St Denys's Priory
St Denys's Priory, Southamptoncounty:
Hampshire
- St Denys - Southampton parish: - Hampshire
St. Dennis near Southampton, a Priory of Canons Regular, founded by King Henry I. and endowed with considerable Revenues by King Henry II. King Stephen, K. Richard I. Humphrey de Bohun, &c. Valued at 80 l. 11 s. 6 d. per annum, Dugd. 91 l. 9 s. Speed.
- Hampshire
... Religious Houses ... deliver'd to King Henry VIII. in the 26th Year of his Reign, with the yearly Value ...
value l. s. d. q.
St. Denis Pr. Can. St. Aug. 80 11 6 0
The place is described in text Leland 1535-43
A 2. miles upper in the creek lyith S. Dionise on the left hand and west ripe, where of late was a priorie of chanons ord. S. August.
Minns says:- The remains of this Priory, now consist of little more than one ruined wall that appears to have been the south transept of the chapel. In 1878 the site was sold for building purposes - Skelton, A H:: Priory of St Denys, The: ProcHFC: 3: p155-
founded by Henry I, 1124
