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Survey of London
… to the invariable statement of historians, was for nuns of the Benedictine Order. No authority is quoted for the … and temporal possessions belonging to the Priory of Nuns of Hallewell near London, 34 etc."; and the other, which … of property at Alsewick to Agnes, the prioress, and the nuns of Haliwell. A reference to Agnes also occurs in a grant …
Survey of London
… property comprised the possessions of the priory of the nuns of Stratford at Bow on Bankside, including the Unicorn …
A History of the County of Worcester
… of Boulogne, made about 1170, which gave the church to the nuns of Fontevrault settled at Westwood near Droitwich. 58 … a charter whereby Nicholas son of William granted to the nuns of Westwood all his land of 'Wichio,' within and without the town, which he had by grant of the nuns, de feudo de Bampton. 61 The church remained appropriate …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… the northern limit of the town. A priory of Benedictine nuns, known until the 15th century as St. … house is thick and was probably the northern wall of the nuns' church; in the length adjoining the billiard room is a … which may have formed part of the night-stairs from the nuns' dormitory, and on the floor above is part of an early …
The Manuscripts of the Corporations of Southampton and Kings Lynn
… of Lenn,Also I leave vi s. viii d. to the convent of the nuns of Shouldham,Also I leave vi s. viii d. to the nuns of Blakeburgh,Also I leave vi s. viii d. to the nuns of Crabhouse,Also I leave iii s. iiii d. to each house …
A History of the County of Northampton
… for lack of capital as much as of good management. The Nuns' mills to the south-east of the town were held by …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the Canons of St. Mary de Pr, Leicester, and that of the Nuns of Chaise-Dieu (France) in Nuneaton and Attleborough. 32 … 61 Robert, Earl of Leicester, in about 1150 gave to the nuns of Chaise-Dieu, in France, 6 virgates in Eton and … The nave was of six bays, of which four served as the Nuns' Quire and the two west bays as the Brothers' Quire. The …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Newbiggin west of the present Wellington Place were the Nuns' Closes, with the old Beast Market on Pinfold Green at … statement rests solely on grants in 117182 of alms to 'the nuns of Richmond,' and on the name of 'the Nuns' Closes' being applied to certain plots near Pinfold …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 1247 and then William Mauduit (d. 1268) both granted the nuns of Catesby Priory (Northants.) freedom from tolls at the …