Founded by Roger de Aske during the reign of Henry II.
There were 17 in 1536. Exempted from suppression in 1536, the house was surrendered in November 1540 by the prioress and 16 nuns, the prioress and 12 nuns being granted pensions (Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 214).
Hospital of Stainmoor; the hospital of Rerecross.
There was a visitation in 1252 under the archiepiscopate of Walter Gray. The records for this visitation are incomplete.
The community's asets were largely lands in Marrick and adjacent villages.
Income derived from the church S. Andrew of Marrick. In 1535 the community's net income was valued at over 48 pounds (Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 214).
Several charters of the community provide specifically for help for the infirm and weak (Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest, 42). Almsgiving may have been important to the community as well. A total of 9 pounds, 4 shillings and 7 denier were devoted to this purpose, a sizeable amount of the nunnery's income Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest, 43).
[1] Confirmation charters (During the rule of Edward III)
[2] Records a visitation in 1252.
Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales, 214.
Marrick Priory: A Nunnery in Late Medieval Yorkshire
Women Religious: The Founding of English Nunneries After the Norman Conquest
Dugdale's Monasticon Volume 4
Nunnery of Marrick, in the Deanry and Archdeaconry of Richmond, in Yorkshire
The Victoria History of the County of York3:117-18 available online at ">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36227&strquery=marri... [Victoria County History]
Not suppressed in 1536, although the reasons for this are unclear.
Nuns, sisters, brethren and a master are recorded in 1252.
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Early Documents--J Romyn(at the age of epi WHAT IS EPI???)
