Sandleford Priory (country House)
Sandleford Priory may refer to: *Sandleford Priory (monastery) *Sandleford Priory (country house) *St Gabriel's School St Gabriel's School is an independent day school located at Sandleford Priory in Sandleford, two miles (3 km) south of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. Pupils and Staff Boys attend the nursery and junior school, up to age 1 ...

Sandleford Priory (monastery)
Sandleford Priory was a small Augustinian Priory, the remains of which now stand at Sandleford in the civil parish of Greenham in the English county of Berkshire. History Archbishop (and Cardinal) Stephen (Langton) (c.1150–1228) (Archbishop of Canterbury, 1207–1228), in its confirmation charter stated that the house was dedicated to the honour of St. John Baptist (and the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the Saints). The original seals on the charter featured those of the Archbishop of Canterbury Hubert Walter, the Bishop of Sarum Herbert le Poer (Poore), William of Perche (died 1226) bishop of Châlons, and Stephen of Perche (killed in 1205); The Priory of St John the Baptist at Sandleford was founded for the Augustinian Canons Regular by Geoffrey, Earl of Perch and his wife Maud some time between 1193 and 1202. In 1274, Maud de Clare, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford made arrangements to refound it as a double house for Fontevrault Benedictine nuns and brothers, ...
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Sandleford Priory (country House)
Sandleford Priory may refer to: *Sandleford Priory (monastery) *Sandleford Priory (country house) *St Gabriel's School St Gabriel's School is an independent day school located at Sandleford Priory in Sandleford, two miles (3 km) south of Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. Pupils and Staff Boys attend the nursery and junior school, up to age 1 ...