Modeney Priory

Modeney Priory
Monastery information
Other namesModney Priory
Modeny Priory
OrderBenedictine
EstablishedBefore 1291
Disestablishedc. 1536
Site
LocationHilgay, Norfolk, England
Grid referenceTL6071096210
Public accessprivate

Modeney Priory—also spelled Modney and Modeny—was a Benedictine priory in the civil parish of Hilgay, Norfolk, England. Located less than a mile east of the River Great Ouse, Modeney Priory was a cell of Ramsey Abbey.[1] Modeney Priory was founded before 1291 and dissolved c. 1536. Its former location is now occupied by Modney Hall farmhouse. According to field research undertaken by Historic England in 1976: "There are no surface structural remains of the priory. Modney Hall has an 18th/19th century brick cased exterior, but according to a former owner parts of the interior date to the 15th [century]."[2]

On 18 April 1544, the Priory was granted to Robert Hagan, who licensed it to James Hawe on 4 February 1545. Francis Blomefield in his An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk (1807) writes the following succession of owners: "from the Hawes, it came to the Willoughbys; and by Catherine, a daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, to the Purefoys, and to the Greys, and the Astons, as in Southrey, and is now in Sir Robert Burdet."[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Page, William, ed. (1906). A History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 2. Institute of Historical Research. p. 349 – via British History Online. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Primary, field observation on TL 69 NW 10". Historic England. 1976. Retrieved 26 November 2022 – via Heritage Gateway.
  3. ^ Blomefield, Francis (1807). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. VII. William Miller. p. 371.

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