Chipley Priory

{{Short description|Augustine religious house in Suffolk, England}}

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Chipley Priory was a small Augustine religious house, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, located about {{convert|1|mi|km|0}} north-west of the village of Poslingford in the English county of Suffolk.Page.W (1975) 'Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Chipley', A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, p. 99 ([http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37898 available online]). Retrieved 2011-05-03.[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/chipley.htm St something, Chipley], Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2011-05-03. The date of its foundation is unknown and the first references to it occur in 1235.{{PastScape|mnumber=379224 |mname=Chipley Priory |accessdate= 2011-05-03}} The priory never became a major house – a taxation roll from 1291 shows its income at less than £5 per annum – and by 1455 the buildings were ruins. By 1468 the Bishop of Norwich allowed the lands to be annexed by the College at Stoke-next-Clare.

The site is occupied by a 17th-century farmhouse which incorporates some medieval building material believed to come from the priory buildings.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-425259-chipley-abbey-poslingford Chipley Abbey, Poslingford], British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-05-03. The priory church is believed to have been destroyed in 1818 and human remains and other artifacts have been recovered from the site, with a stone coffin and bell kept at Poslingford Church.

A plaque erected on the site in 1990 by the Clopton Family Association, lists information about the occupants, burials and priors of the priory.