Swinford Preceptory

Swinford Preceptory is a former monastery of the Knights Hospitaller located near to the village of Swinford, Leicestershire.

Swinford Preceptory
Swinford Preceptory is located in Leicestershire
Swinford Preceptory
Location within Leicestershire
Monastery information
OrderKnights Hospitaller
EstablishedBefore 1199
Disestablished1540
Mother housefrom 1220 : Dalby Preceptory
People
Founder(s)Robert Rivell
Site
LocationSwinford, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Coordinates52.406143°N 1.178227°W / 52.406143; -1.178227
Visible remainsNone

History

The preceptory was founded before 1199, with land at Swinford donated to the Knights Hospitaller by Robert Rivell.[1]

Only a small preceptory, it was under the control of Dalby Preceptory before 1220. By 1338, however, the preceptory had become a "camera" (a lesser establishment dependent upon another), under the administration of a seneschal and bailiff.[1]

The Knights Hospitaller in England were disbanded in 1540, and their preceptories dissolved as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.[2]

See also

References

  1. Swinford Hospitaller Preceptory, English Heritage: PastScape
  2. House of Knights Hospitallers: Preceptory of Dalby and Heather, A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (1954), pp. 32-33. Date accessed: 27 June 2013.
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