Deeping St James Priory was a priory in

Deeping St James Deeping St James is a large village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Frognall) was reported as 7,051 at the 2011 census. History Based around a now lost 12th-century Bened ...

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. It was a dependency of

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History

In 1139 Baldwin Fitz Gilbert established the

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Priory of Saint James at Deeping as a cell of

. The endowment of the priory consisted of the two churches of Deeping, St James and St Guthlac. While Thorney Abbey appointed the priest and supervised the administration of the Priory, the church was still the parish church of the local villagers. The cell was dissolved at the surrender of Thorney in 1539. The priory church remains as the

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of Deeping St James and is a

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. On the south-east side of the churchyard was the priory

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, which measured 90 feet by 20 feet, 6 inches internally. It has variously been described as 13th century, late 15th century, or 17th century. It was demolished in 1963. There are no surface indications or remains of the monastic house. The church contained an organ dating from 1902 by Abbot & Smith; a specification can be found on the

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Priors of Deeping

The list of known names is incomplete: *Jocelyn, occurs in the 12th century *James Nassington, occurs 1299 *Thomas of Gosberkirk, occurs from 1329 to 1347 *John de Charteris, occurs 1358 and 1365 *William Lee, last prior.

References

External links

The Priory Church of St James
Monasteries in Lincolnshire Benedictine monasteries in England {{UK-Christian-monastery-stub