS Peter and Paul

751

Abbess Sigeburg (4th abbess)

790

Abbess Seldritha (5th abbess)

ca. 755-980s

Repeated Viking invasions, Destruction of convent by the DAnes – the site reverts to the crown

1027

Site granted by King Canute to St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
West (Saxon) Wing and Lighthouse

1031

Dt Mildred\s relics translated to St Augustine's

1066

Norman Conquest

1075-1150

Erection of Norman Church, Great Hall and East Wing

1388

Pope Urban VI gives approval for the universal veneration of St Mildred

1413

Restorations and alterations by Abbot Tobias Hunden

1538

Dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Minster Court passes to the Crown, buildings demolished

1610

Minster granted by James I to Sir Philip Carey and others

1881

Feast of St Mildred restored in Thanet under Pope Leo XIII

1928

Minster Abbey purchased by Mr Senior

1937

25th March – Minster bought by the Benedictine nuns of St Walburga's Abbey, Eichstatt, Bavaria, and resettled as a monastic house

1939/1940

Britain enters the war – nuns of Minster interned at Teignmouth, Devon

1944

November, return of the nuns to Minster

1953

A relic of St Mildred is brought back to Minster Abbey

1954

Opening of Noviciate

1950s-1960s

Building of temporary Chapel of Our Lady of Peace
Extension of the Guesthouse and farm

1970

1300th anniversary of the foundation of Minster Abbey

1987

Golden Jubilee of foundation
22nd August – destruction of Chapel in fire
18th October – the hurricane

1989-1993

Construction of the Chapel of Our Lady and St Andrew

1996

St Mildred's Priory, Minster, becomes an independent monastery

2007

Minster Abbey community celebrates 70th anniversary of re-foundation