Broadholme Priory
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Broadholme Priory was a convent of canonesses of the Premonstratensian
Order in Nottinghamshire
. it is likely to have been founded in the thirteenth century.
The Valor Ecclesiasticus
gives the gross annual value of this small priory as £18 11s. 10d. (£ as of ),
On 12 December 1536 Joan Aungewen (or Angevin), was assigned a pension of 7 marks.
The site was granted by the Crown in 1537 to Ralph Jackson.
Premonstratensian
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons , are a Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg...
Order in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
. it is likely to have been founded in the thirteenth century.
The Valor Ecclesiasticus
Valor Ecclesiasticus
The Valor Ecclesiasticus was a survey of the finances of the church in England, Wales and English controlled parts of Ireland made in 1535 on the orders of Henry VIII....
gives the gross annual value of this small priory as £18 11s. 10d. (£ as of ),
On 12 December 1536 Joan Aungewen (or Angevin), was assigned a pension of 7 marks.
The site was granted by the Crown in 1537 to Ralph Jackson.
Prioresses of Broadholme
- Matilda, occurs 1326
- Joan de Rield, occurs 1354
- Elizabeth de Brerworth, occurs 1496
- Joan Aungewen, occurs 1534 and 1536