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Tynemouth Priory
Abingdon Abbey
Evesham Abbey
Bedford Abbey
St Neots Priory
Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk
Sele Priory
Waldon Priory and Abbey
Hatfield Regis aka Broad Oak Priory
Great Malvern Priory
Benedictine is in Religious Buildings by Order.
Around 625 Tynemouth Priory [Map] was founded. It subsequently became a Benedictine house.
Around 675 Abingdon Abbey [Map] was a Benedictine monastery was a Benedictine monastery founded in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Between 700 and 710 Evesham Abbey [Map] was a Benedictine founded by Saint Egwin.
Around 971 Bedford Abbey [Map] was a short lived Benedictine Monastery whose Abbot was Abbot Thurkytel; its only known Abbot.
St Neots Priory [Map] was a Benedictine Priory founded in 974 by Earl Aelric (or Leofric) and his wife Aelfleda (or Ethelfleda) who granted it two hides of land, part of the manor of Eynesbury, later called the manor of St. Neots. It is said that the relics of the Cornish saint, St. Neot, were obtained illicitly from Neotstoke (now St. Neot) in Cornwall and brought to the priory in order that it might have relics to attract pilgrims; hence the name of the town.
Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire [Map] was a Benedictine Nunnery founded around 979 by Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 34).
Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk [Map] was a Benedictine Abbey founded in 1107 by William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny (age 43).
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Sele Priory [Map] was a Benedictine Order priory founded before 1126.
Between 1136 and 1143 Geoffrey Mandeville 1st Earl Essex founded Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map] as a Benedictine Monastery.
In 1139 Hatfield Regis aka Broad Oak Priory [Map] was founded as Benedictine Priory. was a daughter house of the Breton monastery of Notre-Dame-en-Saint-Melaine de Rennes in Rennes, and was dedicated to "God, St Mary, and St. Melanius Redonensis". It was thus considered an "alien priory" as it was subordinate to a monastery outside England. It was dissolved in 1536.
Great Malvern Priory [Map] was a Benedictine monastery founded around 1075.