Lenton Priory - Cluniac Priory

Cluniac Priory

It was sited 1½ miles south-west of Nottingham and its dedication was to the Holy Trinity. One early gift was from Philip Marc, King John's sheriff in Nottingham to look after his body and soul in the 13th century.

The Priory continued its work for 430 years, there being twenty to thirty monks in residence at a time and it is estimated that about one thousand men passed through the Priory in four centuries. It was the tenth richest Priory in England and the wealthiest in the Midlands. Its endowments included the three churches in Nottingham, St. Mary's, St. Peter's and St. Nicholas.

The Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1534 gives the gross income as £387 10s. 10½d (£150,000 as of 2013),

Prior Heath was thrown into prison in February 1538. In March the prior with eight of his monks and four labourers of Lenton were indicted for treason and executed.