Bromfield Priory

Coordinates: 52°23′13″N 2°45′48″W / 52.3869°N 2.7633°W / 52.3869; -2.7633
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Bromfield Priory was a priory in Shropshire, England, located at Bromfield near Ludlow.

It was a college of

Burway, and Ledwyche, as well as the hamlets of Prior’s Halton, Lady Halton and Hill Halton
.

In 1086 there were 12 canons. St Giles in Ludford was a chapel of the priory.

From 1258, the Priory was under the control of

Gloucester Abbey
: one of the priors of Bromfield, Henry Foliot, subsequently became Abbot of Gloucester.

In 1538, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries, the priory was closed; the priory house was acquired in 1541 by Charles Foxe. It remained the Foxe family home until it burned down in the 17th century. [2]

The priory church survives as Bromfield's parish church.

See also

References

  1. ^ Open Domesday Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Bromfield
  2. ^ "Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Bromfield". British History Online.

52°23′13″N 2°45′48″W / 52.3869°N 2.7633°W / 52.3869; -2.7633