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Prior (or prioress) is an
ecclesiastical title for a
superior in some
religious orders. The word is
derived from the
Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its...
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tournaments in 1331, and
Dartford was
chosen to host one of these. The
prioresses were as
follows (with
dates of record) Matilda, 1356, 1372 Jane Barwe...
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Santa Maria Novella is a
church in Florence, Italy,
situated opposite, and
lending its name to, the city's main
railway station. Chronologically, it is...
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Superiors of
independent monasteries can also be
abbesses or
prioresses. The
religious sister dedicates her life to God and to the
service of...
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Campsey Priory (Campesse, Kampessie, etc.) was a
religious house of
Augustinian canonesses at
Campsea Ashe, Suffolk,
about 1.5
miles (2.5 km) southeast...
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Crabhouse Priory was a
medieval monastic house in Norfolk, England. The
Priory of St Mary the
Virgin and St John the
Evangelist was a
House of Augustinian...
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Wallingwells Priory was a
small house of
Benedictine nuns
founded in the 1140s by
Ralph de
Chevrolcourt at
Wallingwells on land he had
donated near Carlton...
- source, A
History of the
County of Suffolk,
gives the
following list of
Prioresses (variants on this are
noted according to An
Essay Towards A Topographical...
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Elsey Abbey,
earlier Elsey Priory (German:
Kloster Elsey), is a
former women's
religious house located near Elsey, now part of Hohenlimburg, Hagen, Germany...
- had let
another at
Humphreston in
Albrighton for 81
years at 7s. 8d.
Prioresses Margaret Cowper had in 1499 let
property at
Rudge for 70
years and as...
