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LIST OF ENGLISH RELIGIOUS HOUSES
A dagger(†) prefixed signifies that there are sufficient remains to interest an archaeologist.
A. (fs) =
Austin Friars, or Hermits.
A. (n.)
=
A. P.
= Alien Priories.
A. (sep.) = Austin Canons of
the holy Sepulchre
A. H.
=
Alien Hospitals
B.
= Benedictines, or Black monks
B(fs.) = Bethelmite
Friars
B. (n.) = Benedictine nuns.
Bridg.
=
Bridgettines.
C.
= Cistercian monks.
C. (n.) =
Cistercian nuns.
Carm.
= Carmelite, or White Friars.
Carth.
=
Carthusians.
Cl = Cluniac monks.
Cl. (n.)
=
Cluniac nuns.
Cru.
= Crutched, or Crossed Friars.
Dom. =
Dominican, or Black Friars.
Dom. (n.) =
Dominican nuns.
F. A.
= Friars de Areno.
F. D. =
Friars de Domina, or of Our Lady.
Franc.
=
Franciscan, or Grey Friars.
Fran. (n.) =
Franciscan nun.
G.
=
Gilbertines(canons following the rule of St. Austin,
and nuns that of St.
Benedict.)
H.
=
Hospitals.
H. (lep.) =
Leper Hospitals.
H.-A.(fs.) = Hospitals served by Austin Friars.
H.-B.(fs.) = Hospitals served by Bethelmite Friars.
H. G. =
Hospitals served by Gilbertines.
Hosp. =
Knights Hospitallers. [or Hospitalers]
M. =
Maturins, or Friars of the HolyTrinity.
P.
=
Premonstratensian Canons.
P. (n.) =
Premonstratensian nuns.
P. F. =
Pied Friars.
S.
=
Friars of the Sack, or De Penitentia.
Temp. =
Knights Templars.
a plus(+) =
Ancient religious houses
+(n.) =
Ancient religious houses of women.
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C. |
* Quarre, abbey
( |
Hants. |
Hosp. |
Queinington |
|
|
|
|
H (lep.) |
Racheness
in Southacre |
|
P. |
* Radegund’s,
St. |
|
|
Radford
(see Worksop). |
|
C. |
Radmore
in |
|
B. B. B. |
† Ramsey,
abbey Cells : —Ives, St. Modney |
Hunts. Hunts. Norfolk |
A. |
Ratlincope
(cell of Wigmore) |
Salop. |
A. |
Raunton |
Staffs. |
A. P. |
† Ravendale (P), (cell to Prem. abbey of Brit.) |
|
A. |
Ravenston,
priory |
Bucks. |
B. B. |
* Reading,
abbey Cell : — |
Berks. |
Franc. |
† |
Berks. |
H. |
* |
Berks. |
H. (lep.) |
|
Berks. |
+ |
Readingham |
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
Rebston |
Yorks, W. R. |
+ |
Reculver |
|
+ |
Redbridge,
or |
Hants. |
|
Redburn
(see Albans, St.). |
|
B. (n.) |
† Redlingfield |
|
C. |
Regill
(cell of Fenley) |
Somerset. |
B. (n.) |
Remsted |
|
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—end page 298— |
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ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
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A. A. |
* Repton, or
Repingdon, priory Cell : —Calk |
|
C. |
† Revesby, or
Rewesby, abbey |
|
C. |
Rewley,
abbey |
|
A. |
|
|
Dom. |
Rhuddlan |
|
H. |
Rhuddlan |
|
Hosp. |
Ribstone |
|
|
† |
|
Franc. |
† |
Yorks, N. R. |
Franc. |
|
|
+ |
|
|
H. |
|
|
C. |
* Rievaulx, or
Rievalle, abbey |
|
