[1] The priory flourished in the 13th century as a subordinate house to Haughmond Abbey (near Shrewsbury).

[2] Ranton was dissolved by the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 for dissolving the lesser monasteries.

[1] Many important personages were buried in the abbey including Sir Thomas Harcourt, Knt., of Stanton Harcourt, who died 12 April 1417.

[3] The ruins of Abbey House stand adjacent.

Accord to Michael Raven (2004), Ranton Abbey: According to William White in his 1851 History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire: