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Freiston Priory

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Freiston Priory was a Benedictine cell of Crowland Abbey founded in 1114, and became a priory soon afterwards. [1]

6 relations: Crowland Abbey, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Freiston, Lincolnshire, Order of Saint Benedict, Priory.

Crowland Abbey

Crowland Abbey (also spelled Croyland Abbey, Latin: Croilandia) is a Church of England parish church, formerly part of a Benedictine abbey church, in Crowland in the English county of Lincolnshire.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Freiston

Freiston is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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Order of Saint Benedict

The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiston_Priory

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