Covenham Priory was a priory in
Covenham St Bartholomew,
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-we ...
, England.
The manor, which formed the
endowment of the priory of Covenham, was granted in 1082 by
William the Conqueror
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to the abbot and convent of
Saint Calais,
Le Mans, at the request of the
Bishop of Durham
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a former a monk of that abbey. A small
Benedictine
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, foun ...
priory was built soon after, but it is probable that there were never more than two monks, or perhaps only one to take charge of the estate. By 1303 the cell had become so unprofitable it was sold to the abbot and convent of
Kirkstead
Kirkstead is an ancient village and former civil parish on the River Witham in Lincolnshire, England. It was merged with the civil parish of Woodhall Spa in 1987.
History
Kirkstead has its origins in a Cistercian monastery, Kirkstead Abbey (t ...
.
References
Monasteries in Lincolnshire
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