List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire

Alkborough Priory

Alvingham Priory

Aslackby Preceptory

Axholme Priory

Bardney Abbey

Barlings Abbey, poss. earlier site

Barlings Abbey, poss. earlier site

Barlings Abbey

Barrow Monastery

Bonby Priory

BOSTON (see below)

Bottesford Preceptory

Bourne Abbey

Bridge End Priory

Broadholme Priory

Bullington Priory

Burwell Priory

Bytham Abbey

Cammeringham Priory

Catley Priory

Covenham Priory

Crowland Abbey

Deeping St James Church

Eagle Preceptory

Elsham Priory, (approx.)

Torksey Nunnery (approx.)

Freiston Priory

Gokewell Priory

Grantham Greyfriars

Great Limber Priory/Preceptory

Greenfield Priory

GRIMSBY (see below)

Hagnaby Abbey

Haugham Priory

Haverholme Priory

Hough Priory

Humberston Abbey

Hirst Priory

Kirkstead Cell

Kirkstead Priory, earlier site

Kirkstead Priory

Knaith Priory (Heynings Priory)

Kyme Priory

Legbourne Priory

LINCOLN (see below)

Long Bennington Priory

Louth Park Abbey

Maltby Preceptory

Markby Priory

Minting Priory

Newbo Abbey

Newsham Abbey

Newstead Priory

Newstead-on-Ancholme Priory

Nocton Priory

North Hykeham Priory

North Ormsby Priory

Nun Cotham Priory

Orford Priory (prob. site)

Partney Abbey

Partney Monastery

Revesby Abbey

Sandtoft Prioy

Sempringham Priory, earlier site

Sempringham Priory

Sixhills Priory

Skendleby Priory

Spalding Priory

Stainfield Priory

STAMFORD (see below)

Stixwould Priory

Stow Abbey

St Æthelreda's Nunnery

Swineshead Abbey

Temple Bruer Preceptory

Thornholme Priory

Thornton Abbey

Throckenholt Priory

Thwaite Priory

Torksey Priory

Tunstall Priory (poss. site)

Tunstall Priory (alt. suggested)

Tupholme Abbey

Vaudey Abbey

West Ravendale Priory

Whaplode Friary

Willoughton Priory

Willoughton Preceptory

Wilsford Priory

Winghale Priory

Witham Preceptory

Locations of monastic houses in Lincolnshire

Austin Friars

Blackfriars

Friars of the Sack

Greyfriars

Whitefriars

St Catherine's Priory

St Mary Magdalen Priory

Locations of monastic houses in Lincoln

List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire is located in Grimsby Central

Wellow Abbey (Grimsby Abbey) (suggested site)

Nunnery

Austin Friars

Greyfriars

Locations of monastic houses in Grimsby

List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire is located in Boston Central

Austin Friary

Blackfriars

Greyfriars

Whitefriars, earlier site

Whitefriars

Boston Priory

Locations of monastic houses in Boston

List of monastic houses in Lincolnshire is located in Stamford Central

Austin Friars

Blackfriars

Friars of the Sack

Greyfriars

Whitefriars

St Leonard's Priory

Locations of monastic houses in Stamford

The following is a list of monastic houses in Lincolnshire, England.

One unusual feature is the large number in the Witham Valley

In this article alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks (Templars and Hospitallers). The numerous monastic hospitals per se are not included here unless at some time the foundation had, or was purported to have the status or function of an abbey, priory, friary or preceptory/commandery.

The name of the county is given where there is reference to an establishment in another county. Where the county has changed since the foundation's dissolution the modern county is given in parentheses, and in instances where the referenced foundation ceased to exist before the unification of England, the kingdom is given, followed by the modern county in parentheses.

The geographical co-ordinates provided are sourced from the details provided by Historic England PastScape ^[1] and Ordnance Survey publications.

A Monastic Glossary follows the listing, which provides links to articles on the particular monastic orders as well as other terms which appear in the listing.

Abbreviations and key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus: * indicates current monastic function + indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) ^ indicates current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure $ indicates remains limited to earthworks etc. # indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains ~ indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown ≈ identification ambiguous or confused Locations with names in italics indicate probable duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic appellation but lacking monastic connection.

