List of monastic houses in Suffolk
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Suffolk
, England.
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England.
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| Alnesbourne Priory Alnesbourne Priory Alnesbourne Priory, also known as Alnesbourn Priory was a small Augustinian monastic house in the English county of Suffolk. It was located near Nacton to the south-east of Ipswich near to the River Orwell and the current route of the A14.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1200, probably by Alberte de Neville, who granted endowments; appropriated to Woodbridge probably c.1466; dissolved before 1514; granted to Sir John Wingfield 1541/2 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Alnesbourne Alnesbourn Priory; Alnesborn Priory; Alensborne Priory 52.0187757°N 1.1929339°W |
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| Babwell Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) transferred from earlier foundation at Bury St Edmunds, infra; founded 19 November 1262; dissolved December 1538, surrendered to Richard Ingworth, suffragan bishop of Dover; granted to Anthony Harvey May 1541 |
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| Battisford Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller preceptory/hospital Hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays.... founded c.1154, benefactions from Henry II; dissolved 1540 |
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| Blakenham Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Bec-Hellouin; manor granted to Bec-Hellouin by Walter Giffard, 'Earl of Buckingham' founded before 1092; dissolved before 1230, apparently reduced to grange; transferred as a parcel to Ogbourne St George; granted to Eton College 1460 |
Great Blakenham Priory 52.1080587°N 1.0798332°W |
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| Blythburgh Blackfriars | Dominican Friars license obtained 1384 to move from Dunwich, infra, when that location was threatened by the sea; transfer never implemented |
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| Blythburgh Priory Blythburgh Priory Blythburgh Priory was a medieval monastic house located in the Suffolk village of Blythburgh in England. It may be the site of the burials of Anglo-Saxon King Anna and his son Jurmin.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular - from St Osyth's St. Osyth's Abbey St. Osyth's Abbey was a house of Augustinian canons in the parish of St. Osyth, Chich, in Essex, England. Founded by the Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London, circa 1121, it became one of the largest monasteries in Essex and was dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul as well as St. Osyth. Bishop... dependent on St Osyth; founded before 1135, assisted by Henry I and the Clavering family; dissolved 12 February 1537; granted to Sir Arthur Hopton 1538/9 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Blythburgh Bliburgh Priory 52.3217°N 1.5965°W |
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| Bruisyard Abbey | secular college (founded at Campsey Ash 1347); transferred from Campsey Ash 1354; dissolved 4 October 1366; Franciscan nuns - from Waterbeach founded 1364-7 by Lionel, Duke of Clarence; dissolved 1359; granted to Nicholas Hare 1539 |
Brusyard Priory 52.2444555°N 1.417467°W |
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| Bungay Priory Bungay Priory Bungay Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in the town of Bungay in the English county of Suffolk. It was founded in about 1160 by Roger de Glanville and his wife the Countess Gundreda and dissolved in about 1536 during the dissolution of the monasteries at which time it consisted of a prioress and 11... + |
Benedictine nuns founded 1183 by Roger de Glanvill and his wife, Countess Gundreda; dissolved 1336; nuns appear to have abandoned the house before April 1536; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1537/8; most of conventual buildings destroyed by fire 1688; rebuilt 1699; reopened 1701 for parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and the Holy Cross, Bungay Bungay Bungay is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England.Bungay may also refer to:* Bungay railway station* Frank Bungay , former professional footballer* Stephen Bungay , British management consultant, historian and author... 52.4555321°N 1.4380234°W |
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| Bury St Edmunds Abbey | Saxon (Benedictine?) monks founded 633 by Sigeberht, King of the East Angles Sigeberht of East Anglia Sigeberht of East Anglia , was a saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the first English king to receive a Christian baptism and education before his succession and the first to abdicate in order to enter... ; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870 secular (collegiate) founded 903; refounded c.925, endowed by Athelstan; Benedictine monks founded 1020-2 dissolved 4 November 1539; granted to John Eyre 1559/60; subsequently granted to Thomas Badyby; abbot's palace in use as a house until 1720; other buildings incorporated into houses 17th and 19thC: extant; remains now within a public park; (EH English Heritage English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport... ) episcopal diocesan cathedral Bury St Edmunds Cathedral St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds.-History:... in precinct |
