List of monastic houses in Staffordshire

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Location map+ |Staffordshire |width=600 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Staffordshire |places= {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.8037181|long=-2.074855|label= Baswich Priory|label_width=12|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Baswich Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.7858128|long=-1.8669516|label= Blithbury Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Blithbury Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.6816314|long=-2.2269952|label= Brewood Black Ladies Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Brewood Black Ladies Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.8002066|long=-1.6306221|label= Burton Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Burton Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.9868179|long=-1.8096462|label= Calwich Priory|label_width=14|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Calwich Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.6029091|long=-1.7849511|label= Canwell Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Canwell Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.79|long=-1.9895|label= Colwich Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Colwich Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=53.0022886|long=-1.9120342|label= Chotes Abbey ''(sugg'd loc.)''|label_width=14|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Chotes Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.9753149|long=-1.8971948|label= Chotes Abbey ''(alt. sugg'd loc.)''|label_width=16|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Chotes Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.9548562|long=-1.9039017|label= Croxden Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Croxden Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=53.1177589|long=-2.0268595|label= Dieulacres Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Dieulacres Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.7022191|long=-1.8783188|label= Farewell Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Farewell Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=53.0394875|long=-2.1425056|label= Hulton Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Hulton Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=53.0000401|long=-2.2703867|label= Keele Preceptory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Keele Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.713832|long=-2.1902007|label= Lapley Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Lapley Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.6815257|long=-1.830149|label= Lichfield Greyfriars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Lichfield Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.790139|long=-1.989668|label= Little Haywood Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Little Haywood Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=53.0088575|long=-2.2278|label= Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.9181052|long=-2.1352074|label= Oulton Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Oulton Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.7041076|long=-1.9404548|label= Radmore Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Radmore Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.8158|long=-2.2412512|label= Ranton Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Ranton Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.951243|long=-1.8352962|label= Rocester Abbey|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Rocester Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.8027128|long=-2.1145463|label= Stafford Austin Friars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Stafford Austin Friars}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.8129566|long=-2.121461|label= Stafford Greyfriars|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Stafford Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.9010236|long=-2.1447346|label= Stone Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Stone Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.9653743|long=-2.2018602|label= Trentham Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Trentham Priory}} {{Location map~ |Staffordshire|lat=52.8590643|long=-1.6877532|label= Tutbury Priory|label_size=75|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Tutbury Priory}} }}

The following is a list of the '''monastic houses in [[Staffordshire]]''', England.

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{| width=99% class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication & ''alternative names'' <noinclude> !width = 10%|References & location</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Baswich Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 1174 (1173-5); land granted by Gerard de Stafford; dissolved 1538; remains incorporated into Priory Farm built on site |The Priory Church of [[Thomas Becket|Saint Thomas the Martyr]] by Stafford <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=619443 Pastscape: BASWICH PRIORY]</ref> {{coord|52.8037181|-2.074855|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Baswich Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Blithbury|Blithbury Priory]] # | |'''Benedictine monks''' priory cell dependent on Burton; founded after 1129 by Hugh Malveysin; dissolved 1158–65; '''Benedictine nuns''' founded after 1129; apparently merged with [[Black Ladies Priory|Black Ladies, Brewood]] 1158–65; dissolved before 1315(?); alleged chapel demolished 1795 |The Priory Church of [[St Giles|Saint Giles]], [[Blithbury]] St Egidius (St Giles) ____________________ ''Blythbury Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=304929 Pastscape: PRIORY FARM]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37843 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns — The priory of Blithbury — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (p.220)]</ref> {{coord|52.7858128|-1.8669516|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Blithbury Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Black Ladies Priory|Brewood Priory]] |[[File:Brewood Black Ladies 01.