Edith Weston Priory

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Edith Weston Priory
Benedictine
Established1114
Disestablished1394
Mother houseAbbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville, France
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
Site
LocationEdith Weston, Rutland, England
Coordinates52°38′26″N 0°38′05″W / 52.6405°N 0.6347°W / 52.6405; -0.6347

Edith Weston Priory was a small

Benedictine monks in Edith Weston, Rutland. The French parent house of Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville was founded by Ralf de Tanquerville, chamberlain to William the Conqueror, about the year 1050. By 1114 his son William donated the church and manor at Edith Weston, and a small cell of monks was set up to collect the rents and intercede for the founder's soul.[1][2]

The cell was one of two in England: William founded

St. Anne's Priory, Coventry, bringing the priory to an end.[1][2]

Pevsner was dismissive of the priory, saying that Brooke Priory was the only monastery in Rutland as "Edith Weston hardly counts as one".[4]

The earthwork remains probably now lie below the waters of Rutland Water.[2]

Priors of Edith Weston

Only a few names are known:[1][5]

  • John, 1295–1298
  • Hugh de Altifago, 1324–1326
  • Robert de Cunebaud, 1339–1355
  • William de Beauvey, 1355
  • Robert, 1361
  • John, 1375, 1379

Robert de Cunebaud is known as a delinquent whose abuses were used to justify widespread suspicion of alien cells[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Page, William, ed. (1908). "Alien Cell: Priory of Edith Weston". A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 1. Victoria County History. pp. 163–164. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Historic England. "Edith Weston Priory (325159)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ^ Pugh, R.B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1956). "Alien Houses: The Priory of Avebury". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 3. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 392–393. Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via British History Online.
  4. ISBN 9780300096187
    . Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  5. ISBN 9780521865081
    .
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