Pentney Priory was an Augustinian priory at

Pentney Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about south east of King's Lynn placing it about halfway between King's Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road. It covers an area of and had a population of 387 in 18 ...

in the district of

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. The ruins of the priory, mostly comprising the flint-built gatehouse, are Grade I listed. The Priory was founded c.1130 by Robert de Vaux and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, Blessed Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. In 1468

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, united Pentney with

Wormegay Priory Wormegay Priory was a priory in Norfolk, England. It was founded by William de Warenne (justice), William de Warenne, a royal justice. In 1468 Walter Hart, Bishop of Norwich, united Wormegay with Pentney Priory with the consent of both establish ...

with the consent of both establishments, Wormgay becoming a cell of Pentney. Pentney Priory was finally dissolved in 1537 as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under

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. Prior Codde, prior at the time, was awarded a pension of £24 and appointed warden of the Hospital of St Giles, Norwich. The property was granted to

Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland {{Infobox noble, type , honorific_suffix = KG , name = Thomas Manners , title = 1st Earl of Rutland , image = Thomas_Manners,_1st_Earl_of_Rutland.jpg , caption = Effigy of Manners, St Mary's C ...

in 1538/9 and ultimately became incorporated into Abbey Farm, which now occupies the site. Stone from the Priory has been used in Abbey Farm and its outbuildings on the site, as well as other buildings in the village of Pentney. In 2012 English Heritage granted £200,000 for emergency repairs to the crumbling masonry.

Burials

* Robert I de Vaux of Pentney *

Robert II de Vaux of Pentney Robert II de Vaux of Pentney also known as Robert de Vallibus, Lord of Pentney, was a prominent 12th-century noble. He succeeded to the lands in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex in England, held by his father Robert which had been received from Roger ...

*Maud de Vaux, wife of William Ros, 1st Baron Ros *Petronilla de Nerford

References

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