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Church - Priory Tonbridge
Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780. The remains of the priory were demolished in 1842 when the South Eastern Railway built the railway through Tonbridge, the original Tonbridge station standing on its site. Tonbridge Priory was established in 1124 by Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, who held Tonbridge Castle. He was buried in the priory following his death in 1136. In 1139, a Papal bull was issued by Pope Celestine III. The priory was granted two cartloads of wood daily and the right of pannage for 120 pigs. A buck was to be provided every year for the Feast of St Mary Magdalene. In 1291, income for the priory amounted to almost £52 from properties located in East Anglia, Kent, Surrey and Sussex. The priory enjoyed these rights until the forest of Tonbridge was forfeited to the Crown. King Richard II ordered that
| Date | 1124 |
| File name | Church - Priory Tonbridge.jpg |
| File Size | 15.18k |
| Dimensions | 250 x 145 |
| Linked to | Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II; Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare, II (Burial); Lord of Clare, Lord of Tonbridge, and Lord of Cardigan Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (Religion); Lord of Clare, Lord of Tonbridge, and Lord of Cardigan Richard FitzGilbert de Clare; Lord of Clare, Lord of Tonbridge, and Lord of Cardigan Richard FitzGilbert de Clare (Burial) |
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