List of monastic houses in Wiltshire

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

List

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAmesbury Abbeytradition of early monastery destroyed 6th century;Benedictine nunsabbey founded c.979 by Alfrida, widow of King Edwin;Fontevrault Benedictine nunsalien house: dependent on Fontevrault;refounded 1177;Henry II obtained papal consent, abbess pensioned and nuns apparently expelled to other houses 1177, being replaced by nuns from Fontevrault and Westwood;Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and brothers double housepriors recorded from 1194;became denizen: independent from sometime after 1403;dissolved 1539; granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford 1540/1;hypothesis that the current parish church was the church of the brethren, possibly built on the site of the early minsterAbbey of St Mary and St Melor (c.979)____________________Amesbury Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: AMESBURY ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: Abbey, later priory, of Amesbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.242–259)Ansty Preceptory ^(?)Knights Hospitallerfounded c.1220, manor granted by William de Turberville (Tubelville) 1210–1;dissolved 1540; granted to J. Zouch 1546/7;in use as a hospice after dissolution;badly damaged by fire 1927; converted into an engineering workshop;remains possibly incorporated into farmhouse at Manor Farm|Pastscape — Detailed Result: ANSTY HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORYBritish History Online — House of Knights Hospitaller: Preceptory of Ansty — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.328–329)Avebury PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on St-Georges, Bocherville;founded after 1114 by William de Tancarville (Tancervilla);dissolved 1378; granted to Winchester College 1391;granted to Sir William Sharington 1548/9;manor house named Avebury Manor built on site c.1557|Pastscape — Detailed Result: AVEBURY MANORBritish History Online — Alien Houses: Priory of Avebury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.392–393)Bradenstoke PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1139 (1142) by Walter D'Evereaux;dissolved 17 January 1539; granted to Richard Pexhall 1546/7;remains within farmstead named 'Bradenstoke Abbey'Clack Priory |Wiltshire Council — Wiltshire Community History Get Church InformationBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Bradenstoke — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.275–288)Bradford-on-Avon MonasteryBenedictine? monksfounded c.705–710 by St Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne;granted to Shaftesbury, Dorset 1001;served as charnel house in medieval period;in use as a dwelling and a school 18th to mid-19th century;restored 1870;church now in ownership of the Wiltshire Archaeological SocietySt Lawrence |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCEBriontune PrioryAugustinian Canons RegularBriontune/Brioptune - cited by Speed and Gervase of Canterbury; Tanner, Notitia Monastica, 609, indicates the county has no location of this nameSt Mary Magdalene____________________Brioptune Priory |Britford Monastery (?)possible Saxon community|Bromham Monasteryuncertain order and foundation|Calne Monastery (?)possible Saxon community|Charlton PrioryPremonstratensian Canonsalien house: dependent on L'Isle-Dieu, Normandyfounded c.1187, granted to L'Isle-Dieu by Reginald de Pavely;dissolved 1380; granted to the Hospital of St Katherine-by-the-Towergranted to Sir William Sharington 1548/9Charleton Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHARLTON PRIORYClatford PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on St-Victor-en-Caux;founded after 1104; manors granted by Hugh, son of Ralph de Mortimer;dissolved c.1439; granted to Eton College 1441Clatford and Hullavington Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CLATFORD PRIORYBritish History Online — Alien Houses: Priory of Clatford or Hullavington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.393–394)Corsham Priory +possibly late Saxon minster;St Bartholomew's church granted to St-Etienne, Caen by William the Conqueror;Benedictine monksalien house: cell dependent on Marmoutier;founded before 1077, granted to Marmoutier between 1068 and 1135 (during the reign of Henry I);dissolved 1294; administered by the Cluniacs at Tickford, ceasing as a priory, granted to King's College, Cambridge by Henry VI;granted to Syon Abbey by Edward VI;granted to Philip Moore 1608/9;restored by G. E. Street and C. F. Hansom 1875–8Cosham Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEWBritish History Online — Alien Houses: Priory of Corsham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (p.394)Cricklade Monastery (?)possible Saxon monks or secular communitySt Sampson |Damerham MonasteryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in HampshireEaston Priory or Hospital, Easton Royal ~Trinitarianhostel founded 1245 by Stephen of Tisbury, Archdeacon of Salisbury;priory founded 1251, priory church serving as both conventual and parochial;destroyed by fire 1493; apparently restoredbuildings were reported as in a ruinous state at dissolution;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp 1536;granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford 1608/9; present parish church possibly stands on or near the site of the conventual churchEston Friary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: EASTON PRIORY HOLY TRINITY CHURCHPastscape — Detailed Result: HOSPITAL OF ST MARY MAGDALENEBritish History Online — House of Trinitarians: Priory or hospital of Easton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.324–327) (possible)Edington Priory +manor granted to the nuns at Romsey by