List of monastic houses in Essex

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Location map+ |Essex |width=600 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Essex |places= {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.6103151|long=0.6933832|label=Assandun Minster ''(prob. loc.)''||label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Assandun Minster}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=52.079114|long=0.273306|label= Assandun Minster ''(poss. loc.)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Assandun Minster}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.6934258|long=0.3614652|label= Bedmans Berg Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Bedmans Berg Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.7379|long=0.6635|label= Beeleigh Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Beeleigh Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.9511987|long=0.1263723|label= Berden Priory ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Berden Priory (site)}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.694523|long=0.582427|label= Bicknacre Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Bicknacre Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.690355|long=0.317834|label= Blackmore Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Blackmore Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.7353505|long=0.9398621|label= Bradwell Minister — St Cedd's Monastery (St Peter-on-the-Wall)|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Bradwell Minister — St Cedd's Monastery (St Peter-on-the-Wall)}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.6056027|long=0.4321736|label= Burstead Grange ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Burstead Grange}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.9900899|long=0.5883425|label= Castle Hedingham Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Castle Hedingham Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.7311216|long=0.4726696|label= Chelmsford Blackfriars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Chelmsford Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.8675284|long=0.6927878|label= Coggeshall Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Coggeshall Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.887458|long=0.904334|label= COLCHESTER ''(see below)''|label_size=75|marksize=14|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.8378161|long=0.6105244|label= Cressing Preceptory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Cressing Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.926732|long=0.710029|label= Earl's Colne Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Earl's Colne Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=52.0791137|long=0.2733064|label= Hadstock Minster?|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Assandun Minster}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.826876|long=0.242963|label= Hatfield Broad Oak Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Hatfield Broad Oak Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.768942|long=0.6028962|label= Hatfield Peverel Priory|label_size=75|label_width=10|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Hatfield Peverel Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.738794|long=0.120935|label= Latton Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Latton Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.8397484|long=0.4673374|label= Leez Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Leez Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.8650838|long=0.4038227|label= Little Dunmow Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Little Dunmow Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.9515524|long=0.8517408|label= Little Horkesley Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Little Horkesley Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.9746769|long=0.651058|label= Little Maplestead Preceptory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Little Maplestead Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.904364|long=0.522325|label= Panfield Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Panfield Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.7733437|long=0.0757778|label= Parndon Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Parndon Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.5540156|long=0.7058582|label= Prittlewell Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Prittlewell Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.799655|long=1.075193|label= St Osyth's Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=St Osyth's Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.7175307|long=0.7934833|label= Stansgate Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Stansgate Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.8754709|long=0.2767235|label= Takeley Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Takeley Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.663381|long=0.3506|label= Thoby Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Thoby Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.8701915|long=0.2224302|label= Thremhall Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Thremhall Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.9153974|long=0.3252715|label= Tilty Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Tilty Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.7984079|long=0.7185128|label= Tiptree Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Tiptree Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.775754|long=0.783033|label= Tolleshunt Major Grange ''(approx.)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Tolleshunt Major Grange}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.795213|long=0.7823253|label= Tolleshunt Monastery|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Tolleshunt Monastery}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=52.0207316|long=0.2209926|label= Walden Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Walden Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.6875|long=-0.0035|label= Waltham Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Waltham Abbey Church}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.775176|long=0.9107387|label= West Mersea Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=West Mersea Priory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.8043293|long=0.6238577|label= Witham Preceptory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Witham Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Essex|lat=51.917768|long=1.144635|label= Wix Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Wix Priory}} }}

{{Location map+ |United Kingdom Colchester Central |width=400 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Colchester |places= {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Colchester Central|lat=51.8875311|long=0.8916923|label= Crutched Friars ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Colchester Crutched Friars}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Colchester Central|lat=51.8916447|long=0.9065625|label= Grey Friary ''(site)''|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Colchester Grey Friary}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Colchester Central|lat=51.887458|long=0.904334|label= St Botolph's Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=St Botolph's Priory, Colchester}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Colchester Central|lat=51.884991|long=0.901305|label= St John's Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=St John's Abbey, Colchester}} }} The following is a list of the '''monastic houses in [[Essex]]''', England.

