List of monastic houses in Devon

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} The following is a list of the '''monastic houses in [[Devon]]''', [[England]].

{{Location map+ |Devon |width=350 |float=right |border= |caption=Monasteries in Devon |places= {{Location map~ |Devon|lat=50.4420133|long=-3.7449566|label= Allerton Cell|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Allerton Cell}}{{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.4420133|long=-3.7449566|label= Axminster Monastery ''(poss. site)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Axminster Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.7138945|long=-3.0494463|label= Axmouth Priory ''(site)''|label_size=70| mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Axmouth Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=51.0884729|long=-4.0624362|label= Barnstaple Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Barnstaple Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.8804798|long=-3.2683682|label= Bodmiscombe Preceptory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Bodmiscombe Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.7584976|long=-3.9882731|label= Brightley Priory ''(approx.)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Brightley Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.49295|long=-3.775609|label= Buckfast monastery|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Buckfast monastery}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.49295|long=-3.775609|label= Buckfast Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Buckfast Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.481188|long=-4.133569|label= Buckland Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Buckland Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.948056|long=-3.329444|label= Canonsleigh Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Canonsleigh Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=51.152971|long=-4.000740|label= Churchill Monastery ''(approx.)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Churchill Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.3884826|long=-3.6586618|label= Cornworthy Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Cornworthy Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.7896597|long=-3.6522889|label= Crediton Monastery|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Crediton Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.3422629|long=-3.5660881|label= Dartmouth Friary ''(poss. site)''|label_size=70|label_width=10|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Dartmouth Friary}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.4999332|long=-3.6651742|label= Denbury Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Denbury Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.8633606|long=-3.2213974|label= Dunkeswell Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Dunkeswell Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.722476|long=-3.529796|label= EXETER ''(see below)''|label_size=70|marksize=14|mark red pog.svg| position=left|}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.6803349|long=-3.4951115|label= Exminster Monastery ''(site)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Exminster Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.955019|long=-4.188575|label= Frithelstock Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Frithelstock Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.9960801|long=-4.5076132|label= Hartland Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Hartland Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.587978|long=-3.679562|label= Indio Monastery ''(approx.)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Indio Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.4878764|long=-3.6395645|label= Ipplepen Priory ''(approx.)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Ipplepen Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.390029|long=-3.949698|label= Ivybridge Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Ivybridge Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.8498998|long=-3.3164844|label= Kerswell Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Kerswell Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.309351|long=-3.810883|label= Leigh Cell ''(approx.)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Leigh Cell}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.3484848|long=-3.8903457|label= Modbury Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Modbury Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.770299|long=-3.011627|label= Newenham Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Newenham Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.6588593|long=-3.3029044|label= Otterton Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Otterton Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=51.0884627|long=-4.0624845|label= Pilton Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Pilton Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.3747894|long=-4.1537869|label= PLYMOUTH ''(see below)''|label_size=70|marksize=14|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Plymouth Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.3871692|long=-4.0581608|label= Plympton Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Plympton Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.6760381|long=-3.2468221|label= Sidmouth Augustinian Priory ''(purported)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Sidmouth Augustinian Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.6784092|long=-3.2380807|label= Sidmouth Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Sidmouth Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.5494506|long=-4.1449946|label= Tavistock Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Tavistock Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.556879|long=-3.4903|label= Teignmouth Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Teignmouth Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.4633028|long=-3.5409772|label= Torre Abbey|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Torre Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.4318536|long=-3.6878362|label= Totnes Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Totnes Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.4291967|long=-3.6842743|label= Totnes Trinitarian Priory ''(site)''|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Totnes Trinitarian Priory}} {{Location map~ |Devon |lat=50.7342466|long=-3.5018894|label= Polslow Priory|label_size=70|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Polslow Priory}} }}

