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|<small>'''Augustinian Canons Regular - Holy Sepulchre'''<br />priory(?) possibly ''founded'' after 1170;<br />'''Trinitarians'''<br />''refounded c.''1214: land ''granted'' by Sir William Lucy of Charlecote (William de Cherlecote), or 1224-40<noinclude><ref group="note" name="Thelsford">Thelsford - Dugdale (1468), ''Monasticon Anglicanum'' states Trinitarians arrived in England 1224</ref></noinclude>;<br />''dissolved'' 26 October 1538; ''granted'' to William Whorwood, Esq. and William Walter 1543/4 |
|<small>'''Augustinian Canons Regular - Holy Sepulchre'''<br />priory(?) possibly ''founded'' after 1170;<br />'''Trinitarians'''<br />''refounded c.''1214: land ''granted'' by Sir William Lucy of Charlecote (William de Cherlecote), or 1224-40<noinclude><ref group="note" name="Thelsford">Thelsford - Dugdale (1468), ''Monasticon Anglicanum'' states Trinitarians arrived in England 1224</ref></noinclude>;<br />''dissolved'' 26 October 1538; ''granted'' to William Whorwood, Esq. and William Walter 1543/4 |
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|<small>St John the Baptist and St Radegund<br />''Thelesford Priory'' |
|<small>St John the Baptist and St Radegund<br />''Thelesford Priory'' |
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Revision as of 22:40, 28 November 2011
The following is a list of monastic houses in Warwickshire, England. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller). Monastic hospitals are included where they had the status or function of an abbey, priory, or preceptor/commandery.
- Abbreviations and key
| Symbol | Status |
|---|---|
| None | Ruins |
| * | Current monastic function |
| + | Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) |
| ^ | Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure |
| $ | Remains limited to earthworks etc. |
| # | No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains |
| ~ | Exact site of monastic foundation unknown |
| ≈ | Identification ambiguous or confused |
Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.
| EH | English Heritage |
| LT | Landmark Trust |
| NT | National Trust |
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names |
OnLine References & Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcester Abbey $ | Benedictine monks founded c.1138/1140 by Ralph Pincerna le Boteler; reduced to priory cell, dependent on Evesham Abbey 1466; dissolved 1536; granted to William and John Sewester; demolished and quarried for the remodelling of the manor house named 'Beauchamp Court' |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist Alencester Abbey |
[1][2] 52°13′09″N 1°52′21″W / 52.2192028°N 1.872434°W | |
| Alvecote Priory | 
|
Benedictine monks dependent on Great Malvern; founded 1159: granted to Great Malvern by William Burdet; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas, Lord Audley and Sir Thomas Pope |
St Blase Avecote Priory |
[3][4] 52°38′09″N 1°37′50″W / 52.6357943°N 1.6305853°W |
| Arbury Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular - Arroasian founded after 1154 (early in the reign of Henry II) by Ralph de Sudley; Augustinian Canons Regular 1235; dissolved 1534; granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9; site now occupied by an Elizabethan house named 'Arbury Hall'; in private ownership, used for corporate events |
The Blessed Virgin Mary Erbury Priory; Erdbury Priory; Ordbury Priory |
[5][6] 52°30′01″N 1°30′27″W / 52.5002189°N 1.5074927°W | |
| Atherstone Austin Friars | Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded 1374 by Ralph, Lord Basset of Drayton; dissolved 1538; granted to Henry Cartwright 1543/4; nave of friary church retained for parish, chancel used as a grammar school which discontinued 1863, becoming ruinous; house built on site, demolished; house named 'Atherstone House' built on site late-18thC, extant; nave and aisles rebuilt 1849 and 1888 and chancel restored to the church |
Atherston Austin Friars | [7] 52°34′45″N 1°32′41″W / 52.579129°N 1.5448076°W | |
| Atherstone Priory | Benedictine nuns daughter house of St Benedict's, Colwich; foundations laid May 1859; dissolved 1967: amalgamiated with Colwich |
