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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… the northern limit of the town. A priory of Benedictine nuns, known until the 15th century as St. … house is thick and was probably the northern wall of the nuns' church; in the length adjoining the billiard room is a … which may have formed part of the night-stairs from the nuns' dormitory, and on the floor above is part of an early …
The Manuscripts of the Corporations of Southampton and Kings Lynn
… of Lenn,Also I leave vi s. viii d. to the convent of the nuns of Shouldham,Also I leave vi s. viii d. to the nuns of Blakeburgh,Also I leave vi s. viii d. to the nuns of Crabhouse,Also I leave iii s. iiii d. to each house …
A History of the County of Northampton
… for lack of capital as much as of good management. The Nuns' mills to the south-east of the town were held by …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the Canons of St. Mary de Pr, Leicester, and that of the Nuns of Chaise-Dieu (France) in Nuneaton and Attleborough. 32 … 61 Robert, Earl of Leicester, in about 1150 gave to the nuns of Chaise-Dieu, in France, 6 virgates in Eton and … The nave was of six bays, of which four served as the Nuns' Quire and the two west bays as the Brothers' Quire. The …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Newbiggin west of the present Wellington Place were the Nuns' Closes, with the old Beast Market on Pinfold Green at … statement rests solely on grants in 117182 of alms to 'the nuns of Richmond,' and on the name of 'the Nuns' Closes' being applied to certain plots near Pinfold …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1247 and then William Mauduit (d. 1268) both granted the nuns of Catesby Priory (Northants.) freedom from tolls at the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… there is any truth in the legend that in Mary's reign the nuns returned to their former dwelling, 24 the building of …
Old and New London
… too, are some beautifully-bound volumes of the Protestant nuns of Huntingdonshire, the illustrated "Harmony of the …
Old and New London
… boast of more than 172 houses, of which five only were of nuns." The London Charterhouse was the fourth house of the …