List of monastic houses in Derbyshire

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

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationBarrow Camera ^?Knights Hospitallerfounded before 1189: church granted by Robert de Bakepuze;probably not inhabited by brothers for long periods;annexed to Yeaveley before 1433;remains possibly incorporated into Arleston House built on site 16th/17th century|Beauchief AbbeyHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in South YorkshireBradbourne PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularcell? dependent on Dunstable, Bedfordshirefounded 1238: granted by Geoffrey de Cauceis;dissolved ?Church of All Saints, Bradbourne |Houses of Austin canons — The priory of Dunstable | A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 1 (pp. 371-377)Breadsall PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded between 1220 and 1266;(erroneous ref. to Friars Eremites (Austin Friars) in records of 1266)Breadsall — Patent Roll 1266, gives Austin Friars: Victoria County History, A History of the County of Derby; the error lead T. Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p.83 and Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum to assert that the house was initially of friars;dissolved 1536; granted to Henry, Duke of Suffolk 1552;13th-century arch retained in the basement of Elizabethan mansion built on site, became hotel and golf club 'Marriott Breadsall Priory Hotel' 1980The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Breadsall____________________Brisoll Priory;Bredsall Park |Calke Priory #Augustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1131/before 1129-39 or 1130-6/before 1161 by Maud, widow of the Earl of Chester;transferred to Repton 1153–1172;dissolved 1538; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547;mansion named 'Calke Abbey' built on siteThe Priory Church of Saint Giles, Calke____________________Calke Cell | &Dale (Stanley Park) Abbey, Deepdalehermitage 12th centuryAugustinian Canons Regulardependent on Calke;cell founded 1153-8 by Serlo de Grendon;canons recalled to Calke c.1184;Premonstratensian Canons from Tupholme, Lincolnshire;founded ?c.1185;canons recalled to Tupholme c.1192;canons transferred from Welbeck, Nottinghamshire c.1196;canons transferred from Newsham (Newhouse), Lincolnshire c.1200;avoided suppression 1536 by payment of substantial fine;dissolved 24 October 1538The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dale____________________Stanley Park Abbey;(De Parco Stanley);Le Dale Abbey |Darley Priory ^Augustinian Canons Regulardaughter house of St Helen's, Derby;founded c.1146 by Robert de Ferraris (Ferrers), Earl of Derby: transferred from St Helen's;dissolved 22 October 1538; granted to Sir William West 1540/1;house named 'Darley Park' built on site 18th century, demolished 1962;a monastic building (probably the priory guest house) is now 15th century Darley Abbey public house — 'Old Abbey Inn';partly 15th-century cottage at 7 Abbey Lane may incorporate monastic remainsThe Priory Church of Saint Mary, Darley____________________Darley Abbey;Little Derby Friary;Little Dirby Friary |Derby BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded before 1239;dissolved 3 January 1539; occupied by an 18th-century Friary Hotel built on site; converted into a public house 1996; currently in use as a nightclubThe Annunciation |Derby — King's Mead PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded 1149-59 (c.1160) by the abbess of Derby;dissolved 1536; granted to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury 1543/4;site now occupied by a 16th/17th-century buildingSt Mary____________________De Pratis Priory |Derby Priory (Augustinian)Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1137 by Towyne, a burgess of Derby;most of the monks transferred to Darley c.1146; reduced to cell 1154;became a hospital 1160;ceased before 1360The Priory Church of Saint Helen, Derby |Derby Priory (Cluniac)Cluniac monksalien house: priory cell dependent on Bermondsey, Surrey (Greater London);founded before 1140;granted to Bermondsey by Waltheof, son of Sweyn;accidentally destroyed by fire; rebuilt c.1335;became denizen: independent from 1395;dissolved 1536;The Priory Church of Saint James, Derby |Gresley PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1135-40 by William de Greisley (or Fitz-Nigel);dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Cruche 1543/4;nave of the priory church in use as parochial church of Church GresleyThe Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint George, Gresley____________________Church Gresley Priory;Greisley Priory |Lees PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular?cell dependent on Rocester, Staffordshire;founded before c.1160?;dissolved after 1517?Leyes Priory |Locko PreceptorySt. Lazarus Hospitallers and Leper Hospitalfounded c.1297;dissolved 1375The Hospital of Saint Mary Magdalene____________________Lockhay Preceptory |Repton Priory ^+Anglo-Saxon monks and nuns — double monasteryfounded before 660 traditionally by St David;destroyed in raids by the Danes 874;Augustinian Canons Regular  — from Calkefounded c.1153-9; rebuilt 1172 by Maud, widow of Ranulph, Earl of Chester;dissolved 25 October 1538;remains incorporated into Repton School buildings (founded 1557);St Wystan's Church on site incorporates substantial remains of the Anglo-Saxon foundationSt WystanThe Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Repton____________________Repingdon Priory |Yeaveley Preceptory, StyddKnights Hospitallerfounded c.1136 (or c.1190 or 1268?) by Ralph de Fun and Sir William Meynill;dissolved 1535 (1540); granted to Charles, Lord Montjoy 1543/4;remains incorporated into farmhouse;the Church of St Saviour was part of the Hospitallers' possessionsSt Mary and St John the Baptist____________________Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory;Stydd Preceptory;Stede Preceptory;Yeveley Preceptory;Yeaveley and Stydd Preceptory |House of Knights Hospitallers — The preceptory of Dingley | A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 2 (pp. 142-144)

The following location in Derbyshire lacks monastic connection:

Beightonfields Priory: a 17th- to 19th-century country house

See also List of monastic houses in England

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