St Osyth's Priory

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St Osyth Priory
St Osyth Priory
LocationSt Osyth
Coordinates51°47′57″N 1°04′30″E / 51.7992°N 1.0749°E / 51.7992; 1.0749
AreaEssex
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameSt Osyth's Priory: The Abbot's Lodging and South Wing, the Darcy Clock Tower and C18 House (formerly listed as the Convalescent Home).
Designated21 February 1950
Reference no.1337158
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameSt Osyth's Priory ruined east ranges of the Darcy House including the Tower and Chapel
Designated21 February 1950
Reference no.1337159
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameSt Osyth's Priory, Gatehouse and East and West flanking Ranges
Designated21 February 1950
Reference no.1111495
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameSt Osyth's Priory, Tithe Barn adjoining the west range of Gatehouse
Designated21 February 1950
Reference no.1308972
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameSt Osyth's Priory: West Barn and Baliffs Cottage
Designated21 February 1950
Reference no.1166310
St Osyth's Priory is located in Essex
St Osyth's Priory
Location of St Osyth Priory in Essex
St Osyth's Priory Gatehouse[1]
The upper part of the gatehouse

St Osyth's Abbey (originally and still commonly known as St Osyth's Priory) was a house of Augustine

royal saint and virgin martyr.[2] Bishop Richard obtained the arm bone of St Osyth from Aylesbury
for the monastic church and granted the canons the parish church of St Osyth.

The foundation began as a priory, probably populated first by canons from Holy Trinity, Aldgate.[2] The first prior of St Osyth's was William de Corbeil, who was elected archbishop of Canterbury in 1123 and who crowned King Stephen in 1135.[3] The priory was converted into an abbey in the mid-12th century.[4]

In

Gilbert fitz Richard of Clare, had been a corrodian
at the abbey for twenty years of her widowhood.

A charter of King Henry II confirmed the right of the canons of St Osyth's to elect their abbot and to hold a market every Sunday at Chich in the later 12th century.

John Depyng, prior of

St. Botolph's was made abbot of St Osyth's in 1434, and took with him goods of considerable value belonging to the priory. He never returned these, and after his death St Botolph's brought an apparently unsuccessful lawsuit in Chancery against St Osyth's for their recovery.[7]

During the

King Edward VI they were sold to Sir Thomas Darcy for just under £400.[8] The gatehouse, dating from the late 15th century, is the most significant remnant of the original monastic structures still standing. The exterior is a fine example of decorative flint work. Five parts of the priory are Grade I listed buildings.[1][9][10][11][12]

On 11 November 1884 the building was consecrated as a masonic lodge (no. 2063),[13] one of the principal officers being the then owner, Sir John Henry Johnson. The priory was later owned by the writer Somerset de Chair, from 1954 until his death in 1995. It stood in for St Anselm's Theological College in the BBC's miniseries adaptation of P. D. James' Death in Holy Orders in 2003.

Burials

References

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "St Osyth's Priory, Gatehouse and east and west flanking ranges (Grade I) (1111495)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b J. C. Dickinson, The Origins of the Austin Canons and their introduction into England (1950), 112-113.
  3. ^ John Timbs and Alexander Gunn, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales - Their Legendary Lore and Popular History, (London: 1925), 216-218
  4. ^ "Houses of Austin canons: Abbey of Chich or St Osyth's | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  5. ISBN 978-0-19-820770-2
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  6. ISBN 978-0-521-30772-7
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  7. ^ "Houses of Austin canons: Priory of St Botolph, Colchester | British History Online".
  8. ^ Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales, 218-219.
  9. ^ Historic England. "St Osyth's Priory the Darcy Tower also known as Abbot's Tower and vaulting to west (Grade I) (1146545)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  10. ^ Historic England. "St Osyth's Priory the Chapel of St Osyth and ruins attached to north (Grade I) (1166377)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  11. ^ Historic England. "St Osyth's Priory: The Abbot's Lodging and South Wing, the Darcy Clock Tower and C18 House (formerly listed as the Convalescent Home) (Grade I) (1337158)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  12. ^ Historic England. "St Osyth's Priory ruined east ranges of the Darcy House including the Tower and Chapel (Grade I) (1337159)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  13. ^ "St. Osyth's Priory Lodge No. 2063/history".

Further reading

  • Watney, John, Some Account of St. Osyth's Priory, Essex, and its Inhabitants (Waterlow & Sons, 1871)
  • The Somerset de Chair Collection at St. Osyth's Priory, Essex (1971) Souvenir Guidebook

External links

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