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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for a cup offered in the church of St. Radegund. 20 The house met with a series of disasters: in 1277 the bell-tower fell, in 1313 the nuns lost their house and goods by fire, another fire occurred in 1376, and … at which date the treasurer's accounts show that the house was in desperate straits. 31 When Prioress Joan …
A History of the County of York
… and her convent vested all the temporal property of the house in William de Colville, the patron, and his heirs, so … that no one should be appointed magister or custos of the house, except by William de Colville and his heirs. Neither … or sister, or any secular man, or woman, or boys in their house, without such consent. The prioress and convent also …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… She won her case, and, if the facts were as stated, this house in the Drapery at Norwich must have been given to the … 18 During the vacancy of the see of Ely in 1345 the house was visited by Hugh Seton, official of the archbishop, … must not be accepted in excess of the ability of the house to maintain them and that at Swaffham only two must be …
A History of the County of York
… of the Lady Elizabeth de Lasceles, as a regular nun of the house, in the presence of the prioress and convent. On 5 … Alice Darel, of Wheldrake, an apostate nun of their house, directing that if she returned to them in a contrite … and convent, as a result of a recent visitation of the house, that the repairs to certain of the buildings which had …
A History of the County of Worcester
… nuns Priory of Westwood A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE HOUSE OF BENEDICTINE NUNS 6. THE PRIORY OF WESTWOOD The … Edward I. is said to have held the order of Fontevrault in great esteem, and the prioress and convent received special … last half of the fourteenth century until the time of the Great Schism in the papacy, 13781447. Edward III. in October, …
A History of the County of York
… had learnt from public report that they had burdened their house at the instance of great persons by receiving nuns, and taking secular women and … May 1294 6 Archbishop Romanus committed the custody of the house to Robert, rector of Sutton-on-Derwent. A visitation of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Otley and Preston. A further grant of 300 acres in Great Oakley and Wix was made by the rector of Great Oakley and others in 1381. 15 Anne Debnam 16 on 21 …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Henry, earl of Warwick, had issue a son Hugh of great stature. Hugh was taken prisoner in the Holy Land, and … bade him arise, and go home and found at his church a house of Benedictine nuns. The knight awakening thought it a … death of Isabel the temporalities were seized by the too great zeal of the county escheator. On 13 November, 1325, …
A History of the County of York
… called that of Little Mareis, 1 from the site on which the house was built, was founded before 1163 2 by Helewise de … Robert de Brus of Pickering to the custody of the house of the nuns of Yedingham and its temporalities, hoping … the absolute gift of the house of Yedingham. There are a great many other leases and grants, dating from about 1350 to …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Houses of Benedictine nuns Rowney Priory, Great Munden 9. ROWNEY PRIORY, GREAT MUNDEN A small priory for Benedictine nuns was founded … in 1302 was worth nothing, because of the poverty of the house, 11 the regular income of which according to a rental …