Foreword; Introduction. The arrival of Christianity in Britain and the rise and progress of monasticism in this country; 1. The antecedents of the priory and the ancestry of St Martin's church in Dover; 2. The foundation of the priory and its 200-year quarrel with Christ Church, Canterbury; 3. The history of the site, subsequent to the dissolution of the priory and the survey of its possessions taken at that time; 4. The buildings of the priory; 5. Chronological history of the priors; 6. Life in the priory, with appendix on the priory library; 7. The possessions and revenues of the priory with Appendix 1 on the Dover customs and Appendix 2 on the exchange of the Toll of Dover for the Manor of Middleton; Appendix 1. The priory seals and arms; Appendix 2. This year's accounts of the priory for 1530–1; Appendix 3. Life of St Thomas de la Hale; Appendix 4. Text of Winchelsey's injunctions to Dover priory; Appendix 5. Archbishop Warham's visitation of the priory; Appendix 6. The quarrel between the town and priory of Dover - original text; Appendix 7. Text of the preface to the cartulary of Dover priory at Lambeth; Index.