English Monasteries

by A. Hamilton Thompson

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INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES

N.B. The name of each place in this list is followed by that of its county, or, if not in England, of its country, department or province. The description of the religious house as abbey or priory follows where necessary, and its order is added in brackets. Aug. = Augustinian; Ben. = Benedictine; Carm. = Carmelite; Carth. = Carthusian; Cist. = Cistercian; Clun. = Cluniac; Dom. = Dominican; Gilb. = Gilbertine; Prem. = Premonstratensian; Tiron. = Tironensian

• Abbo, abbot of Fleury, [7]
• Abergavenny, Monmouth, priory (Ben.), [66]
• Abingdon, Berks., abbey (Ben.), [145]
• Aelfwine, [7]
• Africa, communities of regular clergy in, [19]
• Alnwick, William, bishop of Lincoln, [29], [30], [32], [33]
• Alnwick, Northumb., abbey (Prem.), [22], [64], [80], [111], [148]
• Ancren Riwle, [24]
• Anselm, St, archbishop of Canterbury, [9]
• Anthony, St, [2], [4]
• Augustine, St, archbishop of Canterbury, [5], [6];
• bishop of Hippo, [19], [20], [119]
• Aumône, l', Normandy, abbey (Cist.), [15]
• Avranches, Manche, [13]
• Aylesford, Kent, priory (Carm. friars), [26]
• Bardney, Lincs., abbey (Ben.), [115]
• Barnwell, Cambs., priory (Aug.), [113], [127], [128], [132], [134], [143], [145], [147]
• Basil, St, [2], [4]
• Battle, Sussex, abbey (Ben.), [8]
• Beauchief, Yorks., abbey (Prem.), [148]
• Beaulieu, Hants., abbey (Cist.), [37], [58], [59], [86], [99], [104], [128], [147]
• Beauvale, Notts., priory (Carth.), [13]
• Bec-Hellouin, Eure, abbey (Ben.), [9], [10]
• Becket, Thomas (St Thomas of Canterbury), [48]
• Beeleigh, Essex, abbey (Prem.), [79], [84]
• Benedict, St, [2], [3], [4], [5], [7], [9], [14], [19], [20], [137]
• Bermondsey, Surrey, abbey (Clun.), [12], [145]
• Bernard, St, abbot of Clairvaux, [14]
• Berno, St, abbot of Cluny, [11]
• Beverley, Yorks., collegiate church, [47]
• Blanchland, Northumb., abbey (Prem.), [38]
• Blyth, Notts., priory (Ben.), [10], [11], [53], [54]
• Bobbio, Pavia, monastery of, [3]
• Bolton, Yorks., priory (Aug.), [63], [64], [66]
• Bradsole; see St Radegund's
• Brakelond, Jocelyn of, [115], [129], [133], [145]
• Brecon, Christ college, [38];
• priory (Dom. friars), [38], [71]
• Bridlington, Yorks., priory (Aug.), [66], [129]
• Brinkburn, Northumb., priory (Aug.), [63], [66], [144]
• Bristol, friaries, [26], [27], [38];
• St Augustine's abbey (Aug.), [37], [65], [78], [79], [98], [147];
• St James' priory (Ben.), [27]
• Brokehampton, John of, abbot of Evesham, [126]
• Bromfield, Salop, priory (Ben.), [66]
• Bromholm, Norfolk, priory (Clun.), [12], [68]
• Bruno, St, [12]
• Buckfast, Devon, abbey (Cist.), [103]
• Buildwas, Salop, abbey (Cist.), [14], [37], [55], [57], [62], [64], [98], [100]
• Burnham, Bucks., abbey (Aug. nuns), [25], [147]
• Burton-on-Trent, Staffs., abbey (Ben.), [145]
• Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, abbey (Ben.), [34], [55], [115], [128], [129], [130], [131], [133], [145]
• Byland, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [52], [58]
• Caen, Calvados, abbey of Saint-Etienne (Ben.), [9]
• Caldey, Pembroke, priory (Tiron.), [14]
• Cambridge, colleges, [20], [35];
• Emmanuel college, [39];
• friaries, [26], [39];
• King's college, [35];
• St Radegund's priory (Ben. nuns, now Jesus college), [35], [38], [79], [90];
• Sidney Sussex college, [39]
• Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, [3]
