Cammeringham

Title

Cammeringham

Also Known As

Cambryngham, Cameryngham, Lambryngham

Dates

Founded mid-12th c.; Cistercian from 1380s; dissolved 16th c.

Dedication

Michael

Affiliation

Blanchelande

Medieval Diocese

Lincoln

History

The priory at Cammeringham was founded in the mid-12th century as a priory of the Norman Premonstratensian abbey of Blanchelande. The land was given by husband and wife Richard de la Haye and Matilda. Its ownership was disputed with the Cistercian abbey of Lessay, but in 1192, Guillaume, bishop of Coutances, ruled in favour of Blanchelande.

Cammeringham remained as a small priory in the possession of Blanchelande until 1396 when it was sold to the Staffordshire Cistercian abbey of Hulton. It was suppressed at the Reformation. Only the cellars of the priory now survive, beneath an 18th century manor house.

Heads of Community

Priors

Robert, fl. ca. 1218/19
Julian, fl. 1282?
William, ca. 1293-ca. 1299
Ralph, fl. 1303
Michael Tierry?, fl. 1326
Nicholas Fovet (or Fouet), fl. 1320s
John Lutehale (or Lutehare), fl. 1340s
Peter Richere (Richer, Rycher, Ryther), 1369-1387

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Page, William, ed. “Alien Houses: The Priory of Cammeringham.” In A History of the County of Lincoln, 2:243. London, 1906. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lincs/vol2/p243.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Northern Normandy

Citation

“Cammeringham,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/208.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Blanchelande