Trusteeship denoted as follows: EH English Heritage LT Landmark Trust NT National Trust

Alphabetical listing of establishments

Foundation	Image	Communities & Provenance	Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names	Online References & Location
Alkborough Priory +		Benedictine monks dependent on Spalding; founded 1052: granted to Spalding by Thorold; granted to Peterborough, Northamptonshire (Cambridgeshire) by Abbot Brand between 1066 and 1069; alien house: cell 1074; dissolved 1220; partly rebuilt after the Reformation	St John the Baptist
Alvingham Priory ^/$		Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double house founded 1148-54 (during the reign of Stephen or Henry II) possibly by William de Friston, Hugh de Scotene, or Hamelin the Dean or Robert Cheiney, Bishop of Lincoln; dissolved 29 September 1538; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1551/2; subsequently in parochial use; now redundant	St Mary
Aslackby Preceptory ^		Knights Templar founded c.1164 (early in the reign of Henry II (or Richard I)) by John le Mareschal: church of Aslackby and chapel granted to the Templars by Hubert de Rye 1164; Knights Hospitaller transferred 1308-12, under Temple Bruer; granted to Lord Edward Clinton 1543/4; remains incorporated into 18th century Temple Farmhouse built on site; gatehouse demolished as unsafe 1891	Aslakeby Hospital
Axholme Priory		Carthusian monks founded 1395-6: projected before 1389 by Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham, Earl Marshall of England; built from 1397 on the site of a Premonstratensian chapel; incorporated into Carthusian order 1432; founded 1397-8; dissolved 18 June 1538; granted to John Candysshe (Candish) of Westbutterwick and converted into manor house	The House of the Visitation of St Mary Virgin, Axholme ____________________ Epworth in the Isle of Axholme Priory; Axholme Charterhouse; Low Melwood Priory
Bardney monastery		Saxon monastery founded before 697 by Æthelred, King of Mercia (becoming a monk and abbot here) destroyed in raids by the Danes 870; Benedictine priory built on site (see immediately below)
Bardney Abbey		Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Charroux; priory founded 1087, on site of Saxon monastery (see immediately above); independent: raised to abbey status 1115/6; dissolved 1538; granted to Sir Robert Tirwhit; now in ownership of Bardney Parochial Council, with public access	The Priory of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Oswald The Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Barlings Abbey, earlier site		Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Newsham; founded 1154-5 by Ralph de Haya; transferred to new site shortly after (see immediately below); earlier site becoming a grange of the new abbey	The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Barlings	(possible) or (possible)
Barlings Abbey		Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Newsham; (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 1154-5); transferred here shortly after foundation; dissolved 1537; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk	The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Barlings ____________________ Oxney Abbey
Barrow Monastery		Benedictine? monks founded between 669 and 672 by Wulfhere, King of Mercia and St Chad, Bishop of Lichfield; suggested to have been a minster or secular canons' foundation; destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870	Barrow-on-Humber Monastery; Ad Bavuae Monastery
Barton-on-Humber Minster		Saxon minster monks or secular canons collegiate founded 10th century
Belvoir Priory	Historical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in Leicestershire
Bonby Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: cell/grange dependent on St Fromond; founded after 1199 dissolved before 1403; granted to Beauvale, Nottinghamshire after 1403; became parochial church prior to the dissolution; restored 1894	St Andrew
Boston Austin Friars		Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded 1317/8; dissolved 1539; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Boston 1545/6	Austin Priors
Boston Blackfriars		Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) founded before 1288 (1222); church and other buildings were destroyed by fire during the chamberlain's riot 1287-8; dissolved 1538 (1539); granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1540/1; Shodfriars Hall and Blackfriars Hall (both pictured) incorporate remains of the monastic house
Boston Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York) founded before 1268; dissolved 1539; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Boston 1545/6
Boston Whitefriars, earlier site		Carmelite Friars founded 1293 by Sir ____ Orreby, Kt.; transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1307 (1308)	Skirbeck Whitefriars
Boston Whitefriars		Carmelite Friars transferred to from earlier site (see immediately above) 1307 (1308); dissolved 1539; granted to the Mayor and burgesses of Boston 1545/6
Boston Priory		Benedictine monks dependent on St Mary's, York; founded 1089 (before 1098): Alan Rufus granted church of St Botolph to St Mary's; dissolved before 1291? (c.1300); Parish Church of St Botolph built on site 1309-c.1520; Knights Hospitaller purchased advowson from St Mary's 1480, church refounded as collegiate; church restored 1845 by George Gilbert Scott, 1851-3 by George Place and by Sir Charles Nicholson in 1929
Bottesford Camera		Knights Templar dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller refounded 1308-12; leased 1338; 17th century manor house built on site
