List of monastic houses in Suffolk

The following is a list of monastic houses in Suffolk, England.

Alnesbourne Priory
Babwell Greyfriars
Battisford Preceptory
Blakenham Priory
Blythburgh Priory
Bruisyard Abbey
Bungay Priory
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars
Butley Priory
Campsey Ash Priory
Cavenham Preceptory
Chipley Priory
Clare Friary
Coddenham Camera
Creeting St Mary Priory
Creeting St Olave Priory
Dodnash Priory
DUNWICH
East Bergholt Abbey
Edwardstone Priory
Eye Priory
Felixstowe (Walton) Priory)
Flixton Priory
Gislingham Preceptory
Great Bricett Priory
Hoxne Priory
IPSWICH
Ixworth Priory
Kersey Priory
Leiston Abbey
Letheringham Priory
Mendham Priory
Orford Austin Friars
Redlingfield Priory
Ringshall Cell (purported)
Rumburgh Priory
St Olave's (Herringfleet) Priory
Sibton Abbey
Snape Priory
Stoke by Clare Priory
Sudbury Blackfriars
Sudbury Benedictine Priory
Wangford Priory
Wherstead Priory (alleged)
Wickham Skeyth Priory
Woodbridge Priory
Locations of monastic houses in Suffolk

In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.

The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from the details provided by Historic England PastScape and Ordnance Survey publications.

A Monastic Glossary follows the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.

Abbreviations and key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:
* indicates current monastic function
+ indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure
$ indicates remains limited to earthworks etc.
# indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown
identification ambiguous or confused

Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location)
or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented)
or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic appellation but lacking monastic connection.

Trusteeship denoted as follows:
EH English Heritage
LT Landmark Trust
NT National Trust

Alphabetical listing of establishments

Foundation Image Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
OnLine References & Location
Alnesbourne Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1200, probably by Alberte de Neville, who granted endowments;
appropriated to Woodbridge probably c.1466;
dissolved before 1514; granted to Sir John Wingfield 1541/2
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Alnesbourne
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Alnesbourn Priory;
Alnesborn Priory;
Alensborne Priory
[1][2]

52°01′08″N 1°11′35″E / 52.0187757°N 1.1929339°E / 52.0187757; 1.1929339 (Alnesbourne Priory)
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 Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to Anthony Harvey May 1541
[3][4]

52°15′43″N 0°42′38″E / 52.2618374°N 0.7104582°E / 52.2618374; 0.7104582 (Babwell Greyfriars)
Battisford Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
preceptory/hospital
founded c.1154, benefactions from Henry II;
dissolved 1540
[5][6]

52°08′56″N 0°59′22″E / 52.1489648°N 0.9895232°E / 52.1489648; 0.9895232 (Battisford Preceptory)
Blakenham Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Bec-Hellouin;
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 [7][8]

52°06′29″N 1°04′47″E / 52.1080587°N 1.0798332°E / 52.1080587; 1.0798332 (Blakenham Priory)
Blythburgh Blackfriars Dominican Friars
licence obtained 1384 to move from Dunwich, when that location was threatened by the sea; transfer never implemented
Blythburgh Priory Augustinian Canons Regular — from St Osyth's, Essex
dependent on St Osyth;
founded before 1135, assisted by Henry I and the Clavering family;
dissolved 12 February 1537; granted to Sir Arthur Hopton 1538/9
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Blythburgh
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Bliburgh Priory
[9][10]

52°19′18″N 1°35′47″E / 52.3217°N 1.5965°E / 52.3217; 1.5965 (Blythburgh Priory)
Bruisyard Abbey secular college
(community founded at Campsey Ash 1347);
transferred here 1354;
dissolved 4 October 1366;
Franciscan nuns — from Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
founded 1364-7 by Lionel, Duke of Clarence;
dissolved 1359; granted to Nicholas Hare 1539
Brusyard Priory [11][12]

