Ansty Preceptory

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Ansty Preceptory was a medieval monastic house in Wiltshire, England, founded by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

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History

A manor at Ansty was granted to the Knights Hospitallers by Walter De Turberville in 1210–1211. [1] [2] At that time Ansty would have been one of only a handful of places where the holy observances were still celebrated, since the Knights Hospitallers, who answered directly to Rome, were excluded from Pope Innocent III's interdict (1208–1214).

The Hospitallers founded a preceptory in the parish. By 1275 they had property in Salisbury, and they later had lands in the adjacent parish of Swallowcliffe, undertaking in 1333 to provide a chaplain for the church there. Little is known of the later history of the preceptory. [1]

In 1540–1541, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the properties were granted to John Zouche. Queen Mary after her accession in 1553 restored the order in England and returned all its property, including that of the preceptory of Ansty; however, it was suppressed during the reign of Elizabeth I. [1]

Legacy

The remains of the preceptory and fishpond are in the grounds of Manor Farm, Ansty. [3] Pevsner suggests that the 16th-century Manor House (formerly Manor Farmhouse) has traces of the main building. [4]

The preceptory's 16th-century guest house, at the roadside near the church, survived until 1927 when it was damaged in a fire; it is now used as a workshop. [5] The William Salt Library, Stafford, holds an 1817 watercolour of the building by John Buckler titled 'Monastic Remains at Ansty'. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pugh, R.B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1956). "House of Knights Hospitaller: Preceptory of Ansty". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 3. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 328–329. Retrieved 13 June 2021– via British History Online.
  2. ↑ Clark-Maxwell, W. G. (1898). "The Fall of the Friars' Houses and Alien Priories in Wiltshire". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine . 30 (89): 26 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Ansty Hospitallers Preceptory (19191)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 94. ISBN   0-14-0710-26-4.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Workshop 25 Metres North East of Church of St James (1318675)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Wiltshire - Ansty - Monastic Remains, 1817". www.bridgemanimages.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.


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