West Ravendale Priory was a
Premonstratensian priory
A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of ...
in
North East Lincolnshire, England. The site of the priory lies south-west of
Grimsby
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, and west of the
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. Its previous position is defined by earthworks and rubble. The ruins are
Grade II listed,
and lie within the
civil parish
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of
East Ravendale.
The priory was founded in 1202 by Alan, son of Count Henry of Brittany, as a cell of the
Premonstratensian abbey of Beauport in
Brittany
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. Owing to wars with France it was taken into the possession of the English Crown, and was part of the dowry of
Joan of Navarre Joan of Navarre may refer to:
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*Joan II of Navarre (1312–1349), daughter of Louis I of Navarre
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, wife of
Henry IV. After her death in 1437 the priory was assigned to the collegiate church of
Southwell. The remains of the chapel of the priory survived into the early 20th century.
[Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 247, 248; Methuen & Co. Ltd]
In the Middle Ages,
Lincolnshire
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was one of the most densely populated parts of England. Within the historical county there were no less than nine
Premonstratensian houses. Other than and West Ravendale Priory, these were:
Barlings Abbey,
Cammeringham Priory,
Hagnaby Abbey
Hagnaby Abbey was an abbey and former priory in Hagnaby, Lincolnshire, England.
It was founded as a house for Premonstratensian canons around 1175, by Agnes, widow of Herbert de Orreby. The priory was a dependency of Welbeck Abbey and named in ...
,
Newbo Abbey
Newbo Abbey was a Premonstratensian house of canons regular in Lincolnshire, England, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
In the Middle Ages, Lincolnshire was one of the most densely populated parts of England. Within the historical county there ...
,
Newsham Abbey,
Orford Priory (women),
Stixwould Priory and
Tupholme Abbey
Tupholme Abbey was a Premonstratensian abbey close to the River Witham some east of the city of Lincoln, England. The Witham valley in Lincolnshire is notable for its high concentration of monasteries—there were six on the east bank and th ...
.
References
Monasteries in Lincolnshire
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