Alien Priories
Alien priories were religious establishments in England, such as monasteries and convents, which were under the control of another religious house outside England. Usually the mother-house was in France.Coredon ''Dictionary of Medieval Terms'' p. 10 History Alien Priories were small dependencies of foreign religious houses. Specifically, this pertained to the English possessions of French religious houses. The precedent went back at least as far as 912. Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great married Baldwin II, Count of Flanders. She received various properties under her father's will, and gave Lewisham Priory with its dependencies, Greenwich and Woolwich, to the abbey of St Peter at Ghent. Edward the Confessor gave St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst, the parish church at Deerhurst, and its lands to the monastery of Basilica of St Denis, St Denis. The practice increased after the Norman Conquest. A number of Norman lords had founded monasterie ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Pamber Priory Church - Geograph
Pamber is a civil parish located in the north of Hampshire, England, near the border with Berkshire. The parish population at the 2011 Census was 2,613. It contains four settlements: Pamber Heath, Pamber Green, Pamber End and Little London, Tadley, Hampshire, Little London. Formerly part of Basingstoke Rural District, it is now part of Basingstoke and Deane district. References External links Civil parishes in Basingstoke and Deane {{Hampshire-geo-stub ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]