H. (lep.) |
* Ripon, St. Mary Magdalen’s St. John Baptist’s † St. Anne’s. St. John’s. |
|
A. P. |
Riselipp,
or Ruislip (cell to Bec) |
Middlesex. |
C. |
* Robertsbridge,
abbey |
|
C. |
* Roche, or Du Rupe in Maltby, abbey |
|
B. |
* Rochester
Cathedral, priory cell : —Felixstowe |
|
H. |
† |
|
Hosp. |
Rockley
( |
Wilts. |
B. |
Romberg
(cell of Hulme) |
|
H. (lep.) |
Romenale,
or Rumney |
|
B. (n.) |
* Romsey |
Hants. |
A. |
† Ronton, priory |
|
B. (n.) |
† |
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
Rotheley |
|
|
—end page 299— |
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ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
A. P. |
Rotherfield
(cell to |
|
A. (n.) |
† Rothwell |
Northants. |
A. |
Roucester,
abbey |
|
A. |
Routon,
or Mundene, (cell to Haughmond) |
|
A. H. |
Rouncevall,
St. Mary, near Roucevall |
Middlesex. |
A. |
Royston,
priory |
Herts. |
H. |
Royston,
St. Nicholas’ |
Herts. |
H. |
Royston,
|
Herts. |
C. |
† Rufford, abbey |
Notts. |
|
Rumburgh
(see York, |
|
A. P. |
Rumney,
New (cell to Pountney) |
|
|
Runcorn
(see Norton). |
|
C. |
Rushen |
Isle of |
B. (n.) |
† Rusper |
|
Carm. |
Ruthin |
Denbigh. |
A. (fs.) |
† |
|
H. |
|
|
|
|
|
Temp. |
Saddlescombe |
|
+ |
St.
Benet’s |
|
A. P. |
St. Clears (cell to St.
Martin de Campis, |
|
A. P. |
St.
Cross (C), (cell to Tyronne) |
|
A. |
St.
Davy, or Dewe |
|
A. P. |
† St. Helen’s
(cell to |
|
+ |
St.
Keynemark |
Monmouth. |
+ [n. ] |
|
|
+ |
St.
Mawe’s (?) St. Matthew’s |
|
A. P. |
† St.
Michael’s Mount (cell of St. Michael’s, Norm.) |
|
B. |
Saintoft |
|
|
—end page 300— |
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ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
Franc. |
|
Wilts. |
Dom. |
|
Wilts. |
H. |
† Harnham. |
Wilts |
+ |
Saltash |
|
C. |
* Salley, or
Sawley, abbey |
|
B. |
Samford (cell to |
|
Hosp. |
Sandford
(see Cowley) |
|
A. |
Sandford,
or Newbury |
Berks. |
H. |
Sandon |
Surrey. |
B. |
† Sandwell,
priory |
|
Carm. |
|
|
+ |
|
|
H. |
* |
|
H. |
|
|
+ |
Sapalanda |
Hants. |
A. |
Sarra
Isle, or Scarthe (cell of Gisburne) |
|
+ |
Sawbridgworth |
Herts. |
C. |
Sawtre,
abbey |
Hunts. |
Dom. |
|
Yorks, N. R. |
Franc. |
|
Yorks, N. R. |
A. (fs.) |
|
Yorks, N. R. |
H. |
† |
Yorks, N. R. |
H. |
|
Yorks, N. R. |
B. |
Scilly
(cell of Tavistock) |
|
H. |
|
|
H. (lep.) |
Sedeberbrook
(see South Weald) |
|
A. |
† Selborne,
priory |
Hants. |
B. B. |
* Selby,
abbey cell : —Snaith |
|
A. P. |
Sele,
or Beeding (cell of St. Florent, Samur) |
|
Carth. |
Selwood
(see Witham) |
Somerset. |
|
—end page 301— |
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ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
H. (lep.) |
Selwood |
Somerset. |
G. |
Sempringham |
|
B. (n.) |
Seton |
|
H. |
Sevenoaks,
St. John Baptist’s |
|
C. (n.) |
† Sewardesley |