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine nuns''' founded before 1150; dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Gifford 1538/9; late-16th/early-17th century country house built on site |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], Brewood ____________________ ''Black Ladies Priory''; ''Briwerne Priory''; ''Black Ladies of Brewood Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=75103 Pastscape: BREWOOD BLACK LADIES PRIORY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37844 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Brewood (Black Ladies) — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.220-222)]</ref> {{coord|52.6816314|-2.2269952|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Brewood Black Ladies Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Burton-on-Trent Abbey|Burton Abbey]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' founded 1002 by Wulfric Spott, confirmed by charter of King Ethelred 1004; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir William Paget by Henry VIII; refounded as a college 1541; dissolved 1545 |St Mary, Virgin and St Modwen, Virgin ____________________ ''Modwennestow Abbey''; ''Burton upon Trent Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=922436 Pastscape: ABBEY OF ST MARY AND ST MODWEN]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37840 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Burton — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.199-213)]</ref> {{coord|52.8002066|-1.6306221|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Burton Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Calwich Abbey|Calwich Priory]] |[[File:Disused stable block of Calwich Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1180423.jpg|150px]] |hermitage (hermetorium de Calwich) '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' priory cell dependent on [[St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth|Kenilworth]], [[List of monastic houses in Warwickshire|Warwickshire]] founded between ''c.''1125 and 1149: hermitage granted to Kenilworth by Nicholas de Gresley alias fitzNiel and his wife Margery; independent from 1349; granted to Merton 1535–6; Georgian-style house built on site 1849–50, now derelict |St Margaret ____________________ ''Calwick Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=307754 Pastscape: CALWICH ABBEY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37850 British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Calwich — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.237-240)]</ref> {{coord|52.9868179|-1.8096462|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Calwich Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Canwell Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' founded ''c.''1142 (1131–48) by Geva, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester; dissolved 1524–6, suppressed to found [[Cardinal Wolsey]]'s college [[Christ Church, Oxford|Cardinal College, Oxford]]; reverted to the Crown; much of the property passed briefly to St George's Chapel, Windsor 1532 |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[St Giles|Saint Giles]], and All Saints, Canwell <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=306802 Pastscape: CANWELL PRIORY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37841 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Canwell — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.213-216)]</ref><ref>[http://www.monasticarchives.org.uk/databrowse/monarc/house/objects/400/ House: Religious House: Canwell priory Staffs. Benedictine monks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426043553/http://www.monasticarchives.org.uk/databrowse/monarc/house/objects/400/ |date=26 April 2012 }}</ref> {{coord|52.6029091|-1.7849511|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Canwell Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Colwich Abbey]] * | |'''Benedictine nuns''' — from [[Cannington Priory|Cannington]], [[List of monastic houses in Somerset|Somerset]] (community founded in Paris 1651 by the English nuns at Cambrai) settled in England 1795 after [[French Revolution]] transferred here 1836; returned to English Benedictine Congregation 1926; raised to [[abbey]] status 1928 |The Abbey Church of [[Our Lady of Good Hope]], Colwich <noinclude> |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.benedictines.org.uk/abbeys/colwich.htm |title=English Benedictine Congregation - Colwich Abbey |access-date=16 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205125433/http://www.benedictines.org.uk/abbeys/colwich.htm |archive-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{coord|52.79|-1.9895|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Colwich Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Cotton Abbey]] ~ | |'''Cistercian monks''' — from Aunay-sur-Odon founded 1176, granted to Aunay by Bertram de Verdun transferred to new site at Croxden 1178; granted to Jeffrey Foljamb 1544/5 |''Chotes Abbey'' ''Chotene Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1304484 Pastscape: CHOTES ABBEY]</ref><ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=305230 PastscapevDetailed Result: CHOTES ABBEY]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37847 British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Croxden — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.226-230)]</ref> {{coord|53.0022886|-1.9120342|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Chotes Abbey (suggested loc. at Cotton)}} {{coord|52.9753149|-1.8971948|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Chotes Abbey (suggested loc. at Alton)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Croxden Abbey]] |[[Image:CroxdenAbbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' — from [[Cotton Abbey|Cotton]] (community founded at Cotton 1176); transferred here 17 May 1178; dissolved 17 September 1538; ([[English Heritage|EH]]) |The Abbey Church of the Vale of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] at Croxden <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=305014 Pastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY]</ref><ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1303890 Pastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY CHURCH]</ref><ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1055146 Pastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY GATEHOUSE]</ref> {{coord|52.9548562|-1.9039017|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Croxden Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Dieulacres Abbey]] |[[File:Dieulacres - Église 1.png|frameless|150x150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' transferred from [[Poulton Abbey|Poulton]], [[List of monastic houses in Cheshire|Cheshire]] founded 1214, site granted by Randal de Blunderville, Earl of Chester after 1199; dissolved 20 October 1539; granted to Ralph Bagnall 1552/3; site now in private ownership at Abbey Green |St Mary, Virgin and St Benedict <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=77852 Pastscape: DIEULACRES ABBEY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37848 British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Dieulacres — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.230-235)]</ref> {{coord|53.1177589|-2.0268595|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dieulacres Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Dudley