[2] This visit revealed that, although there were other priests present, the Prior, John Poty, was the only canon at the priory, as the other, Thomas Taverner, had gone "absent without leave".

[2] The priory is recorded as being in good repair and was home to the prior and three canons, six boys (boarding at the school) and seven servants.

[2] The priory avoided immediate suppression when Prior Richard Hudson and his four canons, Nicholas Wodforth, William Wusbarow, James Fysser, and Robert Swyer accepted King Henry VIII's supremacy over the church.

[2] The priory was finally dissolved in 1538, at which time Prior Hudson was awarded an annual pension of £5 (which he was still in receipt of as late as 1553).

[2] The Priory and its possessions were leased by The Crown to John Travers in 1540 before being awarded, in 1545, to Sir Edmund Wyndham and Giles Seafoule.

[5] The north wall of the nave still stands practically to the roof level, although the divisions between the windows have long gone.

The chancel, at the eastern end of the ruin, remains to roof height on the north and south side.

The west wall is standing almost intact to gable height, although the lining of the original door has been replaced by modern brickwork.

A tunnel is said to run to the Dunstable Arms Inn from the ruins of the priory, but if it ever existed, its whereabouts is a long-forgotten secret.

[citation needed] The site is currently owned and protected by Norfolk County Council, who have opened the ruins to the public.

[7] The microclimate in this part of Norfolk enables the owners to grow a collection of rare and exotic plants.