According to Holy Women of Twelfth-Century England., George FitzPeter founded the community in 1150. He buried his first wife Beatrice here. The The Victoria History of the County of Norfolk (2:412) records that he later moved her to Shouldham Double Monastery. S. Thompson lists the probable founder as Countess Rose and her husband Pain de Beauchamp (Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest, 220).
NULL prioress in 1201
The numbers were limited to 120 nuns and 55 brothers. The subprior, 6 "monks" and 18 nuns surrendered the house at a time when the the priorship was vacant. In 1553, 7 canons and 8 nuns were still recieving pensions. When one compares the names in the pension list, it appers doubtful that all the canons surrendered (see Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 171).
In 1535, the community's net income was valued at over 212 pounds.
British Library Harleian Chart. 45. I. 7.
Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 171; The Burialground at Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire; Early Charters of the Priory of Chicksand; Ancient window glass at Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire; Chicksands Priory
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 6 Part 2
Priory of Chicksand, in Bedfordshire
The Victoria History of the County of Bedford 1:390-93 available online ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40043&strquery=Chicks... [Victoria County History]
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