Kirby Bellars Priory

Kirby Bellars Priory
Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
Established 1359
Disestablished 1534 or 1536
Diocese Diocese of Lincoln
Site
Location Leicestershire, England
Coordinates 52°45′30″N 0°56′17″W / 52.758245°N 0.93807°WCoordinates: 52°45′30″N 0°56′17″W / 52.758245°N 0.93807°W

Kirby Bellars Priory was a priory at Kirby Bellars in Leicestershire, England.

Origins

In 1316 Roger de Beler granted lands to support a pair of chaplains to say daily masses in the chapel of St. Peter at Kirby Bellars for the souls of himself, his wife Alice, his parents William and Amicia, and others. This was expanded to a chantry comprising a warden and twelve chaplains by 1319.[1]

Wardens of the College[2]

Augustinian Priory

In 1359 the college of secular clergy was transformed into a priory of Augustinian Canons, with a prior and twelve canons. The priory was dissolved in 1536 along with other small religious houses as part of the dissolution of the monasteries.

Priors of Kirby Bellairs[3]

Visitation of 1440[4]

The priory was visited by William Alnwick, Bishop of Lincoln, on 26 November 1440. The members of the community comprised:

Dissolution

The priory was dissolved in either 1534 or 1534, however the monastery was already derelict having been destroyed by fire before 1511.[5]

References

  1. William Dugdale (1693). Monasticon Anglicanum. Vol. 6 Part 1. pp. 511–514.
  2. W.G. Hoskins (ed.) (1954). 'Houses of Augustinian canons: Kirkby Bellairs', A History of the County of Leicestershire. Vol. 2. pp. 25–26.
  3. W.G. Hoskins (ed.) (1954). 'Houses of Augustinian canons: Kirkby Bellairs', A History of the County of Leicestershire. Vol. 2. pp. 25–26.
  4. A. Hamilton Thompson (ed.) (1918). Visitations of religious houses in the diocese of Lincoln : records of visitation held by William Alnwick, bishop of Lincoln, A.D. 1436 to A.D. 1449. Vol. 2. pp. 164–167.
  5. Kirby Bellars Priory, English Heritage: PastScape