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Alvingham Priory was a Gilbertine priory in St. Mary, Alvingham, Lincolnshire, England. It was an intact, small, parish church of St. Adelwold, adjacent to the priory church of St. Mary. The Alvingham Priory was established as a double house between 1148 and 1154, possibly by Hugh de Scotney or William Friston It is mentioned that Hamelin Alvingham (known as Hamelin the Dean) who had made substantial land donations to the Alvingham Priory had resigned from his deanery and joined Alvingham Priory as a canon (monk). Though religious of both sexes lived under the same roof, they did not commonly communicate with one another. The monks wore black, with white cloaks, and generally were shaven. In 1232, the priory was extended by purchasing part of the manor of Alvingham from John de Melsa. Prior to 1251, the priory and convent had granges at Alvingham, Cockerington, Grainthorpe, Keddington, Newton, Cabourne, Coningsby, and Swinfleet and various houses in Lincoln, Louth, Boston, and Great Grimsby. In 1402, Boniface IX authorised the chapel of the Virgin at the gate of Alvingham Priory. The priory was active until most of its inhabitants died from the Black Death.