Sporle Priory was a
priory
A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of ...
in
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, England. It was founded in the early 12th century,
and given to the monks of St. Florent free-of-charge as an
alien priory.
It was vacant for some time after the
Black Death,
and was dissolved in 1424.
References
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Monasteries in Norfolk