List of monastic houses in Norfolk


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

List


FoundationImageCommunities and provenanceFormal name or dedication and alternative namesReferences and location
Aldeby Priory ^
Benedictine monks
dependent on Norwich; founded c. 1100-1119 by Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich; lack of evidence for a conventual church infers that the monks officiated at the parochial church of St Mary which was granted to the priory; granted to the Dean and Prebendary of Norwich
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Aldeby Priory
Beeston Regis PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c. 1216 by Lady Margery de Cressy;
Carmelite Friars
refounded 1400; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Edmond Windham and Giles Seafoule 1545/6
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Beeston Regis
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Beeston Priory


Binham Priory +Benedictine monks
priory cell dependent on St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire;
founded c.1091 by Peter de Valoines, manor granted by William the Conqueror; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Paston; demolition ensued but the plan to build a mansion was abandoned; navel of conventual church in parochial use as the Priory Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross. Owned by Norfolk Archaeological Trust and English Heritage
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Binham Priory

The Priory Church of St Peter and St Paul, Binham?
Blackborough Priory ^Benedictine monks
founded c.1150 by Roger de Scales and his wife Muriel;
Benedictine monks and nuns
granted extended for use as a double house by Robert de Scales, son of the founders c.1170;
Benedictine nuns alone 1200; dissolved 1537; granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1550/1; remains incorporated into a private house
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Catherine, Blackborough
Blakeney FriaryCarmelite Friars
land granted 1295/6 by Richard Stomer and others with the consent of their lord Sir William Roos; founded 1304-16;
buildings completed 1321; dissolved 1538; granted to William Rede 1541/2; granted to Lady Anne Calthorpe; passed to the local Pepys family; remains incorporated into Friarage Farmhouse
Snitterley Whitefriars;
Sniterley Whitefriars
Blakeney
Bradmer FriaryCarmelite Friars
founded c.1241 by Ralph Hempnale and Sir William de Calthrop;
transferred to new site at Burnham Norton c.1253

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Bromehill PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded before 1224 by Sir Hugh de Plaiz; dissolved 14 May 1528 for Cardinal Wolsey's college at Ipswich; priory demolished; granted to the Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge by Edward VI
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Thomas the Martyr, Bromehill
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Bromholm PrioryCluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Castle Acre Priory;
founded 1113 by William de Glanville;
direct Cluniac rule c.1195;became denizen: independent from 1390; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Woodhouse 1545/6
The Priory Church of St Andrew, Bromholm
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Broomholm Priory
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Burnham Norton FriaryCarmelite Friars
; transferred from Bradmer 1253 ; dissolved 1538; granted to William, Lord Cobham 1541/2

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Carbrooke Preceptorypossibly Knights Templar
possibly founded before 1173 by granted by the husband of Maud, Countess of Clare, with preceptory unfinished;
Knights Hospitaller
founded c.1182: Maud, Countess of Clare granted churches of St Peter, Great Carbrook and St John the Baptist, Little Carbrook and manor of Carbrook; dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Richard Gresham and Sir Richard Southwell 1543/4
Carbroke Preceptory
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Carbrook CellSisters of the Order of St John of Jerusalem cell
founded unknown, transferred to Buckland c. 1180
Carrow PrioryBenedictine nuns
; transferred here 1146, founded by two sisters of the earlier site which was granted land by King Stephen; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Shelton 1538; prioress's house incorporated into later residence; remains situated within the grounds of Reckitt & Colman's works
The Priory Church of Saint Mary of Carhowe
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Castle Acre PrioryCluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussex;
founded 1089 by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey;became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374; dissolved 22 November 1537; granted to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk 1537/8;
priors lodgings retained as a residence; >passed into ownership of Sir Edward Coke, and remains in that family;
in guardianship of Ministry of Works 1929;
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Castle Acre

Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Peter and Saint Paul
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Castleacre Priory


