Tywardreath Priory (Tywardreath)

Description

A Benedictine priory, dedicated to St Andrew, in the parish of Tywardreath. The priory was founded c.1088 as an alien priory dependent on the monastery of St Serge at Angers, and it was for a time one of the most notable monastic foundations in the county. It gained its independence c.1400, and was suppressed in 1536. Ruins of the priory were still visible c.1822, although, according to Nikolaus Pevsner, by 1951 nothing remained. The bulk of the remains are thought to be in Abbey Orchard. The priory had a grange at St Anthony in Meneage.

Grid reference: SX 084 542


Chronological Sequence

Tywardrait, c.1150, 1202; Tywerdraid, c.1250; Tywerdrait, 1261; Triordrayt, 1261; Tywardraythe, 1291; Triwardreith, 1301; Tywardreath, 1562; Trewardreth, 1570; Tywardreth, 1601, 1603


Forms by Earliest Occurrence

Tywardrait : c.1150, 1202
Tywerdraid : c.1250
Tywerdrait : 1261
Triordrayt : 1272
Tywardraythe : 1291
Triwardreith : 1301
Tywardreath : 1562
Trewardreth : 1570
Tywardreth : 1601, 1603


References

Ecclesie Sancti Andree de Tywardrait

Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p2, citing from c.1150 and 1202

Tywerdraid

Monachis.
CRO, ART/1/1, c.1251 (*)

Priorem et Conventum de Tywerdrait

Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p42, citing from 1261

Prioris et Conventus de Triordrayt

Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p61, citing from 1272

Tywardraythe

Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p468, citing from 1291

Triwardreith

Advowson of the priory held by Edmund, Earl of Cornwall.
CIPM III, 1912, §604, p476, citing from 1301

Tywardreath

RIC, HendCal 5, c.1920s, §699, citing from HB/13/7, 1562 (*)

Trewardreth

RIC, HendCal 8, c.1920s, §1706, citing from HB/13/18, 1570 (*)

Tywardreth

CRO, ARD/TER/149, 1601 (*)

Priorus.
RIC, MISC7/2, 1603 (*)


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