The abbey precinct fell into the hands of the Lucas family in 1548. On the south side of the church the family converted part of the abbey, perhaps the abbot's lodgings, into their house. Much of the house was destroyed during the Siege in 1648 when it was used as a Royalist outpost, and the remaining buildings were damaged by Dutch Prisoners houses there in the 1660's. All traces of the house seemed to have gone by 1748.<1> The house is shown on Speed's/Norden's map<2> and the Siege map.<3>