Bromfield Priory

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Bromfield Priory was a priory in Shropshire, England, located at Bromfield near Ludlow.

It was a college of secular canons, founded before 1061. The Domesday Book of 1086 records an unusual amount of detail of the priory and its history.[1] The priory held 20 hides of land in 1066 and 10 hides by 1086, including land at Halford, , Ashford Bowdler, , Burway, and , as well as the hamlets of , and .

In 1086 there were 12 canons. St Giles in Ludford was a chapel of the priory.

From 1258, the Priory was under the control of Gloucester Abbey: one of the priors of Bromfield, Henry Foliot, subsequently became Abbot of Gloucester.

In 1538, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries, the priory was closed; the priory house was acquired in 1541 by Charles Foxe. It remained the Foxe family home until it burned down in the 17th century. [2]

The priory church survives as Bromfield's parish church.

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  1. ^ Open Domesday Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine Bromfield
  2. ^ "Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Bromfield". British History Online.

Coordinates: 52°23′13″N 2°45′48″W / 52.3869°N 2.7633°W / 52.3869; -2.7633


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