[1][2][3][4] The priory was established by Ralph Brito (of Annesley) in 1156 on the site of an earlier chapel served by a Hermit (listed as "Brother Robert" in the charter of foundation[5]).

[6] Worksop retained control when the priory was established, a situation which was confirmed in a papal bull by Pope Alexander III in 1161.

[5] The priory was dissolved in 1536, as part of King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

[6] Four semi-circular columns, thought to be from the priory church, survive and have been reused as gateposts for the house.

[6] In 1539 the priory's land was granted to William Bolles, but he did not hold them for long as Queen Mary sold the land to Sir Anthony Strelley, whose family held Strelley, near Nottingham.

Gilbert Millington, Anthony's eldest son was probably born at the house built upon the former monastery (also known as Felley Priory).

He was, however, spared the gallows and spent the rest of his life in captivity on Jersey until he died in either 1666[7] or 1676.