# Takeley Priory

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Monastery in Essex, England

**Takeley Priory**, dedicated to [Saint Valery](/source/Saint_Valery), was a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) monastery in [Takeley](/source/Takeley), [Essex](/source/Essex), England, founded by [William the Conqueror](/source/William_the_Conqueror) between 1066 and 1086, that is to say, after the [Conquest](/source/Norman_Conquest) and before [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book). The priory, with substantial landholdings in Essex and Middlesex, was given to the [Abbey of Saint-Valery](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_de_Saint-Valery-sur-Somme) in Normandy, as a thank-offering for their assistance in facilitating William's crossing of the Channel in 1066 to invade England.[1]

In 1391 [Richard II](/source/Richard_II_of_England) licensed the abbot of Saint-Valery to sell the priory and its lands to [William of Wykeham](/source/William_of_Wykeham) for his two collegiate foundations, [New College, Oxford](/source/New_College%2C_Oxford), and [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College): the Middlesex estates went to Winchester and the Essex estates to New College.[1]

There are no built remains but the site, which now contains Warish Hall, is well preserved and has yet to be excavated.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vch_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vch_1-1) [Victoria History of Essex: Alien houses - Priory of Takeley](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol2/pp199-200)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Historic England: Warish Hall moated site and remains of Takeley Priory](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1007834?section=official-list-entry)

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