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A History of the County of Oxford
… 68 About 1133 John of St. John granted Edith, the first abbess, the land called GODSTOW on which she had built her …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 48 The building has been suggested as the chapel of the abbess's lodging, but since that lodging was used to …
A History of the County of Essex
… there. 2 In 1465 the abbot rebutted the demand of the abbess of Barking that the farmer of Woodford manor should …
A History of the County of Essex
… Essex, 1898. Tuffs, Wanstead and Woodford, 105; inf. from Abbess of Poor Clare Convent. Inf. from Superior of Convent …
A History of the County of Oxford
… claimed similar rights without entry by the sheriff. The abbess of Godstow at Godstow and Wolvercote was exempt from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… near the cathedral of St. Peter, of which Ethelburga was abbess. On her death, the convent was converted into a …