Choseley MonasteryLazarites
founded before 1273 by the Earl of Gifford;
dissolved 1544/5; granted Sir John Dudley, Viscount Lisle
Coxford PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
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transferred to new site c.1216 ; dissolved 22 January 1536; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1537
Cokesford Priory
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Crabhouse PrioryAugustinian Canonesses
founded c.1181 by Roger, prior, and canons of Ranham with the consent of their founder William de Lesewis for the anchoress Lena;
flooded and temporarily abandoned c.1200; church and many buildings partly rebuilt 1402-4; rebuilt 1420-4; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Gage;
house named 'Crabb's Abbey' built on site
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist
St Mary, St John and St Thomas
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Creake Abbeychapel
hospital
founded before 1189 by Lady Alice de Nerford and her husband Sir Robert who used the chapel to found a hospital;
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1206, the master becoming a canon, changing the hospital to a priory with the consent of the widowed Alice;
hospital dedicated to St Bartholomew after1217;
raised to abbey status 1231 by Henry III;
canons wiped out by plague 1506, abbot survived to 12 December 1506;
passed to the Crown 1506;
The Priory Church of Saint Mary de Pratis
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North Creake Abbey;
Creek Abbey


Custhorpe CellAugustinian Canons Regular
cell dependent on West Acre; possibly a chapel intermittently served by a canon


Docking PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: cell or grange dependent on Ivry-la-Bataille;
founded 12th century;
dissolved 1455;
granted as a 'priory' to Eton College 1436?


East Dereham MonasterySaxon nuns
nunnery and probable minster founded before 743 by St Withburga;
?destroyed in raids by the Danes c. 870; sole remains are a holy well, reputedly associated with the monastery

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Field Dalling GrangeSavignac monks
alien house
founded 1138 by Maud de Harscolye: James de Sancto Hylario granted land to the abbey of the Holy Trinity, Savigny;
Cistercian monks
orders merged 17 September 1147;
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dissolve 1414; granted by the Crown to Epworth Priory; granted to the Spittle-on-the-Street, Lincolnshire;
granted to the Carthusians of St. Anne's Priory, Coventry, Warwickshire ;
granted to the Carthusian priory of Mount Grace 1462; granted to Martyng Hastings and James Borne
Dallingfield Priory;
Field-Dalling Priory;
Fieldallyng Priory
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Flitcham PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1217 by Sir Robert Aguillon ; in decay by 1528; dissolved 1538; granted to Edward Lord Clinton 1538/9;
house built on site 16th century
St Mary ad Fontes
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Gorleston FriaryAugustinian Friars
founded before 1267; William Woderove given as founder 14th century; dissolved 1538, surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover

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Great Massingham PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded before/c.1260 probably by Nicholas le Syre ;
dilapidated 1475-6;
refounded as a cell of West Acre;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Gresham
St Mary and St Nicholas
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Massingham Magna
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Great Witchingham GrangeCluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Longueville;
founded after 1093: manor and other endowments granted by Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham;
possibly directly supervised by monks from time-to-time
dissolved after 1414

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Great Yarmouth — St Nicholas's PrioryBenedictine monks
cell dependent on Norwich;
founded 1101 by Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich;
Church of St Nicholas was associated with the priory;
dissolved 1539;
granted to Norwich Cathedral;
restored 1835;
destroyed by bombing in World War II; restored, currently in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Nicholas;
the conventual Great Hall currently in use as Priory School
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Great Yarmouth;
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Great Yarmouth Austin FriaryAugustinian Friars
cell? under Gorleston
founded 1339?: royal permission granted;
existence purported by old tradition
dissolution unknown


Great Yarmouth BlackfriarsDominican Friars
founded before 1267 by Sir William Garbridge;
inundated by the sea 1287, and sea wall constructed;
church destroyed by fire 1525;
dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Sir Leonard Chamberlain.1542/3

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Great Yarmouth GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
founded after 1226-1271 by Sir William Garbridge;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Richard Williams, alias Cromwell 1541/2; leased 1582 as a lodging for important visitors, and part used by local civilian militia;
site sold to John Woodroffe 1657; later divided and sold;
monastic remains incorporated into 17th century and later buildings;
remains of the cloister were opened up late 19th century, with other remains restored 1945 and thereafter

