List of monastic houses in England
Foundation Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names
Ashridge Priory monastery or college of the Precious Blood ; Bonshommes monks founded 1283 by Edmund , Earl of Cornwall ; dissolved 16 November 1539 the Precious Blood
Barden Priory ? Augustinian Canons Regular possibly Berden , Essex or the hospital at Bigging ( Berdene in Anstey ) St Mary
Cathale Priory Benedictine nuns founded before 1189 ( ? ) ( c. 1200 ) probably by William de Mandeville ; dissolved before 1240 ; granted to the nuns of Cheshunt by Henry de Bohun ; canons removed ; chapel survived to 1613 when land acquired by James I ; chapel remains extant 1830s
Cheshunt Priory Benedictine nuns founded before 1183 ; dissolved 1536 ; granted to Sir Anthony Deny 1536/7 Cestrehunt Priory ; Chesthunt Priory
Flamstead Priory Benedictine nuns founded c. 1150 ( during the reign of Stephen ) by Roger de Toney ; dissolved 1537 ; granted to Sir Richard Page 1539/40 ; site now occupied by Beechwood Park School Flamsted Priory
Hertford Priory Benedictine monks founded before 1093 ( during the incumbency of Abbot Paul and during the reign of William the Conqueror ) by Ralph de Limesy and granted to St Albans , Hertfordshire after 1077 ; dissolved 1538 ; granted to Sir Antony Denny and his wife 1537/8 ; conventual church demolished after 1540 ; passed to Sir Thomas Wiley who built the private chapel of St John , demolished 1680 on the orders of the Bishop of Lincoln ; site now occupied by parish church St Mary
Hertford Trinitarian Priory lepers ' hospital of St Mary Magdelene ( founded before 1199 ) taken over by Trinitarians ; Trinitarian monks founded c. 1261 ; apparently under Easton , Wiltshire until 1448 as a hospital ; later under Moatenden ; apparently abandoned before 1535 ( ? ) St Mary Magdalene ( before 1199 ) Holy Trinity and St Thomas Martyr c. 1261
Hitchin Whitefriars Carmelite Friars founded c. 1317 ; dissolved 17 October 1538 ; granted to Edward Watson and H. Henderson 1546/7 site now occupied by Hitchin Priory Hotel , part of cloister arches still visible ; 17th/18th century country house built on site St Mary ____________________ Hitchin 'Priory '
Hitchin Priory Gilbertine Canons founded 1361-2 by Edward de Kendale ; dissolved 1538 St Saviour
Hitchin Minster Saxon minster founded before 11th century ( references 10th & 11th century ) ; parochial church before 1086
Muresley Priory , nr Ivinghoe Benedictine nuns founded between 1107 and 1129 , reputedly by Walter Giffard , bishop of Winchester ( who died 1129 ) , ( or c. 1160 or 1133 ) ; community evicted ; granted to Sir John Dance c. 1537 St Margaret ____________________ Meursley Priory ; Mursley Nunnery ; St Margaret 's Priory ; St Margaret 's in the Wood , Meuresley ; St Margaret 's de Bosco ; Ivinghoe Nunnery ; Ivinghoe Priory ; Ivanhoe Monastery
King 's Langley Priory Dominican Friars ( under the Visitation of Cambridge ) founded before 1308 ; dissolved 1538 ; Dominican nuns - from Dartford refounded 1557 ; dissolved 1558 : nuns transferred to Dartford King 's Langley Blackfriars
Lannock Knights Templar founded before 1148 ( manor granted to Templars but no preceptory founded ) ; Knights Hospitaller let privately 1338
Markyate Priory hermitage before 1145 ; Benedictine nuns founded 1145 by Ralph de Langford , Dean and Chapter of St Paul 's , through the influence of Geoffrey , Abbot of St Albans ; apparently soon destroyed by fire ; dissolved 1537 ; granted to George Ferrers ; site now occupied by a manor house named ' Markyate Cell ' built on priory remains ; parochial church of St John the Baptist built at the south corner of the site Holy Trinity ____________________ Mergate Priory ; Market-Street Priory
Mirdial Priory ? purported Augustinian Canons Regular ( evidence lacking ) St Mary
New Biggin Priory Gilbertine Priory priory cell founded 1361-2 by Sir Edward de Kendale ; dissolved 1538 ; granted to John Cokke 1544/5 ; residence built on site 1585 ; converted to almshouses c. 1812 St Saviour ____________________ Hitchin Nunnery
Redbourn Priory Benedictine monks cell dependent on St Albans ; founded 1178 by Abbot Simon or Abbot Warin built by John , Bishop of Ardfert ; plundered by the French 1217 ; apparently abandoned before 1535 ; granted to John Cock 1539/40 St Amphibalus ____________________ St Amphibalus Priory ; Redburn Priory
Rowney Priory ^ ( ? ) Benedictine nuns founded c. 1164 by Conan , Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond ; plundered early 15th century ; dissolved 11 September 1457 ; granted to the patron , John Fray , chief baron of the Exchequer , who established a chantry ; confiscated by the Crown 1548 ; 19th century house built on site , said to incorporate fabric from the priory St John the Baptist ____________________ Rowheing Priory ; Rownay Priory
Royston Priory Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1173-9 by Ralph de Rochester ( on the site of a chapel built by his uncle Eustace de Merk ) built in the time of Walter Walensis , Abbot of Colchester ; dissolved 9 April 1537 ; granted to Robert Slete , Esq . 1540/1 priory church converted for parochial use as the Parish Church of St John the Baptist ; a Georgian House also built on the site The Priory Church of St John the Baptist and St Thomas the Martyr
St Albans Abbey Benedictine ? monks founded c. 793 ; lax ? c. 820 ; secular collegiate and nuns from before 940 ; Benedictine monks and nuns c. 970 ( 976 ) to 1140 ; Benedictine monks from 1140 ; dissolved 5 December 1539 ; parochial thereafter ; episcopal diocesan cathedral founded 1877 ; extant The Cathedral and Abbey Church of Saint Alban , St Albans
Alphabetical listing -- Hertfordshire
Monastic houses in England include abbeys, priories and friaries, among other monastic religious houses. This article provides a gazetteer for the whole of England. Additionally, each county below provides links to the specific list for that county.