List of monastic houses in Leicestershire


The following is a list of monastic houses in Leicestershire, England.

FoundationImageCommunities & ProvenanceFormal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
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Aldermanshaw PrioryCluniac monks
founded before/c.1220-35;
alien house: cell dependent on Bermondsey, Surrey ;
dissolved/ruinous before 1450;
17th century cottage built on site		Aldermans Haw
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Belvoir PrioryBenedictine monks
priory cell, dependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire;
founded 1076-88 begun by Robert de Todeni, lord of Belvoir 1076; completed by Abbot Paul of St Albans;
dissolved 1539
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Bradley PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded after 1220 by Robert Bundy;
dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Newell, Esq. 1537/8		Braddley Priory
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Holy Hill monastery, BreedonSaxon Benedictine? monks — from Medeshamstede,
founded late-7th century;
abandoned 874 during Danish raids;
Augustinian Priory built on site '
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Breedon PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
priory cell dependent on Nostell, Yorkshire;
refounded between 1109 and 1122, on site of earlier Saxon monastery ': church of SS Mary and Hardulph granted to Nostel by Robert de Ferrers;
dissolved November 1539; granted to John, Lord Grey 1553		Bredon Priory
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Buckminsterpossible Saxon minster
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Charley Priorydependent on Luffield, Buckinghamshire;
confirmed to Luffield by the Pope 1173-4;
founded before 1190, granted to Evroul by Countess Parnel of Leicester ;
confirmed to Ware, chief dependency of St Evroul in England 1203-6;
described as hermitage c.1220;
Augustinian Canons Regular
alien house: grange dependent on St Evroul;
founded after 1220;
ruinous 1455;
dissolved 1465; granted to Frideswide, widow;
united with Ulverscroft c.1465		Chorley and Ulverscroft Priory
Locum de S. Mariae de Charleia
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Croxton AbbeyPremonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse, Lincolnshire;
founded before 1160 by William Porcarius;
dissolved 1538 ; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1538/9		Croxton Kerrial Abbey
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Dalby and Heather PreceptoryKnights Hospitallers
founded before 1206, granted purportedly by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester;
dissolved 1538 ;
granted to Sir Andrew Nowell		Old Dalby Preceptory;
Dalby Preceptory
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Garendon AbbeyCistercian monks
probable daughter of Waverley, Surrey;
founded 28 October 1133 by Roboert Bossu, Earl of Leicester;
dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1540/1;
house named 'Garendon Hall' built on site, demolished 1964		Gerondon Abbey
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Grace Dieu Priory ^Augustinian Canonesses
founded c.1239/40 by Rose de Verdon;
'White Nuns of St Augustine'
dissolved 1538; granted to Humphrey Foster 1538/9;
remains incorporated into a cottage; largely demolished 1696;
in care of Grace Dieu Priory Trust;
open to public from late 2004		The Priory Church of Holy Trinity and St Mary, Belton
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Gracedieu Priory;
Belton Priory
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Heather PreceptoryKnights Hospitallers
founded before 1199 ;
reduced to camera before 1338;
dissolution unknown — administered from Dalby 		Hether Hospital
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Hinckley PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: priory cell dependent on Lyre;
founded before 1173: church and land granted to Lyre by Robert , Earl of Leicester ;
dissolved 1409; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster;
site later occupied by a mansion then smaller private houses		Hinkley Priory
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Hinckley Dominican PrioryDominican monks
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Kirby Bellars Priorysecular college or chantry founded 1316;
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1359 by Roger Beller;
dissolved 1536: already destroyed and derelict; granted to Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy 1543/4;
near site of current parish church		Kirkby Bellers Priory;
Kirby Bellers Priory;
Kirkby Bellairs Priory;
Kerkbey on the Wrethek Priory
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Langley PrioryBenedictine nuns — from Farewell, Staffordshire
founded c.1150 by William Pantulf and his wife burgia;
Cistercian nuns? ;
dissolved 1536 ;
granted to Thomas Grey 1543/4;
incorporated into a 16th/17th century house; present house incorporates medieval fabric		The Priory Church of God and the Blessed Virgin
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Launde Priory #Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1119-25 by Richard Basset and his wife Maud;
dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas, Lord Cromwell 1539/40;
site occupied by manor house named 'Launde Abbey'
now a retreat/conference centre		St John the Baptist
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Landa Priory
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Leicester AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regular
founded 1143 by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester;
dissolved 1538; granted to William, Marquis of Northampton 1550/1		The Abbey Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Leicester
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St Mary de Pre;
St Mary de Pratis
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Leicester Austin FriaryAugustinian hermits
founded 1254;
dissolved November 1538; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm		St Catherine?
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Leicester Blackfriars #Dominican Friars
founded before 1284;
dissolved 1538; granted to Henry, Marquis of Dorset 1546/7
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Leicester Friars of the Sack ~Friars of the Sack
founded before 1274;
apparently abandoned by 1295
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Leicester GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
founded before 1230 by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester;
Burial place of King Richard III after his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth 1485 ;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm 1545/6
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Leicester — Holy Cross Priory *Dominican Friars
founded 1882; church consecrated 14 May 1958; extant		The Priory of the Holy Cross, Leicester
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Minsterton Monasterypossible Saxon minster
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Mount St Bernard Abbey, earlier site #Cistercian monks
founded 1835;
became a guest house when new monastery ' opened 1844;
reformatory 1856;
closed 1885, demolished
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Mount St Bernard Abbey *Cistercian monks
founded 1844;
replaced earlier monastery '; extant
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Owston Abbey +Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroaisan
founded before 1161 by Sir Robert Grimbald, confirmed by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury;
Augustinian Canons Regular
independent from before 1260-80;
dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Harrington 1538/9;
site now in private ownership as Manor Farm;
church restored and now in parochial use		The Abbey Church of Saint Andrew, Owston
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Osulveston Priory
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Rothley TempleKnights Templar
founded 1231: manor granted by Henry III;
chapel built c.1240;
Knights Hospitaller
transferred 1312 ;
dissolved before 1489 ; transferred to the Crown;
granted to Babington family;
manor house built on site		Rothley Preceptory
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Swinford PreceptoryKnights Hospitaller
founded before 1199: ;
under Dalby before 1220;
separate camera under a seneschal 1338;
dissolved 1538
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Ulverscroft PrioryAugustinian Eremites
founded 1134: land granted by Ranulph de Gernon, Earl of Chester;
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded before c.1174 by Robert, Earl of Leicester;
still referred to as a hermitage c.1220;
suppression avoided 1536;
dissolved 15 September 1539;
now in private ownership without public access		St Mary
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Ulverscroft Monasteryuncertain order and foundation
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