Bourne Abbey +		Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroaisian founded 1138 by Baldwin Fitz Gilbert de Clare, who invited canons to settle at Bourne and granted St Peter's Church, land and resources; dissolved 1536 (1539); granted to Richard Cotton 1538/9 the church, as since modified, in parochial use	The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bourne ____________________ Bourn Abbey
Bridge End Priory $		Gilbertine Canons founded before 1199 (during the reign of John) by Godwin, a citizen of Lincoln; burned 1445, becoming a cell of Semprimgham after 1445; dissolved 1538; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1541/2; masonry used in construction of Priory Farm (50mtrs to the north); only cropmarks visible on site	The Priory Church of Saint Saviour at Bridgend in Horbling ____________________ Holland Bridge Priory; Hollandbridge Priory
Broadholme Priory $		Premonstratensian canonesses (initially with canons and lay brothers) founded before 1154 by Agnes de Camville, land granted by her husband, Peter of Goxhill (or possibly in the reign of Stephen by the abbot and canons of Newsham); dissolved 1536	St Mary ____________________ Brodholm Priory
Bullington Priory $		Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double house founded 1148-1154 by Simon de Kyme (FitzWilliam); dissolved 26 September 1538; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9; earthworks and cropmarks remain	The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bullington
Burwell Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on La Grande-Sauve; founded (before) 1100-7 ("by the Lords of Kyme"): church granted by Ansgot of Burwell; dissolved 1427; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1544/5; parochial church of St Michael (pictured) possibly tied to, and adjacent to the monastic house	St Michael
Bytham Abbey		Cistercian monks daughter of Fountains, Yorkshire; founded 23 May 1147 by William le Gros, Count of Albermarle; transferred to Vaudey after 1149(?)
Cammeringham Priory		Premonstratensian Canons alien house: daughter of Blanchelande (Normandy); founded c.1192 by Richard de Haya and his wife Maud; sold to Cistercians of Hulton, (Staffordshire) in 1396; Cistercian monks refounded 1396; granted to Robert de Tirwhit 1545/6; 18th century manor house built on its cellary range	St Michael ____________________ Cameringham Priory
Catley Priory $		Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double house founded 1146/(1148)-1154 by Peter de Belingey (Billinghay); dissolved 1538; granted to Robert Carr, of Sleford 1539/40	The Gilbertine priory of St Mary, Catley ____________________ Catterley Priory
Covenham Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on St-Calais; founded c.1082 by William the Conqueror at the instance of William de St Carilef (St Calais), Bishop of Durham; transferred to Kirkstead 1303	The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Covenham ____________________ Coverham St Mary's Priory
Croyland Monastery #		Saxon Benedictine? monks founded after 716/757 by Æthelbald, King of Mercia; destroyed in raids by the Danes 870; Benedictine monastery built on site (see immediately below)
Croyland Abbey +, Crowland		Benedictine monks restored and rebuilt 948 by King Edred; founded 971 built on site of earlier monastery (see immediately above); dissolved 1539; eastern side of church destroyed; part of church now in parochial use as the Parish Church and part in ruins	The Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Saint Bartholomew and Saint Guthlac, Crowland ____________________ Crowland Abbey
Deeping St James Priory +		Benedictine monks priory cell dependent on Thorney, Cambridgeshire; founded 1139 by Baldwin Fitz Gilbert (Baldwin Fil. De Gilsberti); dissolved before 1539; granted to the Duke of Norfolk 1540/1; priory church now in parochial use as the Parish Church of St James	St James ____________________ Deeping Priory; Deping Priory
Eagle Preceptory #		Knights Templar — hospital and preceptory founded before 1154 by King Stephen; dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller refounded 1312; dissolved 1540; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland and Robert Tirwhit 1541/2	Egle Hospital
Elsham Priory #		hospital founded before 1160; Augustinian Canons Regular founded before 1166 by Beatrice de Amundeville; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9	The Hospital of SS Mary and Edmund at Elsham ____________________ Ellesham Priory; Ellesham Priory; Allesham Priory	(approx)
Fosse Priory		Cistercian nuns founded before 1184 by the inhabitants of Torksey; given as Benedictine; dissolved 11 July 1539; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1551/2	Torksey Nunnery	(approx)
Freiston Priory +		Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent on Crowland; founded after 1114: church of St James granted to Crowland by Alan de Creun; dissolved 1539; part of church now in parochial use	St James
Gokewell Priory		Cistercian nuns founded before 1148(?) (before 1185) by William de Alta Ripa; house disclaimed by Cistercian General Chapter 1268; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Tirwhit 1551-2; site now occupied by the derelict buildings of Gokewell Priory Farm	Gokwelle Priory
Grantham Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) founded before 1290: Pope Nicholas IV granted indulgences to penitents; dissolved 1539; Robert Bocher and David Vincent 1541/2
Great Limber Priory, Limber Magna		Cistercian monks alien house: grange? dependent on Aunay-sur-Odon, Normandy; founded before 1157 by Richard de Humet; dissolved 1393: sold by the abbot of Aunay to the priory of St Anne, Coventry; transferred to Knights Hospitaller (see immediately below)	Lemburgh Magna Priory
