The community is traditionally thought to have been founded by John Farcey, sometimes spelled Farceyn. Founded for a master, brothers and sisters of the Augustinian order. There is evidence of the presence of sisters at the hospital in documents dated between 1200 and 1250. There is a lay sister at the community in 1317.
A lay sister, Alice, niece of Edmund di Wyntreshall was admitted in response to a request from the Bishop of Bath in 1317.
Community assets included a manor, a chapel in the cemetery of S. Mary Radcliffe, and part of the rectory at Backwell. Values are in a decline in 1383.
The first document is the deed to the church of S. Mary Redcliffe.(About 1200)
Remains include a 13th century seal and a vesica with the baptism of Jesus Christ.
from foundation field: , then 1322???? ( a lay sis 1317 )
It is questionable that this is a women's community. Further research is necessary.
