List of monastic houses in Nottinghamshire

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

In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had the status of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.

The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist prior to the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

A Monastic Glossary follows the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.

Contents

Abbreviations and key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:
* indicates current monastic function
+ indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
$ indicates remains limited to earthworks etc.
# indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown
Trusteeship denoted as follows:
EH English Heritage
LT Landmark Trust
NT National Trust

Alphabetical listing of establishments

Foundation Image Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names		 OnLine References & Location
Beauvale Charterhouse Carthusian 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
____________________
Beauvale Priory		 [1][2]
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 [3][4]
Broadholme Priory $ Premonstratensian canonesses (initially with canons and lay brothers)
founded before 1154 by Agnes de Camville, land granted by her husband, Peter of Goxhill (or possibly in the reign of Stephen by the abbot and canons of Newsham);
dissolved 1536		 St Mary
____________________
Brodholm Priory		 [5][6]
Felley Priory Augustinian Canons Regular
dependent on Worksop;
founded 1152: church and hermitage granted to Worksop by Ralph Britto of Annesley;
independent 1260;
dissolved 1536		 The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Beauvale

The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Mary the Virgin with All Saints		 [7][8]
Fiskerton Cell Augustinian 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 [9]
Lenton Priory Cluniac monks
alien house: dependent on Cluny;
founded 1102-8by William Peverell;
became denizen: independent from 1392;
dissolved 1538; granted to John Harrington 1562/3		 The Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
____________________
St Anthony's Hospital		 [10][11]
Marske Cell (?) Benedictine monks
cell? dependent on York;
existence disputed		 Marshe Cell
Mattersey Priory Gilbertine 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 [12][13]
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		 [14][15]
Newstead Priory Augustinian 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 [16][17]
Nottingham Basford Cell Cluniac monks
cell dependent on Lenton?;
founded before c.1200;
dissolved after 1300
Nottingham Greyfriars Franciscan Friars Monor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford)
founded before 1230;
dissolved 1539		 [18][19]
Nottingham - Holy Sepulchre Priory Augustinian Canons Regular - Holy Sepulchre
founded c.1170;
dissolved after 1188
Nottingham Roche Cell Cluniac monks
cell dependent on Lenton;
foundation unknown;
dissolved after 1405
Nottingham Whitefriars Carmelite Friars
founded before 1271, site granted by Reginald de Grey;
dissolved 5 February 1539; granted to Thomas Henneage 1548/9		 [20][21]
Ossington Preceptory Knights Hospitaller
founded before 1154, granted by William, Archbishop of York;
merged with Newland 1382;
church of the Holy Rood built 1782, probably stands on or near site		 [22][23]

(probable)
Rufford Abbey Cistercian 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		 [24][25]
Shelford Priory Augustinian 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		 [26][27]
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 [28][29]
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 built 18th/19thC		 St Mary de Parco [30][31]
Welbeck Abbey Premonstratensian Canons - from Newsham
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 [32][33]
Winkburn Preceptory Knights 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
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
____________________
Wirksop Priory;
formerly known as Radford Priory		 [34][35]

The following location lacks monastic connections:

Glossary


edit this box

Map link to lists of monastic houses in England by county

Notts.

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
County Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater Manchester
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
London

Merseyside
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex, East
Sussex, West
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire, East Riding
Yorkshire, North
Yorkshire, South
Yorkshire, West

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Detailed Result: BEAUVALE PRIORY". Pastscape. 8 February 1995. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=315672. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "House of Carthusian monks — The priory of Beauvale | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 105-109)". British-history.ac.uk. 22 June 2003. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40088. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Detailed Result: BLYTH PRIORY". Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=320594. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "House of Benedictine monks — The priory of Blyth | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 83-88)". British-history.ac.uk. 22 June 2003. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40084. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Detailed Result: BROADHOLME PRIORY". Pastscape. 24 April 1995. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=324741. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "House of Premonstratensian canonesses — The priory of Broadholme | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 138-140)". British-history.ac.uk. 22 June 2003. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40095. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  7. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: BEAUVALE PRIORY
  8. ^ Houses of Austin canons - The priory of Felley | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 109-112)
  9. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 322463
  10. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: LENTON PRIORY
  11. ^ House of Cluniac monks - The priory of Lenton | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 91-100)
  12. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: MATTERSEY PRIORY
  13. ^ House of Gilbertine canons - The priory of Mattersey | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 140-141)
  14. ^ Friaries - Observant friars of Newark | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 147-148)
  15. ^ Newark Greyfriars Images
  16. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: NEWSTEAD ABBEY
  17. ^ Houses of Austin canons - The priory of Newstead | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 112-117)
  18. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: NOTTINGHAM GREYFRIARS
  19. ^ Friaries - Franciscan friars of Nottingham | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 144-145)
  20. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: NOTTINGHAM WHITEFRIARS
  21. ^ Friaries - Carmelite friars of Nottingham | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 145-147)
  22. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: OSSINGTON HOSPITALLERS PRECEPTORY
  23. ^ House of Knights Hospitallers - The preceptory of Ossington | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 142-144)
  24. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: RUFFORD ABBEY
  25. ^ House of Cistercian monks - The abbey of Rufford | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 101-105)
  26. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: SHELFORD MANOR
  27. ^ Houses of Austin canons - The priory of Shelford | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 117-120)
  28. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: THURGARTON PRIORY
  29. ^ Houses of Austin canons - The priory of Shurgarton | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 120-125)
  30. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WALLINGWELLS PRIORY
  31. ^ House of Benedictine nuns - The priory of Wallingwells | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 89-90)
  32. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WELBECK ABBEY
  33. ^ House of Premonstratensian canons - The abbey of Welbeck | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 129-138)
  34. ^ Pastscape - Detailed Result: WORKSOP PRIORY
  35. ^ Houses of Austin canons - The priory of Worksop | A History of the County of Nottingham: Volume 2 (pp. 125-129)