• Canons Ashby, Northants., priory (Aug.), [66], [67]
• Canterbury, Kent, cathedral priory (Ben.), [6], [8], [10], [19], [37], [40], [41], [44], [45], [48], [49], [53], [75], [79], [80], [82], [83], [84], [87], [89], [90], [92], [100], [116], [119], [120], [124], [126], [129], [131], [145], [146];
• friaries, [26];
• St Augustine's abbey (Ben.), [45], [129], [130], [132], [145]
• Canute, [8]
• Carlisle, Cumb., cathedral priory (Aug.), [21], [37], [80]
• Cartmel, Lancs., priory (Aug.), [64], [65]
• Cassianus, Joannes, [140]
• Castle Acre, Norfolk, priory (Clun.), [12], [45], [65], [147]
• Chard, Thomas, abbot of Ford, [123]
• Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, [13]
• Chester, St Werburgh's abbey (Ben.), [37], [41], [47], [49], [55], [79], [86], [90]
• Chichester, Sussex, priory (Franciscan friars), [38], [39];
• St Mary's hospital, [119]
• Christchurch, Hants., priory (Aug.), [36], [65], [66]
• Chrodegand, St, [19]
• Cîteaux, Côte-d'Or, abbey (Cist.), [13], [14], [15], [16], [25], [57], [58], [59]
• Clairvaux, Aube, abbey (Cist.), [14], [15], [16], [57], [58], [99], [128]
• Clare, Suffolk, priory (Aug. friars), [26], [38]
• Clare, St, [27]
• Cleeve, Som., abbey (Cist.), [37], [84], [86], [101], [109]
• Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, abbey, [7], [11], [12], [15], [44], [45]
• Coggeshall, Essex, abbey (Cist.), [128]
• Colchester, Essex, St Botolph's priory (Aug.), [21], [66]
• Colerne, William, abbot of Malmesbury, [110]
• Columba, St, [3]
• Columban, St, [3]
• Coventry, Warwicks., cathedral priory (Ben.), [29], [55], [128]
• Coverham, Yorks., abbey (Prem.), [67]
• Crauden, John of, prior of Ely, [125]
• Croxden, Staffs., abbey (Cist.), [37], [57], [99], [121], [148]
• Croyland, Lincs., [4];
• abbey (Ben.), [50], [53], [115]
• Cuthbert, St, [4]
• Cymmer, Merioneth, abbey (Cist.), [70]
• Dale, Derby, abbey (Prem.), [64], [148]
• Daventry, Northants., priory (Clun.), [123]
• Dolgelly, Merioneth, [70]
• Dorchester, Oxon., abbey (Aug.), [64], [67]
• Dore, Hereford, abbey (Cist.), [37], [58], [80], [147]
• Dover, Kent, [64];
• priory (Ben.), [10]
• Dryburgh, Berwicks., abbey (Prem.), [79]
• Dunstable, Beds., priory (Aug.), [145]
• Dunstan, St, archbishop of Canterbury, [7], [8]
• Durham, cathedral priory (Ben.), [9], [37], [41], [44], [45], [46], [47], [51], [52], [53], [59], [72], [73], [75], [76], [77], [81], [82], [84], [85], [86], [87], [90], [92], [93], [94], [95], [105], [116], [124], [125], [126], [127], [131], [137], [138], [140], [145], [148]
• Easby; see St Agatha's
• Ecclesfield, Yorks., alien priory (Ben.), [10]
• Edgar the peaceful, [7], [8]
• Edward the Confessor, [8], [49]
• Edward II, [26]
• Eggleston, Yorks., abbey (Prem.), [148]
• Egypt, monasteries in, [2]
• Ely, Cambs., cathedral priory (Ben.), [8], [37], [47], [49], [52], [53], [119], [125], [146]
• Ernulf, prior of Canterbury, [21]
• Ethelwold, St, bishop of Winchester, [7], [8]
• Eton, Bucks., college, [35]
• Evesham, Worces., abbey (Ben.), [7], [9], [42], [55], [80], [82], [126], [135], [136], [145]
• Farne islands, Northumb., [4]
• Fleury, see Saint-Benoît
• Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, abbey, [25]
• Ford, Dorset, abbey (Cist.), [37], [84], [99], [110], [123]
• Fountains, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [15], [16], [37], [38], [44], [52], [59], [61], [62], [63], [77], [97], [98], [99], [100], [101], [102], [103], [104], [105], [106], [107], [108], [117], [119], [120], [121], [122], [123], [127], [128], [131], [144], [146], [147]
