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Mullicourt Priory
Hob Uid: 355766
Location : Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Outwell
Grid Ref : TF5320002900
Summary : Mullicourt Priory, dedicated to St Mary Bello Loco, was extant as a small Saxon monastery of the Benedictine order of which the date and founder is unknown. It was subject to flooding and represented as too poor to support more than one monk in the time of King Henry VI - 1445. Therefore, in 1449 it was appropriated to the priory of Ely and at the Dissolution it was valued with Ely. Nothing remains above the foundations and the site is now partly occupied by a farmhouse.
More information : TF 532029. Site of Mullicourt Priory (NR) (Benedictine) (NAT). (1) Mullicourt Priory, dedicated to St Mary Bello Loco, was a small Saxon monastery of the Benedictine order of which its date and founder is uhknown. It was subject to flooding and represented as too poor to support more than one monk in the time of King Henry VI - 1445. Therefore, in 1449 it was appropriated to the priory of Ely and at the Dissolution it was valued with Ely. Nothing remains above the foundations and the site is now partly occupied by a farmhouse. (2-4) Aerial photographs taken in June 2009 show a large ditched rectangular enclosure visible immediately to the NE of Milcourt Priory Farm possibly the Priory enclosure. The eastern ditch can be seen extending SW to the Downham Road, suggesting it enclosed the site of the Priory. There are cropmark hints at inner enclosures. (5)

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Source details : The Monastic Remains of Norf and Suff 1934 67 (C J W Messent)
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Source details : HEA 26327_022 12-JUN-2009
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1066
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Monument Type : Benedictine Monastery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1446
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Benedictine Monastery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 4211
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 50 SW 10
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1998-01-01
End Date : 1998-12-31

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Activity type : AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
Start Date : 2009-04-01
End Date : 2010-03-31

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Mullicourt Priory