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architectural antiquities.
partly detached from the side walls and roof, and the whole edifice in a very
ruinous condition : yet it is still used as the parish church. To the east and south
of the present building are several remains of piers, columns, and walls : and at a
short distance from the western front, are some ruins called the gaol. Further to
the west is a house and premises called the Abbey Farm.
The History of Binham Priory, will not afford us much light to discover the eras
of the building. It states, that Peter, Lord Valoins, a nephew of William, the first
Norman King, and Albreda his wife, "founded here, with the consent of the Con-
queror, a priory of Benedictine monks, as a cell to the abbey of St. Albans, but to
be subject only, as the priory of Lewes was, to that of St. Peter of Clugni, in
France, and paying only to St. Albans a mark of silver annually; but not finished
till the beginning of the reign of King Henry I."* Roger, the son of Peter, con-
firmed what his father had given, and was also a considerable benefactor. Others
of the same family contributed to support and augment the establishment.
END OF THE ACCOUNT OF BINHAM PRIORY CHURCH.
%\>t $rtorp Cfmrrfn at Christ Cjjurd),
hampshire.
A monastic establishment was settled at this place, which formerly bore the name
of Twynham, or Twyneham-bourne, at a very remote period: but the era and style
of the original foundation have not been ascertained by any of our antiquaries.
Camden, Dugdale, and Tanner, state that it was appropriated to a dean and twenty-
four secular canons as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor, when it was
known by the name of the Holy Trinity. After the Norman Conquest, we find
that Rainulphus Flambard was advanced from this deanery to the see of Durham,
by William Rufus : and according to the evidence of history, both the monarch and
bishop were more noted for their vices than virtues. The first was murdered in
* History of Norfolk, ix. 210.
architectural antiquities.
partly detached from the side walls and roof, and the whole edifice in a very
ruinous condition : yet it is still used as the parish church. To the east and south
of the present building are several remains of piers, columns, and walls : and at a
short distance from the western front, are some ruins called the gaol. Further to
the west is a house and premises called the Abbey Farm.
The History of Binham Priory, will not afford us much light to discover the eras
of the building. It states, that Peter, Lord Valoins, a nephew of William, the first
Norman King, and Albreda his wife, "founded here, with the consent of the Con-
queror, a priory of Benedictine monks, as a cell to the abbey of St. Albans, but to
be subject only, as the priory of Lewes was, to that of St. Peter of Clugni, in
France, and paying only to St. Albans a mark of silver annually; but not finished
till the beginning of the reign of King Henry I."* Roger, the son of Peter, con-
firmed what his father had given, and was also a considerable benefactor. Others
of the same family contributed to support and augment the establishment.
END OF THE ACCOUNT OF BINHAM PRIORY CHURCH.
%\>t $rtorp Cfmrrfn at Christ Cjjurd),
hampshire.
A monastic establishment was settled at this place, which formerly bore the name
of Twynham, or Twyneham-bourne, at a very remote period: but the era and style
of the original foundation have not been ascertained by any of our antiquaries.
Camden, Dugdale, and Tanner, state that it was appropriated to a dean and twenty-
four secular canons as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor, when it was
known by the name of the Holy Trinity. After the Norman Conquest, we find
that Rainulphus Flambard was advanced from this deanery to the see of Durham,
by William Rufus : and according to the evidence of history, both the monarch and
bishop were more noted for their vices than virtues. The first was murdered in
* History of Norfolk, ix. 210.