{{Location map+ |United Kingdom Exeter |width=350 |float=right |border= |caption=Monasteries in Exeter |places= {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7224517|long=-3.5289824|label= Monasteries ''(site'')|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Exeter monasteries}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7221851|long=-3.5310262|label= Nunnery ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Exeter Nunnery}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7237626|long=-3.5282314|label= Blackfriars ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Exeter Black Friary}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7212954|long=-3.5370934|label= Greyfriars, earlier site|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Exeter Grey Friary, earlier site}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7219627|long=-3.5356557|label= Greyfriars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Exeter Grey Friary}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7086582|long=-3.5155714|label= St James Priory ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Exeter — St James Priory}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.721847|long=-3.53505|label= St Nicholas Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Exeter — St Nicholas Priory}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7208284|long=-3.541562|label= Cowick Priory ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Cowick Priory (site)}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Exeter |lat=50.7077681|long=-3.5266435|label_width=10|label= Marsh Barton Priory ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Marsh Barton Priory}} }} {{Location map+ |United Kingdom Plymouth Central |width=300 |float=right |border= |caption=Monasteries in Plymouth Central |places= {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Plymouth Central |lat=50.3747894|long=-4.1537869|label= Plymouth Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Plymouth Abbey}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Plymouth Central |lat=50.3677942|long=-4.1378143|label= Blackfriars ''(purported)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Plymouth Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Plymouth Central|lat=50.3686137|long=-4.1358268|label= Greyfriars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Plymouth Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Plymouth Central|lat=50.3716007|long=-4.1305268|label= Whitefriars ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Plymouth Whitefriars}} }}

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{| style="width:99%;" class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:15%;"|Foundation ! style="width:5%;"|Image ! style="width:30%;"|Communities & provenance ! style="width:20%;"|Formal name or dedication & ''alternative names'' <noinclude>! style="width:10%;"|References & location</noinclude> |- valign=top |Allerton Cell | |'''Benedictine hermits''' cell dependent on [[Tavistock Abbey|Tavistock]] | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=444972 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|50.4420133|-3.7449566|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Allerton Cell}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Axminster Monastery]] ~ | |Saxon '''monks''' or '''secular canons''' collegiate founded before 757 when Cyneheard the atheling was interred in the minster; '''secular canons''' collegiate founded ''c.''936 by [[Athelstan of England|King Athelstan]]; made dependent on [[St Mary's Abbey, York|York]], [[List of monastic houses in North Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] 1060 by [[Edward the Confessor]]; dissolved 1535; collegiate and parochial church of St Mary possibly built on site during the Norman period | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=449574 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1024046 |mname=CHURCH OF ST MARY|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|50.7817388|-2.9993668|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Axminster Monastery (possible site)}} ''(possible)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |Axmouth Priory | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: possible monastic grange, dependent on Montebourg; founded before 1387 (during the reign of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]]) by Richard de Rivers, Earl of Devonshire; dissolved 1414; granted to Walter Erle (Earl) 1552 | <noinclude>|<ref>{{cite web |author=Dugdale, William, Sir. |url=http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/bibliographia/?function=detail&id=13154&PHPSESSID=32f |title=Bibliographia |publisher=Monasticmatrix.usc.edu |access-date=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527163021/http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/bibliographia/?function=detail&id=13154&PHPSESSID=32f |archive-date=27 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=449623 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7138945|-3.0494463|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Axmouth Priory (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Barnstaple Priory]] | |'''Cluniac monks''' alien house: daughter house of St-Martin-des-Champs, Paris founded ''c.''1107 (before 1199) by Johel of Totness; became denizen: independent from 1403; dissolved 1535; granted to William, Lord Howard 1537/8 |The Priory Church of [[St Mary Magdalene|Saint Mary Magdalene]], [[Barnstaple Priory|Barnstaple]] The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1061465 |mname=CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.0884729|-4.0624362|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Barnstaple Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |''Barnstaple Austin Friary'' (?) | |'''Augustinian Friars''' licensed 1348 and 1353 — ''apparently never established'' due to objection by the prior of the Cluniac house | <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |''[[Burlescombe]] Priory'' ≈ | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' recorded in the time of [[Richard I]], (probably ''Canonsleigh