Holy Sepulchre Church was a medieval monastic house in

Thetford Thetford is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road (England), A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, coverin ...

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. The ruined nave of this 14th-century church are the only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who followed the

Rule of Saint Augustine The Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about the year 400, is a brief document divided into eight chapters and serves as an outline for religious life lived in community. It is the oldest monastic rule in the Western Church. The rule, develop ...

and aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb. It was later used as a barn,Thetford Church of the Holy Sepulchre
English Heritage, ''www.english-heritage.org.uk'', accessed 1 February 2021 and is a

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Domus Dei

The hospital of Domus Dei (or God's House) sometime before 1319. It was located on the Suffolk side of the borough; the river washed its walls on the north, and the east side fronted the street. In 1335,

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transferred it to Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre at Holy Sepulchre Priory. In 1347

Henry of Grosmont Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (– 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, Grosmont was a member of the House of Plantagenet, which was ruling ...

, was patron of the Domus Dei. He confirmed to the prior and canons the gift of the lands, tenements, and rents lately belonging to the hospital of God's House, but excepted the actual site of the hospital, which he conferred upon the Blackfriars to maintain. The site of the Domus Dei, stood between their cloister and the High Street."Hospitals: Hospitals in Thetford.", '' A History of the County of Norfolk'' Volume 2. (William Page, ed.) London: Victoria County History, 1906. 450-452. British History Online. Web. 2 September 2022
/ref> Two of the canons were to sing daily mass in the conventual church for the souls of the founders of the hospital. The priory was also to find a house yearly for three poor people from 9 November to 29 April, giving to each of them nightly a loaf of good rye bread, and a herring or two eggs. They were also to provide three beds, and hot water for washing their feet. This charter received royal confirmation the following year.

St. George's Priory, Thetford St. George's Priory, Thetford was a Benedictine priory on the Suffolk side of Thetford, England. It was located at the current site of the British Trust for Ornithology, South of Nuns Bridges Road.British Trust for Ornithology The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. The William, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales has been patron since October 2020. History Beginning In 1931 Max Nicholson ...

South of Nuns Bridges Road *

Thetford Priory Thetford Priory is a Cluniac monastic house in Thetford, Norfolk, England. Founded in 1103 by Roger Bigod of Norfolk, Thetford was one of the most important monasteries of East Anglia. It should not be confused with the Dominican Priory of Black ...

, a Cluniac Priory 300 metres to the north of Holy Sepulchre Priory, directly across the

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