52°14′40″N 1°25′03″E / 52.2444555°N 1.417467°E / 52.2444555; 1.417467 (Bruisyard Abbey)
Bungay Priory + Benedictine nuns
founded 1183 by Roger de Glanvill and his wife, Countess Gundreda;
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 Saint Mary and the Holy Cross, Bungay [13][14]

52°27′20″N 1°26′17″E / 52.4555321°N 1.4380234°E / 52.4555321; 1.4380234 (Bungay Priory)
Bury St Edmunds Abbey Saxon (Benedictine?) monks
founded 633 by Sigeberht, King of the East Angles;
destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870
secular (collegiate)
founded 903;
refounded c.925, endowed by 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; (EH)
episcopal diocesan cathedral in precinct
The Abbey Church of Saint Edmund, [Bury Saint Edmunds
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Beordicsworth Abbey;
Bury St Edmond Abbey
[15][16]

52°14′38″N 0°43′09″E / 52.2438905°N 0.7190466°E / 52.2438905; 0.7190466 (Bury St Edmunds Abbey)
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: bull obtained from the Pope to establish their community;
expelled by Abbey officials;
re-established at a new site (see immediately below)
[17]
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
[4][17]

52°15′09″N 0°41′39″E / 52.2523739°N 0.6941718°E / 52.2523739; 0.6941718 (Bury St Edmunds Greyfriars)
Butley Priory ^ Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1171 by Sir Ranulph de Glanvill;
dissolved 1 March 1538;
remains incorporated into later buildings
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Butley
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Butleigh Priory
[18][19]

52°05′24″N 1°27′55″E / 52.089968°N 1.4652398°E / 52.089968; 1.4652398 (Butley 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 Sir William Willoughby 1543/4;
post-medieval house and barn occupy site
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Campsey Ash
The Blessed Virgin Mary
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Campsey Priory;
Campess Priory
[20][21]

52°08′24″N 1°23′10″E / 52.1401242°N 1.3860852°E / 52.1401242; 1.3860852 (Campsey Ash Priory)
Cavenham Preceptory Knights Templar
founded before 1311?;
dissolved 1308-12(?)
Togrynd Preceptory;
Caveham Preceptory
Coddenham Preceptory
[22]

52°19′06″N 0°33′58″E / 52.3181991°N 0.5661151°E / 52.3181991; 0.5661151 (Cavenham Preceptory)
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 Blessed Virgin Mary, Chipley [23][24]

52°07′06″N 0°34′20″E / 52.1184308°N 0.572142°E / 52.1184308; 0.572142 (Chipley Priory)
Clare Friary * Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Cambridge)
founded 1248/9 by Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hereford;
cell dependent on Bec-Hellouin;
reconstituted 1326 by Edward II as a cell dependent on Westminster, 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 Our Lady, Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Saint Augustine, Clare
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Clare Priory
[25][26][27]

52°04′30″N 0°34′53″E / 52.0750881°N 0.5813473°E / 52.0750881; 0.5813473 (Clare Friary)
Clare Priory secular collegiate founded c.1045
Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on 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
Coddenham Camera Knights Hospitaller
a member of Battisford
[28]

52°08′36″N 1°06′41″E / 52.1432106°N 1.1115047°E / 52.1432106; 1.1115047 (Coddenham Camera)
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, Hertfordshire;
founded before 1184 by Eustace de Merch, who granted the church to Royston;
dissolved 1537
Covenham Priory

Creeting St Mary Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: (probable) grange dependent on Bernay;
founded before 1156;
supervised by a prior from 1327;
dissolved before 1414; granted to Eton College 1462
[29][30]

52°08′36″N 1°06′41″E / 52.1432106°N 1.1115047°E / 52.1432106; 1.1115047 (Creeting St Mary Priory)
Creeting St Olave Priory Benedictine monks
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
[31][32]

52°10′37″N 1°04′10″E / 52.1770495°N 1.0695429°E / 52.1770495; 1.0695429 (Creeting St. Olave Priory)
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 Blessed Virgin Mary, Dodnash [33][34]

