Current non-monastic ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure)
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Current non-ecclesiastic function (including remains incorporated into later structure) or redundant intact structure
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Remains limited to earthworks etc.
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No identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
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Exact site of monastic foundation unknown
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Identification ambiguous or confused
Locations with names in italics indicate possible duplication (misidentification with another location) or non-existent foundations (either erroneous reference or proposed foundation never implemented) or ecclesiastical establishments with a monastic name but lacking actual monastic connection.
possible early hermitage or monastery founded c.878?; Benedictine? monks founded c.888 by King Alfred (possibly enlarging pre-existing establishment); Benedictine monks (re)founded c.960; dissolved 8 February 1539; granted to John Clayton 1544/5; now on private land, the site of church is marked by a monument erected 1801
Augustinian Canons Regular founded between 1154 and 1189 (between 1174(?) and 1220), reputedly by William de Say; dissolved before July 1537; granted to Sir John Wallop 1538/9; remains now on site of Barlynch Farm; now in ownership of Working for Wildlife
The Priory Church of Saint Nicholas, Barlinch ____________________ Barlinch Priory
Benedictine nuns founded c.1200 by ___ Gurney, Lord of Stoke Hamden; dissolved 1536; granted to William Clerke 1544/5; incorporated into Barrow Court
The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Edmund, King and Martyr ____________________ Minchin Barrow Priory; Minchinbarrow Priory Bearwe Priory; Borrow Gurney Priory
Saxon nuns founded c.676, reputedly by King Osric, who granted land to Bertana, abbess; destroyed and rebuilt several times; monks refounded before 758; secular? 775; Benedictine? monks refounded 963/4; episcopal diocesan cathedral 1090; dissolved 1539; granted to Humphrey Colles 1542/3; conventual church now in parochial use
Franciscan Friars (under the Custody of Bristol) founded c.1245 by William Bruer (Briwere); church consecrated 1445 (after rebuilt/extended); dissolved 13 September 1538
Benedictine monks abbey(?) founded c.1005 by Algar, Earl of Cornwall; dissolved before 1086(?); Augustinian Canons Regular refounded 1127-1135 by William de Mohun raised to abbey status 1511; dissolved 1 April 1539; granted to Maurice Berkely 1545/6
Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1166 by William de Arlegh (Erlegh), Lord of Durston; dissolved c.1180; Knights Hospitaller preceptory refounded c.1180; dissolved 1433 together with priory of Sisters of St John of Jerusalem (see immediately below); refounded c.1180; dissolved after 1500; Augustinian Canons Regular priory or hospital; refounded after 1500; dissolved 10 February 1539; granted to Alexander Popham and William Halley 1544/5; site now occupied by Buckland Farm
Sisters of St John of Jerusalem transferred from Carbrooke, Clanfield, Gosford, Hampton, Hogshaw, Shingay, Standon and Swingfield; refounded c.1180; together with Knights Hospitaller Preceptory on the site of former Augustinian Canons Regular priory (see immediately above); dissolved after 1500; Augustinian Canons Regular priory or hospital founded on site (see immediately above); site now occupied by Buckland Farm
hermitage, endowed by William son of Godfrey of Eddington 1199; Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell dependent on Glastonbury 1267; refounded before 1270; independent from 1275; dissolved 1536; granted to John and James Bisse 1553/4: parochial church of St Philip and St James Church built on the site
The Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Stephen ____________________ Burtle Moor Priory; St Stephens Chapel, Sprauellissmede; Byrkley Priory; Burcle Priory; Bercle Priory; Brademers Priory
Benedictine nuns — from Dorset founded c.1138 by Robert de Courcey; transferred to Colwich, Staffordshire; converted into a mansion; reverted to nunnery; dissolved 1536; granted to Edward Rogers 1538/9; remains incorporated into Cannington Court, built on site
Cistercian monks — from Revesby founded between 1186 and 1191, land granted by William de Roumare (Romara), Earl of Lincoln (building apparently begun by 1198 - 24 or 25 June 1198); dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas, Earl of Sussex 1541/2; (EH[note 7])
Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine possibly initially dependent on Bristol; associated with the Victorine abbey at Bristol; founded c.1210 by William de Courtney; transferred to new site at Woodspring ?before 1226; dissolved 1230
Benedictine monks dependent on Bath; founded c.1100 (after 1090) by William de Mohun; dissolved 1539; granted to Humphrey Colles 1542/3; church in parochial use as the Priory Church of St George
Saxon monks founded c.6th century(?); Benedictine? monks founded c.705; secular 9th century? Benedictine monks (re)founded(?) c.960; dissolved 15 November 1539; granted to Edward, Duke of Somerset 1547/8; granted to Sir Peter Carew 1558/9; ruins purchased by the Bath and Wells Diocesan Trust 1908; now in ownership of the registered charity Glastonbury Abbey Trust with public access
hermitage to 1154; Augustinian Canons Regular William fitz Walter began house — apparently not completed; possibly destroyed in the contests of the barons
Carthusian monks (community founded 1222 at Hatherop, Gloucestershire 1222); transferred here May 1232; dissolved 1539; now in private ownership without public access
Cluniac monks founded between c.1078 and 1102 by William, Count of Mortain dissolved 1539; granted to Robert, Earl of Leicester 1573/4; remains now part of Abbey Farmhouse