Great Limber Preceptory, Limber Magna $		probably Knights Hospitaller camera/grange refounded 1393 on site of Cistercian grange (see immediately above); dissolved; granted to John Bellew and others 1544/5; post-medieval house built on site; cropmarks remain
Greenfield Priory		Cistercian nuns founded before 1153 by Eudo de Greinesby and his son Ralph; house disclaimed by Cistercian general chapter 1268; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Henry Stanley and Lord Strange 1567/70
Grimsby Abbey		Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1132(?) (1123-33) by Henry I; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Thomas Henneage 1544/5; precise location unknown but evidence suggest the grounds of a country house named 'The Abbey'	The Abbey Church of Saint Augustine and Saint Olaf ____________________ Wellow Abbey	(suggested)
Grimsby Nunnery		Augustinian Canonesses — under the protection of the Canons at Wellow by Grimsby founded before 1184 by an ancestor of Henry IV (probably Henry II); given as Benedictine before 1185; damaged by fire 1311, and by fire and flood 1459; dissolved 15 September 1539; granted 1542/3	St Leonard ____________________ Grimesby Nunnery
Grimsby Austin Friars		Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded 1293 (before 1304) by William Fraunk with royal licence; dissolved March 1539, surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to Augusine Porter and John Bellew 1542/3	Austin Friars
Grimsby Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York) probably founded before 1240; dissolved 1538; granted to John Bellew and Robert Brokesby 1546/7	Grey Friars
Hagnaby Abbey		Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Welbeck, Nottinghamshire; founded 1175-6 by Lady Agnes, widow of Herbert de Orreby, in his memory,; independent: raised to abbey status 1250; dissolved 1536; granted to John Freeman, of London 1538/9; post-medieval house built on site; masonry from monastic buildings reputedly used in construction of St Andrew's Church, Hanna-cum-Hagnaby (pictured)	The Priory Church of Saint Thomas Martyr of Canterbury The Abbey Church of Saint Thomas Martyr of Canterbury ____________________ Hagneby Abbey
Haugham Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Sever founded after 1080 and before 1101 by Hugh, Earl of Chester; dissolved 1397; granted to the Carthusians at St Mary's, Coventry Carthusian monks refounded 1397; dissolved 1539?; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm 1545/6	Hagham Priory
Haverholme Priory		Cistercian monks — from Fountains, Yorkshire founded 1137, land granted to Fountains by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln; transferred to the Gilbertines at Louth Park 1139; Gilbertine nuns dissolved 1538?; granted to Lord Clinton 1538/9	Haverholm Priory
Henes Cell		Benedictine monks cell (/hermitage or grange?) of York	Haines Cell
Horkstow Camera		Knights Templar cell dependent on Willoughton; founded before 1338
Hough Priory #		Augustinian Canons Regular alien house: dependent on Notre-Dame-du-Voeu-Cherbourg; founded c.1164; dissolved c.1414; granted to the Carthusians at Mount Grace, Yorkshire; granted to John, Lord Russell 1541/2; site located to the south of All Saints Church	Hagh Priory; Haugh Priory
Humberston Abbey #		Tironensian monks — from Hambye founded c.1160 (during the reign of Henry II) by William Fitz Ralph (William Hermeri); Benedictine monks refounded after 1413; dissolved 1536; granted to John Cheke, Esq. 1551/2; site now occupied by medieval St Peter's Church (no evidence of this having been the abbey church)	St Mary and St Peter ____________________ Humberestone Abbey; Humbereston Abbey
Hirst Priory #		Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell dependent on Nostell; founded before 1135 by Nigel d'Albini; dissolved 1540 (1539); granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1547/8	St Mary ____________________ Hyrest Priory
Ikanho monastery		alternative suggested location near Boston (see entry under List of monastic houses in Suffolk) Saxon Benedictine? monks founded near Boston; (alternatively founded 653-4 by St Botolph at The Anchorage on the Alde Estuary at Iken, Suffolk) destroyed in raids but apparently never rebuilt	St Botolph
Kirkstead Cell		possible hermitage or anchorite cell preceding the abbey
Kirkstead Abbey, earlier site		Cistercian monks — from Fountains, Yorkshire founded 2 February 1139 by Hugh Brito, Lord of Tattershal; transferred to new site (see immediately below) between 1160 and 1175
Kirkstead Abbey		Cistercian monks — from Fountains, Yorkshire (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) 2 February 1139); transferred here 1187; founded by Robert, son of the founder of the earlier site; dissolved 1537; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9; capella ante portas in use as parochial church
Knaith Priory		Cistercian nuns (or possibly initially Benedictine nuns) founded c.1180 (or after 1135) by Reyner Evermere; Cistercian nuns by 1347, with priest brothers acting as chaplains (possibly Premonstratensian Canons) recorded by some as Benedictine dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Thomas Henneage 1539/40	The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Knaith ____________________ Heynings Priory; Heyninges Priory
Kyme Priory +		Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1150 (before 1156) by Philip de Kyme, Steward of Gilbert, Earl of Lincoln; dissolved 6 July 1539; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland, and Robert Tirwhit 1541/2; remains incorporated into St Mary and All Saints parish church	The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kyme ____________________ South Kyme Priory