King Edgar between 959 and 975;present church built as a chantry chapel 1351 by William Edington, Bishop of Winchester on site of earlier church;Bonshommes brothersEdington – affiliation cited by Discovering Abbeys & Priories, Geoffrey N. Wright and Victoria County History as being one of the only two Bonshommes establishments in Englandchurch granted to the Bonshommes 1358 as their priory church, nave reserved for parochial use;dissolved 1539; granted to William Pawlet, Lord St John 1541/2;conventual church, restored 1881–91, now in parochial use as All Saints' parish church;house named 'The Priory' possibly incorporates remains of the claustral buildingsSt Mary, St Catherine and All Saints____________________All Saints' ChurchEdindon Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTSPastscape — Detailed Result: THE PRIORYBritish History Online — House of Bonhommes: Edington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.320–324)Fisherton Anger FriaryDominican Friars(community founded 1245 at Fugglestone);transferred here 1281;dissolved 1538|Fugglestone PrioryDominican Friarsfounded 1245;transferred to Fisherton Anger 1281 and thereafter retained as a cell until dissolution;dissolved 1538;apparently converted to domestic use when recorded early-19th century, when at least partly extant|Pastscape — Detailed Result: FUGGLESTONE PRIORYGreat Bedwyn Monastery (?)apparent Saxon minster community 10th century, purported traces to the east of present parish church of St Mary, which is possibly on or near site of the Saxon foundationSt Lawrence |Pastscape — Detailed Result: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN (possible)Hullavington Grange (?)Benedictine monksfounded 1104;dissolved after 1325|Ivychurch PriorySaxon minster apparently established as priory church;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded before 1154 by King StephenIvychurch - founder cited by Hundred Rolls, 1274;dissolved 1536The Blessed Virgin Mary |Pastscape — Detailed Result: IVYCHURCH PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Ivychurch — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.289–295)Kington St Michael PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1155, probably by the family of Robert Wayfer de Brinton who granted land;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Long 1538/9;site now within farmThe Priory Church of St Mary, Kington St Michael____________________Keinton Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: KINGTON ST MICHAEL PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of Kington St Michael — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.259–262)Lacock AbbeyAugustinian Canonessespriory founded 1230-2 by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, widow of William Longspée, confirmed 1320;raised to abbey status 1239–40dissolved 21 January 1539; granted to Sir William Sharington 1540/1; (NT)The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Bernard, Lacock |Pastscape — Detailed Result: LACOCK ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canonesses: Abbey of Lacock — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.303–316)Longleat PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded before 1233dissolved 1529; granted to Sir John Thynne 1540/1;country house named 'Longleat House' built on site|Pastscape — Detailed Result: LONGLEAT HOUSEBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Longleat — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.302–303)Loxwell Abbey #Cistercian monksdependent on Quarr, Isle of Wightfounded 1151 by Empress Matilda, her son Henry and her chamberlain Drogo;dissolved 1154; transferred to Stanley|Pastscape — Detailed Result: LOXWELL ABBEYMaiden Bradley Prioryoriginally a Lazer Housefounded 1152 (before 1164) by Manasser Biset;hospital for leper women in the care of secular brothers and priests;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1184: granted by Bishop Hubert 1183–93Maiden Bradley - cited by Leland, Itinerary (ed. T. L. Smith (1910));priory founded before 1201Maiden Bradley - earliest contemporary record of a prior 1201: D. Knowles & N. Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses: England & Wales, (1971), p.165;dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edward Seymore 1537/8The Hospital and Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Lazarus, Maiden Bradley____________________Mayden Bradeley Priory |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MAIDEN BRADLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: Priory of Maiden Bradley | A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp. 295–302)Malmesbury AbbeyBritish nuns (legendary)purportedly founded before 603 (7th century);dissolved by St Austin, Archbishop, in, or before, 604;hermitage of Irish monk and hermit Mailduib possibly 637;succeeded by St Aldhelm who built larger church of Our Saviour, SS Peter and Paul after 675;Benedictine? monksfounded c.675;secular canons collegiatefounded after 796;Benedictine monksfounded before 965(−74) (675);destroyed in raids by the Danes 1010;soon rebuilt;refounded before 1143 by William of Malmesbury;dissolved 15 December 1539; granted to William Stump 1544/5;church now in parochial useOur Saviour, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Malmesbury (after 675)St Mary, Virgin (before 1143) |Pastscape — Detailed Result: MALMESBURY ABBEYBritish History Online — House of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Malmesbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 3 (pp.210–231)Marlborough PrioryGilbertine canonsfounded before 1189(?) possibly by Henry II;plundered and partly destroyed by fire 1337dissolved January 1539; granted to Anthony Stringer;The Priory Church of Saint Margaret, Marlborough____________________Marleburgh Abbey