Stogursey Priory
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Stogursey Priory, also called Stoke Courcy Priory or The Priory of St Andrew de Stoke, was a Benedictine alien priory dedicated to St Andrew at Stogursey in Somerset, England.[1] It was founded by William de Falaise, around 1100, to become a cell of Lonlay-l'Abbaye in Normandy.[2][3] In around 1185 John de Courcy, its hereditary patron, founded the Priory of the Ards (Blackabbey) in County Down, Ireland, making an endowment of that estate to Stogursey Priory.[4] The priory church survives as the parish church, and contains some of the original Norman architecture.[5][6] Many of the priory's muniments are held in the archives of Eton College, which King Henry VI endowed with the appurtenances when the house was dissolved in about 1440.[7]
Monastery information | |
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Order | Benedictine |
Established | c. 1100 |
Disestablished | c. 1440 |
Mother house | Lonlay-l'Abbaye, Normandy |
Dedicated to | St Andrew |
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Founder(s) | William de Falaise |
Site | |
Location | Stogursey, Somerset, England |
Coordinates | 51°10′50″N 3°08′30″W |
Grid reference | ST203430 |
Visible remains | Church and dovecote |