Newark Priory
The remains of Newark Priory
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| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Augustinian |
| Established | between 1189-1199 |
| Disestablished | 1538 |
| Dedicated to | Virgin Mary and Thomas Beckett |
| Diocese | Diocese of Guildford |
| Controlled churches | Old Woking, with its chapels of Horsell and Pyrford; Send; St. Martha, St Marth's Hill, Guildford; Wanborough; Weybridge; Windlesham with its chapel; Leigh all in Surrey; and Shipton with its (suspected near Snoddington Manor) chapel of Snodington, Hampshire. |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Rauld de Calva and his wife Beatrice de Saudes |
| Important associated figures | Richard Lipscombe, Lord Onslow |
| Site | |
| Location |
Pyrford, Surrey, England |
| Coordinates | 51°18′32″N 0°30′24″W / 51.3089°N 0.5068°WCoordinates: 51°18′32″N 0°30′24″W / 51.3089°N 0.5068°W |
| Visible remains | Yes |
| Public access | No |
Newark Priory is a ruined priory on an island surrounded by the River Wey and its moat-like channel the Abbey Stream near the southern boundary of the village of Ripley in Surrey, England.
Newark Priory was before its reconstruction run by the Canons Regular of St Augustine and the register of Bishop Woodlock (1312) states that the priory was first founded by a Bishop of Winchester.
The Priory was granted substantial lands "to the canons there serving God" in the late 12th Century by Rauld de Calva and his wife Beatrice de Sandes for the Augustinian canons "to build a church" when Richard I reigned (1189–99) so according with its Early English Gothic architecture, the present priory dates to then. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Thomas Becket in contemporary documents "Thomas the Martyr" and originally, the land where the church was built was called Aldbury. This gradually changed its name from Aldbury to Newark or the New Place (novo loco) of St Thomas near Guildford, at one point being called Newstead.
The taxation roll of 1291 shows considerable non-ecclesiastic assets (temporalities). The priory held tenements or rents in ten London parishes, producing an income of £5 16s 3d; in the wider Diocese of London; in the Diocese of Rochester £1 6s was produced annually; and in Diocese of Winchester income of £27 10s 3½d.
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