• Furness, Lancs., abbey (Cist.), [14], [34], [37], [44], [55], [59], [62], [85], [97], [98], [99], [100], [103], [108], [109], [110], [117], [119], [121], [123], [128], [147]
• Gaul, early monasteries in, [3], [6]
• Gilbert, St, of Sempringham, [23]
• Glastonbury, Som., Celtic monastery at, [5];
• abbey (Ben.), [8], [51], [87], [105], [148]
• Gloucester, abbey (Ben.), [18], [37], [41], [44], [45], [47], [48], [49], [73], [74], [75], [76], [77], [79], [81], [82], [85], [90], [91], [98], [116], [119], [125], [126], [129], [131], [134], [144], [145], [146]
• Grande-Chartreuse, la, Isère, priory (Carth.), [12]
• Grandmont, Haute-Vienne, abbey, [14]
• Greenfield, Lincs., priory (Cist. nuns), [33]
• Guisbrough, Yorks., priory (Aug.), [51], [66], [144]
• Guthlac, St, [4]
• Hackness, Yorks., nunnery at, [5], [6]
• Harding, St Stephen, abbot of Cîteaux, [14]
• Hastings, Sussex, battle of, [8]
• Hatfield, Bishop's, Herts., [75]
• Haughmond, Salop, abbey (Aug.), [37], [63], [64], [66], [77], [79], [82], [90], [111], [114], [124], [147]
• Hayles, Glouces., abbey (Cist.), [57], [58], [107], [109], [123], [147]
• Henry V, [25], [31]
• Henry VI, [31]
• Henry VIII, [32]
• Hexham, Northumb., priory (Aug.), [66], [82], [90], [144], [147]
• Hinton, Som., priory (Carth.), [13]
• Holme Cultram, Cumb., abbey (Cist.), [37]
• Hulme; see St Benet's
• Hulne, Northumb., priory (Carm. friars), [26], [38], [71], [111], [148]
• Humberston, Lincs., abbey (Tiron.), [14]
• Hyde, Hants., abbey (Ben.), [144], [145]
• Iona, Argyll, monastery, [3]
• Ipswich, Suffolk, college, [35]
• Ireland, monachism in, [3]
• Italy, early monasteries in, [3]
• Jarrow, Durham, monastery, [6]
• Jedburgh, Roxburgh, abbey (Aug.), [68]
• Jervaulx, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [37], [51], [58], [99], [107], [110], [117], [120], [147]
• Julius II, pope, [23]
• Kelso, Roxburgh, abbey (Tiron.), [68]
• King's Lynn, Norfolk, friaries, [26], [38], [70]
• Kirkham, Yorks., priory (Aug.), [51], [66], [129], [130]
• Kirkstall, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [37], [44], [54], [55], [57], [62], [64], [98], [100], [101], [103], [105], [110], [120], [122], [123], [127], [146]
• Kirkstead, Lincs., abbey (Cist.), [128]
• Knaresborough, Yorks., St Robert's (Trinitarian), [26]
• Lacock, Wilts., abbey (Aug. canonesses), [25], [38], [70], [77], [79], [83], [87], [90], [91], [147]
• Lanercost, Cumb., priory (Aug.), [64], [65], [67]
• Lanfranc, archbishop of Canterbury, [9]
• Langdon, West, Kent, abbey (Prem.), [64], [67], [148]
• Layton, Richard, dean of York, [32]
• Leicester, abbey (Aug.), [30]
• Leominster, Hereford, priory (Ben.), [54]
• Lerins, Ile de, Alpes-Maritimes, monastery of Saint-Honorat, [3]
• Lewes, Sussex, priory (Clun.), [12], [44], [85], [133], [147]
• Lilleshall, Salop, abbey (Aug.), [37], [63], [64], [66], [68]
• Lincoln, cathedral church, [47];
• friaries, [26]
• Lisques, France, abbey (Prem.), [22]
• London, Charterhouse, [13], [146];
• friaries, [26], [38], [148];
• Holy Trinity priory, Aldgate (Aug.), [54];
• St Bartholomew's priory, Smithfield (Aug.), [45], [63];
• St Mary Graces abbey (Cist.), [16]
• Louth Park, Lincs., abbey (Cist.), [15], [33]
• Luxeuil, Haute-Saône, monastery of, [3]
• Lysa, Norway, abbey (Cist.), [15]
• Malmesbury, Wilts., abbey (Ben.), [53], [89], [110], [144]