Priory'', in the parish of [[Burlescombe]]) |''Burdlescombe''; possibly ''Canonsleigh'' <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Bodmiscombe Preceptory]] | |'''Knights Hospitaller''' founded after 1200(?) (possibly during the reign of [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]); dissolved before 15th century?; apparently absorbed by Buckland 14th/15th century |''Bothemescomb Preceptory'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=188704 |mname=Bodmiscombe Hospitallers Preceptory|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.8804798|-3.2683682|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bodmiscombe Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Braunton Monastery | |''traditionally site of monastery'' purportedly founded 5th century by [[Brynach|St Branock (Brynach of Nevern)]] | <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Brightley Priory]] # | |'''Cistercian monks''' — from [[Waverley Abbey|Waverley]], [[List of monastic houses in Surrey|Surrey]] founded 3 May 1136 (or 1132, 1133 or 1138) by Richard fitz Baldwin de Brioniis, Lord of Okehampton and Sheriff of Devon; abandoned 1141; transferred to [[Forde Abbey|Forde]], [[List of monastic houses in Dorset|Dorset]]; site now occupied by Brightley Farm, where a building is possibly a monastic chapel | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=440779 |mname=BRIGHTLEY ABBEY|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|50.7584976|-3.9882731|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Brightley Priory (approx.)}} ''(approx)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Buckfast monastery|Buckfast Monastery]] |rowspan=2|[[File:Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon 8.JPG|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' founded 1018 by Aylward, Duk; Buckfast Abbey ''(see immediately below) built'' on site | <noinclude>|<ref name="Buckfast.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.buckfast.org.uk/ |title=Buckfast Abbey — Home to a Catholic Community of Benedictine Monks |publisher=Buckfast.org.uk |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.benedictines.org.uk/abbeys/buckfast.htm |title=English Benedictine Congregation - Buckfast Abbey |access-date=15 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205125024/http://www.benedictines.org.uk/abbeys/buckfast.htm |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{coord|50.49295|-3.775609|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Buckfast monastery}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Buckfast Abbey]] * |'''Savignac monks''' — from [[Savigny Abbey|Savigny]] founded 27 April 1136 by Ethelwerd, son of William Pomerei; built on site of Benedictine monastery (''see immediately above''); '''Cistercian monks''' orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Dennys 1539/40; became ruinous '''Benedictine monks''' priory founded 1882, rebuilt 1884 to 1938 (church 1906 to 1938); raised to abbey status 1902; affiliated to the English Congregation 1960; extant |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Our Lady]], Buckfast ____________________ ''Buckfastre Abbey'' <noinclude>|<ref name="Buckfast.org.uk"/> {{coord|50.49295|-3.775609|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Buckfast Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Buckland Abbey]] |[[File:BucklandAbbey.JPG|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' — from [[Quarr Abbey|Quarr]], [[List of monastic houses on the Isle of Wight|Isle of Wight]] founded 1278 by Amicia, Countess of Devonshire; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Richard Greynfeld (Grenville) 1541/2; converted into a mansion named the 'Cider House' by 1576; sold to [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]] 1581; remained with that family to 1946; house granted to NT 1949 currently principally in use as a museum; ([[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|NT]]) |The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Buckland <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=437786 |mname=BUCKLAND ABBEY|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=900596 |mname=CIDER HOUSE|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=900593 |mname=TOWER HOUSE|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|50.481188|-4.133569|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Buckland Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Canonsleigh Abbey]] ^ |[[File:Canonsleigh_Abbey_(Panoramic).JPG|150px]] |On site of ''Leigh'', in the parish of [[Burlescombe]];<ref name="Thorn, Caroline 1985">Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2 (notes), 24,15</ref> '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' — from Plympton? priory founded ''c.''1161-1173 by Walter II de Claville,<ref name="Thorn, Caroline 1985"/> (a descendant of the [[Domesday Book]] tenant [[Walter de Claville|Walter I de Claville]]), lord of the manor of Burlescombe; dissolved before 1285; '''Augustinian Canonesses''' abbey founded before 1285 by Maud, Countess of Devon; dissolved 1539; remains now incorporated into farm buildings |The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, Leigh (1161–1285) The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Etheldreda, Leigh (1285–1539) ____________________ ''Leigh Abbey''; ''Canon's Leigh''; ''[[Burlescombe]] Priory''? (see above) <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=188139 |mname=CANONSLEIGH ABBEY|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=538272 |mname=CANONSLEIGH PRIORY GATEHOUSE|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://openlibrary.org/b/OL2331697M/cartulary_of_Canonsleigh_Abbey |title=The cartulary of Canonsleigh Abbey |publisher=Open Library |date=12 December 2009 |ol=2331697M |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.948056|-3.329444|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Canonsleigh Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Chudleigh Abbey]] | |'''Brigittine nuns''' transferred from [[Spettisbury Priory|Spettisbury]], [[List of monastic houses in Dorset|Dorset]] 1887; transferred to Marley House, Rattery (now Syon Abbey) 1925 |The Abbey Church of [[Brigit of Kildare|Saint Bridget]] of Syon, [[Chudleigh Abbey|Chudleigh]] <noinclude>| </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Churchill Monastery]] | |''uncertain order and foundation'' | <noinclude>| {{coord|51.152971|-4.000740|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:10000|name=Churchill Monastery (approx.)