At the end of the civil wars of 1139-53, King Stephen's chief lieutenant William of Ypres gave the churches of Throwley and Chilham to the Abbey of Saint Bertin in Saint-Omer, France.
[1] The priory at Throwley was built as a cell of that Benedictine house.
It was dissolved as part of Henry IV's general suppression of alien priories in 1414[2] and granted to Thomas Beaufort, the half-brother of the king's father.
Beaufort gave Throwley to Syon Abbey on 13 July 1424, a gift confirmed by Henry VI in 1443.
English Heritage say that no remains are visible,[2] although Hasted claims that some foundations and flint walls were incorporated into a building behind the parsonage,[1] presumably referring to Glebe Cottage.