Holy Trinity Priory

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The Holy Trinity Priory was a priory of Austin canons founded around 1108 by Queen Maud of Scotland, near Aldgate in London.[1] By 1115, the entire soke, or liberty of East Smithfield (including the ward of Portsoken) was given by the Knighten Guilde to the church of Holy Trinity within Aldgate. The prior of the Abbey was then to sit as an ex officio Alderman of London.[2]

The priory was dissolved in February of 1532 when it was given back to King Henry VIII of England.[1] The buildings and land associated with the priory were given, or sold, to prominent courtiers and City merchants. None of the buildings survive today, but the priory is commemorated by the street of Austin Friars in the ward of Broad Street.

[edit] Priors

Some of the priors of this house include:

  • Norman d. 1147- a student of Saint Anselm of Canterbury
  • Ralph d. 1167
  • William
  • Peter de Cornwall
  • Richard de Temple
  • John de Toking
  • Eustace prior from 1264 to 1280
  • William Aygnel
  • Nicholas Hancocke

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 'Austin canons: Priory of Holy Trinity or Christchurch, Aldgate' A History of the County of London: Volume 1: London within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark (1909), pp. 465-475 Accessed November 13, 2007
  2. ^ Allen, Thomas The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent pp.709–712 (George Virtue, 1839)
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