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'Lewes Priory' (St Pancras Priory, Lewes) was a Cluniac priory established in the valley of the river Ouse in the eleventh century, between 1078 and 1082. It was founded by William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, and his wife Gundrada, the rulers of Sussex, who had come to England with her father William the Conqueror. The first prior was Lanzo, who came with a few other from Cluny.[1]
The priory became wealthy and at the time of its demolition under the dissolution of the monasteries in November 1537, it owned 20,000 acres (80 km²) of land in Sussex alone. However, there were only 24 monks at this time, reduced from approximately 100 during the period from 1100-1300. The priory played a part in the Battle of Lewes when the army of King Henry III occupied it.
A substantial protected ruin still stands within parkland. The ruins remain a popular tourist attraction, but are fenced off (bar occasional tours) to the public for preservation.
★ Freda Anderson, ''St Pancras Priory, Lewes: Its Architectural Development to 1200'', Anglo-Norman Studies 11 pp. 1-35, 1988
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★ Lewes Priory - History Tom Kitch
'Lewes Priory' (St Pancras Priory, Lewes) was a Cluniac priory established in the valley of the river Ouse in the eleventh century, between 1078 and 1082. It was founded by William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, and his wife Gundrada, the rulers of Sussex, who had come to England with her father William the Conqueror. The first prior was Lanzo, who came with a few other from Cluny.[1]
The priory became wealthy and at the time of its demolition under the dissolution of the monasteries in November 1537, it owned 20,000 acres (80 km²) of land in Sussex alone. However, there were only 24 monks at this time, reduced from approximately 100 during the period from 1100-1300. The priory played a part in the Battle of Lewes when the army of King Henry III occupied it.
A substantial protected ruin still stands within parkland. The ruins remain a popular tourist attraction, but are fenced off (bar occasional tours) to the public for preservation.
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★ Freda Anderson, ''St Pancras Priory, Lewes: Its Architectural Development to 1200'', Anglo-Norman Studies 11 pp. 1-35, 1988
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★ Lewes Priory - History Tom Kitch
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