}} ''(approx)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Cornworthy Priory]] |[[File:CornworthyPriory.JPG|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canonesses''' founded 1205/1238 by the Edgecomb family; dissolved 1539; granted to Edward Harris and John Williams 1560 |''Court Prior'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40223 |title=Houses of Benedictine nuns — The priory of St Michael, Stamford | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southhams.gov.uk/cornworthy_conservation_area_appraisal.pdf |title=Cornworthy Conservation Area Appraisal |access-date=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411013254/http://www.southhams.gov.uk/cornworthy_conservation_area_appraisal.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cwr.naturalengland.org.uk/Default.aspx?Module=CountryWalkDetails&Site=3724 |title=Defra, UK — Rural Affairs |publisher=Cwr.naturalengland.org.uk |date=19 December 2005 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.3884826|-3.6586618|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Cornworthy Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Cove | |'''Knights Hospitaller''' member of Bodmiscombe Preceptory | <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Cowick, Devon|Cowick Priory]] # | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: cell dependent on [[Abbey of Bec|Bec-Hellouin]]; founded 1144: granted as cell to Bec-Hellouin by William Fitz-Baldwin; became denizen: granted to Eton College 1451; granted to [[Tavistock Abbey|Tavistock]] after 1464; dissolved 1538 |The Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Cowick ____________________ ''Cowick Priory'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448320 |mname=COLWICK PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7208284|-3.541562|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Cowick Priory (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Crediton Parish Church|Crediton Monastery]] |[[File:Holycrosscrediton.jpg|150px]] |'''monks''' founded 739; secular episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 909: see reputedly transferred from Bishops Tawton<noinclude><ref group="note" name="CreditonMonastery">Crediton — see transferred from Bishops Tawton to Crediton, T. Tanner, ''Notitia Monastica'', p.86; cf S. Baring-Gould, ''Devon'' (ed. 1916), p.107</ref></noinclude>; see transferred to Exeter 1050; secular collegiate refounded 1050; dissolved 1548 |St Gregory (possibly) <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=35566 |mname=ST GREGORYS CATHEDRAL|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.creditonparishchurch.org.uk/ Crediton Parish Church]</ref> {{coord|50.7896597|-3.6522889|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Crediton Monastery}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Dartmouth Friary|Dartmouth Austin Friars]] | |'''Augustinian Friars''' (under the Limit of Oxford) (founded at Clifton in Dartmouth 1331); dissolved before 1348; church of St Petrox built on site 16th century | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=446052 |mname=CHURCH OF ST PETROX|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.3422629|-3.5660881|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dartmouth Friary (possible site)}} ''(possible)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |Dartmouth Monastery | |'''monks'''? ''uncertain order and foundation'' chapel of St Patrick in the Castle annexed as a cell to a "great abbey" | <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Denbury Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' dependent on [[Tavistock Abbey|Tavistock]]; founded 1086; dissolved 1539; site now on Wrenwell Farm |''Denbury Cell''; ''Denbury Grange'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=446351 |mname=DENBURY PRIORY|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|50.4999332|-3.6651742|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:10000|name=Denbury Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Dunkeswell Abbey]] |[[File:Dunkeswell Abbey Gate - geograph.org.uk - 3003574.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' daughter house of [[Forde Abbey|Forde]], [[List of monastic houses in Dorset|Dorset]]; founded 16 November 1201 by [[William Brewer (justice)|William Briwere]]; dissolved 1539; granted to John, Lord Russell 1534/5; site in multiple ownership, with the Holy Trinity parish chapel built on site 1842 | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=188944 |mname=DUNKESWELL ABBEY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=188992 |mname=DUNKESWELL ABBEY CHURCH|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.8633606|-3.2213974|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dunkeswell Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Exeter Cathedral|Exeter Cathedral Priory]] + |rowspan=4|[[File:Exeter Cathedral 2923rw.jpg|150px]] |founded ?before ''c.''690; '''Benedictine'''? '''monks''' 932 ''(see immediately below)'' '''secular canons''' founded 1050; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1050: see transferred from Crediton; extant |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|the Blessed Virgin Mary]] and [[St Peter|Saint Peter]] The Cathedral Church of [[St Peter|Saint Peter]] in [[Exeter]] <noinclude>|<ref>[http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/ Exeter Cathedral | Home]</ref> {{coord|50.722476|-3.529796|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter Cathedral Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Exeter monastery|Exeter Monastery]] |'''Saxon''' founded 868 by [[Æthelred of Wessex|King Etheldred]] | <noinclude>|rowspan=2|<ref name="pastscape1">{{PastScape|mnumber=448317 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7224517|-3.5289824|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter monasteries (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Exeter monastery|Exeter Monastery]] |'''Benedictine monks''' founded 932 by [[Athelstan of England|King Athelstan]]; monks repeatedly fled through Danish raids but recalled by [[Canute]] 1019 | |- valign=top |''Exeter Nunnery'' (?) |'''Augustinian Canonesses''' supposedly founded ''c.''968; purportedly rebuilt as the Deanery 15th century<ref>For instance in {{cite book |last=Dugdale|first=James |title=The New British Traveller |url=https://archive.org/stream/newbritishtravel02dugduoft#page/128/mode/2up |volume=2|year=1819|publisher=J and J Cundee|location=London |page=129}}</ref> Later sources deny its existence.