List of monastic houses in Northumberland

The following is a list of the monastic houses in Northumberland, England.

FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationAlnwick Abbey Premonstratensian Canons — from Newhouse Abbeydaughter house of Newsham;founded 1147 by Eustace FitzJohn;dissolved 1536-22 December 1539; granted to Ralph Sadler and Laurence Winnington 1550/1The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Alnwick |Bamburgh FriaryDominican Friars (under the Visitation of York)founded before 1265;dissolved 1539|Bamburgh MonasterySaxon monasteryfounded 8th century;abandoned c.875: destroyed in raids by the Danes;site now occupied by St Aidan's parish church|Bamburgh PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularcell dependent on Nostell, Yorkshire;founded 1121: granted to Nostell by Henry I, confirmed 1121; effective c.1228;dissolved c.1537St Aidan____________________Hamburgh PrioryBamburgh: 'Hamburgh' — sic. Cobbett |Berwick Austin FriarsAugustinian Friarsfounded before 1299possibly one of the houses in Berwick which survived suppression until after 10 March 1539/40|Berwick Blackfriars, earlier siteDominican Friarsfounded before 1240/1 by Alexander II;mandate by the Pope to the Bishop of St Andrews 17 June 1285, for the sale of the former house of the Friars of the Sack to the Dominicans, (see immediately below)St Peter Martyr, of Milan |Berwick BlackfriarsFriars of the Sackfounded 1267;dissolved between 1274 and 1285;Dominican Friars(community founded at earlier site (see immediately above) before 1240/1);transferred here 1285;dissolved or secularised 1539(?)St Peter Martyr, of Milan |Berwick GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventualfounded 1231;dissolved or secularised between 10 March 1538/9 and Michaelmas 1539|Berwick PrioryCistercian nunsfounded before 1153;sometimes confused with Holystone;dissolved or secularised 1390/1The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Leonard of South Berwick____________________Nunnery of South Berwick |Berwick Red FriarsTrinitariansfounded before 1240-80, possibly at the hospital of St Edward or Bridge House;given as non-conventual 1447;given as ruinous 1456, revenues united with Peebles and declared uninhabitable by 2 March 1476, union confirmed by James III|Berwick WhitefriarsCarmelite Friarspurportedly founded 1270 by Sir John Gray (details possibly confused with Berwick Greyfriars);dissolved between 10 March and Michaelmas 1539|Blanchland Abbey +Premonstratensian Canonsdaughter house of Croxton, Leicestershire;founded 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II;dissolved 18 December 1539; granted to John Bellow and John Broxholm 1545/6;part of church now in parochial use, other monastic buildings in current use in ownership of the Lord Crewe TrustThe Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Blanca Landa |Blanchland: Blanchland AbbeyBrinkburn PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — from Pentney, Norfolkdependent on Pentneyfounded before/c.1135 (during the reign of Henry I) by William Bertram I, of Mitford (or Osebertus Colunarius);independent from before 1188(?);dissolved 1536; granted to John, Earl of Warwick 1550/1; (EH)The Priory Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Brinkburn____________________Berkenburne Priory |Bywell Monasteryrecords suggest existence of a Saxon monasteryBiguell Monastery |Carham PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularcell dependent on Kirkham, Yorkshire;founded 1131 church of St Cuthbert and lands granted to Kirkham by Walter Espec;dissolved 1539|Chibburn PreceptoryKnights Hospitallerfounded before 1313;became a member of Mount St John 1358|Coquet Island PrioryBenedictine monksfounded before 684;abandoned c.800: destroyed in raids by the Danes;cell dependent on Tynemouthrefounded before 1125: granted to Tynemouth by Robert Mowbray|Corbridge MonasterySaxon monks — probably from Hexham;founded before 786Corbridge: Adulf (Ealdwulf) was consecrated Bishop of Mayo here in 786 possibly founded before 709 by St WilfridCorbridge: St Wilfred died 709;abandoned before 877?: ?destroyed in raids by the DanesSt Andrew |Farne Island CellAnchoriteshermitagecell before 651;abandoned c.800: