Dunster Priory
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Location | Dunster, Somerset, England |
Grid reference | SS989436 |
Dunster Priory was established as a
, England.The first church in Dunster was built by
By 1291 the priory had income from lands and rents of £5 13s. 3d., and from churches and ecclesiastical dues of £13 7s. 4d. according to the taxatio of Pope Nicholas IV. In 1332 it became more separated from the Abbey at Bath and became a priory in its own right.[5] In the "Valor Ecclesiasticus" of 1535 the net annual income of the Dunster Tithe Barn is recorded as being £37.4.8d (£37 23p), with £6.13s7d ( £6.68p ) being passed on to the priory in Bath.[6]
The
The
In 1346 Cleeve Abbey built a nunnery in Dunster, but it was never inhabited by nuns and was used as a guest house.[13] The former guest house of Dunster Priory, which was built in the 15th century, is now the Luttrell Arms Hotel.[14]
The priory was dissolved as part of the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.
Burials (in the priory church)
- John de Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun (1269–1330)
- Sir Hugh Luttrell
- Elizabeth Courtenay, wife of Sir James Luttrell (and daughter of Philip Courtenay (died 1463))
- Thomas Luttrell (died 1571)
- George Luttrell
- Thomas Luttrell (1583–1644)
- Francis Luttrell (1628–1666)
- Francis Luttrell (1659–1690)
- Alexander Luttrell (1663–1711)
- Henry Fownes Luttrell (died 1780)
- John Fownes Luttrell (1752–1816)
See also
References
- ^ "Benedictine Priory, Dunster". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ "History of Dunster Church & Priory". Dunster Tithe Barn. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ Historic England. "Priory Church of St George, Dunster (1057646)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ISBN 0-86127-502-0.
- ^ Page, William (1911). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Dunster',". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 2. British History Online. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ "Dunster Tithe Barn". Everything Exmoor. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ a b Cooke, A.O. "Somerset and Devon". Book of Dovecotes. Chapter 17. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ Ballard, Barbara. "Dunster Somerset". Britain Express. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "Tithe Barn (1173455)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 November 2006.
- ^ "Dunster Tithe Barn". Dunster Tithe Barn. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ "Partnership resurrects 16th century tithe barn in Dunster". Crown Estate. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ "The Tithe Barn, Dunster". Somerset Building Preservation Trust. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
- ^ Lambert, Tim. "A History of Dunster". Local History .org. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ Historic England. "The Luttrell Arms Hotel (1057611)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
Further reading
Jordan, Joan (2009). The History of Dunster Church and Priory. Halsgrove.