Legbourne Priory		Cistercian nuns transferred from Karledale, Kedington or Halington founded after 1150 by Robert fitz Gilbert of Tathwell; sometimes referred to as an abbey; with regular priests or brethren 12th century to 14th century; also given as Augustinian and Premonstratensian dissolved before Michaelmas 1536; briefly restored during the Lincolnshire rebellion; dissolved; granted to Thomas Henneage 1540/1	St Mary ____________________ Lekeburn Priory
Lincoln Austin Friars		Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) founded c.1269-70: protection granted by Henry III 2 January 1270; dissolved 1539; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm 1545-6
Lincoln Blackfriars		Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of York) founded before 1238; dissolved 1539; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm 1545-6 Technical College built on site 1931
Lincoln Commandery		Knights Hospitaller founded before 1257: reference implies existence of commandery or bailiwick; evidently ceased before 1338
Lincoln Friars of the Sack		Friars of the Sack founded before/c.1266: location granted by Henry III; abandoned (?)before 1307; chapel 1307; chapel served by secular chaplains 1327; St Peter's College or Chantry 1359
Lincoln Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of York) founded c.1230: locality granted by William de Bellingworth (Beningworth), subdean of Lincoln (confirmation granted 7 February 1230-1; the old Guildhall assigned 1237); dissolved 1539; granted to J. Pope 1544-5; free Grammar School founded 1568 by Robert Morson; became the Mechanics Institute 1883; restored 1905; opened as the City Museum 1907
Lincoln Whitefriars		Carmelite Friars founded before 1260 (1269) by Odo of Kilkenny; church demolished and rebuilt 15th century; dissolved 1539; granted to John Broxholm 1544/5; kitchen remained in domestic use until 17th century
Lincoln — St Catherine's Priory		Gilbertine Canons founded after 1148; dissolved 1538; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9
Lincoln — St Mary Magdalen Priory		Benedictine monks cell dependent on St Mary's, York; refounded from Rumburgh, Suffolk by Alan of Richmond c.1135(?); dissolved 1539; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm 1545/6; remains now within a public park	St Mary's Priory; de Nicholia (presumably 'Lincolnia')
Long Bennington Priory #		Cistercian monks alien house: (?)grange dependent on Savigny; founded1200(?) by Ralph de Filgeries; referred to as an alien priory, apparently a grange; dissolved after 1403; granted to the Carthusians at Mount Grace, Yorkshire 1421 (confirmed 1462); granted 1532/3; a house called 'Priory House' near the church is purported to be located near the site of the priory	Long Benyngton Priory; Long Bennington Grange
Louth Park Abbey		Cistercian monks dependent on Fountains, Yorkshire; (community founded at Haverholme 1137); transferred here 2 February 1139: land granted by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln; dissolved 8 September 1536; granted to Sir Henry Stanley 1569/70	The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Louth Park ____________________ Louth Abbey
Maltby Preceptory		(Knights Templar? founded c.1135-54) Knights Hospitaller founded 1312 by Ranulf, Earl of Chester; united with Skirbeck in 1386; annexed to the estate of the prior of England 1445; dissolved 1540
Markby Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1154-1189 (during the reign of Henry II) by Ralph fitz Gilbert; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9	St Peter ____________________ Markeby Priory
Melwood Priory		Saxon monastery at Epworth	Low Melwood Priory; Melwood Priory; The Priory in the Wood
Mere		Knights Hospitaller — member of Willoughton
Minting Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on St-Benoit-sur-Loire; founded c.1129, granted by Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of Chester; dissolved 1414; granted to Mount Grace 1421; granted 1542/3	St Andrew
Newbo Abbey, Sedgefield		Premonstratensian Canons — from Newsham daughter of Newsham; founded 1198 by Richard de Malebisse; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Markham 1537/8	Neubo Abbey
Newsham Abbey		Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Licques; founded 1143 by Peter de Gousel; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9; likely to have remained unoccupied after suppression	St Mary and St Martial ____________________ Newhouse Abbey; Neus Abbey
Newstead Priory		hospital founded before 1200 by William d'Albini III; Augustinian Canons Regular refounded before 1247 probably by the son of William d'Albini; dissolved 1536	Newstead by Stamford Priory
Newstead-on-Ancholme Priory		Gilbertine Canons founded 1171(?), granted by Henry II; dissolved 2 October 1538; granted to Robert Henneage 1539/40	The Holy Trinity ____________________ Newstede-on-Alcolm Priory; Newstead Priory; Newstead on Anchcolme Priory
Nocton Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular founded 12th century (probably during the reign of Stephen) by Robert Darcy (de Arecy); dissolved 1536; Sir Henry Stanley, Lord Strange constructed a secular house from the ruins 1569-70; house abandoned end of 17th century and the buildings demolished	St Mary Magdalene ____________________ Nocton Park Priory
North Hykeham Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: dependency unknown ("priory, manor or lordship of Ikham"); foundation unknown; dissolution unknown; granted to God's House, Cambridge	Hykeham Priory
North Ormsby Priory		Gilbertine Canons founded 1148-54 by Gilbert fitz Robert of Ormsby with the consent of William le Gros, Count of Albermarle; dissolved 30September 1538	St Mary ____________________ Nun Ormsby Priory; Ormsby Priory; Northomersby Priory
