Thetford Priory

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Thetford Priory is a ruined medieval monastic house in Norfolk, England, once one of the most important religious foundations in East Anglia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thetford Priory canonical 3
Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval priory
monastic house
ruin
architecturalType monastic complex
associatedFamily Earls of Norfolk
country England
currentCondition ruined
dedicatedTo Blessed Virgin Mary
linked to: Virgin Mary

Saint Andrew
diocese Diocese of Norwich
dissolutionYear 1540
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries
dissolvedIn 16th century
dissolvedUnder Henry VIII
foundationCentury 12th century
foundedAroundYear 1104
foundedAs Cluniac priory
foundedBy Hugh Bigod
Roger Bigod
founderFamily Bigod family
function burial place
religious house
governedBy convent of monks
prior
hasFeature extensive standing remains
remains of monastic buildings
visible church plan
hasPart chapter house
church
cloister
dormitory ranges
gatehouse
refractory
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
Scheduled Monument
locatedIn Norfolk
Thetford
locatedInRegion East Anglia
managedBy English Heritage
near River Thet
Thetford town centre
notableBurials Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
members of the Bigod family
openToPublic yes
region East of England
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Cluniac
servedAs mausoleum of the Earls of Norfolk

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thetford hasLandmark Thetford Priory
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset burialPlace Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England
linked to: Thetford Priory
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk burialPlace Thetford Priory, Norfolk, England
linked to: Thetford Priory