The following is a list of the monastic houses in Staffordshire, England.
FoundationImageCommunities & provenanceFormal name or dedication & alternative names !width = 10%|References & locationBaswich PrioryAugustinian Canons Regularfounded 1174 (1173-5); land granted by Gerard de Stafford;dissolved 1538;remains incorporated into Priory Farm built on siteThe Priory Church of Saint Thomas the Martyr by Stafford |Pastscape: BASWICH PRIORYBlithbury Priory #Benedictine monkspriory cell dependent on Burton;founded after 1129 by Hugh Malveysin;dissolved 1158–65;Benedictine nunsfounded after 1129;apparently merged with Black Ladies, Brewood 1158–65;dissolved before 1315(?);alleged chapel demolished 1795The Priory Church of Saint Giles, BlithburySt Egidius (St Giles)____________________Blythbury Priory |Pastscape: PRIORY FARMBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns — The priory of Blithbury — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (p.220)Brewood PrioryBenedictine nunsfounded before 1150;dissolved 1538; granted to Thomas Gifford 1538/9;late-16th/early-17th century country house built on siteThe Priory Church of Saint Mary, Brewood____________________Black Ladies Priory;Briwerne Priory;Black Ladies of Brewood Priory |Pastscape: BREWOOD BLACK LADIES PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Brewood (Black Ladies) — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.220-222)Burton AbbeyBenedictine monksfounded 1002 by Wulfric Spott, confirmed by charter of King Ethelred 1004;dissolved 1539; granted to Sir William Paget by Henry VIII;refounded as a college 1541;dissolved 1545St Mary, Virgin and St Modwen, Virgin____________________Modwennestow Abbey;Burton upon Trent Abbey |Pastscape: ABBEY OF ST MARY AND ST MODWENBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Burton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.199-213)Calwich Prioryhermitage (hermetorium de Calwich)Augustinian Canons Regularpriory cell dependent on Kenilworth, Warwickshirefounded between c.1125 and 1149: hermitage granted to Kenilworth by Nicholas de Gresley alias fitzNiel and his wife Margery;independent from 1349;granted to Merton 1535–6;Georgian-style house built on site 1849–50, now derelictSt Margaret____________________Calwick Priory |Pastscape: CALWICH ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Calwich — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.237-240)Canwell PrioryBenedictine monksfounded c.1142 (1131–48) by Geva, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester;dissolved 1524–6, suppressed to found Cardinal Wolsey's college Cardinal College, Oxford;<br/ >reverted to the Crown;much of the property passed briefly to St George's Chapel, Windsor 1532The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Saint Giles, and All Saints, Canwell |Pastscape: CANWELL PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Canwell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.213-216)House: Religious House: Canwell priory Staffs. Benedictine monks Colwich Abbey *Benedictine nuns — from Cannington, Somerset(community founded in Paris 1651 by the English nuns at Cambrai)settled in England 1795 after French Revolutiontransferred here 1836;returned to English Benedictine Congregation 1926;raised to abbey status 1928The Abbey Church of Our Lady of Good Hope, Colwich |Cotton Abbey ~Cistercian monks — from Aunay-sur-Odonfounded 1176, granted to Aunay by Bertram de Verduntransferred to new site at Croxden 1178;granted to Jeffrey Foljamb 1544/5Chotes AbbeyChotene Abbey |Pastscape: CHOTES ABBEYPastscapevDetailed Result: CHOTES ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Croxden — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.226-230)Croxden AbbeyCistercian monks — from Cotton(community founded at Cotton 1176);transferred here 17 May 1178;dissolved 17 September 1538; (EH)The Abbey Church of the Vale of Saint Mary at Croxden |Pastscape: CROXDEN ABBEYPastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY CHURCHPastscape: CROXDEN ABBEY GATEHOUSEDieulacres AbbeyCistercian monkstransferred from Poulton, Cheshirefounded 1214, site granted by Randal de Blunderville, Earl of Chester after 1199;dissolved 20 October 1539; granted to Ralph Bagnall 1552/3;site now in private ownership at Abbey GreenSt Mary, Virgin and St Benedict |Pastscape: DIEULACRES ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Dieulacres — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.230-235)Dudley PrioryCluniac monksalien house: dependent on Wenlock, Shropshire;founded 1161 by Ralph Painell, lord of the manor;became denizen: independent from 1395;dissolved 1539; granted to the Bishop of Lichfield 1540/1St James |Farewell Prioryhermits or canon brothers: unknown order and foundation;Benedictine nunsfounded before 1148 (c.1140) by Roger de Clinton;raised to abbey status between 1154 and 1189 (during the reign of Henry II);reduced to priory status before 1210;dissolved 1527;site now occupied by St Bartholomew's ChurchThe Priory Church of Saint Mary, Farewell____________________Farewell Priory |Pastscape: FAREWELL NUNNERYBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine nuns: The priory of Farewell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.222-225)Hawkesyard PrioryDominican Friars|Hulton AbbeyCistercian monksdaughter house of Combermere, Cheshire;founded 26 July 1219 by Henry de Audley;dissolved 18 September 1538; granted to Sir Edward Aston 1542/3Hilton Abbey |Pastscape: HULTON ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Hulton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.235-237)Hansury