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Hinckley Priory

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The priory was thought to have been located on the site now occupied by the Parish Hall, however this could not previously be confirmed. Vicar Brian Davies asked the Hinckley Field Walking Group, in 2004/2005, to dig test pits and try to locate any buried remains of the priory. The excavations
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The 15th-century wars between England and France brought trouble for the priory. As an alien house with allegiance to a French mother house, it was vulnerable. In March 1399 Hinckley was removed from the control of Lyre Abbey and granted to the
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The priory was only small, with only two monks and the prior recorded in 1220. However, the priory played an important role as many of its priors served as Lyre Abbey's Papal Judge Delegates and as Proctors General in England and Wales.
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in North Yorkshire, for the duration of the wars. A truce with France meant the priory was returned in January 1400. A return to hostilities changed this again. In 1409 Hinckley priory's revenue was granted to
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Not all of the priory has been excavated. In 2007 Lockett and Wallis published a "Report on the Archaeological Excavation of the Priory Site", recording the extent of current excavations.
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Priory House C.1780. The remains of the prior's residence were extended and converted into a domestic house. The tower of Hinckley parish church is also visible.
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The priory was finally dissolved around 1414, with its property transferred again to
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discovered the remains of the priory: they were to the south of the present church.
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Richard de Capella, admitted as administrator 1224–5. Resigned 1230–1.
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The former prior's residence to the left of Hinckley Parish Church
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granted the former priory's land to the Dean and Chapter of
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http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38186
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Hugh of Winchester, presented 1246–7. Gilbert, died 1265.
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Demolished buildings and structures in Leicestershire
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William de Aquila, presented 1244–5, resigned 1246–7.
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Richard de Paceio, presented 1233–4, resigned 1236–7.
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Peter Lumbardus, presented 1236–7, resigned 1244–5.
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John de Capella, presented 1230–1, resigned 1233–4.
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Hinckley Priory is located in Leicestershire
Order
Benedictine
La Vieille-Lyre
Normandy
Diocese
Diocese of Lincoln
Hinckley
Coordinates
52°32′25″N 1°22′18″W / 52.540254°N 1.371627°W / 52.540254; -1.371627
Grid reference
SP42719378
monastic house
Hinckley
Leicestershire
England
alien house
Lyre Abbey
La Vieille-Lyre
Normandy
Carthusian
Mount Grace Priory
Queen Joan
King Henry IV
Mount Grace Priory


King Henry VIII
Westminster Abbey

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