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Studley Priory, Warwickshire, was a priory in Studley, Warwickshire, England.

History

The Augustinian priory was founded in the 12th century by Peter Corbizun, afterwards Peter de Studley, who transferred to Studley a priory of Augustinian Canons that he had founded at Witton, Worcestershire.

In the early 13th century the patron was William I de Cantilupe (died 1239), one of whose seats was nearby Aston Cantlow, buried at Studley Priory, who was also patron of the small priory on Steep Holm which transferred to Studley between 1260 and 1265. His grandson William III de Cantilupe (d.1254) was also buried at Studley, as was the latter's son and heir Sir George de Cantilupe (1251-1273), who inherited aged 3, 4th feudal baron of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, Lord of Abergavenny, who died childless aged 22.

When the priory was closed c. 1536 at the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII it housed the prior and eight religious brethren. The priory and manor of Studley were granted to Sir Edmund Knightley, who used the buildings as a source of stone for other buildings.

Nothing remains today apart from the use of the name priory in a few local building names such as Priory Farm which, now much modernised, embodies a few fragmentary portions of a conventual building and is a Grade II* listed building. A gabled west wall of stone rubble contains the remains of a large 14th-century window. A few medieval sculptured fragments are built on to the walls.

References

1. William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656
2. Rendell, Stan; Rendell, Joan (1993). Steep Holm: The Story of A Small Island. Sutton Publishing Ltd. pp. 54–57. ISBN 978-0750903233.
3. Dictionary of National Biography
4. "A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2". British History Online. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
5. Historic England. "PRIORY FARMHOUSE (1299578)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
6. A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 3: Barlichway hundred (1945), pp. 175-187. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57007

v t e Monasteries in Warwickshire
Augustinian	Arbury Priory Atherstone Austin Friary Holywell Cell Kenilworth Abbey Maxstoke Priory Studley Priory Thelsford Priory Warwick St Sepulchre Priory
Benedictine	Alcester Abbey Alvecote Priory Atherstone Priory Bretford Priory Monks Kirby Priory Nuneaton Priory Oldbury Priory Polesworth Abbey Warmington Priory Wolston Priory Wootton Wawen Priory Wroxall Priory
Cistercian	Cawston Grange Coombe Abbey Holywell Cell Merevale Abbey Pinley Priory Stoneleigh Abbey
Dominican	Warwick Blackfriars
Knights Hospitaller	Grafton Preceptory Warwick Preceptory
Knights Templar	Warwick Preceptory
Trinitarian	Thelsford Priory
Independent Houses	Stratford-on-Avon Monastery

52°16′26″N 1°53′39″W / 52.2740°N 1.8943°W / 52.2740; -1.8943

• Monasteries in Warwickshire
• Augustinian monasteries in England