Nun Cotham Priory $		Cistercian nuns founded 1147-53 (probably during the reign of Stephen) by Alan de Muncells (Moncels); with regular priests or brethren c.1150 to 14th century; recorded as Gilbertine c.1200; house disclaimed by Cistercian General Chapter 1268; dissolved 9 July 1539; granted to Edward Shipwith 1540/1; house built on site, of which only earthworks remain	St Mary ____________________ Nuncotham Priory; Cotham Priory; Nuncoton Priory
Orford Priory $		Premonstratensian Canonesses founded c.1155-60 by Ralph de Albini; with regular priests or brethren before 1160-14th century; dissolved 1539; granted to Robert Tirwhit 1539/40; house built on site, of which only earthworks remain	Irford Priory	(probable)
Partney Monastery		Saxon monastery founded before 700; suggested to bave been a minster; probably destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870
Partney Cell		Benedictine monks founded before 1318: chapel of St Mary Magdalene granted to the monks of Bardney by Gilbert of Ghent (confirmed by his son Walter 1115); hospital founded early-14th century; became cell of Bardney; dissolved before 16th century(?) (referred to as a manor of Bardney 1535)	Hospital of St Mary Magdalene
Repingas Monastery, Rippingale?		Benedictine(?) monks dependent on Peterborough, Northamptonshire (Cambridgeshire); founded c.690; destroyed in raids by the Danes 870	Hrepingas Monastery
Revesby Abbey $		Savignac monks — from Rievaulx, Yorkshire daughter of Rievaulx founded 9 August 1143 by William de Romara, Earl of Lincoln, his wife and son; Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; dilapidated by dissolved 23 March 1539; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9; remains comprise earthworks in a field in private ownership without public access; (the current 19th century building north of the village of Revesby named 'Revesby Abbey' is located in a deerpark which was in the ownership of the monastic house)	St Mary and St Laurence
Sandtoft Priory		Benedictine monks cell dependent on St Mary's, York; founded after 1147/before 1186 by Roger de Mobray (or Godfrey de la Wyrch); dissolved after 1291
Sempringham Priory, earlier site		Gilbertine Canons and nuns founded 1131 by Sir Gilbert, of Sempringham (St Gilbert of Sempringham); transferred to new site (see immediately below) c.1139; now in parochial use	St Andrew
Sempringham Priory #		Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double house (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) c.113; transferred here 1139, land granted by Gilbert de Gant (St Gilbert of Sempringham's feudal lord); dissolved 1538; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1538/9; mansion later built on site no longer exists	St Mary
Sixhills Priory		Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses — double house; founded between 1148 and 1154 by Robert? de Gresley (Grelle) (or his son); dissolved 29 September 1538; granted to Thomas Henneage 1538/9; remains incorporated into later house	Sixle Priory; Sixhill Priory
Skendleby Priory		Benedictine monks cell dependent on Bardney; founded c.1318 (upon his resignation as Abbot of Bardney, Robert de Waynfleet was assigned the cells of Partney and Skendleby)
Skirbeck Commandery		hospital founded 1130 by Sir John Malton; Knights Hospitaller granted 1230 by Sir Thomas Multon; dissolved 1408(?); granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1541/2	Skirbeke Hospital; St Leonard's Hospital
Spalding Priory		Benedictine monks cell dependent on Crowland; founded 1052 by Thorold de Buckenhale; dissolved c.1071; alien house: dependent on St-Nicholas, Angers founded 1174; became denizen: independent from 1397; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir John Cheke 1549/50
Stainfield Priory		Benedictine nuns founded c.1154 by Henry Percy; dissolved 1536; granted to Robert Tirwhit 1537/8; Stainfield Hall built on the site after dissolution	Stanfeld Priory
Stamford All Saints' College		Benedictine Monks dependent on Crowland; founded 1109
Stamford Austin Friars		Augustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln) on the earlier friary of Friars of the Sack; projected 1340 by Edward III founded 1343 (1342) by Robert of Woodhouse, Archdeacon of Richmond received permission from Clement VI for the founded; school of theology 1392; dissolved October 1538
Stamford Blackfriars #		Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded before 1241; dissolved 7 October 1538
Stamford Cell in Burghley Park		Benedictine Monks dependent on Peterborough, Northamptonshire (Cambridgeshire) ; founded c.1200
Stamford Friars of the Sack		Friars of the Sack founded before 1274; dissolved 1300; Austin Friars Friary founded here
Stamford Hall		Gilbertine Canons founded 1292; dissolved c.1334;
Stamford Greyfriars		Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) founded before 1230: Henry III granted fuel January 1230; dissolved 8 October 1538
Stamford Whitefriars		Carmelite Friars founded before 1268; dissolved 8 October 1538
Stamford Monastery		Saxon monks founded 658(?); destroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century; Benedictine priory built on site (see immediately below)
Stamford — St Leonard's Priory		Benedictine monks cell dependent on Durham; founded after 1083 by William, Abbot of Peterborough on site of a Saxon monastery (see immediately above); dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Cecil 1540/1	Stanford Priory
