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Bromholm Priory was a Cluniac priory, situated in a coastal location near the village of Bacton, Norfolk, England Bromholm Priory, also known as Bacton Abbey,〔A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Cromer, Sheringham, Norwich, and North Norfolk, Ward Lock and Co, London P48〕 was founded in 1113 by William de Glanville, Lord of Bacton, and was originally subordinate to Castle Acre Priory until 1195 when it was exempted by Pope Celestine III. From this priory we have the Bromholm Psalter dated to the early fourteenth century. The priory was suppressed in 1536. All that now remains are the ruins of the gatehouse, Chapter House, and the northern transept of the Priory Church. It was an important object of pilgrimage as it claimed to possess a piece of the True Cross, mentioned as the 'holy cross of Bromeholme' 〔'Houses of Cluniac monks: The priory of Bromholm', A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2 (1906), pp. 359-363. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=38275 Date accessed: 16 March 2010〕 in Chaucer's ''The Reeve's Tale'' and William Langland's ''Vision of Piers Plowman''. It was a benefice of the Paston family and is featured in their letters. In 1940 the base of the central tower of the priory church was modified to act as a pillbox in case of German invasion. == References == * British History Online (2003-5). ''Houses of Cluniac monks — The priory of Bromholm''. Retrieved December 7, 2005. Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir. Two East Anglian psalters at the Bodleian library. Oxford: Printed for the Roxburghe Club by J. Johnson, 1926. (Facsimile of Bolmholm Psalter) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bromholm Priory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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