Swinford Preceptory is a former monastery of the Knights Hospitaller located near to the village of Swinford, Leicestershire.
  Location within Leicestershire | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Knights Hospitaller |
| Established | Before 1199 |
| Disestablished | 1540 |
| Mother house | from 1220 : Dalby Preceptory |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Robert Rivell |
| Site | |
| Location | Swinford, Leicestershire, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°24′22″N 1°10′42″W / 52.406143°N 1.178227°W |
| Visible remains | None |
History edit
The preceptory was founded before 1199, with land at Swinford donated to the Knights Hospitaller by Robert Rivell.[1]
Only a small preceptory, it was under the control of Dalby Preceptory before 1220. By 1338, however, the preceptory had become a "camera" (a lesser establishment dependent upon another), under the administration of a seneschal and bailiff.[1]
The Knights Hospitaller in England were disbanded in 1540, and their preceptories dissolved as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Swinford Hospitaller Preceptory, English Heritage: PastScape
- ^ House of Knights Hospitallers: Preceptory of Dalby and Heather, A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 2 (1954), pp. 32-33. Date accessed: 27 June 2013.