# Brimpsfield Priory

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Monastery in Gloucestershire, England

**Brimpsfield Priory** was a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) monastic foundation in [Brimpsfield](/source/Brimpsfield), [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire), England, a cell or grange of the [Abbey of Saint-Wandrille](/source/Abbey_of_Saint-Wandrille) in Normandy.[1] It was almost certainly founded between 1086 and 1100 by a member of the Giffard family, as lords of Brimpsfield[2] and endowed with some demesne tithes.[3] The advowson of the [church](/source/Church_of_St_Michael%2C_Brimpsfield) was in the hands of the abbey by 1317.[3] The Crown presented to the living during war with France.[3]

As an [alien priory](/source/Alien_priory) it was confiscated by [Henry V](/source/Henry_V_of_England) under the Act of 1414. [Henry VI](/source/Henry_VI_of_England) gave it to [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) in 1441. [Edward IV](/source/Edward_IV_of_England) confirmed the gift in 1467 but in 1474 gave it to the [dean and chapter of Windsor](/source/Dean_of_Windsor).[2]

The priory was located adjoining the northern side of the churchyard.[3] 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.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Rudder_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Rudder_1-1) Rudder, Samuel (1779). *A New History of Gloucestershire*. p. 310.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-VCH2_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-VCH2_2-1) ["VCH Gloucestershire, volume 2:Alien houses: The priory of Brimpsfield'"](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol2/pp102-103). British History Online. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-VCH7_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-VCH7_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-VCH7_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-VCH7_3-3) ["VCH Gloucestershire, volume 7:Brimpsfield"](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol7/pp-140-149). British History Online. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

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