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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… the common law. Hedingham or Heningham, Essex, where was a nunnery of the Benedictine Order. I.e. painter-stainer. See …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at the solicitation of his queen, Ealswitha, built a nunnery on the site of the palace, and transferred to it the … and queen of Edward the Confessor, who was educated in the nunnery, rebuilt it in a magnificent manner with stone, it … took possession of the town, intending to convert the nunnery into a place of defence; but being surprised by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a castle there. Later Wilton itself was burnt and the nunnery violated. 8 But it is evident that a decline of a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the royal town. Moreover, the foundation or revival of the nunnery of Wilton in the 9th century was to establish Wilton …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of some of the Mercian kings, of whom Offa founded a nunnery here in 787. Cenulph, who succeeded to the throne of … born in 1279, who, when ten years of age, entered a nunnery at Amesbury, in the county of Wilts; Edward III.; …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of Datchet in Buckinghamshire which had belonged to the nunnery of St. Helen's, London; and the manors of Holmer and …