[1] However, the priory played an important role as many of its priors served as Lyre Abbey's Papal Judge Delegates and as Proctors General in England and Wales.

In March 1399 Hinckley was removed from the control of Lyre Abbey and granted to the Carthusian monks of Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire, for the duration of the wars.

In 1409 Hinckley priory's revenue was granted to Queen Joan (wife of King Henry IV) for her lifetime.

[3] The priory was thought to have been located on the site now occupied by the Parish Hall, however this could not previously be confirmed.

Vicar Brian Davies asked the Hinckley Field Walking Group, in 2004/2005, to dig test pits and try to locate any buried remains of the priory.