List of monastic houses in Nottinghamshire explained

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

FoundationImageCommunities & ProvenanceFormal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
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Beauvale CharterhouseCarthusian monks
founded 1343 by Nicholas de Cauntlow (Cantilupo), Lord of Ilkeston: licence granted 1343;
dissolved 18 July 1539; granted to Richard Morison 1550/1
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Beauvale

The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Mary the Virgin with All Saints
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Beauvale Priory
[1]

53.0364°N -1.2673°W
Blyth Priory +Benedictine monks
alien house: dependent on St Holy Trinity, Rouen;
founded 1088 by Roger de Builly;
became denizen: independent from c.1409;
dissolved 1536; granted to Richard Andrews and William Ramesden 1543/4;
church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Blyth[2]

53.3788°N -1.0635°W
Broadholme Priory$Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire
Felley PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
dependent on Worksop;
founded 1152: church and hermitage granted to Worksop by Ralph Britto of Annesley;
independent from 1260;
dissolved 1536
St Mary[3]

53.0565°N -1.2805°W
Fiskerton CellAugustinian Canons Regular
possible cell dependent on Thurgarton (more likely a chapel served by Canons from Thurgarton);
founded c.1139 by Ralph de Ayncourt;
granted to Edward Fynes, Lord Clinton and Thomas Morrison
Fiskarton Cell

53.0513°N -0.9124°W
Lenton PrioryCluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Cluny;
founded 1102-8 by William Peverell;
became denizen: independent from 1392;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Harrington 1562/3
The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
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St Anthony's Hospital
[4]

52.943°N -1.1783°W
Marske Cell (?)Benedictine monks
cell? dependent on York;
existence disputed
Marshe Cell
Mattersey PrioryGilbertine Canons
founded c.1185 by Roger FitzRalph, son of Ranulf de Mattersey;
destroyed by fire 1279;
dissolved 3 October 1538; granted to Antony Neville, Esq. 1539/40; (EH)
The Priory Church of Saint Helen, Mattersey[5]

53.3982°N -0.9437°W
Newark Greyfriars #Observant Franciscan Friars
founded 1507 (or c.1499 by Henry VII);
dissolved 1534;
Augustinian Friars
refounded;
dissolved 1539; granted to John Andrews;
house built on site named 'The Friary'
Newark Greyfriars;
Newark Austin Friars
[6] [7]

53.0777°N -0.8043°W
Newstead PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1163 by Henry II;
dissolved 21 July 1539; granted to Sir John Byron 1541/2;
converted into a mansion named 'Newstead Abbey';
restored by George Gordon Byron, poet, c.1800;
restored by John Shaw for Col. Wildman 1819; further altered c.1862 for William Frederick Webb, African explorer, upon whose death, 1899, estate passed via his surviving children to his grandson Charles Ian Fraser who sold Newstead to philanthropist Sir Julien Cahn, who presented it to Nottingham Corporation 1931;
now in ownership of Nottingham City Council
St Mary[8]

53.0783°N -1.1926°W
Nottingham Basford CellCluniac monks
cell dependent on Lenton?;
founded before c.1200;
dissolved after 1300
Nottingham Friary *Franciscan Friars Minor
extant
Friary and Parish of Our Lady and St Edward[9]

52.9631°N -1.128°W
Nottingham GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford)
founded before 1230;
dissolved 1539
[10]

52.9498°N -1.1501°W
Nottingham — Holy Sepulchre PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — Holy Sepulchre
founded c.1170;
dissolved after 1188
Nottingham Roche CellCluniac monks
cell dependent on Lenton;
foundation unknown;
dissolved after 1405
Nottingham WhitefriarsCarmelite Friars
founded before 1271, site granted by Reginald de Grey;
dissolved 5 February 1539; granted to Thomas Henneage 1548/9
[11]

