Earl's Colne Priory
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Earl's Colne Priory was a Benedictine priory in Essex
, England
. Founded by Aubrey de Vere I
in the early 12th century, it was a daughter house of Abingdon Abbey
in Berkshire. SEE Colne Priory, Essex
.
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, 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...
. Founded by Aubrey de Vere I
Aubrey de Vere I
Aubrey de Vere was a tenant-in-chief of William the Conqueror in 1086 and also vassal to Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of Coutances and to Count Alan, lord of Richmond. A much later source named his father as Alphonsus...
in the early 12th century, it was a daughter house of Abingdon Abbey
Abingdon Abbey
Abingdon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery also known as St Mary's Abbey located in Abingdon, historically in the county of Berkshire but now in Oxfordshire, England.-History:...
in Berkshire. SEE Colne Priory, Essex
Colne Priory, Essex
-Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Essex:This Benedictine priory, initially a dependent cell of Abingdon Abbey, Berkshire , was founded by Aubrey de Vere I and his wife Beatrice in or before 1111. Their eldest son Geoffrey had died at Abingdon about seven or eight years earlier and was buried there...
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