Priory of St Pancras, Cockshut Road, Lewes, East Sussex

These are the ruins of the Priory of St Pancras. The priory was founded after 1077 by William de Warenne, the 1st Earl of Surrey. The site was purchased after the dissolution by King Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell. In 1537-38 he had it professionally dismantled by a team of men brought in from London.

Location

East Sussex Lewes

Period

Medieval (Middle Ages) (1066 - 1484)

Tags

priory monastery dissolution religion faith medieval (1066 - 1484)