Breamore Priory

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Breamore Priory
Monastery information
Full nameThe Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Mary and Saint Michael, Breamore
Other namesBromere Priory
Order Austin Canons
Establishedpre. 1135
Disestablished1536
People
Founder(s) Baldwin de Redvers and Hugh de Redvers
Site
Location Breamore, Hampshire, England
Coordinates 50°58′15″N1°47′03″W / 50.97085°N 1.78419°W / 50.97085; -1.78419
Visible remainsnone visible
Public accessto Breamore House and Breamore Countryside Museum

Breamore Priory was a priory of Austin canons in Breamore, Hampshire, England.

Contents

Foundation

The priory was founded some time towards the end of the reign of Henry I by Baldwin de Redvers and his uncle Hugh de Redvers.

12th to 16th centuries

In the 14th century, the Courtenay Compendium was created at Breamore. [1]

Dissolution

The last prior, Prior Finch, wrote at least twice to Thomas Cromwell proffering his service and that of his house, and desiring Cromwell's favour. But according to the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 the annual value of the priory was £200 5s. 1½d., together with two pounds of pepper. Less alms and other obligatory outgoings of £45 11s. the annual value was only £154 14s. 1½d. and the pepper. This brought the house well below the limit for the first series of dissolutions, and it was surrendered on 10 July 1536.

Post-Dissolution

The site of the priory and all its possessions was granted in November 1536 to Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, and his wife Gertrude. Several of the manors of Breamore and Southwick Priory were included in the dower lands of Anne of Cleves in January 1540. [2]

A large manor house, Breamore House, was built on the site in 1583.

Present day

No above ground remains of the priory survive, although cropmarks can be seen on satellite imagery of the site.

Burials

See also

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References

  1. Sotheby's catalogue.
  2. HMC Calendar of Manuscripts of the Marquess of Salisbury, vol. 1 (London, 1883), p. 12 no. 58.

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