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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… as founder by John Aubrey, who used a cartulary of the house which is now lost; 2 but the foundation has generally … 1199; Richard Heriet gave the advowson of the church of Great Somerford in the presence of Bishop Herbert Poore … (Berks.) by 1220, a messuage in Bristol, and of a fee in Great Somerford by 1242. 15 The advowson of the parish church …
A History of the County of York
… were not to stay more than one night, as the means of the house barely sufficed for the maintenance of the nuns, … man were admitted, that person Would be expelled from the house, without hope of mercy, and the prioress would be … with the convent, and the other with the custos of the house, who had been appointed to look after the outside …
A History of the County of York
… Priory of Nun Monkton 16. THE PRIORY OF NUN MONKTON This house appears from a confirmation by Archbishop Henry Murdac … is introduced can only mean that she was prioress of the house. Nun Monkton, although close to York, was within the … of Nicholas de Stapleton at the time of the vacancy of the house were accustomed to have the custody of the house and to …
A History of the County of York
… places in the neighbourhood. The external history of the house is practically a blank, and not much is known of its … that the monastery of Set on in Coupland was a cell of the house of Nunburnholme. 7 How this relationship came about has … of Warter as to Avice de Beverley, who, having left the house, desired to return. The prioress and convent said that …
A History of the County of Warwick
… became a nun here shortly after the foundation of the house, and persuaded her son to grant the church of Burton … Alexander IV, in consideration of their hospitality and great service to the poor, sanctioned the appropriation by … adherent of the antipope. 46 The influence of the mother house was further affected by the French wars, and in 1412 …
A History of the County of York
… on behalf of the nuns of ' Killing,' whose poverty was so great that the means of their house scarce sufficed for their food and raiment. On 15 July … was to keep convent, quire, &c., and not go outside the house. Two secular women in the house, Beatrice and Nella …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… cost the nuns 9. 8 The foundation charter states that the house was dedicated to God and St. Andrew, but the Valor of … of this nunnery; but it is satisfactory to find that the house had recovered its good tone when the last of the series … was adjourned to 11 September, when the prioress, to avoid great scandal, made her resignation in a written document …
A History of the County of Sussex
… priory in 1535 just failed to reach 40. 5 Poor though the house was its inmates were often women of good family, for we … 9 must have been a splendid manager, for the income of the house was slender for the support of even the five ladies who … of the prioress's friends and kinsfolk were a cause of great expense; otherwise all was well. 12 In 1524 the only …
A History of the County of York
… de Walleys, and if the Lady de Walleys was then in their house, she was to be sent away before Pentecost. The … to keep washerwomen and other necessary servants in the house. On 2 November in the same year the archbishop gave … de Methelay. Archbishop Melton held a visitation of the house in 1317, 7 and on 25 January following sent to the …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… PRIORY OF ST. GEORGE, THETFORD There was an old religious house on the Suffolk side of Thetford founded by Uvius, the … founded in memory of the English and Danes who fell in a great battle near by between King Edmund and the Danish … annual value only amounted to 40 11 s. 2 d., 4 which was a great drop from the earlier valuation. The reason for this …