<ref>{{cite book |last=Orme|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Orme |title=Exeter Cathedral - the First Thousand Years, 400–1550 |publisher=Impress Books|location=Exeter|year=2009 |page=12 |isbn=978-0-9556239-8-1}}</ref> | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448308 |mname=THE DEANERY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7221851|-3.5310262|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter Nunnery (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |''Exeter Priory'' (?) | |'''''Carthusian monks''''' licence granted to Richard Stapleton 1331/2 to build and endow a monastery — ''apparently never established'' | <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Exeter Black Friary|Exeter Blackfriars]] # | |'''Dominican Friars''' (under the Visitation of London) founded before 1232; dissolved 1538; house named 'Bedford House' built on site, demolished 1773 |''Exeter Blackfriars'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448302 |mname=EXETER BLACKFRIARS|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7237626|-3.5282314|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter Black Friary (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |rowspan=2|[[Exeter Grey Friary|Exeter Greyfriars]] | |'''Franciscan Friars''' (under the Custody of Bristol) founded before 1240; transferred by [[Thomas Bitton|Thomas Bitton (Bytten)]], Bishop of Exeter, to new site south of the South City Gate ''c.''1292-1303 ''(see immediately below)''; dissolved 1538 | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448325 |mname=EXETER GREYFRIARS|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7212954|-3.5370934|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter Grey Friary, earlier site}}</noinclude> |- valign=top | |'''Franciscan Friars''' (under the Custody of Bristol) transferred by Bishop Bytten from behind the North and West Gates ''c.''1292-1303 ''(see immediately above)'' | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1320764 |mname=EXETER GREYFRIARS|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7219627|-3.5356557|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter Grey Friary}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Polsloe Priory|Exeter — Polsloe Priory]] | |'''Benedictine nuns''' founded before/''c.''1160: transferred from Oldbury, [[List of monastic houses in Warwickshire|Warwickshire]]; dissolved 1536 (1538); granted to John, Earl of Warwick during the reign of [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]]; largely demolished, remaining range converted into country house |The Priory Church of [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Katherine]], Polsloe ____________________ ''Polleshoo Priory'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448333 |mname=POLSLOE PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7342466|-3.5018894|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Polslow Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[St James Priory, Exeter|Exeter — St James Priory]] # | |'''Cluniac monks''' daughter house of the abbey of St Martin-in-the-fields, Paris; founded before 1143 (1141) by Baldwin de Redverus (Redvers/Rivers), Earl of Devon; dissolved; house built on site called 'The Old Abbey' |St James <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448350 |mname=ST JAMES PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7086582|-3.5155714|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter — St James Priory (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[St Nicholas Priory|Exeter — St Nicholas Priory]] ^ |[[File:St Nicholas Priory.jpg|150px|St Nicholas Priory, Exeter]] |'''Benedictine monks''' — from [[Battle Abbey|Battle]], [[List of monastic houses in East Sussex|Sussex]] founded 1087 by [[William the Conqueror]]; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Denys 1540/1; private houses built on site 1820; monastic architecture ''restored''; in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913; open to public as a museum 1916; (closed for repair until 2008) |The Priory Church of [[St Nicolas|Saint Nicolas]], [[Exeter]] ____________________ ''Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/events.aspx?a=0&hob_id=448328 |title=ST NICHOLAS PRIORY, Investigation History |publisher=PastScape |access-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002110118/http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/events.aspx?a=0&hob_id=448328 |archive-date=2 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=David Cornforth |url=http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/EM/stnicholas.html |title=St Nicholas Priory and 21 the Mint in Exeter |publisher=Exeter Memories |access-date=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730163836/http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/EM/stnicholas.html |archive-date=30 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/exeter-st-nicholas-priory.htm |title=St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter |publisher=Sacred-destinations.com |date=21 July 2007 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/stnicpriory.html |title=Britannia Monasteries: St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter |publisher=Britannia.com |access-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131075421/http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/stnicpriory.html |archive-date=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{coord|50.721847|-3.53505|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exeter — St Nicholas Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Exminster|Exminster Monastery]] # | |pre-conquest monastic or secular community founded 8th century | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=447895 |access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.devon.gov.uk/historicexminster Exminster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007233735/http://www.devon.gov.uk/historicexminster |date=7 October 2012 }}</ref> {{coord|50.6803349|-3.4951115|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Exminster Monastery (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Frithelstock Priory]] |[[File:FrithelstockPrioryLookingWest2013.