Benedictine? monks founded before 693 traditionally by King Ine; destroyed in raids by the Danes(?)c.878 secular collegiate? founded 939 by King Athelstan; Benedictine monks founded c.950 (959); dissolved 3 January 1538; granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford 1537/8; (EH[note 10])
Augustinian Canons Regular — Vitorine founded before 1243 by a member of the Lovel family; merged with Taunton 1533; granted to John, Earl of Oxford 1544/5; conventual church converted into a private house, renovated and extended in 1905
Benedictine monks alien house: dependent on Lonlay 1183; founded 1100-07: church granted by William de Falaise and his wife Geva; granted to Eton College 1440; last prior left 1442
secular collegiate founded before 904; Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1120 (c.1115) by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester; dissolved 1539; granted to Mathew Colehurst 1544/5; part of remains now called 'Priory Barn'; converted into a cricket museum
Knights Templar granted by Serlo FitzOdo in 1185. founded c.1185 dissolved 1308–12; Knights Hospitaller granted 1312 dissolved 1539; granted to Richard Andrews and Leonard Chamberlayne
Augustinian Canons Regular — Victorine (community founded at Dodlinch c.1210); transferred here before 1226; dissolved 1539; granted to William and John Lacy 1559/60; currently in use as an exhibuiltion centre for artwork; (LT[note 14])
The Priory Church of the honour of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Thomas the Martyr of Canterbury, Worspring ____________________ Worspring Priory
Benedictine monks alien house: cell or grange(?) dependent on St Sever; founded before c.1090 (before 1100) by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester (Hugh Abrincis); mentioned in the reign of Edward I; doubtful it ever had status of priory; granted to Eton College c.1468; exchanged for other lands; held by Sir Thomas Bell by 1548; house possibly built on site 16th century; adjacent fields called 'Priory Plot' and 'Priors' possibly associated with the grange
^Communities & Provenance shows the status and communities existing at each establishment, together with such dates as have been established as well as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site.
^Formal Name or Dedication: shows the formal name of the establishment or the person in whose name the church is dedicated.
^Alternative Names: some of the establishments have had alternative names over the course of time. In order to assist in text-searching such alternatives in name or spelling have been provided.
^Online References: presents links to online references to the particular establishment in addition to the general printed and online references given at the foot of this article. Establishments for which online references have not been specified are referred to within the printed references listed.
^Location: provides a link to the geographical position of the site of the foundation where established. Where the location has been established the location is pinpointed (dependent on the available resolution of the map data), otherwise the general location is given in italic.
^Bablew: given as priory by Tanner, Notitia Monastica
^Diana E. Greenway (2001). "Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: volume 7: Bath and Wells. Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^"Bath Abbey". Robert Poliquin's Music and Musicians. Quebec University. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
^Page, William, ed. (1911). "Friaries: The Franciscans at Bridgwater". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^R W Dunning, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, M C Siraut (1992). "Durston". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. p. 210. ISBN0-86127-502-0.
^Carley, James P (1996). Glastonbury Abbey: The Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN0-906362-23-7.
^Abrams, Lesley; James Carley (1991). The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the ninetieth birthday of C.A.Ralegh Radford. Boydell Press. ISBN978-0-85115-284-4.
^Carley, James P. (2001). Glastonbury Abbey and the Arthurian Tradition. Arthurian Studies. D.S.Brewer. ISBN978-0-85991-572-4.
^Rouse, Robert Allen; Cory James Rushton (2005). The Medieval Quest for Arthur. The History Press Ltd. ISBN978-0-7524-3343-1.
^Rahtz, Philip; Lorna Watts (2003). Glastonbury: Myth and Archaeology (2 ed.). The History Press LTD. pp. 85–126. ISBN978-0-7524-2548-1.
^R. W. Dunning (editor), A. P. Baggs, R. J. E. Bush, Margaret Tomlinson (1974). "Parishes: Ilchester". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Page, William (1911). "Hospitals: Ilchester and Langport'". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2. British History Online. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^James Stevens-Cox, A History of Ilchester, the ancient county town of Somerset nos. 1–6, 8 & 9 (1958), p. 129
^Barrett, J.H. (1969). "A Fipple Flute or Pipe from the Site of Keynsham Abbey". The Galpin Society Journal. 22: 47–50. doi:10.2307/841627. JSTOR841627.
^Page, William, ed. (1911). "Alien house: The priory of Stogursey". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^C. Gathercole, An Archaeological Assessment of Stogursey, Somerset Urban Archaeology Surveys (English Heritage Extensive Urban Surveys/Somerset County Council 2003), with link to full report (SW South-West Heritage Trust).
^Page, William, ed. (1911). "Friaries: The Carmelites at Taunton". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^Reid, Robert Douglas (1979). Some buildings of Mendip. The Mendip Society. pp. 16–17. ISBN0-905459-16-4.
^Samuel Lewis, ed. (1848). "Witham Fiary (St Mary)". A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^"Benedictine priory, Yenston". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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