The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, Bury Saint Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds Abbey The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England. Its ruins lie in Bury St Edmunds, a town in the county of Suffolk, England.-History:... Beordicsworth Abbey; Bury St Edmond Abbey 52.2438905°N 0.7190466°W |
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| Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars, earlier site | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) foundation attempted 1233, but discouraged by the legate and monks of the Abbey; founded shortly after 22 June 1257: bull Papal bull A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it.... obtained from the Pope Pope Alexander IV Pope Alexander IV was Pope from 1254 until his death.Born as Rinaldo di Jenne, in Jenne , he was, on his mother's side, a member of the de' Conti di Segni family, the counts of Segni, like Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory IX... to establish their community; expelled by Abbey officials; re-established at a new site (see immediately below) |
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| Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) (previous, unsuccessful foundation at earlier site (see immediately above)); founded 1258, with the assistance of Henry III; Pope Urban IV Pope Urban IV Pope Urban IV , born Jacques Pantaléon, was Pope, from 1261 to 1264. He was not a cardinal, and there have been several Popes since him who have not been Cardinals, including Urban V and Urban VI.-Biography:... ordered the friars to demolish their buildings; re-established at Babwell, supra |
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| Butley Priory Butley Priory Butley Priory was a medieval monastic house in Suffolk, England. Only the gatehouse remains today, which is very well preserved and displays stone sculpted heraldic escutcheons of its many benefactors, similar to the surviving gatehouse of Kirkham Priory in Yorkshire.... ^ |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1171 by Sir Ranulph de Glanvill; dissolved 1 March 1538; remains incorporated into later buildings |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Butley Butleigh Priory 52.089968°N 1.4652398°W |
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| Campsey Ash Priory | Augustinian Canonesses founded c.1195 by Theobald de Valoines, who granted land to his sisters Joan (subsequently the first prioress) and Agnes; (also given as Benedictine); dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Willoughby 1543/4; post-medieval house and barn occupy site |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Campsey Ash The Blessed Virgin Mary Campsey Priory; Campess Priory 52.1401242°N 1.3860852°W |
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| Cavenham Preceptory | Knights Templar founded before 1311?; dissolved 1308-12(?) |
Togrynd Preceptory; Caveham Preceptory Coddenham Preceptory 52.3181991°N 0.5661151°W |
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| Chipley Priory Chipley Priory Chipley Priory was a small Augustine religious house, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, located about north-west of the village of Poslingford in the English county of Suffolk. The date of it's foundation is unknown and the first references to it occur in 1235... # |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1291 (before 1235); dissolved 1468; annexed to the college of Stoke by Clare 1468; farmhouse occupies site, incorporating part of the west range of the monastic buildings, though no remains identifiably as early as 13thC |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chipley 52.1184308°N 0.572142°W |
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| Clare Friary Clare Priory Clare Priory is a modern English house of the Augustinian order, established 1248 near Clare Castle on the banks of the River Stour in Suffolk. It was one of the first English monastic houses suppressed in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but the Irish Augustinian Friars purchased... * |
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Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge) founded 1248/9 by Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hereford; cell dependent on Bec-Hellouin; reconstituted 1326 by Edward II as a cell dependent on St Peter's, Westminster; refounded as a college 1490 by Edmund, Earl of March dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Friend 1539/40; Augustinian Friars - from Ireland refounded 1953; extant; former infirmary/barn in use as friars' chapel |
The Priory Church of Our Lady, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Paul of Tarsus Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament... and Saint Augustine, Clare Clare Priory Clare Priory is a modern English house of the Augustinian order, established 1248 near Clare Castle on the banks of the River Stour in Suffolk. It was one of the first English monastic houses suppressed in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but the Irish Augustinian Friars purchased... Clare Priory 52.0750881°N 0.5813473°W |
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| Clare Priory | secular collegiate founded c.1045 Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Bec-Hellouin; founded 1090: collegiate church of St John the Baptist granted to Bec by Gilbert de Clare; transferred to new site at Stoke by Clare, infra |
