You are here: Lincoln .org.uk >
History > Lincoln in the 16th Century
Lincoln in the 16th Century
The Dissolution of the Monasteries further exacerbated Lincoln's problems, cutting off the main source of diocesan income and drying up the network of patronage controlled by the bishop. During this time, seven of the city’s monasteries closed down.
This was accompanied by the closure of several nearby parliamentary abbeys, which led to further weakening of the region's political power. When the cathedral's great spire rotted and collapsed in 1549, it’s lack of replacement signified Lincoln's economic and political decline.
However, the comparative poverty of post-Medieval Lincoln preserved pre-Medieval structures that would probably have been lost in more prosperous contexts.
