List of monastic houses in Suffolk

{{Short description|None}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} The following is a '''list of monastic houses in [[Suffolk]]''', England. {{Location map+ |Suffolk |width=400 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Suffolk |places= {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0187757|long=1.1929339|label= Alnesbourne Priory |label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Alnesbourne Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2618374|long=0.7104582|label= Babwell Greyfriars|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Babwell Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1489648|long=0.9895232|label= Battisford Preceptory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Battisford Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1080587|long=1.0798332|label= Blakenham Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Blakenham Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3217|long=1.5965|label= Blythburgh Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Blythburgh Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2444555|long=1.417467|label= Bruisyard Abbey|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Bruisyard Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.4555321|long=1.4380234|label= Bungay Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Bungay Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2438905|long=0.7190466|label= Bury St Edmunds Abbey|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Bury St Edmunds Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2523739|long=0.6941718|label= Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.089968|long=1.4652398|label= Butley Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Butley Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1401242|long=1.3860852|label= Campsey Ash Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Campsey Ash Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3181991|long=0.5661151|label= Cavenham Preceptory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Cavenham Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1184308|long=0.572142|label= Chipley Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Chipley Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0750881|long=0.5813473|label= Clare Friary|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Clare Friary}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1432106|long=1.1115047|label= Coddenham Camera|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Coddenham Camera}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.169|long=1.06|label= Creeting St Mary Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Creeting St Mary Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1770495|long=1.0695429|label= Creeting St Olave Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=top|link=Creeting St Olave Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=51.9797458|long=1.063453|label= Dodnash Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Dodnash Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2762456|long=1.6489148|label= DUNWICH ''(see below)''|label_size=50|marksize=14|mark red pog.svg| position=right|}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=51.969467|long=1.013529|label= East Bergholt Abbey|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=East Bergholt Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0585994|long=0.8285424|label= Edwardstone Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Edwardstone Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3223765|long=1.1570084|label= Eye Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Eye Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=51.9732543|long=1.3430437|label= Felixstowe (Walton) Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Felixstowe (Walton) Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.4261066|long=1.4041069|label= Flixton Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Flixton Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3083933|long=1.0192555|label= Gislingham Preceptory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Gislingham Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1169188|long=0.9732181|label= Great Bricett Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Great Bricett Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3421909|long=1.2032658|label= Hoxne Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Hoxne Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0605602|long=1.1581403|label= IPSWICH ''(see below)''|label_size=50|marksize=14|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Ipswich Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2980852|long=0.8288321|label= Ixworth Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Ixworth Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0624|long=0.9139|label= Kersey Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Kersey Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2214474|long=1.578016|label= Leiston Abbey|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Leiston Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1788234|long=1.3157845|label= Letherington Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Letherington Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3880403|long=1.3216934|label= Mendham Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Mendham Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0931131|long=1.5353125|label= Orford Austin Friars|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Orford Austin Friars}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2906556|long=1.2044138|label= Redlingfield Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Redlingfield Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1200349|long=0.9637821|label= Ringshall Cell ''(purported)''|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Ringshall Cell}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3845616|long=1.4467943|label= Rumburgh Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Rumburgh Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.5380897|long=1.6240481|label= St Olave's (Herringfleet) Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=St Olave's Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.2755784|long=1.465555|label= Sibton Abbey|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Sibton Abbey}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.1668218|long=1.4900315|label= Snape Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Snape Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0595361|long=0.5387861|label= Stoke by Clare Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Stoke by Clare Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0358351|long=0.725964|label= Sudbury Blackfriars|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=bottom|link=Sudbury Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0519924|long=0.7273266|label= Sudbury Benedictine Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Sudbury Benedictine Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.3542663|long=1.6195741|label= Wangford Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Wangford Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0167519|long=1.1319566|label= Wherstead Priory ''(alleged)''|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Wherstead Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.27874|long=1.0536146|label= Wickham Skeyth Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Wickham Skeyth Priory}} {{Location map~ |Suffolk|lat=52.0930703|long=1.3138881|label= Woodbridge Priory|label_size=50|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Woodbridge Priory}} }}