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Great Yarmouth WhitefriarsCarmelite Friars
founded before 1277 by Edward I;
destroyed by fire 1 April 1509;
dissolved 1538 by Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to Thomas Denton and Richard Nottingham 1544/5;
house built on site 17th century



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Haddiscoe PreceptoryKnights Templar
founded before 1218;
dissolved 1308-12


Heacham GrangeCluniac monks
alien house: grange dependent on Lewes, Sussex;
founded before 1088: endowments including mansion and estates granted to Lewes by William de Warenne;
cell purported to have existed ' — possibly directly supervised by monks from time-to-time;
dissolution unknown

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Hempton Prioryhospital
founded before 1135 by Roger de St Martin, with Richard Ward
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded before 1135;
hospital continued to after 1200;
dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Fermer 1545/6
The Priory Church of Saint Stephen, Hempton
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Fakenham Priory;
Hampton Priory
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Hickling Priory #Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1185 by Theobald de Valentia, son of Robert de Valoines;
dissolved 1536; granted to the Bishop of Norwich
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Augustine and All Saints, Hickling 1545/6
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Hitcham CellCluniac monks
founded during the reign of William II by William Warren, Earl of Surrey;
dissolved; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1537/8
Horsham St Faith PrioryBenedictine monks
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alien house: dependent on Conches;
transferred here after 1105;
became denizen: independent from 1390;
dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edward Elrington 1543/4
The Priory Church of Saint Faith, Horsham
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Horstead PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: priory or grange? dependent on La Trinitè, Caen;
founded c.1090 by William II to nunnery at Caen;
nuns appear not to have resided here; probably run by a monk using the title 'prior'
dissolved 1414; granted to King's College, Cambridge 1291
Horestead Grange;
Horstead Priory
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Ingham Priory +secular canons collegiate
founded c.1355 by Sir Miles Stapleton who was granted licence to enlarge church 1355;
Trinitarian Canons
founded 1360
abandoned between 1534 and 1536;
dissolved 1536; prospective purchaser falsely asserted the house to be of Crutched Friars;
granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1544/5;
The Swan Inn public house, adjacent to the church, also stands on the site of the priory
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity and All Saints, Ingham
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King's Lynn Benedictine PrioryBenedictine monks
founded 1095;
dissolved 1538; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Norwich;
site of the prior's house consecrated and incorporated into St Margaret's churchyard early 17th century;
demolished apart from small section incorporated into later building
The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with Saint Mary Magdalen and All the Virgin Saints, King's Lynn

The Priory & Parish Church of Saint Margaret with St Nicholas, King's Lynn
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King's Lynn Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars
founded before 1295;
dissolved 30 September 1538; granted to John Eyer 1544/5

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King's Lynn BlackfriarsDominican Friars
founded before 1256 by Thomas Gedney;
dissolved 1539 ; granted to John Eyer 1544/5

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King's Lynn GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
founded c.1230, purportedly by Thomas Feltham;
dissolved 1538

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King's Lynn Sack FriaryFriars of the Sack
founded before 1266;
dissolved after 1307

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King's Lynn WhitefriarsCarmelite Friars
founded before c.1260, possibly by Lord Bardolph;
dissolved 30 September 1538; granted to John Eyer
White Friars, King's Lynn
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Kirkscroft PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Conches;
founded c.1105 by Robert FitzWalter and his wife Sybil;
transferred to new site at Horsham St Faith shortly afterwards
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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Langley AbbeyPremonstratensian Canons
daughter of Alnwick, Northumberland;
founded 1198 by Robert Fitz Roger;
dissolved 1536; granted to John Berney 1546/7

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Lessingham PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: cell or grange dependent on Bec-Hellouin
founded c.1090;
dissolved c.1414

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Ling PrioryBenedictine nuns
foundation unknown;
dissolved c.1160

