Fogo Priory was the a
Tironensian
The Tironensian Order or the Order of Tiron was a medieval monastic order named after the location of the mother abbey (Tiron Abbey, french: Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité de Tiron, established in 1109) in the woods of Thiron-Gardais (sometimes ''Ti ...
monastic community in
Berwickshire
Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of t ...
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Scottish Borders, dedicated to
St Nicholas. It was founded sometime between 1253 and 1297 by a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to
Kelso Abbey in order to establish a cell there. Only two of the
priors of Fogo are known.
Bibliography
* Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E., ''Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland
With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man'', Second Edition, (London, 1976), p. 67
* Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), ''The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries'', The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 83
See also
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Fogo, Scottish Borders
Fogo is a village in the county of Berwickshire, in the Borders of Scotland, 3 miles south of Duns, on the Blackadder Water.
The name Fogo means "foggage pit, den or hollow" as well as a portmanteau of ''fog'' and ''hollow''.
The village conta ...
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Prior of Fogo
The Prior of Fogo was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Fogo Priory, Roxburghshire, founded sometime between 1253 and 1297. The patron was a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to Kelso Abbey to estab ...
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