Bromfield Priory
Bromfield Priory was a priory in Shropshire, England, located at Bromfield near Ludlow.
It was a college of
.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
- ^ Open Domesday Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Bromfield
- ^ "Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Bromfield". British History Online.
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