Snelshall Priory
Yet the priory remained until the mid-sixteenth century. In 1529, Bishop Longford found "irregularities" among the two or three monks that remained, and as a result all women, married and unmarried, were barred from the precinct of the priory. Only two women, both over 48 years old and of "unexceptional character", were retained as servants. In 1535, there remained three monks, two priests (of which one was a novice), the prior's parents with "all their goods" and eight servants. The house was in ruin, and later that year the priory was suppressed and turned over to The Crown.
The house was possibly rebuilt around 1540, possibly by Sir John Fortescue. Much of the priory's land went to the Longueville family. It is not known when the house was demolished.
The stones were recycled to build the nearby St Giles's Church, Tattenhoe.
See also
External links
- Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Snelshall', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 1 (1905), pp. 352-353. (Victoria History of the Counties of England).
References
- ^ Markham, Sir Frank (1986) [1973]. History of Milton Keynes and District (Volume 1). White Crescent Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-900804-29-7.
- ^ Markham, Sir Frank (1986) [1973]. History of Milton Keynes and District (Volume 1). White Crescent Press. p. 146. ISBN 0-900804-29-7.
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