List of monastic houses in Northamptonshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Northamptonshire
, England.
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, England.
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| Brackley Blackfriars | hospital of SS James and John; Dominican Friars (1420) intended conversion of hospital never implemented |
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| Brixworth Abbey Brixworth Abbey Brixworth Abbey was a monastic house in Northamptonshire, England.The church, thought to have been of basilican plan, was devastated during the Danish invasion of 876, and converted into a parish church in the tenth century, when the original western entrance was formed into a tower.... + |
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Saxon monastery Benedictine? monks founded after 675; daughter church of Medehamstede (Peterborough); probably became a minster; destroyed? 870 in raids by the Danes; parochial c.960-70; now parochial: All Saints' Church, Brixworth All Saints' Church, Brixworth All Saints' Church, Brixworth, in Northamptonshire is an outstanding example of early Anglo-Saxon architecture located in central England, and has been called "perhaps the most imposing architectural memorial of the 7th century yet surviving north of the Alps"... |
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| Canons Ashby Priory Canons Ashby Priory Canons Ashby Priory was an Augustinian monastic establishment in Northamptonshire, England.The Priory was founded by Stephen La Leye on a site to the south of the present church between 1147 and 1151, during the reign of Henry II.... + |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1147-51 (in the reign of Stephen) by Stephen de Leye; dissolved 1536; became nunnery; granted to Sir Francis Bryan 1537/8; converted into secular residence; part of church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ashby Canon's Ashby Priory Ashby Priory 52.1500132°N 1.1567965°W |
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| Castor Priory | Saxon nuns founded before 664-5; destroyed by the Danes c.870 (or, less likely, 1010) |
Dormundescastre Priory |
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| Catesby Priory Catesby Priory Catesby Priory was a priory in Northamptonshire, England.... |
evidently initially Benedictine nuns founded c.1175 by Robert de Esseby (Ashby); order by papal bull c.1189; Cistercian nuns founded c.1175; Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1175 (associated with the Cistercian nunnery); (given as Gilbertine in the Mappa Mundi Mappa mundi Mappa mundi is a general term used to describe medieval European maps of the world. These maps range in size and complexity from simple schematic maps an inch or less across to elaborate wall maps, the largest of which was 11 ft. in diameter... ); with regular priests or brethren (from date unknown to after 1316) dissolved 1536; granted to John Onley 1536/7; house built on site 16thC; demolished 1863 |
St Mary and St Edmund or St Mary, St Edmund and St Thomas the Martyr (?) Katebi Priory; Katesbey Priory 52.2303639°N 1.2400429°W 52.2312954°N 1.247364°W |
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| Chacombe Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded in the reign of Henry II; dissolved 1536; granted to Michael Fox 1544/5; house named 'Chacombe Priory' built 17thC on the site |
Chalcombe Priory 52.0911438°N 1.2894049°W |
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| Daventry Priory | Cluniac monks (founded initially at Preston Capes, infra, c.1090); transferred here 1107-8; alien house, dependent La Charite; allegedly seceded from Cluniac Order c.1231, although apparently reported directly to La Charite 1298, 1390 and 1405; denizen 1405; dissolved 1525; granted to Christ Church, Oxford; church demolished and replaced 19thC |
St Augustine Daventre Priory 52.2586706°N 1.1590067°W |
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| Deene Priory | Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent Westminster; founded before 1066; dissolved after 1086 |
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| Delapré Abbey Delapré Abbey Delapré Abbey , or more properly, the Convent of St Mary De La Pré, was founded as a Cluniac nunnery about the year 1145, situated in the meadows of the River Nene to the south of Northampton .... |
Cluniac nuns founded c.1145, built by Simon de St Liz (Senlis) II, Earl of Northampton; dissolved 15 December 1538; granted to John Merabe 1542/3 |
St Mary Northampton, Delapre Abbey; de Pratis 52.2245036°N 0.8893695°W |
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| Dingley Preceptory | Knights Hospitallers founded before 1154; merged with Battisford 1461; dissolved 1540; granted to Edward Griffith 1544 |
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| Everdon Priory Everdon Priory Everdon Priory was a priory in Northamptonshire, England. The village of Everdon is located about 6km south-east of the town of Daventry.... # |
Benedictine monks alien grange, dependent Bernay Abbey founded before c.1100; considered by some a parcel of Creeting St. Mary; dependent Eton College before 1367; dissolved before c.1399; granted to Eton College 1440; remains recorded 1720; not locatable by 1970 |
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| Fineshade Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1208 by Richard Engayne (Engain), Lord of Blatherwike; dissolved 1536; granted to John, Lord Russell 1541/2; Sir Robert Kirkham converted west range into to a country residence, which was demolished along with the remains of the priory 1749; house subsequently built on site; demolished 1956 |
St Mary Castle Hymel Priory 52.56883°N 0.56513°W |
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| Fotheringhay Nunnery | Cluniac nuns founded c1141(?) transferred to Delapré c.1145; secular college founded on site 1411, with associated church c.1460; dissolved 1548; granted to James Crew |
Fodringhey College 52.525486°N 0.4397079°W |
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| Grafton Regis Priory | Augustininan Canons Regular cell or hermitage; founded 1180-1205;amalgamated with the Abbey of St James's, Northampton before 1400 (end of 14thC) |
St Mary and St Michael Grafton Regis Hermitage 52.11444°N 0.9026344°W |
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| Guilsborough Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller camera/hospital founded before 1285; dissolved before 1338 |
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| Kalendar Priory | Premonstratensian canons priory?/cell, dependent Sulby; founded after 1155: land granted by William Buttevant; probably ceased to exist before 1291(?) |
