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Rumburgh Priory was aBenedictine priory located in the village ofRumburgh in theEnglish county ofSuffolk. The priory was founded in about 1065 as a cell ofSt Benet's Abbey atHulme in Norfolk.[1][2] At the time of theDomesday Book in 1086 it had 12 monks.[1] The ownership of the priory was transferred toSt Mary's Abbey inYork towards the end of the 12th century.[1] The monks of Rumburgh were particularly devoted toSt. Bee, whom they commemorated atMichaelmas.[3]
The priory had chapels atWissett andSpexhall in Suffolk, but was "suppressed" in 1528 byCardinal Wolsey and used to provide funds for the building of hisCardinal College inIpswich.[4][5] The monks were directed to join other monasteries of the same order.
The priory church survives as the parish church of Rumburgh, dedicated to St Michael and St Felix, and is aGrade I listed building.[2] It has a number of features dating to the 13th and 15th centuries, including an unusual 13th-century tower.[2][5]
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