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian''' founded ''c.''1220 by Sir Robert Beauchamp, Kt.; dissolved 1536; granted to Arthur Viscount Lisle 1537/8 |The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Gregory, Frithlestock ____________________ ''Frethelstoke Priory''; ''Fristoke Priory'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=32835 |mname=FRITHELSTOCK PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.955019|-4.188575|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Frithelstock Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Hartland Abbey]] |[[File:Hartland_Abbey.jpg|150px]] |secular college founded before 1066 by Gytha, wife of Earl Godwin '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' — '''Arroasian''' founded 1161-9 (secular collegiate church of St Nectan and its endowments granted to Richard, Archdeacon of Poictiers by Geoffrey of Dinam; approved by Henry II and Bartholomew, Bishop of Exeter); dissolved 21 February 1539; granted to William Abbot 1545/6; remains (cloisters) incorporated into house named 'Hartland Abbey' built on site |''Hertland Abbey'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=32375 |mname=HARTLAND ABBEY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.9960801|-4.5076132|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Hartland Abbey}}</noinclude>

|- valign=top |[[Indio Monastery]] | |''uncertain order and foundation'' | <noinclude>| {{coord|50.587978|-3.679562|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:10000|name=Indio Monastery (approx.)}} ''(approx)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ipplepen Priory]] # | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' alien house: cell, daughter house of St Pierre-Rille founded ''c.''1143(?): church granted by the Fougères family to the priory, transferred from Notre-Dame-de-Fougères; dissolved ''c.''1414; granted to Ottery St Mary 1438; house called 'The Priory' possibly built on site | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=446321 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.4878764|-3.6395645|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:10000|name=Ipplepen Priory (approx.)}} ''(approx)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ivybridge Priory]] + | |'''[[Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary]]''' — from [[St. Quay]] 1910 '''Augustinian''' ('''Augustinian Recollect''') founded 1932; ''closed'' 2016 with building now in parochial use;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staustinsivybridge.co.uk/parish-history.html|title=Parish History: Goodbye to the Priory|access-date=23 January 2019|website=Ivybridge Parish}}</ref> originally 'Cadleigh House' |''St Austin's Priory'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivybridge.net/priory/ |title=St Austins Priory |access-date=27 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028023904/http://www.ivybridge.net/priory/ |archive-date=28 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{coord|50.390029|-3.949698|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:10000|name=Ivybridge Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Kerswell Priory]] | |'''Cluniac monks''' alien house: cell dependent on [[Montacute Priory|Montacute]], [[List of monastic houses in Somerset|Somerset]]; founded 1119–1129; became denizen: independent from 1407; dissolved 1538 or 1539; granted to John Etherege (Atherege) 1546/7; 16th century house built on site |''Careswell Cell'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=188040 |mname=KERSWELL PRIORY|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|50.8498998|-3.3164844|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Kerswell Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Leigh Cell]] | |'''Sauvignac monks''' grange(?) dependent on [[Buckfast Abbey|Buckfast]](?) founded ''c.''1137(?); '''Cistercian monks''' orders merged 17 September 1147 |''Leigh Grange'' <noinclude>| {{coord|50.309351|-3.810883|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Leigh Cell (approx.)}} ''(approx)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Marsh Barton Priory]] # | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' dependent on Plympton founded 1142; dissolved 1539 |St Mary St Mary de Marsh <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448356 |mname=MARSH BARTON PRIORY CELL|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.7077681|-3.5266435|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Marsh Barton Priory (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Modbury Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: dependent on St-Pierre-sur-Dives founded ''c.''1140 by Sir Peter-sur-Dive, ''sic.''<noinclude><ref group="note" name="ModburyPriory">Modbury — founder given by W. Cobbett: clearly confusing the name of the parent house</ref></noinclude>, or (purportedly) by a member of the Chambernoun family; extant 1430; dissolved ''c.''1441; granted to Eton College by Edward VI; nominally reverted to [[Tavistock Abbey|Tavistock]] ''c.''1461-67 |[[St George]] <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=441315 |mname=MODBURY PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.3484848|-3.8903457|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Modbury Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Newenham Abbey]] | |'''Cistercian monks''' daughter house of [[Beaulieu Abbey|Beaulieu]], [[List of monastic houses in Hampshire|Hampshire]] founded 6 January 1246 or 1247 by Reginald de Mohun, Earl of Somerset; dissolved 1539; leased to the Duke of Suffolk; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1562/3 |The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Newenham ____________________ ''Neuham Abbey'' <noinclude>| {{coord|50.770299|-3.011627|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Newenham Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Otterton Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: cell dependent on Mont-St-Michel, Normandy; founded before 1087 by the monks of Mont-St-Michel; dissolved 1414; subsequently granted to Syon Abbey; granted to Richard Duke at the dissolution of Syon 1539; part of claustral building converted into mansion |''Otterington Priory'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448538 |mname=OTTERTON PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448520 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.6588593|-3.3029044|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Otterton Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |''Ottery St Mary Monastery'' |colspan=4|''supposed pre-Conquest monastery ("disproved"<noinclude><ref group="note" name="OtteryStMary">Ottery St Mary — establishment disputed by T. Tanner, ''Notitia Monastica'' p.88</ref></noinclude>)'' |- valign=top |[[Pilton Priory]] + |[[File:The Church of St Mary, Pilton - geograph.org.uk - 773454.