Weybourne Priory was a small

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medieval monastic house in Weybourne, Norfolk, England. It was founded around 1200 AD by Sir Ralph de Meyngaren (Mainwearing). It was at first subordinate to

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but independent from 1314. By 1494 only one prior and three canons lived there. At a

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in 1514, there was only the prior and one canon. It was dissolved in 1536. Thomas Bulman, the prior, obtained a pension of £4; he was presented to the Norfolk rectory of Egmere in 1543. After its suppression, the priory was granted to

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. The standing remains of the priory are Grade I listed and the site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

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