Dissolution
By the time of the Dissolution, there were twenty-six houses of Gilbertines, but only four of these were ranked as "greater houses", having annual incomes above £200. Following the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries Act of 1536, these houses gave in to King Henry VIII in 1538 without a fight, surrendering "of their own free will". Each nun and canon then received a pension for the rest of their lives. The last Gilbertine prior, Robert Holgate, Bishop of Llandaff, was translated to become Archbishop of York in 1545. The Gilbertines were the one truly English order, so the Dissolution marked their permanent end.
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