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| Coddenham Camera | Knights Hospitaller a member of Battisford |
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| Coddenham Priory | Eustace de Merch originally intended to found a house of Cistercian nuns from Nun Appleton in the reign of Henry II; Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on Royston; founded before 1184 by Eustace de Merch, who granted the church to Royston; dissolved 1537 |
Covenham Priory |
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| Creeting St Mary Priory | Benedictine monks alien (probable) grange, dependent on Bernay; founded before 1156; supervised by a prior from 1327; dissolved before 1414; granted to Eton College 1462 |
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| Creeting St Olave Priory | Benedictine monks alien cell or grange, under supervision of a prior, dependent on Grestein; founded before 1087; monks have been suggested to have used the parish church of St Olave #; dissolved 1360; sold privately |
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| Dodnash Priory Dodnash Priory Dodnash Priory was a priory in Bentley, Suffolk, England, near the boundary with East Bergholt.It is believed to have been founded in 1128 by Baldwin de Toeni and was in use until Cardinal Wolsey's downfall in 1525 .... |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1188 by Baldwin de Toeni and his mother Alda; dissolved 1525, suppressed for Cardinal Wolsey's colleges at Oxford and Ipswich; granted to Thomas Alverde; in use as a farmhouse 19thC |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dodnash 51.9797458°N 1.063453°W |
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| Dunwich Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded before 1256 by Sir Roger de Holish; license granted 1384 to move to Blythburgh, supra, due to threat of incursion by the sea; dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyre 1544/5; destroyed by coastal erosion and submerged by the sea |
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| Dunwich Greyfriars, earlier site | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded before 1277 (?before 1272: in the reign of Henry III) by Robert Fitz John; transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1290, due to coastal errosion |
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| Dunwich Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge) (community founded before 1277 (?before 1272) at earlier site (see immediately above)); transferred here due to coastal erosion 1290; dissolved 1538; surrendered to Richard Ingworth, suffragan bishop of Dover; granted to John Eyre |
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| Dunwich Preceptory | Knights Templar founded before 1199; dissolved 1308-12 passed to Knights Hopitaller, who maintained a chaplain but no preceptory here; destroyed by coastal erosion and submerged by the sea |
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| Dunwich Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Eye (itself dependent on Bernay); founded after 1080, church granted to Eye by William the Conqueror; submerged by the sea between 1272 and 1307 (in/about the reign of Edward I) |
St Felix? 52.2762456°N 1.6489148°W |
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| East Bergholt Abbey * | Benedictine nuns land purchased 1857; extant |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, East Bergholt 51.969467°N 1.013529°W |
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| Edwardstone Priory Edwardstone Priory Edwardstone Priory was a priory in Priory Green, Suffolk, England. Founded by Peter, Bishop of Winchester during the reign of King John, the priory was a cell to Abingdon monastery, before the monks resident were moved to Colne Priory.... |
Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent on Abingdon founded 1114, church granted to Abingdon by Hubert de Monchesney, confirmed 1115; dissolved c.1160: community transferred to Earl's Colne by Abbot Walkelin |
The Blessed Virgin Mary 52.0585994°N 0.8285424°W |
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| Eye Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Bernay; founded c.1080 by Robert Malet; independent, refounded c.1385; dissolved October 1534/1537 |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Eye 52.3223765°N 1.1570084°W |
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| Felixstowe Priory, possible earlier site | Benedictine monks priory cell; founded c.1105 (before 1107); church of St Felix granted to Rochester by Roger Bigod; possibly transferred from this site to a new location (see immediately below) 14thC |
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| Felixstowe Priory | Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent on Rochester; founded c.1105 (before 1107) (possibly at earlier site (see immediately above)) church of St Felix granted to Rochester by Roger Bigod; absence of a church infers the monks used the parish church of St Mary dissolved 1538: suppressed for Wolsey's college at Ipswich (formal grant 30 December 1528); granted to the Duke of Norfolk on the suppression of Ipswich College; granted to Thomas Seckford (Sexford) Thomas Seckford Thomas Seckford was an official at the court of Queen Queen Elizabeth I.Born near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, Seckford was educated at Cambridge, and in 1540 entered Gray's Inn, Thomas became one of Queen Elizabeth I’s two Masters in Ordinary of the Court of Requests which dealt with poor men’s... 1576/7 |