Northants. |
B. (n.) |
† Shaftesbury |
|
H. |
Shaftesbury |
|
P. |
* Shapp, or
Hepp, abbey |
Westmoreland. |
+ |
Shapwick |
|
A. |
Shelford,
priory |
Notts. |
Carth. |
† Shene |
|
Hosp. |
Shengay |
|
B. (n.) |
* Sheppey
(Minster in) |
|
B. B. B |
* Sherborne,
abbey
cells : —Horton Kidwelly |
Carmarthen |
H. |
Sherborne |
|
H. |
* Sherborne, |
|
A. P. |
* Sherborne,
West, or Monks (cell to St. Vigor’s, Cerisy) |
Hants. |
H. (lep.) |
Sherburn |
|
H. |
Sherburn,
St. Mary Magdalen’s |
|
A. |
Sherringham
(cell of |
|
Carm. |
† Shoreham, New |
|
H. |
Shoreham |
|
G. |
† Shouldham |
|
B. B. |
* cell: —Morfield |
Salop. Salop. |
Dom. |
|
Salop. |
Franc. |
† |
Salop. |
A. (fs.) |
|
Salop. |
H. |
St. Giles’. St. John Baptist’s. |
Salop. |
|
—end page 302— |
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ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
A. |
† Shulbrede,
priory |
|
C. |
* Sibton, abbey |
|
A. P. |
Sidmouth
(cell to |
|
C. (n.) |
Sinningthwaite,
or Senningthwaite |
|
|
Sion
(see Syon) |
|
G. |
Sixhill |
|
Hosp. |
Skirbeke |
|
A. |
Skokirk,
or Stowkirk (cell of Nostel) |
|
Hosp. |
Slanden |
Herts. |
Hosp. |
Slebach |
Pembroke. |
Cl. |
Slevesholme,
or Methwold (cell of Castleacre) |
|
|
Snaith
(see Selby) |
|
B. (?) |
Snape |
|
A. |
Snede,
or Snet (translated to Chirbury) |
Salop. |
B. |
Snettehall,
priory |
Bucks. |
|
Snitterly,
Blakeney |
|
+ |
Soham |
|
A. P. |
Sompting |
|
+ |
Sompting |
|
B. (n.) |
Sopwell |
Herts. |
B. (n.) |
Sopwikes |
|
A. |
† |
Hants. |
Franc. |
|
Hants. |
H. |
† Southampton,
God’s House |
Hants. |
H. (lep.) |
Southampton,
St. Mary Magdalen’s |
Hants. |
A. |
† Southwark,
St. Mary Overy, priory |
|
H. |
Southwark,
|
|
H. |
South
Weald, or Sedberbrook |
|
H. |
Southwell,
St. Mary Magdalen’s |
Notts. |
|
—end page 303— |
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ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
A. |
† Southwick (see Porchester) |
Hants. |
B. |
† Spalding,
abbey |
|
A. P. |
Spettesbury
(cell to Preaux, Norm.) |
|
A. |
Spinney |
|
H. |
Spittle
on the Peak |
|
H. |
Spittle
on the Street |
|
A. P. |
† Sporle (cell to Saumur) |
|
H. |
Sprotsburgh |
|
A. |
† |
|
Franc. |
|
|
A. (fs.) |
|
|
H. |
|
|
H. |
|
|
B. (n.) |
Stainfold,
or Staynesfield |
|
|
† |
|
B. (n.) |
|
Northants. |
Dom. |
|
Northants. |
Franc. |
|
Northants. |
Carm. |
† |
Northants. |
A. (fs.) |
|
Northants. |
H. H, H. |
St. Giles’. St. Sepulchre (Pilgrim House) |
Northants. Northants. Northants. |
B. |
Standon
(cell of Stoke) |
Herts. |
B. |
Stane,
or Stave |
|
|
Stanesgate
(see Lewes) |
|
B. (n.) |
Stanfield |
|
H. (lep.) |
Stanford |
|
|
Stanlaw
(see Whalley.) |
|
C. |
Stanlegh,
or Stanley, abbey |
Wilts. |
|
—end page 304— |
|
ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. |
* Stavordale,
priory |
Somerset. |
A. |
