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Carisbrooke Priory was an
alien priory
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. ...
, a dependency of
Lyre Abbey
Lyre Abbey (french: L'abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre) was a monastery in Normandy, founded in 1046 at what is now the village of La Vieille-Lyre. From the mid-12th century it was a Benedictine house. It was abolished at the French Revolution and the ab ...
in
Normandy
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. The priory was situated on rising ground on the outskirts of
Carisbrooke
Carisbrooke is a village on the south western outskirts of Newport, Isle of Wight and is best known as the site of Carisbrooke Castle. It also has a medieval parish church. St Mary's Church (overlooking Carisbrooke High Street with views to the ...
close to
Newport on the
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight ( ) is a county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island of England. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Isle of ...
. This priory was dissolved in around 1415.
A second Carisbrooke Priory was created in 1993, when St. Dominic's Priory, which had been established as a community of Dominican nuns in 1865–66 (on a different site from the earlier priory) was so renamed.
History
Benedictine monks
In 1046,
William FitzOsbern
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Breteuil ( 1011 – 22 February 1071), was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror and one of the great magnates of early Norman England. FitzOsbern was created Earl of Hereford ...
, kinsman of
William the Conqueror
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, founded
Lyre Abbey
Lyre Abbey (french: L'abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre) was a monastery in Normandy, founded in 1046 at what is now the village of La Vieille-Lyre. From the mid-12th century it was a Benedictine house. It was abolished at the French Revolution and the ab ...
in Normandy. When William became King of England, FitzOsbern was given charge of the Isle of Wight, and took up residence in
Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.
Early history
The site of Carisbro ...
. In the wake of the
Norman conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conque ...
, FitzObern became one of the great magnates of early
Norman England
England in the High Middle Ages includes the history of England between the Norman Conquest in 1066 and the death of King John, considered by some to be the last of the Angevin kings of England, in 1216. A disputed succession and victory at the ...
, acquiring extensive lands there, from which he made generous donations to Lyre Abbey. The church of Carisbrooke, and other property, had been granted to the abbey of Lyre, probably by William Fitz Osberne, Earl of Hereford, around 1067.
["Alien houses: Carisbrooke priory." A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2. Eds. H Arthur Doubleday, and William Page. London: Victoria County History, 1903. 230-231. British History Online. Web. 5 February 2020]
/ref> By the mid-12th century, Lyre Abbey had adopted the Benedictine rule.
Around 1100, Henry I of England
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made Richard de Redvers
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
, also from Normandy, Lord of the Isle of Wight
The Lord of the Isle of Wight was a feudal title, at times hereditary and at others by royal appointment in the Kingdom of England, before the development of an extensive peerage system.
William the Conqueror granted the lordship of the Isle o ...
. His son, Baldwin de Redvers
Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon (died 4 June 1155), feudal baron of Plympton in Devon, was the son of Richard de Redvers and his wife Adeline Peverel.
He was one of the first to rebel against King Stephen, and was the only first rank magnat ...
, Earl of Exeter and Lord of the Isle of Wight, gave to the Abbey of Lyre all the churches, tithes, lands, rents and benefits that he held throughout the island. Henry II's confirmation charter to Lyre Abbey specifies its possessions throughout England. The priory of Carisbrooke was founded in 1156 by Baldwin de Redvers, to collect the dues in the Isle of Wight of the parent house in Normandy. The monks of Carisbrooke served the chapels of Newport and Northwood[
In 1295, when King ]Edward I of England
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was at war with France, Carisbrooke was among the alien priories impounded by the Crown. This happened again during the reign of Edward III
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...
and the priory, being in the king's hands, was granted by Richard II
Richard II (6 January 1367 – ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan, Countess of Kent. Richard's father died ...
to the Carthusian
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Mount Grace Priory
Mount Grace Priory is a monastery in the parish of East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, England. Set in woodlands within the North York Moors National Park, it is represented today by the best preserved and most accessible ruins among the nine houses ...
in Yorkshire. It was restored to Prior Thomas Val Oseul by Henry IV on condition of the "apport" or customary tribute to Lyre being paid instead to the Crown, and future appointments of monks being filled by Englishmen, but was seized again by Henry V Henry V may refer to:
People
* Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026)
* Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125)
* Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161)
* Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227)
* Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (121 ...
and bestowed on his new charterhouse at Sheen, and the monks dispersed.
Dominican nuns
Elizabeth Burrell, daughter of Peter Burrell, 1st Lord Gwydwyr, and Lady Priscilla Bertie, ''suo jure'' Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
Baron Willoughby de Eresby ( ) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1313 for Robert de Willoughby. Since 1983, the title has been held by Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
History
Th ...
, was married to John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare
John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare KP GCH PC (10 July 1792 – 18 August 1851) was an Anglo Irish aristocrat and politician.
Early life
FitzGibbon was born on 10 July 1792. He was the eldest son of John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare and ...
, Lord Lieutenant of the City of Limerick
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. They lived apart, Lady Clare taking up residence at Ryde
Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. The built-up area had a population of 23,999 according to the 2011 Census and an estimate of 24,847 in 2019. Its growth as a seaside resort came af ...
on the Isle of Wight. In 1865 she invited the nuns of the Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...
at Stonyhurst to move to the Isle of Wight. She provided £12,000 towards the cost of a new priory, St. Dominic's Priory, at Carisbrooke on a different site to the pre-Reformation priory.Clarke, Peter. "St. Dominic's Priory", Isle of Wight Catholic Historical Society
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In the mid-17th century, Philip Howard, a Dominican friar and son of Henry Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel
Henry Frederick Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel PC (15 August 160817 April 1652), styled Lord Maltravers until 1640, and Baron Mowbray from 1640 until 1652, was an English nobleman, chiefly remembered for his role in the development of the rule aga ...
, founded a convent of nuns of the Second Order of Saint Dominic at Vilvoorde
Vilvoorde (, french: Vilvorde ; historically known as ''Filford'' in English) is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Vilvoorde proper with its two outlying quarters of Koningslo ...
in Flanders. This community later relocated to Carisbrooke.[Lescher, Wilfrid. "Philip Thomas Howard." The Catholic Encyclopedia]
Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 4 February 2020
In April 1993, the recently formed Carisbrooke Priory Trust purchased the freehold of the then St Dominic's Priory, Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight, the home of the Catholic Community of nuns since the house was built on the Victorian site in 1866.
References
External links
Carisbrooke Priory website
{{Benedictine houses of England and Wales
Alien priories in England
Monasteries in the Isle of Wight
Benedictine monasteries in England
Dominican monasteries in England