# Avebury Priory > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Avebury_Priory > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Avebury_Priory.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury_Priory > Source revision: 1259940478 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Alien house of Benedictine monks in Wiltshire, England [51°25′43″N 01°51′33″W / 51.42861°N 1.85917°W / 51.42861; -1.85917](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Avebury_Priory¶ms=51_25_43_N_01_51_33_W_type:landmark_region:GB) **Avebury Priory** was an [alien house](/source/Alien_house) of [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) monks in Wiltshire, England, between the early 12th century and the Dissolution. William de Tancarville, chamberlain to [Henry I](/source/Henry_I_of_England), granted an [Avebury](/source/Avebury_(village)) estate (which he had recently received from the King) to the [Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville](/source/Abbey_of_Saint-Georges%2C_Boscherville), Normandy in 1114,[1] and a priory was established at Avebury soon afterwards.[2] It was one of two such cells in England: William had also donated the church and manor at [Edith Weston](/source/Edith_Weston), Rutland, in or before the same year, leading to the establishment of [Edith Weston Priory](/source/Edith_Weston_Priory).[3] At Avebury the monks did not have control of the parish church which was held by [Cirencester Abbey](/source/Cirencester_Abbey), causing disputes over [tithes](/source/Tithes) in the next century.[2] An inventory made in 1324 found around 600 sheep, two horses and two beds; the abbey typically had three or four monks in England, divided between Avebury and Edith Weston. Most foreign monks were expelled in 1378, and thereafter the land was tenanted by a succession of royal servants who undertook to provide a chaplain to conduct services. In 1411 the lands were granted to the [collegiate church](/source/Collegiate_church) at [Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire](/source/Church_of_St_Mary_and_All_Saints%2C_Fotheringhay), which held them until the [Dissolution](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries) in the 1530s.[2] The names of priors are recorded sporadically between 1336 and 1377, and are listed in the Victoria County History.[2] The house on the site of the monks' [manor house](/source/Manor_house) is known as [Avebury Manor](/source/Avebury_Manor) and since 1991 has been owned by the [National Trust](/source/National_Trust).[4] Parts of the [Grade I listed](/source/Grade_I_listed) house date from c.1557.[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-vch_1-0)** Baggs, A. P.; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1983). "Parishes: Avebury". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). [*A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 12*](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol12/pp86-105). [Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History). University of London. pp. 86–105. Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via British History Online. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vch-alien_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vch-alien_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-vch-alien_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-vch-alien_2-3) [Pugh, R.B.](/source/Ralph_Pugh); Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1956). "Alien Houses: The Priory of Avebury". [*A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 3*](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol3/pp392-393). [Victoria County History](/source/Victoria_County_History). University of London. pp. 392–393. Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via British History Online. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Page, William, ed. (1908). "Alien Cell: Priory of Edith Weston". [*A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 1*](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39914). Victoria County History. pp. 163–164. Retrieved 6 August 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Avebury Manor Guidebook"](https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/national-trust-avebury-manor-guidebook.html). *National Trust*. Retrieved 6 August 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Avebury Manor (1033785)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1033785?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. 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