List of monastic houses in Buckinghamshire


The following is a list of monastic houses in Buckinghamshire, England.

Alphabetical listing


FoundationImageCommunities & ProvenanceFormal Name or Dedication
& Alternative Names
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Aylesbury Greyfriars #Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual
founded 1387 by James Butler, Earl of Ormond;
dissolved 1 October 1538
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Aylesbury Monastery #possible nuns order and period unknown
said to have been a nunnery or Trinitarian house — probably only a holding
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Biddlesden Abbey #Cistercian monks — from Garendon, Leicestershire
founded 10 July 1147 by Ernald de Bosco, seneschal of the Earl of Leicester;
dissolved 29 September 1538; granted to Thomas Wriothesley 1540/1;
remains demolished c.1727;
site now occupied by private house named 'Biddlesden Park'		Saint Mary
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Biddlesdon Abbey;
Bittlesden Abbey
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Bradwell PrioryBenedictine monks
cell dependent on Luffield;
founded before 1136-44 by Meinfelin, Lord of Wolverton;
dissolved 1524-5 by Cardinal Wolsey for Christ Church, Oxford; granted to Arthur Longfield 1542/3;
now in private ownership; currently an urban studies centre		Saint Mary
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Bradewell Priory
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Bulstrode Preceptory $Knights Templar
founded before 1276;
dissolved 1308-1312;
land passed to and leased on behalf of the Knights Hospitaller, though they had no commandery here;
site identified through earthworks
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Burnham Abbey *Augustinian canonesses
founded 1265/66 by Richard, King of the Romans;
dissolved 19 September 1539; granted to William Tyldesly 1544/5;
Anglican Augustinian Society of the Precious Blood
transferred from Birmingham 1916; extant		Saint Mary
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Chetwode Priory +Augustinian Canons Regular
founded 1244 or 1245 by Ralph de Norwich;
dissolved, being reduced to the status of a cell, annexed to Notley 1460-1;
dissolved 1535;
priory church became parochial c.1480 as the Parish Church of St Mary and St Nicholas		Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas
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Chetwode Cell
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Crawley Monasteryfounded before 1042; St Firmin
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North Crawley Monastery
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Gare NunneryBenedictine nuns
founded 1163 in Stoke Goldington by Robert de Salcey, Peter de Goldington and Richard de Besseville;
granted to Delapré, Northamptonshire, late 12th/early 13th centuries;
apparently reduced to status of a grange by 1438;
subsequently recorded as destroyed		Gore Nunnery;
Gorefields Nunnery
Prioratus Gore, Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, Moniales Nigrae
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Hogshaw Nunnery #St John of Jerusalem nuns
cell
foundation unknown
transferred to Sisters of St John Priory, Buckland, Somerset c.1180;
site occupied by Knights Hospitaller commandery '
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Hogshaw Commandery #Knights Hospitaller
founded c.1180 on site of earlier nunnery ', granted by William Peverel;
dissolved 1470 becoming prior's possession; granted to Matilda Lane c.1543;
church in use until 1650; ruined by 1700
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Lavendon Abbey $Premonstratensian Canons
founded c.1154/5-1158 by John de Bidun, sheriff of Buckinghamshire;
dissolved 1536; granted to Sir Edmund Peckham 1543;
site now occupied by house named 'Lavendon Grange' 		The Abbey Church of Saint John the Baptist, Lavendon
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Lavinden Abbey
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Little Marlow PrioryBenedictine nuns
founded c.1195 or before 1218 ;
dissolved in, or before 1536; granted to John Tiltey and E. Restwold 1540		Saint Mary
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Little Merlow Priory;
Minchin Marlow Priory
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Luffield PrioryBenedictine monks
founded after 1118 by Robert II le Bossu, Earl of Leicester;
suppression authorised by the Pope 1494;
dissolution stayed until 1504, after the death of the serving prior		The Blessed Virgin Mary
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Medmenham AbbeyCistercian monks — from Woburn, Bedfordshire
founded 1201/4, or in 1202 by Hugh de Bolbec;
house built 1213;
dissolved before 8 July 1536 ; granted to Robert Mone and others 1547;
converted into a manor house		The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Medmenham
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Mendham Abbey
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Missenden Abbey ^Augustinian/Arroasian Canons
alien house: daughter of St Mary de Bosco, or de Nemore, Ruisseauville, France;
founded 1133 by William de Missenden;
the house acknowledged royal supremacy 1536;
dissolved 1538; granted to the Duke of Northumberland;
now a residential college rarely open to general public		The Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Great Missenden
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Great Missenden Abbey
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Newton Longville PrioryCluniac monks
alien house: daughter of Longville Ste Foi Abbey
founded c.1150 or before 1102 by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham;
dissolved 1414;
granted to New College, Oxford 1441;
Manor House purportedly built on site 1550; St Faith's Church incorporates 12th-century church remains, possibly originally part of the priory church and may have been the conventual church of the priory		St Faith
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Newington-Longaville Priory;
Newton-Longville Cell
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Notley Abbey ^Augustinian Canons Regular
founded before 1162 by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, and Lady Ermgard;
dissolved 9 December 1538; granted to Sir William Paget 1547;
site now occupied by a private house without public access		The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin and Saint John the Baptist, Notley
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abbey de parco Crendon;
Crendon Parc Abbey
abbey de parco super Thamam;
Nuctele Abbey;
Noctele Abbey;
Nuttley Abbey;
Nutley Abbey
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Ravenstone PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular
founded 1255 by Peter de Chaseport, Keeper of the Royal Wardrobe;
dissolved 1525 ; granted to Sir Francis Byran 1548;
site now occupied by 19th century 'Abbey Farm'		The Priory Church of St Mary
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Ravinston Priory
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Risborough Priory Benedictine monks — doubtful establishment; reputedly pre-Conquest cell of Canterbury CathedralMonks Risborough Priory
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Snelshall Priory $Premonstratensian Canons
cell dependent on Lavendon;
founded before 1166, granted to Lavendon by Sybil de Aungervill ;
abandoned after 1203-4
Benedictine monks
founded 1203/4-1219 by Ralph Mortel ;
dissolved 1535; granted to Francis Piggot 1538;
site currently comprises earthworks		St Leonard
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Snellshall Priory
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Tickford PrioryBenedictine-Cluniac monks
alien house: cell of Marmoutier
founded 1140 or c.1100 by Fulk Paynell;
dissolved 1524; sold to Henry Atkins, MD by James I		Blessed Virgin Mary
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Newport Pagnel Priory;
Tyxford Priory
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Widmere CommanderyKnights Hospitaller
founded before 1248;
dissolved before 1338		Widmere Camera;
Widmere Preceptory
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Wing Priory #Saxon monastery 7th century
Benedictine monks'
alien house: cell dependent on St Nicholas, Angers
founded before 1086;
granted by Empress Matilda to Angers;
land and later, chapel, granted to Angers by Bodin de Ver;
in ownership of the Crown 1342-1361 and 1393-1423;
dissolved 1416; granted to St Mary de Pré, Hertfordshire by St Albans, Hertfordshire;
granted to Sir Robert Dormer by King Henry VIII		Wenge Priory''
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The following location in Buckinghamshire lacks known monastic connection:
  • Wycombe Abbey: Independent girls' school