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Ludham, St Benet's Abbey
hermits
founded c.800 by Saxon monks under Suneman ;
destroyed in raids by Danes 870
monks or secular canons collegiate
rebuilt c.960 by Wulfric;
Benedictine monks
refounded by Cnut;
never suppressed, granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1536;
probably abandoned before 1539
St Benet of Holm Abbey;
St Benet's of Hulme Abbey
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Marham AbbeyCistercian nuns
founded 1249, endowed by the Countess of Arundel;
dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Nicholas Hare and Robert Hare 1546/7
The Blessed Virgin Mary, St Barbara and St Edmund, Marham
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Modeney PrioryBenedictine monks
founded before 1291;
dissolved c.1536; granted to Robert Hogan 1543/4
Modney Priory
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Molycourt PrioryBenedictine monks
foundation unknown ;
cell dependent on Ely;
granted to Ely 1446;
dissolved with Ely 1539;
site partly occupied by farmhouse
St Mary Bello Loco
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Mullicourt Priory
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Mountjoy PrioryBenedictine monks
cell dependent on Wymondham;
founded after 1189;
Augustinian Canons Regular
granted to Augustinians after 1199 by William de Gyney ;
dissolved 1 April 1529 for Cardinal Wolsey's colleges
St Laurence

St Mary the Virgin, St Michael and St Laurence
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Monte Jovis Priory
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Narford CellAugustinian Canons Regular
purported cell dependent on West Acre;
officiating in the Chapel of St Thomas a Becket

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Newbridge Hermitagehermit's chapel
founded 1094

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Normansburgh PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1160
Cluniac monks
alien house: cell dependent on Castle Acre;
refounded c.1200;
became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374;
dissolved 1537
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
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Norman's Burrow Priory
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Norwich Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars
founded after 1277 /before 1289;
dissolved 29 August 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Henneage and William Lord Willoughby 1548/9

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Norwich Blackfriars, earlier siteDominican Friars
founded 1226 by Sir Thomas Gelham;
transferred to new site
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property retained by friars;
friars retired from new site when destroyed by fire 1413;
returned to St Andrew's Hall 1449
Black Hall;
Old House
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Blackfriars, NorwichDominican Friars
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licence for acquisition of site granted by Edward II by 1307;
transferred here before 1307
destroyed by fire 1413; friars retired to Old Hall ';
rebuilt; friars returned 1449; dissolved 1538; granted to the Mayor and citizens of Norwich 1540/1; now Blackfriars Hall
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Norwich, Friary de DominaFriars of St Mary
founded before c.1290 from a legacy granted by Roger de Tybenham;
founded before 1274-5;
community perished in the Black Death 1349, house becoming private property

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Norwich Friars of the SackFriars of the Sack
founded c.1258: site secured for the friars in the parish of St Peter Hungate;
dissolved before 1307; granted to Dominicans
Norwich GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
founded 1226 by John de Hastingford in a house in Ciningsford ; dissolved 1538

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Norwich Pied FriarsPied Friars
founded before 1290;
dissolved c.1307;
granted to the hospital of Beck in Billingford and converted into a chantry and collegiate 14th century which continued until the dissolution

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Norwich PrioryBenedictine nuns
founded between 1100 and 1135 ; transferred c.1146 to Carrow
St Mary and St John
White Friars, NorwichCarmelite Friars
founded 1256 by Philip Cougate of Norwich;
dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Andrews and Leonard Chamberlain 1542/3;
remains now in use as a printing museum

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Great Hospital, Norwich
St Giles Hospital ^
hospital
founded 1249;
Augustinian Canons Regular
from 1310 the master and brothers wore the Austin canons' habit;
much of the medieval fabric survives in the establishment which has been in continual use since foundation
The Great Hospital;
Hospital of St Giles


St. Leonard's Priory, NorwichBenedictine monks
founded c.1095, built by Herbert Losinga, Bishop of Norwich for accommodation of monks whilst the Cathedral and Priory were being constructed; >continued as a cell of Norwich Cathedral 1101; dissolved 1539
The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Norwich

Norwich — St William's CellBenedictine monks
cell dependent on Norwich;
founded before1150;
St Catherine

