Horton Priory
Horton Priorywas aprioryatHortoninDorset,England.
It was founded as a Benedictine abbey around 970 byOrdgar, Earl of Devon,[1]or his son, Ordulph, and dedicated toSaint Olfrida, Wilfrida or Wulfthryth,the mother of SaintEdith of Wiltonby KingEdgar the Peaceful.In the early twelfth century it was reduced to priory status byRoger, bishop of Salisburyand made dependent onSherborne Abbey.[2]
At the Dissolution in 1539 Sherborne Abbey was surrendered to the king, and in 1547 it was granted toEdward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset.On Somerset's attainder it was granted toWilliam Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke.[2]The present Horton parish church, St. Wolfrida, was built on the site of the priory in the 18th century. No traces of the original priory remain.[1]
Known Priors[edit]
- * Hugh, occurs 1286[3]
- * John de Bradeford, occurs 1348.[4]
- * John Cosyn, occurs 1401.[5]
- * Henry Trew, occurs 1459–60[6]
- * John Dorchester, occurs 1504[6]
- * John Hart or Herte alias Raynold, occurs on its surrender, 1539.[2][7]
References[edit]
- ^abMonasticon Anglicanum...a History of the Abbies and Other Monasteries...and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches...in England and Wales.Bohn. 1846. p.511.
- ^abcPage, William (1908)."Houses of Benedictine monks: The priories of Cranbourne and Horton".A History of the County of Dorset: Volume 2.London: Accessed via British History Online. pp. 70–73.Retrieved26 August2016.
- ^Pat. 14Edw. I,m. 18, 19.
- ^22 Edw. III, pt. 1, m. 43 d.
- ^Cal. Pap. Letters, v, 362.
- ^abDugdale, Mon. ii, 511.
- ^P.R.O.Deeds of Surrender, No. 40; L. and P. Hen. VIII, xiv (i), 556.
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