destroyed in raids by the Danes;last anchorite died 1246, subsequently became Benedictine cell (see immediately below)|Farne Island PrioryBenedictine monkscell dependent on Durham;founded c.1193 on location of extinct anchorite cell (see immediately above);rebuilt 14th century;dissolved c.1538restored 1840-50St Cuthbert |Guyzance PrioryPremonstratensian Canonessesfounded c.1147-52 by Richard Tison; granted to Alnwick, confirmed by William, Bishop of Durham;ceased 1349-50(?) when the community probably perished in the Black Death;Premonstratensian Canons — from Alnwickcell dependent on Alnwick;refounded after 1350;dissolvedThe Prioy Church of Saint Wilfrid____________________Brainshaugh Priory |Hexham Priory +Saxon monastery and cathedralfounded 674 by St Wilfred and St Etheldreda, begun by St Wilfrid;diocese merged with Lindisfarne 821, cathedral status revoked;abandoned 875: destroyed in raids by the Danes;Augustinian Canons Regularfounded 1113;dissolved 28 September 1536 – 26 February 1537; granted to Sir Reginald Carnaby 1538/9;now called 'Hexham Abbey'; church in parochial useThe Priory Church of Saint Andrew, HexhamPriory and Parish Church of Saint Andrew, Hexham____________________Hexham Abbey |Hexham AbbeyHolystone PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1124 by Robert de Umfravillle I;Augustinian canonessestransferred 13th century;with regular priests or brethren after 1291dissolved 1539St Mary____________________Haylston Priory |Hulne FriaryCarmelite Friarsfounded 1242 (c.1240) by John de Vesci;dissolved 1539; granted to Thomas Reve and William Ryvet 1563/4; church demolished/ruined; part converted into a house and summerhouse 18th century; now called 'Hulne Priory'Holm Friary;Hulne Whitefriars |Lambley PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1190 probably by Adam de Tindale and his wife Helwise (who granted land) (or by King John);referred to as an abbey in King John's charter (granted mistakenly);also suggested as Augustinian;burned by the Scots 1297;dissolved 1537; granted to John, Duke of Northumberland 1553St Mary and St Patrick____________________Lambley upon the Tyne Priory |Lindisfarne Priory, Holy IslandCeltic monksmonastic cathedral founded 635 (634) by St Aidan: granted to Aidan by King Oswald;Saxon (Benedictine?) monksrefounded c.668;destroyed in raids by the Danes 793;abandoned 875: destroyed in raids by the Danes;Benedictine monks — from Durhamcell dependent on Durham;founded 1083 (1082 or 1073);dissolved 1537; granted to the Dean and Chapter of Durham 1541/2; (EH)St Cuthbert |Merchingley PrioryTironensian monkscell (possible grange), dependent on Kelso;founded c.1168: hermitage and chapel granted to Kelso by Walter de Bolbec;sequestered by Edward I 1296St Mary____________________Marchingley Priory;Mercheley Priory |Newminster AbbeyCistercian monks — from Fountains Abbeydaughter house of Fountainsfounded 5 January 1138 by Ranulph de Merlay;dissolved 20 August 1537; granted to Robert Brandling 1609/10;Abbey Farmhouse built on site, public access with permissionNovum Monasterium |Ovingham PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularcell dependent on Hexham;founded 1378 by Mr Ufranvile: church of St Mary granted to Hexham;dissolved 1537|Temple Thornton CameraKnights Templarcamera (sometimes considered a preceptory)founded before 1205 (during the tenure of Walter de Bolbeck), granted by William de Lisle;dissolved 1308-12;passed to Knights Hospitaller after 1308; dissolved after 1338|Warkworth PrioryBenedictine monkscell dependent on Durham;founded before 1241-9 (or between 1332 and 1353 by Henry, second Lord Percy of Alnwick, who was granted Warkworth Castle in 1332; or founded, possibly as a chantry, c.1400 by the first Earl of Northumbria);dissolved 15th century(?); ruinous and disused before 1567 (EH)chapel of St Mary Magdalene____________________Warkworth Hermitage;Warkworth Castle Hermitage |Warmington Cell(?) ~Benedictine monkscell dependent on St Mary, York;cited, but no cell of this name has been identified in Northumberland|Yeavering Monastery (?)extensive buildings revealed by crop markings suggest monastic settlement|

See also List of monastic houses in England

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