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Monument Number 429732
Hob Uid: 429732
Location : Cornwall Probus
Grid Ref : SW9039048120
Summary : Site of monastery founded in the reign of King Athelstan. Canons of a secular college are recorded in the Domesday Survey. Dissolved 1549.
More information : (SW 90394812) College (NR) (remains of ) (NAT). (1) Formerly a monastery, said to have been founded by Athelstan (924-940), which became collegiate in the time of Henry I. The deanery was surrendered to the Bishop of Exeter in 1268 but the college continued with five prebendaries until 1549. (2-3) Trenithan Chancellor. The farmhouse was rebuilt about 1910 on a new site, but retains a pointed granite doorway and a plain two-light mullioned window from the old house. (4) No remains exist of the medieval building except for the above mentioned re-used doorway and window. (5) Probus or Lamprobus was the seat of a Celtic monastery. (See SW 84 NE 6 for collegiate church). (6) Lanbrebois was an endowed community at Domesday. (7-8)

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Source details : Corn Church Guide 1964 168-9 (Henderson).
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Source details : DOE(HHR) Truro RD Oct 1960 21
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Source details : C Henderson
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Source details : Kingdom of Dumnonia 1978 83 105 135 181(S M Pearce)
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Source details : Place Names of Corn MS 1978 475 (J E Gover)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Extant from circa 930-1066
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 930
Monument Type : College Of Secular Priests, Monastery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1549
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : College Of Secular Priests, Monastery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 94 NW 9
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1977-09-22
End Date : 1977-09-22

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 429732