Stixwould Priory $		Cistercian nuns founded c.1135 (c.1131) (early in the reign of Stephen or late in the reign of Henry I) by Lucy, dowager Countess of Chester; with regular priests or brethren from 12th century to after 1308; Benedictine nuns — from Stainfield refounded house disclaimed by Cistercian General Chapter 1268; also given as Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses ?before 1308; dissolved 1536; Benedictine nuns refounded 1536; Premonstratensian Canonesses refounded 1537; dissolved 1537-9; granted to Robert Dighton 1540/1; remains comprise earthworks	Stykeswold Priory
Stow Monastery		Saxon monks — secular college founded before 1016 (c.975 in the time of Bishop Aelfnoth) or c.1005 by Eadnoth, Bishop of Dorchester, granted by Earl Leofric and Godiva 1055-7; ceased at the Conquest, 1066 (1067); Benedictine abbey built on site (see immediately below)
Stow Abbey		Benedictine monks community founded at Eynsham, Oxfordshire 1005) transferred here 1091; founded 1091, on the site of Saxon monastery (see immediately above); transferred to Eynsham c.1094/5 (1109?); conventual church in parochial use from c.1094/5	The Abbey Church of Saint Mary
St Æthelreda's nunnery, Stow Green		Anglo-Saxon royal foundation at Stow Green 7th to 9th century	St Æthelthryth
Swineshead Abbey		Savignac monks daughter of Furness; founded 1 February 1135 by Robert de Gresley (Griesley); Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1536; granted to Edward, Lord Clinton 1552/3; farmhouse built on site by John Lockton, incorporating monastic remains	St Mary ____________________ Swinshed Abbey
Temple Bruer Preceptory		Knights Templar founded before 1185 by Williiam of Ashby; dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller transferred c.1312; dissolved 1540-1; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1541/2
Thornholme Priory		Augustinian Canons Regular founded by King Stephen; dissolved 1536	The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Thornholme ____________________ Thornholm Priory
Thornton Abbey		Augustinian Canons Regular priory founded 1139 by William le Gros, Count of Albermarle and Lord of Holderness; raised to abbey status 1148 dissolved 12 December 1539 refounded as secular priests' college suppressed by Edward VI 1547; demolished by Sir Vincent Skinner after 1602; stately home built on site by Skinner collapsed reportedly c.1611; (EH)	The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Thornton ____________________ Thornton-upn-the-Humber Abbey
Threekingham Nunnery, Tricengeham?		Saxon nuns founded c.680 by St Werburgh; (formerly identified as Trentham, Staffordshire) destroyed in raids by the Danes c.870	Threckingham Nunnery
Throckenholt Priory		hermitage and chapel Benedictine monks cell dependent on Thorney; founded 1154-69 (during the reign of Henry I), granted to Thorney by Nigel, Bishop of Ely; dissolved 1190	Trockenholt Priory
Thwaite Priory ^		Augustinian Canons Regular cell dependent on Thornton; founded before 1440; dissolved before 1536(?); incorporated into 18th century cottage named 'Thwaite Hall'
Torksey Priory #		Augustinian Canons Regular founded possibly by Henry II, who granted privileges, or by King John; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Philip Hobby 1544/5	The Priory Church of Saint Leonard, Torksey ____________________ St Leonard's Priory; Torkesey Priory
Tunstall Priory		Gilbertine Canons (and Canonesses?) — possible double house founded before 1164 (during the reign of Stephen) by Reginald de Crevequer; united to Bullington by his son William before 1189	St Mary ____________________ Redbourne Priory	(not known precisely): ( (alternative suggested))
Tupholme Abbey		Premonstratensian Canons daughter of Newsham; founded 1155-6 by Alan de Neville and Gibert, his brother; dissolved 1536	The Blessed Virgin Mary
Vaudey Abbey		Cistercian monks — from Bytham daughter of Fountains, Yorkshire; founded 23 May 1147 by William, Earl of Albermarle (after 1149: land granted by Geoffrey de Brachecurt and Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln); dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9
West Ravendale Priory		Premonstratensian Canons alien house: dependent on Beauport, Brittany; founded c.1202: chapel etc. granted by Alan fitz Henry, Count of Brittany; dissolved 1389 (before 1413); lands granted to Joan, consort of Henry IV 1413; granted to Southwell Collegiate Church 1452
Whaplode Friary		Crutched Friars founded 1244-7(?); incited after 1238?; abandoned 1260
Willoughton Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: (?)grange dependent on St Nicholas, Angers; founded before 1148: land granted to St Nicholas, Angers by Empress Matilda; dissolved 1403; granted to King's College, Cambridge	Willowton Priory
Willoughton Preceptory		Knights Templar founded after 1135 (during the reign of Stephen) by Roger de Builli (Buslei); dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller transferred after 1312; dissolved 1540; granted to John Cock and John Thurgood 1345/6	Willowton Preceptory Wilketone Preceptory
Wilsford Priory #		Benedictine monks alien house: cell dependent on Bec-Hellouin and the priory of Envermeu; founded between 1135 and 1154 (during the reign of Stephen) by Hugh de Evermue (Evremewe) granted to Bourne c.1401; Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroasian refounded c.1401; dissolved 1536; granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk 1538/9	Willesford Priory
Winghale Priory		Benedictine monks alien house: (?)grange dependent on Séez; founded before 1115; dissolved 1400; granted to a secular clerk; granted to Trinity College, Cambridge	Wenghale Priory
Witham Preceptory		Knights Templar founded before 1164 by Margaret de Perci, Ubert de Ria and others; dissolved 1308-12; Knights Hospitaller transferred 1312; merged with Temple Bruer	South Witham Preceptory

