[1] It was located at the current site of the British Trust for Ornithology, South of Nuns Bridges Road.
[2] The priory was founded by Uvius, Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds from 1020 to 1044,[3][4] although there are references to a direct connection with Cnut in 1016.
[3] In 1424 the friars granted to William Curteys, Benedictine prior of Bury St Edmunds Abbey, and his brethren the use of the best chamber of this house, called the 'common recreatory,' which was henceforth to be termed St. Edmund's House; they were to occupy it as they liked, but not to grant or alienate it without the consent of the friars.
This must have been a great convenience to the abbey of St. Edmunds, as it held the patronage and was responsible for the lands of the adjacent nunnery.
At this stage the last prioress, Elizabeth Hothe, was awarded a pension, upon which she survived at least sixteen years to attain the age of 100.