==Alphabetical listing== <onlyinclude>

{| 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 |Assandun Minster ~(/+) | |monastic or secular community founded 1020<noinclude><ref group="note" name="AssandunFounded">Assandun — consecrated 1020</ref></noinclude> by [[Canute]]; usually identified as Ashingdon, but also Hadstock |''Ashingdon Minster''?; possibly ''Hadstock Minster (Ashdon beside Hadstock)'' <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated1>{{PastScape|mnumber=374146 |mname=CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=925633 |mname=ST ANDREWS CHURCH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=23879 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.6103151|0.6933832|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Assandun Minster (probable location)}} or{{coord|52.079114|0.273306|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Assandun Minster (possible location)}} ''(possible)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Bedemans Berg Priory]] | |hermitage founded before 1135 (during the reign of [[Henry I of England|Henry I]]); '''Benedictine monks''' cell dependent on Colchester founded before 1135; dissolved 1536 |''dedication unknown'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=375830 |mname=BEDEMANS BERG|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=2890 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.6934258|0.3614652|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bedmans Berg Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Beeleigh Abbey]] ^ |[[File:BeeleighAbbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' transferred from Neasham via [[Parndon Abbey|Parndon]] 1180; founded before 1172 at Parndon by Robert Mantell; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Gate 1540/1; remains now incorporated into private house without public access |Abbey Church of [[St Mary|the Blessed Virgin Mary]] and [[St Nicholas|Saint Nicholas]], Beeleigh ____________________ ''Bileigh Abbey'' (originally ''Maldon Abbey'') <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=380784 |mname=BEELEIGH ABBEY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39853 |title=House of Premonstratensian Canons — Abbey of Beeleigh by Maldon | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=24853 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=24859 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.7379|0.6635|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Beeleigh Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Berden Priory]] # | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 12th century, probably by a member of the Rocheford family; apparently initially a hospital; dependent on Walden 1343; dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Parker 1537 (1538/9); site now occupied by mansion named 'Berden Priory' |The Priory Church of [[St John the Evangelist|Saint John the Evangelist]], [[Berden, Essex|Berden]] <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=370683 |mname=BERDEN PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39841 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Berden | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=14071 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-121482-berden-priory-berden-essex Berden Priory - Berden - Essex - England | British Listed Buildings]</ref> {{coord|51.9511987|0.1263723|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Berden Priory (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Bicknacre Priory]] |[[File:BicknacrePriory.JPG|150px]] |hermitage of Jordan founded before 1175; '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 1175 by Maurice Fitz Jeffery and Tiretai, Sheriff of Essex (or Maurice FitzGeoffrey of Tiltey, former Sheriff of Essex): converted to priory late 1175; dissolved 1507 on the death of the last prior, at which time no canons remained; granted to Henry Polsted 1539/40; granted to St Mary's Hospital without Bishopsgate, London |The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint John the Baptist, Bicknacre ____________________ ''Woodham Ferrers Priory''; ''Woodham Priory''; ''Wudeham Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=378371 |mname=BICKNACRE PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39842 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Bicknacre or Woodham Ferrers | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=18950 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.694523|0.582427|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bicknacre Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Blackmore Priory]] + |[[File:BlackmorePriory.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 1152-62 by Adam and Jordan de Samford; dissolved 1525 for Wolsey's college at Oxford; granted to John Smith 1540/1; priory church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Laurence |The Priory Church of [[St Lawrence|Saint Lawrence]], [[Blackmore]] ____________________ ''Jericho Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=375818 |mname=ST LAURENCES CHURCH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39843 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Blackmore | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=2862 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=2875 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=2876 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.690355|0.317834|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Blackmore Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Church of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell-on-Sea|Bradwell Minster]] + |[[File:St Peter-on-the-Wall ext.jpg|150px]] |Roman Saxon Shore fort of Othona reused as monastery Celtic-style community founded ''c.''654 by St Cedd; St Peter's Cathedral built at fort gatehouse; becoming a minster within Diocese of