Andwell Priory is an
alien priory of
Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
monks
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...
in
Andwell,
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
,
England
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.
This small priory was founded as a
cell
Cell most often refers to:
* Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life
Cell may also refer to:
Locations
* Monastic cell, a small room, hut, or cave in which a religious recluse lives, alternatively the small precursor of a monastery ...
of the great
Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
abbey of
Tiron in the twelfth century by
Adam de Port of nearby
Mapledurwell
Mapledurwell is a village in Hampshire, England, that is located south east of Basingstoke. The name Mapledurwell means 'maple tree spring.'
History
Recorded in the Domesday Book, the land was held by Anschill for Edward the Confessor. From 1086, ...
. The grant of lands in
Up Nately and other rents were confirmed by a
charter of King
Henry I of England.
William of Wykeham
William of Wykeham (; 1320 or 1324 – 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded New College, Oxford, and New College School in 1379, and founded Winchester College in 1382. He was also the clerk of wor ...
,
Bishop of Winchester, purchased Andwell from the abbey of Tiron in the later part of the reign of
Richard II and bestowed it and its lands on his newly founded
college at Winchester, to which it still belongs.
The premises were very small and not much remains. The north, west and east
flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and sta ...
walls of the
church
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Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* C ...
survive, as do two modest 14th century doorways that were part of the west range.
References
External links
''A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2'', The Victoria County History 1973* ''The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight'', Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd
{{Benedictine houses of England and Wales, state=collapsed
Benedictine monasteries in England
Priories in Hampshire
Alien priories in England
12th-century establishments in England