Dover Priory
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The Priory of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Martin of the New Work, or Newark, commonly called Dover Priory, was a priory at Dover in southeast England. It was variously independent in rule, then occupi
Seals of St Martin's Priory and Nunnery
Former ruins Where Dover Priory railway station now stands, 1780
Priory site, 1786
Priory gatehouse, 1829 (now occupied by Dover College)
Stephen, King of England
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Stephen, often referred to as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 to his death in 1154. He was Count of Boulogne jure uxoris from 1125 until 1147 and Duke of Normandy from 1135
Dover Priory
…the Archbishop. Much controversy thus ensued over the following two centuries between the monks of the cathedral and the canons of Dover Priory. King Stephen was said to have died on a journey whilst staying at the Priory in 1154. Repaired and extended in 1231 after much damage in a fire of 1201, it was…
Stephen in a 12th-century manuscript depicting the Battle of Lincoln
A 14th-century depiction of Stephen's family tree, with his mother Adela at the top, and, left to right, William, Theobald and Stephen
An early 14th-century depiction of the White Ship sinking in 1120
A 13th-century depiction of the coronation of Stephen, by Matthew Paris