Great Limber Preceptory, Limber Magna
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Great Limber Preceptory, Limber Magna was a Camera (farm) of the Knights Templar
and later the Knights Hospitaller
in the village of Great Limber
(or Limber Magna), Lincolnshire
, England
.
The manor and church of Great Limber were granted by Richard de Humet of Normandy, France and Agnes his wife, to the Cistercian abbey of Aunay in Normandy, and their charter was confirmed by King Henry II in 1157. It seems likely that the property was a Grange
rather than a Priory
. The manor and church were sold by the abbot of Aunay in 1393 to the priory of St. Anne at Coventry
. The site of the Grange, or Priory, later became a Camera (farm) of first the Knights Templars
, and then the Knights Hospitallers
between the 14th and 16th centuries. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries
in 1540 the house was first occupied by Thomas Smyth and then sold to the
Pelham family until its abandonment in the 17th century. The site is now an ancient scheduled monument.
see also
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
and later the Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...
in the village of Great Limber
Great Limber
Great Limber is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A18, west of Grimsby and east of Brigg....
(or Limber Magna), Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The manor and church of Great Limber were granted by Richard de Humet of Normandy, France and Agnes his wife, to the Cistercian abbey of Aunay in Normandy, and their charter was confirmed by King Henry II in 1157. It seems likely that the property was a Grange
Grange
-Buildings:* Grange House , Bo'ness, Scotland, built in 1564, and demolished in 1906* Hamilton Grange National Memorial, a historic house in New York City...
rather than a Priory
Priory
A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters , or monasteries of monks or nuns .The Benedictines and their offshoots , the Premonstratensians, and the...
. The manor and church were sold by the abbot of Aunay in 1393 to the priory of St. Anne at Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
. The site of the Grange, or Priory, later became a Camera (farm) of first the Knights Templars
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
, and then the Knights Hospitallers
Knights Hospitaller
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...
between the 14th and 16th centuries. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...
in 1540 the house was first occupied by Thomas Smyth and then sold to the
Pelham family until its abandonment in the 17th century. The site is now an ancient scheduled monument.
see also
- Great Limber Priory, Limber MagnaGreat Limber Priory, Limber MagnaGreat Limber Priory, Limber Magna was a priory in Great Limber , Lincolnshire, England.The manor and church of Great Limber were granted by Richard de Humet, constable of Normandy, France, and Agnes his wife, to the Cistercian abbey of Aunay in Normandy, and their charter was confirmed by King...