Glossary

Orders: Augustinian Augustinian Canons Regular / Austin Canons / Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) - Arrouasian / (Arroasian) - Victorine - Holy Sepulchre Austin Friars (Augustinian Friars) Augustinian Recollects Benedictine / Order of St Benedict (O.S.B.) Bonshommes Bridgettine / Briggittine Carmelites Carmelites (White Friars) Carthusians Cistercian Cluniac Crutched Friars / (Crouched Friars / Crossed Friars / Fratres Cruciferi / Brethren of the Holy Cross) Culdee Dominican (Black Friars) / Ordinis Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers) (O.P.) / Friars Preachers Franciscan (Grey Friars) Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (The Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) / Ordo Fratrum Minorum) Capuchin (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin) Franciscan Observants Franciscan, Third Order Regular Franciscan Recollects Minoresses (Poor Clares) Friars of the Order of Blessed Mary (Friars of St Mary / Fratres Beatae Mariae) Friars of Penitence of Jesus Christ (Friars of the Sack) Gilbertine Grandmontine Military Orders Knights Hospitaller / Hospitallers / Order of Hospitallers / Knights of Saint John / Order of Saint John Order of the Holy Sepulchre Knights Templar / Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon / Order of the Temple / Templars Order of Saint Lazarus

St. Lazarus Hospitallers Premonstratensian Savignac Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Sisters of St John of Jerusalem Tironensian Trappist Trinitarian (Maturines) Valliscaulian General terms: Abbots / Abbesses / Abbey Alien House Anchorites Camera (pl. Cameræ) Canons Canons Regular cell Commandery Double monastery Friars / Friary Friars Eremites / anchorites Hermits Mendicants Monks Nuns / Nunnery Preceptor / Preceptory Priors / Prioresses / Priory Secular canons

Map link to lists of monastic houses in England by county

Northumberland Durham Lancashire Cheshire Derbs. Notts. Lincolnshire Leics. Staffs. Shropshire Warks. Northants. Norfolk Suffolk Essex Herts. Beds. Bucks. Oxon. Glos. Somerset Wiltshire Berkshire Kent Surrey Hampshire Dorset Devon Cornwall Heref. Worcs. Bristol East Riding of Yorkshire Rutland Cambs. Greater London Tyne & Wear Cumbria North Yorkshire South Yorks. West Yorkshire Greater Manc. Merseyside East Sussex West Sussex Isle of Wight West Midlands

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See also

• List of monastic houses in England

References

• Binns, Alison (1989) Studies in the History of Medieval Religion 1: Dedications of Monastic Houses in England and Wales 1066-1216, Boydell
• Cobbett, William (1868) List of Abbeys, Priories, Nunneries, Hospitals, And Other Religious Foundations in England and Wales and in Ireland, Confiscated, Seized On, or Alienated by the Protestant "Reformation" Sovereigns and Parliaments
• Knowles, David & Hadcock, R. Neville (1971) Medieval Religious Houses England & Wales. Longman
• Morris, Richard (1979) Cathedrals and Abbeys of England and Wales, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
• Thorold, Henry (1986) Collins Guide to Cathedrals, Abbeys and Priories of England and Wales, Collins
• Thorold, Henry (1993) Collins Guide to the Ruined Abbeys of England, Wales and Scotland, Collins
• Wright, Geoffrey N., (2004) Discovering Abbeys and Priories, Shire Publications Ltd.
• English Cathedrals and Abbeys, Illustrated, Odhams Press Ltd.
• Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954
• Lincolnshire Heritage web page about monasteries in Lincolnshire