Andover Priory
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Priory of Andover |
William I of England | |
| Site | |
| Location | Andover, Hampshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°12′36″N 1°28′42″W / 51.210103°N 1.478321°W |
| Visible remains | one wall beside the current church |
| Public access | yes |
Andover Priory was an
.Foundation
After the
William Rufus
in 1100, 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).
An Alien Priory
As an alien priory (i.e., the dependency of a French mother-house) Andover would have had a certain inbuilt instability of status before the English crown, especially whenever there were hostilities between France and England, and particularly during the Hundred Years' War. Its fate would have shared the fluctuating fortunes of every alien priory.
At the
marks to the Crown, twenty marks to Joanna of Navarre, the widow of Henry IV
and fifty-two marks to the ex-prior, Nicholas Gwyn.
A piece of ivy-covered wall next to the present parish church is believed to be the only surviving remnant of the priory.
