Launde Abbey
Early-attested site in the Parish of Launde
Historical Forms
- Launde Abbey 1586 Plan 1846,1863,1877 White 1925 Kelly
- Lawnde Abbey 1617 LML
- Laund Abby 1728 Rental
- Laund Abbey 1824 O
- priorie de Launde 1319,1406 Pat
- priorie de la Launde 1339 ib
- monasteri de Launde 1397 Pat
- ecclesiam conventualem de Landa 1319 Pat
- ecclesie Sancti Johannis Baptiste Launde 1452 ib
Etymology
Never an abbey but a priory for Augustinian Canons founded 1119 x 1125 by Richard Bassett, its church was dedicated to St John the Baptist.At the Dissolution, the priory became the property of Thomas Cromwell whose family built a mansion on the ruins. Note MLat prioria 'a priory', MLat monasterium 'a monastery' and MLat conventualis 'conventual, belonging to a religious convent', v. abbaye .