# Belvoir Priory > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Belvoir_Priory > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Belvoir_Priory.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvoir_Priory > Source revision: 1334983036 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Belvoir Priory Location within Leicestershire Monastery information Order Benedictine Established 1076 Disestablished 1539 Mother house St Albans Abbey Diocese Diocese of Lincoln Controlled churches Redmile, Leicestershire Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir, Lincolnshire People Founder Robert de Todeni Site Location Belvoir, Leicestershire, England Coordinates 52°53′55″N 0°46′54″W / 52.898541°N 0.781701°W / 52.898541; -0.781701 **Belvoir Priory** (pronounced *Beaver*) was a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) priory near to [Belvoir Castle](/source/Belvoir_Castle).[1] Although once described as within [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), it is currently located in [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire),[2] near the present Belvoir Lodge.[3] ## History The priory was established in 1076 by [Robert de Todeni](/source/Robert_de_Todeni), Lord of Belvoir, on land near to the castle. Unable to complete the building work due to his "secular employments", following the advice of [Lanfranc](/source/Lanfranc), [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury), he handed the priory to the Abbot of [St Albans Abbey](/source/St_Albans_Abbey). Belvoir priory was then developed as a cell (a small establishment dependent upon a [motherhouse](/source/Motherhouse)) for the abbey. In return for his gift, Robert de Todeni was buried within the priory's chapter house and the monks were to pray for his soul.[1] [Redmile](/source/Redmile) church, formerly controlled by the priory The priory was fairly small, housing only four monks. It did, however, attract gifts and patronage; many of those making donations were, similar to its founder, buried within the priory's church or chapter house. Among these gifts were the [advowsons](/source/Advowson) of the churches at [Redmile](/source/Redmile), gifted by [William d'Albini](/source/William_d'Aubigny_(rebel)); and of [Woolsthorpe](/source/Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir), gifted in 1308 by [William de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros](/source/William_de_Ros%2C_1st_Baron_de_Ros).[1] The priory's small size meant it struggled to support itself and was frequently in debt and facing poverty. As the dissolution approached the priory was no longer in debt but did not have the revenues to support any monks; the prior lived alone, visited intermittently by monks from [St Albans Abbey](/source/St_Albans_Abbey).[1] At the [dissolution of the monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries), Belvoir Priory was dissolved with its [motherhouse](/source/Motherhouse) in 1539.[1] [Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland](/source/Henry_Manners%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Rutland) preserved "the monumental remains of his ancestors, by transferring them chiefly to [Bottesford](/source/St_Mary_the_Virgin's_Church%2C_Bottesford)", from Belvoir and [Croxton Abbey](/source/Croxton_Abbey).[4] ## Other burials - [William d'Aubigny (Brito)](/source/William_d'Aubigny_(Brito)) - [Robert de Todeni](/source/Robert_de_Todeni) - [William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros](/source/William_de_Ros%2C_6th_Baron_de_Ros) and his wife Lady Margaret Arundel Roos - [John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros](/source/John_de_Ros%2C_7th_Baron_de_Ros) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vch_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vch_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-vch_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-vch_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-vch_1-4) Page, William, ed. (1906). [*A History of the County of Lincoln*](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37996). Victoria County History. Vol. 2. pp. 124–127 'Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Belvoir'. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ps_2-0)** ["Heritage Gateway - Results"](https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=323855&resourceID=19191). *www.heritagegateway.org.uk*. Retrieved 21 February 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-os_3-0)** [*247 Grantham: Bottesford & Colsterworth*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110228083428/http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/paper-maps/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain-os-explorer-map/grantham/pid-9780319238332) (Map). 1:25 000. OS Explorer Map. OSGB. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-319-23833-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-319-23833-2). Archived from [the original](http://leisure.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/paper-maps/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain/paper-maps-ordnance-survey-great-britain-os-explorer-map/grantham/pid-9780319238332) on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011. [SK820341](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Belvoir_Priory¶ms=52.898098_N_0.782456_W_region:GB_scale:25000) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-eller_4-0)** Eller, Irvin (1841). *The History of Belvoir Castle*. R. Tyas. pp. 41, 44. [OL](/source/OL_(identifier)) [6590343M](https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6590343M). v t e Monasteries in Leicestershire and Rutland Augustinian Brooke Priory Bradley Priory Charley Priory Grace Dieu Priory Kirby Bellars Priory Launde Priory Leicester Abbey Leicester Austin Friary Owston Abbey Ulverscroft Priory Benedictine Belvoir Priory Breedon Priory Edith Weston Priory Hinckley Priory Langley Priory Brothers of Penitence Leicester Friars of the Sack Cistercian Garendon Abbey Mount St Bernard Abbey Cluniac Aldermanshaw Priory Dominican Blackfriars, Leicester Holy Cross Priory, Leicester Franciscan Greyfriars, Leicester Knights Hospitaller Dalby Preceptory Heather Preceptory Rothley Temple Swinford Preceptory Knights Templar Rothley Temple Premonstratensian Croxton Abbey Unknown or Independent Holy Hill Monastery --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Belvoir Priory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvoir_Priory) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvoir_Priory?action=history)). 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