London shortly after October 664 (when Cedd died); believed destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century; dependent on St Valery on the Somme 1068; sold to William of Wykeham 1391; in use as a barn 1750; restored as a chapel 1920; continuing as ecumenical place of worship and pilgrimage |''St Cedd's Monastery''; ''St Peter-on-the-Wall''; ''Ithancester Monastery''; ''Ythancester Monastery'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1087174 |mname=ST CEDDS MONASTERY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bradwellchapel.org/ St Peter's Chapel, Bradwell, Essex, England]</ref> {{coord|51.7353505|0.9398621|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bradwell Minister — St Cedd's Monastery (St Peter-on-the-Wall)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Burstead Grange]] # | |'''Cistercian Monks''' grange or cell dependent on Stratford; during the flooding of Stratford the community transferred here until the re-edification of the abbey | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1307555 |mname=BURSTED GRANGE|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=18272 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.6056027|0.4321736|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Burstead Grange (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Castle Hedingham Priory]] | |'''Benedictine nuns''' founded ?before 1190 by Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford (or by his wife Countess Lucia (Lucy), later the first prioress); dissolved 1536; granted to John, Earl of Oxford 1536/7 |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|the Blessed Virgin Mary]], [[James, son of Zebedee|Saint James]] and [[Christian cross|the Holy Cross]] ____________________ ''Castlehedinhgam Priory''; ''Heningham Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=379086 |mname=CASTLE HEDINGHAM PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39833 Houses of Benedictine nuns — Priory of Castle Hedingham | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 122-123)]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39832 |title=Houses of Benedictine nuns — Abbey of Barking | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.9900899|0.5883425|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Castle Hedingham Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Chelmsford Friary|Chelmsford Blackfriars]] | |'''Dominican Friars''' (under the Visitation of London) founded before 1277 (either at Chelmsford or originally at Fulsham); dissolved 1538; granted to Antony Bonvixi 1542/3 |''Chelmesford Friary'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39856 Friaries — Black friars of Chelmsford | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 179-180)]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=1034714 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.7311216|0.4726696|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Chelmsford Blackfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Coggeshall Abbey]] + |[[File:CoggeshallAbbey CapellaAntePortas.JPG|150px]] |'''Savignac monks''' — from [[Savigny Abbey|Savigny]] founded 3 August 1140 by [[Stephen of England|King Stephen]]; '''Cistercian monks''' orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 5 February 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Seymour 1537/8; Little Coggeshall Abbey called 'Grange Barn'; site now occupied by a private house ''(re)built'' 1581 with limited public access; ([[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|NT]]) |The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint John at [[Coggeshall]] ____________________ ''Coxhall Abbey''; ''Coggeshale Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=381460|mname=COGGESHALL ABBEY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39835 |title=Houses of Cistercian monks — Abbey of Coggeshall | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=27746 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> <ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=27765 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=27773 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.8675284|0.6927878|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Coggeshall Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Colchester Crutched Friary]] # | |'''Crutched Friars''' founded before 1230-35 by William de Lanvelli; by 1392 became a secular hospital or free chapel; '''Crutched Friars''' refounded 1496; dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas, Lord Audley 1543/4; location established during excavation 1928 |Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Helen <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39858 Friaries — Crossed friars of Colchester | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 181-182)]</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1065183 |mname=Colchester Friary of Crutched Friars|accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=36036 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.localhistories.org/colchester.html |title=A History of Colchester |publisher=Localhistories.org |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.8875311|0.8916923|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Colchester Crutched Friars (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Colchester Grey Friary|Colchester Greyfriars]] | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded before 1237 by Robert, Lord FitzWalter (who became a friar); dissolved 1538; granted to Francis Jobson and Andrew Audley 1544/5 |Colchester Greyfriars <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1320866 |mname=COLCHESTER GREYFRIARS|accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39857 Friaries — Grey friars of Colchester | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 180-181)]</ref> {{coord|51.8916447|0.9065625|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Colchester Grey Friary (site)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[St. Botolph's Priory|Colchester — St Botolph's Priory]] |[[File:StBotolph'sPriory Colchester.JPG|150px]] |secular founded ''c.''1093 by Ernulphus (later first prior); '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' refounded ''c.''1100-6; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Audley 1536/7; ([[English Heritage|EH]]) |The Priory Church of [[Julian of Le Mans|Saint Julian]] and [[St Botolph|Saint Botolph]], [[Colchester]] (from before 1106) <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1065193 |mname=ST BOTOLPHS PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39844 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of St Botolph, Colchester | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=35931 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=1006791 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.887458|0.904334|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=St Botolph's Priory, Colchester}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[St. John's Abbey, Colchester|Colchester — St John's Abbey]] ^ |[[File:StJohn'sAbbeyGatehouse Colchester.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' founded 1096/7 by Eudo, courtier of [[William the Conqueror]]; dissolved 1539; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8; ([[English Heritage|EH]]) |The Abbey Church of [[St John the Baptist|Saint John the Baptist]], [[Colchester]] ____________________ ''Colchester Abbey''; ''Colchester Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1065198 |mname=BENEDICTINE ABBEY OF ST JOHN|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39827 |title=Houses of Benedictine monks — Abbey of Colchester | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=35856 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> <ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=35858 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/548688|jstor = 548688|title = The Early Charters of St. John's Abbey, Colchester|last1 = Round|first1 = J. H.|journal = The English Historical Review|year = 1901|volume = 16|issue = 64|pages = 721–730|doi = 10.1093/ehr/XVI.LXIV.721}}</ref> {{coord|51.884991|0.901305|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=St John's Abbey, Colchester}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Colne Minster | |founded before 1045; subsequently site of Earl's Colne Priory | <noinclude> | </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Cressing Preceptory]] |[[File:CressingTemple.JPG|150px]] |'''Knights Templar''' founded 1136 (1150) by [[Stephen of England|King Stephen]]: donor, Maud (Matilda), queen of Stephen; '''Knights Hospitaller''' after 1312; dissolved after 1381: plundered during peasants' revolt; private farm 1515; granted to Sir W. Hughes, Kt. 1543/4; passed to Sir John Smyth and his family; 'The Granary' built 1623 |''Cressing Temple'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=378522 |mname=CRESSING TEMPLE SETTLEMENT|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39854 |title=House of Knights Templar — Preceptory of Cressing | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=1036595 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.8378161|0.6105244|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Cressing Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Earl's Colne Priory]] |[[File:EarlsColnePriory.JPG|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' dependent on Abingdon, Berkshire ([[List of monastic houses in Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]]) founded before/''c.''1107 by Albericus de Vere (later a monk there) with consent of Henry I and [[Maurice (bishop of London)|Maurice]], Bishop of London; on or near the site of an earlier minster extant 1045; practically independent from 1311; dissolved 1536; granted to John, Earl of Oxford 1536/7; 17th-century house built on site, incorporated into 1865 house currently on site |''Earls Colne Priory''; ''Monks Colne Priory''; ''Colne Priory''; ''Colum Priory''; ''Colun Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=381328 |mname=COLNE PRIORY |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39828 |title=Houses of Benedictine monks — Priory of Earl's Colne | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.926732|0.710029|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Earl's Colne Priory}}</noinclude> |- |[[Frating Abbey]] | | | <noinclude> |<ref>{{Cite web|title=FRATING ABBEY FARMHOUSE, Thorrington - 1265151 {{!}} Historic England|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1265151|access-date=2020-07-11|website=historicengland.org.uk|language=en}}</ref> {{coord|51.846006|1.048824|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Frating Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |''Hadstock Minster?'' | |Church of St Botolph, site of important late-Anglo-Saxon church, belonging to Ely, identified by some as Assunden Minster built ''c.''1020 by [[Canute]] | <noinclude> |<ref name="autogenerated1" /> {{coord|52.0791137|0.2733064|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Hadstock Minster? (possible location)}} ''(possible)''</noinclude> |- valign="top" |Halstead Cell | |'''Benedictine monks''' founded late 11th century (during the reign of [[William the Conqueror]]) by Ingelrica, wife of Ranulf Peverell; dissolved; granted to Giles Leigh 1537/8 |''Halstede Cell'' <noinclude> | </noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Hatfield Broad Oak Priory]] + |[[File:HatfieldBroadOakPriory.