Wormegay Priory was a priory in Norfolk, England.

It was founded by William de Warenne, a royal justice.[1]

In 1468 Walter Hart, Bishop of Norwich, united Wormegay with Pentney Priory with the consent of both establishments, Wormgay becoming a cell of Pentney.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Turner, Ralph V. (2008). The English Judiciary in the age of Glanvill and Bracton, c. 1176–1239 (Reprint ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 263 footnote 22. ISBN 0-521-07242-5.
  2. ↑ "A History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 2". British History Online. Retrieved 3 March 2014.


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