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Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) founded 1318 on the south cliff; new site granted by the king 1358 due to threat from sea; transferred to new site (see immediately below) 1358 Winchelsey Friary: Winchelsea Blackfriars: Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of London) (community founded at earlier site (see immediately above ...
There were eight nuns in 1442, but only five in 1478. There were four nuns in 1521 and three in 1527. [3] [4] In 1535, the annual value of the priory was estimated by the Valor Ecclesiasticus at £39. It was dissolved in 1537. At that time there were only one nun and the prioress, both very aged. They had two women servants. [5] [6]
Benedictine nuns founded 1078 by Judith, niece of William the Conqueror; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Humphrey Radcliff c.1553; nave now in use as parish church The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helena, Elstow: Grovebury Priory #, Leighton Buzzard: Fontévrault Benedictine monks and nuns, double house alien house: cell dependent on ...
The Order of the Visitation was founded in 1610 by Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France.At first, the founder had not a religious order in mind; he wished to form a congregation without external vows, where the cloister should be observed only during the year of novitiate, after which the sisters should be free to go out by turns to visit the sick and poor.
The Priory of St Pancras was the first Cluniac house in England and had one of the largest monastic churches in the country. It was set within an extensive walled and gated precinct laid out in a commanding location fronting the tidal shore-line at the head of the Ouse valley to the south of Lewes in the County of Sussex.
Santa María de Vallbona Monastery, Lleida Province; Santa María la Real de Fitero Monastery, Navarre; Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas Monastery, Burgos Province; Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey, Burgos Province; Suso Monastery, San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja Province; Yuso Monastery, San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja Province
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The following is a list of the monastic houses in West Sussex, England. Alien houses are included, as are smaller establishments such as cells and notable monastic granges (particularly those with resident monks), and also camerae of the military orders of monks ( Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller ).