The following is a list of the monastic houses in Leicestershire, England.
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| Aldermanshaw Priory ^ | Cluniac monks founded before/c.1220-35; alien house: cell dependent on Bermondsey, Surrey (London); dissolved/ruinous before 1450; 17th century cottage built on site | Aldermans Haw | [1] 52.726°N -1.258°W | |||||
| Belvoir Priory | Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent on St Albans, Hertfordshire; founded 1076-88 begun by Robert de Todeni, lord of Belvoir 1076; completed by Abbot Paul of St Albans; dissolved 1539 | [2] [3] 52.8985°N -0.7817°W | ||||||
| Bradley Priory | Augustinian Canons Regular founded after 1220 by Robert Bundy; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Newell, Esq. 1537/8 | Braddley Priory | [4] [5] 52.5503°N -0.7872°W | |||||
| Holy Hill monastery, Breedon # | Saxon Benedictine? monks — from Medeshamstede (Peterborough), (Cambridgeshire) founded late-7th century; abandoned 874 during Danish raids; Augustinian Priory built on site (see immediately below) | [6] 52.8062°N -1.3997°W | ||||||
| Breedon Priory + | Augustinian Canons Regular priory cell, dependent on Nostell, Yorkshire; refounded between 1109 and 1122, on site of earlier Saxon monastery (see immediately above): church of SS Mary and Hardulph granted to Nostel by Robert de Ferrers; dissolved November 1539; granted to John, Lord Grey 1553 | Bredon Priory | [7] 52.806°N -1.3999°W | |||||
| Buckminster ~ | possible Saxon minster | |||||||
| Charley Priory $ | dependent on Luffield, Buckinghamshire; confirmed to Luffield by the Pope 1173–4; founded before 1190, granted to Evroul by Countess Parnel of Leicester (Blanchmain's, Earl of Leicester confirmed to Ware, chief dependency of St Evroul in England 1203–6; described as hermitage c.1220; Augustinian Canons Regular alien house: grange dependent on St Evroul; founded after 1220; ruinous 1455; dissolved 1465; granted to Frideswide, widow; united with Ulverscroft c.1465 | Chorley and Ulverscroft Priory Locum de S. Mariae de Charleia | [9] [10] 52.7282°N -1.2914°W | |||||
| Croxton Abbey | Premonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse, Lincolnshire; founded before 1160 (1163, 1162) by William Porcarius; dissolved 1538 (1539); granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1538/9 | Croxton Kerrial Abbey | [11] [12] 52.8397°N -0.7797°W | |||||
| Dalby and Heather Preceptory # | Knights Hospitallers founded before 1206, granted purportedly by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester dissolved 1538 (1540); granted to Sir Andrew Nowell | Old Dalby Preceptory; Dalby Preceptory | [14] [15] 52.8033°N -0.9991°W | |||||
| Garendon Abbey | Cistercian monks probable daughter house of Waverley, Surrey; founded 28 October 1133 by Roboert Bossu, Earl of Leicester; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas, Earl of Rutland 1540/1; house named 'Garendon Hall' built on site, demolished 1964 | Gerondon Abbey | [16] [17] 52.7743°N -1.2585°W | |||||
| Grace Dieu Priory ^ | Augustinian Canonesses founded c.1239/40 by Rose (Rorsia) de Verdon; 'White Nuns of St Augustine' dissolved 1538; granted to Humphrey Foster 1538/9; remains incorporated into a cottage; largely demolished 1696; in care of Grace Dieu Priory Trust; open to public from late 2004 | The Priory Church of Holy Trinity and St Mary, Belton ____________________ Gracedieu Priory; Belton Priory | [18] [19] [20] 52.761°N -1.3564°W | |||||
| Heather Preceptory | Knights Hospitallers founded before 1199 (during the reign of King John); reduced to camera before 1338; dissolution unknown — administered from Dalby (itself dissolved 1540) | Hether Hospital | [21] 52.6933°N -1.4246°W | |||||
| Hinckley Priory | Benedictine monks alien house: priory cell dependent on Lyre; founded before 1173(?): church and land granted to Lyre by Robert [Blanchmaines], Earl of Leicester (confirmed by Henry II); dissolved 1409; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; site later occupied by a mansion then smaller private houses | Hinkley Priory | [22] 52.5402°N -1.3717°W | |||||
| Hinckley Dominican Priory | Dominican monks | |||||||
| Kirby Bellars Priory + | Secular college or chantry founded 1316 by Roger de Bellars; Augustinian Canons Regular took on St Augustine's Rule in 1359; domestic buildings rebuilt before the reformation after a fire c. 1511; dissolved 1536: granted to Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy 1543/4; earthworks work mark the remains of the site in the field north of the current parish church | Kirkby Bellers Priory; Kirkby Bellairs Priory; Kerkbey on the Wrethek Priory | [23] [24] 52.7582°N -0.9381°W | |||||