St William
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Norwich Cathedral Priory +Benedictine monks
founded 1096-1101 by Bishop Herbert Losinga; dissolved 1539; in use as episcopal diocesan cathedral 1096-present
The Cathedral and Priory Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Norwich
Norwich, Christ Church PrioryBenedictine monks
foundation unknown by Ingulf; dissolved before 1076


Old Buckenham PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1146 by William de Albini, Earl of Chichester;
dissolved September 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Lovell
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint James and All Saints, Buckenham
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Oldbuckenham Priory;
Buckenham Priory
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Pentney PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1130 by Robert de Vallileus;
annexed by Wormegay 1468; dissolved 1537; granted to Thomas Mildmay 1538/9; remains incorporated into Abbey Farm and outbuildings which now occupy the site



Peterstone PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded before 1200;
flooded 1378 and 1387; dilapidated; annexed to Walsingham 1449, ceasing to function as a priory; granted 1550/1 to ?; remains incorporated into Peterstone farmhouse
St Peter's Priory and Hospital

Rudham PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1140 by William Cheney;
transferred to Coxford 1216
St Mary
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East Rudham Priory
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Sheringham CellAugustinian Canons RegularArroasian
cell dependent on Notley Abbey, Buckinghamshire;
founded before 1164;
dissolved before 1345

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Shouldham PrioryGilbertine Canons and nuns — double house
founded after 1193 by Geoffrey Fitx Peters ;
dissolved 15 October 1538; granted to Thomas Mildmay 1553;
standing remains demolished c.1831;
farmhouse and garden occupy the site
The Priory Church of the Holy Cross and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Shouldham
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Sleves Holm Priory #Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Castle Acre; founded before 1290, either granted by William de Warenne in 1222-6 or established during the reign of Stephen;
became denizen: independent from between 1351 and 1374;
dissolved 1537
The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Giles
Slevesholm Priory
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Sporle PrioryBenedictine monks
alien house: cell dependent on St Florent-de-Saumur; founded before 1123; church of St Mary and other endowments granted by Alan son of Flaald: papal confirmation 1123;
vacant for a time after the Black Death; dissolved c. 1414; granted to Eaton College 1440

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Stove CellCluniac monks
alleged cell dependent on Castle Acre, no record of monks in residence

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Thetford Austin Friars #Augustinian Friars
founded c.1387 by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, who made a benefaction: land granted by Sir Thomas Morley and Simon Barbour, apparently established 1389;
dissolved September 1538; granted to Sir Richard Fulmerestoone 1540/1;
nothing of the founded currently visible, remains of the foundations are believed to exist beneath the ground

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Thetford Blackfriarsepiscopal diocesan cathedral for the diocese of East Anglia
founded 1072;
see transferred to Norwich 9 April 1094-1096;
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Dominican Friars
founded 1335: church of St Mary the Great granted by Henry, Earl of Lancaster, confirmed by the King 20 July 1335;
the Church of the Holy Trinity made the friary church;
dissolved 1538;
remains of friary church, now incorporated into school buildings

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Thetford — Holy Sepulchre PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Holy Sepulchre
founded after 1139 by William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey on land granted by King Stephen
Augustinian Canons Regular
before c.1260;
dissolved 1536
The Canon's Priory;
The Canons
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Thetford Priory, earlier siteepiscopal diocesan cathedral for East Anglia
founded 1072;
see transferred to Norwich 9 April 1094-1096;
Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussex;
founded 1103-4, built by Robert Bigot;
transferred to new site
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site granted to Dominican Friars 1335

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Thetford PrioryCluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussex;
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transferred here 1114;
became denizen: independent from 1376;
dissolved 16 February 1540; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1540/1;
St Mary
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Thetford — St George's PrioryBenedictine monks
cell dependent on Bury St Edmunds;
founded after 1020 by Abbot Uvius;
abandoned 1160;
Benedictine nuns — from Ling
refounded c.1160 by Abbot Hugh de Norwold;
dissolved February 1537; granted to Richard Fulmerstone Esq. 1538/9
The Priory Church of Saint George, Thetford
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Toft Monks Priory #Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on St-Pierre, Preaux;
founded between 1087 and 1100 Church of St Margaret and its endowments granted to the Abbey of St-Pierre, Preaux
dissolved 1414; granted to Witham, Somerset; transferred to King's College, Cambridge 1462