{{Location map+ |United Kingdom Ipswich Central |width=300 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Ipswich |places= {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Ipswich Central|lat=52.0540607|long=1.1490691|label= Blackfriars|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Ipswich Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Ipswich Central|lat=52.0549381|long=1.1504906|label= Greyfriars|label_size=60| mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Ipswich Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Ipswich Central|lat=52.0605602|long=1.1581403|label= Holy Trinity Priory|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Holy Trinity Priory, Ipswich}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Ipswich Central|lat=52.0530925|long=1.1549719|label= Ss Peter & Paul Priory|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Ss Peter & Paul Priory, Ipswich}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Ipswich Central|lat=52.0530925|long=1.1549719|label= Whitefriars|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg| position=right|link=Ipswich Whitefriars}} }}

{{Location map+ |United Kingdom Dunwich |width=300 |float=right |border= |caption=Locations of monastic houses in Dunwich |places= {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Dunwich|lat=52.2720769|long=1.6394734|label=Blackfriars|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Dunwich Blackfriars}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Dunwich|lat=52.2755169|long=1.6307294|label=Greyfriars|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg| position=Left|link=Dunwich Greyfriars}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Dunwich|lat=52.272241|long=1.633755|label=Dunwich Preceptory|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg|position=Left|link=Dunwich Preceptory}} {{Location map~ |United Kingdom Dunwich|lat=52.2762456|long=1.6489148|label=Dunwich Priory|label_size=60|mark red pog.svg| position=left|link=Dunwich Priory}} }}

<onlyinclude> {| style="width:99%;" class="wikitable" !width = 15%|Foundation !width = 5%|Image !width = 30%|Communities & provenance !width = 20%|Formal name or dedication and alternative names <noinclude> !width = 10%|References and location</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Alnesbourne Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1200, probably by Alberte de Neville, who granted endowments; appropriated to [[Woodbridge Priory|Woodbridge]] probably ''c.''1466; dissolved before 1514; granted to Sir John Wingfield 1541/2 |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]], Alnesbourne ____________________ ''Alnesbourn Priory''; ''Alnesborn Priory''; ''Alensborne Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388395 |mname=ALNESBOURN Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37894 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Alnesbourn — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History (p.91)]</ref> {{coord|52.0187757|1.1929339|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Alnesbourne Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Babwell Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Cambridge) transferred from earlier foundation at Bury St Edmunds; founded 19 November 1262; dissolved December 1538, surrendered to [[Richard Yngworth]], [[Bishop of Dover]]; granted to Anthony Harvey May 1541 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=382389 |mname=BABWELL Friary|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37916 British History Online — Franciscan friars: Bury St Edmunds — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History (pp.124-125)]</ref> {{coord|52.2618374|0.7104582|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Babwell Greyfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Battisford Preceptory]] | |'''Knights Hospitaller''' preceptory/[[hospital]] founded c.1154, benefactions from Henry II; dissolved 1540 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386910 |mname=BATTISFORD HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37912 British History Online — House of Knights Hospitaller — Preceptory of Battisford — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History (pp.120-121)]</ref> {{coord|52.1489648|0.9895232|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Battisford Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Blakenham Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: dependent on [[Bec Abbey|Bec-Hellouin Abbey]]; manor granted to Bec-Hellouin by Walter Giffard, 'Earl of Buckingham' founded before 1092; dissolved before 1230, apparently reduced to grange; transferred as a parcel to Ogbourne St George; granted to [[Eton College]] 1460 |Great Blakenham Priory <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388725 |mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37948 British History Online — Alien houses: Priory of Blakenham — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History (pp.152-153)]</ref> {{coord|52.1080587|1.0798332|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Blakenham Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Blythburgh Blackfriars | |'''''Dominican Friars''''' licence obtained 1384 to move from Dunwich, when that location was threatened by the sea but transfer never implemented | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Blythburgh Priory]] |[[File:The Chapel at The Priory, Blythburgh 1377199.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' — from [[St. Osyth's Abbey]], [[Essex]] ependent on St Osyth; founded before 1135, assisted by Henry I and the Clavering family; dissolved 12 February 1537 and granted to Sir Arthur Hopton 1538/9 |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]], Blythburgh ____________________ ''Bliburgh Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=392052 |mname=BLYTHBURGH Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37895 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Blythburgh — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History (pp.91-94)]</ref> {{coord|52.3217|1.5965|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Blythburgh Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Bruisyard Abbey]] | |secular college (community founded at [[Campsey Priory|Campsey Ash]] 1347); transferred here 1354; dissolved 4 October 1366; '''Franciscan nuns''' — from [[Waterbeach Abbey|Waterbeach]], [[List of monastic houses in Cambridgeshire|Cambridgeshire]] founded 1364-7 by Lionel, Duke of Clarence; dissolved 1359; granted to Nicholas Hare 1539 |''Brusyard Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=391458 |mname=BRUISYARD Abbey|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37923 British History Online — House of minoresses — Abbey of Bruisyard — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History (pp.131-132)]</ref> {{coord|52.2444555|1.417467|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bruisyard Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Bungay Priory]] + |[[File:BungayPriory.