Woodbridge Priory was a smallAugustinian priory ofcanons regular inWoodbridge in theEnglishcounty ofSuffolk. The priory was founded in around 1193 by Ernald Rufus and was dissolved about 1537 during thedissolution of the monasteries.[1][2] The site was acquired by the Wingfield family before passing toThomas Seckford in 1564.[1] The priory operated a satellite house atAlnesbourne on theRiver Orwell until about 1466.[1][3]
Today the site is used byWoodbridge School for its prep school, as part of theSeckford Trust.[2]
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