{{Short description|Monastery in Gloucestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} '''Brimpsfield Priory''' was a [[Benedictine]] monastic foundation in [[Brimpsfield]], [[Gloucestershire]], England, a cell or grange of the [[Abbey of Saint-Wandrille]] in Normandy.<ref name=Rudder>{{cite book|title=A New History of Gloucestershire|first=Samuel|last=Rudder|date=1779|page=310}}</ref> It was almost certainly founded between 1086 and 1100 by a member of the Giffard family, as lords of Brimpsfield<ref name=VCH2>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol2/pp102-103|title=VCH Gloucestershire, volume 2:Alien houses: The priory of Brimpsfield'|publisher=British History Online|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> and endowed with some demesne tithes.<ref name=VCH7>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol7/pp-140-149|title=VCH Gloucestershire, volume 7:Brimpsfield|publisher=British History Online|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref> The advowson of the [[Church of St Michael, Brimpsfield|church]] was in the hands of the abbey by 1317.<ref name=VCH7 /> The Crown presented to the living during war with France.<ref name=VCH7 />

As an [[alien priory]] it was confiscated by [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] under the Act of 1414. [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] gave it to [[Eton College]] in 1441. [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] confirmed the gift in 1467 but in 1474 gave it to the [[Dean of Windsor|dean and chapter of Windsor]].<ref name=VCH2 />

The priory was located adjoining the northern side of the churchyard.<ref name=VCH7 /> According to Rudder, it was thought to have been an elegant building after windows of polished marble were dug up there in the early 18th century.<ref name=Rudder />

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