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine nuns''' founded 1183 by Roger de Glanvill and his wife, Countess [[Gundred, Countess of Norfolk|Gundred]]; dissolved 1336; nuns appear to have abandoned the house before April 1536; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1537/8; most of conventual buildings destroyed by fire 1688; rebuilt 1699; reopened 1701 for parochial use as the Parish Church of St Mary |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]] and the Holy Cross, [[Bungay]] <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=870153 |mname=CHURCH Of The HOLY TRINITY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37888 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of Bungay — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.81-83)]</ref> {{coord|52.4555321|1.4380234|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bungay Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Bury St Edmunds Abbey]] |[[File:StEdmundsburyAbbeyPanorama.jpg|150px]] |Saxon ('''Benedictine'''?) '''monks''' founded 633 by [[Sigeberht of East Anglia|Sigeberht]], [[King of the East Angles]]; destroyed in raids by the Danes ''c.''870 secular (collegiate) founded 903; refounded ''c.''925, endowed by [[Athelstan|King Athelstan]]; '''Benedictine monks''' founded 1020-2; dissolved 4 November 1539; granted to John Eyre 1559/60; subsequently granted to Thomas Badyby; abbot's palace in use as a house until 1720; other buildings incorporated into houses 17th and 19th century: extant; remains now within a public park; ([[English Heritage|EH]]) episcopal diocesan [[Bury St Edmunds Cathedral]] in precinct |The Abbey Church of [[Edmund the Martyr|Saint Edmund]], (Bury Saint Edmunds) Beordicsworth Abbey; ''Bury St Edmond Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=382532 |mname=Bury St Edmunds Abbey|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37880 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.56–72)]</ref> {{coord|52.2438905|0.7190466|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bury St Edmunds Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars, earlier site | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Cambridge) ''foundation'' attempted 1233, but discouraged by the legate and monks of the Abbey; founded shortly after 22 June 1257: [[papal bull|bull]] obtained from [[Pope Alexander IV|the Pope]] to establish their community; expelled by Abbey officials; re-established at a new site ''(see immediately below)'' | <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated2>{{PastScape|mnumber=1320781 |mname=Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref></noinclude> |- valign=top |Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Cambridge) (previous, unsuccessful foundation at earlier site ''(see immediately above)''); founded 1258, with the assistance of Henry III; [[Pope Urban IV]] ordered the friars to demolish their buildings; re-established at Babwell | <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated2 /> {{coord|52.2523739|0.6941718|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Butley Priory]] ^ |[[File:Remains of Butley Priory near Abbey Farm (geograph 2578345).jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded 1171 by Sir Ranulph de Glanvill; dissolved 1 March 1538; remains incorporated into later buildings |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]], Butley Butleigh Priory <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=391251 |mname=BUTLEY Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37897 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons — Priory of Butley — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.95-99)]</ref> {{coord|52.089968|1.4652398|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Butley Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Campsey Priory|Campsey Ash Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canonesses''' founded ''c.''1195 by Theobald de Valoines, who granted land to his sisters Joan (subsequently the first prioress) and Agnes; (also given as '''''Benedictine'''''); dissolved 1536; granted to [[William Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham|Sir William Willoughby]] 1543/4; post-medieval house and barn occupy site |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Campsey Ash]] The Blessed Virgin Mary Campsey Priory; Campess Priory <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1064902 |mname=CAMPSEY ASH Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37908 British History Online — British History Online — Houses of Austin nuns: Priory of Campsey — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.112-115)]</ref> {{coord|52.1401242|1.3860852|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Campsey Ash Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Cavenham Preceptory | |'''Knights Templar ''' founded before 1311?; dissolved 1308-12(?) |''Togrynd Preceptory''; ''Caveham Preceptory'' ''Coddenham Preceptory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=380006 |mname=CAVENHAM TEMPLARS PRECEPTORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.3181991|0.5661151|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Cavenham Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Chipley Priory]] # | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded before 1291 (before 1235); dissolved 1468; annexed to the college of Stoke by Clare 1468; farmhouse occupies site, incorporating part of the west range of the monastic buildings, though no remains identifiably as early as 13th century |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]], Chipley <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=379224 |mname=CHIPLEY Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37898 British History Online — British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Chipley — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (p.99)]</ref> {{coord|52.1184308|0.572142|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Chipley Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Clare Priory|Clare Friary]] * |[[File:Clare Priory, geograph.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Friars''' (under the Limit of Cambridge) founded 1248/9 by Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hereford; cell dependent on [[Bec Abbey|Bec-Hellouin]]; reconstituted 1326 by [[Edward II]] as a cell dependent on [[Westminster Abbey|Westminster]], [[List of monastic houses in London|Middlesex]]; refounded as a college 1490 by Edmund, Earl of March dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Friend 1539/40; '''Augustinian Friars''' — from Ireland refounded 1953; extant; former infirmary/barn in use as friars' chapel |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|Our Lady]], [[St Peter|Saint Peter]] and [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul]] and [[St Augustine|Saint Augustine]], Clare ____________________ ''Clare Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=379373 |mname=CLARE AUSTIN Friary|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1321949 |mname=CLARE Priory Chapel|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37919 British History Online — British History Online — Austin friaries: Clare — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.127-129)]</ref> {{coord|52.0750881|0.5813473|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Clare Friary}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Clare Priory | |secular collegiate founded ''c.''1045 '''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: dependent on [[Bec Abbey|Bec-Hellouin]]; founded 1090: collegiate church of St John the Baptist granted to Bec by Gilbert de Clare; transferred to new site at Stoke by Clare | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |Coddenham Camera | |'''Knights Hospitaller''' a member of Battisford | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1340102 |mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.1432106|1.1115047|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Coddenham Camera}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Coddenham Priory]] | |Eustace de Merch originally intended to found a house of '''''Cistercian nuns''''' from Nun Appleton during the reign of Henry II; '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' dependent on [[Royston Priory|Royston]], [[List of monastic houses in Hertfordshire|Hertfordshire]]; founded before 1184 by Eustace de Merch, who granted the church to Royston; dissolved 1537 |''Covenham Priory'' <noinclude> | </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Creeting St. Mary Priory|Creeting St Mary Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: (probable) grange dependent on Bernay; founded before 1156; supervised by a prior from 1327; dissolved before 1414; granted to Eton College 1462 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386818 |mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37949 British History Online — British History Online — Alien houses: Priory of Creeting St Mary — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (p.153)]</ref> {{coord|52.169|1.06|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Creeting St Mary Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Creeting St. Olave Priory|Creeting St Olave Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: cell or grange, under supervision of a prior, dependent on Grestein; founded before 1087; monks have been suggested to have used the parish church of St Olave #; dissolved 1360; sold privately | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386799 |mname=St OLAVES CHURCH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37950 British History Online — Alien houses: Priory of Creeting St Olave — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.153-154)]</ref> {{coord|52.1770495|1.0695429|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Creeting St. Olave Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Dodnash Priory]] # | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1188 by Baldwin de Toeni and his mother Alda; dissolved 1525, suppressed for Cardinal Wolsey's colleges at Oxford and Ipswich; granted to Thomas Alverde; in use as a farmhouse 19th century; some of the re-used masonry incorporated into the buildings of Dodnash Priory Farm |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]], Dodnash <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=387983 |mname=DODNASH Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37899 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Dodnash — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.99-100)]</ref> {{coord|51.9797458|1.063453|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dodnash Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Blackfriars, Dunwich|Dunwich Blackfriars]] | |'''Dominican Friars''' (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded before 1256 by Sir Roger de Holish; licence granted 1384 to move to Blythburgh due to threat of incursion by the sea; dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyre 1544/5; destroyed by [[coastal erosion]] and submerged by the sea | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=392134 |mname=DUNWICH Blackfriars|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37913 British History Online — Dominican friaries: Dunwich — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County ouf Suffolk: Volume 2'' (pp.121-122)]</ref> {{coord|52.2720769|1.6394734|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dunwich Blackfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Dunwich, Greyfriars, earlier site | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded before 1277 (?before 1272: during the reign of Henry III) by Robert Fitz John; transferred to new site ''(see immediately below)'' 1290, due to coastal erosion | <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated3>{{PastScape|mnumber=392095 |mname=DUNWICH Greyfriars|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated4>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37917 British History Online — Franciscan friars - Dunwich — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.125-126)]</ref></noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Greyfriars, Dunwich|Dunwich Greyfriars]] |[[File:DunwichGreyfriars.jpg|150px]] |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Cambridge) (community founded at earlier site ''(see immediately above)'' before 1277 (?before 1272)); transferred here due to coastal erosion 1290; dissolved 1538; surrendered to [[Richard Yngworth|Ingworth]], Bishop of Dover; granted to John Eyre | <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref name=autogenerated4 /> {{coord|52.2755169|1.6307294|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dunwich Greyfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Dunwich Preceptory | |'''Knights Templar''' founded before 1199; dissolved 1308-12 passed to '''Knights Hospitaller''', who maintained a chaplain but no preceptory here; destroyed by coastal erosion and submerged by the sea | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=392128 |mname=DUNWICH TEMPLARS PRECEPTORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37911 British History Online — House of Knights Templar — Dunwich — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (p.120)]</ref> {{coord|52.272241|1.633755|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dunwich Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Dunwich Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: dependent on Eye (itself dependent on Bernay); founded after 1080, church granted to Eye by William the Conqueror; submerged by the sea between 1272 and 1307 (in/about the reign of Edward I) |St Felix? <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=392131 |mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37882 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Dunwich — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (p.76)]</ref> {{coord|52.2762456|1.6489148|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Dunwich Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[East Bergholt Abbey]] * | |'''Benedictine nuns''' land purchased 1857; extant |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[East Bergholt Abbey|East Bergholt]] <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386563 |mname=St MARYS Abbey|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|51.969467|1.013529|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=East Bergholt Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Edwardstone Priory]] # | |'''Benedictine monks''' Priory cell dependent on [[Abingdon Abbey|Abingdon]], Berkshire ([[List of monastic houses in Oxfordshire|Oxfordshire]]) founded 1114, church granted to Abingdon by Hubert de Monchesney, confirmed 1115; dissolved ''c.''1160: community transferred to Earl's Colne by Abbot Walkelin |The Blessed Virgin Mary <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=384924 |mname=Priory FARM|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37883 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Edwardstone — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (p.76)]</ref> {{coord|52.0585994|0.8285424|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Edwardstone Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Eye