Wroxall Priory

Wroxall Abbey, on the site of the Benedictine priory

It was founded c.1135 by Hugh, Lord of Hatton and Wroxall in thanks for his release from seven years' imprisonment in Jerusalem during the Crusades.

The Priory was established for Benedictine nuns. Along with all the religious houses of England, the house was dissolved in 1536 by Henry VIII.

The Priory Chapel survives, a Grade I listed building, containing the figurine of Prioress Isabella Shakespeare, (aunt of William Shakespeare), and the tomb of Sir Christopher Wren's wife.^[1]

The legend of Sir Hugh is featured in stained glass in the 19th century mansion now on the Priory site.

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