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Benedictine priory in Dorset, England

This article is about the priory in Dorset. For the priory near Folkestone in Kent, see [Monks Horton](/source/Monks_Horton).

**Horton Priory** was a [priory](/source/Priory) at [Horton](/source/Horton%2C_Dorset) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England).

It was founded as a Benedictine abbey around 970 by [Ordgar, Earl of Devon](/source/Ordgar%2C_Ealdorman_of_Devon),[1] or his son, Ordulph, and dedicated to [Saint Olfrida, Wilfrida or Wulfthryth](/source/Wulfthryth_of_Wilton), the mother of Saint [Edith of Wilton](/source/Edith_of_Wilton) by King [Edgar the Peaceful](/source/Edgar_the_Peaceful). In the early twelfth century it was reduced to priory status by [Roger, bishop of Salisbury](/source/Roger_of_Salisbury) and made dependent on [Sherborne Abbey](/source/Sherborne_Abbey).[2]

At the Dissolution in 1539 Sherborne Abbey was surrendered to the king, and in 1547 it was granted to [Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset](/source/Edward_Seymour%2C_1st_Duke_of_Somerset). On Somerset's attainder it was granted to [William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke](/source/William_Herbert%2C_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke_(1501%E2%80%931570)).[2] The present Horton parish church, St. Wolfrida, was built on the site of the priory in the 18th century. No traces of the original priory remain.[1]

## Known Priors

- * Hugh, occurs 1286 [3]

- * John de Bradeford, occurs 1348.[4]

- * John Cosyn, occurs 1401.[5]

- * Henry Trew, occurs 1459–60 [6]

- * John Dorchester, occurs 1504[6]

- * John Hart or Herte alias Raynold, occurs on its surrender, 1539.[2][7]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Monasticon_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Monasticon_1-1) [*Monasticon Anglicanum...a History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries...and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches...in England and Wales*](https://archive.org/details/b30455832_0005). Bohn. 1846. p. [511](https://archive.org/details/b30455832_0005/page/511).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-VCH_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-VCH_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-VCH_2-2) Page, William (1908). ["Houses of Benedictine monks: The priories of Cranbourne and Horton"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40142#s3). *A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2*. London: Accessed via British History Online. pp. 70–73. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Pat. 14 [Edw. I](/source/Edward_I), m. 18, 19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** 22 Edw. III, pt. 1, m. 43 d.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Cal. Pap. Letters, v, 362.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Dugdale,_Mon._ii,_511_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Dugdale,_Mon._ii,_511_6-1) Dugdale, Mon. ii, 511.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [P.R.O.](/source/Public_Record_Office) Deeds of Surrender, No. 40; L. and P. Hen. VIII, xiv (i), 556.

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