Walton Priory; Walton, St Felix; Wilton St Felix Priory; Fylstowe Priory; Filstou Priory 51.9732543°N 1.3430437°W |
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| Flixton Priory Flixton Priory Flixton Priory was a priory in Suffolk, England. It was founded by Margery de Crek in 1258 or 1259, and was dissolved in 1536.... ^? |
Augustinian canonesses founded 1258 by Marjory (Margery) Harnes, widow of Bartholomew de Crek (Clerk/Creke); dissolved 1537; granted to Richard Warton 1537; granted to John Tasburgh 1544; remains of conventual church possibly incorporated into Abbey Farmhouse, 16th/17thC |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Katharine, Flixton 52.4261066°N 1.4041069°W |
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| Gislingham Preceptory # | Knights Templar founded before 1228 by Sir Robert de Burgate; dissolved before 1308(?); destroyed 1338; granted to John Grene and Robert Hall 1553 |
Giselingham Preceptory 52.3083933°N 1.0192555°W |
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| Great Bricett Priory + | Augustinian Canons Regular alien house; dependent on St-Léonard-de-Noblat founded c.1110 (1114-9) by Ralph fitz Brien and his wife Emma; destroyed by fire 1416; apparently re-occupied; dissolved 1444(?); granted by Henry VI to his college in Cambridge; remains of conventual church incorporated into current parish church of SS Mary and Lawrence |
The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Bricett Bricett Priory; Bresete Priory 52.1168431°N 0.9759861°W (church) 52.1169188°N 0.9732181°W |
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| Gorleston Friary | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Hoxne Priory Hoxne Priory Hoxne Priory was a Benedictine priory at Hoxne in Suffolk, England.It was founded as a religious house around the year 950, with a chapel at the supposed site of the martyrdom of Saint Edmund, king of East Anglia. The chapel was given in 1101 to Norwich Cathedral by Herbert de Losinga, and the... |
Secular collegiate founded before 951 by Theodred, Bishop of London probably destroyed soon after; joint cathedral with North Elmham before 1040 to 1072?; Benedictine monks church of St Peter and chapel of St Edmund, King and Martyr granted to Norwich by Bishop Herbert 1101; chapel rebuilt, endowed and granted by Maurice of Windsor and his wife Egidis for a convent of monks 1130; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Gresham 1546/7 |
Hoxon Priory 52.3421909°N 1.2032658°W |
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| Ipswich Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars founded in the reign of Henry III by Henry de Manesby and others; dissolved; granted to William Sabyne 1541/2 |
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| Ipswich Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded 1263; dissolved 1538 |
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| Ipswich Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual founded by 1236; dissolved 1535 |
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| Ipswich - Holy Trinity Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1133, endowed largely by Norman Gastrode fitz Eadnoth, one of the first canons, before 1177; dissolved 1537; destroyed by fire and rebuilt 1194, by the bishop of Norwich; dissolved 1537; granted to Sir Thomas Pope 1544/5 |
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich Christchurch 52.0605602°N 1.1581403°W |
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| Ipswich - SS Peter & Paul Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1190 (late in the reign of Henry II) by [the ancestors of] Thomas Lacy and his wife Alice; dissolved May 1528, suppressed for Wolsey's college at Ipswich; granted to Richard Percival and Edmund Duffield 1611/2 |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Paul of Tarsus Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament... , Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell... 52.0530925°N 1.1549719°W |
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| Ipswich Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded in the reign of William the Conqueror by Gilbert Blund; dissolved; granted to Richard Codington 1538/9 |
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| Ipswich Whitefriars | Carmelite Friars founded before c.1271 (1278); rededicated 1477 after a probable major rebuild; dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyre 1544/5 |
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| Ixworth Priory | possible early projection c.1100 either failed or lapsed; Augustinian Canons Regular fd c.1170 by a member of the Blunt family destroyed during civil warfare; |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ixworth |
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| Ixworth Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular (founded c.1170, on a different site from the original foundation (see immediately above)); dissolved 1537 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ixworth Ixworth Abbey 52.2980852°N 0.8288321°W |
