Global InformationModeney Priory information
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Modney Priory Modeny Priory |
| Order | Benedictine |
| Established | Before 1291 |
| Disestablished | c. 1536 |
| Site | |
| Location | Hilgay, Norfolk, England |
| Grid reference | TL6071096210 |
| Public access | private |
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]
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]
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1906). A History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 2. Institute of Historical Research. p. 349 – via British History Online.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Primary, field observation on TL 69 NW 10". Historic England. 1976. Retrieved 26 November 2022 – via Heritage Gateway.
- ^ Blomefield, Francis (1807). An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. VII. William Miller. p. 371.