Hailes Abbey in dark Tudor clothing can be seen. Hailes Abbey Hailes Abbey is two miles northeast of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. Originally built in 1246 little remains of the abbey. The abbey is owned by the National Trust but financed and managed by English Heritage. The abbey was founded in 1246 by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, called "King of the Romans" and the younger brother of King Henry III of England. Richard founded the abbey to thank God after he had survived a shipwreck. Richard had been granted the manor of Hailes by King Henry, and settled it with Cistercian monks from
Lordship and Barony of Hailes The "caput baronium" (or simply "caput") of the Lordship and Barony of Hailes is Hailes Castle. Holders of the barony in heritage from Patrick de Dunbar, 9th Earl of March, who held it on behalf of the Crown: On 20 Dec 1451, James II, King of Scots, granted the Lordship and Barony of Hailes to Sir Patrick Hepburn, thereby converting the Barony that had been held in heritage from the Earl of March into a Lordship and Barony granted by the King. Lordship and Barony of Hailes The Lordship and Barony of Hailes is a Scottish feudal lordship (a feudal