The following is a list of the monastic houses in Devon, England.
FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationAllerton CellBenedictine hermitscell dependent on Tavistock|Axminster Monastery ~Saxon monks or secular canons collegiatefounded before 757 when Cyneheard the atheling was interred in the minster;secular canons collegiatefounded c.936 by King Athelstan;made dependent on York, Yorkshire 1060 by Edward the Confessor;dissolved 1535;collegiate and parochial church of St Mary possibly built on site during the Norman period| (possible)Axmouth PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: possible monastic grange, dependent on Montebourg;founded before 1387 (during the reign of Henry II) by Richard de Rivers, Earl of Devonshire;dissolved 1414;granted to Walter Erle (Earl) 1552|Barnstaple PrioryCluniac monksalien house: daughter house of St-Martin-des-Champs, Parisfounded c.1107 (before 1199) by Johel of Totness;became denizen: independent from 1403;dissolved 1535; granted to William, Lord Howard 1537/8The Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, BarnstapleThe Church of Saint Mary the Virgin |Barnstaple Austin Friary (?)Augustinian Friarslicensed 1348 and 1353 — apparently never established due to objection by the prior of the Cluniac house|Burlescombe Priory ≈Augustinian Canons Regularrecorded in the time of Richard I, (probably Canonsleigh Priory, in the parish of Burlescombe)Burdlescombe;possibly Canonsleigh |Bodmiscombe PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded after 1200(?) (possibly during the reign of Henry III);dissolved before 15th century?;apparently absorbed by Buckland 14th/15th centuryBothemescomb Preceptory |Braunton Monasterytraditionally site of monasterypurportedly founded 5th century by St Branock (Brynach of Nevern)|Brightley Priory #Cistercian monks — from Waverley, Surreyfounded 3 May 1136 (or 1132, 1133 or 1138) by Richard fitz Baldwin de Brioniis, Lord of Okehampton and Sheriff of Devon;abandoned 1141; transferred to Forde, Dorset;site now occupied by Brightley Farm, where a building is possibly a monastic chapel| (approx)Buckfast MonasteryBenedictine monksfounded 1018 by Aylward, Duk;Buckfast Abbey (see immediately below) built on site|Buckfast Abbey *Savignac monks — from Savignyfounded 27 April 1136 by Ethelwerd, son of William Pomerei;built on site of Benedictine monastery (see immediately above);Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147;dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Dennys 1539/40;became ruinousBenedictine monkspriory founded 1882, rebuilt 1884 to 1938 (church 1906 to 1938);raised to abbey status 1902;affiliated to the English Congregation 1960; extantThe Abbey Church of Our Lady, Buckfast____________________Buckfastre Abbey |Buckland AbbeyCistercian monks — from Quarr, Isle of Wightfounded 1278 by Amicia, Countess of Devonshire;dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Richard Greynfeld (Grenville) 1541/2; converted into a mansion named the 'Cider House' by 1576; sold to Sir Francis Drake 1581; remained with that family to 1946; house granted to NT 1949 currently principally in use as a museum; (NT)The Abbey Church of Saint Benedict, Buckland |Canonsleigh Abbey ^On site of Leigh, in the parish of Burlescombe;Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2 (notes), 24,15 Augustinian Canons Regular — from Plympton?prioryfounded c.1161-1173 by Walter II de Claville, (a descendant of the Domesday Book tenant Walter I de Claville), lord of the manor of Burlescombe;dissolved before 1285;Augustinian Canonessesabbeyfounded before 1285 by Maud, Countess of Devon;dissolved 1539;remains now incorporated into farm buildingsThe Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, Leigh (1161–1285)The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Etheldreda, Leigh (1285–1539)____________________Leigh Abbey;Canon's Leigh;Burlescombe Priory? (see above) |Chudleigh AbbeyBrigittine nunstransferred from Spettisbury, Dorset 1887;transferred to Marley House, Rattery (now Syon Abbey) 1925The Abbey Church of Saint Bridget of Syon, Chudleigh |Churchill Monasteryuncertain order and foundation| (approx)Cornworthy PrioryAugustinian Canonessesfounded 1205/1238 by the Edgecomb family;dissolved 1539; granted to Edward Harris and John Williams 1560Court Prior |CoveKnights Hospitallermember of Bodmiscombe Preceptory|Cowick Priory #Benedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on Bec-Hellouin;founded 1144: granted as cell to Bec-Hellouin by William Fitz-Baldwin;became denizen: granted to Eton College 1451;granted to Tavistock after 1464;dissolved 1538The Priory Church of Saint Andrew, Cowick____________________Cowick Priory |Crediton Monasterymonksfounded 739;secular episcopal diocesan cathedralfounded 909: see reputedly transferred from Bishops TawtonCrediton — see transferred from Bishops Tawton to Crediton, T. Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p.86; cf S. Baring-Gould, Devon (ed. 1916), p.107; see transferred to Exeter 1050;secular collegiaterefounded 1050;dissolved 1548St Gregory (possibly) |Crediton Parish ChurchDartmouth Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars (under the Limit of Oxford)(founded at Clifton in Dartmouth 1331);dissolved before 1348; church of St Petrox built on site 16th century| (possible)Dartmouth Monasterymonks? uncertain order and foundationchapel of St Patrick in the Castle annexed as a cell to a "great abbey"|Denbury PrioryBenedictine monksdependent on Tavistock;founded 1086;dissolved 1539;site now on Wrenwell FarmDenbury Cell;Denbury Grange |Dunkeswell AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Forde, Dorset;founded 16 November 1201 by William Briwere;dissolved 1539; granted to John, Lord Russell 1534/5;site in multiple ownership, with the Holy Trinity parish chapel built on site 1842|Exeter Cathedral Priory +founded ?before c.690;Benedictine? monks 932 (see immediately below)secular canonsfounded 1050;episcopal diocesan cathedralfounded 1050: see transferred from Crediton; extantThe Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint PeterThe Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter |Exeter Cathedral | HomeExeter MonasterySaxonfounded 868 by King Etheldred|rowspan=2|Exeter MonasteryBenedictine monksfounded 932 by King Athelstan;monks repeatedly fled through Danish raids but recalled by Canute 1019Exeter Nunnery (?)Augustinian Canonessessupposedly founded c.968;purportedly rebuilt as the Deanery 15th centuryFor instance in Later sources deny its existence.