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' founded ?before 12th century purportedly by [[Athelstan|King Athelstan]] ''(evidence lacking and disputed)''; dissolved 1539 |The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Pilton <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=33865 |mname=PRIORY OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1061465 |mname=CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|51.0884627|-4.0624845|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:10000|name=Pilton Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[St Dunstan's Abbey, Plymouth|Plymouth — St Dunstan's Abbey]] | |'''Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity''' founded by [[Lydia Sellon|Priscilla Lydia Sellon]] with the support of the Henry Phillpott, Bishop of Exeter;<ref>[http://www.ascotpriory.org.uk/HistoryPage.htm History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619123531/http://www.ascotpriory.org.uk/HistoryPage.htm |date=19 June 2013 }}, Ascot Priory, retrieved 25 April 2015</ref> transferred to Berkshire 1906; property transferred to St Mary the Virgin at Wantage, who continued in use as St Dunstan Abbey School for Girls |The Abbey Church of [[St Dunstan|Saint Dunstan]], [[Plymouth]]; St Dunstan of Glastonbury <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=437563 |mname=ST DUNSTANS ABBEY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plymouthdata.info/Convents%20Nunneries-St%20Dunstans%20Abbey.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512051146/http://www.plymouthdata.info/Convents%20Nunneries-St%20Dunstans%20Abbey.htm |archive-date=12 May 2012 |last=Moseley |first=Brian |date=1 October 2011 |publisher=The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History |work=Convents and Nunneries |title=Saint Dunstan's Abbey |access-date=13 February 2015}}</ref> {{coord|50.3747894|-4.1537869|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Plymouth Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Plymouth Blackfriars(?) | |purported '''Dominican Friars''' founded 1431; site now occupied by the Black Friars Distillery; ''possible confusion with Greyfriars'' | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1065920 |mname=PLYMOUTH BLACKFRIARS|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.3677942|-4.1378143|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Plymouth Blackfriars (purported)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Plymouth Grey Friary|Plymouth Greyfriars]] | |'''Franciscan Friars''' (under the Custody of Bristol) founded 1383; in private ownership 1513; dissolved 1538 |''Plymouth Friary'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=437564 |mname=PLYMOUTH GREYFRIARS|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.3686137|-4.1358268|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Plymouth Greyfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Plymouth White Friary|Plymouth Whitefriars]] # | |'''Carmelite Friars''' founded before 1296–7; dissolved 1538 | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=437565 |mname=PLYMOUTH WHITEFRIARS |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.3716007|-4.1305268|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Plymouth Whitefriars (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Plympton Priory]] | |secular collegiate founded 904 (before 909); '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' church built on site 1121 by William Warlewas (Bishop of Exeter 1150-9); dissolved 1539 |The Priory Church of [[St Peter|Saint Peter]] and [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul]], [[Plympton]] <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=438417 |mname=PLYMPTON PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plymouthdata.info/Plympton%20Priory.htm |title=Plymouth, Plympton Priory |publisher=Plymouthdata.info |date=17 January 2010 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plymptonstmaurice.co.uk/borough.htm |title=Plympton St Maurice |publisher=Plympton St Maurice |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plymptonchurch.co.uk/ |title=Plympton Church. St Mary's Church, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, UK. Anglican churches in Plymouth |publisher=Plymptonchurch.co.uk |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.3871692|-4.0581608|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Plympton Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |St Michael's Monastery | |'''Benedictine monks''' purported cell dependent on Malmesbury |St Michael <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |''Sidmouth Priory (Augustinian)'' (?) | |purported foundation of '''''Augustinian Canons Regular''''' ''probable confusion with Benedictine founded (see immediately below)'' | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=449053 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.6760381|-3.2468221|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Sidmouth Augustinian Priory (purported)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Sidmouth Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: cell or grange dependent on Mont St Michel founded 11th century: manor granted by [[William the Conqueror]]; dissolved 1414(?); '''Bridgettine monks''' grange of Syon Abbey ''c.''1431; dissolved; remains incorporated in Marlborough Hotel | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=448980 |mname=CHAPEL OF ST PETER|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.6784092|-3.2380807|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Sidmouth Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Tavistock Abbey]] |[[File:TavistockAbbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' founded 961/974 (or 975-80) (begun by Ordgar, Earl of Devonshire and completed by his son); dissolved 1539; granted to John, Lord Russell 1539/40; mansion built on site, now 'The Bedford Hotel' |The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Rumon, Tavistock ____________________ ''Tavestock Abbey'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=437967 |mname=TAVISTOCK ABBEY|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14466c.