Canons Ashby Priory

Canons Ashby Priory was an Augustinian priory at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England.

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History

The Priory was founded by Stephen la Leye on a site to the south of the present church between 1147 and 1151 in the reign of Henry II.

In 1253 the Augustinians were granted a licence to dig the Norwell, which still exists north of the present church, to supply water to the priory.

In 1452, John Nantewych is named as the prior of Canons Assheby.

In 1537 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries the Crown granted the priory and its estates to Sir Francis Bryan,