List of monastic houses in Warwickshire

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

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAlcester Abbey $Benedictine monksfounded c.1138/1140 by Ralph Pincerna le Boteler;reduced to priory cell dependent on Evesham, Worcestershire 1466;dissolved 1536; granted to William and John Sewester;demolished and quarried for the remodelling of the manor house named 'Beauchamp Court' The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist____________________Alencester Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ALCESTER ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Alcester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.59-61)Alvecote PrioryBenedictine monksdependent on Great Malvern;founded 1159: granted to Great Malvern by William Burdet;dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas, Lord Audley and Sir Thomas PopeSt Blase____________________Avecote Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ALVECOTE PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Alvecote — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.61-62)Arbury PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Arroasianfounded after 1154 (early in the reign of Henry II) by Ralph de Sudley;Augustinian Canons Regularindependent from 1235;dissolved 1534; granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9;site now occupied by an Elizabethan house named 'Arbury Hall';in private ownership, used for corporate eventsThe Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Erbury Priory;Erdbury Priory;Ordbury Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ARBURY HOUSEBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Arbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.89-91)Atherstone Austin Friars +Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)founded 1374 by Ralph, Lord Basset of Drayton;dissolved 1538; granted to Henry Cartwright 1543/4;nave of friary church retained for parish, chancel used as a grammar school which discontinued 1863, becoming ruinous;house built on site, demolished;house named 'Atherstone House' built on site late-18th century, extant;nave and aisles rebuilt 1849 and 1888 and chancel restored to the churchAtherston Austin Friars |Pastscape — Detailed Result: ATHERSTONE AUSTIN FRIARYAtherstone PrioryBenedictine nunsdaughter house of St Benedict's, Colwich, Staffordshire;foundations laid May 1859;dissolved 1967: amalgamated with ColwichSt Scholastica |Colwich Abbey — Atherstone British History Online — Friaries: Austin friars of Atherstone — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (p.106)Balsall PreceptoryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsBretford PrioryBenedictine nunscellfounded before 1154 (during the reign of Henry II), land granted by Geoffrey de Clinton;appropriated by Kenilworth (during the incumbency of Richard, Abbot of Leicester until c.1167) with the consent of Geoffrey de Clinton;dissolved before 1167|Pastscape — Detailed Result: BRETFORD PRIORYCawston Grange Cistercian monksgrange dependent on Pipewell, Northamptonshire;in possession of Turchis of Warwick 1086;founded after 1201: granted to Pipewell by Ingleram Clement and his son William; confirmed 1235; built by the time of Edwin the Confessor;destroyed by fire 1307; rebuilt;dissolved 1538; mansion built 16th century; demolished 1829;farmhouse built on site 19th century|Pastscape — Detailed Result: CAWSTON GRANGECoombe AbbeyCistercian monks — from Waverley, Surreyfounded 10 July 1150 by Richard de Camvilla;dissolved 1539; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8;mansion named 'Combe Abbey House' built on site by 1581 John (afterwards Lord) Harrington;converted into a hotel, with its grounds now the country park of Coombe Country Park in the ownership of Coventry City CouncilCombe Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: COMBE ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Combe — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.73-75)Coventry GreyfriarsHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsCoventry PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsCoventry — St Anne's PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsCoventry WhitefriarsHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsGrafton PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded c.1189, land granted by Henry de Grafton;dissolved before/c.1476, jointly with BalsallTemple Grafton;Balsall and Grafton Preceptory |British History Online — Houses of Knights Hospitaller: Preceptory of Balsall and Grafton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.100-101)Henwood PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsHolywell CellAugustinian Canons Regularcell dependent on Rocester, Staffordshire;founded 1240–70;dissolved 1325|Holywell CellCistercian monks'cella', grange(?) dependent on Stoneleigh;founded before 1291|Kenilworth AbbeyAugustinian Canons Regularpriory founded c.1125 by Geoffrey de Clinton, chamberlain and treasurer to Henry I: licence dated 1125;raised to abbey status after 1439;dissolved 14 April 1539; granted by Henry VIII to Sir Andrew Flamock;masonry used at Kenilworth CastleThe Blessed Virgin Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: KENILWORTH ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Abbey of Kenilworth — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.86-89)Maxstoke PriorySir William de Clinton purchased parish church 1330, initially intending to found a chantry/college; licensed 1331;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1336/7 by Sir William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon;dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9;remains incorporated into Priory Farm;now in private