51°58′47″N 1°03′48″E / 51.9797458°N 1.063453°E / 51.9797458; 1.063453 (Dodnash Priory)
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
[35][36]

52°16′19″N 1°38′22″E / 52.2720769°N 1.6394734°E / 52.2720769; 1.6394734 (Dunwich Blackfriars)
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
[37][38]
Dunwich Greyfriars 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 Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to John Eyre
[37][38]

52°16′32″N 1°37′51″E / 52.2755169°N 1.6307294°E / 52.2755169; 1.6307294 (Dunwich Greyfriars)
Dunwich Preceptory Knights Templar
founded before 1199;
dissolved 1308-12
passed to Knights Hopitaller, who maintained a chaplain but no preceptory here;
destroyed by coastal erosion and submerged by the sea
[39][40]

52°16′20″N 1°38′02″E / 52.272241°N 1.633755°E / 52.272241; 1.633755 (Dunwich Preceptory)
Dunwich Priory Benedictine monks
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? [41][42]

52°16′34″N 1°38′56″E / 52.2762456°N 1.6489148°E / 52.2762456; 1.6489148 (Dunwich Priory)
East Bergholt Abbey * Benedictine nuns
land purchased 1857; extant
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, East Bergholt [43]

51°58′10″N 1°00′49″E / 51.969467°N 1.013529°E / 51.969467; 1.013529 (East Bergholt Abbey)
Edwardstone Priory # Benedictine monks
priory cell dependent on Abingdon, Berkshire (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 [44][45]

52°03′31″N 0°49′43″E / 52.0585994°N 0.8285424°E / 52.0585994; 0.8285424 (Edwardstone Priory)
Eye Priory Benedictine monks
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 [46]

52°19′21″N 1°09′25″E / 52.3223765°N 1.1570084°E / 52.3223765; 1.1570084 (Eye Priory)
Felixstowe Priory, possible earlier site Benedictine monks
priory cell dependent on Rochester, 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
[47]
Felixstowe Priory Benedictine monks
priory cell dependent on Rochester, 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 (Sexford) 1576/7
Walton Priory;
Walton, St Felix;
Wilton St Felix Priory;
Fylstowe Priory;
Filstou Priory
[47][48]

51°58′24″N 1°20′35″E / 51.9732543°N 1.3430437°E / 51.9732543; 1.3430437 (Felixstowe Priory (Walton Priory))
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 Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Katharine, Flixton [49][50]

52°25′34″N 1°24′15″E / 52.4261066°N 1.4041069°E / 52.4261066; 1.4041069 (Flixton Priory)
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 [51]

52°18′30″N 1°01′09″E / 52.3083933°N 1.0192555°E / 52.3083933; 1.0192555 (Gislingham Preceptory)
Gorleston Friary Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Norfolk
Great Bricett Priory + Augustinian Canons Regular
alien house: dependent on 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, Bricett
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Bricett Priory;
Bresete Priory
[52][53][54]

52°07′01″N 0°58′34″E / 52.1168431°N 0.9759861°E / 52.1168431; 0.9759861 (Great Bricett Priory (church)) (church)
52°07′01″N 0°58′24″E / 52.1169188°N 0.9732181°E / 52.1169188; 0.9732181 (Great Bricett Priory)
Hadleigh Monastery supposed Saxon monastery [55]
Hoxne Priory Secular collegiate
founded before 951 by 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, Norfolk by 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 [56][57]

52°20′32″N 1°12′12″E / 52.3421909°N 1.2032658°E / 52.3421909; 1.2032658 (Hoxne Priory)
Icanho Monastery Saxon Benedictine? monks[note 1]
founded 653-4 by St Botolph[note 2];
destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870;
also suggested to have been in Lincolnshire[note 3]
Ikanho Monastery;
?Iken Monastery
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
Ipswich Blackfriars Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge)
founded 1263;
dissolved 1538
[58][59]

52°03′15″N 1°08′57″E / 52.0540607°N 1.1490691°E / 52.0540607; 1.1490691 (Ipswich Blackfriars)
Ipswich Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge)
founded before 1236;
dissolved 1535
[60]

