Grafton Preceptory

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Grafton Preceptory
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Location within Warwickshire
Monastery information
Order Knights Hospitalier
Established 12th century
Disestablished 1540
Site
Location Temple Grafton, Warwickshire
Coordinates 52°11′18″N1°49′00″W / 52.18833°N 1.81667°W / 52.18833; -1.81667 Coordinates: 52°11′18″N1°49′00″W / 52.18833°N 1.81667°W / 52.18833; -1.81667

Grafton Preceptory was a priory in Temple Grafton, Warwickshire, England that belonged to the Knights Hospitalier. The village had no connection with the Knights Templer, but acquired this name due to an administrative error during the reign of Henry VIII, by which time the Hospitaliers had been associated with the site for over three hundred years. The Preceptory was closely associated with Balsall Preceptory and the office of Preceptor for these two was often united. [1]

Temple Grafton village in United Kingdom

Temple Grafton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England, situated about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Alcester and 14 miles (23 km) West of the county town of Warwick. The place name is misleading, the Knights Templar never having any association with the place but owing to a naming error made in the time of Henry VIII the mistake has been perpetuated. During the reign of Richard I the estate in fact belonged to the Knights Hospitaller. During the reign of Edward III in 1347 the village was recorded as Grafton Superior while neighbouring Ardens Grafton was named Inferior

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