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: cell dependent on [[Abbey of St. Melaine|St-Melaine, Rennes]]; founded ''c.''1135 by Aubrey de Vere, father of the 1st Earl of Oxford; dissolved 1534; granted to Sir Edward North 1543 |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and Saint Melaine, [[Hatfield Broad Oak]] ____________________ ''Hatfield Regis Priory''; ''Hatfield Broadoak Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=373059 |mname=HATFIELD BROADOAK PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39830 |title=Houses of Benedictine monks — Priory of Hatfield Regis or Broadoak | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18773 |title=Ashley cum Silverley — Manors and other estates | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> <ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/content_page.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=15279 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/content_page.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=15294 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/content_page.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=15327 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.826876|0.242963|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Hatfield Broad Oak Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Hatfield Peverel Priory]] + | |'''Benedictine monks''' secular college founded before 1087; converted into priory as a cell of St Albans by William Peverel before 1100; dissolved 1536; priory church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Andrew |The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Peverel <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=378632 |mname=CHURCH OF ST ANDREW|accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39829 |title=Houses of Benedictine monks — Priory of Hatfield Peverel | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=23950 |title=Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321073336/http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=23950 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=1005196 |title=Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321073417/http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=1005196 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{coord|51.768942|0.6028962|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Hatfield Peverel Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |Hockley | |''alternative possible location of Assandun Minster'' | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Latton Priory]] ^ |[[File:LattonPriory.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded before 1292; abandoned 1534; granted to Sir Henry Parker 1536/7 remains now incorporated into farm buildings |The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Latton <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=369749 |mname=LATTON PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39846 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Latton | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=281&content_parents=48,175&monument_type_id=&monument_name=&search_related=&admin_area_id=&period_from=&period_to=&selPeriod=&selStatus=&evidence_type=&media_type_id=&media_what=&easting=&northing=&grid_square=&freetext_content=&smr_number=&name=&email=&address=&q1=&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q6=&q7=&q8=&q9=&mailme=&comments= |title=Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past |publisher=Unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk |accessdate=15 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701042115/http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=281&content_parents=48,175&monument_type_id=&monument_name=&search_related=&admin_area_id=&period_from=&period_to=&selPeriod=&selStatus=&evidence_type=&media_type_id=&media_what=&easting=&northing=&grid_square=&freetext_content=&smr_number=&name=&email=&address=&q1=&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q6=&q7=&q8=&q9=&mailme=&comments= |archive-date=1 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{coord|51.738794|0.120935|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Latton Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Leez Priory]] # |[[File:LeezPriory.JPG|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded before 1200 (13th century) by Sir Ralph Gernoun; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Richard Rich 1536; site now occupied by 16th-century mansion named 'Leez Priory' |''Leighs Priory''; ''Leigh Priory''; ''Little Leighs Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=378546 |mname=LEEZ PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39847 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Little Leighs | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.8397484|0.4673374|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Leez Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Little Dunmow Priory]] + |[[File:LittleDunmowPriory.JPG|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 1106 (1104) by Lady Juga; dissolved 1536; granted to Robert, Earl of Sussex 1536/7; part of conventual church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary |''Dunmow Parva Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=376386 |mname=ST MARYS CHURCH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39845 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Little Dunmow | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=41412&content_parents=48,175&monument_type_id=&monument_name=&search_related=&admin_area_id=&period_from=&period_to=&selPeriod=&selStatus=&evidence_type=&media_type_id=&media_what=&easting=&northing=&grid_square=&freetext_content=&smr_number=&name=&email=&address=&q1=&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q6=&q7=&q8=&q9=&mailme=&comments= |title=Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past |publisher=Unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk |accessdate=15 