Burscough Priory, Lancashire, England

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Burscough Priory in Lancashire, England, was a medieval Augustinian monastery of regional importance that later became notable as the burial site of the powerful Stanley family, including Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Augustinian priory ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
architectureStyle medieval ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
associatedFamily Stanley family of Lathom and Knowsley ⓘ
associatedWithEvent post-Dissolution reuse of stone in local buildings ⓘ
burialSiteOf Earls of Derby ⓘ
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby ⓘ
members of the Stanley family ⓘ
country England ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
dioceseHistoric Diocese of Lichfield ⓘ
dioceseLater Diocese of Chester ⓘ
era medieval period ⓘ
foundedBy Robert Fitzhenry, Lord of Lathom ⓘ
ancestor of the Stanley family ⓘ
foundedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
foundedInPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
function burial place ⓘ
local religious centre ⓘ
religious house for Augustinian canons ⓘ
governedBy prior ⓘ
heritageStatus scheduled monument ⓘ
historicalCounty Lancashire ⓘ
linkedToTitle Earl of Derby ⓘ
locatedIn Burscough ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
locatedNear Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
near Ormskirk ⓘ
notableFor association with the Stanley family ⓘ
burials of the Earls of Derby ⓘ
regional importance in medieval Lancashire ⓘ
patron Earls of Derby ⓘ
Stanley family ⓘ
presentDayLocalAuthority West Lancashire ⓘ
region historic county of Lancashire ⓘ
linked to: Lancashire
religiousAffiliation Catholic ⓘ
religiousOrder Augustinian Canons Regular ⓘ
religiousOrderType canons regular of St Augustine ⓘ
remainsInclude burial remains ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ
ruined church fabric ⓘ
status ruined ⓘ
suppressedBy Henry VIII of England ⓘ
suppressedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
typeOfMonastery house of Augustinian canons ⓘ
usedFor prayer for souls of founders and patrons ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby → burialPlace → Burscough Priory, Lancashire, England ⓘ
Burscough → hasLandmark → Burscough Priory (historical site) ⓘ
linked to: Burscough Priory, Lancashire, England
Thomas, Lord Stanley → burialPlace → Burscough Priory, Lancashire ⓘ
linked to: Burscough Priory, Lancashire, England