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

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