Founded circa 1220 in Frithelstock, Devon, England by Sir Robert de Bello Campo for AugustinianCanons Regular, as an indulgence to ensure intercessions for the repose of his soul. The present Lord of the Manor is Robert Titherley of Titherley in Hampshire whose family can be traced back to the earliest Frithelstock parish records dated circa 1530. The Titherleys held land in the manor of Frithelstock and had business interests in the area for several hundred years, two Titherley having been Mayors of Torrington in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The inner harbour, Brixham, south Devon, at low tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ... A canons regular is a body of Canons (Priests) living under a rule. ...
Bishop Walter de Stapledon is considered a co-founder, increasing the Priory's endowments. Walter de Stapledon (February 1, 1261 - October 15, 1326), English bishop, was born at Annery in North Devon. ...
The Church (St. Mary and St. Gregory,) is an ancient structure, and the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Mrs.
Chope, R.P. The AugustinianPriory of Frithelstock; with a description of the ruins and some account of the parish church of St Mary, St Gregory and St Edmund, by C.A. Ralegh Radford.
FrithelstockPriory in the Deanery of Hartland, Exeter: William Pollard (1894) 11 pp.
Founded circa 1220 in Frithelstock, Devon, England by Sir Robert de Bello Campo for AugustinianCanons Regular, as an indulgence to ensure intercessions for the repose of his soul.
The Titherleys held land in the manor of Frithelstock and had business interests in the area for several hundred years, two Titherley having been Mayors of Torrington in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Bishop Walter de Stapledon is considered a co-founder, increasing the Priory's endowments.
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