| Langley Priory ^ | Benedictine nuns — from Farewell, Staffordshire founded c.1150(?) by William Pantulf (Pontulf) and his wife burgia; Cistercian nuns? (claimed during time of Pope Alexander III, claim apparently abandoned 13th century); dissolved 1536 (before1537); granted to Thomas Grey 1543/4; incorporated into a 16th/17th century house; present house incorporates medieval fabric | The Priory Church of God and the Blessed Virgin | [25] [26] 52.8078°N -1.3582°W | |||||
| Launde Priory # | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1119-25 by Richard Basset and his wife Maud; dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas, Lord Cromwell 1539/40; site occupied by manor house named 'Launde Abbey' now a retreat/conference centre | St John the Baptist ____________________ Landa Priory | [27] [28] 52.631°N -0.8237°W | |||||
| Leicester Abbey | Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1143 (1139?) by Robert Bossu, Earl of Leicester; dissolved 1538; granted to William, Marquis of Northampton 1550/1 | The Abbey Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Leicester ____________________ St Mary de Pre; St Mary de Pratis (St Mary of the Meadows) | [29] [30] 52.6477°N -1.1384°W | |||||
| Leicester Austin Friary | Augustinian hermits founded 1254; dissolved November 1538; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm | St Catherine? | [31] [32] 52.6334°N -1.1444°W | |||||
| Leicester Blackfriars # | Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford) founded before 1284; dissolved 1538; granted to Henry, Marquis of Dorset 1546/7 | [33] [34] 52.637°N -1.1444°W | ||||||
| Leicester Friars of the Sack ~ | Friars of the Sack founded before 1274; apparently abandoned by 1295 | [35] 52.6307°N -1.1445°W (actual site unknown) | ||||||
| Leicester Greyfriars | Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Oxford) founded before 1230 (1265) by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester; Burial place of King Richard III after his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth 1485 (confirmed by the recovery of his body 2013); dissolved 1538; granted to John Bellew and John Broxholm 1545/6 | [36] [37] 52.6333°N -1.137°W | ||||||
| Leicester — Holy Cross Priory * | Dominican Friars founded 1882; church consecrated 14 May 1958; extant | The Priory of the Holy Cross, Leicester | [38] 52.6305°N -1.1302°W | |||||
| Minsterton Monastery | possible Saxon minster | |||||||
| Mount St Bernard Abbey, earlier site # | Cistercian monks (Cistercian order of the Strict Observance/Trappists) founded 1835; became a guest house when new monastery (see immediately below) opened 1844; reformatory 1856; closed 1885, demolished | [39] [40] [41] 52.7357°N -1.3231°W | ||||||
| Mount St Bernard Abbey * | Cistercian monks (Cistercian order of the Strict Observance / Trappists) founded 1844; replaced earlier monastery (see immediately above); extant | [42] [43] 52.7414°N -1.3231°W | ||||||
| Owston Abbey + | Augustinian Canons Regular — Arroaisan founded before 1161 by Sir Robert Grimbald, confirmed by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury; Augustinian Canons Regular independent from before 1260–80; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir John Harrington 1538/9; site now in private ownership as Manor Farm; church restored and now in parochial use | The Abbey Church of Saint Andrew, Owston ____________________ Osulveston Priory | [44] [45] 52.6638°N -0.8565°W | |||||
| Rothley Temple | Knights Templar founded 1231: manor granted by Henry III; chapel built c.1240; Knights Hospitaller transferred 1312 (1313); dissolved before 1489 (1540); transferred to the Crown; granted to Babington family; manor house built on site | Rothley Preceptory | [46] [47] 52.7053°N -1.1489°W | |||||
| Swinford Preceptory | Knights Hospitaller founded before 1199: (granted before the reign of King John); under Dalby before 1220; separate camera under a seneschal 1338; dissolved 1538 | [48] 52.4061°N -1.1782°W | ||||||
| Ulverscroft Priory | Augustinian Eremites founded 1134: land granted by Ranulph de Gernon, Earl of Chester; Augustinian Canons Regular founded before c.1174(?) by Robert, Earl of Leicester; still referred to as a hermitage c.1220; suppression avoided 1536; dissolved 15 September 1539; now in private ownership without public access | St Mary | [49] [50] 52.7099°N -1.2599°W | |||||
| Ulverscroft Monastery | uncertain order and foundation |