cloister lay south of the nave, with the chapter house and the dorter on its east side and the frater on the south; the infirmary block was presumably further east ... At the Dissolution (fn. 7) the rooms included the hall, a parlour with a chamber over it, a chamber next to the court, the servants' chamber, the kitchen, and a pantry. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the Crown granted the priory to John de Vere (1482–1540), 15th Earl of Oxford on 22 July 1536. A manor house was later built; the Priory church was demolished at an unknown date, prior to 1760. The 2001 history provides these specifics: "the buildings were adapted as the manor house of Earls Colne and Colne Priory manors". In 1935, many of the surviving tombs at Colne, some with effigies, were removed and relocated to St Stephen's Chapel near Bures, Suffolk. The house now on the site, also called Colne Priory, was built here circa 1825, after demolition of the manor circa 1820. It is not located exactly on the site of the original Priory. The current house incorporates sections of the Priory and of the post-Dissolution mansion. Some of the de Vere family remains are still buried under the lawns. Three tombs were discovered by archeologists in 2011 or 2012; they are believed to be from "the early years of the Priory". The relations between Abingdon and its priory were occasionally discordant, and in the 13th century Colne Priory became an independent priory. Burials Aubrey de Vere I and his wife Beatrice Aubrey de Vere II Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford Agnes of Essex, Countess of Oxford Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford and his wife Hawise de Quincy (daughter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester) Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford and his wife Alice de Sanford (daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford) Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and his wife Maud de Badlesmere, Countess of Oxford Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford and his wife Alice Serjeaux John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford References Sources 12th-century establishments in England 1536 disestablishments