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Cogges Priory
Hob Uid: 334435
Location : Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire Witney
Grid Ref : SP3612009650
Summary : The monument includes the buried remains of a small Benedictine alien priory founded in 1103 at Cogges. Located on the site of the present rector's house and churchyard, it would have included a substantial stone house to accommodate the small group of monks and lay brothers who lived there. The grant for the foundation of the alien priory included a large gift of land spread throughout southern England and much of this was passed to other Benedictine estates or rented out for a fee. The priory site was later rebuilt as a vicarage and the site was seized from the prior by Henry V in 1414. It eventually passed to Eton College in 1441. Scheduled.
More information : (SP 36120965) Priory (AT) (Remains of) (1) A small alien cell of the Benedictine order consisting of a prior and one or two monks, and dependent on the abbey of Fecamp, was founded at Cogges in 1103 and dissolved in 1414. There are no visible 15th c. or earlier remains either in the vicarage, at SP 36070965, or in the school to the east. (2-3)

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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Founded 1103
Monument End Date : 1103
Monument Start Date : 1103
Monument Type : Alien Priory, Benedictine Alien Cell
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Dissolved in 1414
Monument End Date : 1414
Monument Start Date : 1414
Monument Type : Alien Priory, Benedictine Alien Cell
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : OX 183
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Oxfordshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 4601
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28177
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 30 NE 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-09-23
End Date : 1969-09-23

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1980-01-01
End Date : 1982-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1986-01-01
End Date : 1986-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Cogges Priory