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701042812/http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=41412&content_parents=48,175&monument_type_id=&monument_name=&search_related=&admin_area_id=&period_from=&period_to=&selPeriod=&selStatus=&evidence_type=&media_type_id=&media_what=&easting=&northing=&grid_square=&freetext_content=&smr_number=&name=&email=&address=&q1=&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q6=&q7=&q8=&q9=&mailme=&comments= |archive-date=1 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{coord|51.8650838|0.4038227|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Little Dunmow Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Little Horkesley Priory]] | |'''Cluniac monks''' alien house: daughter house of Thetford, [[List of monastic houses in Norfolk|Norfolk]] (dependent on [[Lewes Priory|Lewes]], [[List of monastic houses in East Sussex|Sussex]]) founded before 1127 by Robert Fitz Godebald (Robert of Horkesley) and his wife Beatrice; became denizen: independent from 1376; dissolved 1525; church destroyed by bombing in 1940 |The Priory Church of [[St Peter|Saint Peter]], [[Horkesley]] ____________________ ''Horkesley Priory''; ''Horkesley Parva Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=384599 |mname=HORKESLEY PRIORY|accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="british-history1">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39837 |title=Houses of Cistercian monks — Abbey of Tilty | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.9515524|0.8517408|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Little Horkesley Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Little Maplestead Preceptory]] | |'''Knights Hospitaller''' probably founded ?before 1186 by Juliana, daughter and heiress of Robert Dorsnell; dissolved ''c.''1463; granted to George Harper |The Church of Saint John the Baptist, Maplestead ____________________ ''Maplestead Preceptory''; ''Maplestead Commandery'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=381822 |mname=CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST|accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39855 |title=House of Knights Hospitallers — Preceptory of Little Maplestead | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/uep/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=29961 Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past]</ref> {{coord|51.9746769|0.651058|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Little Maplestead Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Maldon Friary|Maldon Whitefriars]] | |'''Carmelite Friars''' founded 1293 (14th century) by [[Richard Gravesend]], Bishop of London, and Richard Isleham, rector of South Hanningfield; dissolved 1538; granted to George Duke and John Sterr 1544/5 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=380677 |mname=MALDON WHITEFRIARS|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39859 Friaries — White friars of Maldon | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 182-183)]</ref></noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Panfield Priory]] |[[File:PanfieldPriory.JPG|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' alien house: dependent on St-Etienne, Caen; founded 1069/70 (1070–77) by Waleran Fitz Ranulph; dissolved 1413 (1414); granted to Sir Giles Caple 1538/9 |''Paunsfield Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=378811 |mname=PANFIELD PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39873 Alien houses — Panfield | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 197-199)]</ref> {{coord|51.904364|0.522325|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Panfield Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Parndon Abbey]] # | |'''Premonstratensian Canons Regular''' — from Newhouse founded before 1172 by Robert Mantell; transferred to Beeleigh 1180; traditional site now occupied by buildings of Harlow Newton Golf Club |Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[St Nicholas|Saint Nicholas]], [[Great Parndon]] ____________________ ''Great Parndon Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=370206 |mname=GREAT PARNDON ABBEY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|51.7733437|0.0757778|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Parndon Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Prittlewell Priory]] ^, Southend-on-Sea |[[File:PrittlewellPriory.JPG|150px]] |'''Cluniac monks''' alien house: dependent on [[Lewes Priory|Lewes]], [[List of monastic houses in East Sussex|Sussex]]; founded between 1086 and 1121 by Robert Fitz Swain; became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Audley 1537/8; granted to Sir Richard Rich 1551; acquired by the Earl of Nottingham 1678; then the Scratton family; sold by Daniel Scratton 19th century; bought by Robert Jones 1917; given to Southend Borough 1920; site now within public Priory Park, now in ownership of Southend Corporation |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Prittlewell]] <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=418906 |mname=PRITTLEWELL PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39839 |title=Houses of Cluniac monks — Priory of Prittlewell | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.5540156|0.7058582|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Prittlewell Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[St. Osyth's Abbey|St Osyth's Abbey]] ^ |[[File:StOsyth'sPrioryGatehouse.