page_title: Ickleton Priory
section_title: Suppression
hierarchical_section_title: Ickleton Priory / Suppression
caption_attribution_description: English: Abbey Farm
context_page_description: Ickleton Priory was a Benedictine priory of nuns at Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England. It was established in the middle of the 12th century and suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.
  The priory's dedicatee was Saint Mary Magdalene.
context_section_description: The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 was passed to dissolve England's lesser religious houses, the first phase of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Under the Act a Valor Ecclesiasticus was made, which valued Ickleton Priory at £71 9s ​10 ¹⁄₂d.
  In 1536 the priory was suppressed and surrendered its assets to the Crown. The last prioress, Joan Ashwell, was granted a pension of £8.
  The Crown promised the priory to Henry VIII's physician, Thomas Wendy. However, there was an administrative delay and Dr Wendy was given the demesnes of Royston Priory instead. In 1537 Ickleton Priory was granted to a John Slether, but in 1538 Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely gave the Crown his see's manor at Hatfield, Hertfordshire in exchange for Swaffham Priory and Ickleton Priory.
caption: Abbey Farm, said to be on the site of Ickleton Priory
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