Priory]] |[[File:EyePriory.jpg|150px]] |'''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: dependent on Bernay; founded ''c.''1080 by Robert Malet; became denizen: independent, refounded ''c.''1385; dissolved October 1534/1537 |The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Eye <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=389045 |mname=EYE Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.3223765|1.1570084|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Eye Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Felixstowe Priory, possible earlier site | |'''Benedictine monks''' Priory cell dependent on [[Rochester Cathedral]], [[Kent]]; founded ''c.''1105 (before 1107); church of St Felix granted to Rochester by Roger Bigod; possibly transferred from this site to a new location ''(see immediately below)'' 14th century | <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated7>{{PastScape|mnumber=389594 |mname=WALTON Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref></noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Felixstowe Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' Priory cell dependent on [[Rochester Cathedral]], Kent; founded ''c.''1105 (before 1107) (possibly at earlier site ''(see immediately above)''); church of St Felix granted to Rochester by Roger Bigod; absence of a church infers the monks used the parish church of St Mary dissolved 1538: suppressed for Wolsey's college at Ipswich (formal ''grant'' 30 December 1528); granted to the Duke of Norfolk on the suppression of Ipswich College; granted to [[Thomas Seckford|Thomas Seckford (Sexford)]] 1576/7 |''Walton Priory''; ''Walton, St Felix''; ''Wilton St Felix Priory''; ''Fylstowe Priory''; ''Filstou Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated7 /><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37887 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Felixstowe — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.80-81)]</ref> {{coord|51.9732543|1.3430437|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Felixstowe Priory (Walton Priory)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Flixton Priory]] ^? | |'''Augustinian Canonesses''' founded 1258 by Marjory (Margery) Harnes, widow of Bartholomew de Crek (Clerk/Creke); dissolved 1537; granted to Richard Warton 1537; granted to John Tasburgh 1544; remains of conventual church possibly incorporated into Abbey Farmhouse, 16th/17th century |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]] and [[Catherine of Alexandria|Saint Katharine]], Flixton <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=391647 |mname=FLIXTON Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37909 British History Online — Houses of Austin nuns: Priory of Flixton — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.115-117)]</ref> {{coord|52.4261066|1.4041069|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Flixton Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Gislingham Preceptory]] # | |'''Knights Templar''' founded before 1228 by Sir Robert de Burgate; dissolved before 1308(?); destroyed 1338; granted to John Grene and Robert Hall 1553 |''Giselingham Preceptory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=387255 |mname=GISLINGHAM TEMPLARS PRECEPTORY|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.3083933|1.0192555|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Gislingham Preceptory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Great Bricett Priory]] + |[[File:Great Bricett - Church of St Mary & St Laurence.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: dependent on [[Abbey of St Leonard, nr Limoges|St-Léonard-de-Noblat]] founded ''c.''1110 (1114-9) by Ralph fitz Brien and his wife Emma; destroyed by fire 1416; apparently re-occupied; dissolved 1444(?); granted by Henry VI to his college in Cambridge; remains of conventual church incorporated into current parish church of SS Mary and Lawrence |The Priory Church of [[Saint Leonard of Noblac|Saint Leonard]], Bricett ____________________ ''Bricett Priory''; ''Bresete Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1317746 |mname=CHURCH Of St MARY And St LAURENCE|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386903 |mname=BRICETT Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37896 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons - Priory of Bricett — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.94-95)]</ref> {{coord|52.1168431|0.9759861|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Great Bricett Priory (church)}} (church) {{coord|52.1169188|0.9732181|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Great Bricett Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Hadleigh Monastery | |supposed Saxon monastery | <noinclude> |<ref>[http://www.hadsoc.org.uk/newsletter/hsn200004.htm The Hadleigh Society, Apr 2000]</ref></noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Hoxne Priory]] |[[File:Farmhouse at Abbey Farm - geograph.org.uk - 349248.jpg|150px]] |Secular collegiate founded before 951 by [[Theodred (bishop of London)|Theodred]], Bishop of London probably destroyed soon after; joint cathedral with North Elmham before 1040 to 1072?; '''Benedictine monks''' church of St Peter and chapel of St Edmund, King and Martyr granted to [[Norwich Cathedral|Norwich]], [[List of monastic houses in Norfolk|Norfolk]] by [[Herbert Losinga|Bishop Herbert Losinga]] 1101; chapel rebuilt, endowed and granted by Maurice of Windsor and his wife Egidis for a convent of monks 1130; dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Gresham 1546/7 |Hoxon Priory <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388959 |mname=HOXNE Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37884 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Hoxne — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.76-77)]</ref> {{coord|52.3421909|1.2032658|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Hoxne Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Icanho Monastery ~ | |Saxon '''Benedictine'''? monks<noinclude><ref group="note" name="IcanhoMonastery">Icanho — order: special rule approved by [[Benedict Biscop]] ''c.''670: ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln, Volume 2'', (1906), p.96-7</ref></noinclude> founded 653-4 by St Botolph<noinclude><ref group="note" name="IcanhoMonastery1">Icanho — foundation: ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicles'', (ed. D. Whitelock &c, 1961), p.20, with note that it was located in East Anglia; T. H. Bryant, ''Churches of Suffolk'', (1912), Volume 1, p.5, and F. S. Stevenson assert Iken in Suffolk. Full attribution by N. Scarfe, S. West and R. Cramp, 'Iken, St Botolph and the Coming of East Anglian Christianity', ''Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology & History'' xxxv (1984), 279-302.