St Scholastica | [8][9] | |
| Coombe Abbey | 
|
Cistercian monks - from Waverley founded 1150 by Richard de Camvilla; dissolved 1539; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8; mansion named 'Combe Abbey House' built on site by 1581 John (afterwards Lord) Harrington; converted into a hotel, with its grounds now the country park of Coombe Country Park in the ownership of Coventry City Council |
Combe Abbey | [10][11] 52°24′51″N 1°24′29″W / 52.4142815°N 1.4081758°W |
| Bretford Priory | Benedictine nuns cell founded before 1154 (in the reign of Henry II), land granted by Geoffrey de Clinton; appropriated by Kenilworth (during the tenure of Richard, Abbot of Leicester until c.1167) with the consent of Geoffrey de Clinton; dissolved before 1167 |
[12] 52°23′22″N 1°23′03″W / 52.3894105°N 1.3842747°W | ||
| Cawston Grange | Cistercian monks grange, dependent on Pipewell; in possession of Turchis of Warwick 1086; founded after 1201: granted to Pipewell by Ingleram Clement and his son William; confirmed 1235; built by the time of Edwin the Confessor; destroyed by fire 1307; rebuilt; dissolved 1538; mansion built 16thC; demolished 1829; farmhouse built on site 19thC |
[13] 52°21′08″N 1°18′10″W / 52.3522955°N 1.3028535°W | ||
| Grafton Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller dissolved 1470, jointly with Balsall |
Temple Grafton; Balsall and Grafton Preceptory |
[14] | |
| Kenilworth Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded c.1125 by Geoffrey de Clinton, chamberlain and treasurer to Henry I: license dated 1125; raised to abbey status after 1439; dissolved 14 April 1539; granted by Henry VIII to Sir Andrew Flamock; masonry used at Kenilworth Castle |
The Blessed Virgin Mary | [15][16] 52°20′55″N 1°34′56″W / 52.3487009°N 1.5821171°W | |
| Maxstoke Priory | Sir William de Clinton purchased parish church 1330, initially intending to found a chantry/college; licensed 1331; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1336 by Sir William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9; remains incorporated into Priory Farm; now in private ownership; church suffered substantial collapse January 1986 |
The Holy Trinity, The Blessed Virgin Mary, St Michael and All Saints Mackstoke Priory |
[17][18] 52°28′41″N 1°39′22″W / 52.4780748°N 1.6562372°W | |
| Merevale Abbey | Cistercian monks - from Bordesley daughter of Bordesley; founded 10 October 1148 by Robert de Ferrers II, Earl of Derby; dissolved 13 October 1538; granted to Walter, Lord Ferrers 1540/1; gatehouse chapel now in parochial use |
[19][20] 52°34′38″N 1°34′14″W / 52.577323°N 1.5705138°W | ||
| Monks Kirby Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Angers; founded 1077 by Geoffrey de Wirche (Gosfred de Wirchia); granted to Axholme after 1396; restored to Angers 1399; dissolved 1414; again granted to Axholme; granted to Trinity College, Cambridge 1545/6; remains incorporated into St Mary and St Edith's Church |
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Kirkbury Kirkbury Priory |
[21][22] 52°26′40″N 1°19′12″W / 52.4444792°N 1.3199191°W | |
| Nuneaton Priory | Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and monks double house - from Kintbury alien house, dependent on Fontevrault; founded c.1155 by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester; Benedictine nuns' apparently independent of Fontevrault after 1442; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Marmaduke Constable 1540/1; remains incorporated into St Mary's Church, built on site 1876 |
St Mary the Virgin | [23][24] 52°31′31″N 1°28′38″W / 52.5252673°N 1.4772883°W | |
| Oldbury Priory | Benedictine nuns manor belonged to Polesworth, infra founded c.1066: nuns purportedly transferred from Polesworth upon expulsion by Robert Marmion I; transferred to Polesworth by Robert Marmion II; dissolved c.1130; continued as a cell and chapel until c.1272; |
St Laurence St Lawrence's Chapel |
[25] 52°32′57″N 1°32′23″W / 52.5492626°N 1.5398347°W | |
| Pinley Priory | Cistercian nuns founded before 1135 (in the reign of Henry I) by Robert de Pillarton (Pilardinton); dissolved 1536; granted to William Wigstone, Esq. 1544/5 |
St Mary | [26][27] 52°17′22″N 1°41′18″W / 52.2895629°N 1.6883862°W | |
