List of monastic houses in Herefordshire

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

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names ! style="width:10%;"|References & locationAconbury PriorySisters of St John of Jerusalem with brethrenfounded 13th century (c.1200) by Margery (Margaret), wife of Walter de Lacy on a site granted by King John;with a hospital, and attached to the preceptory of Dinmore;Augustinian Canonessesrefounded 1237 with Papal permission;dissolved 1539 (?); granted to Hugh de Harry 1541/2;priory church (restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott 1863) in parochial use as the Parish Church of Saint John until 1967The Priory Church of the Holy Cross, AconburySt John the Baptist____________________Acornbury Priory |Acton Beauchamp Monasterygrant of land 718 (727?) as "perpetual dwelling of servants of God", otherwise unknown|Archenfield Monasteryfounded before 914–917, when Cyfeiliog, 'Bishop of Archenfield' was captured by Norsemen|Aymestrey PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Victorinetransferred from Shobdon;founded c.1150(?);dissolution unknown: transferred to Wigmore| Barton Priory?Benedictine monksfounded before 1199 (recorded by Gervase of Canterbury — possibly Brockbury (Colwall))|Belmont Abbey *Benedictine monksfounded 1859; extantRoman Catholic priory-cathedralfounded 1859status raised to abbey-cathedral 1917;dissolved 1920;see transferred to St David's Cathedral, CardiffThe Abbey Church of Saint Michael and All Angels, Belmont |Belmont Abbey homepage, belmontabbey.org.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.English Benedictine Congregation - Belmont Abbey website , benedictines.org.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.Beodune PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Victorinetransferred from Wigmore c.1155;founded c.1155(?);dissolution unknown; transferred to Shobdon after 1155?Byton Priory? |Bosbury PreceptoryKnights Templarfounded c.1217–1219 by William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke;dissolved 1308–12;Knights Hospitallerfounded 1312;dissolved 1410; merged with Dinmore and Garway 1410;house named 'Temple Court' possibly built on site 18th centuryUpleadon Preceptory |Cheleburne Priory?Augustinian Canons Regular(possibly Chirbury Priory, Shropshire)Chalborn Priory;possibly Pynkney Priorypossibly Chirbury Priory |Clifford Priory ^Cluniac monksalien house: dependent on Lewes, Sussexfounded 1129-30 by Simon fitz Richard;became denizen: independent from sometime between 1351 and 1374;dissolved 1536; granted to William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke 1553;site occupied by Priory Farm, which probably incorporates monastic remainsThe Blessed Virgin Mary | Colwall PrioryBenedictine monkscell dependent on Great Malvern, Worcestershire;founded before 1199;dissolved ?Brockbury Priory |Craswall PrioryGrandmontine monksalien house: dependent on Grandmont;founded c.1225 by Walter de Lacy;dissolved 1462; granted to God's House College, Cambridge 1462St Mary's Priory |The Priory and Manor of Craswall, Craswall, 1904, Ewyas Lacy Study Group, ewyaslacy.org.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.English site, assoc.pagespro-orange.fr; accessed 4 May 2014.Victoria County History: A History of the County of Shropshire: Vol 2, pp. 47–50; accessed 4 May 2014.Dinmore Monastery (?)order and foundation unknown; small monastic community apparently existed prior to the arrival of the Knights (see immediately below)|Dinmore PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded before 1189;chapel 14th century;dissolved before 1535: privately leased; granted to Sir Thomas Palmer in 1548;chapel restored 1886 by H F St JohnChapel of St John of Jerusalem;Dynmore Preceptory |Dore Abbey +,Abbey DoreCistercian monks — from Morimondfounded 26 April 1147 by Robert Ewyas;dissolved 1537; granted to John Scudamore 1539/40;church restored 1633 and now in parochial useAbbey Dore |"Friends of Dore Abbey", doreabbey.org.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.Dore Abbey Interactive Guide Book; doreabbey.net; accessed 4 March 2014.Dore Abbey, Abbeydore, Herefordshire profile, roughwood.net; accessed 4 May 2014.Churches of Herefordshire: Abbey Dore, britannia.com; accessed 4 May 2014.Dulas MonasteryBenedictine monkspurportedly founded here;transferred to Ewyas Harold|Ewyas Harold PrioryBenedictine monkscell dependent on Gloucester;founded after 1100 by Harold son of Ralph of the Vexin: church of St Michael granted by Harold, Lord of Ewyas, purportedly first established at Dulas;dissolved 1358monks withdrawn due to lack of revenueSt James and St Bartholomew |Flanesford Priory ^Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1346/47 by Richard Talbot, 2nd Baron Talbot;dissolved 1537; granted to George, Earl of Shrewsbury 1538/39; converted into a farm;remains now incorporated into a private houseThe Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist, Flanesford |Flanesford Priory website, flanesfordpriory.co.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.Garway PreceptoryKnights Templarfounded 1185-88: grant made by Henry II;dissolved 1308–12;Knights Hospitallerrefounded after 1312;merged with Dinmore before 1489;dissolved before 1535 with Dinmore|Garway ClasCeltic monks — clas to 11th century?