</ref></noinclude>; destroyed in raids by the Danes ''c.''870; ''also suggested to have been in Lincolnshire''<noinclude><ref group="note" name="IcanhoMonastery2">Icanho — location: ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln, Volume 2'', (1906), p.96-7 and T. Tanner, ''Notitia Monastica'', p.248 suggest location was near Boston in Lincolnshire</ref></noinclude> |Ikanho Monastery Iken Monastery <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |Ipswich Austin Friars | |'''Augustinian Friars''' founded during the reign of Henry III by Henry de Manesby and others; dissolved; granted to William Sabyne 1541/2 | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ipswich Blackfriars]] |[[File:Remains of St Mary, Blackfriars, Ipswich - geograph.org.uk - 750359.jpg|150px]] |'''Dominican Friars''' (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded 1263; dissolved 1538 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388250 |mname=IPSWICH Blackfriars|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37914 British History Online — Dominican friaries — Ipswich — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.122-123)]</ref> {{coord|52.0540607|1.1490691|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ipswich Blackfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ipswich Greyfriars]] | |'''Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual''' (under the Custody of Cambridge) founded before 1236; dissolved 1535 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388291 |mname=IPSWICH Greyfriars|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.0549381|1.1504906|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ipswich Greyfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ipswich Priory|Ipswich — Holy Trinity Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1133, endowed largely by Norman Gastrode fitz Eadnoth, one of the first canons, before 1177; dissolved 1537; destroyed by fire and rebuilt 1194, by the bishop of Norwich; dissolved 1537; granted to Sir Thomas Pope 1544/5 |The Priory Church of [[the Holy Trinity]], [[Ipswich]] Christchurch <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388222 |mname=CHRISTCHURCH MANSION|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37902 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.103-105)]</ref> {{coord|52.0605602|1.1581403|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ipswich — Holy Trinity Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ss Peter & Paul Priory, Ipswich]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded c.1190 (late in the reign of Henry II) by [the ancestors of] Thomas Lacy and his wife Alice; dissolved May 1528, suppressed for Wolsey's college at Ipswich; granted to Richard Percival and Edmund Duffield 1611/2 |The Priory Church of [[St Peter|Saint Peter]] and [[Paul of Tarsus|Saint Paul]], Ipswich <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388251 |mname=Priory Of St PETER And St PAUL IPSWICH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37901 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons - Priory of St Peter and St Paul, Ipswich — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.102-103)]</ref> {{coord|52.0530925|1.1549719|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ipswich — Ss Peter and Paul Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Ipswich Priory | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded during the reign of William the Conqueror by Gilbert Blund; dissolved; granted to Richard Codington 1538/9 | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ipswich Whitefriars]] | |'''Carmelite Friars''' founded before ''c.''1271 (1278); rededicated 1477 after a probable major rebuild; dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyre 1544/5 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388266 |mname=IPSWICH WHITEFRIARS|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37922 British History Online — Carmelite friars - Ipswich — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.130-131)]</ref> {{coord|52.0530925|1.1549719|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ipswich Whitefriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ixworth Priory]], earlier site | |possible early projection ''c.''1100 either failed or lapsed; '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1170 by a member of the Blunt family destroyed during civil warfare; |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|the Blessed Virgin Mary]], Ixworth <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated5>{{PastScape|mnumber=385477 |mname=IXWORTH Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Ixworth Priory]] ^ |[[File:IxworthAbbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded c.1170, on a different site from the original foundation; dissolved 1537; remains incorporated into house named 'Ixworth Abbey' built on site |The Priory Church of [[St Mary|the Blessed Virgin Mary]], Ixworth Ixworth Abbey <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated5 /><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37903 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Ixworth — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.105-107)]</ref><ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-283579-ixworth-abbey-ixworth-suffolk Ixworth Abbey - Ixworth - Suffolk - England | British Listed Buildings]</ref> {{coord|52.2980852|0.8288321|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ixworth Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Kersey Priory]] ^ | |hospital founded 1218 by Thomas de Burgh '''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded before 1219; dissolved 1443-4; granted to SS Mary and Nicholas, Cambridge (afterwards [[King's College, Cambridge]]) (1533/4?) |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]] and [[Anthony the Great|Saint Anthony]], Kersey <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=384862 |mname=KERSEY Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37904 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Kersey — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.107-108)]</ref><ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-276570-the-Priory-kersey-suffolk The Priory - Kersey - Suffolk - England | British Listed Buildings]</ref> {{coord|52.0624|0.9139|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Kersey Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Lavenham Priory]] ^ | |'''Benedictine monks''' converted into mansion latterly open to public, now hotel accommodation | <noinclude> | </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Leiston Abbey]] ^ |[[File:LeistonAbbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' from [[Welbeck Abbey]], [[Nottinghamshire]] (community founded at Old Leiston 1183); transferred here 1365; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles Brandon, [[Duke of Suffolk]] 1537; parts of the conventual church incorporated into later buildings; remains incorporated into house named 'Abbey House' built on site 17th century; ([[English Heritage|EH]]) |''Leyestone Abbey'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=392033 |mname=LEISTON Abbey|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated6>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37910 British History Online — House of Premonstratensian canons: Abbey of Leiston — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.117-119)]</ref> {{coord|52.2214474|1.578016|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Leiston Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Letheringham Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' dependent on SS Peter & Paul, Ipswich; founded ''c.''1194 by William de Bovile; dissolved 1537; granted to Elizabeth Naunton, daughter of Sir Antony Naunton of Wingfield 1553; |The Priory Church of the [[St Mary|Blessed Virgin Mary]], Letheringham ''Letherington Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1315313 |mname=St MARYS CHURCH|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37905 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Letheringham — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (p.108)]</ref> {{coord|52.1788234|1.3157845|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Letherington Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Little Welnetham Priory]] | |'''Trinitarian''' | <noinclude> | </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Mendham Priory]] |[[File:Remains of Mendham Priory Suffolk by Henry Davy.