Stephholm |
Somerset. |
H. (lep.) |
Steresbergh,
or Sturbridge, near |
|
A. P. |
Steventon,
near Abingdon (cell to Bec) |
Berks. |
A. P. |
† Steyning (cell to Fecamp) |
|
C. (n.) |
† Stixwold |
|
B. (n.) |
Stodley |
|
A. P. |
† Stoke Courcy (cell to L’Onley, or Lolley) |
Somerset. |
+ |
Stoke-next-Nayland |
|
A. P. |
Stoke by Clare (cell to Bec) |
|
H. |
Stoke
by |
Notts. |
B. |
Stoke
Courcy, or Stogursey (cell of Lonlay) |
Somerset. |
H. |
Stokefaston |
|
A. |
Stoke
Kirk (sell of Nostell) |
|
A. |
† Stone, priory |
|
C. |
† Stoneleigh,
or Stanley in |
|
A. |
Stonely,
priory |
Hunts. |
H. |
Stony
|
Bucks. |
B. (n.) |
Stoure |
|
+ |
Stourminster |
|
Cl. |
Stow
(cell of Castleacre) |
|
C. |
* Strata
Florida (Stratflour), abbey |
Cardigan. |
C. |
Strata
Marcella (Strat Margel), abbey |
|
B. (n.) |
|
Middlesex. |
|
—end page 305— |
|
ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
C. |
† Stratford
Langthorn, West Ham, abbey |
|
A. P. |
Strathfieldsaye
(cell to Vallemont, Norm.) |
Hants |
A. P. |
Stratton,
St. Margaret’s |
Wilts. |
+ |
Strenshall |
|
H. |
Strode,
near |
|
B. (n.) |
Studley
|
|
A. |
† Studley,
priory |
|
Dom. |
|
Middlesex. |
B. |
† |
|
H. |
|
|
P. |
† Sulby, Or
Welford, abbey |
Northants. |
Hosp. |
Sutton-at-Hone |
|
H. |
Sutton-at-Hone |
|
H. |
Sutton |
|
B. (n.) |
† Swaffham |
|
P. |
Swainby
(trans. to Coverham) |
|
H. |
|
Glamorgan. |
A. P. |
Swavesey
(cell to |
|
C. (n.) |
† Swine, or
Swinhey |
|
C. |
† Swineshed,
abbey |
|
H. |
Swinestre |
|
Hosp. |
Swinford |
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
† Swinfield |
|
Bridg. |
Syon |
Middlesex. |
|
|
|
A. P. |
Takeley
(cell to St. Valery, |
|
A. P. |
Talcarn
(cell to |
|
P. |
† Talley, or
Tallagh, abbey |
|
H. |
|
|
B. (n.) |
Tamworth
(trans. to Polesworth) |
|
|
—end page 306— |
|
ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
A. |
Tandridge,
priory |
|
H. (lep.) |
Tanington,
St. James’ |
|
C. (n.) |
Tarrent,
or Kaines |
|
H. |
Tarent
Rushton |
|
H. |
Tarvin |
|
A. |
|
Somerset. |
Carm. |
|
Somerset. |
H. (lep.) |
|
Somerset. |
B. B. |
† Tavistock,
abbey cell : —Cowick |
|
A. (fs.) |
Tavistock |
|
H. (lep.) |
Tavistock |
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
* Temply Bruer
(Bruerne) |
|
Hosp. |
Templecombe
(see Combe) |
Somerset. |
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
Herts. |
Temp. & Hosp. |
† |
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
Yorks, W. R. |
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
† |
Yorks, W. R. |
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
Wilts. |
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
Herts. |
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
|
Temp. & Hosp. |
|
|
|
—end page 307— |
|
ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
H. |
Tenby,
