Assertion: abbey | /r/HasProperty | dissolved by henry viii
Facets:
value: on 2 january
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: On 2 January 1540, the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and granted to the newly created Bishop of Gloucester who had previously been the last Abbot of Tewkesbury Abbey.
text: The abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII, and Henry briefly considered making the monastic church into a new cathedral.