- Andover Priory
Infobox monastery
name = Andover Priory
caption =
full = Priory of Andover
other_names =
order =Benedictine
established = post1066
disestablished =1414
mother =St. Florent, Saumur
diocese =
churches =St. Mary, Andover ;Foxcote
founder =William I
dedication =
people =
location =Andover ,Hampshire ,England
coord = coord|51.21010298859738|-1.4783209562301636
oscoor =
remains = one wall beside the current church
public_access = yesAndover Priory was an
alien priory ofBenedictine monks inAndover ,Hampshire ,England .Foundation
After the
conquest ,William I bestowed several gifts on the Benedictine abbey ofSt. Florent ,Saumur , these included the church of Andover, with a hide and 14 acres of land, tithes of all the demesne lands in the parish, and extensive pasture rights, with wood for fuel, for fencing and for building purposes. The gift was renewed byWilliam Rufus in1100 , he also directed that all churches built under the mother church of Andover should either be utterly destroyed or held by the monks of St. Florent. The abbey establishing the priory with a colony of monks soon after the church was given to them. The homes of the monks are described as being "juxta ecclesiam" (beside the church).12th to 16th centuries
Dissolution
At the
dissolution of alien priories in1414 the priory was alienated toWinchester College . The college was obliged to pay yearly pensions of forty-fivemarks to the Crown, twenty marks toQueen Joan , the widow ofHenry IV and fifty-two marks to the ex-prior, Nicholas Gwyn.Present Day
A piece of ivy-covered wall next to the present parish church is believed to be the only surviving remnant of the priory.
External links
References
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38130 "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 2", The Victoria County History 1973]
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