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Brooke Priory
Hob Uid: 323293
Location : Rutland Brooke
Grid Ref : SK8460006170
Summary : Augustinian priory cell founded circa 1153 by Hugh de Ferrers as a dependent cell of Kenilworth Priory, and was dissolved 1535-6. There are no extant remains.
More information : [SK 84600617] Brooke Priory on site of Priory [GT] (1) Brooke Priory was a small Augustinian house, a cell of Kenilworth, and was founded shortly before 1153. At the Dissolution the site came into the possession of the Noel family, who built Brooke House which has now disappeared although some masonry of the priory was incorporated in the present farmhouse. (see SK 80 NW 23 and 24) (2) The Augustinian Priory Cell of St Mary the Virgin at Brooke was founded by Hugh de Ferrers before 1153 and much of the income went to Kenilworth. Dissolved 1535-36.(3)

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Source details : OS 6" 1959
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Source details : Mon. Sites from Air 1952, pp. 216-7, plate (Knowles & St. Joseph)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1536
Monument Start Date : 1153
Monument Type : Augustinian Cell
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : House, Formal Garden, Prospect Mound
Evidence : Demolished Building, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Number : SK 80 NW 4
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