Tandridge Priory was a priory in Surrey, England.

History

Tandridge Priory was originally a hospital founded in 1189–99 by Odo de Dammartin, and became an Augustinian Priory in 1218. It was a small foundation, probably not more than five canons, whose chief duty was to pray for the priory's benefactors. In the

Valor Ecclesiasticus The ''Valor Ecclesiasticus'' (Latin: "church valuation") was a survey of the finances of the church in England, Wales and English controlled parts of Ireland made in 1535 on the orders of Henry VIII. It was colloquially called the Kings books, a s ...

of 1535, the clear annual value of this priory was just less than a fifth of for example larger Sheen in the north of the county at £81 7s. 4d (annually). The priory then held the rectory (church lands, tithes and donations) of Tandridge producing £13 6s. 8d, the rectory of Crowhurst £8 6s, and half the rectory of Godstone alias Wolkensted paying £3 11s. 8d. John Lyngfield, the last prior, obtained a pension of £14. Along with almost all such institutions it was dissolved in 1538 (see Dissolution of the Monasteries), doing away with the role of monasteries and chantries and enabling the bestowal of lands by Henry VIII as part of the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

Successor to main site

There is now a Grade II listed 17th-century country house on the far north of the site and horse riding centre on the remainder, with the original priory and three fishponds in the grounds at the rear.

References

{{Monasteries in Surrey Monasteries in Surrey