Brewood White Ladies
Community ID:
1045
Alternate Names:
White Ladies or Boscobel
Town:
Coventry
Diocese:
Coventry
Region:
Salisbury
Modern Location:
Brewood
Corporate Status:
Priory
Dedication:
S. Leonard
Date Founded:
1100-1199 (12th century)
Date Terminated:
1538
Religious Order:
Augustinian
Rule:
Augustinian
Notable Heads:
Population Counts:
There were 9 nuns in 1377, 5 in 1381, 6 in 1534 and 4 in 1538.
Income:
In 1535 the community's net income was over 17 pounds.
Manuscript Sources:
Cartulary Haughmond (The Cartulary of Haughmond Abbey) 48, nos. 149, 151.
Secondary Sources:
Miscellaneous Information:
Powell erroneously thinks this community is a Cistercian foundation dating from Henry I. Oliva thinks founded before 1135.
Admin. Notes:
mad 6/12/97
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Contributors:
Marilyn Oliva
Date Started:
1100
Date Finished:
1538
Length:
637