Boxgrove Priory
| Boxgrove Priory | |
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Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Boxgrove Priory ruins | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU908075 |
| Location: | 50°51’36"N, 0°42’39"W |
| Village: | Boxgrove |
| Order: | Bendictine |
| History | |
| Established: | 1105 |
| Founder: | Robert de Haye |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | English Heritage |
| Website: | Boxgrove Priory |
Boxgrove Priory, whose ruins stand in the village of Boxgrove in Sussex, was a monastery founded in the early years of the Norman conquest, and which lasted until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
The abbey was founded soon after the Norman conquest of 1066. In 1105, Robert de Haye, bestowed on his foundation the church of St Mary of Boxgrove upon the Benedictine Abbey of Lessay. In about 1126 upon the marriage of Robert's daughter Cecily, to Roger St. John the number of monks living at Boxgrove was increased from the original three to six, and by 1187 there were a total of fifteen. The nineteenth monk was added to the priory in about 1230 by William de Kainesham, Canon of Chichester.
By 1535, the priory's possessions were worth £185 19s. 8d. gross, and £145 10s. 2½d. clear. It was dissolved and the abbey's estates seized by the Crown shortly after then,
Dissolution
The Priory was dissolved in 1536. At the time of the dissolution there were eight priests and one novice, as well as twenty-eight servants and eight children living in the priory.
Modern history
The Priory church is still in use as the parish church, known as the Church of St Mary and St Blaise.
The ruins today are a Grade I listed building[1] and are in the care of English Heritage.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Boxgrove Priory) |
- National Monuments Record: No. 249061 – Boxgrove Priory
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1026436: Boxgrove Priory