52°03′18″N 1°09′02″E / 52.0549381°N 1.1504906°E / 52.0549381; 1.1504906 (Ipswich Greyfriars)
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
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Christchurch
[61][62]

52°03′38″N 1°09′29″E / 52.0605602°N 1.1581403°E / 52.0605602; 1.1581403 (Ipswich — Holy Trinity Priory)
Ipswich — SS Peter & Paul Priory 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 Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Ipswich [63][64]

52°03′11″N 1°09′18″E / 52.0530925°N 1.1549719°E / 52.0530925; 1.1549719 (Ipswich — Ss Peter and Paul Priory)
Ipswich Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
founded during the reign of William the Conqueror by Gilbert Blund;
dissolved; granted to Richard Codington 1538/9
Ipswich Whitefriars Carmelite Friars
founded before c.1271 (1278);
rededicated 1477 after a probable major rebuild;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Eyre 1544/5
[65][66]

52°03′11″N 1°09′18″E / 52.0530925°N 1.1549719°E / 52.0530925; 1.1549719 (Ipswich Whitefriars)
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 the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ixworth [67]

Ixworth Priory ^ Augustinian Canons Regular
(founded c.1170, on a different site from the original foundation (see immediately above));
dissolved 1537;
remains incorporated into house named 'Ixworth Abbey' built on site
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ixworth
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Ixworth Abbey
[67][68][69]

52°17′53″N 0°49′44″E / 52.2980852°N 0.8288321°E / 52.2980852; 0.8288321 (Ixworth Priory)
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) (1533/4?)
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Anthony, Kersey [70][71][72]

52°03′45″N 0°54′50″E / 52.0624°N 0.9139°E / 52.0624; 0.9139 (Kersey Priory)
Lavenham Priory ^ Benedictine monks
converted into mansion latterly open to public
now hotel accommodation


Leiston Abbey ^ Premonstratensian Canons from Welbeck, 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 incorportated into house named 'Abbey House' built on site 17th century; (EH)
Leyestone Abbey [73][74]

52°13′17″N 1°34′41″E / 52.2214474°N 1.578016°E / 52.2214474; 1.578016 (Leiston Abbey)
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 Blessed Virgin Mary, Letheringham
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Letherington Priory
[75][76]

52°10′44″N 1°18′57″E / 52.1788234°N 1.3157845°E / 52.1788234; 1.3157845 (Letheringham Priory)
Little Welnetham Trinitarian

Mendham Priory Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Castle Acre, Norfolk;
founded before 1155 by William Huntingfield;
became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374;
dissolved 1537; granted to Richard Freston
All Saints
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Mindham Priory
[77][78]

52°23′17″N 1°19′18″E / 52.3880403°N 1.3216934°E / 52.3880403; 1.3216934 (Mendham Priory)
Old Leiston Abbey Premonstratensian Canons
daughter of Welbeck, Nottinghamshire;
founded 1183 by Sir Ranulph de Glanvil;
obtained licence from the Pope 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 [74]
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
[79][80]

52°05′35″N 1°32′07″E / 52.0931131°N 1.5353125°E / 52.0931131; 1.5353125 (Orford Austin Friars)
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 [81][82]

52°17′26″N 1°12′16″E / 52.2906556°N 1.2044138°E / 52.2906556; 1.2044138 (Redlingfield Priory)
52°17′28″N 1°12′16″E / 52.2910657°N 1.2044889°E / 52.2910657; 1.2044889 (Redlingfield Priory)
Ringshall Cell (?) Benedictine monks
purportedly a cell[note 4]; free chapel belonging to Norwich granted to Hoxne
[83]

52°07′12″N 0°57′50″E / 52.1200349°N 0.9637821°E / 52.1200349; 0.9637821 (Ringshall Cell (purported))
Rumburgh Priory + possible site of Saxon minster or monastery, 11th century;
Benedictine monks
priory dependent on St Benet's Abbey, Hulme, Norfolk
founded between 1047[note 5] and 1064[note 6] by Æthelmar, 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, York c.1137: granted to York by Stephen, Earl of Britanny 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 Saint Michael and Saint Felix, Rumburgh
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Wisseta Priory
[84][85][86]

