# Rumburgh Priory

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Benedictine priory in Suffolk, England

St Michael's Church in [Rumburgh](/source/Rumburgh), Suffolk

**Rumburgh Priory** was a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) priory located in the village of [Rumburgh](/source/Rumburgh) in the [English county](/source/English_county) of [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk). The priory was founded in about 1065 as a cell of [St Benet's Abbey](/source/St_Benet's_Abbey) at [Hulme](/source/Horning) in Norfolk.[1][2] At the time of the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) in 1086 it had 12 monks.[1] The ownership of the priory was transferred to [St Mary's Abbey](/source/St_Mary's_Abbey%2C_York) in [York](/source/York) towards the end of the 12th century.[1] The monks of Rumburgh were particularly devoted to [St. Bee](/source/Saint_Bega), whom they commemorated at [Michaelmas](/source/Michaelmas).[3]

The priory had chapels at [Wissett](/source/Wissett) and [Spexhall](/source/Spexhall) in Suffolk, but was "suppressed" in 1528 by [Cardinal Wolsey](/source/Thomas_Wolsey) and used to provide funds for the building of his [Cardinal College](/source/Ipswich_School) in [Ipswich](/source/Ipswich).[4][5] The monks were directed to join other monasteries of the same order.

The priory church survives as the parish church of Rumburgh, dedicated to St Michael and St Felix, and is a [Grade I listed building](/source/Listed_building).[2] It has a number of features dating to the 13th and 15th centuries, including an unusual 13th-century tower.[2][5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pagew_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pagew_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pagew_1-2) Page W (1975) 'Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Rumburgh' in *A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2*, pp. 77–79. ([Available online](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37885) at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-05-02.)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-listchurch_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-listchurch_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-listchurch_2-2) [Church of St Michael and St Felix, Rumburgh](http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-282076-church-of-st-michael-and-st-felix-rumbur), British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-05-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Middleton-Stewart J (2001) *Inward Purity and Outward Splendour: Death and Remembrance in the Deanery of Dunwich, Suffolk, 1370-1547*, p.29. Boydell & Brewer. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780851158204](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780851158204) ([Available online](https://books.google.com/books?id=cvqd6S8zfJUC&dq=Rumburgh+Priory&pg=PA29). Retrieved 2021-03-02.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-lewis_4-0)** Lewis S (ed) (1848) 'Rufford - Runwick' in *A Topographical Dictionary of England*, pp. 711–716. ([Available online](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51249#s10) at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-05-02.)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sc_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sc_5-1) [St Michael, Rumburgh](http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/rumburgh.htm), Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2011-05-02.

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