Throwley Priory was an English priory south of Faversham in Kent.
At the end of the civil wars of 1139-53, King Stephen's chief lieutenant William of Ypres gave the churches of Throwley and Chilham to the Abbey of Saint Bertin in Saint-Omer, France. [1] The priory at Throwley was built as a cell of that Benedictine house. It was dissolved as part of Henry IV's general suppression of alien priories in 1414 [2] and granted to Thomas Beaufort, the half-brother of the king's father. Beaufort gave Throwley to Syon Abbey on 13 July 1424, a gift confirmed by Henry VI in 1443. [3]
The priory was located east of Throwley church. The site was later used for the parsonage. English Heritage say that no remains are visible, [2] although Hasted claims that some foundations and flint walls were incorporated into a building behind the parsonage, [1] presumably referring to Glebe Cottage.
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