List of monastic houses in Essex

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

Alphabetical listing FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationAssandun Minster ~(/+)monastic or secular communityfounded 1020Assandun — consecrated 1020 by Canute;usually identified as Ashingdon, but also HadstockAshingdon Minster?;possibly Hadstock Minster (Ashdon beside Hadstock) |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's Past or (possible)Bedemans Berg Prioryhermitagefounded before 1135 (during the reign of Henry I);Benedictine monkscell dependent on Colchesterfounded before 1135;dissolved 1536dedication unknown |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastBeeleigh Abbey ^Premonstratensian Canonstransferred from Neasham via Parndon 1180;founded before 1172 at Parndon by Robert Mantell;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Gate 1540/1;remains now incorporated into private house without public accessAbbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Nicholas, Beeleigh____________________Bileigh Abbey(originally Maldon Abbey) |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastBerden Priory #Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 12th century, probably by a member of the Rocheford family;apparently initially a hospital;dependent on Walden 1343;dissolved 1536; granted to Henry Parker 1537 (1538/9);site now occupied by mansion named 'Berden Priory'The Priory Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Berden |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastBerden Priory - Berden - Essex - England | British Listed BuildingsBicknacre Prioryhermitage of Jordanfounded before 1175;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1175 by Maurice Fitz Jeffery and Tiretai, Sheriff of Essex (or Maurice FitzGeoffrey of Tiltey, former Sheriff of Essex): converted to priory late 1175;dissolved 1507 on the death of the last prior, at which time no canons remained; granted to Henry Polsted 1539/40; granted to St Mary's Hospital without Bishopsgate, LondonThe Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint John the Baptist, Bicknacre____________________Woodham Ferrers Priory;Woodham Priory;Wudeham Priory |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastBlackmore Priory +Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1152-62 by Adam and Jordan de Samford;dissolved 1525 for Wolsey's college at Oxford; granted to John Smith 1540/1;priory church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St LaurenceThe Priory Church of Saint Lawrence, Blackmore____________________Jericho Priory |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastBradwell Minster +Roman Saxon Shore fort of Othona reused as monasteryCeltic-style communityfounded c.654 by St Cedd;St Peter's Cathedral built at fort gatehouse;becoming a minster within Diocese of London shortly after October 664 (when Cedd died);believed destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century;dependent on St Valery on the Somme 1068;sold to William of Wykeham 1391;in use as a barn 1750;restored as a chapel 1920;continuing as ecumenical place of worship and pilgrimageSt Cedd's Monastery;St Peter-on-the-Wall;Ithancester Monastery;Ythancester Monastery |St Peter's Chapel, Bradwell, Essex, EnglandBurstead Grange #Cistercian Monksgrange or cell dependent on Stratford; during the flooding of Stratford the community transferred here until the re-edification of the abbey|Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastCastle Hedingham PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded ?before 1190 by Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford (or by his wife Countess Lucia (Lucy), later the first prioress);dissolved 1536; granted to John, Earl of Oxford 1536/7The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint James and the Holy Cross____________________Castlehedinhgam Priory;Heningham Priory |Houses of Benedictine nuns — Priory of Castle Hedingham | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 122-123)Chelmsford BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of London)founded before 1277 (either at Chelmsford or originally at Fulsham);dissolved 1538; granted to Antony Bonvixi 1542/3Chelmesford Friary |Friaries — Black friars of Chelmsford | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 179-180)Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastCoggeshall Abbey +Savignac monks — from Savignyfounded 3 August 1140 by King Stephen;Cistercian monksorders merged 17 September 1147;dissolved 5 February 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Seymour 1537/8;Little Coggeshall Abbey called 'Grange Barn';site now occupied by a private house (re)built 1581 with limited public access; (NT)The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint John at Coggeshall____________________Coxhall Abbey;Coggeshale Abbey |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastColchester Crutched Friary #Crutched Friarsfounded before 1230-35 by William de Lanvelli;by 1392 became a secular hospital or free chapel;Crutched Friarsrefounded 1496;dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas, Lord Audley 1543/4;location established during excavation 1928Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Helen |Friaries — Crossed friars of Colchester | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 181-182)Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastColchester GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Cambridge)founded before 1237 by Robert, Lord FitzWalter (who became a friar);dissolved 1538; granted to Francis Jobson and Andrew Audley 1544/5Colchester Greyfriars |Friaries — Grey friars of Colchester | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 180-181)Colchester — St Botolph's Priorysecularfounded c.1093 by Ernulphus (later first prior);Augustinian Canons Regularrefounded c.1100-6;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Audley 1536/7; (EH)The Priory Church of Saint Julian and Saint Botolph, Colchester (from before 1106) |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastColchester — St John's Abbey ^Benedictine monksfounded 1096/7 by Eudo, courtier of William the Conqueror;dissolved 1539; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8; (EH)The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Colchester____________________Colchester Abbey; Colchester Priory |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastColne Minsterfounded before 1045;subsequently site of Earl's Colne Priory|Cressing PreceptoryKnights Templarfounded 1136 (1150) by King Stephen: donor, Maud (Matilda), queen of Stephen;Knights Hospitallerafter 1312;dissolved after 1381: plundered during peasants' revolt;private farm 1515;granted to Sir W. Hughes, Kt. 1543/4;passed to Sir John Smyth and his family; 'The Granary' built 1623Cressing Temple |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastEarl's Colne PrioryBenedictine monksdependent on Abingdon, Berkshire (Oxfordshire)founded before/c.1107 by Albericus de Vere (later a monk there) with consent of Henry I and Maurice, Bishop of London; on or near the site of an earlier minster extant 1045;practically independent from 1311;dissolved 1536; granted to John, Earl of Oxford 1536/7;17th-century house built on site, incorporated into 1865 house currently on siteEarls Colne Priory;Monks Colne Priory;Colne Priory;Colum Priory;Colun Priory |Frating Abbey|Hadstock Minster?Church of St Botolph, site of important late-Anglo-Saxon church, belonging to Ely, identified by some as Assunden Minster built c.1020 by Canute| (possible)Halstead CellBenedictine monksfounded late 11th century (during the reign of William the Conqueror) by Ingelrica, wife of Ranulf Peverell;dissolved; granted to Giles Leigh 1537/8Halstede Cell |Hatfield Broad Oak Priory +Benedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on St-Melaine, Rennes;founded c.1135 by Aubrey de Vere, father of the 1st Earl of Oxford;dissolved 1534; granted to Sir Edward North 1543The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Melaine, Hatfield Broad Oak____________________Hatfield Regis Priory;Hatfield Broadoak Priory |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastSeax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastHatfield Peverel Priory +Benedictine monks secular collegefounded before 1087;converted into priory as a cell of St Albans by William Peverel before 1100;dissolved 1536;priory church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St AndrewThe Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Peverel |Hockleyalternative possible location of Assandun Minster|Latton Priory ^Augustinian Canons Regularfounded before 1292;abandoned 1534; granted to Sir Henry Parker 1536/7remains now incorporated into farm buildingsThe Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist, Latton |Leez Priory #Augustinian Canons Regularfounded before 1200 (13th century) by Sir Ralph Gernoun;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Richard Rich 1536;site now occupied by 16th-century mansion named 'Leez Priory'Leighs Priory;Leigh Priory;Little Leighs Priory |Little Dunmow Priory +Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1106 (1104) by Lady Juga;dissolved 1536; granted to Robert, Earl of Sussex 1536/7;part of conventual church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St MaryDunmow Parva Priory |Little Horkesley PrioryCluniac monksalien house: daughter house of Thetford, Norfolk (dependent on Lewes, Sussex)founded before 1127 by Robert Fitz Godebald (Robert of Horkesley) and his wife Beatrice;became denizen: independent from 1376;dissolved 1525;church destroyed by bombing in 1940The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Horkesley____________________Horkesley Priory;Horkesley Parva Priory |Little Maplestead PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerprobably founded ?before 1186 by Juliana, daughter and heiress of Robert Dorsnell;dissolved c.1463; granted to George HarperThe Church of Saint John the Baptist, Maplestead____________________Maplestead Preceptory;Maplestead Commandery |Seax Archeaology — Unlocking Essex's PastMaldon WhitefriarsCarmelite Friarsfounded 1293 (14th century) by Richard Gravesend, Bishop of London, and Richard Isleham, rector of South Hanningfield;dissolved 1538; granted to George Duke and John Sterr 1544/5|Friaries — White friars of Maldon | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 182-183)Panfield PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularalien house: dependent on St-Etienne, Caen;founded 1069/70 (1070–77) by Waleran Fitz Ranulph;dissolved 1413 (1414); granted to Sir Giles Caple 1538/9Paunsfield Priory |Alien houses — Panfield | A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2 (pp. 197-199)Parndon Abbey #Premonstratensian Canons Regular — from Newhousefounded before 1172 by Robert Mantell;transferred to Beeleigh 1180;traditional site now occupied by buildings of Harlow Newton Golf ClubAbbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas, Great Parndon____________________Great Parndon Abbey |Prittlewell Priory ^, Southend-on-SeaCluniac monksalien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussex;founded between 1086 and 1121 by Robert Fitz Swain;became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374;dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Audley 1537/8;granted to Sir Richard Rich 1551;acquired by the Earl of Nottingham 1678; then the Scratton family; sold by Daniel Scratton 19th century; bought by Robert Jones 1917;given to Southend Borough 1920;site now within public Priory Park, now in ownership of Southend CorporationThe Priory Church of Saint Mary, Prittlewell |St Osyth's Abbey ^Augustinian Canons Regularfounded before 1118 by Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London and St Osyth, on the site of an earlier Saxon nunnery, established as Prioryraised to Abbey status;dissolved; granted to Thomas, Lord Cromwell 1539/40then to Sir Thomas Darey 1551/2;after reformation incorporated into a mansion;now in private ownership with public accessThe Abbey Church of Saint Osyth, Saint Osyths____________________St Osyth's Priory;Chich Abbey