About This Site
Knights Hospitaller founded c.1174 by Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke and Striguil, on the site of earlier monastery (see immediately above); erroneously given as Knights Templar; dissolved 1540; restored 1557; dissolved November 1558
Historical Information
Alternative Names:
- Priory of St John the Baptist
Communities & Provenance:
Knights Hospitaller founded c.1174 by Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke and Striguil, on the site of earlier monastery (see immediately above); erroneously given as Knights Templar[notes 91]; dissolved 1540; restored 1557; dissolved November 1558