# Andover Priory

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Priory in Andover, Hampshire, England

Andover Priory Interactive map of Andover Priory Monastery information Full name Priory of Andover Order Benedictine Established post 1066 Disestablished 1414 Mother house St. Florent, Saumur Controlled churches St. Mary, Andover; Foxcote People Founder William I of England Site Location Andover, Hampshire, England Coordinates 51°12′36″N 1°28′42″W / 51.210103°N 1.478321°W / 51.210103; -1.478321 Visible remains one wall beside the current church Public access yes

**Andover Priory** was an [alien priory](/source/Alien_priory) of [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) [monks](/source/Monks) in [Andover](/source/Andover%2C_Hampshire), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), [England](/source/England).

## Foundation

After the [conquest](/source/Conquest_(military)), [William I](/source/William_I_of_England) bestowed several gifts on the Benedictine abbey of [Abbey of Saint-Florent de Saumur](/source/Abbey_of_Saint-Florent_de_Saumur), including the church of Andover, with a hide and 14 acres (57,000 m2) of land, tithes of all the demesne lands in the parish, and extensive pasture rights, with wood for fuel, for fencing and for building purposes. The gift was renewed by [William Rufus](/source/William_Rufus) in 1100, he also directed that all churches built under the mother church of Andover should either be utterly destroyed or held by the monks of St. Florent. The abbey establishing the priory with a colony of monks soon after the church was given to them. The homes of the monks are described as being *juxta ecclesiam* (beside the church).

## An Alien Priory

As an [alien priory](/source/Alien_priory) (i.e., the dependency of a French mother-house) Andover would have had a certain inbuilt instability of status before the English crown, especially whenever there were hostilities between France and England, and particularly during the [Hundred Years' War](/source/Hundred_Years'_War). Its fate would have shared the fluctuating fortunes of every [alien priory](/source/Alien_priory).

At the [dissolution of alien priories](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dissolution_of_alien_priories&action=edit&redlink=1) in 1414 the priory was granted to [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College). The college was obliged to pay yearly pensions of forty-five [marks](/source/Mark_(coin)#England_and_Scotland) to the Crown, twenty marks to [Joanna of Navarre](/source/Joan_of_Navarre%2C_Queen_of_England), the widow of [Henry IV](/source/Henry_IV_of_England) and fifty-two marks to the ex-prior, Nicholas Gwyn.

A piece of ivy-covered wall next to the present parish church is believed to be the only surviving remnant of the priory.

## References

- [*A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2*, The Victoria County History 1973](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38130)

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