Priory | |'''Cluniac monks''' alien house: dependent on [[Wenlock Priory|Wenlock]], [[List of monastic houses in Shropshire|Shropshire]]; founded 1161 by Ralph Painell, lord of the manor; became denizen: independent from 1395; dissolved 1539; granted to the Bishop of Lichfield 1540/1 |St James <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Farewell Priory]] | |hermits or canon brothers: ''unknown order and foundation''; '''Benedictine nuns''' founded before 1148 (''c.''1140) by Roger de Clinton; raised to abbey status between 1154 and 1189 (during the reign of Henry II); reduced to priory status before 1210; dissolved 1527; site now occupied by St Bartholomew's Church |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], Farewell ____________________ ''Farewell Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1334494 Pastscape: FAREWELL NUNNERY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37845 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Farewell — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.222-225)]</ref> {{coord|52.7022191|-1.8783188|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Farewell Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Hawkesyard Priory]] | |'''Dominican Friars''' | <noinclude> | </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Hulton Abbey]] | |'''Cistercian monks''' daughter house of [[Combermere Abbey|Combermere]], [[List of monastic houses in Cheshire|Cheshire]]; founded 26 July 1219 by Henry de Audley; dissolved 18 September 1538; granted to Sir Edward Aston 1542/3 |''Hilton Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=77714 Pastscape: HULTON ABBEY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37849 British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Hulton — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.235-237)]</ref> {{coord|53.0394875|-2.1425056|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Hulton Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Hansury Nunnery | |'''Benedictine'''? '''nuns''' founded ''c.''680 by [[Werburh|St Werburgh]] at the instance of her uncle King Ethelred destroyed in raids by the Danes 875 | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Keele Preceptory]] | |'''Knights Templar''' land granted by Henry II 1168–9; dissolved 1308-12 granted to the Earl of Gloucester; '''Knights Hospitaller''' founded ''c.''1312 (1324); dissolved after 1338; country house named 'Keele Hall' built on site ''c.''1580, rebuilt 1856–61 | <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=76005 Pastscape: KEELE HALL]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37856 British History Online — House of Knights Templar: The preceptory of Keele — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.267-268)]</ref> {{coord|53.0000401|-2.2703867|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Keele Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Lapley Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: dependent on St-Remi, Riems; founded by Ælfgar (Algar), Earl of Chester; dissolved 1415; granted to Tong College; granted to Sir Richard Mannors 1547/8 |''Lappele Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=75376 Pastscape: LAPLEY PRIORY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37878 British History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Lapley — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.340-343)]</ref> {{coord|52.713832|-2.1902007|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Lapley Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Lichfield Friary|Lichfield Greyfriars]] | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Worcester) founded ''c.''1237 (1229) by [[Alexander de Stavenby|Alexander]], Bishop of Lichfield; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Crumbilthorn 1544/5 | <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=306589 Pastscape: LICHFIELD GREYFRIARS]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37857 British History Online — Friaries: The Franciscan friars of Lichfield — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.268-270)]</ref> {{coord|52.6815257|-1.830149|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Lichfield Greyfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Little Haywood Abbey]] * | |'''Benedictine nuns''' |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Little Haywood]] <noinclude> | {{coord|52.790139|-1.989668|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Little Haywood Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Newcastle-under-Lyme Friary|Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars]] | |'''Dominican Friars''' (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded before 1277; dissolved 1538; cattlemarket built on site 1871; superstore built on site before 2005 | <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=75859 Pastscape: NEWCASTLE BLACKFIARS]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37859 British History Online — Friaries: The Dominican friars of Newcastle-under-Lyme — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.272-273)]</ref> {{coord|53.0088575|-2.2278|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Newcastle-under-Lyme Blackfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Oulton Abbey]] * | |'''Benedictine nuns''' founded 1853; with girls' boarding school, then playgroup 1968, then care home, St. Benedict's Nursing and Residential Home 1989 |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], Oulton <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.carehomesuk.net/oultonabbey/ Oulton Abbey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426043551/http://www.carehomesuk.net/oultonabbey/ |date=26 April 2012 }}</ref> {{coord|52.9181052|-2.1352074|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Oulton Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Radmore Abbey]] | |hermitage founded 1135–9, site granted by [[Stephen of England|King Stephen]], confirmed by [[Roger de Clinton|Roger]], Bishop of Lichfield, who allowed the community to adopt the order of their choice '''Cistercian monks''' daughter house of Bordesley; converted ''c.''1143/7-1155 monks transferred to [[Stoneleigh Abbey|Stoneleigh]] 1155; converted to a royal hunting lodge |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], Radmore ____________________ ''Red Moor Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=304807 Pastscape: RED MOOR ABBEY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37846 British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Radmore — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (p.225)]</ref> {{coord|52.7041076|-1.9404548|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Radmore Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ranton Abbey|Ranton