⛪ Letheringham Priory

Letheringham Priory was a small outlying cell of the Augustinian Priory of St Peter and St Paul in Ipswich (England) that was founded at the end of the 12th century in the nearby Suffolk village of Letheringham. It was itself dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and occupied by 3 or 4 canons under a prior. It was initially under the patronage of the de Bovile family, the local Lords of the Manor. Records of the Taxatio Ecclesiastica in 1291, show this priory had an annual income of 12 pounds 11 shillings, derived from local lands in Letheringham plus those belonging to the church in the neighbouring village of Charsfield.