Blackborough Priory Explained

Blackborough Priory
Other Names:Priory of St. Mary and St. Catherine
Established:1150
Disestablished:1537
Founder:Roger de Scales and Muriel de Scales (née Lisewis)
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Completed Date:1150
Location:Blackborough End, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Coord:52.6985°N 0.4759°W
Remains:South wall of the church
Public Access:By appointment only (with Heathlands Farm)

Blackborough Priory was a Benedictine monastic house in Norfolk, England, about 5 miles or 8 km south east of King's Lynn. The Ordnance Survey map shows the remains of fishponds nearby, which may have been for the use of the monastery.

History

The priory was founded in 1150 by Roger de Scales and his wife Muriel, and was intended for the use of monks. Later, both nuns and monks were allowed in the priory.[1] By 1200 the priory was dedicated to the sole use of Benedictine nuns. The nunnery operated until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537.[2] Between 1200 and 1537 the priory had nineteen prioresses.[3] The first was Avelina and the last was Elizabeth Dawney. Today, the site of the priory is a cattle farm.[4]

Burials

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Service. Norfolk Historic Environment. www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. 2017-01-03.
  2. Web site: Blackborough Priory Remains, Setch Road, Middleton, Norfolk Educational Images Historic England. England. Historic. historicengland.org.uk. 2017-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20170104095435/https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/education/educational-images/blackborough-priory-remains-setch-road-middleton-221977. 2017-01-04. dead.
  3. Web site: Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Blackborough British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk. 2017-01-03.
  4. Web site: heathlands. heathlands. 2017-01-04.