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded before 1118 by [[Richard de Beaumis (died 1127)|Richard de Belmeis]], Bishop of London and St Osyth, on the site of an earlier Saxon nunnery, established as Priory raised to Abbey status; dissolved; granted to Thomas, Lord Cromwell 1539/40 then to Sir Thomas Darey 1551/2; after reformation incorporated into a mansion; now in private ownership with public access |The Abbey Church of [[St Osyth|Saint Osyth]], [[Saint Osyths]] ____________________ ''St Osyth's Priory''; ''Chich Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39848 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Abbey of Chich or St Osyth's | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=71&content_parents=61,80&monument_type_id=&monument_name=&search_related=&admin_area_id=&period_from=&period_to=&selPeriod=&selStatus=&evidence_type=&media_type_id=&media_what=&easting=&northing=&grid_square=&freetext_content=&smr_number=&name=&email=&address=&q1=&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q6=&q7=&q8=&q9=&mailme=&comments= |title=Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past |publisher=Unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk |accessdate=15 April 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {{coord|51.799655|1.075193|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=St Osyth's Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |Southminster | |Saxon minster | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Stansgate Priory]] | |'''Cluniac monks''' alien house: cell dependent on [[Lewes Priory|Lewes]], [[List of monastic houses in East Sussex|Sussex]]; founded 1122 by the predecessors of Lewes Priory; became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374; in parochial use as the parish church for Steeple until closure 9 February 1525; dissolved 1525; granted to Cardinal's College Oxford; granted to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem 1531; sold to Edmund Mordaut 1544 |St Mary Magalen ____________________ ''Stanesgate Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39840 |title=Houses of Cluniac monks — Priory of Stanesgate | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=383366 |mname=STANSGATE PRIORY|accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/stansgate.htm |title=Essex Family History |access-date=26 September 2011 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708195659/http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/stansgate.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{Coord|51.7175307|0.7934833|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Stansgate Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Takeley Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: dependent on St Valery, Picardy; founded 1066–86; dissolved ''c.''1391; now in grounds of Warish Hall |The Priory Church of [[Valerie of Limoges|Saint Valery]], [[Takeley]] <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=373449 |mname=TAKELEY PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39874 |title=Alien houses — Takeley | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{Coord|51.8754709|0.2767235|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Takeley Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Thoby Priory]] |[[File:ThobyPriory.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 1141-51 by Michael Capra, his wife and son; dissolved 1525; granted to Sir Richard Page, Kt. 1530/1; granted to Wolsey's college at Oxford |''Thobey Priory''; ''Ginges Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=414237 |mname=THOBY PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39849 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Thoby | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130917161448/http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/register.aspx?id=769&rt=1&pn=37&st=a&ctype=all&crit= English Heritage | English Heritage]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=18258&content_parents=61,80&monument_type_id=&monument_name=&search_related=&admin_area_id=&period_from=&period_to=&selPeriod=&selStatus=&evidence_type=&media_type_id=&media_what=&easting=&northing=&grid_square=&freetext_content=&smr_number=&name=&email=&address=&q1=&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q6=&q7=&q8=&q9=&mailme=&comments= |title=Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past |publisher=Unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk |accessdate=15 April 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {{coord|51.663381|0.3506|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Thoby Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Thremhall Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1150 (11th century or mid-12th century) by Gilbert de Monefixo; dissolved 1536; granted to John Carey 1536/7; site now occupied by a modern house |The Priory Church of Saint James the Apostle, Thremhall <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=373532 |mname=THREMHALL PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39850 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Thremhall | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/custom_pages/monument_detail.asp?content_page_id=89&monument_id=16185&content_parents=48 |title=Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past |publisher=Unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk |accessdate=15 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {{coord|51.8701915|0.2224302|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Thremhall Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |Tilbury Monastery | |Saxon monastery founded ''c.''654 (630) by St Cedd; probably destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Tilty Abbey]] + |[[File:Tilty Abbey remains, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 130542.