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |'''Cluniac monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: dependent on [[Castle Acre Priory]], [[Norfolk]]; founded before 1155 by William Huntingfield; became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374; dissolved 1537; granted to Richard Freston |All Saints ''Mindham Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=390909 |mname=MENDHAM Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37891 British History Online — Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Mendham — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.86-87)]</ref> {{coord|52.3880403|1.3216934|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Mendham Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Old Leiston Abbey | |'''Premonstratensian Canons''' daughter house of [[Welbeck Abbey]], [[Nottinghamshire]]; founded 1183 by Sir Ranulph de Glanvil; obtained licence from pope [[Urban V]] to move to another site due to flooding; transferred to new site at Leiston 1365; old site continued in use as a cell |The Blessed Virgin Mary <noinclude> |<ref name=autogenerated6 /></noinclude> |- valign=top |Orford Austin Friars | |'''Augustinian Friars''' (under the Limit of Cambridge) founded 1295-9, land granted by Robert Hewell 1205, building appears to have begun 1299; dissolved December 1538 | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=391936 |mname=ORFORD AUSTIN Friary|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37921 British History Online — Austin friaries: Orford — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (p.130)]</ref> {{coord|52.0931131|1.5353125|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Orford Austin Friars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Redlingfield Priory]] ^ | |'''Benedictine nuns''' founded ''c.''1120 by Manasses, Count of Giusnes (Ghisnes) and his wife Emma; dissolved 10 February 1537; granted to Edmund Bedingfield 1536/7; house rebuilt 1875; monastic remains incorporated into barn |The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew, Redlingfield <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=389057 |mname=REDLINGFIELD Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37889 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of Redlingfield — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.83-85)]</ref> {{coord|52.2906556|1.2044138|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Redlingfield Priory}} {{coord|52.2910657|1.2044889|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Redlingfield Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Ringshall Cell (?) | |'''Benedictine monks''' purportedly a cell<noinclude><ref group="note" name="Ringsford">Ringsford — given as cell: W. A. Dutt (1905) ''Suffolk'':</ref></noinclude>; free chapel belonging to Norwich granted to Hoxne | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1301750 |mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.1200349|0.9637821|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Ringshall Cell (purported)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Rumburgh Priory]] + |[[File:St Michael Rumburgh - geograph.org.uk - 1778638.jpg|150px]] |possible site of Saxon minster or monastery, 11th century; '''Benedictine monks''' Priory dependent on [[St. Benet's Abbey]], Norfolk founded between 1047<noinclude><ref group="note" name="Rumburgh1">Rumburgh — earliest date for foundation: [[Æthelmær of Elmham|Æthelmær]] became bishop of Elmham 1047</ref></noinclude> and 1064<noinclude><ref group="note" name="Rumburgh2">Rumburgh — latest date for foundation: Thurston was abbot until 1064 at latest</ref></noinclude> by [[Æthelmær of Elmham|Æthelmær]], Bishop of Elmham and Thurston, Abbot of St Benet of Hulme and Oxenedes possibly subsequently dependent on St Mélanie, Rennes; cell dependent on [[St Mary's Abbey, York]], [[York]] ''c.''1137: granted to York by Stephen, Earl of Brittany 1135; dissolved 1528; suppressed for Wolsey's college at Ipswich; conventual church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St Michael |ThePriory Church of [[St Michael|Saint Michael]] and [[Felix of Dunwich|Saint Felix]], Rumburgh ''Wisseta Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape |mnumber=391747 |mname=St MICHAELS CHURCH |accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=1125252 |mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37885 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Rumburgh — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.77-79)]</ref> {{coord|52.3845616|1.4467943|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Rumburgh Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[St. Olaves Priory, Herringfleet]] |[[File:StOlave'sPriory.jpg|150px]] |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1216 by Roger fitz Osbert; dissolved 1537; purchased by Sir [[Henry Jerningham]], who built house on site 1547, incorporating monastic remains; demolished 1784, and stone removed to repair Herringfleet church; refectory undercroft converted to a cottage 1825 in use until 1902 |The Priory Church of [[St Olave|Saint Olave]], Heringfleet St Mary and St Olave, King and Martyr<noinclude><ref group="note" name="StOlave">St Olave — dedication given by T. Tanner, (1744) ''Notitia Monastica''</ref></noinclude> ''Herringfleet Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=392303 |mname=St OLAVES Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37900 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Herringfleet — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.100-101)]</ref> {{coord|52.5380897|1.6240481|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=St Olave's Priory (Herringfleet Priory)}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Sibton Abbey]] |[[File:Remains of Sibton Abbey.jpg|150px]] |'''Cistercian monks''' from [[Warden Abbey]], [[Bedfordshire]] founded 22 February 1150 (1149) by William de Cayneto (Cheyney); dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk; sold to John Scrivener 1610; house built on the site, demolished later 18th century; site currently within the estate of 19th century house named 'Sibton Abbey', without public access |The Abbey Church of [[St Mary|Saint Mary]], [[Sibton Abbey]] <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=391430 |mname=SIBTON Abbey|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37893 British History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Sibton — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.89-91)]</ref> {{coord|52.2755784|1.465555|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Sibton Abbey}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Snape Priory]] # | |'''Benedictine monks''' cell dependent on [[St John's Abbey]] [[Colchester]], [[Essex]] founded 1155 by William Martel, his wife and son; dependent on Butley, granted by Henry VIII; dissolved 19 January 1525; Abbey Farm possibly occupies the site, though buildings appear not to incorporate monastic remains |St Mary <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=391325 |mname=Snape Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37886 British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Snape — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.79-80)]</ref><ref>[http://www.quovari.co.uk/HalesworthHistory/v2-5-sibton.html Sibton Abbey & Accounts]</ref> {{coord|52.1668218|1.4900315|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Snape Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |South Elmham Monastery | |apparent religious centre 7th century<noinclude><ref group="note" name="SouthElmham">South Elmham Monastery — ''Victoria County History: A History of the County of Suffolk, Volume 2'', p.215; cf Taylor</ref></noinclude> | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Stoke by Clare Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: dependent on [[Bec Abbey|Bec-Hellouin Abbey]]; (community founded at Clare before 1090); transferred here 1124 from Clare; dissolved 1415; became a secular college; enlarged 1897 by [[Lutyens]]; dissolved 1548, converted into a mansion; present house currently in use as a school named 'Stoke College'; church rebuilt and in parochial use as the Parish Church of St John the Baptist; | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=379389 |mname=Priory Of St John The Baptist |accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=956322 |mname=St John The Baptists Church |accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37951 British History Online — Alien houses: Priory of Stoke by Clare — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.154-155)]</ref> {{coord|52.0611061|0.5380565|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Stoke by Clare Priory (church)}} (church) {{coord|52.0595361|0.5387861|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Stoke by Clare Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Stoke-by-Nayland Monastery (?) | |'''monks''' or secular college founded before 946 (?) possibly during the reign of King Edmund by Alfgar who left bequest to the community of Stoke; land granted to Ely by King Edgar | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[BlackFriars, Sudbury]] | |'''Dominican Friars''' (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded before 1247 by Baldwin de Shipling; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Eden, Esq. 1539/40 demolished for a residential house; 'Priory Wall' is sleeper wall of 'Priory Gate', built shortly before dissolution | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=382107 |mname=Sudbury Blackfriars|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37915 British History Online — Dominican friaries - Sudbury — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.123-124)]</ref> {{coord|52.0358351|0.725964|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Sudbury Blackfriars}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Sudbury Augustinian Priory # | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' | <noinclude> | </noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Sudbury Benedictine Priory]] # | |'''Benedictine monks''' cell dependent on [[Westminster Abbey]] Middlesex; founded ''c.''1115 by Wilfric; chapel built early-15th century, but monastic buildings appear not to have been built; dissolved ''c.''1538; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster 1542/3; Priory house demolished 1779 |''St Bartholomew's Chapel'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=382048 |mname=St BARTHOLOMEWS Chapel|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.0519924|0.7273266|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Sudbury Benedictine Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Wangford Priory]] | |'''Cluniac monks''' cell dependent on [[Thetford Priory]], Norfolk; founded before 1160 by Doudo Asini; became denizen: independent from sometime between 1376 and 1393; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1540/1; last remains demolished 19th century | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=392059 |mname=Wangford Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37892 British History Online — Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Wangford — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.88-89)]</ref> {{coord|52.3542663|1.6195741|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Wangford Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Welnetham Crutched Friars | |'''Crutched Friars''' dependent on London, Middlesex; chapel of St Thomas Martyr granted to London; founded before 1274; dissolved 1538 | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |- valign=top |Wherstead Priory | |uncertain order and foundation; alleged 13th century monastery at Wervestede | <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=388477 |mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.0167519|1.1319566|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Wherstead Priory (alleged)}} ''(alleged)''</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Wickham Skeyth Priory]] | |'''Benedictine monks''' dependent on [[St. John's Abbey, Colchester]], [[List of monastic houses in Essex|Essex]]; founded after 1135 (early in the reign of Stephen) by Robert de Salchovilla (Sakeville), later a monk at Colchester; dissolved ''c.''1164, transferred to Colchester by consent of Jordan, son of the founder |''Wickham Skeith Priory'' <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=386954|mname=|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref> {{coord|52.27874|1.0536146|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Wickham Skeyth Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |[[Woodbridge Priory]] | |'''Augustinian Canons Regular''' founded ''c.''1193 by Ernald Rufus (Ernaldus Ruffus); dissolved 1534/7; granted to [[Thomas Seckford]], Master of Requests 1576/7; building constructed on site 1547-64, now in use as school known as 'the Abbey' |The Blessed Virgin Mary <noinclude> |<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=389772 |mname=Woodbridge Priory|accessdate=9 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37907 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Woodbridge — ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', 1975. Victoria County History: (pp.111-112)]</ref> {{coord|52.0930703|1.3138881|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Woodbridge Priory}}</noinclude> |- valign=top |Yenston Grange | |'''Benedictine monks''' [[Alien priory|alien house]]: grange dependent on St-Sever; foundation and dissolution unknown | <noinclude> |</noinclude> |} </onlyinclude>

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

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * Binns, Alison (1989) ''Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066–1216'', Boydell * Cobbett, William (1868) ''List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments'' * Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) ''Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales''. Longman * Morris, Richard (1979) ''Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales'', J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. * Thorold, Henry (1986) ''Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales'', Collins * Thorold, Henry (1993) ''Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland'', Collins * Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004) ''Discovering Abbeys and Priories'', Shire Publications Ltd. * ''English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated'', Odhams Press Ltd. * ''Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet'', Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954

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