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Walsingham FriaryFranciscan Friars
founded 1 February 1347 by Elizabeth de Burgh, Countess of Clare: licence granted by Edward III;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyer 1544/5
Walsginham Greyfriars
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Walsingham Priorysecular chapel
founded before 1066;
Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1153 by Geoffrey de Favarches incorporating the Chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham ;
dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Sidney 1539/40;
now in private ownership with public access
Little Walsingham Priory
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Welle Priory, in GaytonBenedictine monks
alien house: cell dependent on St-Etienne, Caen;
founded c.1081 by William de Streis, who granted the manor of Well and the church of Gayton;
united with Panfield c.1275,
dissolved 1415; granted to St Stephen's, Westminster 1469;
granted to the Bishops of Ely 1548/9;
site currently occupied by house named 'Well Hall' built on site 18th century
Well Hall Priory;
Welles Priory
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Wendling AbbeyPremonstratensian Canons
daughter of Langley;
founded c.1267 by Rev. William of Wendling;
due to be suppressed 1528 for Wolsey's Colleges, but delayed;
dissolved 1536-7; granted to Edward Dyer and H. Cressener 1573/4
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wendling
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Wereham, Priory of St. WinwaloeBenedictine monks
alien house: cell dependent on Montreuil;
founded before 1199 by the Earl of Clare;
dissolved c.1321: sold 1321; granted to West Dereham 1336;
granted to Thomas Guibon and William Mynn;
conventual remains appear to be incorporated into Winnold House built on site
St Winwaloe
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Wirham Priory
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West Acre PrioryBlack canons
probably founded before 1100 by Oliver, parish priest;
brothers joined the Augustinian order c.1135 ;
Augustinian Canons Regular
transferred c.1135; dissolved 15 January 1538; granted to Thomas Gresham 1553
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and All Saints, West Acre
Westacre Priory
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West Dereham AbbeyPremonstratensian Canons — from Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
daughter of Welbeck;
founded 1188 by Hubert Walter, Dean of York ;
dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Dereham 1539/40
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Weybourne PrioryAugustine Canons Regular
dependent on West Acre;
founded 1199 by Sir Ralph Mainwaring ;
independent from 1314;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Heydon 1545/6
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and All Saints, Weybourne
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Waburn Priory
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Weybridge PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
priory cell;
founded 1272 by Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Fulmerstone 1538/9
St Mary
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Witchingham PrioryCluniac monks
alien house: cell or grange dependent on Longueville;
founded c.1093 by Walter Giffard, 1st Earl of Buckingham who granted churches, manors and land to the priory of St Faith, Longueville, Rouen;
dissolved 1414, reverting to the Crown;
granted to New College, Oxford 1460

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Wormegay Priory $Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1189-99 by William de Warenne;
cell dependent on Pentney 1468;
dissolved 1537; granted to the Bishop of Norwich 1550/1
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Cross and Saint John the Evangelist, Wormegay
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Wretham GrangeBenedictine monks
alien house: grange dependent on Conches;
founded c.1260: granted by Roger de Tony, son of Radulph — charter witnessed by Richard de Rom;
a parcel of Wootton Wawen, with possibly a single monk, if any;
dissolution unknown;
church was rebuilt mid-14th and 15th century
granted to Sir Roland Lenthall for life 1415;
possessed by the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge 1443;
church in parochial use after suppression; abandoned 1793; now in ruins
West Wretham Grange;
Werteham Grange
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Wymondham Abbey +Benedictine monks
dependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire;
priory founded 1107 by William de Albini: charter witnessed by Roger Bigod;
raised to abbey status 1449;
dissolved 1538; granted to Sir William Hadden 1545/6;
church, partly ruined, now in parochial use
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Wymondham
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Wymondham Priory
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