Modeney Priory

Modeney Priory—also spelled Modney and Modeny—was a Benedictine priory in the civil parish of Hilgay, Norfolk, England. Located less than a mile east of the River Great Ouse, Modeney Priory was a cell of Ramsey Abbey.[1] Modeney Priory was founded before 1291 and dissolved c. 1536. Its former location is now occupied by Modney Hall farmhouse. According to field research undertaken by Historic England in 1976: "There are no surface structural remains of the priory. Modney Hall has an 18th/19th century brick cased exterior, but according to a former owner parts of the interior date to the 15th [century]."[2]

Modeney Priory
Monastery information
Other namesModney Priory
Modeny Priory
OrderBenedictine
EstablishedBefore 1291
Disestablishedc. 1536
Site
LocationHilgay, Norfolk, England
Grid referenceTL6071096210
Public accessprivate

On 18 April 1544, the Priory was granted to Robert Hagan, who licensed it to James Hawe on 4 February 1545. Francis Blomefield in his An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk (1807) writes the following succession of owners: "from the Hawes, it came to the Willoughbys; and by Catherine, a daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, to the Purefoys, and to the Greys, and the Astons, as in Southrey, and is now in Sir Robert Burdet."[3]

See also

References
  1. Page, William, ed. (1906). A History of the County of Norfolk. p. 349 – via British History Online. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Primary, field observation on TL 69 NW 10". Historic England. 1976. Retrieved 26 November 2022 – via Heritage Gateway.
  3. Blomefield, Francis (1807). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. VII. William Miller. p. 371.

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