St. Mary Magdalen’s |
Pembroke. |
H. |
Tenby,
St. John Baptist’s |
Pembroke. |
+ |
Terring |
|
+ |
Tetbury,
to Telton |
|
B. B. B. B. |
* cell : — Cranborne * Deerhurst |
Gloucester |
H. (lep.) |
|
|
C. |
Thame,
abbey |
|
+ |
Thanet
Minster |
|
M. |
† Thelesford |
|
Dom. |
Thetford |
|
A. (fs.) |
Thetford |
|
Cl. |
* Thetford,
priory |
|
A. (Sep.) |
† Thetford,
priory |
|
Cl. |
* Thetford |
|
B. (n.) |
† Thetford |
|
H. |
Thetford |
|
H. H. (lep.) H. H. H. (lep.) |
Thetford,
God’s House St. John’s St. Mary and St. Julian’s. St. Mary Magdalen’s. St. Margaret’s. |
|
B. (n.) |
Thickhed |
|
+ |
Thirling |
|
A. |
† Thoby, priory |
|
B. B. |
* Thorney,
abbey cell : —Deping |
|
H. |
Thorney |
|
A. |
Thornham,
or Thornholm, priory |
|
A. |
* Thornton,
abbey |
|
H. (lep.) |
Thrapston |
Northants. |
A. |
† Thremhall, or
Trenchale, priory |
|
|
—end page 308— |
|
ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
A. P. |
Throwley
(cell to St. Omers in |
|
A. |
† Thurgarton,
priory |
Notts. |
A. H. |
Thurlow,
Great (cell to Hautpays, or De Alto Passu) |
|
M. |
Thusfield,
or Thuffield |
|
A. P. |
Thwaites |
Bucks. |
|
Tickford
(see |
|
A. (fs.) |
Tickhill |
Yorks, W. R. |
H. |
Tickhill |
Yorks, W. R. |
+ |
Tillaburg,
or West Tilbury |
|
C. |
† Tiltey, abbey |
|
H. |
Tilton |
|
C. |
* Tintern, abbey |
Monmouth. |
A. |
Tiptree,
priory |
|
+ |
Tisbury |
Wilts. |
P. |
* Titchfield,
abbey |
Hants. |
A. P. |
Titley
(cell to Tyronne) |
|
|
Tockwith
(see Notsell). |
|
H. |
Toddington |
Beds. |
|
Toftes,
Monks (see Monks Tofte). |
|
A. P. |
Tolcarme
(cell to |
|
A. P. |
Tooting,
or Tooting Back (cell to Bec) |
|
A. |
Torkesey,
priory |
|
P. |
* Torre, abbey |
|
+ |
Torre,
|
Somerset. |
A. |
Tortington,
priory |
|
B. |
Totnes,
priory |
|
M. |
Totnes,
Little |
|
H. (lep.) |
Towcester |
Northants. |
Hosp. |
Trebigh,
or Turbigh |
|
A. P. |
Tregony
(cell to de Valle, Norm.) |
|
A. |
† Trentham,
priory |
|
|
Trew
(see Letheringham). |
|
|
—end page 309— |
|
ORDER. |
HOUSE. |
COUNTY. |
A. P. |
Treleigh
(cell of St. Omer) |
|
Dom. |
|
|
A. |
Tunbridge,
priory |
|
A. P. |
Tunstall |
|
G. (n.) |
Tunstall,
near Redburn |
|
P. |
† Tupholm, abbey |
|
|
Turbigh
(see Trebigh). |
|
B. |
† Tutbury,
priory |
|
H. |
Twedemouth |
Northumberland. |
A. |
* Twyneham, or |
Hants. |
A. P. |
Tykeford
(cell to Marmoutiers, |
Bucks. |
B. |
* Tynemouth
(see St. Alban’s) |
Northumberland. |
|
Tytley
(see Titley). |
|
B. |
Tywardreath,
priory |
|
|
|
|
A. |
* Ulverscoft,
priory |
|
A. P. |
Uphaven
(cell to Fontenelle) |
Wilts. |
|
Urford
(see Irford) |
|
B. (n.) |
Usk |
Monmouth. |
|
|
|
C. |
† Vale Royal,
abbey |
|
C. |
* Valle Crucis,
or De Valle Dei, abbey |
Denbigh. |
C. |
Vaudey,
abbey |
|
+ |
Vagnaleck,
or Pegnalech |
Northumberland. |
|
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