It was founded c.1135 by Hugh, Lord of Hatton and Wroxall in thanks for his release from seven years' imprisonment in Jerusalem during the Crusades.
[1] A Charter issued by Pope Alexander III to the Priory of St. Leonard will also be found on the same web site.
The Priory Chapel survives intact as St Leonard's Church and is a Grade I listed building.
[4] The priory site is now occupied by Wroxall Abbey, a large Victorian house built by James Dugdale, High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1868–69.
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