Bungay Priory

It was founded c. 1160-1185 by the Countess Gundreda, wife or widow of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, upon lands of her maritagium and was confirmed to her and her second husband Roger de Glanville by King Henry II.

[1] Although ruins of the priory remain to the east of the church, any remaining intact buildings are likely to have been destroyed in the Bungay fire of 1688 which severely damaged the church itself.

[2][3] The church and the ruins of the priory are a Grade I listed building.

Hugh Bigod died in 1176 or 1177 and Gundreda's marriage to Roger de Glanville followed that.

The witnesses to Henry II's charter of confirmation to her include John, Bishop of Norwich who was elected in 1175,[7][8] and this charter, made at Geddington, Northamptonshire, is confidently dated to 1188.