# Boxgrove Priory > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boxgrove_Priory > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Boxgrove_Priory.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxgrove_Priory > Source revision: 1278256968 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Priory in Boxgrove, West Sussex, England Boxgrove Priory Ruins Boxgrove Priory Church The nave **Boxgrove Priory** is a ruined [priory](/source/Priory) in the village of [Boxgrove](/source/Boxgrove) in [Sussex](/source/Sussex), England. It was founded in the 12th century. ## History ### Origins The Priory was founded in the reign of Henry I, about 1123[1] by Robert de Haia (or de la Haye), Lord of [Halnacre](/source/Halnaker) by gift of the king. A Saxon church had existed on the site before the Conquest. The Priory was founded for three [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) monks, and was a dependency by the [Lessay Abbey](/source/Lessay_Abbey) in Normandy.[2][3][4] In about 1126, upon the marriage of Robert's daughter Cecily to Roger St John the number of monks living at Boxgrove was increased from the original three to six. Robert had died by 1165. By 1187 there were 15 monks. A 19th monk was added to the priory in about 1230 by William de Kainesham, [Canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) of [Chichester](/source/Chichester). By 1535 the priory's possessions were worth £185 19s. 8d. gross, and £145 10s. 2½d. clear.[3] ### Dissolution The [Priory](/source/Priory) was [dissolved](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries) in 1536. At the time of the dissolution there were eight priests and one novice, as well as twenty-eight servants and eight children living in the priory. After the dissolution, the Priory church became the parish church.[2] ## Modern history The Priory church is still in use as the **Church of St Mary and St Blaise**.[5] The ruins are a Grade I [listed building](/source/Listed_building).[6] ## Burials - [Lady Philippa Mortimer](/source/Lady_Philippa_Mortimer) (died 1400)[7] - Thomas Poynings, 5th Baron St John ## See also - [List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches](/source/List_of_English_abbeys%2C_priories_and_friaries_serving_as_parish_churches) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-BHO_1-0)** ["British History Online: La Manche: Part 4"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/france/918-1206/pp327-351). Retrieved 20 February 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-History_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-History_2-1) ["Boxgrove Priory: History"](http://www.boxgrovepriory.co.uk/). Retrieved 20 February 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Dally_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Dally_3-1) Richard Dally (1828). [*The Bognor, Arundel and Littlehampton Guide*](https://archive.org/details/bognorarundelan00dallgoog). W. Mason. pp. [152](https://archive.org/details/bognorarundelan00dallgoog/page/n171)–159. Retrieved 20 February 2018. Robert de Haia. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Elwes_4-0)** Dudley George Cary Elwes (1876). [*A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex*](https://archive.org/details/ahistorycastles00elwegoog). Longmans. pp. [41](https://archive.org/details/ahistorycastles00elwegoog/page/n69)–44. Retrieved 20 February 2018. Robert de Haia. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["CWGC"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110616054401/http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_photos.aspx?cemetery=44872&mode=1). Cwgc.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_photos.aspx?cemetery=44872&mode=1) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Ruins of the Monastic Building of Boxgrove Priory (1026436)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1026436?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 28 July 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Weir, Alison](/source/Alison_Weir) (1999). *Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy*. 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