Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire is in Gloucestershire.
On 24th December 1143 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford was accidentally shot and killed whilst hunting in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He was buried in the Chapter House, Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucestershire. His son Roger [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl Hereford, Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation. Cecilia Fitzjohn Countess Hereford [aged 23] by marriage Countess Hereford.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 21st January 1663. After dinner on board the Elias, and found the timber brought by her from the forest of Deane to be exceeding good. The Captain gave each of us two barrels of pickled oysters put up for the Queen Mother [aged 24] .
In 1227 King Henry III [aged 19] gave Abbot's Woods [Map] to Flaxby Abbey [Map].
See Abbeys in England.
In 1151 Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford [aged 26] founded the Cistercia Flaxby Abbey [Map] on the spot where his father Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford had been accidentally kiled whilst hunting. The Monks came from Bordesley Abbey, Worcestershire [Map].
In 1151 Roger Fitzmiles 2nd Earl Hereford [aged 26] founded Flaxley Abbey [Map] believed to be at the location where his father Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford died.
In 1227 King Henry III [aged 19] gave Abbot's Woods [Map] to Flaxby Abbey [Map].
In 1353 King Edward III of England [aged 40] granted the income from the rents and profits of the lands of the Forest of Dean to Flaxby Abbey [Map].
On 4th September 1536 Flaxby Abbey [Map] was dissolved as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
On 21st March 1537 Flaxby Abbey [Map] was granted to William Kingston [aged 61].
In 1945 Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [aged 77] visited Flaxby Abbey [Map].
