Blackwose

Title

Blackwose

Also Known As

Blackhouse, Blackwasse, Blakwose, Canons-Court

Dates

Founded before 1158; dissolved ca. 1377

Dedication

Michael, Nicholas

Affiliation

Lavendon

Medieval Diocese

Canterbury

History

Blackwose was initially founded as a dependent community of Lavendon before 1158, perhaps by Geoffrey de Mandeville, lord of Saltwood. As a result of scandal, Blackwose was transferred to the abbey of Bradsole shortly after 1203/04 as a result of this.

Damaged during the invasion of 1216, the priory was restored but later became a grange. It was dissolved ca. 1377. Nothing remains at the site today.

Status

Priory; later grange

Bibliography

“Blackwose Priory.” Bygone Kent: A Monthly Journal on All Aspects of Local History 1 (1980): 753.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Southern England

Citation

“Blackwose,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/161.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Lavendon