Abbey

1. Abbey
   Abaye, Abbaye, Abeie, Abeye

   An abbey which was founded by King Ban. Queen Elaine takes the veil here and the body of King Ban finds a temporary resting-place.

   The marriage between Pharien and Queen Evaine is held here, according to the Vulgate.

   
   

2. Abbey
   

   This "abbey in the forest of Camaaloth" is the place of Pelle's sister, whom is the abbess. She brings up Galahad.

   
   

3. Abbey of Gannes

   An abbey built by Bors de Ganis after Anchises, a relative of Bors, was killed by a giant on this location.

   
   

4. Abbey of the Adventurous Shield
   White Abbey

   Sommer seems to call this simply White Abbey, apparently as its proper name, one confusing generic.

   At this abbey Galahad found his Adventurous Shield. Here the holy Nasciens was either buried or to be buried.

   This is also, seemingly, the same abbey where there was a tomb from which issued such a noise that those who heard it either almost lost their wits or did lose their strength. The monks thought it was a fiend. Galahad, exorcising it, found on opening the tomb that the body was "a false Christian man". The soul returned, protesting, apparently to Hell, leaving a foul sting, and the monks reburied the body to get it out of the hallowed churchyard.

   This incident resembles that at the "Abbey of the Burning Tomb", and it is not unlikely that both tales sprang from the same original story, but in the state of the legends today, Phyllis Ann Karr hesitates to recombine them.

   The only clue to find in Malory as to this abbey's whereabouts is that it was about four days from Vagon. That covers quite a territory. Putting Vagon at or near Basingstoke and going strictly by the "minster" or "church" in the name yields possible locations at Kidderminster in Worcestershire, Leominster in Herefordshire, or Church Stratton in Shropshire.

   
   

5. Abbey of the Cross
   

   A Scottish abbey that served as the final resting place for Joseph of Arimathea in the Vulgate Estoire del Saint Graal.

   
   

6. Abbey of the Nuns
   

   Lancelot meets a damsel who asks him to be her company to La Joyous Garde.

   
   

7. Abbey of the Nuns
   'Estuary of the Two Swords'

   Lancelot meets Meleagant's sister and Bagdemagus visits him at the abbey.

   Ywain and his dwarf passes by a night. Later, Guenevere's cousin and messenger spends fifteen days at the abbey during illness.

   Agloval spent two days here. His squire is buried at the abbey.

   
   

8. Abbey of the Nuns, White
   Blance Abbaye, Blanche Abbaye de Nonains

   Lancelot sends a damsel to Queen Guenevere and spends the night with another damsel at the White Abbey. The Vulgate calls her "la uielle damoisele" which means "the old lady".

   The cousin of Lancelot takes the veil to escape from Guerrehes.