Combwell Priory
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Combwell Priory was a priory near Bedgebury Cross about 10 miles southeast of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England.
History
[edit ]This is a Grade II listed building.[1] It was founded as a Premonstratensian abbey by Robert de Thurnham in the reign of Henry II but became an Augustinian priory in 1220.[1] It was suppressed in the dissolution of the monasteries and on 20 November 1537 was granted to Thomas Culpeper,[1] [2] becoming the mansion house of branches of the Culpepper and later Campion families. After 1657 little remained of either the abbey or the later house.[1] Nothing of the original building remains standing although the current private home was built using some of the original building materials.[1]
Priors of Combwell
[edit ]Burials
[edit ]- Stephen Thurnham
- Robert of Thornham, founder of this Priory/Abbey and father of Stephen Thurnham and of Robert of Thornham
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e Historic England. "Combwell Priory and walled garden (1087085)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 and Victoria County History. London: British History Online. 1926. pp. 160–161. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ [Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; margination: Sussex, with John Darell as plaintiff; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no654/bCP40no654dorses/IMG_1372.htm ]
- ^ "CP40/799; 1460; Plea rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; margination: Kent, the prior as defendant". National Archives.
Further reading
[edit ]- A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 William Page
External links
[edit ]Media related to Combwell Priory at Wikimedia Commons
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