Thetford Priory
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Thetford Priory is a Cluniac monastic house in Thetford, Norfolk, England. Founded in 1103 by Roger Bigod of Norfolk, Thetford was one of the most important monasteries of East Anglia.
The remains of Thetford Priory with English Heritage information board in September 2017
Thetford Priory
The Prior's Lodging
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset was the son of King Henry VIII of England and his mistress Elizabeth Blount, and the only child born out of wedlock whom Henry acknowledged. He was the you
Thetford Priory
…former house. Thetford Priory was closed down in 1540 and fell into the possession of the Duke of Norfolk. It housed the tombs of the Howard dynasty, of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and of other early Tudor Dynasty officials. Even this could not save the priory from the Dissolution of the Monasteries and, on its closure in 1540…
Portrait miniature, 1533/1534
Sketch of the Duchess of Richmond by Hans Holbein the Younger
Tomb of Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and his wife Mary. St Michael the Archangel's Church, Framlingham, Suffolk
Noah's Ark on the Flood, one of the scenes from the Old Testament in the tomb of the Duke of Richmond