Alien priory
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Alien priories were religious establishments in England, such as monasteries and convents, which were under the control of another religious house outside England. Usually the mother-house was in Fran
Pamber Priory in Hampshire, an example of an alien priory
Stogursey Priory in Somerset. An alien priory dissolved in 1414 and granted to Eton College
St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge; dissolved in 1496 and converted into Jesus College, Cambridge
A portion of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey, York, founded in 1155 and destroyed c. 1539
Motherhouse
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A motherhouse or mother house is the principal house or community for a Christian religious community, particularly those of the Roman Catholic and Evangelical-Lutheran traditions. One example is the
Alien priory
…establishments in England, such as monasteries and convents, which were under the control of another religious house outside England. Usually the mother-house was in France. Alien priories were small dependencies of foreign religious houses. Specifically, this pertained to property situated in England but…
Vadstena Abbey served as the motherhouse of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour from 1346 to 1595.