# Hurley Priory > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hurley_Priory > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hurley_Priory.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurley_Priory > Source revision: 1343178528 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Former Benedictine priory in Berkshire, England This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hurley Priory" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Hurley Priory The Cloisters, a remnant of the Priory Location within Berkshire General information Location Hurley, Berkshire, England Coordinates 51°32′59″N 0°48′35″W / 51.5496°N 0.8097°W / 51.5496; -0.8097 Scheduled monument Official name Hurley Priory: A moated Benedictine priory and fishponds and the remains of Ladye Place Mansion Designated 12 January 1949 Reference no. 1007933 **Hurley Priory** is a former [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) [priory](/source/Priory) in the village of [Hurley](/source/Hurley%2C_Berkshire). Founded in 1086, the remains are located on the banks of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) in the English county of [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire). ## History The Priory of St Mary at Hurley was founded in 1086 by the [Norman](/source/Normans) magnate [Geoffrey de Mandeville I](/source/Geoffrey_de_Mandeville_(11th_century)) as a cell of [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey).[1] The Priory was suppressed by [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII) in 1536, and ownership was transferred to Westminster Abbey. In 1540 Westminster Abbey was [dissolved](/source/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries) and the Hurley Priory property passed into lay hands.[1] The main Abbey property became known as Lady Place. It was initially owned by Charles Howard, Esq., for three years, then by Leonard Chamberleyn, Esq., then by John Lovelace, Esq. It was used as the residence of the [Barons Lovelace](/source/Baron_Lovelace).[2] Lady Place was considered one of the great mansions in town, but it fell into disrepair and was demolished as uninhabitable in 1837. ## Surviving buildings The long narrow nave of the priory church survives and is used as the Hurley parish church. It has mainly [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) windows and doorways. To the north, the range of buildings containing the frater or monastic dining hall is incorporated into a private house. A probable monastic circular [dovecote](/source/Dovecote) and a nearby larger barn, both to the west of the church, date from the early 14th century. The Abbey's former hostelry or guesthouse is incorporated into the [Olde Bell Inn](/source/The_Olde_Bell_(Hurley)), one of the oldest still-working inns in Britain. ## Burials - [Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace](/source/Richard_Lovelace%2C_1st_Baron_Lovelace) - [John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace](/source/John_Lovelace%2C_2nd_Baron_Lovelace) - [John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace](/source/John_Lovelace%2C_3rd_Baron_Lovelace) ## See also - [Grade II* listed buildings in Berkshire](/source/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Berkshire) - [List of English abbeys, priories and friaries serving as parish churches](/source/List_of_English_abbeys%2C_priories_and_friaries_serving_as_parish_churches) ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BHO_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BHO_1-1) ["The Priory of Hurley"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40058). *British History Online*. Retrieved 24 November 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Lovelace, Wilcocks, and Kempenfelt Families"](https://books.google.com/books?id=55IdAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Lady+Place%22+Hurley&pg=PA10). *The Gentleman's Magazine*. **149**: 9–12. January–June 1831. ## References Geoffrey N. 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