List of monastic houses in Hertfordshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Hertfordshire
, England.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England.
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| Ashridge Priory Ashridge Priory Ashridge Priory was a medieval abbey of the Brothers of Penitence.The seventeenth century historian Polydore Vergil said that Edmund founded in 1283 a monastery at Ashridge, Hertfordshire, for a rector and twenty canons of "a new order not before seen in England, and called the Boni homines"... |
Bonshommes monks founded 1283 by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall; dissolved 16 November 1539 |
the Precious Blood 51.7994861°N 0.5594015°W |
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| Berden Priory? | Augustinian Canons Regular possibly Berden, Essex or the hospital at Bigging (Berdene in Anstey) |
St Mary |
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| Cathale Priory | Benedictine nuns founded before 1189(?) (c.1200) probably by William de Mandeville; dissolved before 1240; granted to the nuns of Cheshunt by Henry de Bohun; canons removed; chapel survived to 1613 when land acquired by James I; chapel remains extant 1830s |
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| Cheshunt Priory | Benedictine nuns founded before 1183; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Anthony Deny 1536/7 |
Cestrehunt Priory; Chesthunt Priory 51.7175606°N 0.0189042°W |
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| Flamstead Priory | Benedictine nuns founded c.1150 (in the reign of Stephen) by Roger de Toney; dissolved 1537; granted to Sir Richard Page Sir Richard Page Sir Richard Page was an English courtier. He was a member of the Privy Council of Henry VIII of England and was the Vice-Chamberlain in the household of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset... 1539/40; site now occupied by Beechwood Park School Beechwood Park School Beechwood Park School, also familiarly referred to as "Beechwood", is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in Hertfordshire in England, UK for reception to year 8. It is set on the site of an old Mansion house with extensions put in over the last 50 years including the junior... |
Flamsted Priory 51.8190829°N 0.4848549°W (possible) |
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| Hertford Priory # | Benedictine monks founded before 1093 (in the time of Abbot Paul and in the reign of William the ConquerorHertford Priory: Cobbett) by Ralph de Limesi and granted to St Albans (post1077); dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Antony Denny and his wife 1537/8; conventual church demolished after 1540; passed to Sir Thomas Wiley who built the private chapel of St John, demolished 1680 on the orders of the Bishop of Lincoln; site now occupied by parish church |
St Mary 51.7996884°N 0.0752467°W |
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| Hertford Trinitarian Priory | lepers' hospital of St Mary Magdelene (founded ante1199) taken over by Trinitarians; Trinitarian monks founded c.1261; apparently under Easton -1448; later uner Moatenden; apparently abandoned before 1535(?) |
St Mary Magdalene (ante1199) Holy Trinity and St Thomas Martyr c.1261 51.7998377°N 0.0726154°W |
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| Hitchin Friary ^ | Carmelite Friars founded c.1317; dissolved 17 October 1538; site now occupied by Hitchin Priory Hotel, part of cloister arches still visible; 17th/18thC country house built on site |
St Mary Hitchin 'Priory 51.9450982°N 0.2789497°W |
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| Hitchin Black Friary | Dominican Friars founded c.1316 by King Edward; dissolved; granted to Edward Watson and H. Henderson 1546/7 |
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| Hitchin Minster | Saxon minster founded before 11thC (references 10th & 11thC); parochial church ante1086 |
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| King's Langley Priory King's Langley Priory King's Langley Priory was a Dominican priory in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England.-History:Langley was founded in 1308 by Edward II in fulfilment of a vow made when in peril... |
Dominican Friars founded before 1308; dissolved 1538; Dominican nuns - from Dartford refounded 1557; dissolved 1558: nuns transferred to Dartford |
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| Lannock | Knights Templar founded before 1148 (manor granted to Templars but no preceptory founded); Knights Hospitaller let privately 1338 |
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| Markyate Priory Markyate Priory Markyate Priory was a Benedictine priory in Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1145 and disestablished in 1537.-History:The priory of Markyate was founded in the year 1145, in a wood which was then part of the parish of Caddington, and belonged to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's... # |
hermitage before 1145; Benedictine nuns founded 1145 by Ralph de Langford, Dean and Chapter of St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. St Paul's sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and is the mother... , through the influence of Geoffrey, Abbot of St Albans; apparently soon destroyed by fire; dissolved 1537; granted to George Ferrers; site now occupied by a manor house named 'Markyate Cell' built on priory remains; parochial church of St John the Baptist built at the south corner of the site |
Holy Trinity Mergate Priory; Market-Street Priory 51.8438715°N 0.4644084°W |
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| Mirdial Priory? | Augustinian Canons Regular (lacking evidence) | St Mary |
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| New Biggin Priory # | Gilbertine Priory priory cell founded 1361-2 by Sir Edward de Kendale; dissolved 1538; granted to John Cokke 1544/5; residence built on site 1585; converted to almshouses c.1812 |
St Saviour Hitchin Nunnery 51.9483783°N 0.2753663°W |
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| Redbourn Priory | Benedictine monks cell, dependent on St Albans founded 1178 by Abbot Simon or Abbot Warin built by John, Bishop of Ardfert; plundered by the French 1217; apparently abandoned 1535; granted to John Cock 1539/40 |
St Amphibalus St Amphibalus Priory; Redburn Priory 51.7976863°N 0.3949338°W |
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| Rowney Priory ^(?) | Benedictine nuns founded c.1164 by Conan, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond; plundered early 15thC; dis 11 September 1457; granted to the patron, John Fray, chief baron of the Exchequer, who established a chantry; confiscated by the Crown 1548; 19thC house built on site, said to incorporate fabric from the priory |