• Malton, Yorks., priory (Gilb.), [71]
• Margam, Glamorgan, abbey (Cist.), [37], [80], [145], [148]
• Martin, St, of Tours, [4]
• Meaux, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [33], [42], [120], [121], [128], [145]
• Merevale, Warwicks., abbey (Cist.), [128]
• Metz, Lorraine, [19]
• Micklethwaite, Mr J. T., [95]
• Molesme, Côte-d'Or, Robert, abbot of, [14]
• Monkwearmouth, Durham, monastery, [6]
• Monte Cassino, Abruzzi, monastery of, [3], [4], [7]
• Mount Grace, Yorks., priory (Carth.), [13], [38], [69], [70], [71], [112], [146]
• Neath, Glamorgan, abbey (Cist.), [37], [148]
• Neocaesarea, Asia Minor, monastery near, [2]
• Netley, Hants., abbey (Cist.), [37], [58], [96], [117]
• Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumb., friaries, [26]
• Newhouse, Lincs., abbey (Prem.), [22]
• Newminster, Northumb., abbey (Cist.), [15], [144]
• Newstead, Notts., priory (Aug.), [67]
• Norbert, St, abbot of Prémontré, [22]
• Norcia, Umbria, [3]
• Norfolk, Augustinian houses in, [21]
• Normandy, monasteries of, [8], [9]
• Northampton, friaries, [26], [27]
• Norwich, Norfolk, cathedral priory, [34], [37], [44], [45], [47], [48], [49], [53], [131];
• friaries, [27], [38], [71]
• Nottinghamshire, Augustinian houses in, [21]
• Nuneaton, Warwicks., priory (Fontevrault), [25]
• Nun Monkton, Yorks., priory (Ben. nuns), [70]
• Odo, archbishop of Canterbury, [7]
• Oseney, Oxon., abbey (Aug.), [145]
• Oswald, St, archbishop of York, [7]
• Ottringham, Yorks., [128]
• Oxford, colleges, [20], [35];
• friaries, [26];
• St Frideswide's priory (Aug., now Christ Church college), [35], [37], [64], [111]
• Pachomius, St, [2], [4]
• Paris, abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Ben.), [6]
• Patrick, St, [3]
• Paul, abbot of St Albans, [115]
• Pershore, Worces., abbey (Ben.), [7]
• Peterborough, Northants., abbey (Ben.), [8], [30], [37], [44], [45], [47], [53], [85], [90], [91], [92], [100], [116], [118], [119], [125], [129], [133], [134], [135], [146]
• Pipewell, Northants., abbey (Cist.), [105], [147]
• Prémontré, Aisne, abbey, [22], [23]
• Ramsey, Hunts., abbey (Ben.), [7], [144], [145]
• Reading, Berks., abbey (Ben.), [37], [77], [79]
• Redbourn, Herts., [75]
• Repton, Derby, priory (Aug.), [64], [111], [147]
• Richmond, Yorks., [31], [38];
• priory (Franciscan friars), [38], [70]
• Rievaulx, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [23], [37], [51], [58], [59], [104], [117], [128], [144]
• Ripon, Yorks., collegiate church, [47], [51], [131];
• monastery, [5]
• Roche, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [64]
• Rochester, Kent, cathedral priory (Ben.), [37], [41], [54], [65], [76], [131], [146]
• Rome, monastery on Coelian hill, [5]
• Romsey, Hants., abbey (Ben. nuns), [25], [38], [70]
• Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, abbey of Saint-Ouen (Ben.), [6];
• priory of la-Sainte-Trinité on Mont-Sainte-Cathérine (Ben.), [10]
• St Agatha's, Yorks., abbey (Prem.), [31], [38], [64], [82], [86], [92], [111], [148]
• St Albans, Herts., abbey (Ben.), [9], [10], [47], [48], [49], [52], [53], [75], [115], [123], [129], [132], [145], [146]
• St Benet's Hulme, Norfolk, abbey (Ben.), [68]
• Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loiret, abbey (Ben.), [7]
• St Dogmaels, Pembroke, abbey (Tiron.), [14]
• St Gall, Switzerland, plan of, [125]
• St Neots, Hunts., priory (Ben.), [10], [11]
• St Radegund's, Kent, abbey (Prem.), [64], [83], [111], [148]