|Hentland MonasteryCeltic monkspurportedly founded 6th century by St Dubricius|Hereford Cathedral Priorysecular episcopal diocesan cathedralfounded 669 (680); extant;Benedictine monks — abbey?founded c.1025built early 11th century;destroyed 1055; dissolved before 1066;rebuilt 12th century by Bishop RenhelmThe Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Ethelbert in Hereford |Saint Guthlac's Priory, Herefordprobable Saxon minstersecular collegiate: St Guthlac's Collegiate Churchfounded before 1066;Benedictine monks — monastic church or chapelfounded c.1101;united with Hereford priory;badly damaged in the Baron's War c.1143; and amalgamated with Hereford Priory 1143;transferred to new site outside the town (see immediately below)St Guthlac's in the Castle |Hereford Priorysecular collegiate: St Peter's Collegiate Churchfounded before 1084;Benedictine monkstransferred from earlier site (see immediately above);dependent on Gloucester;granted to Gloucester Abbey by Hugh de Lacy 1100;dissolved 1538; granted to John ap Rice 1542/43St GuthlacSt Peter, St Paul and St Guthlac |Hereford Blackfriars — earlier siteDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded 1246 by Sir John Daniel;transferred to new site 1322 (see immediately below)| (approx)Hereford BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded 1246 at earlier site (see immediately above); transferred to new site 1322;dissolved; granted to Elizabeth Wynne 1562/63|Hereford GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor (under the Custody of Bristol)founded before 1228;dissolved 1538|Hereford PreceptoryKnights Hospitaller|Holme Lacyprojected house of Premonstratensian Canons c.1235; daughter house of Lavendon; establishment never implementedSt Mary and St Thomas Martyr |Kilpeck Priory #Benedictine monksfounded c.1134 by Hugh, son of William the Norman who granted the church to Gloucester;dissolved 1428 when the cell was united to Gloucester; granted to the Bishop of GloucesterKilpecke Priory |Kinsham GrangeBenedictine monksalien house;Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments (Herefordshire)| (supposed) (possible)Leominster nunnery|Leominster Priory +Saxon nuns (possibly also monks)purportedly built c.660 by Merwald, King of West Mercia;destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century;secular canons collegiaterefounded 9th century;nuns 9th century;destroyed 1046;Benedictine monksfounded after 1123: ruined monastery granted to Reading by Henry I, confirmed by Richard, Bishop of Hereford;rebuilt 12th century, fully conventual by 1139;dissolved 1539and granted to the bailiffs and burgesses of LeominsterSt Peter (660);The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Leominster (12th century) |Leominster Priory profile , Herefordshire.gov.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.Leominster PrioryCluniac monks|Limebrook PrioryAugustinian Canonesses (or Benedictine nuns?Limebrook given by Monasticon Anglicanum as Benedictine alien house, dependent on Avenay; Notitia Monastica, however, asserts that to be possibly mistaking for Limbergh)founded c.1189 (during or before the reign of Richard I) by Robert de Lingen or a member of the Mortimer family;Augustinian Canonesses 1516 (in the time of Bishop Booth);dissolved 28 December 1539; granted to John West and Robert Gratwick 1553St Mary____________________Lymbroke Priory |Moccas ClasCeltic monksreputedly founded 6th century by St Dubricius from Hennland on Wye;dissolved before 1066?Mochros |Monkland PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on Conchesfounded before 1100;dissolved c.1414|Much Dewchurch Clasmonks of St Davidfounded 6th century;parochial? before 1066|Ocle PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on Lyre;founded c.1100 by the ancestors of Robert Chandos;granted to the Carthusians at Sheen, Surrey c.1414; granted to Sir Philip Hobby 1541/42;site now occupied by Livers Ocle farmhouseAcley Priory;Livers Ocle Priory |Shobdon PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Victorinedependent on Bristol;founded between 1131 and 1135 (during the reign of Henry I and tenure of Robert de Bethune, Bishop of Hereford) by Oliver de Merlimound, steward for (and on behalf of) Hugh Mortimer;transferred to [Eye, nr.] Aymestrey c.1150; transferred from Beodune (?Byton) after 1155;transferred to north of Wigmore|Sutton CameraKnights Hospitallerunder Dinmore|Titley Priory #Tironensian monksapparent alien house: cell dependent on Tiron;founded 1120–21;dissolved 1391;granted to Winchester College c.1535;church rebuilt 1865;house named "Priory Cottage" built on site 16th centurySt Peter |Welsh Bicknor Clasdissolved before 1100|Wigmore PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Victorine(community founded at Shobdon 1131-35);transferred from [Eye, nr.] Aymestry; transferred to Beodune (? Byton)|Wigmore Abbey ^Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine — from Shobdon;(community founded at Shobdon between 1131 and 1135);transferred here 1172-79 by Hugh Mortimer, Baron Wigmore;dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Palmer 1548/49;remains now incorporated into farm and buildingsSt James |Remains of Wigmore Abbey, British Listed Buildings, britishlistedbuildings.co.uk; accessed 4 May 2014.Wormsley Priorypossibly originally a hermitage;Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorinefounded after 1200 (13th century) (late in the reign of John or early in the reign of Henry III) by Gilbert Talbot;dissolved 1539; granted to Edward Lord Clinton 1545/46The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Leonard, Wormsley____________________Priory of St Leonard de Pyon;Wormeley Abbey"Wormeley Abbey" — Wm. Cobbett |

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