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Tavistock Abbey |publisher=Newadvent.org |date=1 July 1912 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.devon-online.com/towns/tavistock/tavistock-abbey.htm |title=Tavistock Abbey |publisher=Devon Online |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/2631/1.html |title=Etched on Devon's Memory |publisher=Devon.gov.uk |access-date=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517070841/http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/2631/1.html |archive-date=17 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannia.com/history/devon/churches/tavistab.html |title=Britannia Abbeys and Priories: Tavistock, Devon |publisher=Britannia.com |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.5494506|-4.1449946|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Tavistock Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Teignmouth Abbey]] ^ |[[File:StScholastica Teignmouth.JPG|150px]] |'''Benedictine nuns''' (founded at Dunkirk, Flanders 1662, ''daughter'' of Ghent) transferred from Hammersmith, [[List of monastic houses in London|London]] 1862; now divided up as private housing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teignwalks.wordpress.com/places/st-scholastica-abbey/|title=St Scholastica Abbey|website=Teignmouth Time Walks|date=7 January 2014 |access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> |The Abbey Church of [[Scholastica|Saint Scholastica]], [[Teignmouth]] <noinclude>| {{coord|50.556879|-3.4903|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Teignmouth Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Torre Abbey]] |[[File:Torre Abbey side entrance3.jpg|150px]] |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' — from [[Welbeck Abbey|Welbeck]], [[List of monastic houses in Nottinghamshire|Nottinghamshire]] founded 1196 by [[William Brewer (justice)|William Briwere]]; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir John St.Leger 1543/4; country house built on site, now in ownership of Torbay Corporation |''Torr Abbey'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torre-abbey.org.uk/ |title=Arts and Heritage attraction Torquay (Historic House, Art Gallery, Gardens and Cafe) |publisher=Torre Abbey |date=25 March 2010 |access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torbay.gov.uk/index/leisure/artsculture/museums/torreabbey.htm |title=Torre Abbey |publisher=Torbay.gov.uk |access-date=7 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118090336/http://www.torbay.gov.uk/index/leisure/artsculture/museums/torreabbey.htm |archive-date=18 January 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.4633028|-3.5409772|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Torre Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Totnes Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: cell dependent on St-Serge, Angers founded ''c.''1088 by John Aluredi; became denizen: independent from before 1416; dissolved 1536; granted to Catherine Champernoun and others 1543/4; rebuilt priory church in parochial use, municipal buildings built on claustral site | <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=446585 |mname=CHURCH OF ST MARY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=446464 |mname=TOTNES PRIORY|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.4318536|-3.6878362|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Totnes Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Totnes Trinitarian Priory]] | |'''Trinitarian monks''' founded 1271; dissolved 1509 (suppressed to 1519); granted to the vicars of Exeter Cathedral 1519; seized by the Crown; returned to the vicars 16th century until 1801 |''Little Totnes Priory''; ''Werland Priory''; ''Warland Priory'' <noinclude>|<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=446535 |mname=CHAPEL OF HOLY GHOST AND ST KATHERINE|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|50.4291967|-3.6842743|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Totnes Trinitarian Priory (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Townstall Monastery, Dartmouth | |''supposed alien cell'' | <noinclude>|</noinclude> |- valign=top |Yodby Monastery | |''uncertain order and foundation'' | <noinclude>|</noinclude> |}</onlyinclude>

==See also== * [[List of monastic houses in England]]

==Notes== {{Reflist|group=note}}

==References== '''Citations''' {{Reflist}} '''Bibliography''' * Binns, Alison (1989) ''Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066–1216'', Boydell * Cobbett, William (1868) ''List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments'' * Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) ''Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales''. Longman * Morris, Richard (1979) ''Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales'', J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. * Thorold, Henry (1986) ''Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales'', Collins * Thorold, Henry (1993) ''Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland'', Collins * Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004) ''Discovering Abbeys and Priories'', Shire Publications Ltd. * ''English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated'', Odhams Press Ltd. * ''Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet'', Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954

==Further reading== * [[George Oliver (historian)|Oliver, George]] (1846) ''Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis: being a collection of records and instruments illustrating the ancient conventual, collegiate, and eleemosynary foundations, in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, with historical notices, and a supplement, comprising a list of the dedications of churches in the Diocese, an amended edition of the taxation of Pope Nicholas, and an abstract of the Chantry Rolls'' [with supplement and index]. Exeter: P. A. Hannaford, 1846, 1854, 1889

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