Northampton Abbey

Northampton Abbey was founded in Northampton in 1104-05 by William Peverel as an Augustinian monastery dedicated to St James.

The abbey church was rebuilt on a large scale during the reign of King Edward I and completed in around 1310. By the time of the dissolution it was reported that the monastery was well kept, the community held in high esteem and with a lot of good done for the poor of the area. Nonetheless, it was dissolved in 1538 and granted to Nicholas Giffard who converted the buildings into a mansion.

Nothing now remains except the tomb slab of Abbott de Flore in the vestry of Duston church.

See also

• St. James End, Northampton - the district of the modern town where the abbey was established

References

• Anthony New. 'A Guide to the Abbeys of England And Wales', p284. Constable.

Monasteries in Northamptonshire Augustinian Canons Ashby Priory Chacombe Priory Fineshade Priory Grafton Regis Priory Northampton Abbey Northampton Austin Friars Rothwell Priory Benedictine Brixworth Abbey Deene Priory Everdon Priory Weedon Monastery Weedon Beck Priory Weedon Pinkney Priory Wothorpe Priory Carmelite Northampton Whitefriars Cistercian Catesby Priory Pipewell Abbey Sewardsley Priory Cluniac Daventry Priory Delapré Abbey Fotheringhay Nunnery Northampton — St Andrew's Priory Preston Capes Priory Dominican Northampton Blackfriars Franciscan Northampton Greyfriars Northampton Nunnery Friars of the Sack Northampton Friars of the Sack Knights Hospitaller Dingley Preceptory Guilsborough Preceptory Premonstratensian Kalendar Priory Sulby Abbey Independent or Unknown Castor Priory Wermundsey Monastery

Coordinates: 52°14′N 0°54′W / 52.24°N 0.9°W / 52.24; -0.9