Lambeth
Title
Lambeth
Dates
Abortive; ca. 1199/1200
Dedication
Stephen; Thomas
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
In 1199/1200, Archbishop Hubert Walter attempted to found a priory of Premonstratensian canons on what is now the site of Lambeth Palace. It was an abortive foundation, likely abandoned on Hubert Walter's death in 1205. However, part of the early foundations of what is now Lambeth Palace, including the lower levels of the chapel undercroft, may have been originally planned as part of the Premonstratensian house.
Status
Priory
Archival Sources
Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/A/5 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/E/186 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/129 (ca. 1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/130 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/131 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/132 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/A/5 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/E/186 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/129 (ca. 1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/130 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/131 (1200)
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/L/132 (1200)
Bibliography
Blockley, Kevin, Paul Courtney, and Joshua Pollard. “Excavation and Building Recording at Lambeth Palace Chapel Undercroft, 1999–2000.” Archaeological Journal 160, no. 1 (2003): 70–103.
Image Credit
View of Lambeth Palace, ca. 1685. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Lambeth,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/833.