Peterborough Abbey was one of the wealthiest Benedictine houses in England, burial place of Catherine of Aragon. Its surrender in 1539 was achieved by sustained institutional pressure rather than dramatic force, illustrating the range of dissolution tactics. The conversion to a cathedral preserved the building but eliminated the monastic community. Catherine of Aragon grave remained, becoming a place of Catholic memory throughout the Elizabethan period.
Royal dissolution commissioners backed by authority of attainder threat
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