List of monastic houses in Kent

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

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAylesford Priory *Carmelite Friarsfounded 1242 by Richard de Grey, Lord of Cudnor (Richard, Lord Grey);conventual church built 1242–1248;rebuilt 1348–1417;dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Wyat 1541/2; church demolished, conventual buildings converted for private residence; rebuilt after fire 1930;Carmelite Friars from 1949 'The Friars' |Pastscape — Detailed Result: THE FRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: The Carmelite friars of Aylesford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.201-203)Badlesmere PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 8th century|Badmonden PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular(?)alien house: cell dependent on Beaulieu, Normandydissolved 1414;granted to St Andrew's Priory, Rochester;dissolved 1540; granted to the dean and chapter of Rochester|Bilsington Priory ^Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1253 by John Mansell (Maunsel), Lord Chief Justice of England;dissolved 28 February 1536; granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1538/9;used as a farmhouse through post-medieval period;remains now incorporated into a house|Pastscape — Detailed Result: BILSINGTON PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Bilsington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.156-157)Blakwose PrioryPremonstratensian Canonscell of Lavendon, Buckinghamshirefounded before 1158;transferred to St Radegund's after 1203–4; retained as a grange of the abbey;dissolved c.1377Blackwose Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BLACKWOSE PRIORYBoxley Abbey ^Cistercian monksdaughter house of Clairvaux;founded 23 October 1143 (1143/46) by William de Ipre, Earl of Kent;dissolved 21 January 1538; granted to Sir Thomas Wyat 1540/1;part of remains now incorporated into a private houseThe Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bilsington |Pastscape — Detailed Result: BOXLEY ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Boxley — A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp. 153–155)Brockley AbbeyHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in LondonCanterbury Austin Friars, earlier siteAugustinian Friarsfounded 1318 by Richard French, baker (licence granted to Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury by Edward II to alienate part of the former Friars of the Sack site to the Austin Friars);transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1324|Pastscape — Detailed Result: CANTERBURY AUSTIN FRIARYBritish History Online — Friaries: The Austin friars of Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.199-201)Canterbury Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1318);transferred here 1324;rebuilt 1408;dissolved December 1538; granted to G. Harper 1541/2|Canterbury Blackfriars ^Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London)founded c.1236 (c.1221) by Henry III; church built 1237 to after 1244;dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Wiseman 1559/60;frater currently in use as a church of the Church of the First Church of Christ Scientist|Pastscape — Detailed Result: CANTERBURY BLACKFRIARSBritish History Online —Friaries: The Dominican friars of Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.177-180)Canterbury Cathedral Priory +secular canons possibly collegiatefounded c.600 (598): Roman church restored by St Augustine with the aid of Æthelberht, King of Kent;episcopal diocesan cathedralfounded c.600; extant;Benedictine monksfounded 997;rebuilt 1070 under Archbishop Lanfranc;dissolved 1539;The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Christ, Canterbury, The Cathedral Church of Christ, Canterbury |Canterbury Cathedral — HomePastscape — Detailed Result: CANTERBURY CATHEDRALBritish History Online —Houses of Benedictine monks: The cathedral priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.113-121)Canterbury Friars of the SackFriars of the Sackfounded before 1274;some friars apparently transferred to new site at Cambridge before 1289;dissolved after 1314|Pastscape — Detailed Result: CANTERBURY FRIARY OF FRIARS OF THE SACKBritish History Online —Friaries: The friars of the sack, Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.205)Canterbury Greyfriars, earlier siteFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)founded 1224;transferred to new site (see immediately below) c.1268|Pastscape — Detailed Result: CANTERBURY GREYFRIARSBritish History Online —Friaries: The Franciscan friars of Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.190-194)Canterbury GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of London)(community founded apparently on a site north of the hospital (see immediately above) 1224);transferred here c.1268:founded 1270 by John Diggs, an Alderman of the city;Observant Franciscan Friarstransferred 1489;dissolved 1534;Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventualtransferred from Observants 1534;dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Spilman 1539/40|Canterbury — St Augustine's AbbeyBenedictine monks (assumed)founded (598-605) 598 by Æthelberht, King of Kent on the advice of St Augustine;Benedictine monks(re)founded c.960;dissolved 30 July 1538; (EH)St Peter and St PaulSt Peter, St Paul and St Augustine (978)The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine, Canterbury |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ST AUGUSTINES ABBEYBritish History Online —Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.126-133)Canterbury — St Gregory's Priorysecular monasteryfounded by 1087 (before 1086) by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury;Augustinian Canons Regularrefounded c.1123;church destroyed by fire 1145, rebuilt;dissolved 1536 (1537); granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1536/7St Gregory's Hospital |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ST GREGORYS PRIORYBritish History Online —Houses of Austin canons: The priory of St Gregory, St Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.157-159)Canterbury — St Mildred's Monasterypurported early Saxon monastery;probable minster 8th century|Canterbury — Priory of St SepulchreBenedictine nunsfounded c.1100 by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury;dissolved 1536; granted to James Hale 1546/7St Sepulchre's Nunnery |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CANTERBURY ST SEPULCHRES PRIORYBritish History Online —Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of St Sepulchre, Canterbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.142-144)Canterbury — St Mary of the Angels Friary *Franciscan Friars Minor involved in running the Franciscan International Study Centre; extantFriary of St Mary of the Angels |Canterbury Cliffe CellCluniac monksCliffe Cell — listed in English Monastic Life but absent in Archives de la France Monastique and others|Combwell Priory #Augustinian Canons Regularabbey founded c.1220 by Robert de Turneham;reduced to priory status c.1220 due to endowment shortfall;disputed between Augustinian and Premonstratensian — found in favour of Augustinians c.1230;dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Culpepper 1537/8; granted to Sir John Gage 1542/3Cumbwell Priory;Combwell Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: COMBWELL PRIORYBritish History Online —Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Combwell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.160-161)Darenth PrioryBenedictine monkscell, apparently dependent on Rochesterfounded after 971: Archbishop Hubert granted the manor of Darent;dissolution unknown|Pastscape — Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 1301426Dartford BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the visitation of London)founded 1356; attached to the nunnery (see immediately below);prior and friars recorded 1373;dissolved 1539|Pastscape — Detailed Result: DARTFORD PRIORYBritish History Online —Friaries: The Dominican nuns of Dartford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.181-190)Dartford PrioryDominican nuns (or Augustinian Canonesses) subject to King's Langley, Hertfordshirefounded 1346 by Edward III in the buildings of a former royal palace;dissolved after Elizabeth Cressener died and after 1 April 1539; Henry VIII built a manor house on the site; granted to Edmund Mervyn 1540/1, afterwards becoming the property of the Earl of Salisbury;Dominican nuns — from King's Langleyrefounded 1558;dissolved after 1559; granted to Anne of Cleves by Edward VI; later used by Queen Elizabeth;alienated by James I;J & E Hall's engineering works built on part of siteSt Mary and St Margaret____________________Dertford Priory;Dartford Nunnery |Davington Priory +^Benedictine nunsfounded 1153 by Fulk de Newenham;dissolved 1535; granted to Sir Thomas Cheney 1546/7;church now in parochial use — priory buildings in private ownership;restored as a private residence 19th century; since 1982 owned by Bob GeldofThe Priory Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, Davington;(parochially also dedicated to St Lawrence) |Pastscape — Detailed Result: DAVINGTON PRIORYBritish History Online —Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Davington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.144-145)British History Online —Davington PrioryDover Priory, earlier siteSaxon minster, secular canonsfounded 640 by Eadbald, King of Kent;transferred to St Martin's c.696 (see immediately below) by King Wihtred;church apparently rebuilt 10th century;repaired 1582, but practically unused thereafter and in ruins by 1724;in use as a Fives' Court early-1790s;in use as a garrison coal store during Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815);restored 1862 by Sir George Gilbert Scott and 1888 by William ButterfieldSt Mary in Castro(St Mary in the Castle) |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST MARY IN CASTROBritish History Online —Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Dover — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 (pp.133-137)Dover Priory ^secular canonstransferred to from site within the castle (see immediately above) c.696 by King Wihtred;(?abbey 697Dover Abbey — Hadcock & Knowles Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, p.140);Augustinian Canons Regularrefounded 1131 by Henry I and William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury;Benedictine monks — from Canterbury (who forced withdrawal of Augustinians) 1136;monks apparently withdrawn;Benedictine monks — sent from Canterbury by Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury 1139;cell dependent on Canterbury;dissolved 1535;remains now incorporated into a private school: Dover CollegeThe Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Martin of the New Work, Dover