 Clare Priory is a modern English house of the Augustinian order, established 1248 at the invitation of Richard de Clare.It was one of the first English monastic houses suppressed in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but the Irish Augustinian Friars purchased the house in 1953, with the help of the family who then owned it, and by doing this returned to their origins in England.It retains some original features, such as the Little Cloister with the Shrine, the vaulted porch, and stained glass.