Farewell Priory

Farewell Priory (Black Ladies)

St Bartholomew's Church, Farewell, today. It incorporates some of the medieval stonework at the eastern end.
Location within Staffordshire
Monastery information
Full name	Convent of St. Mary, Farewell
Order	Benedictine
Established	Mid-12th century
Disestablished	1527
Dedicated to	Mary, mother of Jesus
Diocese	Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield
Controlled churches	Farewell
People
Founder(s)	Roger de Clinton
Important associated figures	Bishop Roger Northburgh carried out canonical visitation. Bishop Robert de Stretton also carried out a visitation Cardinal Thomas Wolsey initiated the dissolution. Bishop Geoffrey Blythe, closely involved in dissolution. William, Lord Paget leased the site after dissolution.
Site
Location	Farewell near Lichfield
Coordinates	52°42′08″N 1°52′42″W / 52.7023°N 1.8783°W / 52.7023; -1.8783
Public access	Site open to public. Church in use.
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Church of St Bartholomew
Designated	27 February 1964
Reference no.	1374273

Farewell Priory was a Benedictine nunnery near Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. Although it received considerable episcopal support, it was always small and poor. It was dissolved in 1527 as a by-product of Cardinal Wolsey's scheme to establish a college within Oxford University.