Kersey Priory

Kersey Priory was a priory in Kersey, Suffolk, England. It was founded before 1218 as a hospital dedicated St Mary the Blessed Virgin and St Anthony under rule of Austin Canons. It was dissolved in 1443 and the next year transferred to King's College, Cambridge[1]

12th Century Seal of Kersey Priory

Seal

The twelfth-century seal of Kersey Priory is a pointed oval bearing a bust of the Blessed Virgin crowned in clouds, below is the head of St. Anthony between them is a sun and crescent moon. It has the legend round the edge of ‘Sigill' sce Marie et sci Antonii de Kerseia’

Priors of Kersey

Richard Waleys, died 1331
Robert de Akenham, elected 1331
John Calle, resigned 1387
John de Polstede, elected 1387
John Buche, elected 1394
John Dewche, elected 1411
Nicholas Bungaye, resigned 1422
Richard Fyn, elected 1422
John Duch, elected 1431
William Woodbridge, elected 1432

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References

Historic England. "Kersey Priory (384862)". PastScape. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
"Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Kersey | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-07.

External links

"Kersey Priory". Kersey Village Website. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
"Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Kersey". British History Online. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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