Launde Priory
The remains of Laude Priory were incorporated into the chapel of the newly constructed manor house known as Launde Abbey
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 Location within Leicestershire
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| Order | Augustinian Canons Regular |
| Established | c.1119 |
| Disestablished | 1538 |
| Dedicated to | St John the Baptist |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
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| Founder(s) | Richard and Maud Basset |
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| Coordinates | 52°37′51″N 0°49′25″W / 52.630971°N 0.82371°WCoordinates: 52°37′51″N 0°49′25″W / 52.630971°N 0.82371°W |
| Visible remains | Incorporated into the chapel of Launde Abbey Manor House. |
Launde Priory is a former Augustinian priory in Leicestershire, England.
Launde Priory was founded c.1119 by Richard Basset and his wife, Maude, who endowed the priory with the advowsons of the churches of Ab Kettleby, Frisby on the Wreake, Holt, Oadby, Welham and Witherley, all within Leicestershire; Ashby, Weldon and Weston by Welland in Northamptonshire; Hathersage in Derbyshire; Colston Bassett in Nottinghamshire; Wardley in Rutland; and Pattingham in Staffordshire. They also donated the village of Loddington in Leicestershire; this donation probably also included the advowson of Loddington church.
Within 50 years, from other benefactors, Launde also gained the churches of Grimston, Rotherby and Tilton in Leicestershire; Glaston in Rutland. The priory also gained the manor of Frisby-on-the-Wreake in Leicestershire: this was seized by King Henry II although subsequently returned.
Within the next century the priory acquired yet more churches, including Ashby Folville, Shoby and Peatling Parva in Leicestershire, and Arthingworth, Blatherwick and Little Bowden in Northamptonshire.
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