| Polesworth Abbey | Benedictine nuns founded before 839(?) by King Egbert; possibly refounded c.980; purportedly expelled by Robert Marmion I and transferred to Oldbury 1066-70; transferred from Oldbury, supra, c.1130 by Robert Marmion II and his wife Milicent; dissolved 31 January 1539; granted to Francis Goodyere, Esq. 1544/5; conventual church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Editha |
St Editha Pollesworth Abbey |
[28][29] 52°37′08″N 1°36′45″W / 52.6189502°N 1.6124904°W | |
| Stoneleigh Abbey | Cistercian monks daughter of Bordesley; (community founded at Radmore 1143-7); transferred from Radmore 19 December 1154, with the consent of Henry II, foundations laid 13 April 1155; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9; remains incorporated into country house named 'Stoneleigh Abbey House' built on site after 1561, altered 18th & 19thC |
Stonely Abbey | [30][31][32] 52°20′18″N 1°32′02″W / 52.3384529°N 1.5338051°W | |
| Studley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular (community founded c.1135 at Witton); transferred from Witton by Peter Corbezon c.1151; conventual church rebuilt, consecrated 1309; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edmund Knightly; site now occupied by a farmhouse |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Studley | [33][34] 52°16′31″N 1°53′31″W / 52.2752748°N 1.8920732°W | |
| Thelsford Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular - Holy Sepulchre priory(?) possibly founded after 1170; Trinitarians refounded c.1214: land granted by Sir William Lucy of Charlecote (William de Cherlecote), or 1224-40[note 1]; dissolved 26 October 1538; granted to William Whorwood, Esq. and William Walter 1543/4 |
St John the Baptist and St Radegund Thelesford Priory |
[35][36] 52°13′18″N 1°36′19″W / 52.2217202°N 1.6051519°W | |
| Warmington Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on St-Pierre, Préaux; founded before 1123 by Paul de Prattelles, granted by Henry de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick; dissolved c.1387(?); under Toft Monks by 1380; dissolved 1387; granted to Witham 1428; granted to William and Francis Seldon Esqrs. 1543/4 |
[37][38] 52°07′11″N 1°24′09″W / 52.1198241°N 1.4025915°W | ||
| Warwick Blackfriars # | Dominican Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded before 1263, site obtained for the friars by Ralph Boteler, Baron of Wem; dissolved 20 October 1538 |
[39][40] 52°16′45″N 1°35′36″W / 52.2791133°N 1.5931986°W | ||
| Warwick St Sepulchre Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular - Holy Sepulchre founded c.1119-23, begun by Henry Newburgh (Henry de Beaumont) probably before 20 June 1119, completed by his son Earl Roger 1123; indistinguishable from mainstream Augustinian Canons Regular after 1188; independent after 1280 (recorded as Holy Sepulchre Canons 1280); dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Hawkins 1546/7; remains incorporated into mansion built on site 1556, largely dismantled 1925 and removed to Virginia |
[41][42] 52°17′06″N 1°35′13″W / 52.2849476°N 1.586988°W | ||
| Warwick Preceptory # | Knights Templar founded between 1123 and 1142 purportedly by Roger, Earl of Warwick; possibly superceded as preceptory by Balsall, becoming a member thereof c.1142; dissolved 1308-12; passed to Knights Hospitaller who maintained there a chaplain, bailiff and pensioner |
[43] 52°16′35″N 1°34′51″W / 52.2762587°N 1.5807545°W | ||
| Wolston Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on St-Pierre-sur_Dives; dissolved 1394; sold to Carthusian priory at Coventry; |
[44][45] 52°22′46″N 1°23′25″W / 52.379578°N 1.3902694°W | ||
| Wootton Wawen Priory | Benedictine monks alien house, dependent on Conches; dissolved 1447 |
[46][47] 52°16′05″N 1°46′41″W / 52.2681196°N 1.7780846°W | ||
| Wroxall Priory | [48][49] |
- Bibliography
- Binns, Alison (1989) Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066–1216, Boydell [ISBN missing]
- Cobbett, William (1868) List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments
- Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971). Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales. Longman. ISBN 0582112303.
