The following is a list of the monastic houses in Leicestershire, England.
FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAldermanshaw Priory ^Cluniac monksfounded before/c.1220-35;alien house: cell dependent on Bermondsey, Surrey (London);dissolved/ruinous before 1450;17th century cottage built on siteAldermans Haw |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ALDERMANS HAWBelvoir PrioryBenedictine monkspriory cell, dependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire;founded 1076-88 begun by Robert de Todeni, lord of Belvoir 1076; completed by Abbot Paul of St Albans;dissolved 1539|British History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Belvoir — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2 (pp.124-127)Pastscape — Detailed Result: BELVOIR PRIORYBradley PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded after 1220 by Robert Bundy;dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Newell, Esq. 1537/8Braddley Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BRADLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Bradley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.24-25)Holy Hill monastery, Breedon #Saxon Benedictine? monks — from Medeshamstede (Peterborough), (Cambridgeshire)founded late-7th century;abandoned 874 during Danish raids;Augustinian Priory built on site (see immediately below)|British History Online — British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Breedon — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.8-10)Breedon Priory +Augustinian Canons Regularpriory cell, dependent on Nostell, Yorkshire;refounded between 1109 and 1122, on site of earlier Saxon monastery (see immediately above): church of SS Mary and Hardulph granted to Nostel by Robert de Ferrers;dissolved November 1539; granted to John, Lord Grey 1553Bredon Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST HARDULFBuckminster ~possible Saxon minster|Charley Priory $dependent on Luffield, Buckinghamshire;confirmed to Luffield by the Pope 1173–4;founded before 1190, granted to Evroul by Countess Parnel of Leicester (Blanchmain's, Earl of LeicesterCharley Priory — sic. Cobbett);confirmed to Ware, chief dependency of St Evroul in England 1203–6;described as hermitage c.1220;Augustinian Canons Regular alien house: grange dependent on St Evroul;founded after 1220;ruinous 1455;dissolved 1465; granted to Frideswide, widow;united with Ulverscroft c.1465Chorley and Ulverscroft PrioryLocum de S. Mariae de Charleia |British History Online — British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Charley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.23-24)Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHARLEY PRIORYCroxton AbbeyPremonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse, Lincolnshire;founded before 1160 (1163, 1162) by William Porcarius;dissolved 1538 (1539); granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1538/9Croxton Kerrial Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CROXTON ABBEYBritish History Online — British History Online — House of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of Croxton Kerrial — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.28-31)Dalby and Heather Preceptory #Knights Hospitallersfounded before 1206, granted purportedly by Robert Bossu, Earl of LeicesterDalby — Cobbett states hospital of Knights Templar;dissolved 1538 (1540);granted to Sir Andrew NowellOld Dalby Preceptory;Dalby Preceptory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: DALBY HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORYBritish History Online — House of Knights Hospitallers: Preceptory of Dalby and Heather — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.32-33)Garendon AbbeyCistercian monksprobable daughter house of Waverley, Surrey;founded 28 October 1133 by Roboert Bossu, Earl of Leicester;dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1540/1;house named 'Garendon Hall' built on site, demolished 1964Gerondon Abbey |British History Online — House of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Garendon — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.5-7)Pastscape — Detailed Result: GARENDON ABBEYGrace Dieu Priory ^Augustinian Canonessesfounded c.1239/40 by Rose (Rorsia) de Verdon; 'White Nuns of St Augustine' dissolved 1538; granted to Humphrey Foster 1538/9;remains incorporated into a cottage; largely demolished 1696;in care of Grace Dieu Priory Trust;open to public from late 2004The Priory Church of Holy Trinity and St Mary, Belton____________________Gracedieu Priory;Belton Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: GRACE DIEU PRIORYBritish History Online — House of Augustinian nuns: The priory of Grace Dieu — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.27-28)The Priory of Grace DieuHeather PreceptoryKnights Hospitallersfounded before 1199 (during the reign of King John);reduced to camera before 1338;dissolution unknown — administered from Dalby (itself dissolved 1540)Hether Hospital |Pastscape — Detailed Result: HEATHER HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORYHinckley PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: priory cell dependent on Lyre;founded before 1173(?): church and land granted to Lyre by Robert [Blanchmaines], Earl of Leicester (confirmed by Henry II);dissolved 1409; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster;site later occupied by a mansion then smaller private housesHinkley Priory |British History Online — Alien house — Priory of Hinckley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.52-53)Hinckley Dominican PrioryDominican monks|Kirby Bellars Priory +Secular college or