• Saint-Wandrille, Seine-Inférieure, abbey (Ben.), [11]
• Salisbury, Wilts., cathedral church, [80]
• Salley, Yorks., abbey (Cist.), [68]
• Samson, abbot of Bury, [115], [129]
• Savigny, Manche, abbey, [13]
• Scarborough, Yorks., alien priory (Cist.), [27];
• Dominican friary, [27]
• Scotland, early monasteries in, [3]
• Selby, Yorks., abbey (Ben.), [49], [51]
• Sempringham, Lincs., priory, [23], [24]
• Shaftesbury, Dorset, abbey (Ben. nuns), [5]
• Shap, Westmorland, abbey (Prem.), [67], [148]
• Shene, Surrey, priory (Carth.), [13]
• Sibton, Suffolk, abbey (Cist.), [101]
• Simeon Stylites, St, [4]
• Simon, monk of Waverley, [89]
• Sion, Middlesex, abbey (Bridgetine), [25]
• Southwell, Notts., collegiate church, [65]
• Spoleto, Umbria, [3]
• Stamford, Lincs., [33];
• friaries, [27]
• Stanley, Wilts., abbey (Cist.), [147]
• Strata Florida, Cardigan, abbey (Cist.), [148]
• Subiaco, Rome, [3]
• Sweetheart abbey, Kirkcudbright (Cist.), [57]
• Tabennisi (Egypt), monastery, [2]
• Tarrant, Dorset, abbey (Cist. nuns), [24]
• Tenby, Pembroke, [14]
• Tewkesbury, Glouces., abbey (Ben.), [27], [45], [47], [48], [129], [145]
• Thetford, Norfolk, priory (Clun.), [12]
• Thiron, Eure-et-Loir, abbey, [13]
• Thornton, Lincs., abbey (Aug.), [129], [132]
• Thurgarton, Notts., priory (Aug.), [67]
• Tiltey, Essex, abbey (Cist.), [128]
• Tintern, Monmouth, abbey (Cist.), [37], [41], [55], [58], [60], [62], [63], [104], [107], [120], [148]
• Torre, Devon, abbey (Prem.), [64], [67], [72], [129]
• Tours, Indre-et-Loire, abbey of St Martin (Ben.), [4]
• Tynemouth, Northumb., priory (Ben.), [10], [53], [146]
• Ulverscroft, Leices., priory (Aug.), [67]
• Valle Crucis, Denbigh, abbey (Cist.), [16], [37], [57], [62], [84], [98], [100]
• Vaudey, Lincs., abbey (Cist.), [16]
• Wallingford, Richard of, abbot of St Albans, [132]
• Walsingham, Norfolk, priory (Aug.), [34]
• Warenne, William de, [12]
• Watton, Yorks., priory (Gilb.), [23], [38], [71], [111], [148]
• Waverley, Surrey, abbey (Cist.), [15], [33], [55], [58], [63], [89], [97], [99], [101], [104], [109], [120], [123], [145], [147]
• Welbeck, Notts., abbey (Prem.), [22], [23]
• Wells, Som., cathedral church, [80]
• Wenlock, Salop, priory (Clun.), [12], [37], [45], [65], [76], [87], [89]
• Westminster, Middlesex, abbey (Ben.), [8], [9], [36], [37], [44], [48], [49], [76], [79], [80], [81], [83], [84], [85], [100], [120], [146]
• Whalley, Lancs., abbey (Cist.), [128]
• Wherwell, Hants., abbey (Ben. nuns), [25]
• Whitby, Yorks., Celtic monastery, [6];
• abbey (Ben.), [51], [144]
• Wilfrid, St, bishop of York, [5]
• Wilton, Wilts., abbey (Ben. nuns), [25]
• Winchcombe, Glouces., abbey (Ben.), [7]
• Winchelsey, Robert, archbishop of Canterbury, [134]
• Winchester, Hants., cathedral priory (Ben.), [8], [37], [47], [49], [65], [145];
• friaries, [27];
• St Mary's abbey (Ben. nuns), [25]
• Witham, Som., priory (Carth.), [13]
• Woburn, Beds., abbey (Cist.), [15]
• Wolsey, Thomas, cardinal, archbishop of York, [35]
• Worcester, cathedral priory (Ben.), [7], [41], [65], [72], [73], [75], [76], [80], [81], [87], [88], [90], [92], [94], [116], [124], [125], [145], [146]
• Worksop, Notts., priory (Aug.), [66]
• Wothorpe, Northants., priory (Ben. nuns), [33], [34]
• Wymondham, Norfolk, abbey (Ben.), [54]
• York, cathedral church, [19], [51];
• friaries, [27];
• St Mary's abbey (Ben.), [37], [47], [48], [51]
• Yorkshire, Augustinian houses in, [21]

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