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| Kersey Priory | hospital founded 1218 by Thomas de Burgh Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1219; dissolved 1443-4; granted to SS Mary and Nicholas, Cambridge (afterwards King's College King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University.... ) (1533/4?) |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Anthony Anthony the Great Anthony the Great or Antony the Great , , also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius , and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers... , Kersey 52.0627288°N 0.8993876°W |
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| Lavenham Priory Lavenham Priory Lavenham Priory is a 15th-century Grade I listed building in Suffolk, England.Aubrey de Vere I was the Lord of the Manor, according to the Domesday Book of 1086.It was a monastic house of the Dominican Order.... ^ |
Benedictine monks converted into mansion latterly open to public now hotel accommodation |
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| Leiston Abbey Leiston Abbey Leiston Abbey, in Suffolk, England, was formerly known as St Mary's Abbey. It was founded in 1182 at Minsmere by Ranulf de Glanville, Lord Chief Justice to Henry II... ^ |
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Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck Welbeck Abbey Welbeck Abbey near Clumber Park in North Nottinghamshire was the principal abbey of the Premonstratensian order in England and later the principal residence of the Dukes of Portland.-Monastic period:... (community founded 1183 at Old Leiston, infra); transferred here 1365; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk 1537; parts of the conventual church incorporated into later buildings; remains incorportated into house named 'Abbey House' built on site 17thC; (EH English Heritage English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport... ) |
Leyestone Abbey 52.2214474°N 1.578016°W |
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| Letheringham Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular dependent on SS Peter & Paul, Ipswich; founded c.1194 by William de Bovile; dissolved 1537; granted to Elizabeth Naunton, daughter of Sir Antony Naunton of Wingfield 1553; |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Letheringham Letherington Priory 52.1788234°N 1.3157845°W |
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| Mendham Priory | Cluniac monks alien house, dependent on Castle Acre; founded before 1155 by William Huntingfield; denizen 1351-74; dissolved 1537; granted to Richard Freston |
Mindham Priory 52.3880403°N 1.3216934°W |
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| Old Leiston Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Welbeck; founded 1183 by Sir Ranulph de Glanvil; obtained license from the Pope to move to another site due to flooding; transferred to new site at Leiston, supra, 1365; old site continued in use as a cell |
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Leiston |
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| Orford Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge) founded 1295-9, land granted by Robert Hewell 1205, building appears to have begun 1299; dissolved December 1538 |
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| Redlingfield Priory ^ | Benedictine nuns founded c.1120 by Manasses, Count of Giusnes (Ghisnes) and his wife Emma; dissolved 10 February 1537; granted to Edmund Bedingfield 1536/7; house rebuilt 1875; monastic remains incorporated into barn |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew, Redlingfield 52.2906556°N 1.2044138°W 52.2910657°N 1.2044889°W |
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| Ringshall Cell (?) | Benedictine monks purportedly a cell |
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| Rumburgh Priory Rumburgh Priory Rumburgh Priory was a Benedictine priory in located in the village of Rumburgh in the English county of Suffolk. The priory was founded in about 1065 as a cell of St Benet's Abbey at Hulme in Norfolk. At the time of the Domesday survey it had 12 monks. The ownership of the priory was transferred to... + |
possible site of Saxon minster or monastery, 11thC; Benedictine monks priory, dependent on St Benet's Abbey, Hulme St. Benet's Abbey St Benet's Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Order of Saint Benedict situated on the River Bure within The Broads in Norfolk England. It is also known as St Benet's at Holme or Hulme.-Background:... founded between 1047 possibly subsequently dependent on St Mélanie, Rennes; cell, dependent on St Mary's Abbey, York St Mary's Abbey, York The Abbey of St Mary in York, once the richest abbey in the north of England, is a ruined Benedictine abbey that lies in what are now the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, on a steeply sloping site to the west of York Minster. The original abbey on the site was founded in 1055 and dedicated to Saint Olave... c.1137: granted to York by Stephen, Earl of Britanny 1135; dissolved 1528; suppressed for Wolsey's college at Ipswich; conventual church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Michael |
ThePriory Church of Saint Michael St Michael St Michael was a brand that was owned and used by Marks & Spencer from 1928 until 2000.-History:The brand was introduced by Simon Marks in 1928, after his father and co-founder of Marks & Spencer, Michael Marks. By 1950, virtually all goods were sold under the St Michael brand... and Saint Felix, Rumburgh Wisseta Priory 52.3845616°N 1.4467943°W |
