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West Mersea Priory

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Monastery in Essex, England

West Mersea Priory was a Benedictine priory in West Mersea, Essex, England. It was founded in 1046 and granted by Edward the Confessor to the Abbey of Saint-Ouen in Rouen. As an alien priory it was taken by Henry V who granted it in 1422 to Henry Chichele, archbishop of Canterbury, for his college at Higham Ferrers. The priory was dissolved in 1542. There are no physical remains.

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51°46′33″N 0°54′49″E / 51.775700°N 0.913582°E / 51.775700; 0.913582 (West Mersea Priory (approx. loc.))

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