Tupholme is not recorded by that name in the Domesday Survey, but it appears to be identical to the Deserted Village of Burreth, which is. A holding in Burreth was sokeland of Great Sturton, held by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux in 1086. A second holding was sokeland of Belchford, held by Ivo Taillebois, and a thrid was sokeland of Ranby, held by Ranulph de Saint-Valery. The abbey was founded some time before 1190 by Gilbert de Neville and his brother Alan. It was staffed by a group of monks from Newhouse Abbey, a Premonstratensian house in North Lincolnshire. Tupholme was suppressed in 1536.