More information : The Ogbournes (St George and St Andrew) formed, from sometime before 1147, the administrative centre for the properties of Bec-Hellouin in England, both manors belonging to the order. The duties were mainly temporal and the name 'Priory' was applied largely as a legal fiction, though it seems that in the 13th c there was a small priory in fact as well as in name (presumably attached to one or other of the manor houses). The last 'Prior' died in 1404-5, and the property was then granted to the Duke of Bedford (cf SU 17 SE 34). (1-2) There are no traces of a priory incorporated into the fabric of the early 17th century manor house at Ogbourne St George or visible within the close vicinity of the house. (c.f. Manor House on site of Benedictine Priory SU 17 SE 34) Ogbourne St Andrew has no extant manor house. (3)
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