ownership; church suffered substantial collapse January 1986 The Holy Trinity, The Blessed Virgin Mary, St Michael and All Saints____________________Mackstoke Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MAXSTOKE PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Maxstoke — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.91-94)Merevale AbbeyCistercian monks — from Bordesley, Worcestershiredaughter house of Bordesley;founded 10 October 1148 by Robert de Ferrers II, Earl of Derby;dissolved 13 October 1538; granted to Walter, Lord Ferrers 1540/1;gatehouse chapel now in parochial use|Pastscape — Detailed Result: MEREVALE ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Merevale — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.75-78)Monks Kirby PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on Angers;founded 1077 by Geoffrey de Wirche (Gosfred de Wirchia);granted to Carthusians at Axholme after 1396;restored to Angers 1399;dissolved 1414; again granted to Axholme;granted to Trinity College, Cambridge 1545/6;remains incorporated into St Edith's ChurchThe Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Denis, Kirby____________________Kirby Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: KIRKBURY PRIORYBritish History Online — Alien Houses: Priory of Monks Kirby — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.129-131)Nuneaton PrioryFontevrault Benedictine nuns and monks double house — from Kintbury, Berkshirealien house: dependent on Fontevrault;founded c.1155 by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester;Benedictine nunsdenizen: apparently independent of Fontevrault from after 1442;dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Marmaduke Constable 1540/1;remains incorporated into St Mary's Church, built on site 1876St Mary the Virgin |Pastscape — Detailed Result: NUNEATON PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of Nuneaton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.66-70)Oldbury PrioryBenedictine nunsmanor belonged to Polesworth;founded c.1066-70: nuns purportedly transferred from Polesworth upon expulsion by Robert Marmion I;transferred to Polesworth by Robert Marmion II;dissolved c.1130; continued as a cell and chapel until c.1272St Laurence____________________St Lawrence's Chapel |Pastscape — Detailed Result: OLDBURY PRIORYPenitanham Monastery(?) ~land granted by Oshere, King of the Hwicce 693;no further reference nor identification|Pinley PrioryCistercian nunsPinley Cistercian — i) Victoria County History; ii) T. Tanner, Notitia Monastica, p.574; iii) Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries (1922)founded before 1135 (during the reign of Henry I) by Robert de Pillarton (Pilardinton);also given as Benedictine nunsPinley Benedictine — W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley &c, 1468 and W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, Volume 1, ed. Dodsworth, 1682, p.442dissolved 1536; granted to William Wigstone, Esq. 1544/5St Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: PINLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian nuns: Priory of Pinley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.82-83)Polesworth AbbeyBenedictine nunsfounded before 839(?) by King Egbert;possibly refounded c.980;purportedly expelled by Robert Marmion I and transferred to Oldbury 1066–70;transferred from Oldbury c.1130 by Robert Marmion II and his wife Milicent;dissolved 31 January 1539; granted to Francis Goodyere, Esq. 1544/5;conventual church in parochial use as the Parish Church of St EdithaSt Editha____________________Pollesworth Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: POLESWORTH ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey of Polesworth — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.62-65)Shuttington Monastery ~hermit friars, no order given — apparently not Austin Friarsfounded 1260; no later record;church under Benedictines at Alvecote|Stoneleigh AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Bordesley, Worcestershire;(community founded at Radmore, Staffordshire 1143-7);transferred from Radmore 19 December 1154, with the consent of Henry II, foundations laid 13 April 1155;dissolved 1536; granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9;remains incorporated into country house named 'Stoneleigh Abbey House' built on site after 1561, altered 18th & 19th centuryStonely Abbey |Pastscape — Detailed Result: STONELEIGH ABBEYPastscape — Detailed Result: STONELEIGH ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Stoneleigh — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.78-81)Stratford-on-Avon MonasterySaxon monksapparently founded 693-717 (during the incumbency of Ecgwine, Bishop of Worcester)dissolved after 872|Studley PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular(community founded at Witton, Worcestershire (West Midlands) c.1135);transferred from Witton by Peter Corbezon c.1151;conventual church rebuilt, consecrated 1309;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edmund Knightly;site now occupied by a farmhouseThe Priory Church of Saint Mary, Studley |Pastscape — Detailed Result: STUDLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Studley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (pp.94-97)Thelsford PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Holy Sepulchrepriory(?) possibly founded after 1170 (1200–1212);Trinitariansrefounded c.1214: land granted by Sir William Lucy of Charlecote (William de Cherlecote), or 1224-40(?)Thelsford - Dugdale (1468), Monasticon Anglicanum states Trinitarians arrived in England 1224;dissolved 26 October 1538; granted to William Whorwood, Esq. and William Walter 1543/4St John the Baptist and St Radegund____________________Thelesford Priory