Dunwich Templars Preceptory |
Hob Uid: 392128 | |
Location : Suffolk Suffolk Coastal Dunwich
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Grid Ref : TM4800070000 |
Summary : Preceptory of Knights Templars from 1199-1312, and camera of the Hospitallers 1312-1540. Destroyed by coastal erosion. |
More information : (TM 480700. See map diagram). A preceptory of the Knights Templars confirmed by King John in 1199,passed to the Knights Hospitallers 1308-12. A chaplain but not a preceptory was then maintained until the dissolution in 1540, when the temple church of Our Lady, or Blessed Mary and St John also went out of use. (1-2) Destroyed by coastal erosion. (3)
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