Swinford Preceptory

Swinford Preceptory is a former house of the Knights Hospitaller located near to the village of Swinford, Leicestershire.

Swinford Preceptory

Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
Order	Knights Hospitaller
Established	Before 1199
Disestablished	1540
Mother house	from 1220 : Dalby Preceptory
People
Founder(s)	Robert Rivell
Site
Location	Swinford, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Coordinates	52.406143°N 1.178227°W / 52.406143; -1.178227
Visible remains	None

History

The preceptory was founded before 1199, with land at Swinford donated to the Knights Hospitaller by Robert Rivell.^[1]

Only a small preceptory, it was under the control of Dalby Preceptory before 1220. By 1338, however, the preceptory had become a "camera" (a lesser establishment dependent upon another), under the administration of a seneschal and bailiff.^[1]

The Knights Hospitaller in England were disbanded in 1540, and their preceptories dissolved as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.^[2]

See also

• Dalby Preceptory
• Heather Preceptory
• Rothley Temple