A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2

This part-volume covers the medieval religious houses of Suffolk, including the abbey of Bury St Edmunds.

Victoria County History - Suffolk.

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A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1975), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/suff/vol2 [accessed 31 January 2025].

A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2. Edited by William Page (London, 1975), British History Online, accessed January 31, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/suff/vol2.

A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2. Ed. William Page (London, 1975), British History Online. Web. 31 January 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/suff/vol2.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Religious Houses: Introduction 53-56
Houses of Benedictine monks: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds 56-72
Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Eye 72-76
Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Dunwich 76
Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Edwardstone 76
Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Hoxne 76-77
Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Rumburgh 77-79
Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Snape 79-80
Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Felixstowe 80-81
Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of Bungay 81-83
Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of Redlingfield 83-85
Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of St George, Thetford 85-86
Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Mendham 86-87
Houses of Cluniac monks: Priory of Wangford 88-89
Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Sibton 89-91
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Alnesbourn 91
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Blythburgh 91-94
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Bricett 94-95
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Butley 95-99
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Chipley 99
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Dodnash 99-100
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Herringfleet 100-101
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of St Peter and St Paul, Ipswich 102-103
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich 103-105
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Ixworth 105-107
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Kersey 107-108
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Letheringham 108
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of the Holy Sepulchre, Thetford 109-111
Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Woodbridge 111-112
Houses of Austin nuns: Priory of Campsey 112-115
Houses of Austin nuns: Priory of Flixton 115-117
House of Premonstratensian canons: Abbey of Leiston 117-119
House of Knights Templar: Dunwich 120
House of Knights Hospitaller: Preceptory of Battisford 120-121
Dominican friaries: Dunwich 121-122
Dominican friaries: Ipswich 122-123
Dominican friaries: Sudbury 123-124
Franciscan friars: Bury St Edmunds 124-125
Franciscan friars: Dunwich 125-126
Grey friars of Ipswich 126-127
Austin friaries: Clare 127-129
Austin friaries: Gorleston 129-130
Austin friaries: Orford 130
Carmelite friars: Ipswich 130-131
House of minoresses: Abbey of Bruisyard 131-132
Hospitals: Beccles 132-133
Hospitals: Domus Dei, Bury St Edmunds 133-134
Hospitals: St Nicholas, Bury St Edmunds 134
Hospitals: St Peter, Bury St Edmunds 134-135
Hospitals: St Petronilla, Bury St Edmunds 135
Hospitals: St Saviour, Bury St Edmunds 135-136
Hospitals: St James, Dunwich 137
Hospitals: Holy Trinity, Dunwich 137-138
Hospitals: Eye 138
Hospitals: Leper house of Gorleston 138-139
Hospitals: Leper hospitals of St Mary Magdalen and St James, Ipswich 139
Hospitals: St Leonard, Ipswich 139
Hospitals: Orford 139-140
Hospitals: Domus Dei, Thetford 140
Hospitals: St John, Thetford 140
Hospitals: Sibton 140
Hospitals: St Leonard, Sudbury 140-141
Colleges: Jesus, Bury St Edmunds 141-142
Colleges: Denston 142
Colleges: Cardinal's College, Ipswich 142-144
Colleges: Mettingham 144-145
Colleges: Stoke by Clare 145-150
Colleges: Sudbury 150-152
Colleges: Wingfield 152
Alien houses: Priory of Blakenham 152-153
Alien houses: Priory of Creeting St Mary 153
Alien houses: Priory of Creeting St Olave 153-154
Alien houses: Priory of Stoke by Clare 154-155
Alien houses: Hospital of Great Thurlow 155
Addendum: Hospital of Sudbury 155