List of monastic houses in Buckinghamshire

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

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationAylesbury Greyfriars #Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford)founded 1387 by James Butler, Earl of Ormond;dissolved 1 October 1538|Aylesbury Monastery #possible nuns order and period unknownsaid to have been a nunnery or Trinitarian house — probably only a holding| (possible)Biddlesden Abbey #Cistercian monks — from Garendon, Leicestershirefounded 10 July 1147 by Ernald de Bosco, seneschal of the Earl of Leicester;dissolved 29 September 1538; granted to Thomas Wriothesley 1540/1;remains demolished c.1727;site now occupied by private house named 'Biddlesden Park'Saint Mary____________________Biddlesdon Abbey;Bittlesden Abbey |Bradwell PrioryBenedictine monkscell, dependent on Luffield;founded before 1136-44 (before/c.1155) by Meinfelin, Lord of Wolverton;dissolved 1524-5 (or 1526) by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey for Christ Church, Oxford; granted to Arthur Longfield 1542/3;now in private ownership; currently an urban studies centreSaint Mary____________________Bradewell Priory |Bulstrode Preceptory $Knights Templarfounded before 1276;dissolved 1308–1312;land passed to and leased on behalf of the Knights Hospitaller, though they had no commandery here;site identified through earthworks|Burnham Abbey *Augustinian canonessesfounded 1265/66 by Richard, King of the Romans;dissolved 19 September 1539; granted to William Tyldesly 1544/5;Anglican Augustinian Society of the Precious Bloodtransferred from Birmingham 1916; extantSaint Mary |Chetwode Priory +Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1244 or 1245 by Ralph de Norwich;dissolved, being reduced to the status of a cell, annexed to Notley 1460–1;dissolved 1535;priory church became parochial c.1480 as the Parish Church of St Mary and St NicholasSaint Mary and Saint Nicholas____________________Chetwode Cell | Crawley Monasteryfounded before 1042; (ref. as monasterium 1086)St Firmin____________________North Crawley Monastery |History of North Crawley, in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire | Map and descriptionParishes — North Crawley | A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (pp. 327-338)Gare NunneryBenedictine nunsfounded 1163 in Stoke Goldington by Robert de Salcey, Peter de Goldington and Richard de Besseville;granted to Delapré, Northamptonshire, late 12th/early 13th centuries;apparently reduced to status of a grange by 1438;subsequently recorded as destroyedGore Nunnery;Gorefields NunneryPrioratus Gore, Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Moniales Nigrae |Hogshaw Nunnery #St John of Jerusalem nunscellfoundation unknowntransferred to Sisters of St John Priory, Buckland, Somerset c.1180;site occupied by Knights Hospitaller commandery (see immediately below)|Hogshaw Commandery #Knights Hospitallerfounded c.1180 on site of earlier nunnery (see immediately above), granted by William Peverel;dissolved 1470 becoming prior's possession; granted to Matilda Lane c.1543;church in use until 1650; ruined by 1700|Lavendon Abbey $Premonstratensian Canonsfounded c.1154/5-1158 by John de Bidun, sheriff of Buckinghamshire;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edmund Peckham 1543;site now occupied by house named 'Lavendon Grange' (once the home of relatives of Sir Isaac Newton)The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lavendon____________________Lavinden Abbey |Little Marlow PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded c.1195 or before 1218 (or 1244 by Jeffrey, Lord Spensar);dissolved in, or before 1536; granted to John Tiltey and E. Restwold 1540Saint Mary____________________Little Merlow Priory;Minchin Marlow Priory |Luffield PrioryBenedictine monksfounded after 1118 (c.1123 or 1124, or 1133) by Robert II le Bossu, Earl of Leicester;suppression authorised by the Pope 1494;dissolution stayed until 1504, after the death of the serving priorThe Blessed Virgin Mary |Medmenham AbbeyCistercian monks — from Woburn, Bedfordshirefounded 1201/4, or in 1202 by Hugh de Bolbec;house built 1213;dissolved before 8 July 1536 (delayed from 1524); granted to Robert Mone and others 1547;converted into a manor houseThe Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Medmenham____________________Mendham Abbey |Missenden Abbey ^Augustinian/Arroasian Canonsalien house: daughter house of St Mary de Bosco, or de Nemore, Ruisseauville, France;founded 1133 by William de Missenden;the house acknowledged royal supremacy 1536;dissolved 1538; granted to the Duke of Northumberland;now a residential college rarely open to general publicThe Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Great Missenden____________________Great Missenden Abbey |Newton Longville PrioryCluniac monksalien house: daughter house of Longville Ste Foi Abbeyfounded c.1150 or before 1102 by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham;dissolved 1414;granted to New College, Oxford 1441;Manor House purportedly built on site 1550; St Faith's Church incorporates 12th-century church remains, possibly originally part of the priory church and may have been the conventual church of the priorySt Faith____________________Newington-Longaville Priory;Newton-Longville Cell |Notley Abbey ^Augustinian Canons Regularfounded before 1162 by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, and Lady Ermgard;dissolved 9 December 1538; granted to Sir William Paget 1547;site now occupied by a private house without public accessThe Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint John the Baptist, Notley____________________abbey de parco Crendon;Crendon Parc Abbeyabbey de parco super Thamam;Nuctele Abbey;Noctele Abbey;Nuttley Abbey;Nutley Abbey |Ravenstone PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1255 by Peter de Chaseport (Chaceport), Keeper of the Royal Wardrobe;dissolved 1525 (or 1544); granted to Sir Francis Byran 1548;site now occupied by 19th century 'Abbey Farm'The Priory Church of St Mary____________________Ravinston Priory |Risborough Priory (?)Benedictine monks — doubtful establishment; reputedly pre-Conquest cell of Canterbury CathedralMonks Risborough Priory |Snelshall Priory $Premonstratensian Canonscell, dependent on Lavendon;founded before 1166, granted to Lavendon by Sybil de Aungervill (Dangerville);abandoned after 1203-4Benedictine monksfounded 1203/4-1219 by Ralph Mortel (grandson of Sybil de Aungervill);dissolved 1535; granted to Francis Piggot 1538;site currently comprises earthworksSt Leonard____________________Snellshall Priory |Tickford PrioryBenedictine-Cluniac monksalien house: cell of Marmoutierfounded 1140 or c.1100 by Fulk Paynell;dissolved 1524; sold to Henry Atkins, MD by James IBlessed Virgin Mary____________________Newport Pagnel Priory;Tyxford Priory |Widmere CommanderyKnights Hospitallerfounded before 1248;dissolved before 1338Widmere Camera;Widmere Preceptory |Buckinghamshire County Council — Unlocking Buckinghamshire's PastWing Priory #Saxon monastery 7th centuryBenedictine monksalien house: cell, dependent on St Nicholas, Angersfounded before 1086;granted by Empress Matilda to Angers;land and later, chapel, granted to Angers by Bodin de Ver;in ownership of the Crown 1342-1361 and 1393–1423;dissolved 1416; granted to St Mary de Pré, Hertfordshire by St Albans, Hertfordshire;granted to Sir Robert Dormer by King Henry VIIIWenge Priory |

The following location in Buckinghamshire lacks known monastic connection: Wycombe Abbey: Independent girls' school

See also List of monastic houses in England

Notes

References