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A History of the County of Stafford
… been patron. 2 Bishop Roger's original grant gave to the church of St. Mary at Farewell and the canons and lay brothers there the site of the church, the land which they had assarted and as much woodland …
A History of the County of Kent
… of King Stephen appears to have settled in the nunnery of St. Leonard, Stratford at Bow, accompanied by some nuns of … Abbot Hugh and the convent of Colchester granted the church of Lillechurch to the nuns, 3 and it was appropriated … Henry II granted to the abbess and nuns of St. Sulpice the church of Hoo, and the grant was confirmed by Henry III in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Little Marlow. It was most commonly called the priory of St. Margaret's in the Wood. Leland gives the tradition that … thirteenth century King Henry III. granted to the nuns the church of Merrow in Surrey, 4 with other smaller gifts, such … levity of mind, but from a motive always sanctioned by the Church the desire, namely, of passing a minore religione ad …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… history. 1 The patronage of the monastery and the parish church was in the family of d'Anvers early in the thirteenth … with a few unimportant lawsuits. 4 In 1292 the conventual church was rebuilt and its high altar dedicated by Bishop … her writing to Cromwell about a vacancy in the priory of St. Helen's. 14 She had heard from 'Lewys, a goldsmith in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… A charter of his is preserved by which he grants 'to St. Mary, St. Nicholas and St. Edmund' the land of Cherley; and he speaks of the 'church of Cherley' and Maud the prioress, and mentions that … 9 virgates more in Sandford; 4 one must have given the church, of which the nuns had an appropriation as early as …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of Caddington, and belonged to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, London. 1 Ralf de Langford, who was dean at the … live quite alone in a wood away from either town or church, but it was not difficult in the twelfth century to … says the chronicler, because they were then building their church. But her kindness was ill requited, for when the …
A History of the County of Kent
… and eventually shared the dedication of Sheppey with St. Mary. 1 Very little is known of the intermediate history … find a chaplain to celebrate divine service daily in their church for the souls of Roger and Bona his wife for ever. 14 … the rule had become very lax on this point. 17 In 1322 the church and cemetery were polluted by bloodshed and required …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Houses of Benedictine nuns The priory of St Michael, Stamford HOUSES OF BENEDICTINE NUNS 3. THE PRIORY … support of forty nuns. 1 The founder assigned to them the church of St. Martin, out of the profits of which they were … in the Lincolnshire portion of Stamford. Moieties of the church of Corby and the chapel of Upton were granted in the …
A History of the County of Kent
… Houses of Benedictine nuns The priory of St Sepulchre, Canterbury HOUSES OF BENEDICTINE NUNS 7. THE … archbishop of Canterbury (1093-1109), in the parish church of St. Sepulchre, of his patronage. 1 William Calwell … licence from it. 2 In 1184 the abbot and convent gave the church of St. Edmund, Redingate, Canterbury, to them in …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… of its history. A suit is recorded in 1200 concerning the church of Quadring, of which the prioress succeeded in … and convent received permission to appropriate the church of Quadring on account of their poverty. 5 In 1392 … 1309 Margaret Lisieux, 31 occurs 1378, died 1393 Alice de St. Quintin, 32 elected 1393 Margery Hall, 33 occurs 1440 …