Toft Monks Priory was a priory at
Toft Monks,
Beccles
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Norfolk
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, England. It included
St Margarets, Toft Monks and
St Mary, Haddiscoe
Revenues from the "manor of Toft, with the tithe of 'Cerlentone' and 'Posteberies,' and the churches of those two towns" were given to
Préaux Abbey, in
Les Préaux
Les Préaux () is a commune in the Eure department and Normandy region of France.
Geography
The commune along with another 69 communes shares part of a 4,747 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Risle, Guiel, Charentonne.
History
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Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
in 1099 by
Robert of Meulan, later the first
Earl of Leicester
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History
Earl ...
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References
Alien houses: The priory of Toft Monks in ''A History of the County of Norfolk'': Volume 2. Ed. William Page. London: Victoria County History, 1906. pp. 464–465. British History Online. accessed 31 October 2019.
Monasteries in Norfolk
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