Lambley
Community ID: 
 
913
 
Town: 
 
Durham
 
Diocese: 
 
Durham
 
Region: 
 
Northumberland
 
Modern Location: 
 
Lambley
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Priory
 
Dedication: 
 
S. Patrick
 
Date Founded: 
 
1188 or earlier
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1537
 
Religious Order: 
 
Benedictine
 
Rule: 
 
Benedictiine
 
Foundation Information: 
 

S. Thompson lists the probable founders as Adam de Tindale I and his wife, Helewise (Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest, 224).

 
Population Counts: 
 

There were 3 nuns in 1379 and 6 at the time of suppression.

 
Assets/Property: 
 

Pannage and common of pasture was granted to the nuns of Lambley by Adam de Tindale, who died before 1190 (Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 213).

 
Income: 
 

In 1535 the community's net income was valued at over 5 pounds.

 
Early Documents: 
 

The first known document reords a donation of property and privileges by a benefactor. (1190)

 
Published Primary Sources: 
 

Rotuli chartarum in Turri londinensi asservati, 87.
The Great Rolls of the Pipe for the Second, Third, and Fourth Years of the Reign of King Henry the Second, A.D. 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158., 5.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest
Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 213.
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 4
Nunnery of Lambley upon the Tyne, in Northumberland

 
Miscellaneous Information: 
 

The house and lands were burned by the Scots circa 1297. Certain authorities have considered the house Augustinian (Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 213).

 
Admin. Notes: 
 

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Contributors: 
 
WRL Project
 
Date Started: 
 
1188
 
Date Finished: 
 
1537
 
Length: 
 
1019