Alvecote Priory is a ruined BenedictinePriory in Alvecote, Warwickshire, England. Now very little remains of the priory, most of the walls have been eroded but a fairly high wall remains on one side. The main entrance arch is the most impressive feature, still standing at around 20 feet high. A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... A priory is an ecclesiastical circumscription run by a prior. ... Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004...
It was founded 1159 by William Burdett as a dependency of Great Malvern Priory. Events In the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinals are given the right of election of the Pope. ... Sir William Burdett founded Alvecote Priory in 1159 as penance for the murder of his wife for alleged adultery upon his return from the First Crusade. ... Great Malvern Priory. ...
The priory house (ruin in 1965) was built from the stone of the old Benedictine Priory.
Alvecote, which was a member of Seckington, was, with Shuttington, granted by William Burdet, in the year 1159, to the Benedictine monks of Great Malvern, upon condition that they should by Michaelmas send two of their convent to serve the church of Alvecote, and that in the following year they should add two more.
Richard de Malverne, prior of the cell of Alvecote, was admitted to the cure and administration of the church of Shuttington, appropriated to that cell, on the presentation of the prior of Great Malvern, on 19 July, 1341, it being vacant by the death of William de Beaulis, the last prior.
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