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Amesbury Priory was a Benedictine monastery at Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, belonging to the Order of Fontevraud. It was founded in 1177 to replace the earlier Amesbury Abbey, a Saxon foundation established about the year 979.
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Amesbury Abbey was a Benedictine abbey of women at Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, founded by Queen Ælfthryth in about the year 979 on what may have been the site of an earlier monastery. The abbey was dissolved in 1177 by Henry II , who founded in its place a house of the Order of Fontevraud , known as Amesbury Priory .
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The priory enjoyed, Royal patronage for many years. In 1241 Eleanor of Brittany (Granddaughter of Henry II) died in Bristol but was buried in the Priory at Amesbury. In 1283 Mary (6th daughter of Edward I and Granddaughter of Eleanor of Provence) together with her half sister Leonora ''took the veil" in the presence of the whole Royal family.