52°23′04″N 1°26′48″E / 52.3845616°N 1.4467943°E / 52.3845616; 1.4467943 (Rumburgh Priory)
St Olave's Priory, Herringfleet Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1216 by Roger fitz Osbert;
dissolved 1537;
purchased by Sir Henry Jerringham, 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 Saint Olave, Heringfleet

St Mary and St Olave, King and Martyr[note 7]
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Herringfleet Priory
[87][88]

52°32′17″N 1°37′27″E / 52.5380897°N 1.6240481°E / 52.5380897; 1.6240481 (St Olave's Priory (Herringfleet Priory))
Sibton Abbey Cistercian monks from Warden, 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 Saint Mary, Sibton [89][90]

52°16′32″N 1°27′56″E / 52.2755784°N 1.465555°E / 52.2755784; 1.465555 (Sibton Abbey)
Snape Priory # Benedictine monks
cell dependent on 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 [91][92][93]

52°10′01″N 1°29′24″E / 52.1668218°N 1.4900315°E / 52.1668218; 1.4900315 (Snape Priory)
South Elmham Monastery apparent religious centre 7th century[note 8]
Stoke by Clare Priory Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on Bec-Hellouin;
(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;
[94][95][96]

52°03′40″N 0°32′17″E / 52.0611061°N 0.5380565°E / 52.0611061; 0.5380565 (Stoke by Clare Priory (church)) (church)
52°03′34″N 0°32′20″E / 52.0595361°N 0.5387861°E / 52.0595361; 0.5387861 (Stoke by Clare Priory)
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
Sudbury Blackfriars 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
[97][98]

52°02′09″N 0°43′33″E / 52.0358351°N 0.725964°E / 52.0358351; 0.725964 (Sudbury Blackfriars)
Sudbury Augustinian Priory # Augustinian Canons Regular

Sudbury Benedictine Priory # Benedictine monks
cell dependent on Westminster, 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 [99]

52°03′07″N 0°43′38″E / 52.0519924°N 0.7273266°E / 52.0519924; 0.7273266 (Sudbury Benedictine Priory)
Wangford Priory Cluniac monks
cell dependent on Thetford, 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
[100][101]

52°21′15″N 1°37′10″E / 52.3542663°N 1.6195741°E / 52.3542663; 1.6195741 (Wangford Priory)
Welnetham Crutched Friars Crutched Friars
dependent on London, Middlesex;
chapel of St Thomas Martyr granted to London;
founded before 1274;
dissolved 1538
Wherstead Priory uncertain order and foundation;
alleged 13th century monastery at Wervestede
[102]

52°01′00″N 1°07′55″E / 52.0167519°N 1.1319566°E / 52.0167519; 1.1319566 (Wherstead Priory (alleged)) (alleged)
Wickham Skeyth Priory Benedictine monks
dependent on Colchester, 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 [103]

52°16′43″N 1°03′13″E / 52.27874°N 1.0536146°E / 52.27874; 1.0536146 (Wickham Skeyth Priory)
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 [104][105]

52°05′35″N 1°18′50″E / 52.0930703°N 1.3138881°E / 52.0930703; 1.3138881 (Woodbridge Priory)
Yenston Grange Benedictine monks
alien house: grange dependent on St-Sever;
foundation and dissolution unknown

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See also

Notes

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Ringsford — given as cell: W. A. Dutt (1905) Suffolk:
  5. Rumburgh — earliest date for foundation: Æthelmar became bishop of Elmham 1047
  6. Rumburgh — latest date for foundation: Thurston was abbot until 1064 at latest
  7. St Olave — dedication given by T. Tanner, (1744) Notitia Monastica
  8. South Elmham Monastery Victoria County History: A History of the County of Suffolk, Volume 2, p.215; cf Taylor

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