Combwell Priory
History
This is a Grade II listed building. It was founded as a Premonstratensian abbey by Robert de Thurnham in the reign of Henry II but became an Augustinian priory in 1220. It was suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and on 20 November 1537 was granted to Thomas Culpeper, 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. Nothing of the original building remains standing although the current private home was built using some of the original building materials.
Priors of Combwell
- Richard Netter (1424)
- Henry (1460).
Burials
- Stephen Thurnham
- Robert of Thornham, founder of this Priory/Abbey and father of Stephen Thurnham and of Robert of Thornham
References
- ^ 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
- A History of the County of Kent: Volume 2 William Page
External links
Media related to Combwell Priory at Wikimedia Commons
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