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| St Olave's Priory, Herringfleet | Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1216 by Roger fitz Osbert; dissolved 1537; purchased by Sir Henry Jerringham, who built house on site 1547, incorporating monastic remains; demolished 1784, and stone removed to repair Herringfleet church; refectory undercroft converted to a cottage 1825 in use until 1902 |
The Priory Church of Saint Olave, Heringfleet St Mary and St Olave, King and Martyr Herringfleet Priory 52.5380897°N 1.6240481°W |
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| Sibton Abbey Sibton Abbey Sibton Abbey, an early Cistercian abbey located near Yoxford, Suffolk, was founded about 1150 by William de Chesney, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk... |
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Cistercian monks from Warden Abbey founded 22 February 1150 (1149) by William de Cayneto (Cheyney); dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; sold to John Scrivener 1610; house built on the site, demolished later 18thC |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Sibton Sibton Abbey Sibton Abbey, an early Cistercian abbey located near Yoxford, Suffolk, was founded about 1150 by William de Chesney, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk... 52.2755784°N 1.465555°W |
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| Snape Priory # | Benedictine monks cell, dependent on St John's Abbey, Colchester founded 1155 by William Martel, his wife and son; dependent on Butley Abbey, granted by Henry VIII; dissolved 19 January 1525; Abbey Farm possibly occupies the site, though buildings appear not to incorporate monastic remains |
St Mary 52.1668218°N 1.4900315°W |
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| Stoke by Clare Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Bec-Hellouin; (community founded at Clare before 1090); transferred here 1124 from Clare, supra; dissolved 1415; became a secular college; enlarged 1897 by Lutyens Lutyens Lutyens may refer to:*Edwin Lutyens, architect*Elisabeth Lutyens, composer, daughter of Edwin Lutyens*Mary Lutyens, writer and biographer of Jiddu Krishnamurti, daughter of Emily and Edwin Lutyens... ; dissolved 1548, converted into a mansion; present house currently in use as a school named 'Stoke College'; church rebuilt and in parochial use as the Parish Church of St John the Baptist; |
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| Stoke-by-Nayland Monastery (?) | monks or secular college founded before 946 (?) possibly in the reign of King Edmund by Alfgar who left bequest to the community of Stoke; land granted to Ely by King Edgar |
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| Sudbury Blackfriars | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded before 1247 by Baldwin de Shipling; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Eden, Esq. 1539/40 demolished for a residential house; 'Priory Wall' is sleeper wall of 'Priory Gate', built shortly before dissolution |
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| Sudbury Benedictine Priory # | Benedictine monks cell, dependent on Westminster; founded c.1115 by Wilfric; chapel built early-15thC, but monastic buildings appear not to have been built; dissolved c.1538; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster 1542/3; priory house demolished 1779 |
St Bartholomew's Chapel 52.0519924°N 0.7273266°W |
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| Wangford Priory Wangford Priory The Cluniac Priory of Wangford was a small religious house in Wangford, Suffolk, England. It founded before 1159 as a dependency of the Thetford Priory, in nearby Thetford. In 1376, it was naturalised and it was dissolved in 1540,-Facility and inhabitants:... |
Cluniac monks cell, dependent on Thetford Thetford Priory Thetford Priory is a Cluniac Priory located at Thetford, Norfolk, England.One of the most important East Anglian monasteries, it was founded in 1103 by Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and dedicated to Our Lady.... ; founded before 1160 by Doudo Asini; denizen from between 1376 and 1393; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1540/1; last remains demolished 19thC |
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| Welnetham Friary | Crutched Friars dependent on London; chapel of St THomas Martyr granted to London; founded before 1274; dissolved 1538 |
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| Wherstead Priory | uncertain order and foundation; alleged 13thC monastery at Wervestede |
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| Wickham Skeyth Priory | Benedictine monks dependent on Colchester; founded after 1135 (early in the reign of Stephen) by Robert de Salchovilla (Sakeville), later a monk at Colchester; dissolved c.1164, transferred to Colchester by consent of Jordan, son of the founder |
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| Woodbridge Priory Woodbridge Priory Woodbridge Priory was a small Augustine priory in Woodbridge in the English county of Suffolk. The priory was founded in about 1193 by Ernald Rufus and was dissolved in about 1537 during the dissolution of the monasteries. The site was given to the Wingfield family before passing to Thomas Seckford... |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1193 by Ernald Rufus (Ernaldus Ruffus); dissolved 1534/7; granted to Thomas Sexford, Master of Requests 1576/7; building constructed on site 1547-64, now in use as school known as 'the Abbey' |
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