More information : An Alien Cell of Benedictine Monks was founded at Clatford (SU 1568) and Hullavington before 1261 (1), when the respective manors, which had been given in the late 11th or early 12th C by Hugh de Mortimer to the Benedictine Abbey of St Victor in Caux, were placed under the superintendence of a prior. The prior was known as of Clatford or Hullavington, but after the middle of the 14th C usually as of Clatford.
It is difficult to assess whether any real form of conventual life was practised at either place. In 1325 there were two beds in the prior's chamber at Hullavington while in 1348 a monk from Clatford was licensed to travel overseas. The priory formed part of the endowment of Eton College in 1441 (2).
Before 1443 there seems to have been a chapel at Clatford. There is a building at Hullavington, reputed to be monastic, the restored part of which is known as Bradfield Manor Farm (see ST 88 SE 7); and a farm at Clatford may be presumed to incorporate remains of a monastic building (2). (No remains at Clatford House or elsewhere are mentioned by Pevsner or MHLG). (1-2)
Clatford House appears to have been remodelled in Georgian style; adjoining farm buildings are contemporary. The present owner (a) has no knowledge of any early building feature or remains which would suggest the former presence of a monastic building. (3) |