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' founded 1153 by Robert Ferrers, Earl of Derby and Maurice FitzJeffery; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Lord Audley 1543/4; church now in parochial use |''Tiltey Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref name="british-history1" /><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=376301 |mname= TILTY ABBEY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|51.9153974|0.3252715|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Tilty Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Tiptree Priory]] |[[File:TiptreePriory.JPG|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 12th century by Ralph de Munchensi dissolved; 16th-century house built on site |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[St Nicholas|Saint Nicholas]], [[Tiptree]] <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=381173 |mname=TIPTREE PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39851 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Tiptree | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.7984079|0.7185128|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Tiptree Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Tolleshunt Major Grange]] | | | <noinclude> | {{coord|51.775754|0.783033|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Tolleshunt Major Grange (approx. loc.)}} ''(approx)''</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist|Tolleshunt Knights — St John's Monastery]] * | |'''Orthodox monks''' and '''nuns''' founded 1959; extant |Monastery of John the Baptist (1959) Patriarchal Monastery of St John the Baptist (1965) Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=373&Itemid=163 Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain — Monastery of St. John the Baptist]</ref> {{coord|51.795213|0.7823253|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Tolleshunt Monastery}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Walden Abbey]] ^ |[[File:AudleyEndHouse.JPG|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' founded 1136 by Jeffrey (Geoffrey de) Mandevil[le], Earl of Essex; raised to abbey status 1190; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Audley 1538; site now occupied by Audley End House and St. Mark's College |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and [[James, son of Zebedee|Saint James the Apostle]], [[Walden]] The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint James the Apostle, Walden ____________________ ''Saffron Walden Abbey''; ''Little Walden Abbey''; ''Walden Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=373672 |mname=WALDEN ABBEY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=541502 |mname=AUDLEY END HOUSE|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39831 |title=Houses of Benedictine monks — Abbey of Walden | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|52.0207316|0.2209926|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Walden Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Waltham Abbey Church|Waltham Abbey]] + |[[File:WalthamAbbey.JPG|150px]] |'''secular canons''' founded ?1016-1035 (during the reign of [[Canute]]); refounded before ''c.''1060 by [[Harold Godwinson|Earl Harold]]; '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 1177 by [[Henry II of England|Henry II]]; dissolved 23 March 1540; granted to Sir Antony Deny part of church now in use as parish church |Holy Cross <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=367309 |mname=WALTHAM ABBEY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39852 |title=Houses of Austin canons — Abbey of Waltham Holy Cross | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.6875|-0.0035|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Waltham Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[West Mersea Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: dependent on St Ouen, Rouen; founded ''c.''1046(?) by [[Edward the Confessor]]; dissolved 1400; granted to Higham Ferrer's collegiate church 1426; granted to Robert Dacres, Esq. 1542/3; conventual church now in parochial use as parish church of SS Peter & Paul |The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Mersea ____________________ ''Mercy Priory''; ''West Meresey Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386103 |mname=PRIORY OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386112 |mname=CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39872 Alien houses — West Mersea | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 196-197)]</ref> {{coord|51.775176|0.9107387|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=West Mersea Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |Witham Preceptory | |founded 1138–48, manor granted by [[Stephen of England|King Stephen]], his wife Matilda and son Eustace of Boulogne; dissolved before 1200(?), apparently united with Cressing and retained as a manor | <noinclude> |<ref>{{HERR |num=1322510 |mname=Witham Templars Preceptory |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=39854|title=House of Knights Templar: Preceptory of Cressing | British History Online}}</ref> {{coord|51.8043293|0.6238577|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Witham Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign="top" |[[Wix Priory]] + |[[File:WixPrioryArches.JPG|150px]] |'''Benedictine nuns''' founded 1123-33 by Walter and Alexander Mascherell; dissolved 1525; site now occupied by Abbey Farmhouse blocked arches of priory church form north wall of the church of St Mary The Virgin |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Wix, Essex|Wix]] ____________________ ''Wickes Priory''; ''Wikes Priory''; ''Sopwick Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=924647 |mname=ST MARYS CHURCH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=387836 |mname=WIX PRIORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=39834 |title=Houses of Benedictine nuns — Priory of Wix | British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date=22 June 2003 |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|author=Harry JF Wykes |url=http://www.wykes.org/wix.html |title=The World WYKES Web: History of Wix Priory |publisher=Wykes.org |accessdate=15 April 2010}}</ref> {{coord|51.917768|1.144635|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Wix Priory}}</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

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