Priory]] |[[Image:RantonAbbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular — '''(?)'''Arroasian''' priory cell dependent on [[Haughmond Abbey|Haughmond]], [[List of monastic houses in Shropshire|Shropshire]]; founded between 1135 and 1166 by Robert fitz Noel (Noeli); independent from 1246–7; dissolved 1536; granted to Robert Wiseman 1538/9 |St Mary ____________________ ''Ronton Abbey''; ''de Sartis'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=75628 Pastscape: RANTON PRIORY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37853 British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Ranton — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.251-255)]</ref> {{coord|52.8158|-2.2412512|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ranton Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Rocester Abbey]] $(?) | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1146 by Richard Bacon (Bacoun); dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Trentham 1539/40 |The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ ''Roucester Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=307305 Pastscape: ROCESTER ABBEY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37852 British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Rocester — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.247-251)]</ref> {{coord|52.951243|-1.8352962|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Rocester Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Sandwell Priory |colspan=4|''Historical county location. See entry under [[List of monastic houses in the West Midlands (county)|<noinclude>List of monastic houses in </noinclude>the West Midlands]]'' |- valign=top |[[Stafford Austin Friars]] | |'''Augustinian Friars''' (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded 1344 by Ralph de Stafford, permission granted by [[Clement VI|the Pope]] 1343; dissolved August 1538, surrendered to [[Richard Yngworth|Richard Ingworth]], Bishop of Dover; granted to Thomas Neve and Giles Isam |''Austin Friars, Stafford'' <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=77487 Pastscape: STAFFORD AUSTIN FRIARY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37860 British History Online — Friaries: The Austin friars of Stafford — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.273-274)]</ref> {{coord|52.8027128|-2.1145463|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Stafford Austin Friars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Stafford Friary|Stafford Greyfriars]] | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Worcester) founded before 1274; dissolved 10 August 1538, surrendered to [[Richard Yngworth|Richard Ingworth]], Bishop of Dover; granted to James Leverson 1539/40; house called 'Grey Friars' built on site before 1610 | <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=619183 Pastscape: STAFFORD GREYFRIARS]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37842 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Sandwell — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.216-219)]</ref> {{coord|52.8129566|-2.121461|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Stafford Greyfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Priory of St. Thomas nr. Stafford|Priory of St Thomas nr. Stafford]] | | | <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37855 British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of St Thomas near Stafford — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.260-267)]</ref></noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Stone Priory]] | |'''secular canons''' founded ''c.''670 by [[Wulfhere of Mercia|Wulfhere]], King of Mercia destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century, canons dispersed; '''Benedictine nuns''' apparently founded before 1066; replaced or dispersed before ''c.''1135; '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' priory cell dependent on [[St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth|Kenilworth]], [[List of monastic houses in Warwickshire|Warwickshire]]; granted to Kenilworth; founded ''c.''1135 by Enisan de Waleron; independent from after 1260; dissolved 1536; granted to George Harper 1538/9 |[[St Wulfad]] and St Rufin St Wulfad St Mary, St Wulfad and St Michael <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=77647 Pastscape: STONE PRIORY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37851 British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Stone — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.240-247)]</ref> {{coord|52.9010236|-2.1447346|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Stone Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Trentham Priory]] | |possible minster before 1066<noinclude><ref group="note" name="TrenthamPriory">Trentham — once identified as the nunnery founded by Werburgh at Tricengeham, but now thought to be Threckingham (Threekingham), Lincolnshire</ref></noinclude> possible '''Benedictine monks''' possibly founded ''c.''1087-1100 subsequently lapsing; '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' (re)founded before 1153-5 by Ranuph II, Earl of Chester; dissolved 1537 (1536) |The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and All Saints, Trentham ____________________ ''Trickingham Priory''(?) <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=75969 Pastscape: TRENTHAM PRIORY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37854 British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Trentham — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.255-260)]</ref> {{coord|52.9653743|-2.2018602|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Trentham Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Tutbury Priory]] + | |'''Benedictine monks''' alien house: dependent on S-Pierre-sur-Dives; founded after 1080 (1066–1086) by Henry de Ferrers; became denizen: independent from after 1431–3; dissolved 14 September 1538; granted to Sir William Cavendish 1552/3; part of conventual church now in parochial use |St Mary Virgin <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=922073 Pastscape: TUTBURY PRIORY]</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37877 British History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Tutbury — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'' (pp.331-340)]</ref> {{coord|52.8590643|-1.6877532|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Tutbury Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Wolverhampton Monastery |colspan=4|''Historical county location. See entry under [[List of monastic houses in the West Midlands (county)|<noinclude>List of monastic houses in </noinclude>the West Midlands]]'' |} </onlyinclude>

==See also== * [[List of monastic houses in England]]

==Notes== {{Reflist|group=note}}

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