St John the Baptist Rowheing Priory; Rownay Priory 51.8643534°N 0.0440311°W |
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| Royston Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1173-9 by Ralph de Rochester (on the site of a chapel built by his uncle Eustace de Merk) built in the time of Walter Walensis, Abbot of Colchester; dissolved 9 April 1537; granted to Robert Slete, Esq 1540/1 priory church converted for parochial use as the Parish Church of St John the Baptist; a Georgian House also built on the site |
The Priory Church of St John the Baptist and St Thomas the Martyr 52.0478389°N 0.0216722°W |
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| St Albans Abbey St Albans Cathedral St Albans Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral church at St Albans, England. At , its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England... + |
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founded c.793 Benedictine monks 976; dissolved 5 December 1539; parochial thereafter episcopal diocesan cathedral 1877-present |
The Cathedral St Albans Cathedral St Albans Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral church at St Albans, England. At , its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England... and Abbey Church of Saint Alban Saint Alban Saint Alban was the first British Christian martyr. Along with his fellow saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three martyrs remembered from Roman Britain. Alban is listed in the Church of England calendar for 22 June and he continues to be venerated in the Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox... , St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt... 51.750620°N 0.342915°W |
| St Albans Nunnery | Benedictine nuns - attached to the abbey, living near the almonry; founded before 940; transferred to Sopwell, infra, 1140 |
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| St Mary de Pre Priory | leper hospital founded 1194 by Warin (Garinus), Abbot of St Albans, to c.1328 Benedictine nuns founded after 1352; abandoned 1528; annexed to St Albans; granted to Ralph Rawlet, Esq 1540/1 |
St Mary de Pré Priory; St Mary de Pre Nunnery; De La Praye Nunnery 51.7610853°N 0.3680487°W (possible) |
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| Sawbridgeworth Priory | Benedictine monks - probable cell of Westminster Abbey founded c.1135 (late in the reign of Henry I or in that of Stephen); conventual church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary the Great |
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| Sopwell Priory Sopwell Priory Sopwell Priory was built c. 1140 in Hertfordshire, England by the Benedictine abbot of St Albans Abbey, Geoffrey de Gorham... |
purportedly a hermitage prior to Benedictine founded; Benedictine nuns founded 1140 by Geoffrey, Abbott of St Albans; subject to the abbess of St Albans c.1330; dissolved 1537 |
St Mary Sopewell Priory 51.7441505°N 0.3347263°W |
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| Standon Cell | Sisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem dissolved c.1180: transferred to Buckland |
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| Standon Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded 1147 (in the reign of Stephen) by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hereford; dissolved 1308-12; leased out 1330; revived; under a preceptor 1360; leased out before 1443-4 |
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| Standon Priory Standon Priory -References:... |
hermitage built by William the Anchorite Benedictine monks - alien cell, dependent on Stoke by Clare founded 1173 and 1178 when Richard de Clare Earl of Hertford granted to his monks of Stoke the hermitage; dissolved c.1306; apparently reverted to a hermitage or chapel 1306; granted to Stoke College 1415 |
The Priory Church of St Michael of Salburn in Standon; Salburn Priory in Standon; Salburn Priory 51.8806611°N 0.0109112°W |
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| Temple Dinsley Preceptory # | Knights Templar founded 1147 (in the reign of Stephen): granted by Bernard de Balliol, preceptory established later; dis 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller refounded 1324; let privately 1338; preceptory founded after 1338; leased to the preceptor of Ribstone and Mount St John 1498; let out privately 1507; granted by Henry VIII to Sir Ralph Sadler demolished 1712; site now occupied by The Princess Helena College Princess Helena College Princess Helena College is an independent school for girls located in the small village of Preston near Hitchin in Hertfordshire. It is housed in a Grade II* listed Queen Anne country house, which was redesigned by Edwin Lutyens, at the same time as the gardens were designed by his great friend,... built 1714 |
Temple Dynnesley Preceptory 51.9091745°N 0.2830938°W |
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| Ware Priory | Benedictine monks founded ante1081 with endowment by Hugo de Grentemaisnil; alien priory, dependent on St-Evroul; dissolved 1414; granted by Henry VIII |
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| Ware Friary | Franciscan Friars Minor (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded 1338 by Thomas second Lord Wake of Liddell, who received the king's permission in February 1338 to give to the Friars Minors propery and land; dissolved 1538;; private residence 1544; incorporated into a house named 'The Priory' |
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| Wormley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular cell, dependent on Waltham founded after 1177 (when church and mannor granted to Waltham Abbey) and before c.1260 dissolved c.1510(?): alienated from Waltham Abbey; rst 19thC; now in use of parish church of St Laurence |
St Lawrence Prior Sancti Laurentii de Worem 51.735135°N 0.0388438°W |
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| Wymondley Priory, Little Wymondley Little Wymondley Little Wymondley is a village situated between Hitchin and Stevenage in Hertfordshire. Paradoxically, it is larger than its near neighbour Great Wymondley... |
hospital founded 1218 by Richard [de] Argentein; Augustinian Canons Regular founded soon after; hospital continued until 1290; dissolved 6 April 1537; granted to James Nedeham, surveyor of the king's works, 1541/2; site now occupied by a Tudor Tudor architecture The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period and even beyond, for conservative college patrons... Tithe barn Tithe barn A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing the tithes - a tenth of the farm's produce which had to be given to the church.... |
St Mary Little Wymondley Priory; Wymondesley Parva Priory 51.9377104°N 0.2282989°W |