former house. Thetford Priory was closed down in 1540 and fell into the possession of the Duke of Norfolk. Description It housed the tombs of the Howard dynasty, of Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, and of other early Tudor Dynasty officials. Even this could not save the priory from the Dissolution of the Monasteries and, on its closure in 1540 (it was one of the last priories to be dissolved), the Howard tombs were removed to St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham. The Prior’s Lodging was converted into a house which was occupied until the early eighteenth century. Its ruins (including the lower walls of the church and cloister, along with the impressive shell of the priors' lodging and, reached by a pathway from the main site, an almost complete 14th-century gatehouse) are open to the public as an English Heritage site. The priory and gatehouse are Grade I listed buildings. The ruins are reputedly haunted and were the subject of an episode of the television series Ghosthunters. Priors Malgod, appointed 1104 Stephen, appointed 1107 Constantine, occurs 1131 Martin, occurs 1189 Peter Vincent, occurs 1202 Richard, occurs 1226, died c. 1236 (fn. 59) Stephen II, occurs 1240, killed 1248 (fn. 61) William I, occurs 1262 Vincent, occurs 1279, died c. 1300 (fn. 64) Reginald de Montargi alias de Eye, elected c. 1300 Ralph de Frezenfeld, appointed 1302 Thomas Bigod, appointed 1304 William de Ventodoro, appointed 1308 Martin de Rinhiaco, appointed 1311 Peter de Bosco, appointed 1316 James de Cusancia, occurs 1336 Geoffrey de Rochario, occurs 1355 Roger de Berton, occurs 1370 John de Fordham, occurs 1372, 1395 John Ixworth, appointed c. 1400 Nicholas, appointed 1430 John Vesey, appointed 1438 Robert Weting, appointed 1480 Roger Baldry de Bermingham, appointed 1503 William Ixworth, appointed 1518, last prior. Local context The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, another Grade I listed building, and originally part of another medieval monastery, is 300 metres to the south, directly across the River Little Ouse. Burials Roger Bigod of Norfolk Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (originally buried here) Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (originally buried here) Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (originally buried here) Anne of York (daughter of Edward IV) (originally buried here) John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (originally buried here) See