St John Kayland Priory Kaylend Priory 52.365174°N 0.9881204°W |
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| Luffield Priory Luffield Priory Luffield Priory was a monastic house in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, England.... , Syresham |
partly in Buckinghamshire. See entry under |
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| Northampton Abbey Northampton Abbey Northampton Abbey was founded in Northampton in 1104-05 by William Peverel as an Augustinian monastery dedicated to St James.The abbey church was rebuilt on a large scale during the reign of King Edward I and completed in around 1310... |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1145-50 by William Peverel II of Nottingham; dissolved August 1538; granted to Nicholas Giffard 1545/6; housing estate now occupies site |
The Abbey Church of Saint James James the Just James , first Bishop of Jerusalem, who died in 62 AD, was an important figure in Early Christianity... , Northampton 52.2404941°N 0.924992°W |
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| Northampton Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded 1275-90 (or possibly not before 1323 by Sir John Longville, of Wolverton dissolved 1538; granted to Robert Dighton 1540/1 |
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| Northampton Blackfriars ~ | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded before 1233; dissolved 1538; granted to William Ramesden 1544/5 |
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| Northampton Friars of the Sack | Friars of the Sack founded before 1271; abandoned 1303 (before(?)1303) |
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| Northampton Greyfriars, earlier site | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Oxford) founded 1226 by Sir Richard Gobion; transferred to new site (see immediately below) c.1235 |
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| Northampton Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Oxford) transferred from earlier site (see immediately above) c.1235; built by 1258; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Taverner 1544/5 |
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| Northampton — St Andrew's Priory | Cluniac monks alien priory, dependent La Charité founded 1093-1100; denizen 1405; dissolved 1538; site built over 19thC |
St Andrew 52.2438839°N 0.9029523°W |
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| Northampton Whitefriars | Camelite Friars founded before 1265 (1271) by Simon Montford and Thomas Chitwood; dissolved 1538; granted to William Ramesden 1544/6 |
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| Northampton Nunnery | Franciscan nuns founded 1252; dissolved after 1272 |
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| Peterborough Abbey | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Oxney Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Pipewell Abbey | Cistercian monks daughter of Newminster; founded 13 September 1143 (1141) by William de Boutwylein; dissolved 5 November 1538; granted to William, Marquess of Northampton 1547/8; ruinous by 1548; systematically demolished and used as building material; (not the modern 'Abbey church' to the north) |
Pikewell Abbey 52.4616512°N 0.7656527°W |
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| Preston Capes Priory | Cluniac monks alien house, dependent La Charité; founded c.1090 by Hugh de Leicester; transferred to Daventry, infra, 1107-8 |
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| Rothwell Priory | Augustinian canonesses founded before 1262, probably by a member of the Clare family, purportedly by Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester; dissolved 1537-8; former farmhouse known as 'The Nunnery' poss built on site |
The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Rothwell 52.4245577°N 0.8058348°W |
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| Sewardsley Priory Sewardsley Priory Sewardsley Priory was a Priory occupied by Cistercian nuns in Easton Neston Parish near Towcester, South Northamptonshire, England.... |
Cistercian nuns founded in the reign of Henry II by Richard de Lestre; dependent Delapré Cluniac Priory 1459/60 for maintenance (though no evidence that the community converted to that order; dissolved 1459-60; granted to Richard Fermer 1550/1 |
Sewardesley Priory 52.1508575°N 0.9534824°W |
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| Stamford — St Michael's Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Sulby Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Newsham; transferred from Welford Welford, Northamptonshire Welford is a village and civil parish in England. It is located on the River Avon border between the counties of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 1,016 people.... founded 1155 by William de Wideville; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Christopher Hatton 1567/8 |
Sulbey Abbey; Welford Abbey 52.4147151°N 1.0344476°W |
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| Weedon Monastery | Benedictine? nuns founded c.680 by St Werburgh, possibly on the site of an Anglo-Saxon royal palace; destroyed in raids by the Danes 870 |
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| Weedon Beck Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent Bec-Hellouin and St Lambert de Mallassis; founded before 1086 (after 1126); dissolved after 1329(?); granted to Eton College 1462 |
Weedon Bec Priory 52.2255995°N 1.0790835°W |
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| Weedon Pinkney Priory | Benedictine monks founded before 1126 (in the tenure of Robert, Bishop of Lincoln): endowments granted by Gilo de Pinkney and other members of his family; dependent St Lucien, Beauvais; granted to Biddlesden 1392; manor granted to All Souls College, Oxford 1440 |
Weedon Lois Priory 52.1174129°N 1.121622°W |
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| Wermundsey Monastery | unidentified dependent Peterborough possibly located in Northamptonshire founded after 675 during the tenure of Abbot Cuthbald; destroyed in raids by the Danes 870 |
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| Wittering Priory | order and foundation unknown - priory recorded extant 1308; reference to documentary evidence of its existence 1273 possibly refers to Southorpe Hospital | |||
| Wothorpe Priory # | possibly intended Augustinian canonesses — Arroasian c.1160(?); Benedictine nuns founded 12thC (purportedly in the reign of Henry I); ruinous 1292; merged with Stamford 1354; granted to Richard Cecil 1540/1 |
St Mary Wyrthorp Priory 52.6357765°N 0.4867968°W |
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