Abbey of the Sacred Crown

The Abbey of the Sacred Crown was the site of the Convention of Thorns, the meeting at which the treaty that established the Camarilla was written and signed. Situated midway between Silchesterand Thorns, it rests atop a small rise (150 feet) in a clearing surrounded by a mixed growth of forests and thorn bushes. Built in the early 12th century, the abbey consists of a complex of building enclosed by a sturdy stone wall. The head of the abbey, Father Samuel, acts as the de facto prince of Southampton. The Abbey of the Sacred Crown takes its name from a legend that attributes the origin of the thorn bushes to Joseph of Aramathea's arrival to England in the first-century CE. Popular belief states that he bore with him the crown of thorns that Christ wore on the cross. Local embellishments state that some of those thorns, quickened by the blood of Christ, took root in the soil near the hill upon which the abbey now stands.

Real World Inspiration
The abbey appears to be inspired by Glastonbury Abbey, which has a similar myth about Joseph of Aramathea, which instead states that the thorns where grown from his staff planted into the ground.