It was founded some time before 1087 as an
alien priory of
Benedictine monks. It was a cell of the monastery of
Mont St. Michael in
Normandy and in 1332
King John is recorded as creating establishing the priory for four monks. However, it is possible that he simply increased the revenues and improved the buildings of an existing monastery. In 1332 it was briefly sold off for £120 but later a monk from the parent house probably re-established it. It was finally suppressed in 1414 and the lands associated with it were given to
Syon Abbey in
Middlesex. == Buildings ==