|Exeter Priory (?)Carthusian monkslicence granted to Richard Stapleton 1331/2 to build and endow a monastery — apparently never established|Exeter Blackfriars #Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London)founded before 1232;dissolved 1538;house named 'Bedford House' built on site, demolished 1773Exeter Blackfriars |Exeter GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars (under the Custody of Bristol)founded before 1240;transferred by Thomas Bitton (Bytten), Bishop of Exeter, to new site south of the South City Gate c.1292-1303 (see immediately below);dissolved 1538|Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Bristol)transferred by Bishop Bytten from behind the North and West Gates c.1292-1303 (see immediately above)|Exeter — Polsloe PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before/c.1160: transferred from Oldbury, Warwickshire;dissolved 1536 (1538); granted to John, Earl of Warwick during the reign of Edward VI;largely demolished, remaining range converted into country houseThe Priory Church of Saint Katherine, Polsloe____________________Polleshoo Priory |Exeter — St James Priory #Cluniac monksdaughter house of the abbey of St Martin-in-the-fields, Paris;founded before 1143 (1141) by Baldwin de Redverus (Redvers/Rivers), Earl of Devon;dissolved; house built on site called 'The Old Abbey'St James |Exeter — St Nicholas Priory ^Benedictine monks — from Battle, Sussexfounded 1087 by William the Conqueror;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Denys 1540/1;private houses built on site 1820;monastic architecture restored;in ownership of Exeter Corporation 1913;open to public as a museum 1916;(closed for repair until 2008)The Priory Church of Saint Nicolas, Exeter____________________Benedictine Priory of St Nicholas |Exminster Monastery #pre-conquest monastic or secular communityfounded 8th century|Exminster Frithelstock PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Arroasianfounded c.1220 by Sir Robert Beauchamp, Kt.;dissolved 1536; granted to Arthur Viscount Lisle 1537/8The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Gregory, Frithlestock____________________Frethelstoke Priory;Fristoke Priory |Hartland Abbeysecular collegefounded before 1066 by Gytha, wife of Earl GodwinAugustinian Canons Regular — Arroasianfounded 1161-9 (secular collegiate church of St Nectan and its endowments granted to Richard, Archdeacon of Poictiers by Geoffrey of Dinam; approved by Henry II and Bartholomew, Bishop of Exeter);dissolved 21 February 1539; granted to William Abbot 1545/6;remains (cloisters) incorporated into house named 'Hartland Abbey' built on siteHertland Abbey |Indio Monasteryuncertain order and foundation| (approx)Ipplepen Priory #Augustinian Canons Regularalien house: cell, daughter house of St Pierre-Rillefounded c.1143(?): church granted by the Fougères family to the priory, transferred from Notre-Dame-de-Fougères;dissolved c.1414;granted to Ottery St Mary 1438;house called 'The Priory' possibly built on site| (approx)Ivybridge Priory +Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary — from St. Quay 1910Augustinian (Augustinian Recollect)founded 1932; closed 2016 with building now in parochial use; originally 'Cadleigh House'St Austin's Priory |Kerswell PrioryCluniac monksalien house: cell dependent on Montacute, Somerset;founded 1119–1129;became denizen: independent from 1407;dissolved 1538 or 1539; granted to John Etherege (Atherege) 1546/7;16th century house built on siteCareswell Cell |Leigh CellSauvignac monksgrange(?) dependent on Buckfast(?)founded c.1137(?);Cistercian monksorders merged 17 September 1147Leigh Grange | (approx)Marsh Barton Priory #Augustinian Canons Regulardependent on Plymptonfounded 1142;dissolved 1539St MarySt Mary de Marsh |Modbury PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on St-Pierre-sur-Divesfounded c.1140 by Sir Peter-sur-Dive, sic.Modbury — founder given by W. Cobbett: clearly confusing the name of the parent house, or (purportedly) by a member of the Chambernoun family;extant 1430;dissolved c.1441; granted to Eton College by Edward VI;nominally reverted to Tavistock c.1461-67St George |Newenham AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Beaulieu, Hampshirefounded 6 January 1246 or 1247 by Reginald de Mohun, Earl of Somerset;dissolved 1539; leased to the Duke of Suffolk; granted to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk 1562/3The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Newenham____________________Neuham Abbey |Otterton PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on Mont-St-Michel, Normandy;founded before 1087 by the monks of Mont-St-Michel;dissolved 1414; subsequently granted to Syon Abbey; granted to Richard Duke at the dissolution of Syon 1539;part of claustral building converted into mansionOtterington Priory |Ottery St Mary Monasterysupposed pre-Conquest monastery ("disproved"Ottery St Mary — establishment disputed by T. Tanner, Notitia Monastica p.88)Pilton Priory +Benedictine monksfounded ?before 12th century purportedly by King Athelstan (evidence lacking and disputed);dissolved 1539The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Pilton