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A History of the County of Norfolk
… NUNNERY 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 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… among the prioresses. Of the external history of the house absolutely nothing is known: it probably went through … 5 a year. 5 What we know of the internal history of this house we must frankly own is not greatly to its credit; yet … is at any rate unique. The record in which it occurs is of great interest: it is a list drawn up in 1552, for the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… had been made. Previous to the Taxatio 3 of 1291, the house obtained a pension on the church of Twerton, near Bath, … the high altar. In the Valor of 1535 7 the property of the house was assessed as worth 29 6 s. 8 d. on which there were … nuns permission to go into or beyond the vill, except for great and lawful cause, and then they should go in pairs and …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… and woods, etc., in the immediate neighbourhood of the house. The confirmation and extension grant of Robert de … to the sole use of Benedictine nuns. Robert de Scales, great-grandson of the founder, confirmed to the nuns the … Margaret Giggs, subprioress, said that the house was in great decay. Agnes Guy, Margaret Colman, Margaret Hasilley, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… priory of Blithbury 5. THE PRIORY OF BLITHBURY A Religious house was established on the south bank of the Blithe at … during the episcopate of Roger de Clinton (1129-48). This house, like that at Farewell founded at the same period, was … the service of God and St. Giles an indication that the house was dedicated to St. Giles. The bounds were now given …
A History of the County of Stafford
… might acquire in the future, particularly the site of the house with its appurtenances; the newly tilled lands which … return for an inclosed plot of wood and waste near their house, 15 and in 1267 the king confirmed the charter of 1200. … gift in the history of the priory but also the last of any great value. Bishop Northburgh held a visitation of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 120 acres of land in Pawlett. In the Valor 42 of 1535 the house is declared in possession of the church and manor of … drawn largely from the local county families, 43 and the house was used, as most houses of this size and kind were, as … Priory. Some slight evidence of the terror caused by the Great Pestilence is perhaps shown in the licences sought and …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… at the time that his sister Muriel became a nun of that house. Reginald de Warenne and Alice his wife had previously … anchoress of Carrow 40 d. This anchoress was a woman of great celebrity, whose religious 'revelations' have been … benediction. Thence the bishop went at once to the chapter-house, accompanied by Nicholas Goldwell, archdeacon of …
A History of the County of Kent
… they held and cultivated to the value of £10 yearly. The house had to pay 20 s. to the archbishop for board at the … said that all was well except that the revenues of the house decreased. There were also two other inmates, not …
A History of the County of Stafford
… priory of Farewell 7. THE PRIORY OF FAREWELL A Religious house was founded at Farewell, 2 miles north-west of … the church and urged the parishioners to make gifts to the house and generally love and support it. His charter was … St. Mary of Farewell and the nuns there the site of their house at Farewell in Cannock Forest, 3 carucates of land in …