- Morris, Richard (1979) Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.[ISBN missing]
- Thorold, Henry (1986) Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales, Collins [ISBN missing]
- Thorold, Henry (1993) Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland, Collins [ISBN missing]
- Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004) Discovering Abbeys and Priories, Shire Publications Ltd. [ISBN missing]
- English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated, Odhams Press Ltd.
- Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: ALCESTER ABBEY
- ^ Houses of Benedictine monks - Abbey of Alcester | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 59-61)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: ALVECOTE PRIORY
- ^ Houses of Benedictine monks - Priory of Alvecote | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 61-62)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: ARBURY HOUSE
- ^ Houses of Austin canons - Priory of Arbury | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 89-91)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: ATHERSTONE AUSTIN FRIARY
- ^ Colwich Abbey - Atherstone
- ^ Friaries - Austin friars of Atherstone | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 106)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: COMBE ABBEY
- ^ Houses of Cistercian monks - Abbey of Combe | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 73-75)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: BRETFORD PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: CAWSTON GRANGE
- ^ Houses of Knights Hospitaller - Preceptory of Balsall and Grafton | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 100-101)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: KENILWORTH ABBEY
- ^ Houses of Austin canons - Abbey of Kenilworth | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 86-89)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: MAXSTOKE PRIORY
- ^ Houses of Austin canons - Priory of Maxstoke | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 91-94)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: MEREVALE ABBEY
- ^ Houses of Cistercian monks - Abbey of Merevale | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 75-78)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: KIRKBURY PRIORY
- ^ Alien houses - Priory of Monks Kirby | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 129-131)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: NUNEATON PRIORY
- ^ Houses of Benedictine nuns - Priory of Nuneaton | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 66-70)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: OLDBURY PRIORY
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: PINLEY PRIORY
- ^ Houses of Cistercian nuns - Priory of Pinley | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 82-83)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: POLESWORTH ABBEY
- ^ Houses of Benedictine nuns - Abbey of Polesworth | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 62-65)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: STONELEIGH ABBEY
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: STONELEIGH ABBEY
- ^ Houses of Cistercian monks - Abbey of Stoneleigh | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 78-81)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: STUDLEY PRIORY
- ^ Houses of Austin canons - Priory of Studley | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 94-97)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: THELSFORD PRIORY
- ^ Friaries - Trinitarian friars of Thelsford | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 106-108)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 337174
- ^ Alien houses - Priory of Warmington | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 131-132)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WARWICK BLACKFRIARS
- ^ Houses of Austin canons - St Sepulchre, Warwick | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 97-99)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WARWICK PRIORY
- ^ Friaries - Dominican friars of Warwick | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 101-103)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WARWICK TEMPLARS PRECEPTORY
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WOLSTON PRIORY
- ^ Alien houses - Priory of Wolston | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 132-133)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WOOTTON WAWEN PRIORY
- ^ Alien houses - Priory of Wootton Wawen | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 133-136)
- ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WROXALL ABBEY
- ^ Houses of Benedictine nuns - Priory of Wroxall | A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp. 70-73)
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