chantry founded 1316 by Roger de Bellars;Augustinian Canons Regulartook on St Augustine's Rule in 1359; domestic buildings rebuilt before the reformation after a fire c. 1511;dissolved 1536: granted to Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy 1543/4;earthworks work mark the remains of the site in the field north of the current parish church Kirkby Bellers Priory;Kirkby Bellairs Priory;Kerkbey on the Wrethek Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: KIRBY BELLARS PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Kirkby Bellairs — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.25-26)Langley Priory ^Benedictine nuns — from Farewell, Staffordshirefounded c.1150(?) by William Pantulf (Pontulf) and his wife burgia;Cistercian nuns? (claimed during time of Pope Alexander III, claim apparently abandoned 13th century);dissolved 1536 (before1537);granted to Thomas Grey 1543/4;incorporated into a 16th/17th century house; present house incorporates medieval fabricThe Priory Church of God and the Blessed Virgin |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LANGLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — House of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Langley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.3-5)Launde Priory #Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1119-25 by Richard Basset and his wife Maud;dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas, Lord Cromwell 1539/40;site occupied by manor house named 'Launde Abbey'now a retreat/conference centreSt John the Baptist____________________Landa Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LAUNDE CHAPEL AND LAUNDE PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Launde — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.10-13)Leicester AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1143 (1139?) by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester;dissolved 1538; granted to William, Marquis of Northampton 1550/1The Abbey Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Leicester____________________St Mary de Pre;St Mary de Pratis(St Mary of the Meadows) |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LEICESTER ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Leicester abbey — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.13-19)Leicester Austin FriaryAugustinian hermitsfounded 1254;dissolved November 1538; granted to John Bellew and John BroxholmSt Catherine |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LEICESTER AUSTIN FRIARYBritish History Online — Friaries: Friaries in Leicester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.33-35)Leicester Blackfriars #Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded before 1284;dissolved 1538; granted to Henry, Marquis of Dorset 1546/7St Clement |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LEICESTER BLACKFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: Friaries in Leicester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.33-35)Leicester Friars of the Sack ~Friars of the Sackfounded before 1274;apparently abandoned by 1295|British History Online — Friaries: Friaries in Leicester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.33-35) (actual site unknown)Leicester GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford)founded before 1230 (1265) by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester;Burial place of King Richard III after his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth 1485 (confirmed by the recovery of his body 2013);dissolved 1538; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm 1545/6|Pastscape — Detailed Result: LEICESTER GREYFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: Friaries in Leicester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.33-35)Leicester — Holy Cross Priory *Dominican Friarsfounded 1882; church consecrated 14 May 1958; extantThe Priory of the Holy Cross, Leicester |Leicester Minsterton Monasterypossible Saxon minster|Mount St Bernard Abbey, earlier site #Cistercian monks (Cistercian order of the Strict Observance/Trappists)founded 1835;became a guest house when new monastery (see immediately below) opened 1844;reformatory 1856;closed 1885, demolished|Pastscape — Detailed Result: MOUNT ST BERNARDS ABBEYBritish History Online — Post-dissolution house: Cistercian abbey of Mount Saint Bernard — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.53-54)Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in LeicestershireMount St Bernard Abbey *Cistercian monks (Cistercian order of the Strict Observance / Trappists)founded 1844;replaced earlier monastery (see immediately above); extant|Pastscape — Detailed Result: MOUNT ST BERNARDS ABBEYHome - Mount Saint BernardOwston Abbey +Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroaisanfounded before 1161 by Sir Robert Grimbald, confirmed by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury;Augustinian Canons Regularindependent from before 1260–80;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Harrington 1538/9;site now in private ownership as Manor Farm;church restored and now in parochial useThe Abbey Church of Saint Andrew, Owston____________________Osulveston Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: OWSTON ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The abbey of Owston — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (pp.21-23)Rothley TempleKnights Templarfounded 1231: manor granted by Henry III;chapel built c.1240;Knights Hospitallertransferred 1312 (1313);dissolved before 1489 (1540); transferred to the Crown;granted to Babington family;manor house built on siteRothley Preceptory