Hornby Priory was an English Premonstratensian monastic house in Hornby, Lancashire.[1] Dedicated to St Wilfrid, the priory was a dependent cell of Croxton Abbey in Leicestershire. It was probably founded by Roger de Montbegon of Hornby, otherwise his father Adam or grandfather Roger.[1]
Monastery information | |
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Order | Premonstratensian |
Mother house | Croxton Abbey |
Dedicated to | Wilfrid |
People | |
Founder(s) | De Montbegon family |
Site | |
Coordinates | 54°06′47″N 2°38′12″W / 54.112956°N 2.636805°W |
Grid reference | SD584684 |
It was suppressed on 23 February 1536, by Richard Leighton and Thomas Legh, following the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535.[2]
In 1544 Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle and Henry Croft bought the site of Hornby Priory.[3]
See also
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editFootnotes
edit- ^ a b Farrer & Brownbill (1908), pp. 160–161
- ^ Clark (2021), Ch. VII
- ^ Haigh (1969), p. 131
Bibliography
edit- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1908), "Houses of Premonstratensian Canons — Priory of Hornby", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2, Constable, OCLC 277574296
- Haigh, Christopher (1969), The Last Days of the Lancashire Monasteries and the Pilgrimage of Grace, Manchester University Press, OCLC 107447
- Clark, James G (2021), The Dissolution of the Monasteries, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-26418-0, LCCN 2021940111
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