The following is a list of the monastic houses in Warwickshire, England.
| Foundation | Image | Communities & Provenance | Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names | width = 10% | OnLine References & Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcester Abbey $ | Benedictine monks founded 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 | [1] [2] 52.2192°N -1.8724°W | ||
| Alvecote Priory | Benedictine monks dependent on Great Malvern; founded 1159: granted to Great Malvern by William Burdet; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas, Lord Audley and Sir Thomas Pope | St Blase ____________________ Avecote Priory | [3] [4] 52.6358°N -1.6306°W | ||
| Arbury Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian founded after 1154 (early in the reign of Henry II) by Ralph de Sudley; Augustinian Canons Regular independent 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 events | The Blessed Virgin Mary ____________________ Erbury Priory; Erdbury Priory; Ordbury Priory | [5] [6] 52.5002°N -1.5075°W | ||
| 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 church | Atherston Austin Friars | [7] 52.5791°N -1.5448°W | ||
| Atherstone Priory | Benedictine nuns daughter house of St Benedict's, Colwich, Staffordshire; foundations laid May 1859; dissolved 1967: amalgamated with Colwich | St Scholastica | [8] [9] | ||
| Balsall Preceptory | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Bretford Priory | Benedictine nuns cell founded 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 | [10] 52.3894°N -1.3843°W | |||
| Cawston Grange | Cistercian monks grange 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 | [11] 52.3523°N -1.3029°W | |||
| Coombe Abbey | Cistercian monks — from Waverley, Surrey founded 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 Council | Combe Abbey | [12] [13] 52.4143°N -1.4082°W | ||
| Coventry Greyfriars | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Coventry Priory | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Coventry — St Anne's Priory | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Coventry Whitefriars | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Grafton Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded c.1189, land granted by Henry de Grafton; dissolved before/c.1476, jointly with Balsall | Temple Grafton; Balsall and Grafton Preceptory | [14] | ||
| Henwood Priory | Historical county location. See entry under | ||||
| Holywell Cell | Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Rocester, Staffordshire; founded 1240–70; dissolved 1325 | ||||
| Holywell Cell | Cistercian monks 'cella', grange(?) dependent on Stoneleigh; founded before 1291 | ||||
| Kenilworth Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular priory 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 Castle | The Blessed Virgin Mary | [15] [16] 52.3487°N -1.5821°W | ||
| Maxstoke Priory | Sir William de Clinton purchased parish church 1330, initially intending to found a chantry/college; licensed 1331; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 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 | [17] [18] 52.4781°N -1.6562°W | ||
| Merevale Abbey | Cistercian monks — from Bordesley, Worcestershire daughter 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 | [19] [20] 52.5773°N -1.5705°W | |||
| Monks Kirby Priory | Benedictine monks alien 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 Church | The Priory Church of Saint Mary and Saint Denis, Kirby ____________________ Kirby Priory | [21] [22] 52.4445°N -1.3199°W | ||
| Nuneaton Priory | Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and monks double house — from Kintbury, Berkshire alien house: dependent on Fontevrault; founded c.1155 by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester; Benedictine nuns denizen: 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 1876 | St Mary the Virgin | [23] [24] 52.5253°N -1.4773°W | ||
| Oldbury Priory | Benedictine nuns manor 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.1272 | St Laurence ____________________ St Lawrence's Chapel | [25] 52.5493°N -1.5398°W | ||
| Penitanham Monastery(?) ~ | land granted by Oshere, King of the Hwicce 693; no further reference nor identification | ||||
| Pinley Priory | Cistercian nuns founded before 1135 (during the reign of Henry I) by Robert de Pillarton (Pilardinton); also given as Benedictine nuns dissolved 1536; granted to William Wigstone, Esq. 1544/5 | St Mary | [28] [29] 52.2896°N -1.6884°W | ||
