Alnesbourne Priory, also known as Alnesbourn Priory was a small Augustinian monastic house in the English

England

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 county

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 of Suffolk

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. It was located near Nacton

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 to the south-east of Ipswich

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 near to the River Orwell

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 and the current route of the A14.

The priory was probably founded in the 13th century by Albert de Neville, possibly as a satellite of 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...

. It was annexed by the monks of Woodbridge

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 at some point in the 15th Century, possibly 1466. The priory was "ruinous" by 1514, although remains of the priory church can be found in the walls of Alnesbourne Priory Country Club and form the basis for the listing of the building as a Grade II listed building.

The priory was in the old parish of Hallowtree or Halghetree the church of which formed part of its holding. The village is mentioned in the Domesday book

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 as a very small village with about four households which was held by the church of Alnesbourn St Andrew before the conquest. At the time of the survey the village was held by Roger of Poitou

Roger the Poitevin

Roger the Poitevin was born in Normandy in the mid-1060s and died before 1140 . He was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat, who possessed large holdings in both England and through his marriage in France....

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