Cleeve Abbey was first occupied by its Cistercian Order in 1198. It was the daughter house of Revesby Abbey which, in turn, was the daughter house of Rievaulx Abbey. . It has so many stories to tell from being one of the most generous institutions if its day, in terms of charity, to links to heresy and martyrdom. . John Hooper was one of the last monks at Cleeve before its suppression in 1536. He was Oxford educated and went on to be a leading Reformation Bishop during Edward VI’s reign. Bishop