52.9526°N -1.1518°W
Ossington PreceptoryKnights Hospitaller
founded before 1154, granted by William, Archbishop of York;
merged with Newland, Yorkshire 1382;
church of the Holy Rood built 1782, probably stands on or near site
[12]

53.1781°N -0.8657°W (probable)
Rufford AbbeyCistercian monks
founded 13 July 1136 by Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln;
dissolved 1536; granted to George, Earl of Shrewsbury;
now in ownership of Nottinghamshire County Council
[13]

53.1764°N -1.0356°W
Shelford PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded (in the reign of Henry II) by Ralph Hanselyn;
dissolved 1536; granted to Michael Stanhope 1539/40;
remains incorporated into house named 'Shelford House' built c.1600, destroyed by fire 1645, rebuilt c.1678
[14]

52.9839°N -1°W
Thurgarton Priory +Augustinian Canons Regular
founded c.1119-39 by Ralph Deincourt, with the influence of Archbishop Thurstan;
dissolved 12 June 1538;
fortified for Charles I 1643;
in use as Bishop's Palace 1884–1904;
part of church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Thurgarton[15]

53.0353°N -0.9699°W
Wallingwells Priory ^Benedictine nuns
founded 1130 (probably c.1140-4) by Ralph de Chevrolcourt (Cheurolcourt);
also given as Augustinian
dissolved 14 December 1539; granted to Richard Pype and Francis Boyer 1563/4; granted to Richard Whalley 1548/9;
remains possibly partly incorporated into country house named Wallingwells Hall, built 18th/19th century
St Mary de Parco[16]

53.351°N -1.1414°W
Welbeck AbbeyPremonstratensian Canons — from Newsham, Lincolnshire
founded 1153 by Thomas of Cuckney (Thomas Jocei); canons in residence by October 1134;
dissolved 20 June 1538;
remains incorporated into private residence, under the ownership of Sir Charles Cavendish before 1607; since altered and remodelled
The Abbey Church of Saint James, Welbeck[17]

53.2622°N -1.156°W
Winkburn PreceptoryKnights Hospitaller
founded 1189–99, church granted by Henry Hosat and vill by Adam Tysun;
serving as a camera of Ossington;
dissolved 1382
Worksop Priory +Augustinian Canons Regular — probably from Huntingdon Priory
founded after 1119 by William de Lovetot;
dissolved 15 November 1538; granted to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury 1541/2
church now in parochial use
The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Cuthbert, Worksop
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Wirksop Priory;
formerly known as Radford Priory
[18]

53.3037°N -1.1153°W

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40088 British History Online — House of Carthusian monks: The priory of Beauvale — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.105-109)
  2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40084 British History Online — House of Benedictine monks: The priory of Blyth — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.83-88)
  3. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40089 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Felley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.109-112)
  4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40086 British History Online — House of Cluniac monks: The priory of Lenton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.91-100)
  5. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40096 British History Online — House of Gilbertine canons: The priory of Mattersey — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.140-141)
  6. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40100 British History Online — Friaries: Observant friars of Newark — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.147-148)
  7. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/maps.aspx?a=0&hob_id=324300 Newark Greyfriars Images
  8. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40090 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Newstead — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.112-117)
  9. http://www.friar.org/locations/nottingham.html Nottingham
  10. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40098 British History Online — Friaries: Franciscan friars of Nottingham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.144-145)
  11. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40099 British History Online — Friaries: Carmelite friars of Nottingham — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.145-147)
  12. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40097 British History Online — House of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Ossington — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.142-144)
  13. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40087 British History Onlinde — House of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Rufford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.101-105)
  14. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40091 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Shelford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.117-120)
  15. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40092 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Shurgarton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.120-125)
  16. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40085 British History Online — House of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Wallingwells — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.89-90)
  17. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40094 British History Online — House of Premonstratensian canons: The abbey of Welbeck — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.129-138)
  18. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40093 British History Online — Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Worksop — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp.125-129)