| Polesworth Abbey | Benedictine nuns founded 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 Editha | St Editha ____________________ Pollesworth Abbey | [30] [31] 52.619°N -1.6125°W | ||
| Shuttington Monastery ~ | hermit friars, no order given — apparently not Austin Friars founded 1260; no later record; church under Benedictines at Alvecote | ||||
| Stoneleigh Abbey | Cistercian monks daughter 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 century | Stonely Abbey | [32] [33] [34] 52.3385°N -1.5338°W | ||
| Stratford-on-Avon Monastery | Saxon monks apparently founded 693-717 (during the incumbency of Ecgwine, Bishop of Worcester) dissolved after 872 | ||||
| Studley Priory | Augustinian 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 farmhouse | The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Studley | [35] [36] 52.2753°N -1.8921°W | ||
| Thelsford Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — Holy Sepulchre priory(?) possibly founded after 1170 (1200–1212); Trinitarians refounded c.1214: land granted by Sir William Lucy of Charlecote (William de Cherlecote), or 1224-40(?) dissolved 26 October 1538; granted to William Whorwood, Esq. and William Walter 1543/4 | St John the Baptist and St Radegund ____________________ Thelesford Priory | [38] [39] 52.2217°N -1.6052°W | ||
| Warmington Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Pierre, Préaux; founded before 1123 by Paul de Prattelles, granted by Henry de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick; dissolved c.1387(?); under Toft Monks, Norfolk by 1380; dissolved 1387; granted to the Carthusians at Witham, Somerset 1428; granted to William and Francis Seldon Esqrs. 1543/4 | [40] [41] 52.1198°N -1.4026°W | |||
| Warwick Blackfriars # | Dominican Friars (under the Limit of Oxford) founded before 1263, site obtained for the friars by Ralph Boteler, Baron of Wem; dissolved 20 October 1538 | [42] [43] 52.2791°N -1.5932°W | |||
| Warwick Monastery | Saxon monks destroyed 1016 by Cnut | ||||
| Warwick Nunnery | Saxon nuns purportedly destroyed c.1016 by Cnut; subsequently site of "St Nicholas's churchyard" | ||||
| Warwick St Sepulchre Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular — Holy Sepulchre founded c.1119-23, begun by Henry Newburgh (Henry de Beaumont) probably before 20 June 1119, completed by his son Earl Roger 1123; indistinguishable from mainstream Augustinian Canons Regular after 1188; independent from after 1280 (recorded as Holy Sepulchre Canons 1280); dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Hawkins 1546/7; remains incorporated into mansion built on site 1556, largely dismantled 1925 and removed to Virginia | [44] [45] 52.2849°N -1.587°W | |||
| Warwick Preceptory # | Knights Templar founded c.1135 (between 1123 and 1142) purportedly by Roger, Earl of Warwick; possibly superseded as preceptory by Balsall, becoming a member thereof c.1142; dissolved 1308–12; passed to Knights Hospitaller who maintained there a chaplain, bailiff and pensioner | [46] 52.2763°N -1.5808°W | |||
| Wolston Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Pierre-sur-Dives; founded 1086-94: chapel and other endowments granted by Hubert Boldran dissolved 1394; sold to Carthusians at Coventry; | [47] [48] 52.3796°N -1.3903°W | |||
| Wootton Wawen Priory | Saxon minster land granted by King Ethelbald of Mercia between 723 and 737; no further reference to that establishment; Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Conches; founded after 1086: church and other endowments granted by Robert de Tony soon after the Norman Conquest; granted to the Carthusians at Coventry 1398; restored to Conches 1400; dissolved 1447; granted to King's College, Cambridge | [49] [50] 52.2681°N -1.7781°W | |||
| Wroxall Priory | Benedictine nuns founded c.1135(?) (1141?) by Hugh, Lord of Hatton and Wroxall; dissolved 1536; granted to Robert Burgoin and John Scudamore 1544; some claustral buildings demolished and house built on site 16th century by Burgoyne family; site sold to James Dugdale 1861; more claustral buildings demolished 1864; house named 'Wroxall Abbey' built on site 1866, in use as a school; school closed 1995 and reopened as a hotel; St Leonard's church closed 1995(?) and reopened as a chapel known as 'Wren's Chapel' for an independent Christian church | St Leonard ____________________ Wroxhall Priory | [51] [52] 52.3342°N -1.6758°W | ||