Barlynch Priory Explained

Barlynch Priory
Other Names:St Nicholas's Priory
Order:Augustinian
Established:Between 1154 and 1189
Disestablished:1539
Founder:William de Say
Location:Brompton Regis, Somerset, England
Coord:51.0457°N -3.5348°W
Remains:Walling at Barlynch Farm

Barlynch Priory (also known as St Nicholas's Priory and sometimes spelled Barlich Priory) in Brompton Regis, Somerset, England was an Augustinian priory founded by William de Say between 1154 and 1189 and dissolved in 1537.[1]

In the late 15th century the prior was John Chester,[2] one of the sons of Alice Chestre who made donations to the church.[3] In 1524 the priory was at its largest with nine canons.[4]

The only visible remains are some fragments of walling attached to Barlynch farmhouse, which have been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Somerset County No 182).[5] It has been added to the Heritage at Risk Register because of the risk of collapse.[6]

Some of the stained glass from a Jesse window at the Priory is now in the St Peter's Church in Huish Champflower.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barlynch Priory . Pastscape . English Heritage . 1 November 2016 .
  2. Web site: Page . William . Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Barlynch . British History Online. Victoria County History. 13 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Manco. Jean. The House that Alice Built. Bristol Past. 13 October 2015.
  4. Web site: The priory of Barlynch. Houses of Augustinian Canons, in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2 (1911), pp. 132-134.. British History Online. 12 July 2009.
  5. Web site: Barlich Farmhouse . historicengland.org.uk . English Heritage . 12 July 2009 .
  6. Web site: Barlinch Priory, Brompton Regis, West Somerset - Exmoor (NP) . Heritage at Risk . English Heritage . 20 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022202631/http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/register.aspx?id=42043 . 22 October 2013 .
  7. Book: Bush, Robin . Robin Bush (historian) . Somerset: The complete guide . 1994 . Dovecote Press . Wimborne, Dorset . 1-874336-27-X . registration .