NunneryBenedictine? nunsfounded c.680 by St Werburgh at the instance of her uncle King Ethelreddestroyed in raids by the Danes 875|Keele PreceptoryKnights Templarland granted by Henry II 1168–9;dissolved 1308-12granted to the Earl of Gloucester;Knights Hospitallerfounded c.1312 (1324);dissolved after 1338;country house named 'Keele Hall' built on site c.1580, rebuilt 1856–61|Pastscape: KEELE HALLBritish History Online — House of Knights Templar: The preceptory of Keele — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.267-268)Lapley PrioryBenedictine monksalien house: dependent on St-Remi, Riems;founded by Ælfgar (Algar), Earl of Chester;dissolved 1415; granted to Tong College;granted to Sir Richard Mannors 1547/8Lappele Priory |Pastscape: LAPLEY PRIORYBritish History Online — Alien houses: The priory of Lapley — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.340-343)Lichfield GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)founded c.1237 (1229) by Alexander, Bishop of Lichfield;dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Crumbilthorn 1544/5|Pastscape: LICHFIELD GREYFRIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: The Franciscan friars of Lichfield — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.268-270)Little Haywood Abbey *Benedictine nunsThe Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Little Haywood |Newcastle-under-Lyme BlackfriarsDominican Friars (under the Visitation of Oxford)founded before 1277;dissolved 1538;cattlemarket built on site 1871;superstore built on site before 2005|Pastscape: NEWCASTLE BLACKFIARSBritish History Online — Friaries: The Dominican friars of Newcastle-under-Lyme — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.272-273)Oulton Abbey *Benedictine nunsfounded 1853; with girls' boarding school, then playgroup 1968, then care home, St. Benedict's Nursing and Residential Home 1989The Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Oulton |Oulton Abbey Radmore Abbeyhermitagefounded 1135–9, site granted by King Stephen, confirmed by Roger, Bishop of Lichfield, who allowed the community to adopt the order of their choiceCistercian monksdaughter house of Bordesley;converted c.1143/7-1155monks transferred to Stoneleigh 1155;converted to a royal hunting lodgeThe Abbey Church of Saint Mary, Radmore____________________Red Moor Priory |Pastscape: RED MOOR ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Cistercian monks: The abbey of Radmore — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (p.225)Ranton PrioryAugustinian Canons Regular — (?)Arroasianpriory cell dependent on Haughmond, Shropshire;founded between 1135 and 1166 by Robert fitz Noel (Noeli);independent from 1246–7;dissolved 1536; granted to Robert Wiseman 1538/9St Mary____________________Ronton Abbey;de Sartis |Pastscape: RANTON PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Ranton — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.251-255)Rocester Abbey $(?)Augustinian Canons Regularfounded c.1146 by Richard Bacon (Bacoun);dissolved 1538; granted to Richard Trentham 1539/40The Blessed Virgin Mary____________________Roucester Abbey |Pastscape: ROCESTER ABBEYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Rocester — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.247-251)Sandwell PrioryHistorical county location. See entry under List of monastic houses in the West MidlandsStafford Austin FriarsAugustinian Friars (under the Limit of Lincoln)founded 1344 by Ralph de Stafford, permission granted by the Pope 1343;dissolved August 1538, surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to Thomas Neve and Giles IsamAustin Friars, Stafford |Pastscape: STAFFORD AUSTIN FRIARYBritish History Online — Friaries: The Austin friars of Stafford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.273-274)Stafford GreyfriarsFranciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the Custody of Worcester)founded before 1274;dissolved 10 August 1538, surrendered to Richard Ingworth, Bishop of Dover; granted to James Leverson 1539/40;house called 'Grey Friars' built on site before 1610|Pastscape: STAFFORD GREYFRIARSBritish History Online — Houses of Benedictine monks: The priory of Sandwell — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.216-219)Priory of St Thomas nr. Stafford|British History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of St Thomas near Stafford — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.260-267)Stone Priorysecular canonsfounded c.670 by Wulfhere, King of Merciadestroyed in raids by the Danes 9th century, canons dispersed;Benedictine nunsapparently founded before 1066;replaced or dispersed before c.1135;Augustinian Canons Regularpriory cell dependent on Kenilworth, Warwickshire;granted to Kenilworth;founded c.1135 by Enisan de Waleron;independent from after 1260;dissolved 1536; granted to George Harper 1538/9St Wulfad and St RufinSt WulfadSt Mary, St Wulfad and St Michael |Pastscape: STONE PRIORYBritish History Online — Houses of Augustinian canons: The priory of Stone — Victoria County History: A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 (pp.240-247)Trentham Priorypossible minster before 1066Trentham — once identified as the nunnery founded by Werburgh at Tricengeham, but now thought to be Threckingham (Threekingham), Lincolnshirepossible Benedictine monkspossibly founded c.1087-1100 subsequently lapsing;Augustinian Canons Regular(re)founded before 1153-5 by Ranuph II, Earl of Chester;dissolved 1537 (1536)The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and All Saints, Trentham____________________Trickingham Priory(?)