List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man

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List of the monastic houses on the Isle of Man is a catalogue of abbeys, priories, friaries or other monastic house on the Isle of Man.

Abbreviations and Key

The sites listed are ruins unless indicated thus:
*	indicates current monastic function
+	indicates current non-monastic ecclesiastic function
^	indicates current non-ecclesiastic function
#	indicates no identifiable trace of the monastic foundation remains
~	indicates exact site of monastic foundation unknown

List

Foundation	Communities & Provenance	Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names	OnLine References & Location
Bemaken Friary	Franciscan Friars founded 1367; dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4	Bemaccan Friary
Douglas Priory ^	Cistercian nuns founded before 1226 purportedly by Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles. dissolved 24 June 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4; chapel converted used as coachhouse	St Mary supposed (doubtful) St Bridget (possibly St Mary and St Bridget)	54°08′53″N4°29′38″W / 54.148°N 4.494°W / 54.148; -4.494 (Douglas Priory)
Mirescog Monastery	Cistercian monks dependent on Rievaulx, Yorkshire; founded 1176; dissolved c.1200	later called Sulby Grange
Rushen Abbey	Savignac monks dependent on Furness, Lancashire (Cumbria) founded 1134/5, land granted by Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles; Cistercian monks orders merged 17 September 1147; dissolved 1540; granted by the Crown to Thomas Hungate of the Royal Household 18 March 1543/4		54°05′56″N4°38′15″W / 54.09889°N 4.63750°W / 54.09889; -4.63750 (Rushden Abbey)

Notes

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Dissolution of the monasteries 1536–1541 disbanding of religious residences by Henry VIII

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland, expropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions. Although the policy was originally envisaged as increasing the regular income of the Crown, much former monastic property was sold off to fund Henry's military campaigns in the 1540s. He was given the authority to do this in England and Wales by the Act of Supremacy, passed by Parliament in 1534, which made him Supreme Head of the Church in England, thus separating England from papal authority, and by the First Suppression Act (1535) and the Second Suppression Act (1539). While Thomas Cromwell, Vicar-general and Vice-regent of England, is often considered the leader of the Dissolutions, he merely oversaw the project, one he had hoped to use for reform of monasteries, not closure or seizure. The Dissolution project was created by England's Lord Chancellor Thomas Audley, and Court of Augmentations head Richard Rich.

References

Cowan, Ian B. & Easson, David E. (1976) Medieval Religious Houses Scotland, With an Appendix on the Houses in the Isle of Man. Longman
Map of Monastic Britain, South Sheet, Ordnance Survey, 2nd edition, 1954

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