Swinford Preceptory
Swinford Preceptory is a former monastery of the Knights Hospitaller located near to the village of Swinford, Leicestershire.
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Monastery information | |
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Order | Knights Hospitaller |
Established | Before 1199 |
Disestablished | 1540 |
Mother house | from 1220 : Dalby Preceptory |
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Founder(s) | Robert Rivell |
Site | |
Location | Swinford, Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 52.406143°N 1.178227°W |
Visible remains | None |
History
The preceptory was founded before 1199, with land at Swinford donated to the Knights Hospitaller by Robert Rivell.[1]
Only a small preceptory, it was under the control of Dalby Preceptory before 1220. By 1338, however, the preceptory had become a "camera" (a lesser establishment dependent upon another), under the administration of a seneschal and bailiff.[1]
The Knights Hospitaller in England were disbanded in 1540, and their preceptories dissolved as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.[2]
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References
- Swinford Hospitaller Preceptory, English Heritage: PastScape
- House of Knights Hospitallers: Preceptory of Dalby and Heather, A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (1954), pp. 32-33. Date accessed: 27 June 2013.
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